Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2060, John Baylie, Penn.
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SERVICE: Penn.
Baylie, John
NUMBER: S. 2060
Carded
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Pennsylvania 62 
John Baylie 
of Manayunt in the State of Pennsylvania 
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Lacy of the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Wayne in the Pennsylvania line, 
for the term of One year 
from 22 January 1776 to 22 January 1777 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 40. Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of July 1832 
and sent to the Pensioner Manayunk Penn 

Arrears to 4th of March 1832. 40.00 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th of Sept 1832. 20. 00 
[=] $60.00 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Acts 7 June 1832} 
Recorded D. Vol. 6 page 47 

[Crosswise]
Hon Edward McPherson April 11/60 

[Right side]
Dec'd July 31 1834 [?]
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Left side:
Germantown
Decber  23d [?]
Free [postage]
The Honble
the Secretary of War
Washington City

Upside down:
1 Case 2971
Jno. Bailey
Claim't.
Germantown, Pa.
rec'd Dec. 29, 1818.

Informal
The claimant must make his Declaration 
before a Judge or Court of Record

Right side:
John Baylie
The declaration must be made before
 a Judge or a court of record
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On this 19th day of Decem A D 1818 before me John F Watson Esquire Notary Public for the County of Philada & dwelling in Germantown, personally appeared John Baylie, Runner in the Bank of Germantown to me personally well known, who being duly affirmed, doth solemnly declare & affirm, that in January 1776 he enlisted at Middletown in Bucks County in Capt John Lacys Compy of Infantry of the 4th Battalion commanded by Col Anthony Wayne; that they marched from Darby Pa. in March following & this affirmant on the 8 June 1776 was engaged in the battle of Trois Rivers in Canada against a part of Burgoyne's army; that he afterwards, with the remainder of the Army lay at Ticonderoga till the 24 Jany 1777 when his compy was marched home and ^he was honourably discharged at Chester Penna. in the month March 1777. This affirmant further declares, that, he served as a Corporal for all the aforesaid time, and that his "Discharge" has been mislaid or destroyed for this thirty years past. This affirmant further declares, that, ever since, his leaving the Army, he has been chiefly employed in teaching a school in Bucks County & that for the last thirty years of his life he has lived near Attleborough in said County; that he has been for many years a married man, has been the Father of Eight lawful children, all of whom, so far as living, have been reputably brought up by him, but within the two last years of his life, by reason of his increasing age & decrease of scholars, he has been compelled most reluctantly to give up that school which for several of the last years did not produce a compensation equal to his family support, & now this affirmant is actually a Runner &c to the Bank of Germantown, for which he is soon to be removed, by reason of his age unfitting him to fulfill
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all the duties required, wherefore being thus too much disqualified by his age & actually considerably reduced thereby in his circumstances, he at present reluctantly avails himself of this occasion to receive the Public bounty provided for all Soldiers of the American Revolution, who are in reduced circumstances 
[Signed] John Baylie 
In Witness whereof I the said notary have hereunto affixed my hand & Seal of Office the Day & date above written.
[Signed] John F Watson
Notary Public T

I John F Watson, Notary Public & Cashier of the Bank of Germantown, do most cordially recommend Mr John Baylie to the notice of the War Department, to receive a pension as an old soldier, knowing him to be a very deserving & excellent moral man, whose reduction of circumstances is really so, & whose imperfection to serve in the Bank, where he is much esteemed, arising from the decay of his memory & inability to preserve that connection & train of passing occurrences in the business of the Bank which would qualify him to receive the Salary which the Bank has before given. From a sense of which things, he has been recommended to take the measures above done, in hopes the UStates, will not find a man more worthy to receive the Public bounty - In witness of my official character I here affix the seal of the said Bank.} 
[Signed] John F. Watson
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The Honble the Secretary of War 
Sir - Annexed I present you my Claim for a Pension which I hope will prove satisfactory. If it could be of any use to have all the Directors of the Bank of Germantown to Recommend my Claim they are willing to present such a paper. If I may Justly make this Claim, I pray it may be speedily, as I shall cease to serve this Bank, at the end of this Winter, and shalt then have to go forth in the Winter of Life, to seek new modes of Livelihood
My identity of Service might perhaps be proved by Reference to the Company Pay Rolls & Muster Rolls, some of the earliest of which were Written or drawn by me as Clerk to Captain Laceys Company, Samuel Smith Esq ^was at that time first Lieutenant & John Barclay Esqr President of the Bank of the Northern Liberties, Philada Ensign of sd. Company
Yours very Respectfully 
[Signed] John Baylie
Germantown, Philada. County 
December 19th 1818
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July 30, 1937
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BA-J/EEL  [initialed am]
John Baylie-S.2060
Mrs. Lillian R. Craig 
Memphis 
Missouri 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Bailey and Thomas Stains, of Pennsylvania, probably Huntingdon County. 
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. You are furnished herein the record of John Baylie, the only soldier of that name, under any spelling of the surname, who served from Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

