Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 369, Daniel Bailey, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C.

Bailey, Daniel 
or Baley

NUMBER
R. 369
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South Carolina
Greenville District ss
On this 29th day of January 1848 personally
appeared in open Court before the court of 
Ordinary now sitting Daniel Baley a resident of
Greenville District South Carolina aged 88
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 
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he
entered the service of the United States under 
the following named officers and served as 
herein stated he volunteered in Wilks County North
Carolina for six months under Capt Lewis under 
Col Benjamin Cleevland on the 1st of July 1779 
and was mustered into service at Salisbury 
North Carolina and marched from thence to 
Charlotte and from thence to Anson in North Carolina 
from thence to Monks Corner in South 
Carolina under Col Hearn from thence to 
Georgetown in South Carolina and there
joined the fatigue company under Capt Person 
and marched to Charleston from thence to 
Camden and thence to Orangeburg at which 
place he got wounded in the hand in 
taking a party of Torys then returned to 
Camden and was there commissioned Capt
of the fatigue guard by Col Hearn and 
marched to the Hanging Rock in the summer 
of 1780 then marched to Cowpens in which 
Battle he was wounded by a ball in the right 
leg and lay sometime at a place called Mount 
Rock he also was in the Battle of Kings 
Mountain and marched from that place to Langsum
town in North Carolina and was there taken
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prisoner by a detachment of corn wallaces [Cornwallis]
army and was caried by them to the red
House in Virginia at which place the English
troops were fired on by Col Becknells men and
he escaped from them and returned to Mount
Rock and thence down on Broad River to General
Morgans camp at which place orders was given
to Col. Brandon by General Morgan to discharge
his men and he was discharged by Col Brandon
and that his discharge and commission and all
his papers was destroyed by fire in Wilks County
where he then resided and that he has no documentary
evidence and that he knows of one person
whos testimony he has procured who can testify to
his service and he further declares that he served
two years as Capt of fatigue guard and that he
served one year as a private.
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.
his
Daniel x Baley
mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jno Watson Judge
of the Court of Ordinary

State of South Carolina
Granville District ss
Personally came James Goodlett
before me and made last that he is well acquainted
with Daniel Baley who has subscribed and sworn
to the above Declaration - that he believes him to be
Eighty Eight years of age - that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution - that he concurs in that
opinion; and further certifies that during the life of
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his (James Goodlett's) father, has heard him 
frequently say, that the aforesaid Daniel Baley
was present with him and fought at the Battle
of the Cowpens.
James Goodlett

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st
day of February AD 1848.
C J Elford
M. G. D.

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 James Goodlett is a
credible person who has signed the preceding 
certificate and that his statement is entitled
to credit.
Jno Watson
Judge of the Court
of Ordinary

South Carolina
Greenville District SS
I Robt McKay Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas
and General Sessions of the District aforesaid, do
certify that John Watson is Judge of the Court
of Ordinary in Greenville District - that his
Court is a Court of Record - that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Daniel Baley for a Pension - that the 
foregoing signature purporting to be that of
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John Watson is genuine.
I do further certify that C. J. Elford
is a Magistrate for Greenville District, and
that the foregoing signature purporting to
be his is genuine, and full faith and credit
should be given his official acts as such.
In witness whereof, I hereunto
set my Hand and Seal of Office
at Greenville C[ourt] H[ouse] this 4th day of
February AD 1848.
Robt McKay
Clerk of Greenville District
South Carolina
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14 No 16
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Greenville S.C. Oct 23. 1852.
Dear Sir
Some time since I received information from
sources of high respectability that an application
was pending in your Department for a
Pension for one Daniel Bailey of this District,
and that proof could be adduced to the effect
that the applicant was at the close of the
Revolutionary war not more than five years
old and consequently could not be entitled
to receive a pension. And upon receiving this
information I felt it my duty to put you
upon your guard with regard to the
application.
Within a few days past I have read an
affidavit by James Goodlett of our District 
to the effect that he had frequently heard his
father William Goodlett deceased in his
life time speak of Daniel Baily the present
applicant, as a soldier who served
with him in the war of the Revolution. And
I have also had a conversation with Richard
Goodlett Esq also of our District who
informed me to the same effect. These
gentlemen James and Richard Goodlett
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are of undoubted respectability and veracity,
and I have the fullest confidence
in the entire truth of their affidavit and
statements. I have also satisfactory reasons
to believe that their father William
Goodlett was a soldier in the War of
the Revolution and a Pensioner.
Without at all undertaking to vouch
the claim of Baily as I am personally
unacquainted with him and his
proofs of service, I have yet thought
it due to him to make this voluntary
statement, especially as, upon
the information of others, I may have
cast a doubt upon his claim.
Yours very respectfully
C J Elford

To
James E Heath Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Earliest attention to the
case of Baily is most
respectfully solicited,
having, it will be
seen, been most unjustly
delayed.
Respt'fy
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Washington Oct 30. 1853
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Washington Nov 9th 1853
Hon James E Heath
Sir
Under date of 4th
last I recd a letter in
reference to the claim of Daniel
Bailey of So. Car. under act
of 7th June 1832. Signed
"F. C. Johnston, for commis" in
which he says, "None of
his witnesses know anything 
of his (B's) having been a
soldier," &c. This is not
true! William Dalton
testifies that he was with said
Bailey, at the battle of the Cowpens
& King's Mountain, & that he
served with said Bailey at
least two years. It is
not a little remarkable that the
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clerk (Col Niles, I believe) who
examined this case should have
overlooked this & other important
evidence sufficient to establish
this claim beyond a reasonable
doubt. When he tells you
at the same time, that he
"carefully examined the claim
of Daniel Bailey."
It would look more
like a careful exclusion of
the evidence in the case.
You are therefore expected
to cause a proper examination
of this case to be made.
I have the honor to be
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
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Suspended
Revy Pension Claim
Act of June 7. 1832.
Daniel Bailey
S.C.
Power of Attorney
to examine claim

Chas. C. Tucker
Atty
Present.
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by those present that I
John Levi do hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker of
Washington City D.C. my true and lawful
Agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim
of Daniel Bailey for any amount
of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension
that may be due under the provisions of
the Act of [blank] or any other Act or Resolution
of Congress, and I hereby authorize my
said Attorney to examine all papers and
documents in relation to said Claim on
file in the Department at Washington
City or elsewhere; to file aditional evidence
or arguments, and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said claim,
and 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 Attorney may lawfully do on
the premises. Witness my hand and seal
this 30th day of March 1855
John Levi
In presence of
E. P. Jones
J.P.

