Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,304, Bristol Budd, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Budd, Bristol or Sampson,
W 25,304
B.L.Wt. 24,772-160-55-
Phoebe
CONTENTS

Let J.S. Mann, May 20/5-2.
II.
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Pennsylvania
Bristol Budd, alias Bristol Sampson
of Wales in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Cont l line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1820 and Smith Charles East Lin Edinboro, Pen.
Arrears to 4th of March 1821  273.29 Semi-ann. all ce ending Sept 1821  48.
  34 mo th 1/2 8 30/31  321.29    272 1.3     273.3 26  { Revolutionary claim, }    273.29  { Act 18th March, 1818. }     May 1820  

Bristol Buena alias Bristol Sampson
Charles Catlin - agent Montrose Penna

District of Pennsylvania S.
On this forth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally came & appeared in open Court, viz. the Court of Common Pleas held at Montrose in the County of Susquehanna, State of Pennsylvania, before the Hon. Davis Dimock & William Thomson, judges thereof; Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson (a black man) aged about fifty seven years residing in the township of Waterford in the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as is herein after mentioned, in order that he may obtain the provisions made by an act of Congress of the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred & eighteen & the first day of March eighteen hundred & twenty— That he the said Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson enlisted as a soldier in the company of Capt. Stephen Potts, in the regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb on the _____ day of March in the year 1777 for the term of & during the war in the State of Connecticut in the Connecticut line, on the Continental establishment. That he continued in the said company until 1783 when he was discharged from the said service in the year 1783. in the State of Connecticut. That he was enrolled & served in the company of Capt. Stephen Potts the whole time except when he was detached in the light Infantry in the company of Capt. Ten Eyke & regiment of Col. Meigs & for a time as waiter to Lieutenant James Taylor in the Quarter Master department— That he the deponent was in the battles of Saratoga, White Marsh, Monmouth & Capture of Stoney Point— That he has no other evidence in his power, of his said services, except the Certificates hereunto annexed.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, 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 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contract, or debts due to me, otherwise than

set forth in the Schedule thereto annexed & that I have no income other than is contained in the Schedule aforesaid & by me subscribed.
Schedule - Real estate - none -
Personal property - One hen Turkey - $1.00
I live with my father-in-law a black man, who is as poor as myself.
Occupation
I have labored by day labour for my living - I have been blind for six years - during that time I have lived entirely on the charity of the people - I performed a journey of seven hundred miles last fall on foot, led by my little son by a string, to obtain the certificates herewith annexed - My family consists of only myself & little guide - my son William Sampson aged 14 years - The department can judge of our poverty.
In presence of Charles Catten -
Signed
his Bristol alias Bristol X mark Budd; Sampson.

Sworn to and declared in open Court on the fourth day of December 1820 before me Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Susquehanna.
I Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of the said Court do certify, that the foregoing oath the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said Court: I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, the afore named Bristol Budd alias Bristol Thompson is worth no property at all. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this fifth day of December Anno Domini 1820.
For Jabez Hyde Jr.
Clerk of the Court for the County of Susquehanna Balth. De Haert

District of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss
I do certify that on the _____ day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges in and for said Coun- ty personally appeared Bristol Thompson sometimes called Bristol Budd of said County and was by me duly sworn according to law in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war that the said Bristol did then on the day aforesaid take all the necessary oaths to entitle him in my opinion to said provisions as a private soldier in said service and I did at that time give him a certificate for that purpose. But as that certificate is not in my papers nor the prothonotary stems I do not recollect the
As Witness my hand and seal at Northport this 15 th day of August A.D. 1821. Davis Dimock Esq.

District of Pennsylvania I Asa Dimock Jr Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne have do certify that Davis Dimock the sign of the within certificate was at the time of his signing the same and still is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly appointed & commissioned and are reference ought to be had to all his official acts as such & that the signature is of his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Montrose the 15 th day of August A.D. 1821
Asa Dimock Jr Prothonotary

3,831 Pennsylvania Phila Phoebe Buzzalbas Sampson widow of Con  Bristol who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March/53 and sent to Joseph Morse Ceres Albany Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 102 Vol. A
1818
1854 Aug. 15 to J. Morse P.D. Booth Nov 10 1855
Reg 8 Mar 55-170875

State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin
B
On this twenty eighth day of February 1884 personally appeared before the subscriber, President judge of the court of Common Pleas and Oyer & terminer of said County, Thobie Budd alias Thobie Sampson, who being duly sworn in open court, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed Feby. 3 1883. - That she is the widow of Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson, who was a private in the Revolutionary army. That he was a pensioner drawing ninety six dollars per year during his life time. That he resided in the township of Brooklyn Susquehanna County Pa and that his pension was drawn during the last years of his life by Col. Frederick Baily of Brooklyn and Mason S. Willson of Montrose Susquehanna Co Pa. She further swears that she was married to said Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson at the house of Col. Frederick Baily in Brooklyn Susquehanna Co Pa in the spring of 1826 and continued to live with him until his death in said township in 1848. That she has no exact record of the time of her marriage or her husband's death. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and has never before made application for a pension. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Thobie Sampson
R. G. White
Plaintiff's attorney of the
4th Judicial Dist. of Penna. -

State of Pennsylvania } County of McKean
I hereby certify that Robert L While before at home the foregoing declaration was made and who has hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Judge in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Prothonotary of the Court of said county this 28 th day of July 1834.
E. E. Scull Protho.

170.879. Act March 3/55
Phoebe June 18/55 Phoebe Budd alias Sampson, widow of Bristol Budd alias Sampson, Private.
C. S. (Comer) line Revolutionary War.
Mdm 17/72 Ex. is.
Pensioner. AD:160 Acc. May 5 th 1856. Rem Feb 53 - B. B. B. B. B. B.
Vol. B2-142.
A. Booth. St. Mansfield Ohio

in your papers. and I was in the general publishing
to be sure is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the Seal of said Court at the Court this Thirteenth day of June A.D. 1888 Glenn C. Hyde Clerk
No. 879
Country land
Act March 3 rd 1855
Mrs Phoebe Budd alias Sampson
Widow of Bristol Budd
Presented by R. Booth Atty Mansfield. Ohio

Department of the interior. widow's pension. I certify that in conformity with the act of February 3 rd 1853. Phoebe Budd alias Sampson widow of Bristol Budd alias Sampson who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety five dollars per annum commencing on the 3 rd February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior this eleventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty four V. C. McLellan Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned L. P. Wylas
Commissioner of Pensions
Recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensioners under act of February 3 rd 1853. Page 103, vol a
State of Pennsylvania County of McKean { ss
On this 13 th day of June AD 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Phoebe Budd alias Sampson aged 64 years a resident of the county of McKean State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Bristol Budd alias Sampson who was a private in the revolutionary war - and for proof of said service together with that of marriage and death she respectfully refers to the proof she made (and now in the possession of the department) of those points

when she made application for a pension upon which proof and application a certificate (of which the foregoing is a true copy) was granted to her. She further declares that she is now a widow - she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855 - She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor.
I hereby appoint R. Booth of Richland Co Ohio to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute and receive from the United States the bounty land warrant due me under existing laws and also to prosecute my claim against the United States Government for back pension pay due me under existing laws. I hereby confirming all lawful acts that he may do in the premises.
Phoebe her Budda alias Sampson
We Ozias Elmer and Harriet Peabody residents of McKean County in the state of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Phoebe Budda alias Sampson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Harriet Peabody
Ozias Elmer
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons - that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be.

and that I have no interest in this claim
Nelson Peabody J.P.
State of Pennsylvania M c Lean County ss
I Samuel C. Hyde Notary Public of the County of Lehigh Place in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Nelson Peabody Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was a Justice of the Peace at the time of the execution of the within instrument in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified. and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Smithtown this Thirteenth day of June A. D. 1888 Samuel C. Hyde Notary

