Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,525, John Buzby, N.C

SERVICE
NUMBER
916
Burby John. Burby J.
P. 1525
CONTENTS

John Busby Alabama.
Rejected. did not serve six months. See letter 18 Dec '54 to Hon. C. C. Clay.
1525

Acts of July 14, 1892, and March 3, 1893.
1525
RECEIVED JUL 1 1903
O. John Purdy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Washington City - Dec. 13. 1834.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Mr. John Buzby, for a Pen- sion, which I hope will be found sufficient. Please make the examination at as early a day, as may be compatible with your other duties, & let me hear from you.
Very respectfully
Your obedt. servt.
C. C. Clay.

32, 333
John Busby For Alabama
Hon C. E. Clay N. K.

State of Alabama on this 18 th day of October Sachman learning S 1834 personally appeared before me upon being sworn before me Thompson M Reeley Judge of the County Court in and for said County John Burghs a resident citizen of the County of Sachman and State of Alabama age of twenty seven who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 that those who entered the service of the United States under Capt William the George and John General and General Douglas and General as a volunteer  General  he then resided in Moore County North Carolina he entered the service for the time being entered the service for six months and served out the time for which he entered when he entered he marched to the Port of entry in the State last above mentioned of which place he and the troops with him spent most of their time and after serving out said time he was dismissed by his officer and went home while residing in the County and State aforesaid he entered the service again as a volunteer under William Gibson who was his Colonel and defended the County against the ravages of the troops who were committing a great many many depredations upon the citizens of that County they had an engagement with the troops and killed 2 of them and followed them from place to place and prevented them from committing many outrages in said County he served over three months for which he engaged and then

was discharged and returned home and a discharge from the Captain in his hand Commanded said hunting party - He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person living who by whom he can prove his service. He thus relinquishes his claim which is now added to a pension or an annuity except the present and states that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in the the United States -
Question where and in what year 1 st where and in what year were you born Answer I was born in Guilford County State of North Carolina and in the year 1757 -
2 d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it -
Answer my age was recorded in my Father's Family Bible I have no knowledge of said Bible at this time if in existence I do not know it
3 rd Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolution say how and where do you now live
Ans. when called into the service I lived in Moore County in the State of North Carolina from there I moved to Wilkes County in the same State where I resided near six or seven years from there to Virginia same State where I lived five or six years from there I moved to Franklin Franklin County Tennessee where I lived twelve or thirteen years from there I moved to Jackson County Alabama where I now live and have lived ever

him being about Eighteen years
4 th How? were you called into service - Were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute - And if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I volunteered each time.
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served in Continental & (Militia) Regiments as you can recollect & the General Circumstances, as you can recollect of your Service.
Ans. Captain William Dyer & Lieut. John Stibb Capt. William Goldson & Adjt. Edward Douglass & General Maw
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it.
Ans. I rec'd no written discharge but was each time liberated by the officers & sent home
9th State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a guardian of the revolution
Mr Thomas Longacre Sirs I have known George Caperton Charles T. Roach Charles Brooks William Craig known to and interested John his Pugh before me this 6 th day of November 1834 Thompson. M c Neish Judge of the Banking Court

State of Alabama, We John McEntire a Sackman having
clergymen resident of the County and State of said and Henry Norwood a citizen of the County and State of said do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said John Burly who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be twenty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in this opinion sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 day of November 1834
John J. McEntire Henry Norwood
Thompson M. Norton Judge of the County Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the Act entitled - An act that the above named opposite was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that they further certify that it appears to them that John McEntire and Henry Norwood who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergymen resident of the County of Sackman and State of Alabama and that the said Henry Norwood who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State of said and is a credible person and that the Deponent is entitled to credit Thompson M. Norton Judge of the County Court this 6 of Nov 1834

State of Alabama } I Richard B. Clayton clerk Jackson County } of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that the for- going contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of John Busby for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name & affixed my private Seal there being no seal of office at office in Bilgewater this 8th day of Nov. 1834
Richd B. Clayton clk. Crim.
I am acquainted with the hand writing of R. B. Clay- ton, and am satisfied the above is his genuine signa- ture, and that he has no official seal. I am also acquainted with the hand writing of the Hon. Thomp- son M. Pector, Judge of the County Court of Jackson, Alabama, and believe the several signatures of his name in the accompanying record, are genuine, and that the entire record is also genuine.
C. C. Clay M.C.