State of South Carolina
Greenville District
On this the
30th day of March before me a Notary Public
in and for the State above mentioned, appeared
John Levi and acknowledged the
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foregoing power of Attorney to be his act
and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
E. P. Jones
N. Public

State of S. C.
Greenville Dist
On this the 30th day of
March 1855 before me the undersigned
a Notary Public in and for the State and District
aforesaid, personally appeared John
Levi a resident of said Dist. and
made oath according to Law that he is the
identical person who executed the foregoing
power of Attorney and that he is directly
interested in said claims, and makes this
affidavit to be filed with such additional
evidence or arguments as my said Attorney
may use in prosecuting said claim.
John Levi

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and date
above written.
E. P. Jones N. P.

State of S Carolina
Greenville Dist
I David Hoke Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify
that E. P. Jones before whom the foregoing affidavit
and acknowledgement was made and who has hereunto
signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Notary
Public in the State and Dist aforesaid, duly 
commissioned and sworn and that all his official
acts as such are entitled to full faith and
credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
signed my name and affixed my official seal
this 6th day of April 1855.
D Hoke
Clk
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No 5
Affidavit of
Dr. M. B. Earl
In case of
Daniel Bailey
of So. Car.
Act of 7th June
1832
M. Thompson
Atty
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State of South Carolina
Greenville district SS
On this 17th day of November 1852 Personally
appeared before an acting Notary Public
and within and for the district and State
aforesaid Dr. M. B. Earl, a resident of
Greenville Village in the district above
mentioned and made oath that he examined
the wounds upon the leg and hand of
Daniel Bailey a resident of the district
aforesaid, who is represented as having been 
a Soldier of the Revolution and as having
received the wounds above mentioned in Battle.
The wound upon the calf of the leg
has the appearance of a wound received
from a ball or Bullet, and is of long
standing. Mr Bailey is a very old man and
from appearance may have been a Soldier
of the Revolution. The wound upon
his hand is also of ancient date & from
every appearance of his wounds I do not
think it at all improbable that they were
received as he represents in Battle in
the War of the Revolution and from his
extreme oold age I have no doubt but
that he was of age sufficient at the period
of said War to have been in the service.
M. B. Earle

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and date above written
and I hereby certify that the said Dr
M. B. Earl is a regular practising physician
of this district aforesaid and eminent in
his profession.
J. Powell Notary Public
and Magistrate Exofficio
for the district and State
aforesaid.
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Washington Nov 23 1852
Hon J. E. Heath
Comms of Pensions
Sir
Find letter from the
Hon. Jas. L. Apr. of So. Car.
in regard to Daniel Bailey
of So. Cor. & his claim to
a pension under act of
7th June 1832
Resp'fy
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
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Greenville Ct& Nov 3d 1852
Sir:
Daniel Bailey applied some few years
ago for a pension for revolutionary services,
pending his application a letter was
sent to you by C. J. Elford Esq of Greenville,
estimating that Mr Baily was never 
in the service, being too young. Mr. Elford
since that time has become satisfied
that he did Mr Baily injustice.
I have seen Mr Baily since my return
from Washington and he is I am
very sure a very old man, and from
his appearance I am satisfied he
was old enough to have been in the
Revolutionary service.
I am very respectfully
yours &c
James L Orr
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District SS
Personally appeared
before me a notary
Public & Magt Exoff [magistrate ex officio]
within and for the district and State aforesaid
Joseph Hart a Revolutionary Pensioner, ageded
eighty eight years, who being duly sworn according
to Law states that he knew Daniel Bailey well
while he was a Soldier in the old Revolution
War. he further states that he recollects well to have
met with Daniel Bailey at a place called the
Hanging Rock and several other places, while
the said Bailey was a soldier in the old Revolution
war, we frequently met one another
while we were in the service of the war
and talked together although we were
not in the same regiment. we talked
about our ages, amongst many other things
frequently, where we met while soldiers of the
old revolution and since too,
and Baily is some eight or ten years older
than myself, and the first time after
the war was over, that Baily and myself
meet again was at Union Court House So. Ca.
and we was as glad to see one another as
brothers, and talked about the hardships
and fatigues, and many difficulties
we encountered during the time of the war
He Daniel Bailey is now living in
Greenville District, and is now applying
for a Pension as I understand.
his
Joseph x Hart
mark

Sworn to and subscribed
before me December 2nd day 1852.
M. Taylor Notary Public
& Magt Exoff [magistrate ex officio] within and for Greenville Dist
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Sworn to and subscribed
presence of us the date above written
J L Lindsey
A. A. Neves

The South Carolina
Greenville District
I, Massena Taylor, Notary
Public, and Magt. Ex off.
within, and for the district
and State aforesaid, and before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made. I do
hereby certify that Joseph Hart is a 
Revolutionary Pensioner and from his appearance
of the age he above states " and a truthful and
an honest old man " as I have known him
well for several years past.
Given under my hand, this the
second day of December AD 1852.
M. Taylor Notary
Public & Magt. Exoff. in
the Greenville Dist.
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
I D Hoke Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District
and State aforesaid do hereby certify that M.
Taylor before whom the foregoing affidavit was
made is a legal appointed and qualified
magistrate ex officio in Greenville District and
the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at Greenville C. House
the 4th day of December 1852.
D Hoke
C.C.P
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45./ No - 194
J E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
January 25/53
Report in the case of
Daniel Bailey, of S.C.
under Act of June 7th 1832
Mr. Thompson's letter
returned
Papers from 1 to 18 enclosed
Recd Jany 27. 1853
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June 16 1853
The Commission made a
suspended report on this case
which is recorded. W. G. H.

