Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,637, Israel Bailey, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
CONTENTS
Bailey, Israel
Lucy
NUMBER
W. 24.637
B.L. Wt. 12840-160-55.
CONTENTS
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67 67 
Dist. of Maine
Israel Bailey
of  Minot of Cumberland Co in the Cumberland in the state[crossed out] D [Department] of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel M Jackson of the Msts: line, for the term of 2 years
___________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of D[department] of Maine
at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10 of April 1818
____________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1819
and sent to Judge Parris- Paris
Maine.
_____________________________________________
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 mos 25/30  38.66
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819.      48-                                                                 $86.66
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.
____________________________________________
Certification  sent July 7th 1820
John Mulbery Jr. Esq Portland, Maine 
Died May 22, 1830
from A.B.

Copd for Land Agt of Maine dec 13, 1831,
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95.203- Act March 3/55
April 23/55
Lucy Bailey - wid of
Israel Bailey 
Pensioner
Private 
no 12840 [illegible]
Mufo Troops
Revolutionary War
Me  48-1460
A c. 16 Oac's Dec 13 /55
Dodge
NUW
Freeman Bradford Nov 30 /58
Portland Maine
Civ. F. Bradford Nov 30/55
Vol. B1- 11.
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1460
Maine Portland
Lucy Bailey
widow of Israel Bailey
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private
increased from $80 per annum
--------------------------------------
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th[crossed out] First day of March[crossed out] July, 1848.
==========================
Certificate of Pension issued the
eighth day of January 1831
and sent to
Dickens [and] Coombes
Present
===========================
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 2 Vol.1
3m55-95208
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Israel Bailey
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Israel Dailey
Private
M. Jackson's Massts[Massachusetts] Reg 2
June 1781 to October 1783
Admitted
April 10th 1818
             "
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I  Israel Bailey a resident Citizen of the
United States in the Town of Minot and County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that on the first day of January in the Year of Our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty one I enlisted as a private soldier into the Company commanded by Capt Nathan Dix, in the Regiment under the Command of Col. Michael
Jackson, being the eight Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment in the Army of the United States of America, to serve in said Army for the space of three years from the said time of enlistment, until sooner discharged then
from, and served in the same until the month of October in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty three at which time I was honourably discharged and left the service, but by accident have lost my discharge.
[signed]Israel Bailey

I Daniel Kinsley do testify & say that the above instrument is true as there in Exspressed,  
Daniel Kinsley [signature]

Before me  Seth Keith (Justice of the peace
We the subscribers do certify that we are personally aquainted with Israel Bailey named in the above certificate and from what we know of his circumstances we believe that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support

Minot April 8 1818
Asapth Howard} Selectmen of
Nicholas Noyes}  Minot
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I, Israel Bailey do further declare on oath, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on any
pension list of the United States.
Israel Bailey[signature]

I John Bailey of Turner in the County of Oxford
and State of Massachusetts do testify and Say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the same period, that the above named Israel Bailey served, and that he served for the full term of time and in the manner he has above declared. I further certify that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, said Israel Bailey stands in need of assistance from his country for supports.
John Bailey[signature]
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA._
_____________________________________
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth day of  April  in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came  Israil Bailey  the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined,  made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the testimony of
John ['Bailey'crossed out] and James Willis named in the annexed certificate by them signed in my presence who after being cautioned and examined said severally made oath that the facts by them therein stated are wholly true and also the certificate of Daniel Kinsley made oath here before Seth Keith Esq a magistrate within and for the County

I  James Willis  of Minot in the County of Cumberland do testify and say that I was in the Continental Service, during the Revoutionary war
at the same period that Israel Bailey who signed the annexed declaration served and was in the same division and that the said Israel Bailey to my certain knowledge served as a private Soldier in Capt Dix's Company as aforesaid for upwards of two years and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, he served to the end of the term for which he was enlisted and until he was honourably dis
charged
- James Willes{signature]
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth
day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, personally came Israil Bailey
the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the
several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the testimony of
John [Bailey] and James Willis named in the annexed certificate by them signed in my presence who after being cautioned and examined  severally made oath that the facts  by them therein stated are wholly true and also the certificate of Daniel Kinsley made oath here before Seth Keith Esqr a magistrate within & for the County of
Cumberland is. And the said Bailey also at the same time produced
the annexed certificate of Asaph Howard & Nicholas Noyes
two Respectable Citizens well known to me as selectl men
in Municipal officers of the town of Minot)

And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory
proof to me that the said  Israel Bailey the applicant, served as a
private Soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy,
for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further
certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to
the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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N 236. Isreal Bailey
Copy
67 67
10 Feb 1819
March 1819
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at  Portland  within and for the District of Maine, on the
first Tuesday, being the  sixth . . . day of June
and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty seventh day of  June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
On this twenty seventh day of June . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having  "the power of fine and imprisonment,"  and being a Court of Record for said Maine District,  Isreal Bailey . . . aged fifty six. . . . .-  years, resident in Minot . . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a  private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Nathan Dix . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts  on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the tenth . . . day of  April  . . . A. D.1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered  6767. . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so 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 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Isreal Bailey[signature]
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty seventh
day of  June . . A.D. 1820. }
BEFORE Albion H. Paris [signature] {U.S. District Judge for the
                                                        {  District of Maine.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real Estate - I have none-
Personal estate- none, except a small trifle of
furniture - no income nor any money due -
Isreal Bailey[signature]
Sworn to
June 27 1820
Before
Albion K. Parris
U.S. Dist: Judge
=
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Isreal Bailey, who
by occupation am a farmer . . . which I am not able to pursue by
more than one third part of the time

_NAMES._            _AGES._     _Capacity of each to contribute to their support_.
Wife  Lucy                52           able to work
         Jenette            15           able to work
         Olive               12}
         Erastus            10}          unable to work
         Isreal                 6}
Sworn to 
            Before          Albion K. Parris
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MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is
five . . . . . dollars and sixty three . . cents, and no more

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of June . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
                               
                               {Clerk of the U. States District
John Mussey Junr   {  Court for Maine District.
[signature]
$5.63
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2566
Buckley
Me
act of July
2 yrs pri
no 89030
aomd
2yrs pri
80$
no deduction
Job Printer 
Turner
Oxford County
State of Maine
Agent
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State of Maine}
Oxford Country}S S 
On this twentieth day of September AD 1838
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate,  within and for the County of Oxford, Lucy Bailey, a resident of Minot in the County
of Cumberland, aged seventy one years
who, being first duly sworn, according to
law doth, on her oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress,
passed July 7, 1838, entitled, "an act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows;"
That she is the widow of Israel Bailey, who was, as she believes, a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, that according to her best knowledge and belief, he enlisted on or about the first of January 1781, to serve as a private
soldier three years, in a company commanded
by Capt Nathan Six, in Col Michael Jackson
Regt, that he marched to West point soon after he enlisted & that he continued in the service untill the fall of 1783, when he was dischargedin consequence of the war being brought to a close, that he resided in Bridgewater when he entered the service, in the State of Mass, that he drew a pension of ninety six dollars per year, from 1818 to the time of his death, that when he was inscribed on the pension Roll, he resided in Minot in the
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County of Cumberland. She further declares that she was married to the said Israel Bailey sometime in the month of December, seven =teen hundred & eighty nine, but she does not recollect the day of the month, that she was married at Bridgewater State - of Mass. & that the Revd Samuel Anger solemnize the marriage & that her maiden name was Whitman, before she married the said Israel Bailey, that her husband the aforesaid Bailey died at Buckfield in the County of Oxford on the twenty second day of May 1830, and that she still remains his widow; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four at the time above stated.
That she has never been married since the death of the said Israel Baily her husband aforesaid,
Lucy Bailey[signature]
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Lucy Bailey the day & year first above written, in open Court
Before Stephen Emery, Judge
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State of Maine
Oxford SS.  I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Lucy Bailey for a Pension. In Testimony where of I have him unto set my hand and thy seal of said Court the tenth day
of October A.D. 1838.
[seal]     Levi Stowell
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The following is a copy from the Book of Records of Marriages
belonging to the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts-
Seventeen hundred and eighty nine December thirty first
Israel Bailey and Lucy Whitmern both of Bridgewater were
Married by the Rev Samuel Angier -
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exeption of the above, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows "1789 Dec. 31"
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk
I Mitchell Keith above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Masssachusetts, and that, the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk
of Bridgewater Massachusettse
Commonwealth of Masachusetts}
Plymouth County office}
Sept 24th 1838
Sworn before me
Artemas Hale Justice of Peace
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95.203
Claim of  Lucy Bailey
To  Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev.


Freeman Bradford
PORTLAND,
Maine.
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State of Maine.

CUMBERLAND, ss.

Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
PORTLAND, April 18  1855.

I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Thomas J. Howard Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificates to the papers hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Androscoggin
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing,
in the County aforesaid,--and that the following Signatures, purporting to be his are GENUINE.
                                        [seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.                             