John Baylie 
S. 2060 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2060, based upon the military service in that war of John Baylie. 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Baylie are not shown. 

John Baylie enlisted at Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania January 22, 1776, served as corporal in Captain John Lacey's Company, also as company clerk, in Colonel Anthony Wayne's 4" Pennsylvania Regiment, went to Canada, and was in the battle of Three Rivers, June 8, 1776, returned to Ticonderoga where he remained until January 24, 1777, when the company took up the march for home and soldier was discharged March 22, 1777, at Chester, Pennsylvania. [In right margin:] Found sol. in Pa Archives VOL 2. in this service

He was allowed pension on his application executed December
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19, 1818. John Baylie then stated that for thirty years he had resided in Attleboro, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and had been engaged in school teaching but he was then employed as a runner for the bank of Germantown, Pennsylvania. 

In 1820, he gave his age as sixty-four years and stated that he had long been a married man and was the father of eight children. He did not give the names of wife or children. In 1832, he was residing in Manayunk, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for fifteen months. 

He died July 31, 1834, place not shown.  [initialed AB]

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Left side:
1937- July 30 - Hist to
Mrs Lillian R. Craig

Right side:
Rev War 2060
INVALID.
File No. 2060
John Baylie
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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11861 
Pennsylvania  4
John Baylie 
of Germantown in the State of Penna. 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel [blank] of the Penna. line, 
for the term of 1 year. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 8 --- Dollars per month, to commence on 
11 of June 1819. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of June 1819 
and sent to the Pensioner, at Germantown, Pa 

Arrears to 4th of [stricken]
portion of
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  22--
[=] $22.00 

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.} 

Right side:
See letter May 21 1832 to Hon J. G. Watmaugh
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Philadelphia, at the United States Bank

Recorded
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War Department 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Baylie late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Eleventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of June one thousand eight and Nineteen. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] J C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Manayunk July 13th 1832. 
To the Hon'ble Secretary at War 
Sir
I enlisted on the 22d of January 1776, for one Year in Captain John Laceys Company 4th Battalion of Pennsylvania Commanded by Anthony Wayne (Colonel), that I continued according to my Enlistment during said term of one Year & was discharged at Chester Pennsylvania in March 1777. That I was in the Skirmish of Trois Riveres in Canada, we were defeated, & retreated to Ticonderoga where our Battalion remained until the 22d of January & then Marched to Chester aforesaid. 
Witness my trembling hand in the 78th year of my Age
[Signed] John Baylie 

I John F Watson Cashier of the Bank of Germantown, [swears?] the above to have been written by John Baylie who for several years was employed under me in the said Bank. I recommend him as a worthy man, and is sufficiently [illegible] employment & destitute, to deserve a Pension 
Col Watnaugh of late [?] at Washington, knows him & will confirm his testimony & James Eakin Esqr Chf Clk in the Auditors office will confirm my writing & credibility of character. Done at Germantown this 14 July 1832 
Witness the Seal of the Bank 
[Signed] John F. Watson Cashier