Pension Office,
January 25th 1853.
Sir:
I have the honor to make the following Report in
the case of Daniel Bailey, of South Carolina, whose claim,
under the Act of June 7th 1832, has been suspended by this
Office, and from the decision of which, M. Thompson, Esq.,
has appealed. The claim is asserted, as will be seen by
the paper marked No. 1, for one year's service as a private,
and for two years' service as Captain; but the service
is neither set forth or sustained, in any one particular,
as required by the Regulations. It is presumed, 
however, that the claimant intended to allege the twelve
months' service as a private, to have been rendered in the
militia of North Carolina, as he states that he was a
resident of that State when he was enrolled; but there
was no such service as he claims rendered under the
authority of that State. The tours of the militia of North
Carolina were restricted to three months; and it is probable,
from the certificate of the Comptroller of that State,
(marked No. 2) that Bailey served a short time therein,
but for a less period than six months. The service
claimed as Captain of the Fatigue Guard, for two years,
could have been rendered only in the Continental Line
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either of North or South Carolina. But no reliable evidence
whatever of that service has been produced - either parole or
documentary.
We have no authority to admit the claim unless the
Regulations are complied with. They require every claimant
to set forth the time he entered the service, the period
of his service, and the names of his officiers; and if the
respective tours cannot be sustained by Record evidence,
he must sustain them by the testimony of two credible
witnesses, who can speak of them from their personal
knowledge. They also require service claimed as a
commissioned officer to be sustained by the production of the
commission, or some instrument of writing equivalent thereto.
These requirements have not been fulfilled by Bailey.
Indeed, apart from the affidavit of James Goodlet, who
testifies that he has frequently heard his father say that
Bailey was with him, and fought at the battle of the
Cowpens (January 17th 1781) and the affidavit of William
Dalton, who states that he was with Bailey at the same
battle, but who makes no allusion to event in his own
declaration, the testimony is of the most vague and
inconclusive character.
The papers numbered from 1 to 18, are herewith enclosed.
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I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt,
J E Heath
Commissioner.

Exd
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
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75, 
Washington DC
April 8, 1853
M Thompson,
In the matter of
Daniel Bailey for
a pension.
Act June 7 1832
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District SS
Personally appeared before me Isaiah
Cox an acting Magistrate for said
District John Rice who is ninety
five years old who says that he was
acquainted with Daniel Baley before
the Revolutionary War and he has always
understood that Baley served in the
Revolution War as a soldier and that
he believes he did serve in the revolutionary
War and says that the said Baley
is about the same age as himself
and that he is confident that this is the
same Daniel Baley.
his
John x Rice
mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
1st February 1853
Isaiah Cox M G D [Magistrate Greenville District]
Attest A A Neves

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted
with old Mr John Rice for the last
fifty years and he has always been
called an honest trouthful man in his
neighborhood and also that I am not
interested in any whatever in this matter
this 1st February 1853
Isaiah Cox M. G. D.
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"B"
In the Matter of 
Daniel Bailey for
Pension
Act of 7th June 1832
So. Car.

M Thompson
Present
Atty

State of South Carolina
Greenville District SS
I D Hoke clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions do hereby certify
that Isaiah Cox before whom the foregoing
affidavit was made is a regular appointed
and qualified Magistrate for Greenville District
and the signature purporting to be his
is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office
at Greenville C[ourt] H[ouse] this 2d day of Feby
1853
D Hoke Clerk

State of South Carolina
Greenville District
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Department of the Interior
Washington June 14th 1853
Sir,
Your decision, in the case of Daniel Bailey,
of South Carolina, under the Act of June 7th 1832,
is affirmed; and the papers accompanying your
Report, herewith returned to you.
I am Sir, very respectfully,
Your Obdt Servt,
R McClelland
Secretary

Hon. L P Waldo
Commissioner
of Pensions
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New York June 13th
Capt Triplett
Dear Sir, 
I have just 
returned here from Ohio.
To my surprise I found
Goff had a brother living.
I return the certificate that
the error may be corrected.
The enclosed papers will
explain the matter. Titus
C. Goff is, I know, incapable
of any intentional deception.
The error arose from his
being governed entirely by the
advice of Gov. Ford and
the careless way of doing the
business. He just sent the
blank form (which I forward)
to the clerk and he signed
it. Justice Hitchcock did not
know Benjamin Goff was living.
Please have the matter rectified
at once and send the
certificate to Titus C. Goff
Burton
Geanga Co., Ohio
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I have made arrangements for
securing the fee.
Drop me a line at Boston
the moment you get
the matter straitened, and
let me know whatever occurs.
Please get it done tomorrow
if possible
Yours Truly,
J. M. Shayer

Direct the certificates to
Titus C. Goff
Burto
Burton Geauga Co. Ohio
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Greenville C. H. So. Ca.
July 24th 1853
Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner Pensions
D. sir
I have
been informed that you propose
to grant me a pension for two
years as a private for my
Military Service in the War of
the Revolution. I will accept
of the commutation if the proof
furnished of my services in said
War will not authorise the
Commissioner of Pensions to allow
me a pension as a Captain. I
could have no doubt furnished
living testimony of my services
in said War. But my papers
were placed in the hands of
a man by the name of Alexander
Hogg or Hogge many years ago and no
report was made to me by
him in regard to my claim
for pension until all my
comrades in arms had died. Within
my knowledge when I heard of the sickness
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of William Goodlett a Revolutionary
Soldier and a pensioner under
the laws of the United States at
his decease who was with me
at the Battle of Kings Mountain
and the Cowpens, I went to his
house in Greenville district So. Ca. to
take his affidavit of my military
services. But he was in such a
low state, that it was deemed
improper to interogate him on
the subject, and he died the next
day. Herewith I give you the names
of some of my comrades in arms, in
order that you may judge of
the justice of my claim for pension.
Genl. Fair   Col. Benjamin Hevon
Capt Michaga Lewis
William Lewis first Leutenant
William Calaway
Robert Duncan
Joel Calahan
Cornelius Sayles or Sails
Elisha Reynolds
William Bradley
John Rose
Goodin Likens
and many others that I from
extreme old age and loss of
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cannot now remember. I also
remember David Bangs &
Capt George Stubblefield
Capt Pierson and those
that I have already or heretofore
mentioned.
Most respectfully
yours
his
Daniel x Bailey
mark

Attest
Tho. Wilson
J McBride
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Greenville Court House
South Carolina
Nov 24th 1853
For
Honorable L. P. Waldo
Commissioner Pensions
Dear Sir
Daniel Bailey a Revolutionary Soldier
whose claim has been rejected for
pension, is desirous to visit 
Washington for the purpose of
having an interview in person
with the Commissioner of Pensions
and to submit himself to an
examination touching the validity
of his claims, being sensible of its
Justice he fears no scrutiny on
an examination in person of
events through which he passed
in the struggle for which he
now claims compensation from his
country. If such a privilege
should not depart from the strict
rules of the pension department
he prays that the Commissioner
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of Pensions will hear him and
indicate the time when he will do
so.
Most respectfully
Daniel Bailey
By
Joseph Powell
his atty

Hon. L. P. Waldo
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Daniel Bailey
suspended
Act of 1838
South Carolina

