Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1400, Ezekiel Buckbee, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Buckbee, Ezekiel
R. 1400
CONTENTS

Feb 10/52 Ezekiel Buckbee. Revolutionary service.
Feb 10/52
Supplet
Oliver Phelps Jr. atty, Washington, D.C.
No 38,341
Ezekiel Buckbee N.J.
Act 7 June 1832.
Let 31 May '52,
O. Phelps Jr. Present,

Application in order to obtain Pensions under the Act of 1832 War of the Revolution State of New Jersey County of Sussex
On this twentysecond day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty two before me John H Deboer a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sussex Personally appeared Ezekiel Buckbee aged Eighty Eight Years a resident of the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed
That he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer on or about the last of May A.D. Seventeen hundred and Eighty one in the Company commanded by Captain Dubois in the Regiment of New York Troops under Command of Colonel Brinkerhoff for Three months, that he served during the whole of said period under said Captain Dubois and was honorably discharged on or about the first of September A.D. 1781. He thinks he received a Certificate for faithful Service, but does not know where it is from the great length of time, when he volunteered his place of residence was in Dutchess County State of New York, during the whole of this Service he was in and about Fort Montgomery
He further declares that immediately after the expiration of the above mentioned service he again volunteered in a Company of Rangers commanded by Captain Compt Sedgwick and Lieutenant John Robinson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Sedgwick for the Term of Three months and continued in actual service under said officers for the whole Term of Three months and was honorably discharged, and he thinks he received a Certificate for faithful service at the time from his officers but from the length of time elapsed he cannot state with certainty, but that is his present impression.

That he also served for about one month in one other Company the officers of which he cannot now recollect. He further declares he has made diligent search (having travelled some hundreds of miles) for the purpose of finding some of his old fellow soldiers without success except one, and he is insane - he recollects well the names of the following persons who served with him under Captain Duroise vizt Daniel Canfield, Ezra Canfield, James Pettibone Thomas Pettibone Isaac Doty Levi Mead, Levi Winters and Samuel Buckbee. And of those who served with him under Captain Ludowton he well remembers the names of Daniel Canfield Titus Canfield Ezra Canfield Lewis Mead Enoch Robinson Elijah Sprigg and Nathaniel Pinck. On enquiry he is informed and believes his name and the names of the officers under whom he served as herein stated are on the Revolutionary Rolls at Albany in the state of New York -
his Ezekiel S Buckbee Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
John H DeLoach Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey
County of Sussex ss: On this twenty second day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty two before me the Subscribers Personally appeared William G Wiggins a Sherrysman and George K Clark residents of the County of Morris do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Buckbee who has sworn to and Subscribed the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of 88 years as therein stated. That he is a man of exemplary character, and has always been reported and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that he is entitled to full belief and that we concur in the opinion. Wm G Wiggins

George R. Colfax
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty second day of January 1852. And I hereby certify that William G. Wiggins is a clergyman of good standing and that George R. Colfax is a respectable person and that they are entitled to credit.
John W. Debow Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey Passaic County
I John Keenan Clerk of the County Court of the County of Passaic and State aforesaid do hereby certify and declare from the investigation that the above named applicant Ezekiel Buckbee was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and he further certifies that William G. Wiggins who has signed the preceding certificate is a respectable Clergyman resident in the said County and that George R. Colfax is a credible person, that these statements are entitled to credit and I further certify that John W. Debow before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made and attested was at the time and now is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and that the name thereto subscribed is his proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official Seal of said County Court at Paterson this twenty third day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty two. John Keenan Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
1400
RECEIVED
P. O. Erskine Burchbee
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Relocation filed: _____, 18 .
Resides: 1852 _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 35,841 Enkiel Buckle N. J.
Lot. O. Phelps Present May 31 st 1852 Same date 12 1852 A. Gifford May 22/52
See letter of 1 st June 1852 addressed to the President
15. Act 7 th June 1852

66 Anderson
Eyelet Buckle Nov 1832
To Mr. Root Mr.
See to Whiting
Sum of Dollars
Washington

38.341
Ezekiel Buckbee New Jersey
O. Phelps May 31 1852-
Same October 12 1852-
Algiford May 22 1854-
Hon Geo Vail Dec 19 1856-
1400
June 7 1832-

