Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,030, Ezra Buel, New York

SERVICE
New York
Buel, Ezra
NUMBER
S 15,030
Carded
CONTENTS
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15.030 INVALID.
File No. 15.030
Ezra Buel
Lieut Genl War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 52
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8199 New York
Ezra Buel
of Saratoga in the State of N. York who was a Lt. & Capt. in the levying command by Captain Marin of the Regt. command by Col. Van Schaick in the N. York — a — time for 10 1/2 mos. Lieut. & 6 1/2 " Private }
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 161 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of March 1833 — " — and in No. 6. N. Taylor Bales in Spa
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $323 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 2nd Sep. '33 80 83
$404 15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sec. C. Miles Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 15

16.148
Ezra Buel
Womd 5.13.
Mar 11. 33
 16 1/2  13 77  10 1/2  133 30  6.66   139.96  140. -  20 

BRIEF in the case of Ezra Buel County of Saratoga in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 88.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1775 — "about" 2" " 2nd Lieut. Gen. Capt. Marvin, 1st Lt. S. Barber   1776 Jan'y: " "about 10"   1776 April "Some 10 or 12 days"   Sub — August Served till December. Capt. J. Wright, Col. Rauschneck   1777 March "about 14" Continental army —   1777 August Served till 17th October. Guide. Col. Warner   * Genl. Gates  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillwater — Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
   Years. Months. Days.     1778 & 79. frequently called out by alarms.   1777 July "about 14" Col. Yates Examining Clerk.   1781 August "about 1" Genl. Fellows   1780 April "8 1/2 months" 1st Lt. Capt. Harrison, Col. John Harper  
J. Waugh March 8. 1833.

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Declaration of Ezra Buel, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1832.
State of New York County of Saratoga ss: On this sixth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting, a resident of the town of Stillwater in said County, of Ezra Buel the State of New York aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
Ezra Buel the said applicant, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the following facts are true: About the month of
May in the Year 1775, Ticonderoga having been taken, a company of volunteers was raised to garrison the fort. — The late Lieutenant Governor Taylor who was Chairman of the Committee of Safety, appointed Doctor Marvin, Captain, Simeon Barber, First Lieutenant and this deponent Second Lieutenant; and the Company immediately set out and marched to the fort. When they arrived Colonel Arnold, the Commanding officer was leaving, for St. John's, which he captured. A Sergeant, a corporal and twelve men were taken prisoners, who were soon after escorted to Albany by this deponent and a few of the volunteer company. Immediately after in May of that Year this deponent & Captain Marvin returned to Stillwater, and in a short time raised forty more volunteers and marched to Ticonderoga where they remained about two months and were paid off by the Massachusetts Committee of Charlestown. In January 1776, the Tories about Johnstown, now in the County of Montgomery, were collecting together and arming themselves, when the militia from the surrounding country were called out to disarm and disperse them. This deponent was engaged in that expedition about ten days. — In April, of the same year an alarm was made that the enemy, inclu-

ding the Indian force, were marching to invade the northern frontier. This deponent was then called out among the militia, to protect the defenceless inhabitants, and marched first to Fort Edward, now in the County of Washington, from thence to Lake George, and scoured the country through to Skenes's patent, and was gone some ten or twelve days.
Isaac German was enlisted for nine months under Captain Job Wright, whose company belonged in Colonel Van Schaick's Regiment of the Continental army. This deponent took the place of German in August of that year, served the latter part of the nine months, which expired in the December following, and received his pay for that service. During that time he was mostly engaged in the encampment at Lake George; but in the month of November, took a scout with a small company through the woods, down the Lake Champlain, below Crown Point, in search of the Indians, and to see if any traces of the enemy could be discovered. The company was gone from the camp thirteen days, and suffered great hardships from exposure to the weather, without comfortable clothing, and obliged to lie in the woods, upon the cold ground, with nothing but a blanket for a covering.
In March or April, 1777, an alarm was made that the enemy were proceeding up Lake Champlain; and this deponent turned out, with a body of the militia under the command of Colonel Warner a continental officer, and marched to Fort Edward, from thence to Lake George and Lake Schuylerville, and returned to Fort Edward, and was there discharged, after a tour of duty of about two weeks.
Some time in August of that year, this deponent was engaged as one of the guides of the northern army under the command of General Gates, and continued in that service until after the surrender of General Burgoyne, the 17 th day of October, following. When this deponent was engaged as a guide, our army was encamped at Saratoga.