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
at Greenville Court House the 29th
day of August AD 1854
D Hoke Clerk

R. W. Young
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss
Be it known that on this 25th day of Augt
A.D. 1854 Before me, the undersigned, 
a notary public & magt. E.off. [magistrate ex officio] in and for
the district and State aforesaid personally
appeared Daniel Bailey a resident
of Greenville Dist. So.Ca. (Wish Creek
Post office) and made oath
according to Law that he is the identical man
who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution
and who has heretofore made application
for the benefit of the Pension Act of [blank line]
that he is directly interested as a claimant in
in said pension and makes this affidavit to be
filed with such additional evidence or arguments
as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim
Countermanding and revoking all powers of
Attorney heretofore given and authority heretofore given. I hereby
constitute and appoint A. J. Wallace my true
and lawful Attorney to prosecute the said claim
and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine
all papers or documents in relation to said claim or
on file in Department at Washington City or elsewhere
his
Daniel x Bailey
mark
Witness Alsey A. Neves

Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me
the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said Daniel Bailey to be directly interested
in said claim as set forth and to be the identical party 
therein alleged.
Massera Taylor, Notary
Public & Magt Exoff
in & for Greenville Dist. So. Ca.
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The State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss
I D Hoke Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that Massena
Taylor before whom the foregoing affidavit was made
is and was at the date thereof a regular appointed and
qualified Notary Public and magistrate Ex Officio
for said District and the signature purporting to
be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office
at Greenville Court House this 29th
day of August AD 1854.
D Hoke
Clerk

Daniel Bailey 
Suspended
Act of 1832
South Carolina

R. W. Young
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Nov. 30 1853
Danl Bailey
whose claim has 
been rejected
wants to
know when he
can have an
interview with
the Commr.
Joseph Powell
Greenville C. H.
S. C.
For[?] Honorable
L. P. Waldo.
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City S.C.
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See [?]lfas
The Hon. J. L. Orr's
Hon. J. L. Orr
Mch 24/58

No 37.631
Daniel Bailey
S.C.
[right edge damaged; dates incomplete]
Richard Burgess Sep 27 [inserted: '48] 184
Geo F Townes June 26 18
Hon Ja. L Orr Aug 22 18
J. C. Hoyt Apr 15 18
Hon J. L. Orr May 29 18
M Thompson July 29 18
Same Oct 12 18
Same " 13 18
C J Elford  "   "
M Thompson Nov 1 
Same Dec 23
Sec Interior Jan 25/53
Let. M. Thompson June 16/53
Joseph Powell Dec. 10/1853
Act June 7 1832
Hon. James L. Orr Mch 24/58
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Daniel Bailey
S.C.
June 1832 7
369
Page 43

See Elford's letter
within
F.F.C.J.
Hon J. L. Orr's
C.J. J.J.
M. Thompson & Elford
Octo 13 1852

No. 37631
Daniel Baily
SC
Let. to Richard Burgess
Sept 28. 1848
Geo F. Townes 26 June 1850
Hon Jas L. Orr, 2 Augt 1850
J. C. Hoyt, Apl 15/52.
Hon J. L. Orr, May 29/52
M Thompson on July 29 1852
Same Oct 12 1852
(over)
Act 7 June 1832
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Richard Burgess, Sept. 27 '48
Hon A. P. Butler Nov. 7. '49
[crossed out: G. G. Brewer - Oct 31, '49]
Geo. F. Towner - June 26, '50
Hon. Jas L. Orr Aug. 22. '50
J. C. Hoyt - Apr. 15. '52
J. L. Orr May 29, '52
M. Thompson - July 29. '52
"   -- Oct 12 '52
"   -- 13. "
"   -- Nov 1. "
"   -- Dec 23. "
"   -- June 16. '53
Sec. of Int -- Jany 25. "
Joseph Powell Dec. 10. "
Hon J. L. Orr - Mar. 4. '58
Page 45

11 Nov 13,
Page 46

Washington July 22d 1852
Hon F. F. C. Tripplett
Acting Commr of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose a
certificate from the Comptr
Genl of North Carolina
in support of the claim of
Daniel Bailey of S.C. to a pension
under act of June 1832 &
to solicit, most respectfully,
the earliest practicable action
of the office thereon, said
Bailey being very old, 
exceedingly poor & infirm and
in the most absolute want of that
pension to which it will be 
seen he is clearly entitled.
I have the honor &c
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 47

37,
Washington D.C.
Dec 24, 1852
M. Thompson
Rel: to case of Danl
Bailey of S.C. to pen's
under act of 7 June
1832
Dec 29/52
Col Niles

Reply referred to the Comm
of Pensions for report
[illegible] Mt  AJCW
Dec 27/52
Pensions
Recd Dec 27. 1852
Page 48

Washington Decr 24th 1853
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart
Sec'y of the Int'r
Sir
Although the evidence
on file in the case shows a
clear legal & valid claim on
the part of Daniel Bailey of
South Carolina to a pension
under act of 7th June 1832.
Yet, the Comm'r of Pensions
very unjustly, improperly,
& injuriously persists in his
refusal, to admit the claim.
I am therefore instructed to appeal
to you for the due execution
of the law in this case.
Before you adjudicate the
case, I wish to have an
opportunity to put my views
Page 49

of the case & the grounds of the
claim & of appeal, upon the
record.
I have the honor &c
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 50

No 1 No 37631
Daniel Baily
SC
Act 7 June 1832
Page 51

State of North Carolina
Polk County
Personally came before me E. G. Foster
one of the acting Justices of the Peace of said
County William Dalton & makes oath that he
is Personally acquainted with Daniel Baley of
Greenville District South Carolina & that
he was frequently with him in the services
of the Revolutionary War namely at the
Battle of the Cowpens in South Carolina
at which Battle the D Bailey was wounded
in the leg and also after the Battle of Kings
Mountain he was with the Garde that took
the Prisoners from that place into North[illegible]
& that said Daniel Barly was Captain of
the Fatigue Company of the said Guard
& that he saw him frequently acting in
that capacity that he was frequently with
the said Baily for the space of two years
in the services of the Revolution as Captain
of said Guard Company. [illegible] Sworn
& subscribed before me this 28th 
Day of January 1848.
E.G. Foster JP

his
William x Dalton
mark
Page 52

IN WITNESS WHEREOF HIS EXCELLENCY, WILLIAM A.
GRAHAM our Governor, Captain General, and Commander
in Chief, hath signed with his hand these presents, and caused 
our GREAT SEAL to be affixed thereto.
Done at our City of RALEIGH, on the 21st day
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-eight and in the 73rd
year of our Independence.
BY THE GOVERNOR: Wm A. Graham
Wm W. Morrison  Private Secretary.
Page 53

