Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,692, Joseph Buck, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Buck, Joseph
S 44,692
CONTENTS

19.878
New York
Joseph Buck
of Saratoga Co y in the State of New York who was a Subaltern in the Pomeroy commanded by Captain Childs of the regiment commanded by Colonel Mason in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years. from 1 st January 1777 to 1 st January 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th day of December 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of February 1828 and sent to S. W. Jennings Esq r Ballston Spa New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1898 $18.83 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1898 48
$18.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

Joseph Buck. application for Pension —
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Saratoga County ss. On this twelfth day of April 1827 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Saratoga, the same being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment. Joseph Buck resident in said county aged seventy four years on the thirteenth day of September last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said Joseph Buck enlisted for the term of three years on the first of January in the year 1777 at Southbury in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Abraham Childs in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Messon in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the first day of January in the year 1780, being the whole term of said enlistment when he was honorably discharged from the service at West Point in the State of New York, which discharge was burnt, with the house of his son with whom this deponent resided and this deponent further says that he fought in the battle of Bemus Heights and also in the battle of the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga & also in the battle of Monmouth & was at the storming of the Fort at Stony Point, and in other small skirmishes That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and 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 to diminish it, as 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, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, a debt due to

me, nor have I any income, nor any property of any kind except, my common wearing apparel, which is poor & old and of a very little value. and this deponent further says that he is by trade a Shoemaker, or cordwainer but, year by infirmities of age he is unable to labor sufficient, for his support. That he has no family, dependant upon him for support, but he resides with a daughter who is illly able to support him and that he should have made an earlier application for a pension but could not sooner procure the necessary evidence to corroborate his statement. — Joseph Buck Sworn to & declared on the 12 th day of April 1827. in open court THOMAS PALMER Clerk
I Thomas Palmer clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Saratoga do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Joseph Buck did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of three years under one engagement, on the continental establishment, and I also certify that the foregoing oath is 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 above named Joseph Buck has no property except, the meaning of above mentioned.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court, on this 12 th day of April 1827. THOMAS PALMER CLERK

Saratoga County ss Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth day of December 1827 Joseph Buck the applicant named in the above declaration appeared in the said Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga also named in the said declaration and in open Court was duly sworn, and made the following additional declaration. That the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension. This deponent on diligent enquiry could not hear of any witnesses or sufficient evidence in the State of New York to substantiate his claim to a pension and this deponent was infirm and poor and illy able to travel to gain the said information this deponent accidentally heard that witnesses could be procured in the State of Massachusetts - this deponent was compelled to sell his only Cow to raise money to go there - this deponent accordingly went to Bucklin in Massachusetts and procured the evidence of one witness supposing that was sufficient, on his return he was informed that another witness was wanted and this deponent then went to Sutton in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts and procured further evidence. And this deponent further says that on the 18 th day of March 1818 he had no property real or personal except his necessary clothing & bedding and the aforesaid Cow, and that this deponent has not had any other property after selling the said Cow except necessary clothing, nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due to him, nor had they any on the 18 th March 1818 or since - nor any income whatever nor has any other changes been made in his property since the 18 th March 1818 -
Sworn and subscribed to in open Court { Joseph Buck the 25. December 1827 - Thomas Palmer Clerk
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing oath is truly copied from the records of the said Court -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 25 th December 1827 -
Thomas Palmer Clerk

44692 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44692
Joseph Back Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818. " 1 st May 1820.
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ballston Spa February, 18 th 1828 —
Enclosed is the pension papers of George Buck with his additional declaration as required in your letter of the 24 th August last —
If the papers are not correct please send me his certificate —
Yours &c
E. M. Jennings
To the Secretary of War

Deposition of Benjamin Horse

The deposition of Benjamin Morse of Sutton, in the county of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, who testifies and says, That he is acquainted with Joseph Buck, now said to belong to the town of Milton, in the State of New York - that in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he, the deponent, belonged to the Revolutionary Army - that the said Joseph Buck entered the same service with him, and did duty, as an orderly Sergeant, on the enlistments for three years, in the Massachusetts line of the army, in the Company commanded by Capt. Abraham Childs, in Col. James Messon's Brigade - that he, the said deponent, knows that the said Joseph continued in the service during the term of three years, as aforesaid, and at the close of the period, was regularly discharged from the army -
Benjamin Morse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester ss. On the twenty seventh day of March, in the year One thousand, eight hundred and twenty seven, Benjamin Morse, the above named Deponent, personally appeared before me, and after being duly examined

and cautioned, was sworn, agreeably to law, to the deposition aforesaid, by him subscribed, taken at the request of the said Joseph Buck, to be used by him on his application to be placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners.
Jon a . Leland, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court held within and for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Jonathan Leland Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Worcester, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts as such Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that his signature to the above certificate appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed, this twenty seventh day of March A. D. 1827.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

Du Bois afflu 18 obtain passion

I Mose Rawson of Brookland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age do Testify and say, That I was a corporal in the continental Army of the United States four years and four months, that I was well acquainted with Joseph Buck for three years of the said time for which I served. and the said Buck was an orderly sergeant in the com- pany of Captain Abraham Childs, and Colonel James Wesson's Reg't in the Massachusetts line I first became acquainted with the said Joseph Buck at Albany in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven where we became messmates and so continued for the space of the three years until we received our discharges, we were together in the two battles previous to the taking of Burgoyne and at his surrender; afterwards I and the said Buck marched to the southward and was in the battle at Monmouth and several other battles and I do Testify and declare that the said Joseph Buck did serve his country in the company and Regiment and time aforesaid for the space of three years Jan'y 2 - 1826
Mose Rawson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss January 2 - 1826, then the above Mose Rawson signed to the above instrument or affidavit personally appeared and made solemn Oath that the same is true, and further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Mose Rawson for many years and know him to be a person of reputed truth and veracity Before me Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
Clerks Office, Greenfield March 31 st . 1827
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Franklin hereby certify that Elijah Paine of Ashfield in said County Esq was during the whole of the year 1826 and still is a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County the day and year above written.
E. Alvord Clerks