Large WIDOW, &c.
25304  over
Phoebe Buddah Sampson Widow of Bristol Buddah Sampson Priv. Rev. War.
Feb. 3 rd 1835
Vol. A , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Canton the 13 the 1822
This day Bristow Beard of Waterford Susquehanna County Pennsylvania - came to my house to attain proof that he was in Revolution- ary War so as to get a pension. By the account he gives at the time when he joined the army as a of the Rif. and Company which he was in place the matter beyond all doubt that he belonged to the Connect line from march 1777 until near the close of the war as the subscriber was in the same Regiment and in Capt. Owens Hallbrigde's Company the appli- cant relates certain circumstances which took place from one campaigning to another which it would be impossible for him to do unless he had served as above but the undersigned after the lapse of so many years has no clear recollection of knowing him in the service but he has a very clear recol- lection of knowing the subscriber then. David Jayson

Waterford April 14th 1848
Bristol Band of the Second Battalion of the Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Sherman and Major Holdridge and Stephen Bette (Capt) Charles Web first Colonel the above Officers being well known we believe to be true the whole Relation.
Asaph Kingsley Joseph Chapman
I Thomas Williams does certify that the above the above listed should belong to Capt
I Bette Company Isaac Sherman Commander who served the year Eighty and Eighty one

Capt. Horns Company
September the 10 th in the year Eighty
March 16 th in the year '81

Subounty land Claim of A. W. Sharpe.
Am: Act 153. Pa:
By W. H.

Subounty land Claim of A. W. Sharper.
Am: Act 153. Pa:
By W. H.

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24.772
3 Mos Aug

Pennsylvania
Bristol Budd (alias) & Bristol Sampson.
Charles Catlin, Agt. Monroeville, Pa
Recd 12 Jan y 1821.
Additional evidence re- ceived 8 June 1821. —

A poor old blind Negro, who was led by his Son, aged 14, four hundred miles, to obtain the Certificate of his Captain (a respectable Man, of New Canaan, Connecticut) that he did not desert , but served to the end of the war — Wide statement within — June 29. 1821
Adm. Nelson. J. L. E. #

9 March Pension Office March 8/54
Sir. Please report time of last payment to or death of the person named Pensioner
Respectfully J Burt Esq. Stand Parent. for [illegible]
Amounts due or unpaid paid to 1 Sept 1848.
No death
F. Bush Under

18,232
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Pennsylvania
Bristol Budd, alias
Bristol Sampson
of Waterford in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Cont l line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of December 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. of July 1821 and unto Charles Budd Esq r Montrone, Pen a
Arrears to 4th of March 1821  24. 25 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sept 1821  48
2 m 28 4/31 8 /31/31 16 7. 22 1. 3 24 25
$ 72, 25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ May 1. 1820

$ 18.232 —
Pennsylvania
Bristol Budd, alias, Bristol Sampson
of Walesford in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Cont l . line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2. of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. of July 1820 and Jentle Charles Collins Esq r Monroe, Pen.
Arrears to 4th of March 1821 256.77 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1821 48.
31. mo 31/31 8 248 7.74 1.3 256.77
$ 304.77
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Alay 1. 1820

E. P. Wollos Esqr
Sir
Commissioner of pensions
Please find inclosed declaration of Phoebe Buad alias Sampson for widow of Bristol Buad & Sampson for bounty land under act of March 3 rd 1855
and also a power of Atty (see same paper) for me to procure back pension pay due her under existing laws you are referred to copy of pension certificate together with reference to its record foregoing her declaration - It is claimed that she is entitled to back pay from February 3 rd 1853 (the time she commenced drawing under the certificate) back to her husband's death about August 1848 and to the end that she may receive all that is due her under the laws You are respectfully requested to re-examine her claim and report as soon as convenient in reference to either of the above claims address the undersigned at Mansfield
Lancaster Jan 15 th 1855
Richland Co Ohio Yours truly R. Booth