The State of North Carolina,
To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:
BE IT KNOWN, that H.F. Vernon
whose name in his own proper hand-writing, is subscribed to the
annexed Certificate, is, and was, at the time of granting the same, Clk
of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for
the County of Polk & State aforesaid
and that his said Certificate is in due form
Page 54

We the undersigned acquaintances of
Daniel Bailey of Greenville District
South Carolina do hereby certify
that we have been acquainted with him for many years that he
has always been regarded in his
neighborhood as a Soldier of the
Revolution, that he is now, as we
believe, upwards of ninety years
of age and we have no doubt
but that he is the identical man
who served in the War as he states
and that from the marks of wounds
upon his leg and hand we
believe they were received as he
declares. We have understood that
accounts have been forwarded to the
Department by some enemy of
Mr Bailey that he was not in the
Revolutionary War, that he was not
at the period of the Revolution more
than five years old. This cannot be true as David Bailey
his son with whom we are acquainted is
now sixty-seven years of age.
Thornton P. Poole
William Callaway
John A Callaway
Thomas Callaway
Daniel McKinney
Thomas Stone
Moses Fowler
A [illegible]
Jesse Wilson
Joab Bruton
Wm. H Goodlett
Wm Bull
Oliver Barrett
Joseph McKinney
John W. Waters
Alsey A. Neves
Page 55

I do certify that I have known Daniel Bayley
from my first recollection and have every reason
to believe that he was a soldier in the revolutionary
war, because I have heard my Father speak
of him as a brother soldier and relate many
occurrences which took place when together
William Callaway

I certify that I have heard my Father and Mr
Bayley relate many circumstances that took
place in the war and have every reason
to belive he was a soldier in the War
from the fact that I have heard them talking
together many times of things that took
place while in the war
Elizabeth Callaway

I am inclined to believe that Daniel
Bailey is upwards of ninety years of age
and that I have for years past heard him
relate many incidents that occurred during the
Revolutionary war
W D Dickey

The State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss
I D Hoke Clerk of the County of Common Pleas and
General Sessions do hereby certify that the individual[s] who
have signed the foregoing and attached certificates
are men of undoubted respectability and men in
whom the most explicit reliance can be placed
and immediate neighbours of Daniel Bayley and that
both A B Crook and M B Earle are physicians of
skill and ability in this village
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office at Greenville
Court House this 28th day of July 1852.
D Hoke Clk
Page 56

Greenville Court House
South Carolina July 17th 1857
To Honorable James E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
This is to certify
that I have been acquainted with Daniel
Bailey of this district for upwards
of forty years that said Bailey has
always been considered a Soldier
of the Revolution and that he
must be abut ninety years of
age. I have no doubt of his
being a Soldier of the Revolution.
"And my reasons for my
belief" One, that my Father William
Goodlett was a Soldier of the 
Revolution and on the pension roll.
"And I have heard my Father
say often that said Bailey
aforesaid, Was in the Service with
him and that s'd Bailey was in
the Battle of Kings Mountain and
the Cow-pens with him. My
Father Willliam Goodlett is dead
James Goodlett
Greenville Viledge
S.C.
Page 57

I am personally acquainted with Thorton P Poole, Joab Bruton
W H Goodlett, Oliver Barratt & Joseph McKinney and have
no doubt the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. They are all
men of character & standing and would not certify to a falsehood
knowingly. I also know Drs Earle & Crook they are both
eminent medical practitioners and have the highest reputation in
the profession in the District of Greenville. Their opinions as medical
men are worthy of all credit. It is due to Mr Baily that I should
state in addition that I had an interview with him last August
and conversed with him about his services he impressed me
very thoroughly with the justice of his claim for a pension and
his appearance would indicate that he is not younger certainly than
85 & he might very well pass for 90
James L. Orr
M. C. from S. C.
Page 58

Greenville C. H. So Ca
July 26 1852
This is to certify that I did
examine a scar on the leg
of Daniel Bailey sometime since,
which had the appearance of
having been produced by a ball
and of long standing. Baily
is a very aged man I would
say from his appearance 80
or 90 years old.
M. B. Earle M.D.

Greenville Ct. H. So Ca
July 27th 1852
I hereby certify that I have this
day examined the scars on the
person of Mr Daniel Bailey which
he says were the remains of wounds
received during the revolutionary war.
One is in his right hand, received
at Orangeburgh in this state, by the
bayonet of a tory in a skirmish at
that place, the other in the right leg
just below the knee from a musket
ball rec'd at the Battle of Cows-pens.
It seems to me, probably that Mr Baileys
account of the matter, is true. I have no
positive means of knowing, but Mr Bailey
is evidently a very old man.
A. B. Crook M.D.
Page 59

8 No 10
Page 60

Greenville S.C.
May 22. 1852
Dear Sir
A rumor is rife in our community
that a man named Daniel Bailey of
this District is about to receive from the
Government a large sum of money as a
pension for services rendered by him as
a private or officer in the Revolutionary
War.
From representations made to me
by various respectable citizens of our
District, I am induced to believe that
this man is endeavoring to impose upon
the Government & that he is probably
personating another man who is dead.
I am credibly informed that undoubted
legal evidence can be furnished, that
this Daniel Bailey was entirely too
young to render military services in
the revolution, that he was but five
years old at the close of the war.
I am well satisfied that the matter
should be closely scrutinised, and 
have felt it my duty as a good citizen
Page 61

to put the proper authorities upon their
guard.
Yours very respectfully
C J Elford
Atty at Law
Greenville
S.C.

Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

References
Hon J L Orr. M C from S C
"  A P Butler Senator  "   "
Page 62

No 2
Page 63

State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts
in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it
appears of record in my office, among the payments
made by said State to sundry persons for Military servcs
in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Daniel Bailey
Book G. No. 16 page   67 £ 2 S 10 - specie
                "   25   "       18 £ 4 S 16   "
I further certify that many of the records relating to
Revolutionary soldiers have been either lost or destroyed
and the fact that no more payments cannot now be found
should not raise even a presumption that no more were
made.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal of office
this 10th day of July 1852.
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.

P. S. The Compt'r of N.C. says
the pay of a militia man was
£ 32 per annum.
M. Thompson
Page 64

No. 14
Page 65

Washington Aug 9th 1853
Hon F. F. C. Triplett
Acting Commr. of Pensions
Sir
In the case of Daniel
Bailey of South Carolina
who claims a pension under
act of 7th June 1832, I herewith
enclose additional evidence sufficient to
give the quietus to the
"suspicions" which I was
aware have been predicated
upon certain representations
or more properly speaking,
misrepresentations made by
a certain pettifogging lawyer
in Greenville, emanating from
the poor house in Charleston
So. Car. prompted, as I am informed
Page 66

by a prodigal son in law of Bailey
in consequence of his (B's)
refusal to give him and them
the control of the claim, and
sufficient to establish the claim.
This pettifogger I repeat
not a great many years since
emerged from poor house in
Charleston So. Car. & consequently,
could know nothing about
Bailey's age at the period
of the revolution, nor could
his (B's) son in law, who
prompted the misrepresentations
upon which your suspicions
have been based. But
whatever "suspicions" you may
have entertained hitherto, they
must pass away, before the
evidence herewith furnished
Page 67

like the "baseless fabric of
a vapor, leaving not a trace
behind," & the claim be admitted.
In the face of this evidence
this pettifogger & son in law
must hide their heads in
confusion & shame.
I have the honor &c to
be most resptfy
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 68

Daniel Bailey
(Act June 7. 1832)
Page 69

Add. evidence in the
case of Daniel Bailey
for pension
Oct 22/52

To Honorable James E. Heath
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Page 70

Greenville Court House So. Ca.
Octr 15th 1852
To Honorable James E Heath
Commissioner
Sir
I have been informed
since the return of the Hon. J. L. Orr
from Congress, that Daniel Bailey of this
District who is an applicant for pension
as a Soldier of the Revolution, has been
reported to the Department as representing 
another man of his name and that
he, the applicant, was but five years
of age in the Revolution &c, I have
been personally acquainted with
Daniel Bailey the applicant, for twenty-
three years, and he has always
been represented as being a Soldier of
the Revolution and has that
reputation in his neighborhood, and
I am also acquainted with his son
David Bailey of this district for the
same length of time, and the said
David Bailey informs me himself that
over
Page 71

he is the son of the aforesaid Daniel
Bailey and is now sixty seven years
of age. I have also examined the
wounds upon the leg & hand of D.
Bailey (the applicant) and have
repeatedly heard James Goodlett and
Richard Goodlett highly respectable
Gentlemen of this district say, that
they have heard William Goodlett
their Father say more than one hundred
times, that D. B. the applicant was
in the Revolution and that he 
was wounded at the Cowpens, in
the leg (William Goodlett was on
the pension rolls and drawed a pension
up to his decease) and was a most
honorable and respectable man.
And I hereby certify that I have
no doubt from facts as related to
me. But that Daniel Bailey the
applicant was a Soldier of the
Revolution, and that he was wounded
in Battle as he states, and I verrily
believe, that the effort made to defeat his
application before the Department for
pension was made with a malignant
intent, and without the possibility of
making proof from a respectable source
Page 72

as to statements made by the disinterested
reporter, and I further certify that
D. Bailey the applicant is in my
opinion between 90 and one hundred
years of age from my long personal acquaintance with him
I am a Lawyer in this
village. And I refer you to the
Hon J. L. Orr, Hon William Aiken
M.C. S.C. and the Hon Andrew
Johnson M.C. at Greenville Gennessee and the
Hon Waddy Thompson of this village.
Hon A. B. Butter M.S. Senate,
Most Respectfully
your obt servt
J. Powell

Hon J. E. Heath
Page 73

Affidavit of
Isaac Robertson
Oct. 22/52
Page 74

State of South Carolina
Greenville district
On this 15th day of October A.D.
one thousand eight hundred and
fifty two personally appeared
before me an acting Notary Public
for Greenville district Isaac Robertson
a resident of the district aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to
Law declares that Francis Edwards
of the district and State above
mentioned has been betting books,
and is endeavoring to make all
kinds of bets that Daniel Bailey
of said district an applicant for
pension for Revolutionary Services
will never receive his pension, that
he heard David Edwards swear
that he would be God-damnd if
he did not intend to write to
the pension department or get some
one else to write that Bailey
was not more than five years
old at the Revolution that he
was at that time a shirt-tail
boy. that he knows said Edwards
to be a violent enemy of said
Bailey, that Edwards is a malignant
and vindictive man and has no
reputation in the community. that
he resides near D. B. & F. E.
and that B. is a very old man
and has always had the reputation
of being a Soldier of the Revolution
over
Page 75

and that he believes D. B. to be
ninety years old or upwards, & F. E. is
about forty years old. Sworn to and subscribed 
before me the day and date
above written.
Isaac Robertson.

And I hereby certify that I well
know Isaac Robertsons that he is 
a credible witness and resides in
Greenville ditrict and is a neighbor
to Daniel Bailey and Francis Edwards.
Joseph Powell
Notary Public
in and for the
district & State aforesaid
Page 76

16 Nov 18

Have this case referred
C. W. Triplett
J E H
Page 77

Washington City DC Oct 9, 1852
Hon. James A. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Within the last six or eight
months, sufficient evidence has been filed in your
office, to establish the claim made by Daniel Bailey
of South Carolina, to a pension under act of
June 7th 1832. It is clear from the length of
time, which has elapsed, since your last investigation
of the claim, that the same has been overlooked
or not acted upon in its regular order. Said
Bailey being extremely old, and in the most
indigent circumstances, is very solicitous about
the matter.
I have the honor to be &c
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 78

No 17
Page 79

Washington Sept. 4 1853
Hon L. E. Heath
Comm. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose
additional evidence
showing the infamy of
Edwards who excited
your "suspicions" in regard
to the age of Daniel Bailey
of S. C. who claims a pension
under act of 7th June
1832 & the reputation of
the latter as a revolutionary
soldier
I have the honor
to be &c,
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 80

No 15.
Page 81

Washington Aug. 27th 1853
Hon. Jas. E. Heath
Commr. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose
evidence additional to the
cumulative mass of evidence
already on file, which
cannot have failed utterly
to dispel the unfounded
suspicions which you
have been made to entertain
[crossed out: on the subject] in regard
to the age of Daniel Bailey
of South Carolina, and
the diabolical purposes
which engendered those
suspicions. Nothing
Page 82

could be clearer than that
this vagabond Edwards was
the sole originator of these
foul misrepresentations
in regard to Bailey's age
at the period of the revolution
& that he was actuated
in so doing, by the basest
passions of the human
heart.
I have the honor
to be &c
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
Page 83

South Carolina
Greenville District SS
Personally appeared before me Oliver Barrett
magistrate for said district Jefferson Ward
and makes oath that he heard Francis
Edwards say that he had a bet with
Isaac Robinson that Daniel Baley
would not draw his pension
Sworn to before me this 14th day 
of August A.D. 1852 
Jefferson Ward
Oliver Barrett
M.G.D.