O.G. Cook CLERK.
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State of Maine.
_________________
County of Androscoggin, ss.
On this twenty second day of March A.D. 1855
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Lucy Bailey a resident of Auburn 
in said County and State, aged Eighty seven years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3d, A. D. 1855.

And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Israel Bailey late of Buckfield in the State of Maine that her said husband Israel Bailey was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month under the act of March 18, 1818. She states that her said Husband Israel Bailey died on the 22d day of May
 For evidence of her husband's service in the Revolutionary war she refers to her said husband's declaration under the Act aforesaid. She states that she never received Bounty Land and she believes her husband never received any in his life time under any act of Congress -
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YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Israel Bailey
on the __  day of December A.D. 1790, at
Bridgewarter, Mas in said May in said
State, and that her name before marriage was Lucy Whitman.
And your declarant further states that after the passage of the Act of Congress of 7th July 1838 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
and increased under the Resolution of July 1, 1848 to $96 per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated
Eight day of January  A.D. 1850 No. 1460.

For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death,
and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension,
now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still
a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Freeman Bradford
of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,                           Lucy Bailey[signature]
Edmund Penney

Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe
the said Lucy Bailey to be the widow of the person who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.
Thomas J. Howard
Justice of the Peace.
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, Edmund Runcy and Iretus B. Penny residents of Auburn in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, being of lawful age, on oath depose, testify and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Lucy Bailey of Auburn  State and County aforesaid, and who is now a claimant for Bounty Land. We have known the said Lucy Bailey for many years last past, that She is the identical person she represents herself to be in
her application for said Land, and that she is the widow of Israel Bailey who is reputed to have served as she has set forth
in her declaration. We have no interest, direct or indirect in the claim that said Lucy Bailey may have to Bounty Land. Israel
Bailey was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and died about seventeen years ago, and the said Lucy Bailey has not been married since his death and is still a widow.
[Signed}
Edmund Penny
Iretus B. Penny
STATE OF Maine
County of Androscoggin ss. March 22 1855
THEN personally appeared the above-named Edmond Penney and Iretus B. Pinney known to me as credible witnesses; and to whom the foregoing affidavit was read as the same is written; who, understanding the same, subscribed their names
thereto, and made oath that the same is true.
BEFORE ME.
Thomas J. Howard Justice of the Peace
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Additional Evidence in Sus:
Bounty Land Claim of
Lucy Bailey (widow of Israel )
No" 95.203"Wm 95.203"
Actof Marcdh 3, 1855
War of the Rev.
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_Commonwealth of Massachusetts._
Secretary's Office, Boston
December 7th 1855
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the
Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the
name of Israel Bailey is borne on pay
roll of Capt. Stephen Penniman's Comp. Col.
Nicholas Dike's Regt. from Dec. 1. 1776.
mos. as Sept. from Stoughton.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written
[signed]
EM Wrigham
Secretary of the eM WrighamCommonwealth
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

PENSION OFFICE
Nov 30 1855

Sir:
The claim of Lucy Bailey
for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March 1855,
No. 95.203 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Israel Bailey
the husband of the applicant does not appear of record in this
office
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN
DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim
will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully
J.MINOT
Commissioner
Freeman Bradford Esq
Portland
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J L Edwards Esq
Coms of Pensions
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Turner   Oct 17th 1838
Sir-
-Herewith you will receive
the application of Lucy Bailey
for a Pension, with accompanying
Affidavits-- & when you have any
communication to make in relation
in them to-  please address  Job Prince 
Turner, Maine. Respectfully Yours

                                     Job Prince
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Lucy Bailey
$80 per an


Joseph Pope
Portland
Maine
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Portland M'e, Jany 4. 1844
J. L. Edwards Esqr}
Commissioner of Pensions}

Sir
I forward herewith the application
of Mrs Lucy Bailey for her pension
under act of March 3. 1843.-
I am, Sir
Yours very respectfully
Joseph Pope
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Lucy Bailey
Payment to be made at Portland
by
William Woodbury Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Maine

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Ofice on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 2, Vol. 1,
Leo Jon KIng
Clerk.

