Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 5269, Henry Bagum, Md.
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Service Md.
Bagum, Henry
Number S.5269
Carded
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Ohio 22.469.
of Stark Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Reynolds of the Regt. commanded by Colo Walse in the Maryland line for One year & five months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate issued the 8th day of Nov. 1833 and sent to Stark weather & Jarvis. Canton (illegible)

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833--141.65.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Ma 34--28.33.
$169.98

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer.  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol.  8.  Page 3.
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State of Ohio Stark County} Ss.
On this eighth day of August personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Stark and State of Ohio Henry Bagum a resident of Tuscarawas Township in the County of Stark, and State of Ohio, aged seventy two years the twenty seventh day of January 1833, who being 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 7th. 1832--That sometime before Christmas in the year 1777, he was drafted in the Maryland Militia and (illegible) at Sharpsburgh in Maryland in a company commanded by Joseph Chaplin, James Chaplin. Lieutenant, and James Stewart Ensign: in January following he marched with the company, to Baskin Ridge, Morris County New Jersey, remained there two months during which time, the company with a party said to be about 600 went out to a small village, called Quibble Town near Brunswick and attacked a Brittish Redout this was all the active service rendered by the company during this tour. Colonel Shryhawk of Hagerstown commanded the regiment to which the company belonged to during this tour. A short time before the harvest of the year 1778, he volunteered in company of volunteers raised at Sharpsburgh by Captain John Reynolds, for nine months Moses Chaplin 1st Lieutenant, Christopher Orndoff Ensign marched from Sharpsburgh to Flatbush in the State of New York, remained there throwing up Entrenchments about two months, then marched to West Point. Ensign Orndoff and a part of the company were taken prisoner here at the time of Arnolds surrender; the remainder  of the time the part of the company that was left were engaged in fatigue parties and  guards he remained at West Point until the nine months for which he volunteered had expired, and then returned to Sharpsburgh. Col Walse of Hagerstown Commanded the Regiment to which he belonged during this tour. Major Smith was also an officer in the Regiment. About September 1779 he was drafted in a company of Maryland Militia at Sharpsburgh commanded by Joseph Chaplin, James Chaplin Lieut. James Ensign and marched to Brandywine Pennsylvania, a part of the time stationed near Shads Ford; march from there to a place called Turks Head and took charge of the Hospital then remained here until the two months for which he was drafted, expired and then returned to Sharpsburgh. Col Sloan commanded the Regiment to which the company belonged during this tour. does not recollect the name of the other field officers.--About November 1781 he was drafted in a company of Maryland Militia at Sharpsburgh Commanded by Joseph Chaplin, Thomas Crampton Lieutenant, Benoni Swearingin Ensign. Marched to Albermarle
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Barracks and there took guard of the prisoners taken with Cornwallis marched from there with the prisoners to Nolands erry to Fredericktown Maryland, remained there untill the 10 of March, in all this tour about four months, he thinks Mayor Baily  commanded the guards the most part of the time during this tour he was on duty in the Maryland Militia and
volunteers as herein stated in all, during the revolutionary war as near as he can now recollect, about seventeen months.
He resided at the time of entering the service of each occasion, in the neighbourhood of Sharpsburgh, Washington County Maryland
Captain Johnson of the Virginia continental troops is the only officer of the continental companies which he now recollects
except Colonel Harkley of the Pennsylvania troops, who raised a Battallion in the neighborhood of York Pennsylvania. Captain Johnson was at West Point at the time this declarant was there, Col. Harkley was at Flat Bush with his Battallion part of the time this declarant was there. He had discharges
from the service, given him at the end of each tour of duty, but they with all his papers were destroyed in the year 1799 when he had his house burnt with these papers. He does not know of any one living, who was in the service with him, nor of any he know of any clergyman, who can testify to his character or services or 
one who can testify to his service of
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. 
Henry Bagum
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Jno  Myers   Clerk

Where and in what year were you born?
I was born in Paxton Township in the then Lancaster, now Dauphin County Pennsylvania, in the year 1776 on the 27th day of January
Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
I have no record of my age, my father kept a record of the ages of all his children and mine among the rest, which I have often seen, but it was burnt at the time of burning my house
in 1799-
Where were you living when called into service? where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
I lived on each occasion when called into the service near Sharpsburgh Washington County Maryland, in the year  1788 1758 removed to
Frankstown Township Huntington County Pennsylvania, in 1803 removed to Fayette County Pennsylvania; 1806 removed to
Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, in 1816 removed to Wayne County Ohio in 1822 removed to Tuscarawas Township Stark County
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have since lived & Ohio where I now reside.
How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom
I was drafted three times, and volunteered once; I was never a substitute
State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia
Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services-
I recollect Caption Johnson by the Virginia continental troops who was with the troops at the I was at West Point and Col Harkley of York County of Pennsylvania of the Pennsylvania troops who was with the the troops a part of the time while I was at Flat Bush.
 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if by whom was it given and what has become of it
I received four different discharge from the service, three from Capt Chaplin of the Maryland Militia, and one from Col. Henry Hawk  of a regiment of Maryland volunteers, they were all burnt
with my house in the year 1799.

State the names of persons to whom you are known in your  priorest neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for
veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
David Bowersmith and Frederick Gier
Henry Baugm
We David Bowersmith and Frederick Gier residing in Tuscarawas township, Stark County Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Bagum, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed
and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.-

David Bowersmith  his mark
Frederick Gier   his mark 
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid

J McMyers  Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare the
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after pulling the interrogatories prescribe
by the war apartment that the above name
applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and
served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that David Benner Smith and Frederick Gier who have in the preceding certificate are residents of Tuscarawas Township Stark County Ohio, and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said out in the matter of the application of Henry Bagum for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this twelveth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three
J McMyers Clerk

26.436
Henry Bagum
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26.436
22.469
-
Henry Bagum
Ohio

Adm 1 year and
5 Months
$40.
   10
     6.66
$56 66
    2 1/2
113.32
   28.33
 141.65

Starkweather of Jarvis
Canton
Starke, County
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12th October 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Henry Bagum-
Period when the
service was
rendered.
1777
1778.
1779
1881.
Duration of the
claimant's service.
┃ 2 months
┃ 9. months
    2   months  
┃ 4 months
Rank of the claimant.
priv--
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap. Chaplin
Col Shryhock
Cap. Reynolds
Col Walse
Cap. Chaplin
Col Sloan
 Cap Chaplin
Age at present. 
and place of abode
when he entered the service.
72 years
 Sharpsburg Md
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary. 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular Four general
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first   instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
           DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
On this day of County of .
of A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before aged (c)
in the county of and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the (e) regiment of the
with and
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] e hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will be
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of
the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
therein to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following works
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the urcise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year
-- months, and days
, I served as a-
For months and
days, I served as a
and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that
they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
if
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it
as no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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5269
INVALID.
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File No. 5269
Henry Bagum
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 19
[Arrangement of 1870.]


Rev/War
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Free
Canton, Ohio
August 13 
May 19
Ohio
26.436
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Canton Stark Co. Ohio
August 12. 1833
J.L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir

Herewith we send you the application of Henry Bagum for a pension. Will you be good enough to let us hear from you relative to it at as early a day as convenient.
Respectfully
your obt. Servts
Starkweather & Jarvis