399 Pension Office May 22, 1854.
Sir,
In reply to your inquiry relative to the claim of Ezekiel Buckbee, alias Buckbee, you are informed that the certificate of the Capt. of New York, referred to in your letter of the 17 th inst. was considered in Oct. 1852, and C. Phelps Esq. then the agent in the case, informed that it should should only a few days remain, and no thru' the grant of a pension to be allowed the granting  grant of a pension of twenty being the minimum amount of service provided for by the Pension Laws. Since the date of that letter no additional testimony has been filed in the case thereafter and I am not sure whether the required service can be established. I have no record of the registration under the act of June, 1832, for the instruction of the parties interested. But it may be near that in extra advance that

Miss Buckle left a widow or children, - none of the required sum was established. The amount of pension could not be paid to any other relations.
A. Gifford, Esq., No 109 Broad St., New ark (N.J.)

Pension Office
Dec 19 1856
Sir
I return the letter of Mr Pierce and have the honor to state that the claim of Ezekiel Buckbee has been disallowed because the records do not exhibit a service of six months to have been performed by him in the War of the Revolution and pensions can not be allowed for less than six months service. —
Hon George Vail Hoy Rep

O. Phelps Jr. Oct 11/52

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Pension Office
Octo 12 1852
Sir
The certificate of the Comptroller of New York does not show a service of 6 months for Ezekiel Buckbee of N.J. who is applying for the benefits of the Act of June 7 1832. He is, therefore, not entitled to a pension.
O Phelps Esq Resent Canandaigua N.Y.

356
Pension Office,
May 31. 1852
Sir:
The declaration of Ezekiel Buckbee of N. J. under Act of 7 June 1832 has been examined and filed, but without some evidence of the performance of the alleged service no allowance can be made. You should apply to the Comptroller of N.Y. for records evidence of his service and if his name is found on the rolls there you must prove that the present claimant is the soldier who performed that service.
Twenty years having elapsed since the passage of this Law, it is strange that he should just think of applying for its benefits. Why has he delayed it so long?
Oliver Phelps Jr. Esq. Present,

Home of Paps July 23 1857
Geo le Whiting Con of Penna
Sir I enclose a letter in relation to our applica- cation which I have hereto- fore written on - I have now ad- dressed Mr. Melchior & requested him to enter in correspondence with you as I so soon leave town,
I am Yours
Geo Vail

Wednesday Nov 8 th 1832
Lewis Newsom of Gallipolis O, has the honor of reminding the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, That on the 1 st Inst he mailed at the Office in this place, a declaration for the heirs of William Lowther and Margaret his wife, claiming the continuation of the payments of said William Lowther's pension from the date of his death on the 12 th Jan 1837 - until the death of Margaret his wife on the 11 th April 1848.
Since then on some reflection he came to the conclusion, that in the examination of said case, such a certificate as he now encloses, might be called for
Therefore to save time and trouble he has had it made out, and now forwards it, with a request that it may be immediately, appended to the document referred to, that it may be examined in connection with the other
With due respect I am Sir your humble Servt
Lewis Newsom
Gallipolis O
Vote of Gallipolis yesterday, majority for Sec 262

Washington D.C. Dec 15 1856
Dear Geo. L. Whelpley
I enclose a letter making some inquiries and would be obliged if you would give me such information as would enable me to reply to the enquirer if you can, and please also return the letter at the same time -
I am Yours truly Geo. Vail

The Pension left his daughter to whom the money left the Pension money, which he was informed was due to him
Ezekiel Dugbee - served as a private in the Revolutionary war between Albany and New York in the state of New York - he died about one year and six months ago - before his decease his Pension for two services of three months each were made out by Col John S. Plume of this city and sent to Washington for approval - Mr Plume rec d answer that one term was allowed - the other probably requiring some further information for its allowance Col Plume died a few weeks ago, and application is now to be made for the amt due
L. P. Waldo Esq.                      Newark N.J. 17 th Ap r 1884 Comm r of Pensions Sir,
Be pleased to inform me on behalf of the applicant whether the pension above mentioned was at Washington. Whether a pension is payable - and the pension being deceased what proofs are necessary to obtain it.
Very Respectfully Archer Gifford 189 Broad St Newark New Jersey

Washington, D.C. Aug 3 d 1852.
Hon J. E. Heath, Dir. Soc.
I enclose certificate of Record evidence of Ezekiel Bugbee, from the Comptroller of New York, agreeable to the request of your letter to me dated. 'Prison Office May 31 st 1852.'
You say you think it strange that "Twenty years should elapse, since the pas- sage of the act, that he should just "think of applying for the Benefit!" In reply, I say, that in the part of the state where they are colored, and very illiterate, & seldom see newspapers: Though it makes no difference if he is entitled, which I think he undoubtedly is,
Yours Respectfully, Oliver Phelps Jr.