Dechius L Coambs
-
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848,
Lucy Bailey
widow of Israel Bailey,
who was a
private
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars
 per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marrriaage.
Given at the War Office of the United States
this 25th
day of August
one thousand eight hundred and forty eight,
W.L. Marcy [signature]
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.
J.S Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.
By K.. S. Evans
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Puttnum[?]  Augt. 7, 1848
Sir.
I herewith forward you the application of
Hannah Thorndike, Abigail Davis, May Norton and Elizabeth Dale for the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 2 July 1848 which if correct please forward me the certificates
Respectfully Yours
Leo Juby

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pensions
Washington
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Inc. to $96 per annum
[illegible]former pays
at $80 per annum
Coming 1 July 1848


-
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Washington 5 Oct. 1832
Sir,
Enclosed we present to you
the application of Mrs Lucy Bailey
for an increased pension: -  We advise
her pension certificate to be cancelled
on the issue of a new one for the
increased amount.-
Yours respectfully
Dickens & Coombs

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Admitted

Nathaniel Ingersoll
Danville
Maine
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STATE OF MAINE
__________________
CUMBERLAND, ss.

Charles C. Harmon  Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
Nathaniel L. Ingersoll is an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for said County
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is
dated June 25,1846 and will
expire June 25, 1853-
and that the following
signatures purporting to be
His are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this Seventh day of  August
Anno Domini 1848 
Charles C. Harmon, CLERK
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State of Maine
Cumberland County.
On this fifth day of August A.D. 1840
personally approved before 
Nathaniel L. Ingersolll a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County,
my Bailey, a resident of Auburn in
the County of Cumberland aged eighty
one years, who being first duly Sworn,
according to law, doth on her oath,
makes the following declination, in order
to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress, passed on the
Second day of February A.D. 1848, granting
pensions to widows of Persons who Served
during the Revolutionary war, that She 
is the widow of Israel Bailey who
was a soldier and private in the
Army of the Revolution, she thinks
her said husband served under Captain
Dix but is not positive of the fact, 
that she drew a pension under the
act of 17th June 1844, at the rate of
eighty dollars pr annum, and
the further declairs that she is still
a widow       Lucy Bailey [signature]
Sworn and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me
[illegible] Nathaniel Ingersoll Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the declarant
is personally known to me, and
is the same person states
same Lucy Bailey of Auburn within
Maine who received a pension
under the act of 17 June 1844
Nathaniel L. Ingersoll
Justice of the Peace
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Lucy Bailey
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts,
PORTLAND, March 30th A. D. 1850 }
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS.
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Thomas J. Howard is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly QUALIFIED TO ACT as such: that the
COMMISSION of the said Howard is dated May 26th A. D 1849
and will expire May 26 A.D. 1856. 

[missing word] that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is Genuine.
[SEAL]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year
first above written.
Chas C. Harmon CLERK.
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Declaration for the benefit of the Resolution of
Congress passed July 1, 1848.

State of Maine
Cumberland Ss.   On this 21st day of March
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred  and and fifty personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Lucy Bailey of Auburn aged 82 years, who upon her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838, March 3d 1843. June 17th 1844, July 2d 1848, under the Joint Resolution aforesaid
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Israel Bailey late of Minot deceased. She further states that her said husband was a soldier
of the Revolution and served on continental establishment and was pensioned under the Act of 1818, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per
annum which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place on the 22d day of May 1830.  She further states that she was placed on the pension roll under the acts above referred to at the rate of $80 per
annum which pension she now draws as will
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appears by her pension certificate herewith transmitted. 
She refers to her original declarations for proof of the date of her marriage
and the time of husband's death, and claims
a pension of $96 per annum  Lucy Bailey

