Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 239-200, Henry Baker, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Md. Baker, Henry B.L.Wt. 239-200-Lieu.
Issued May 28, 1789
No papers
CONTENTS
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Md. Baker, Henry B.L.Wt. 239-200. Lieut.
Issued May 28, 1789
No Paper
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Ans. Dec. 13, 1930
[stamped in black ink] U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 20 1930
P.O. Box 450
New Harmony, Ind.
Nov. 18, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Concerning Services in Rev. War of Henry Baker (Md.) 2d Lieut 5th Maryland, 1st Army 1781 transferred to 2nd Maryland 1st Jan. 1783, retained in Maryland Battalion April 1783 and served to 15th Nov 1783.
Do you have record of this Henry Baker as son of Jacob Baker, and married to Magdalene Shank, and had son John Baker, originally coming from Virginia?
Any information will be very much appreciated, Thanking you Respectfully,
Mrs. H. Ernest Shephard
P.S. The above is my own ancestry and want to establish record of service entering D.A.R.
Mrs. S.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION EARL WILLIAM RAPP 
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
JAMES BURROWS, PRESIDENT
WILLIAM BALDWIN, SECRETARY ERNEST H. SHEPHARD, PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL
CHARLES M. KEMMERLING, JR., TREASURER
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL TOWN
OF 
NEW HARMONY AND HARMONY TOWNSHIP
NEW HARMONY, INDIANA
New Harmony, Indiana
Nov. 25, 1930.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Re: Henry Baker.
Do you have any data on the above revolutionary soldier Henry Baker, son of Jacob Baker.
My records , History of Grant County, Ind. say he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and fought under General Washington.
He was married to Susannah Nauman (Norman or Newman).
according to tradition was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown and received bounty land for Revolutionary service where city of Philadelphia now stands.
Probably entered service from Virginia or Maryland [handwritten above] only
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me. My urgent need of this record makes it imperative that I write to you.
Very sincerely and gratefully yours,
[stamped in black ink] U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 28 1930
[handwritten in black ink] N. Ernest Shephard
P.S. Please forward to Bureau ^of Pensions if we have sent this to the wrong department
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1238 Lake Street
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 18, 1936

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sir:

[added by hand above text] AWF only officer

I am endeavoring to secure the military and personal record of a Henry Baker who served as a Colonel or Lieutenant in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

The Adjutant General of the U. S. War Department advised me their Revolutionary War records are incomplete and suggested I write you.

Your courtesy in sending me the military and personal data of Henry Baker will be appreciated.

Yours very truly,
[added by hand in black ink]E.L. Dell
E.L. Dell

[stamp in black ink]
Received July 22, 1936
MAIL SUB-DRY
[illegible]
#26
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Re. and 1812
Wars Section.
AW

December 13, 1930

H. Ernst Shephard
New Harmony
Indiana.

Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that Warrant No. 239 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 28, 1789, on account of the services of Lieutenant Henry Baker of the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution.

There is no further information on file as to his service, nor any data as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims , when the War Office was burned in 1800.

The above noted Henry Baker is the only soldier of that name, who served with the Maryland Troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said [crossed out] affords afford no information in regard to Henry Baker, who served with the Virginia Troops.

Very truly yours,

E.W.MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Henry Baker
Wt. #239-200
BA-J/AWF

Mr. E.L. Dell
1236 Lake Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information  in regard to Henry Baker who served as a "Colonel or Lieutenant in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War".

The Records of this office show that Warrant No. 239 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 28, 1789, on account of the service of Lieutenant Henry Baker of the Maryland Line, War of the Revolution.

There is no further information as to his service, nor are there any data in regard to his   family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims, when the War Office was burned.

If you desire information in regard to the location of the above cited bounty land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C. and give the following- Warrant #239-200 acres- issued May 28, 1789.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator