Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44709, Samuel Buckman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Buckman, Samuel S. 44709
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CONTENTS

for a statement of the military history of Samuel Buckman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. file 44,709
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 5 mos. Reuben Dickson in Benj. R. Woodbridge Mass.   4 mos. William Goodridge Benedict Arnold   9 mos. prisoner, captured at Quebec.   March 1777 to May 22 1778 Corpl. Jeremiah Miller Joseph Vose.   disch. at Valley Forge  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, siege of Quebec & taking of Pownobay.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enl. at Amherst, Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 13, 1818. His claim was all'd.
Residence at date of application, Nunda, Allegany Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, 59 years.
Remarks: that he was 63 yrs of age last April and  In June 1820 he stated that the members of his family were: his wife Sarah at 60 yrs, dau. Sophia 24 yrs, granddaughters Carolina Maria & Sophia Parsons at 12 yrs. & Phoebe Anne Buckman 1 1/2 yrs.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

13 th July 1818
Samuel Buckman
of the Town of Canada -
In 1775. Put? in Col d Woodbridge's Mass s Reg t - taken at the Defeat of Montgomery April 9 th - Surrendered the 22 d May 1778 -
From } in Miller's Coy March '77 } Vose's regt }
capt d 10 Apr d '77 was on d June '78
1817 refer me Thomas H. H.
Judge should certify that from the reduced circum- stances of the applicant he is by the assistance of his family for support & the capital applicant services should be stated

State of New York } Albany County } on this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen personally appear- ed before me The Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Albany in the State of New York Samuel Buckman aged Fifty Nine Years Resident in the Town of Albany in the said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declara- -tion in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress "Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War. -
That he the said Samuel Buckman Enlisted in Capt. Reuben Dickerson's company in the Town of Albany in the State of Massachu- -setts in the Regiment commanded by Col Ben- jamin R. Woodbridge and did Service in that Regt five Months, at which time he was detached to serve under Col Benedict Arnold and marched through the Wilderness to Quebec and there did Service at the defeat of Gen Montgomery in the Company of Capt William Goodridge, and was at Montgomery's defeat taken prisoner in the lower Town and was prisoner for Nine Months and that in the Month of March of the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven Enlisted in Capt Jeremiah Miller's Company

Col Joseph Vorde Rest and served until the Twenty Second day of May 1778 when he was discharged at Valley Forge on the Account of inability and Breach.
And was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, Scaling the walls of Quebec and taking of Burgoyne -
And that he is in reduced circumst- ances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support and that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Service - { Samuel Buckman Sworn to and declared before me the day and Year aforesaid }
Thomas Hale
I Thomas Dole one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Coun- ty of Allegany and State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfac- tion that the said Samuel Buckman did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress dated in the Town of Pike in the county of Allegany this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifteen.

And it is my opinion and Report that he needs his country's help
Thomas Dole
State of New York Allegany County ss:
I Amos Peabody Clerk of the County of Allegany do hereby certify that Thomas Dole Esquire before who in the preceding Acknowledgement and Certificate were taken was at the time of so doing a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and qualified in and for the said County of Allegany. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 21 st day of July A.D. 1818
Amos Peabody Clerk
Allegany County ss:
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the the hand writing of Thomas Dole Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Allegany and State of New York and know the preceding signatures to be the true signatures of the said Thomas Dole - and also that the said Thomas Dole Esquire was at the time of taking the preceding proceedings and this is one of the Judges of Court of Common Pleas in said County - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said County this 19 th day of August A.D. 1818
Amos Peabody Clerk