Signed and sworn the day aforesaid by the above
named Lucy Bailey whom I know to be the
identical person she represents herself to be in
the foregoing declaration
Before me
Thomas J. Howard Justice of P.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Plymouth S.  I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for
said County do hereby certify that Artemus Hale &
Isaac Alden Esquires are Justices of the Peace in &
for said County & that the signatures to the annexed
affidavits purporting to be signed by them are their true
& genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have herein
to set my hand & the seal of the
Court of Probate for said County
this second day of October 1838
Jacob H. Loud
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I Azor How of Bridgewater in the County of Plym
outh and Commonwealth of Massachusetts sworn
the seventy fourth year of my age do depose set forth
& say that I was well aquainted with Isreal Bailey
formerly of East Bridgewater & afterwards settled in the State of Maine now deceased that said 
Isreal Bailey in January 1781 enlisted in to what was
called the three years service and marched with
me to West Point in the State of New York & there joined  the Continental Army under different offer, that I recollect [illegible] said Bailey frequented by during the term of three years that I served as a soldier.      Azor Howe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County Ss Sept 27th 1838 Then
the above named Azor Howe personally appeared
and before me and made oath to the truth of the
above affidavit by him subscribed and do for
them certify that the aforesaid Azor Howe is a
credible witness
Isaac Alden Justice of the Peace
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I Daniel Kinsley of Minot in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine now in the County of Oxford, aged seventy nine years, testify & say, that
on the first day of January 1781, I enlisted as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War for three years, in a company commanded by Capt Nathan Dix, in Col. Michael Jacksons Reg't, and served in said Company a portion of the time as a private, and the remainder as Sergeant, untill some time in
the fall of 1783, when I was discharged in consequence of the termination of the war. Israel Bailey late of Buickfield in said County of Oxford, deceased,
who then resided in Bridgwater, State of Mass. and within two miles of my place of residence, served as a private soldier in the same Company during the same time, he enlisted for three years at the same time, that I did and was discharged for the same reason that I was. I further testify that he the said Bailey drew a pension under the act of 1818 as I have frequently seen his Pension certificate, & have been present when he knew his [illegible] up and that I was at the funeral of said Bailey at Buckfield aforesaid, which according to my best recollection was in the month of May 1830 and that he left a widow by the name of Lucy who has remained a widow & unmarried, ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Israel Bailey & that she now resides in Minot aforesaid.                                                                                   Daniel Kingsley
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State of Maine
Oxford SS October 5th 1838 Personally appeared Daniel Kinsley, a credible witness,
and made oath to the truth of the foregoing
Affidavit by him subscribe.
Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford SS. I Levi Stowell Register of Probate
for said County do hereby certify that Job Prince
is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that the signature to the above affidavit
purporting to be signed by him is his true and genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this tenth day of October A.D. 1838
Levi Stowell
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5169
Lucy Bailey
application for pension
Act March 3. 1843
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I   Charles Cobb  Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that
James Goff [illegible] is a Magistrate
as appears by the pape hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission bears date Oct 22 A.D. 1840
and will expire October 22, A. D. 1847.
and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the
Supreme Judicial Court for said State this Fourth day of January Anno Domini 1841.

Charles Cobb CLERK
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STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland County
On this twenty seventh day of December
1843
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
Lucy Bailey
a resident of Auburn in the county of Cumberand

aged seventy seven years--who being first duly
sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War--That she is the Widow of Israel
Bailey who was a Private in the army of the Revolution and died on the 22d day of May 1830.-- She also declares that she has received a pension under the
act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum

she further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness Edmund Penney
Lucy Bailey

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me and I further certifythat the said Lucy Bailey is
personally known to me to be the identical person she has above
declared herself to be.
James Goff Jr  Justice of the Peace
Jus of the Peace
___________________________________________________________________________________
NOTE -- After ""who was a"" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 .
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1460
Maine
Lucy Bailey
widow of Israel Bailey
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
25 day of August 1848
and sent to
Nathl. L. Ingersoll
Danville Me
___________________________________________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 2   Vol.1

Sent to Dickens & Coombs Inv 15,1850 

Reported
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Maine 2616
_________________________________________________
Lucy Bailey
widow of Israel Bailey
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18" Mar '18
and who died on the 22 May 1820
of Oxford in the State of Maine 
who was a Pr. in the Compy commanded
by Captain Dix of the Regt. commanded
by M. Jackson in the Mapley
line for 2 years
===================================
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 80 Dollars  - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
===================================
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May
'39, and sail and said Job Price
Turner, Maine
===================================
Arrears to the 4th of Mar -              $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending           40.00 
                                                          ======
                                                          $280.00
                                                         {Act July 7,}
                                                         {     1838.   }
Recorded by R B[illegible]   Clerk,
Book A Vol. 1-    Page  2
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Maine   4689
Lucy Bailey
widow of Israel Bailey
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of Jan. 1844
and sent to Joseph Pope
Portland, Maine
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1.  Page 2.
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12.840
[illegible]
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Reg
WIDOW, &9.
File No. 24.637
Lucy Bailey
Wid of
Israel Bailey
Priv  Rev. war
Act  Feb 2       1/48
Index: Vol. A Page 41
Arrangement of 1870.}
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Paducah, Ky.,
Oct. 30, 1902.
[stamp COMMISSIONER  Oct 30 1902]

Hon. Eugene F. Ware,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me such information as the records of your Bureau contain relative to the service, during the war of the Revolution, of Israel Bailey, of the 3rd Co., 3rd Reg' t. of the Mass. Line, commanded by Col. Michael Jackson.
His name, as I am informed, appears on the muster roll for August and September 1783.

                                               Very respectfully,
                                               Fannie M. Allard
                                                        nee
                                                Fannie M Bailey

[ILLEGIBLE]  Jefferson St.
Paducah, Ky