Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File 4 365, Enoch Bagley, N. H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Bagley, Enoch
NUMBER 
R. 365
CONTENTS
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State of Maine
County of Walder
On this fifth day of Aug AD 1834 personally
before the Court of Probate holder within
and County of Belfast by Alfred Johnson Judge
of said Court Erick Ray of Troy in whom
aged seventy five years on the 4th day of July and
who being 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
in the month of Febry of March AD 1775 he was line
at Kingston in the County of Washington
of Newhampshire & joined a volunteer compay
a private soldiers raised at that time the sun down
under the command of Josiah Batcheler Captin
thereof, that he marched to Cambridge Masson
an as the news of the battle at Lexington reated
in April of that year with company
that he remained a month or out at
of Cambridge that the company was then
ordered to Portsmouth N.H. & he went there
whit where he remained doing duty
on filing point at the mouth of the seats
in the con
and of the
that he laboured on the fort there
entered the first barrell fill of earth
that as feasted on the ground, at
and in service and in
making cartridge Boxes & stocking and
militia for until the expiration ofyear

from the time of enlistmentthat
on or about the first day of July
1780 he enlisted as a private soldier in
Louden in state of Newhampshire
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and was ordered to Concord N.H. & was from that
ordered to Amherst in a state, where he passed
[illegible] under Colobody; & in as the in attached
company under the
and of Capt Butler of Fathingham square, from which place
he was marched to Springfield in the State of
Massachusetts, & from the
acres Connecticut
is over the your prounteres to Clarene
in the Hudson River from the
marched
dower river to Fishkill above Westpoint &
from thence
to West point where Genl Arnold
then a meared & was here at the time
of the desertion of said Arnold; where he
and tell late in the fall of the
year making an absence of four
the or more, Col Thomas Bartlett
Commanded  our militia at West Point. I took
violent cold in said service which settled in my
left leg. has produced a running
sore ever since & has much enfeebled me
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to
a pension or an annuity, except the present.
& I declare that my name is not on the
pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
of me Samuel Judge
Enoch Raglythe
Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
Alfred Plant
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And now Enoch Bagley named in the above declaration on the fourteenth day of January A. D. 1833 comes before Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate of the County of Waldo, now holding a special session of Court at Belfast in said County, and being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement to be taken in connection with the aforesaid declaration.  That he is not able to say that at the time he became a volunteer private in the year 1775 in Capt Bachelder's company he made any engagement to serve for so long a period of one year - but that he in fact did service as he has before stated, a part of which time he was employed in manufacturing (?) - boxes and stocking guns.  That Col Saltonstall who he now has reason to believe was an officer in the old French war, and had the title of Col. at said time, and that he officiated at Kittery Point as an Engineer in laying out the fortification there made but whether he had actually a commission at the time he is not able to say, but so he has supposed.
That he has upon reflection reason to believe that when he served under Capt. Butler in Col. Bartlett's Regiment he was a corporal.
Enoch Bagley
Sworn the day and year aforesaid before me A. Johnson Judge of Probate.
Nathl M. Lowney, Register of Court of Probate certify that the foregoing additional statement contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Enoch Bagley for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of Jany A. D. 1833. N. M. Lowney Register of Probate
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To John Davis Esq or any Person connected with the Pension office at washington City
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Troy January 17th 1853
to John Davis
or in one of the heirs of
Enoch Bagley who served in the revolutionary war
serves has requested me to address you
concerning his pension & Land which is his
heirs now the old gentleman & Lady has gone
to rest his daughter Sarah Smith had
all the care of them in their old age
& last sickness She told me that Earl
his Brother got a letter from you
& would not let her see it for
which she wished me to cite for
1
you to address a letter to me the
Subscriber what course she must
take to obtain the money for it is well
known that it all belongs to Mrs
Smith you will do her a great favor
to give all necessary nformation
& she will empower you to get the same
& will pay you for all trouble
Yours truly
Samuel H Whitten
please direct your letter to Unity Main
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Power of Attorney
Power of attorney
Pope
Filed by
Jhn P. Dickinson
Present
1
July 7  1854
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Reuben Bagley
of Bangor in the State of Maine
hereby constitute and appoint Geo. [illegible] of Bangor for & John P Dick
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of the heirs of Enoch Bayley
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Reuben Bagley
Jonathan Bagley ,Enoch Bagley, Earl Bagley 
H Bagley,  Moses Bagley and Sarah Smith children
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorneys and
Agents shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 10th
day June A. D., 1854.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
Charles Davis
John E. Godfrey -
Luther Bagley
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Penobscot.ss
On this 10th
day of June
A.D. 1854
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Reuben Bagley
and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned, and I certify the
I have no interest on the claim & no longer a privity it