This May Certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Buchanan and know him to be the same person described within and from my knowledge of his circumstances do believe that he is so reduced and so destitute of means whereby to support himself that he requires the assistance of his country August 30 th 1819
Thomas Dole
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Allegany County
Allegany County ss
Personally appeared before me Thomas Dole Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County the within described Samuel Buchanan and being duly sworn depose and saith that he this deponent did serve in the capacity of a Corporal in Capt Jeremiah Miller's Company being duly appointed to said office of Corporal by the said Capt Miller, said Company being a part of Col Joseph Vose Regt and this deponent further that he served as Corporal from the 10 th April 1777 until June 1778. The above affidavit taken and subscribed to this 30 th day of August Sam l H. Buchanan before me Thomas Dole 1819
13 th July 1818 Samuel Buchanan of the Town of Clinton -
In 1775. Enl d in Col Woodbridge's Regt - taken at the Defeat of Montgomery April 19 th 1775 - served till the 22 nd May 1778
from 1777 in Miller's Co March 1777 Vose's Regt
capt 10 Apr 77 was m d June 78
Judge should certify that from the reduced circumstances of the applicant he merits the assistance of his country for support of the capacity applicant serves in should be stated

In the estate of Samuel Pickman
15,354
£
14 Oct 1819

Allegany County ss - on the Twenty Seventh Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and Twenty person- ally appeared in open court being a court of Record in and for the County of Allegany in the State of New York Sam- uel Buckman aged sixty three years last April Res- ident in the Town of of Hana in the County of Allegany afore- said who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) in Colonel Joseph Forster Regiment and Captain Jeremiah Miller Company rather more than one year, in the Continental Line, in Benjamin R. Woodhull's Regiment and Captain Reuben Dike Corps Company about four months and in Benedict Arnold's Regiment and Captain Will- iam Goodridge Company about four months then made prisoner by the British in the siege of Sar- atoga by General Montgomery and held prisoner ab- out nine months - The Date of my original Dec- laration is the Thirteenth Day of July one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen as the The Number of My pension Certificate is fifteen Thousand Three hundred and fifty four - And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Con- gress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth Day of March one thousand hundred and Eighteen and that I have not has any borrow in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed, and by me subscribed Samuel Buckman
An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels
Samuel Buckman

annuited, and by me subscribed Jan
An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels
Lands and Tenements of Samuel Buckman the mentioner above named
One cow and one heifer one year old, one old plough Two chains, small light plow chains one axe, six or seven knives and forks, six Iron Table Spoons, one Earthen platter, three, four plates six small plates, four large large Small Iron Kettle, one Small Barrels, one Small Iron Kettle, one Iron Tea Kettle, one Spider, one small Skillet one set of flat Irons, one old Pine Table, six old chairs, one old Small pine Chest, one half bushel measure, one wood Salt mortar, three old pails two old meat tubs, one old flour Barrel one Gallon bottle, one old Tin Pan, six wood, dish one old Gun, one old Linnen Wheel a small Shovel and Tongs one Small Crank, one hoe one Small Steel yard, one old handsaw, one old one old  one old one hog. fine
Cups Saucers
Debts due to me the said mentioner is about six Dollars - Debts due by me amount ing to about sixty Dollars - Samuel Buckman I have one child living with me her name Sophia Buckman, age twenty four, three grand Children two of the age of twelve years their names Carolina & Sophia the name is Carolina Maria the name is the name is Buckman Person aged one and half year - My wife living with me named Sarah Buck man aged sixty years last may very in firm and unable to perform any labour her self but wants much help - I the above named mentioner am very infirm and unable to do much of any labour on account of a Break or rupture Received an account of a

The Taking of General Burgoyne my annexa- -tion is forming but own no land Samuel Rootman
Sworn to and declared at open Court the 27th Day of June A D 1820 before me Mons Van Euren one of the Judges of the Court Court of Common Pleas —
I Amos Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighteen
Dollars thirty seven and cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 29th day of June A D 1820
Amos Peabody clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