1 I know all men by these presents that I Thebe Budd (Alias) Sampson, of Mt Pleasant County State of Pennsylvania, do hereby Constitute and appoint Robert Booth of the County of Richland and State of Ohio my Attorney for me and in my name to obtain from the Government of the U.S. or any Officer thereof, any Pension, Pay, Back Pay, Bounty Land or other Claim, due to me, for the military service of my husband Bristol Budd, alias Sampson — now deceased, for his military service in the Revolutionary War, and I the said Thebe Budd alias, Sampson, Widow of Bristol Budd alias Sampson, do hereby authorize and confirm Whatsoever my said Attorney Robert Booth may do in the premises, and authorize him to do all and every thing in obtaining said Claims, that I might or could do if I were personally present and acting for myself, In testimony whereof I have set my hand this 25 th day of October A.D 1855,
Attest
W. B. Gillett H. R. Smith
Phoebe Budd X alias Sampson mark

State of Pennsylvania, McKean County.
I personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Phoebe Budd, alias, Sampson who has made the annexed, Power of Attorney and she acknowledged, the making and signing thereof to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein specified. In Testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand Officially, this 25 th day of October A.D. 1855. Nelson Penhody J.P.

State of Pennsylvania } on this 25 th day of October McKean County } 1855, Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid. Phebe Budd, alias, Sampson, who being duly sworn according to Law, deponeth and says, I am the identical Phebe Budd, alias Sampson, who was granted a Pension Certificate, by the United States under an act of Congress, passed February 3 d 1853 for ninety Six dollars per Annum, for the Military Service of my husband, Bristol Budd, alias, Sampson now dec d for military services during the Revolutionary War. The said Pension Certificate was given at the Department of the Interior the 11 th day of March 1854 and numbered 3831, Payable at Philadelphia by Daniel Hargreaves Esqr., which said Certificate will be forwarded to the Pension Office of the US with this declaration, and I, the widow of the said Revolutionary soldier, Phebe Budd, alias Sampson, widow of Bristol Budd, alias Sampson, dec d who was a Pensioner of the US, up to the time of his death, which death, occurred in August 1848, in, Lebanon County

in the State of Pennsylvania, and I the said Widow Phoebe Budd, alias Sampson, a Pensioner of the U s as aforesaid, do make this declaration, believing that I am Entitled under acts of Congress of the United States, to Pension Pay, from the date of the death of my husband, Bristol Budd alias. Sampson who was a pensioner at his death, up to the 3 d of February 1853, when the Commission of Pensions granted me the said Pension Certificate No. 3831, and I wish the Government of the U s , to grant me the Pension Pay, which would be due me as said Widow of the Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner, under Army Acts of Congress, granting me the greatest Amount of Pay, this, from the death of my husband, as aforesaid, up to the 3 d of February 1853 I am to and subscribed before Ellison Peabody me this 25 day of October 1853 Phoebe Budd Her alias Sampson mark
State of Pennsylvania McLean County, I, the Justice of the Peace in the county and State aforesaid, and before Whom the above affidavit was taken and subscribed Certify that Phoebe Budd, alias Sampson, is the identical person she represents herself to be, and I have no interest in said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution, Ellison Peabody J.P.

State of Pennsylvania } On this 25 day of October 1855 McKean County } Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, G. B. Smith and H. R. Smith who being duly sworn according to Law, on their Oath says, that the signature annexed purporting to be the signature of Phoebe Budd, alias. Sampson, to her declaration for Pension pay, from the death of her husband, 1848 up to February 3 d 1853, is her Genuine Signature and she is the Identical person she represents herself to be, is a Resident of Mc Kean County Pa, and is the Identical Widow named in the Pension Certificate No 3831, which she refers to in her declaration, and we are disinterested Witnesses,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 day of October 1855
G. B. Smith H. R. Smith
Nelson Peabody J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } McKean County, I. Nelson Peabody the Justice of the Peace before whom the above Affidavits of G. B. Smith and H. R. Smith was taken and subscribed, Certify that

the said officials are residents of M c Kean County State of Pennsylvania, and are Credible Witnesses, and I have no interest in said Claim to pension pay, and am not concerned in its disposition, Nelson Peabody S.P.
State of Pennsylvania,
M c KEAN COUNTY,
ss.
Sumner la Wyole
I, PAUL E. SCHNA. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for M c Kean County, State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify, that
William Foster before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this 23 rd day of October A. D., 1858
Paul E. Schna Prothonotary.