IN TESTMONY WHEREOF, I heretonto
the day and year aforesaid.
Charles Davis Justice of the Peace
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Claim of Heirs of Enoch Bagley
Act of June 7, 1832-
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Penobscot ss
day of
BE IT KNOWN, That on this tenth day of
June A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty four, before the undersigned, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ruben Bagley

a resident of Bangor in said county,and
made oath according to law that
in said County, and
he is the son of Enoch Bagley
late of Troy in said State
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner soldier and made application
for a pension under the above mentioned act
has been
informed that said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said
Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agents may
use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me Ruben Bagley
Charles Davis J. Peace.
John E. Godfrey

Justice of the Peace, in 
and for said County do hereby certify that
Reuben Bagley
who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Charles Davis J. Peace
Penobscot ss:
State of Maine

I, Nathan Weston Jun. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in the County
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles Davis Esquire
before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his
signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my offcial seal his tenth
June
day of
A. D. 1854.
Nathan Weston Jr.
Clerk.
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State of Maine
COUNTY OF Penobscot
the only surviving children
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the Supreme
Judicial Court of said State
that Enoch Bagley
claimant for a
was a Revolutionary Pension of the United  States
and that he died on the
day of
eighteen hundred and forty two
leaving surviving Reuben Bagley, Jonathan Bagley, Enoch Bagley
Israel Bagley, Thomas H. Bagley Moses Bagley & Sarah
Smith, his children
and that the above named persons are now the
only surviving   children of the aforesaid. Enoch Bagley
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this tenth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Nathan Weston
Jr
Clerk
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Enoch Bagley

Suspended for further proof.
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Maine
Enoch Bagley

suspended
[illegible] rose

 38 [illegible]
[elligible] Oct 14 1854
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15370
Maine  Enoch Bagley
suspended

Sec. Cat. A. Johnson Jr
August 15 1843
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Jan 22 1853 Related to  case of Sarah Smith
heir to Enoch Bagley  and his widow
S  M [illegible]
Postmark UNITY Maine Jan 19
Pension Office
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No. 15370
Enoch Bagley

Maine
Letters to
R.C. Vose  the 30th Dec.1834
G. H. Marston  14th Oct.1837
A. H Strictland 29th Aug 1853

365
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NH    Bagley, Enoch       R365
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15370
Enoch Bagley
Declaration
N.H. Militia {numbered
out of place)
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I Nath M Lowney Registrar of the court of Probate certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Enoch Bailey for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this thirtieth day of August 1832

Nath M Lowney Registrar of Probate
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5
May 16 NH  [postmark]

Mr. Israel Bagley
Troy
Me.
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Secretary's Office,
Concord, N. H.  May 14, 1853

Sir,
Your letter of the 9th [illegible] was duly received.

I have examined the Revolutionary Rolls in this office and herewith inclose a certificate of all the service I can find of Enoch Bagley.

Our rolls do not in all cases show all the service rendered.

