Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 385, Nathaniel Bailey, Penn.
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(S-1776)

SERVICE NUMBER

Penn. Bailey, Nathaniel R. 385.

CONTENTS
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No. 37350
Nathaniel Bailey
Pa
Letter sent D. King
Sep. 8, 1846.
Let. to James Adams July 28.

385
Act 7 June 1832
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Ex'r.   INVALID

385
REJECTED

Nathaniel Baily

P.O. 1852 List of rejected and suspended claims shows following cause of suspension: "For failure of proof of 6 months of Revolutionary service."

Service: _________

Enlisted: _______, 18 __.
Discharged: _______, 18 __.

Application filed: ______, 18 __.

Alleges: ________
Re-enlisted: ______

Attorney: ________
P.O. _______
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(Transcriber's note: an addressed envelope)

Hon.  J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City


July 10, '49
Has pension been granted?
 - Bailey -
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To the Honorable J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

    Please inform me if a pension was granted on the application of Nathaniel Bailey a soldier of the Revolutionary War, if so, to whom and when.

    I am with high respect your obt. Servt.
                                             //s//
                                        James Adams

York Penna. July 8,1847
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No 37350
Nathaniel Bailey
,Pa
act 7 June 1832
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Washington Coty
15 August 1846

Sir,

   Enclose the declaration of Nathaniel Bailey of York County Pennsylvania for a pension under the Act of the 7 June 1832 and have to ask the favor of being informed when any decision is made, or whether any additional testimony is required.

                                     Respectfully,
                                     Sir Your Obd. Serv.
                                             //s//
                                      Saml. D. King



Col. James L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
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State of Pennsylvania
County of York

On this 29th day of November A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the aforesaid county and state aforesaid, Nathanial Bailey, a resident of said county, aged 84 years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

1.  That on or about the first of September A.D. 1777 he was drafted in Chester County in the state aforesaid to serve two months in Capt. Mitchel's company in the state aforesaid.  He served two months in Capt. Mitchel's company and Col. (illegible) regiment and marched immediately to the state of Delaware to join the American army and was in the battle of Brandywine. 

And then marched to Paoli, near the place of his residence, from thence marched to Philadelphia, from thence to Germantown and was in the battle of Germantown and at the massacre of Paoli.  From Germantown marched to Valley Forge and was there hon. discharged in the month of November of the same year by Capt. Mitchel.

2.  That he then and there entered as a substitute for a drafted soldier whose name he has forgotten to serve in Capt. Kroan's company at the same place and duly served out the time for which he was drafted and then was hon. discharged by Capt. Kroan. 

3.  That on or about the first of October A.D. 1781 he was drafted for two months to serve at the Lancaster barracks to guard watch and keep secure the British prisoners at that place and duly served out the time for which he was drafted and was hon. discharged by Capt. Weaver.

4.  That he then and there entered as a substitute to serve the balance of time for a drafted soldier whose name is has forgotten.  That he served one month and a half for him as a substitute and was hon. discharged at Lancaster by Capt. Huffnagle.  That he served altogether seven months and a half in the army of the Revolution
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That he has no documentary evidence, that he knows no person now whose testimony he can procure to prove his service.  

He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension whatever or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any state except that of the state of Pennsylvania.
Signed:  Nathaniel (his X mark) Baily

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written.
Signed:  Saml C. Bonham

Interrogatories

Ques. 1:  Where and in what year were you born?
Ans:  I was born in Chester County in the year 1761.

Ques. 2:  Have you any record of your age, if so, where is it?
Ans:  I have a record of my age in my possession.

Ques. 3:  Where were you living when called into service?  Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Ans:  I lived in Chester County, Pa. when called into service about 18 miles from Brandywine and where I lived for about thirty-five years since which time I have lived in York County.

Ques. 4:  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?  If a substitute for whom?
Ans:  I was drafted twice and served as a substitute twice for drafted soldiers, whose names I have forgotten, for seven months and a half altogether in the army of the Revolution.  

Ques. 5:  State the names of some of the regular officers you were with when in service.  Such continental and militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans:  I was well acquainted with Genl. (illegible) and Col. Walter Stewart, Capt. George Bush and Jacob (illegible), (illegible James, Davidson (illegible).

Ques. 6:  Did you receive a discharge from the service, if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans:  Received discharges for every tour I served from the captains, all of which I have lost.
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Ques. 7:  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to you character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans:  Zacharia Spangler, John McCurdy, Jacob Rudy, William Spangler, Nicholas James, Thomas Baumgardner.  All can testify to my character for veracity and there believed of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. 

I hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier in the war and served as he states and further certify that he is not able to appear in open court of consequence of bodily infirmity.

Know all men by these present that I, Nathaniel Bailey of York County, Pa. do hereby (illegible) and appoint David Cory of York, Pa. my true and lawful (illegible) me and in any name to serve of the Secretary of war of the United States a pension certificate my services during the Revolutionary War.  
Signed: Nathaniel (his X mark) Bailey

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 24th day of Nov. 1845.
Signed: Saml C Bonham
State of Pennsylvania
York County

Personally appeared before me one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county, Nathaniel Bailey, and acknowledge the foregoing power of attorney to be his free (illegible) in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 24th day of Nov. 1845.
Signed:  Saml C. Bonham
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State of Pennsylvania
York County ss

    Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county William Yocum and Michael Graybill - who being duly sworn according to law saith they are well acquainted with Nathaniel Bailey an applicant for a pension that they believe him to be 84 years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and they concur in that opinion.
                                     //s//
                                Wm. Yocum
                                      his
                         Michael  X  Graybill
Sworn and subscribed
this 29th day of November 1845
//s//
Saml. M. Barnitz

    I testify that the above deponents are respectable and entitled to full credit & belief, and their veracity & moral integrity has (illegible) questions, having known them upwards of twenty years.

                        Saml. M. Barnitz J.P. Dec 2, 1845

Pennsylvania
York County ss

   I William Ilgenfritz Prothonotary of the Court of Common Peas of said county do certify that the Hon. Samuel C. Bonham, before whom the foregoing was sworn to is and at the time of doing the same was, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are genuine.

                                      In testimony where I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at York, this  29th November A.D. 1845
                                    //s//
                          W. Ilgenfritz


Pennsylvania
York County  ss

    I William Ilgenfritz, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county certify that Samuel M. Barnitz, Esq., is a Justice of the Peace as above stated, duly commissioned and qualified as such.  That the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
    In testimony hereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said court.  Nov. 29, 1846
                                    //s//
                               Wm. Ilgenfritz