South Carolina
Greenville District SS
Personally appeared before me Oliver Barrett magistrate
for said District James Waldrip and makes
oath that he heard Francis Edwards say that
he had made a bet with Isaac 
Robinson that Daniel Baley would not
draw his penchean. Edwards further said
he had prevented Baley from drawing
his money before & he would be damned
if he did and intend to again if he
could. Sworn to before me this
14th day of August A.D. 1852
his
James x Waldrip
mark
Oliver Barrett
M.G.D.
Page 84

State of South Carolina
Greenville District ss
I D Hoke Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions
for Greenville District do certify that Oliver Barrett
Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made
is a regular appointed and qualified magistrate
for said District and the signature purporting to
be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
at Greenville Co. Ho. [Court House] this 15th day of
August 1852.
D Hoke Clk

[marginal note]
No. 6.
Page 85

State of South Carolina
Greenville District SS
August 7th 1852
We, the undersigned are well acquainted
with Francis Edwards who lives with
a daughter of Daniel Baleys. and
as to the character of Edwards we
regard him as a man of low
character and we could not depend on
any statement he might make
and as to his age he can not exceed
fifty or fifty five. we are older
well acquainted with Daniel Baly
and know him to be one of the
oldest men in the country.
Oliver Barrett M.G.D.
Thornton P. Poole
J. H. Westmoreland
Simeon Styles
W D Dickey
Wm H Goodlett
Zachary Benson
Jesse Wilson

South Carolina
Greenville District SS
I D Hoke clerk of the Court of Common [Pleas]
and General Sessions for said District do certify that the
gentlemen who have signed the statement above are men
of respectability and truth and the most utmost
confidence may be placed in any statement they may make.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand
and seal of office at Greenville CH [Court House] August
9th 1853
D Hoke Clk
Page 86

I do herby certify that I have always understood
that the cause of Edwards being so opposed to
Daniel Baily drawing a pension is that
Baily said he should never have one cent
of it. Thornton P. Poole

I do her by certify that I heard Francis Edwards
say that he would write to the Department and
defeat Baily and that Baily should not draw a
pension and as to the cause of Edwards opposition
to Bailys drawing a pension as I have all ways
understood that it is because Baily has said
that he Edwards should not have one cent of it
A. J. Styles

Greenville Dist South Carolina. I do hereby certify
that I have known Francis Edwards from a small 
boy and that he is not exceeding forty-five years old
and I know him to be a great enemy to Daniel Bailey
for I have been living in a mile & a half of each of them
for twelve years. W. H Goodlett
P.S. I further certify that Edwards told me that there
were two affidavits sent on to the department, when Bailey
was trying to obtain his Pension through the agency
of Mr Hoag and if he ever tried to get it again there
would be more sent on. I also herd him say a few
days ago that he never sent a line there, nor had
not interfered in no shape at all. I woul not believe
him on his oath without coroberating testimony
W H Goodlett
Page 87

South Carolina Greenville District Aug the 7th 1852
I do herby certify that I have known Francis
Edwards from a child and know him to be a great enemy of
D Baily. I also heard him say that he had spent
ten dollars of his own money writing to keep him
from drawing the money and said he would be
damn if he ever should draw any from the
department
Zach Benson

3 No 3
Page 88

No 3 1/2
Page 89

State of South Carolina
Greenville District
On this 14th day of July A.D. 1852
Personally appeared before me Oliver Barrett
a magistrate for Greenville District,
Henry Pearson and made oath that his
brother, Joel Pearson, was a soldier of the
revolution for seven years and that he has bin
acquainted with Daniel Bailey for many
years, and from Baileys appearance whe
he first saw him he thinks Bailey to be
older than his brother Joel, and that he
had always heard it said that Bailey was in
the army, he also says he was old enough
to remember his brothers services
his
Henry x Pearson
mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year above written,
before me.
Oliver Barrett M.G.D.
attest
A A Hearn

South Carolina
Greenville District ss
I Oliver Barrett a 
magistrate of Greenville 
District do hereby certify
that I have been personally acquainted with 
Henry Pearson for several years and know
him to be a man of truth and undoubted
character. I do further certify that he is
one of the oldest men in my neighborhood
and believe from his appearance that he is
between eighty and ninety years old.
Given under my hand this 14th day of July A.D. 1852
Oliver Barrett
M.G.D.
MC
Page 90

State of South Carolina
Greenville District
On this 14th day of July A.D. 1832 Personally
appeard before me Oliver Barrett a magistrate
fro Greenville District, Aspasia Bradley and
made oath, that she has bin acquainted
with Daniel Bailey for many years and that
She beleaves Bailey to be as old or older
than she is. and she allso says she is about
ninty three years of age. Sworn to and
subscribed the day and year above written
before me
her
Aspasia x Bradley
mark

Oliver Barrett
M.G.D.
Attest A. A. Neavs

South Carolina
Greenville District
I do hearby certify that I have bin aquainted
with Aspasia Bradly whose name appears
in the above afidafit from my childhood,
and that she is a woman of undoubted
character and veracity, and I do further
certify that I beleave hir to be as old
as she above states given under my
hand this 14th day of July AD 1832
Oliver Barrett
M.G.D.
Page 91

State of South Carolina
Greenville district
I David Hoke Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for the District and State aforesaid do hereby certify,
that Oliver Barrett whose genuine
Signature appears to the foregoing
affdavits of Aspasia Bradley and
Henry Pearson is an acting Magistrate
for the district and State aforesaid,
duly qualified and sworn. and 
his signature to the same is his
Genuine Signature.
Given under my 
hand and Seal of
office this 21st day of
June 1852
D Hoke
C C P [Court of Common Pleas]
G D [Greenville District]

I am personally acquainted with Oliver Barrett Esq whose
official signature is affixed to the affidavits of Henry
Pearson and Aspasia Bradley. I know him to be a
man of good character and his certificate is entitled
to the credence of the Pension office. I am not
acquainted personally with the affiants, Mrs Bradly
has recently received a pension herself and is reputed a
lady of good character. Pearson
I do not know even by reputation.
James L. Orr
M C
Page 92