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by President Bank United States in Philadelphia No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
April 30. 1818
Registered, by J. H. Henshaw Clerk, in book B, volume 7 page 70.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
18,232
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818; and May 1 st , 1820,
Bristol Budd,
alias,
Bristol Sampson,
late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania
Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com-
mence on the fourth day of December one thousand
eight hundred and twenty.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this twenty third day of
July
one thousand eight
hundred and twenty one.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

For the benefit of the old Black man, it may be proper to state, that it is probable, he made a Declaration before Judge Demock, early in April 1818 — if such is the fact, and Judge Demock will certify the same, and forward the certificate to this office, (with the enclosed pension certificate) a new one will issue, commencing at the time the applicant made his first Declaration Pen: Office July 23. 1821

Barkhamsted Oct r 17 th 1820. This day Bristol Bird of Water Ford, Susquehannah County Pennsylvania came to my house to obtain proof that he was in the Revolutionary War so as to get a pension. By the account he gives of the time when he joined the Army, and of the Reg t and company which he was in places the matter beyond all doubt that he belonged to the Connecticut Line from March 1777 until near the close of the war, as the subscriber was in the same Reg t and in Capt. Amos Wallbridges Company The applicant relates certain circumstances and events which took place from one campaign to another which it would be impossible for him to do unless he had served as above, but the undersigned, after the lapse of so many years has no clear recollection of knowing him in the service but he has a very clear recollection of knowing the subscriber there. William Taylor Justice of the Peace

Winton O- June 1- 3
Free
Mr. Edwards Rec. 28th June 1841
Hon: John C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington

I Stephen Betts, of New Canaan, in addition to my testimony heretofore given, in the case of Bristol Budd, an applicant for a pension, do further testify that the said Budd on account of his remarkable faithfulness and activity, and of his skill in cookery & other duties of a domestic servant, was generally, if not always, while in the revolutionary army, attached to the family of a General, Field, or other officer — That I have no recollection of his having been, at any time during the war of the revolution, returned as a deserter, but if it was so, I think it must have, been in consequence of his having been detained by an officer of our army an unusual length of time, without any fault of his; or by some such mistake. I have an impression on my memory, that said Budd was once absent, for a considerable length of time, with a Lieutenant Taylor & of hearing afterwards in the army that he was detained by the said Lieutenant without any fault of the said Budd — I am not however so positive of the fact as to be able to make oath to it — But I can say with the greatest confidence that the said Bristol Budd never was a deserter from said army, and that any such entry upon the muster-rolls must have been made by mistake, as I was well acquainted with him from the year 1777 until the close of said war, and from my knowledge of his conduct & character in the army, I think it next to impossible that I should not have heard of his having deserted, if the fact had been so.
For the rest of my knowledge of the revolutionary services of the said Bristol Budd, I refer to my former deposition taken in this case. — Stratford May 1 st A. 1821. —
Stephen Betts

State of Connecticut ss. Stratford in the County of Fairfield On the first day of May A. 1821 personally came & appeared before me Robert Fairchild, Chief Judge of the County Court for said County, Stephen Betts Esquire of New Canaan in said County, to me well known and of highly respectable character , and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in the within deposition by him subscribed in my presence, and I do certify that he the said Stephen Betts is a credible, and, in my opinion, a disinterested witness -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto annexed the day & date above written -
Robert Fairchild
I David Burr of Fairfield, in the County of Fairfield, Clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, within & for said County, do certify & make known that Robert Fairchild Esq., is the Chief Judge of the County Court, within & for the County of Fairfield in the State aforesaid - with full power & Authority to administer Oaths, & do all other matters appertaining to the Office of a judge of said Court, And that full faith and credit, is, and ought to be given to his Official Acts and proceedings - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Fairfield this first Day of May Anno Domini 1821 -
David Burr -
To the Hon ble John C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Dr Sir
Bristol Broad - who is entirely blind - has again being led by his little child - performed a journey of about 400 miles - to obtain the enclosed Certificate - which it is presumed will be sufficient to entitle him to his pension -
His papers were returned in your office - to which a reference can be had -
Truly yours
Charles G. Bathurst 3
Mark Rose
May 29-1821-