Very respectfully
your obt servant

John S Hadley Sec. of State

Mr. Israel Bagley
Troy Me

Fee $1.00
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office
I do 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 office, it appears that the name of Enoch Bagley is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Captain Henry Butters Compy in Colo.
Thomas Bartletts Regiment of Militia raised by the State of New Hampshire for the defence of the United States 1780, as a corporal in said company - Entry July 4, 1780; Discharge. Oct. 25, 1780; Time in service, 3 months 22 days. 
And upon an "Abstract of Captain Henry Butlers, pay roll for his company in
Colo. Thomas Bartlett's Regiment raised by
the State of New Hampshire for the defence of
West Point, 1780", is borne the name of Enoch Bagley, and against his name under the head of "Ballances" is $651.10
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pnghand and affixed the Seal of State this 14th day of May 1853.
John L. Hadley,
Secretary of State.
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OCT 9 Postmar [ illegible]
Enoch Bagley
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J.L.Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension [ing]
Washington City
DC
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Augusta, Me. Oct. 3. 1837
Sir
Mr Enoch Bagley of Troy in this state an applicant for pension, under act of Congress of June 7. 1832. is anxious to learn the situation of his claim, he made a declaration of his services during the Revolution, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine some time in the year 1834. his papers were entrusted to the care of the late Rob. C. Vose deceased
It is presumed he presented them for the purpose of establishing his claim to a pension, and that they are on file in your office, as he is extremely hoss & unable to labor & having actually performed the services stated by him in his declaration, he wishes to be informed what more evidence is required to entitle him to pension if any. Please inform me the situation of his claim & what more proof is necessary in his case.
Very Respectfully
your or for
Geo. W. Morton
J L Edwards Eq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss,

On this third day of June A. D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court
before the Supreme Judicial Court of said Sate 
Enoch Bagley a resident of Troy
in the County of Waldo
and State of Maine, aged seventy seven
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 7, 1832, That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with
Captain Josiah Bachelder and served in Col. not known 
the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Bachelder Capt
he does not recollect the name of his col. That he enlisted in that company as on
in April 1775, for the period of eight months; that he was at Lexington after
served there sometime, & then marched to Portsmouth, & served at Kittery
until November of the same year, when he was discharged as belonging
Quimbys company, after having served at least six months
in June or July 1780, he again enlisted as a Sergeant for four months, in
Butler company in Col. Bartlett's regiment of the same troops, that he was
at West point, and after serving out the full term of his enlistment
duly discharged there the last of October of the same year
he was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in the year 1757 where 
presumed his age was recorded. That when he entered the service he lived in
kingston, New Hampshire & about thirty years ago removed to said Troy
 ever since lived. That he never received
a written dischargeThat he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that
his pension certificate is numbered
property. That he resided in
and dropped therefrom on account of his
property in the County of
State of Maine, and now resides in
discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character
racity & their
 belief of his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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, except
as aforesaid
Enoch Bagley

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before me
Nathan Weston
I.J.C.
And the said court does hereby declare its opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states 

Nathan L Weston
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State of Maine
KENNEBEC, SS. -- I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within
and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before
whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said
te; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said court in the
matter of the application
Enoch Bagley
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of the said Court, this 3rd
day of June
AD. 1834.
A Chandler

I Andrew Mace of Readfield Kennebec County, Maine aged
seventy seven years, & upwards & a pensioner of the Maine Roll
under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, do upon oath  testify & declare
declare, that I well know the within named Enoch Bagley, & have known him from a boy, we both living in Kingston, N.H., I well

recollect that in April 1775, said Bagley enlisted into Capt. Josiah
Bachelder's company & understood & believe that he served at Lexington,
that I was in service with him at Kittery point near Portsmouth
in Capt Quimby's company in the fall of the same year, & left him

in service there, I being transfered to serve at Great Island in
Portsmouth harbour That I was afterwards in service with said
Bagley at West point & know that he served in Capt Butler's

company as he has within stated. I well recollect that at
both the periods above mentioned
 he was called Sergeant
fully believe that he served as Sergeant
State of Maine
Andrew Horace
mark
Kennebec P
preme Judicial Court June term 1834
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this third day of
June 1834, the deponent being a credible witness
Before me
Nathan Webster

Lot 10 [ illegible]
R C Vose
Augusta Me
Enoch Bagley   31475
Sergent New Hampshire troop
Scheduled
Bartlett. s  Regt? 4"/10 monthly
Butler's Co
Sergeant
Quimby's Co 
Batchel;der's Co  

IO, Enoch Bgley
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J L Edwards, Esq
Pensions Office
Washington
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Ballast, Maine
April 28, 1832

Sir,

Herewith is again enclosed the declaration of Enoch Bagley with the seal affixed as directed.

Very respectfully yours,

[illegible]

J L Edwards, Esq