P.S. If any Papers are sent to me for Jno Baylie, I will deliver them.
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Germantown - County of Philad'a. ss. 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber, Notary Public the County of Philad'a., John Baylie, whose name is also undersigned, by himself to me well known, as a former & respectable inhabitant of Germantown, now of Manayunk, who being duly affirmed, on his solemn affirmation, doth declare and say, that he is the same person, to whom the annexed Certificate of Pension was formerly granted on the 16 day of June 1819, & that he only rec'd his Pension therein for six months or one year - he not choosing to apply for any further assistance under the subsequent restrictions concerning [illegible] he then having some income from his pens as a writer but [illegible] past such ability, being weak in body - in the 78th year of his age. He further declares and says, that when he recd that Pension he then a resident of Germantown, employed in the Bank of Germantown has been a resident of Manayunk about 15 months - is the same person who on the 22 Jany 1776 enlisted for one year in Capt John Laceys Compy of 4th Batt. of Pennsylvania, commanded by Col Anthony Wayne (as is set forth in a paper annexed in his proper hand writing) that he served out his full time of enlistment, & was discharged at Chester Pa the 22d of March 1777 - having in the intermediate time, engaged in the Battle at Trois Riviere, passed the winter at Ticonderoga until the 22d Jany, when they marched homeward. 
He further declares, he is not ^now nor has not been at any time in receipt of any other Pension, from the UStates, or any of the State. 
To all which solemn affirmation he subscribes his name in his proper hand writing at Germantown this 16 day of July 1832. 
[Signed] John Baylie
In Witness whereof, I the said Notary Public, have hereunto affixed & set my Hand & Seal of Office the day & date above written. 
[Signed] John Watson Noty Pubc
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July 18 1832
Pension Office

Manayunk
July 16
Free [postage]
To the Hon'ble
The Secretary of War
Washington City
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Prepared & forwarded by John F Watson
Cash'r of the Bank of Germantown & Notary
Public fr County of Philad'a.
July 16, 1832
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Germantown Pa June 12th} Free [postage]
The Hon'ble
The Sec'y of War -
fr Mr C Kings [?] Depo
Washington City.
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Germantown June 11th 1819 
The Hon'ble the Secretary of War 
Sir 
You will perceive by the enclosed papers that I have endeavoured to meet your views by having my Affirmation taken before a Judge & Court of Record - I have also enclosed the former Affirmation of the 19th Decr last - And hope the whole may meet your Approbation, & that I may speedily have the happiness in the Wane of life to receive the Cheering bounty of my Country 
I am Sir very Respectfully yours &c 
[Signed] John Baylie
N.B. Please to address to me as at Germantown
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Adm'd

Com'r of pension
June 11, 1819.
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Philadelphia County, State of Pennsylvania 

On this 11th day June 1819. Before me the Subscriber, One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia Personally appeared John Baylie, aged 64 Years resident in Germantown in the County of Philadelphia, who being by me first duly affirmed, according to Law, doth on his Affirmation, solemnly makes the following declaration, in order to Obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said John Baylie enlisted for the term of twelve Months, on the 22d day of January 1776 in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Company commanded by John Lacey (Captain) of the Battalion commanded by Anthony Wayne, called the 4th Battalion of Pennsylvania, on the Continental Establishment: that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the Service of the United States, until the Month of March 1777, when he was discharged from the service in the Town of Chester State of Pennsylvania; that he was in the Battle of Trois Rivieres in lower Canada, on the 8th or 9th of June 1776. And that he is in reduced Circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support, And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services 
[Signed] John Baylies
Affirmed to and declared before me }
the Day & year aforesaid } [Signed] Geo Morton

I George Morton Esqr. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Philadelphia do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Baylie did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common Enemy, for the term of twelve Months at one time, on the Continental Establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for support. 
Philadelphia June 11th A.D. 1819.
[Signed] Geo Morton
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I do hereby relinquish and forever quit claim all pension or pensions heretofore allowed me by any law or laws of the United States except that pension now applied for. June 11 1819 
[Signed] John Baylie (SEAL)
Wit H Shoemaker 

Philadelphia County ss. 
To all whom it may concern. 
[SEAL]
I William Runkel Junr. Clerk of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the peace of the County aforesaid Do certify that the within named George Morton Esq. is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Philadelphia and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as well in all courts as out of the same [?]. Witness my Hand & Seal of the said Court June 11th A.D 1819. 
[Signed] W Runkel jr Clerk
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Memphis, Missouri 
July 17, 1937 

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D.C 
I am trying to establish the record in the Revolutionary War of John Bailey and Thomas Stains from Pennsylvania - probably Huntingdon County. I will apprentice any information you can give me about their pensions or services. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. Lillian R. Craig
[Receipt mark] RECEIVED JUL 21 1937