Nutman Fairfield County Connecticut Octob 26, 1820 Personally appeared Capt Stephen Butts of the Revolu- tionary Army & testified that Brother Budd (a black man & now blind & begging his bread, in need to the extreme,) to the best of his knowledge enlisted into his company early in the year 1777 and served faithfully during the War & was to the best of his remembrance honorably discharged some time in the year 1783.
Stephen Butts
Sworn before me - this 26 th Day of October A 1820
Isaac Richards Justice of Peace

Township of Brooklyn, County of Susquehanna, State of Pennsylvania } J. S.
Personally appeared before me, one of the justices of the Peace, in and for said County, on this twenty-second day of October, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three (1853), Cyrus Oakley and Stephen W. Breed, both } } } } } of said township, Farmers, to me well known to be reputable citizens and credible men, who being duly sworn, upon their oaths, respectively, do depose and say, That they are well acquainted with Phoebe Sampson, late of the township aforesaid, colored woman, and knew Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson, late of said township, deceased, colored man, in his life-time; That the said two last mentioned persons, lived together, at their residence in said township, as husband and wife, from about the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, (A.D. 1826,) until the death of the said Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson; That the said Bristol Budd, alias Bristol Sampson, died during the summer of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, (A.D. 1848,) at his own residence in said township, leaving the said Phoebe Sampson a widow; That she, subsequently, removed to the township of Beres, McKean County, (Over)

Pennsylvania; That she has, heretofore, since the death of her said husband, so far as these deponents know, remained unmarried and is still the widow of the said Bristol Budd, alias Bristol Sampson, deceased, — and further say not.
Sworn & Subscribed before me, this 22 nd day of October, A.D. 1853. Amos G. Bailey Justice of the Peace
Cyrus Oakley
Stephen W. Budd

Susquehanna County, } State of Pennsylvania, } J. J. A. Wood
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, (the same being a Court of Record) do hereby certify, That James H. Bailey Esq. of the township of Brooklyn, in said County, to me well known, is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and as such, duly qualified to administer oaths; That I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and that his signature to the foregoing deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, at Montrose, this twenty fourth day of October, A.D. 1853.
J. J. A. Wood Protho. R. H. McWilliams

Township of Brooklyn, County of Susquehanna, State of Pennsylvania, } P. 1
Personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Susquehanna, on this twenty-second day of October, A.D. 1853, Amos Bailey, of said township, Harmer, (to me well known to be a reputable citizen and credible man,) who being duly sworn, upon his solemn oath, doth depose and say, That he is well acquainted with Phoebe Sampson, lately a resident of said township, colored woman; That her maiden name was Phoebe Perkins; That he knew Bristol Budd, alias Bristol Sampson, late of said township, deceased, (colored man,) in his life-time; That the said Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson and the said Phoebe Perkins were united in marriage sometime during the Spring of eighteen hundred and twenty-six, (A.D. 1826,) by Rev. Charles R. Marsh, a clergyman of the Universalist denomination, then resident in said township, but since deceased, at the house of Col. Frederick Bailey, since deceased, in said township; That said deponent was present at said marriage and saw said parties married as aforesaid; That said (Over)

Bristol Budd alias Bristol Sampson died during the summer of eighteen hundred and forty-eight (A.D. 1848,) at his own residence in said township, leaving the said Phoebe Sampson a widow; That said widow, subsequently, removed to the township of Beres, McKean county, Pennsylvania; That this deponent saw her last in the fall of eighteen hundred and fifty-two (A.D. 1852,); That she has heretofore, since the death of her said husband, so far as this deponent knows, remained unmarried and is still the widow of the said Bristol Budd, alias Bristol Sampson — and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me, this 22 nd day of October, A.D. 1853. }
Amos Bailey
H. G. Bailey
Justice of the Peace