Concord May 12 th 1884
Sir,
I wrote some time ago respecting the claims of Ezekiel Buckbee or Bagbee as he signs his name a revolutionary Pension of Pensions in this State. I have rec d no reply
Very Respectfully
Wm Woodhull
A Gifford 189 Broad St
Newark
N.J.
J. P. Waldo Esq Concord Pensions

Gallipolis O November 1 st 1852
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Herewith find a declaration signed by Jacob Sauter for himself; and Attorney for his brothers, and sisters, claiming a continuation of their father's pension until the death of their mother, making a term of eleven years and three months. In making out the case I have as agent for them, prepared a volume of documents which I supposed would be required. If the whole is not sufficiently satisfactory, you will please instruct me, what is required. I can furnish any number of witnesses required to establish any point deemed requisite.
Col. Safford the Witness called in; owns the adjoining estate to the old Sauter farm. I will take the liberty of saying, that in point of elevation and celebrity, but few men in Ohio occupy a more enviable situation. He was Judge of our Court fourteen years Col of a Regiment in the service of the United States in the war of 1812. V Representative in the Legislature of Ohio some ten years.
Jacob Blase lies on the adjoining farm, where he has resided near fifty years, has been a Justice of the Peace many years of the time. I am enabled to comply with any requirements deemed necessary. But I trust I have already complied with the requisites of the pension office. With due respect
Lewis Parsons

Pompton Feby 21 st 1887
Hon Geo Phil.
Sir. Your favour of the 12 th of January was duly received. I am requested to once more ask the favour of you to prosecute the search of the Pension papers of Mr Buckbee. In your last to me you state that you sent the reply of the Pension Department to Mr Sisco of Little Falls, & had you that reply you would be enabled to make the search as I wish in my letter. The reply of the Pension Office is this viz. That the claim of Ezekiel Buckbee has been disallowed because the records do not exhibit a service of six months to have been performed by him in the war of the Revolution, and Pensions can not be allowed for less than six months service. The time served by Buckbee in the war was six months & two weeks. He served three months under one set of Officers, & three months & two weeks under another set of Officers. As his papers sent to the Department will show the person employed by him to make out his papers says that under the one set of Officers his name was recorded Ezra instead of Ezekiel Buckbee. Mr Buckbee says that he was called Ezra by his Comrades more than half of the time, that it was very common for them to call him so. This is where the mistake arises.
I am very Respectfully Yours &c Wm H Golfat
P.S.
Mr Buckbee is a man of the highest reputation. I have no interest in the matter whatever. I have written these letters in his behalf gratuitously. W.M.E.

Ezekiel Buggbee, Certificate of Comptroller, of New York.
Rev d . Service,

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
1779- June 3 rd  Ezekiel Bugbee Private No. of Cert'e issued, 42669 £ — — 7 10
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There is evidence in this office of "the "Subsistence" of Capt. Ludington's Company" having been paid 13 th April 1776. also, in 1776, & 1778 in March, of payments made to Fines collected of "Col. Henry Ludington's Regiment"
The entries however do not mention the names of the men: And this Department is not aware of any Pay Rolls ever having been "seen" here relating thereto. It is presumed therefor all the earlier payments were made in Cash & not by Certificates —
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, July 15 th 1852
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. mine now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First — under Capt. Joel Moad in Col. Henry Ludington's Regiment.   Second " " " " "   Third " " " " "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " "   Eleventh " " " " "   Twelfth " " " " "   Thirteenth " " " " "   Fourteenth " " " " "   Fifteenth " " " " " 
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £ — to be correct. —
Am. Lee Examining Clerk. Philip Scheppner Comptroller.