Notification sent to Thomas Dole Esq. 21st July Pike New York
Samuel Buckman of Canada in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Woodbridge of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Nine Months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of October 1819 and sent to Thomas Dole Esq. Pike N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819. 13. \frac{19 \frac{1}{4}}{31 \frac{1}{2}} 109:96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 — 118.
8157:96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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C Hudson Mich.
44709 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44709
Samuel Buckman.
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818.
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 40
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Aug. 2/54 Mil. Hist. 5- Mrs. G. G. Smith, Box 6. 1906 Nov. 10. Hist. to D. R. Buckman. 1906 Nov. 15 Letter to D. R. Buckman. 1913 Apr. 10. R. E. Fraile ref. to aud. for date of last paymt. of pension &c.

old base
Rife Sept 11 th  Free
War department
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Washington City

Dear Sir Enclosed is the application of Mr. Buckman. I conclude it is sufficient if not have the goodness to mention the defect and oblige yours &c Thomas Dale

WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, DIVISION OF MILITIA AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON.
April 10, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly inform me of the date and place of the death of Samuel Buckman, private, War of the Revolution, Certificate No. 15354, as well as that of his wife, Casiah, and  or of his daughter, Sophia Parsons.
Very respectfully,
R. H. Trail

Nov. 15, 1906.
Mr. D. L. Buckman, Care of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York City.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 13th instant and received on the 14th, regarding the particulars of pension claim of Samuel Buckman, you are advised that the soldier only mentioned the fact that he was "made prisoner by the British in the siege of Quebec by General Montgomery and held prisoner about nine months."
For date of last payment of pension, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Certificate No. 15,354, issued October 14, 1819, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the New York Agency."
On account of the lack of clerical force available for such purpose this Bureau cannot make full copies of the papers in claims for Revolutionary War pensions. Any person designated by you will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the claim of Samuel Buckman, Survivor's File No. 44,709.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
April 17, 1913.
Mr. R. E. Brails, Office of Chief of Staff, War Department.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 10" and received the 11" instant, relative to Samuel Buckman, Sur. File No. 44,709, Rev. War. you are advised that the papers in his claim fail to show the date and place of his death or that of any member of his family. For the date of last payment of his pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Samuel Buckman, Certificate No. 15,354, issued October 14, 1819, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK)
LAW DIVISION D. L. BUCKMAN, MANAGER
B
NEW YORK.
November 2, 1906.
Hon. Vespasian Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you have the kindness to advise whether or not the records of the U.S. Pension Office show that a pension on account of services in the Revolutionary War was ever granted to Samuel, or Samuel H. Buckman of Massachusetts? If so, will you kindly furnish me with a transcript of the record, and if advised as to the date and place of his death, I will be obliged to you for the information.
Yours truly,
D. L. Buckman
Nov. 21, 06 Gentlemen Called today & made copies of papers for Mr Buckman C. M. Bryan

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Hadson Mich. July 11, 1894.
To Wm. Dockray Esq. Peoria Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:
Would you kindly send me a copy of the pension war record of Laurel Buckman a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
Very Truly Yours A. J. Smith. Hadson Mich. P.O. Box 6.

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK)
LA. DIVISION D. L. BUCKMAN, MANAGER
NEW YORK. November 13, 1906.
Attention and reply through book D. L. Buckman Deputy Commissioner
In re Samuel Buckman, Survivors' File 44709, Revolutionary War.
Hon J. R. Davenport, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I acknowledge, with thanks, your communication of November 10, 1906, advising me as to the information contained in the application, and on which the above named was allowed a pension for services in the Revolutionary War.
May I trouble you for two more items of information, if your files contain the same:
First: Whether there are any other details than those mentioned in the memo. of the capture of this pensioner in the Benedict Arnold Expedition against Quebec, and his being held for nine months a military prisoner?
Second: Do not the files disclose when the payment of this pension ceased, the date of death of this soldier and the place at which the death occurred?
If you will kindly furnish me this additional information, if possible, I will be greatly obliged.
Yours truly,
P.S.
Would it not be possible to secure an entire transcript of the application and attached papers in this case from your Office? It would be of most valuable assistance to me in determining the accuracy of certain dates to appear in a genealogical record shortly to be published.