Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17372, Buckner Daniel, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Daniel Buckner
S 17372.
carded
CONTENTS

Indiana P.A. 16. 244 16044 North Carolina
Buckner Daniel
Davidson in the State of North Car.
he was a private in the company commanded by Captain Waggoner of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jones in the Virginia line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Car. at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of June '33 and sent C.C. Brummell Brummell's P.O. N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 60 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 15 $75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 38
ad to Pensioned 12
'8
in Agt Madison Indiana 1838
to R. Daniel & B Auditors Decd 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to the 4 th March 1838 — Agt note filed 21 Jan 1838.
Ord to Pen Agt 26 June 1839.
To Mess Albany Agt from 4 th March 1838 — 8 July 1839 — Notification to Pensioned, Walnut Ridge Washington Co. Indiana
Letter to Pen Agt & 3 Auditors 10. Aug 1839
Paid as above from 4 th March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. Agt notified 30. Aug 1839.
Order to pay 20 th Sept 1839.

Declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of North Carolina Davidson County
On this 12 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions David Buckner Daniel a Resident in the County of Davidson and State of North Carolina aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath Make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the Service of U.S.A. under the following named officers & served as herein stated
The claimant says that he does not distinctly recollect the time when he entered the Service but he thinks it was in year 1779 in the Month of September or October that he was drafted in Dinwiddie County Virginia He joined the Army at Petersburg Va. & was put under the command of Capt. Waggoner Colonel Jones and General Malenkey He Marched from Petersburg to Norfolk Va. under the command of the officers and was there discharged during which campaign he served three Months
In the year 1780 he was drafted again the Regiment to which he was attached assembled at Petersburg Va. his officers were Captain Hanes Colonel Falkner & General Lawson He Marched from Petersburg to the vicinity of Norfolk then returned to Petersburg & served three Months
In the year 1781 he was drafted again he joined the Army at Petersburg Va. under Captain Boul Colonel Falkner & General Malenkey He remained at Petersburg until after the memorable battle which was fought at there General Arnold the Major & Gen. Philips were the chief commanders in the British Army at the battle of Petersburg After the battle was fought they Marched to Richmond Va. they Marched down James River when they fell in with the Army Command

by General Lafayette After the two as Miss united they continued to (Monks) down James River a few days but shortly after returned to Richmond From Richmond they went towards Petersburg they again went their course towards James River crossed James River at a small village called Aspin from Aspin they marched to Milton Va where he found a Discharge & served 3 months 9 months in all He declares that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person who has testimony he can prove who can testify to his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year of our Lord
Richard Daniel
D. Lock Bld
We Jacob Miller a clergyman residing in the county of Amherst & State of Va. and David Ware residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Daniel who has subs- -cribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year of our Lord
Jacob Miller David his Ware Mark
D. Lock Bld
I David Mack clerk of the court of Pleas & quorum do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Richard Daniel for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12 th day of November 1832
D. Lock Bld

on this the 30th day of April 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the county of Davidson & State of North Carolina Burkiner Daniel who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was born in the year 1761 in the County of Dinwiddie State Virginia. The further deposes that he has a record of his age which he has at hand. The further deposes and saith that he resided in the County of Dinwiddie to when called into the Service that he resided in Dinwiddie six years after the commencement of the war in then removed to the County of Halifax State of North Carolina where he resided six years. The then removed to Rowan County No Man called Davidson where he has resided since. The further deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Sarah Miller David Ware Morton Bissett Valentine (Herman) Phelps James and Morton Ratcliff who reside in his neighborhood and can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Rev- olution.
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year above said J Brummell J
Burkiner Daniel
I, Sarah Brownell Justice of the Peace for the County of Davidson and State of North Carolina do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the further I further certify that it appears to me that Sarah Miller who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Davidson & etc and that David Ware who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Davidson & etc and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit
J Brummell J
State of North Carolina
Davidson County } I David Mock Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Davidson County do hereby certify that Jacob Brummell Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made & who signed the foregoing certificate is and was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that full faith & credit should be given to all his official acts as such. And I do further certify that the above signature is the proper hand writing of the said Jacob Brummell Esquire In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Affix the 7th day of May 1833
D. Mock bbb

19417
Buckner Daniel
No
Samson apart 9 mo. $3000 8. Int 12.37.
P 320 R
4 April
Chas. Brummell Brummell's P.O. Davidson Co. N.C.

