Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34124, Samuel Buffinton, Mass.

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NUMBER
Mass.
Buffinton, Samuel or Buffington
S. 34124
{ B.L.W. 110-200-Lieut. Issued Apr. 1. 1790. No papers
CONTENTS

14.690
Massachu.
Samuel Buffum
of Worthington in the state of Massachusetts who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded Colonel Allen of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 m Dollars per month, to commence the 19 th of November 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Sep 1819 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. Northampton Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 190.66 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820. 120.00 No. 16 30 $ 310.66
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Lt Samuel Buffington application for a Pension Aldrin's Mass. regt. Jan y 27 th 11 P.M. due 19 Nov 1818. Roll.
On Roll
Service admitted. But the law requires that the Judge should certify his belief of service of Applicant.
Corrected & Admitted

I Samuel Buffington of Worthington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say I was appointed a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Luke Day in the Regt. commanded by Col. Ichabod Alden, on the first day of January 1777 being the present Massachusetts Regt. and I continued in said Regt. serving as a Lieut. as aforesaid until the close of the War in 1783 - In Novr. 1778 said Alden was killed at the Battle at Cherry Valley and John Brooks Esq. was appointed to continue to command it The Col. of the Regt. until the close of the Revolutionary war - I was appointed Lieut. as aforesaid on the first day of Janry 1777 as is mentioned in my Commission but I did not receive the Commission until Sep. 1779 as is set forth in the Commission as the date thereof shows - I was during the Revolutionary war at the Battle of Lexington on the 19th of April 1775 I was at the Battle on Bunker Hill in June following and in the Battles at Bunker's Heights and several other severe Battles during the war - I was at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777, I was also in several other severe engagements during the war. I am sixty six years of age and in reduced circumstances and in absolute need of assistance from my Country for support. I have never been placed on any Pension list at what ever - but I now request I may be placed on the Pension list pursuant to the Laws of the United States of the 10th of March 1818. - Novr. 19. 1818 -  Saml. Buffington
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Setts - Hampshire ss. Novr. 19th A.D. 1818 Personally appeared Samuel Buffington subscriber to the foregoing affidavit & deposition and made solemn oath that the same is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - The said Buffington is in reduced circumstances is & has been for years independent on a provision of his for support - he is unquestionably a poor man, and need the assistance of his  and I am respectfully satisfied he performed the promise a list in his application Country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day & year aforesaid. Samuel Hinkley Judge of the Court of Probate of wills etc. in & for said County -

Lot 1828
Settled at Treasury
Conds with Invalid file
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Revolutionary Claims.
[ A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Samuel Buffinton of Worthington , in the county of Hampshire , in the State of Massachusetts , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* till the 31 st day of December 1782, at which time I was permitted to retire from the Army by Brigadier General Paterson. A copy of whose certificate (which I now have in my possession) is annexed - at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have received of the nothing United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826,†
Witness my hand, this twenty third day of September , in the year One thousand Eight Hundred Twenty eight Saml Buffinton
Before me, ‡ William Ward a Justice of the Peace , in the county of Hampshire , in the State of Massachusetts , personally appeared, this day, Josiah Mills Esquire and Noah Pierce , of the said county, who did severally make oath that Samuel Buffinton , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand, this twenty third day of September , in the year 1828 William Ward Justice of the Peace
Hampshire ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Clerk of the Courts, I, Solomon Stoddard , in the State of Hampshire , do hereby certify, that William Ward Esquire , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace within said County and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, of Common Pleas this twenty fifth day of September A D 1828, Solomon Stoddard Clerk of said Courts
* Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement. † Here insert, The sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of _____ . If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted. ‡ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

Worthington Sept 27 th 1828
Hon Richard Rush
Sir
I enclose at the request of Major Samuel Buffinton of this place his application for the benefit of the Law of the last Congress in favor of the surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution.
Major Buffinton's Commission as a Lieut. was forwarded to the War Department to enable him to obtain a pension under the Law of 1818, and remains there he was deprived of the pension by the Law of 1820 having some little property.
Major Buffinton has been for several years afflicted with epilepsy which has very much impaired his memory and he says he has no recollection of ever receiving his Commutation Certificate in lieu of half pay for life. yet notwithstanding his want of recollection there can be no doubt of his having so, for being entitled to it it is scarcely credible that he would have neglected it when in the full vigor of life & when the remnant of pay

for his military services constituted with him as with most of the officers of that Army his only means of support in after life. The discharge by Brigadier General Paterson is now before me a copy of which is annexed to the application. The original will be sent if necessary.
Any communications addressed to my care will be placed in Major Buffum's hands for transmittal
Very respectfully
Yr ob't Serv't
William Ward
Oct 28/28
Seventh
treasury
Genl. Smith
General's file
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Sanborn and ...
Dec. 31. 1782 -
By the commands in chief, consent as well as by a resolution of the Honorable Continental Congress of the 19 th of November last past Lieutenant Samuel Buffinton of the 7 th Massachusetts Regiment is intitled to retire from the army and is also intitled to all the privileges and emoluments provided by Congress for retiring officers. Certified by me
J. Paterson B. General Massachusetts Line
(copy)
The original is in the possession of S. Buffinton
Adm Settle Treas Com Inv 35

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Samuel Buffington Lieut Rev was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Samuel Bassington Esquire Greeting . We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to be a Lieutenant in the eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the first day of January 1776. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as a Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest Ben Stoddert Secretary of the Board of War
Witness the Hand of Samuel Huntington Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 24th day of January 1776, and in the fourth year of our Independence.
Sam Huntington President

Buffington Esq.
Govt. Brooks' Certificate of Service —

Medford, Mass. June 21 st 1819.
This is to certify that Samuel Buffington Esq d was a lieutenant in the late 7 th Mass s Reg t from the 1 st of Jan y . 1777, to the 1 st of Jan y . 1783, & that he retired from the army at that time, at his own request, upon the arrangement of the Massachusetts Line, which then, conformably to a resolution of Congress, took place.
J. Brooks Lt. Col o Com d . J. D. of 2 d Reg t .

1130 No. 1 Original Payment 230 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
11 Oct 1828.
Samuel Buffinton of Worthington in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the resolves of Congress
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Seventh regiment of the Mass. line; and that he does not recollect to have received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing . dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary T. L. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
15. October 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Samuel Buffington, Lieut. in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Samuel Buffington is now on the pension list of the  any  agency , and has been since the 3. March 1826  at the rate of  per month.
John Hagan And
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