Susquehanna County, } State of Pennsylvania, } P. 1
J. H. Ward
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County (the same being a Court of Record,) do hereby certify, That Amos H. Kaully Esquire of the township of Brooklyn, in said County, to me well known, is an acting justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and as such, duly qualified to administer oaths; That I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and that his signature to the foregoing deposition, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Montrose, this twenty fourth day of October, A.D. 1853.
J. H. Ward Prothon. P. H. M. Williams

Cumberland Potter Co Pa Jan 24. 1882
Dr Sir
Mrs Phoebe Sampson was married to Britton Budd alias Sampson in the Spring of 1826. Mr Sampson died in at Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co Pa in the Summer of 1848. At the time of his death he was drawing a pension as a Revolutionary soldier I believe of $96. per year. Mrs Sampson being entitled to a pension as his widow by the laws of Congress desire me to procure it for her, and as I have always found the officers of the Pension Office willing to assist in such cases, I make the effort to procure for this poor old widow her just dues.
Will you be kind enough to inform me what effort evidence will be required and such blanks as will be needed.
I am very truly
Your Obedient Servt
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C
Mrs. S. Mann

Montrose June 10. 1853.
Col. Morse fr. Esq.
Dear Sir Your dated June 4. th Came to hand this morning Enquiring for papers & c for Phebe Sampson — I acted as an Agent for getting the Pension of Bristol Budd — alias Bristol Sampson (a Colored man) — I have no papers in my hands — I had his original Certificate, which was surrendered up to draw the arrears of Pension due here at the time he died, which was in 1848 — he drew under the Act of 1818 & drew $48.00 a year — I presume you could obtain from the Pension Department at Washington any information relative to his application for a Pension that you may desire. his services was in the Revolutionary war. & I have understood that he was a kind of waiter to Genl. Washington He he resided in Brooklyn Townshend near Col. Baileys. Col. Bailey was a younger man was not in the Revolutionary war — but he is now dead If I can learn any thing that I think will be of any service to you I will write you — Yours. Respectfully
M. S. Nelson

Leesburg Va May 16 1834
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C. } Esq
Friend
you the Application of Phoebe Sampson for a pension as the wife of a Revolutionary Pensioner. There is no one in the County who knew her while living with her husband except a daughter. Her testimony can be taken if needed, but presuming the proofs already made, sufficient, I forward the papers. She is entitled to back pay. Please acknowl- edge the receipt of the papers & inform me how long before an answer will probably be given
Respectfully Yours Joseph Morse Esq

Mansfield Ohio Sept 5 th 1855 J. Minott Esqr (Commissioner of Pensions) Sir
Enclosed please find the declaration of Rachel Buda alias Sampson widow of Bristol Buel alias Sampson decd, also her pension certificate No 3831. Power of Atty &c you will please observe that there was some four years or more intervened between the date of the death of her husband and the date of the inclosed pension certificate for which time she was entitled to pension pay under acts of congress
And she respectfully "wishes the government of the U.S. to grant her the pension pay which would be due her as said Widow of the Revolutionary Soldier and pensioner under any and all acts of congress granting her the greatest amount of pay viz from the death of her husband as fixed up to the 3 rd February 1853" (the date of said certificate). The certificate you will please return at earliest convenience adrese. the undersigned at Mansfield Ohio
Respectfully &c R. Booth

Brief in the case of Maria Budd alias Sampson widow of Bristol Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1818 at $96 per annum & paid to Sept. 4. 1848
Allowed $96 per annum to Nov. February 3. 1853.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses
Death of husband proved by credible witnesses
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Joseph Morse Ceres Allegheny Co N. York
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Lebanon May 19 1854 Commision off Pensions 3/10/54
Your department granted on the eleventh day of March last, a certificate of Pension of Twenty six dollars per year to Phoebe Budd alias Sampson, and made the pension payable at the Philadelphia agency. Mrs Sampson resides within ten miles of the New York & Erie Rail Road & there is no communication whatever between this section of country & Philada and I wish as the agent of Mrs Sampson to get you to transfer the payment of her pension to the agency in New York. It cost her $8. to collect her last pension at Philada. It will cost nothing in New York. Will you make the transfer.
Respectfully Yours Joseph Morn Jr