BRIEF in the case of Buckner Daniel  County of Davidson in the State of North Carolina  (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? 72  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.     drafted In 1779 — 3 — Private Gen. Muhlenberg, Lawson Ld Fayette   " 1780 — 3 — " Capt. Waggoner, Col Jones   " 1781 — 3 — " Capt. Hues, Col Falkner   9 Capt Cole Col Falkner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Petersburg  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? appears in Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no opinion of the Court given 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Edw. Forrest Examining Clerk.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Washington ss. State of Indiana
On this Eighteenth day of August 1838, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Washington personally appeared Bucher Daniel who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Gall in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Foraker in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of North Carolina from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of North Carolina to the State of Indiana is in consequence of his children removing from the aforesaid State of North Carolina to the State of Indiana Bucher Daniel
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
John Early  seal
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. ¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. ¶ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. ¶ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Indiana Washington County
On this 18 th day of August 1838 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Washington personally appeared Hugh Daniel who on his oath declared that the within named  Benjamin Daniel is the same person described in the within draft affidavit sworn and subscribed to before the day and year aforesaid
ally
John Early
Hugh Daniels
I John Early a Justice of the peace for the County of Washington and State of I. do hereby that the above named Hugh Daniel is a man of good Moral Character given under my hand and seal this 18 th day of Aug t 1838
John Early Justice 

State of Indiana Washington County
I, J. S. Thompson Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that John Early Day before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken and by whom the same appears to have been administered, is now and was at the time of administering the same and certifying thereto, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his Official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at the Court House in Salem this 26 th Day of September 1838
J. S. Thompson CR

17 372 INVALID.
File No. 17,372
Buchner Daniel
Pre Civil War
Act: June 7 '32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 429
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Buchner Daniel Ind a 7 th June 1832
$30.
To what time last paid
Pension Office paid to 4 March 1838. 10. Aug 1839. T. H. H.

July 2 Mr. Edwards New Bedford
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Junior Office
Grayville. June 29 th 1839.
James L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Acknowledgement of pension under the Act of 7 June 1832. was paid at this Office to the 4 March 1838 - his new payable at Washington.
Respectfully &c.
Andrew
John

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec r 24 th 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Buckner Daniel. — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Fayetteville N. C. — Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 — has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r 1837 — to the 4 th March 1838 —
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Oct 13.
M c Edward.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Washington City

Indiana Pension Agency Madison Oct 4 1858
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions Sir
I wrote you on yesterday in relation to the transfer of Buckner Daniel from the North Carolina agency to this. I united to state that the writer to be placed here his annuages which I think is one year per The sum is small and will be very difficult for him to get from N. Carolina I am well satisfied that he has not drawn since Sept. 1837 as he has resided here about one year
Your favor of the 25 Sept. in relation to the other Branches of our State Bank acting as agents in paying pensions is recd. and shall receive immediate attention
Very resply J. D. Alexander Agent

Indian Pension Agency Madison Oct. 3 rd 1838
J. S. Schvards Esq Com. of Pensions Sir
I enclose you the application of Buckner Derrill of North Carolina, for a transfer to this Agency
Very resp J. H. Derrill Agent

Walnut Ridge Post Office Washington County Indiana
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions
Enclosed I hand you my application for a transfer from North Carolina to Indiana perfected — please make the transfer to New Albany — I Rec d in January last a draft for from Peter Hagner And r for my pension from the the 4 th Sept 1837 to the 4 th March 1838. also a letter directing the Agent to pay my pension from 4 Mar to 4 Sep 1838. please direct the Agent at New Albany what course to pursue in regard to this Authority
Buchanan P. Ganiel

To Hon. J. L. Edwards
25
Walnut Ridge } Commissioner of Pensions Washington } County La } Washington City } March 31 st }
Apr 11

Washington County Indiana March 28th 1838
Dear Sir I being a Pensioner and having removed from Davidson County North Carolina to this place, and it being out of my power to receive my Pension from Fayetteville the place I formerly received my claim I would receive it as an esteemed favor if your honour would transfer my place of receiving my Pay to New Albany Indiana as I live within forty miles of that place; and by so doing you will confer a Benevolent favor on a revolutioner which will be remembered with gratitude and esteem through life I am with the greatest Respect yours
Beckner Daniel
As it may save you some trouble by stating that my certificate is recorded in Book E Vol. 6.
Page 38 by Wm Miller Clerk
to the Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Please to direct your letter to the Walnut Ridge post office Washington County Indiana

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 15 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Buckner Daniel, a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Branch Bank of Ind New Albany Sept 11. 1839.
J. S. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pardon
I humbly ask for your examination No, Pardon Voucher of Benjamin Laniel and William Mills; thanking you for your services and cash this 4 inst;
Very Respectfully
Yours
M. Shindler Esq for M. C. Fitch P. Agent