on Van Schaack's Island near the City of Troy; and on the eighth of September, marched up the River to Stillwater. While there, until after the battles with Burgoyne's army, this deponent was daily occupied in an arduous service, in scouting parties, and giving the officers information of the physiognomy of the country, and the location and state of the road, Indian path, &c. He was also engaged in the two general battles at Stillwater, fought on the 19 th of September and 7 th of October and was wounded in the first mentioned engagement. When this deponent was discharged he received his pay for services as a guide.
In the years 1778, and 1779. this deponent was frequently called out by alarms and took scouts through the country in pursuit of the Indians and Tories. and was out in one of these expeditions about three weeks. In July 1777. he was engaged by Colonel Gates of Schenectady to drive in cattle from the surrounding country to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy - that he was engaged in this service about two weeks.
In August or Sept 1780. he was engaged by Generals Fellows of Massachusetts and was sent down Lake Champlain in search of the enemy and was gone about one month.
In April 1780. this deponent was called out in Captain Harrison's company, which belonged in Colonel John Harper's Regiment of Militia and went to Fort Ann and erected a picket fort, and from thence to Palmetown, and built a blockhouse and received a commission of first Lieutenant in May of that year. In the latter part of the summer, he went with the Regiment to Schenectady and proceeded up the Mohawk River to Fort Stanwix, and returned to Schenectady in December following, where he was paid and discharged. Which service amounted to eight months & a half.
This deponent never received any compensation for any of his services, except what is above stated. And this deponent further saith that he is now aged eighty eight years, is infirm of body, incapable of labor and without any means of support except the kindness

of friends though still of good hope and of a joyful spirit. This is a record of my age in the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, in Town Records. I had a memorandum of it taken from the Town Records in an account Book, which I can not now say whether I have now in my possession. — I was born in the town of Lebanon aforesaid, the 2 d day of April old style, & the 13 th New style, 1746, resided there until I was twenty one year of age, I went from thence to Canaan  Norfolk in Connec- ticut & lived there six months — thence to Salisbury & then moved back to Canaan — from thence moved to Wyoming in Pennsylvania, — I then moved back to Canaan and in the Year 1771. moved to Stillwater, where I have ever since to reside. I refer to John, Adam, Elias Andrew & Elias Palmer that can attest to my vicinity, and to the reputation of being a soldier of the Revolution in the neighbourhood. — I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the agency of any State.
Yours X Buel Mark
Sworn & subscribed. the day & Year aforesaid. in session (C.W.F.)
Thomas Palmer Clerk

of friends though still of good hope and of a joyful spirit. This is a record of my age in the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, in Town Records. I had a memorandum of it taken from the Town Records in an account Book, which I can not now say whither I have now in my possession. — I was born in the town of Lebanon aforesaid, the 2 d day of April old style, & the 13 th New Style, 1746, resided there until I was twenty one years of age. I went from thence to Canaan in Connec- ticut & lived there six months — thence to Salisbury & then moved back to Canaan — from thence moved to Wyoming in Pennsylvania, — I then moved back to Canaan and in the Year 1771. moved to Stillwater, where I have ever since to reside. I refer to John Allen, Elias Andrew & Elias Palmer that can attest to my age, and the reputation of being a soldier of the Revolution in the neighbourhood. — I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the agency of any State.
Yours his X Buel Mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & Year aforesaid. in open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk

We, Jonathan Finch a Clergyman, residing in the town of Milton and John Nelson - residing in the town of Stillwater hereby certify that we are acquainted with Ezra Root who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty eight 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 that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Finch John Nelson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Finch - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Milton and that John Nelson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stillwater and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezra Root for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 6th day of September 1832
Thomas Palmer Clerk