No 11.
Page 93

Washington 26th May 1852
Sir
I have made several inquiries after the
case of Danl Bailey, a Revolutionary
Pensioner So. Ca. Will you please inform me
what condition it is now in and do
so at your earliest convenience. The
old man has upon his person scars of two
wounds that he received in the war of
the Revolution and the testimony already
furnished entitles him in my judgment
to a pension. If the decision of the
Dept is adverse to his application
I shall be constrained to bring his case
before the Secy of the Interior on
appeal
I have the honor to be
&c James L Orr
Page 94

10 No 12.
Page 95

Washington 31st May 1852
Sir
I have received your letter concerning
the claim of Danl Bailey of So Ca for
a pension. Mr Baily resides some
forty miles from me and I never saw him
until last summer. He then desired me
to do something to get his pension. He
shewed me to two scars which he said
he had received in the revolutionary war
he looked old enough to have been in that
war. one of his neighbors told me he was
an honest old man. This explains to
you my connection with his claim. as
to Mr C. J. Elfords letter it is my duty
as well as my pleasure to say that
he is a gentleman of high character
and I have no doubt has not given you
the information until he has satisfied himself
of its truth. If I had to pass upon Bailys
case I would never grant it in the face
of Elfords letter without the fullest
& clearest evidence that Baily rendered
the services and that he was an honest
Page 96

man. With Elfords statement I am
inclined to the opinion that Baily is a 
rascal and if he fails to vindicate
himself he ought to be criminally
prosecuted.
Yours &c
James L Orr
Page 97

Washington Feb 22 1852
Hon Jas E Heath
Commisr of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose
certificate of Dr Earle an
eminent physician in support
of the claim of Daniel Bailey
of South Carolina to a pension
under act of 7th June 1852 [1832].
I need not recapitulate
the evidence in this case to
show that said Bailey 
undoubtedly served two years
as Capt in the revolutionary
war. William Dalton
a man shown to be of the very
highest respectability and of

[marginal note]
No certificate enclosed
Page 98

2
the most unquestionable
veracity swears that said
Bailey did so serve and that
he so served with him.
James Goodlett one of the
most respectable citizens in
Greenville Dist. swears Baileys
reputation as a revolutionary
soldier & that he (B.) fought
with his (G's) father at the
Cowpens where the wound
described by Dr Earle was
undoubtedly received. To
this latter point Walton also
testifies with equal positiveness.
I cannot suppose for a
moment that you will set
aside the testimony of two
such witnesses as these, backed
as it is by the opinion of the
Court. The Court before
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which the declaration was
made, it will be admitted
had the best opportunity
from its knowledge of Bailey
himself & the witnesses and
from all the circumstances of
the case to arrive at a correct
conclusion as to the legality
of the claim. & I am utterly
at a loss to imagine the reason
or propriety of asking the
Court to express an opinion
& then disregarding that opinion.
To do so, as in this case,
seems to be a species of
mockery. I cannot see the
reason (if there be reason in
it) in asking the claimant
to swear to the truth of his
declaration, & in asking the
Court to express an opinion
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and witnesses to swear if all
are to be utterly disregarded.
Daniel Bailey has made
oath that he served two
years as Capt & one year
as private in the revolutionary
war, & James Goodlett and
William Dalton have testified
in confirmation of the fact
& the Court in South Carolina
believe the facts as sworn
to be true. Have Daniel
Bailey, James Goodlett and
William Dalton all three been
guilty of perjury in what
they have thus sworn?
The court did not think
so, & the court having the
claimant & witnesses before
it, & in the midst of those
who knew both claimants
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and witnesses, certainly had
the fairest opportunity to 
judge correctly.
It would be a supererogation
in the further to animadvert
upon the sufficiency of legal
proof, which has been
found sufficient for the judgment
of a competent Court
of record, & which would be
sufficient to secure a verdict
in any competent legal tribunal
in this country, and I have
yet to learn that you can
legally require a higher
degree of evidence than would
be sufficient in the ordinary
legal tribunals of the country.
Upon every rule of law
and evidence laid down in the
books, & recognized & uniformly
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acted upon in all legal
tribunals the testimony of
Dalton unsupported by other
evidence would be sufficient
to establish the facts to which
he testifies. In a Court
of Chancery the bare testimony
of D. Bailey himself establishing
the marks of wounds
rec'd in the service of his country
would be sufficient to ground
a decree in his favor, the more
especially if supported
by the testimony of Goodlett
& the opinion of the Court. But
add to all of which the positive
testimony of Dalton & the
claim is clear & unquestionable.
I have the honor to
be &c,
M. Thompson
Atty for Bailey
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No 8.
Daniel Bailey
of 
South Carolina
Rev'y Claim
Pr of Atty
to 
M. Thompson
Papers cal'd for
Mar. 9 1852
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R. A. WATERS, Print., D street, bet. 9th and 10th
POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Daniel Bailey
hereby constitute and appoint Michael Thompson irrevocably
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute my claim, 
revoking any other power of attorney heretofore given
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
Michael Thompson
to appoint one or more substitues 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 Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 1st day March A.D. 1852.
his 
Daniel + Bailey
mark

Signed and Sealed in the presence of
John Levi

State of South Carolina
Greenville district ss:
On this first day of March A.D. 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the district aforesaid, personally appeared
Daniel Bailey and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand,
the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Powell
Notary Public in
and for the district
and State aforesaid.
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Claim of [blank]
Act of [blank]

State of South Carolina
Greenville district ss.
Be it known, That on this first day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two, before the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the district and State aforesaid, personally appeared Daniel Bailey a resident of the district aforesaid, and made oath according to law that he is the Identical Daniel Bailey who wa a Revolutionary Soldier and whose declaration is now on file in the Pension Department [crossed out: at the rate of   Dollars per annum, that] he has been informed that the 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 Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
his
Daniel + Bailey
mark

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
J. Powell
Notary Public within and for Greenville district & State aforesaid

attest John Levi

Joseph Powell, Notary Public, in and for said County do hereby certify that Daniel Bailey who executed the foregoing [...] respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as [...]
J. Powell
Notary Public within and for Greenville district & State aforesaid

I, [blank] Clerk of the [blank] Court in the district and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] 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 [blank] signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this [blank] day of A. D. 188[blank].
[blank]
Clerk.
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STATE OF [blank]
COUNTY OF [blank] ss

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that [blank] was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States at the rate of $ [blank] per annum and that [blank] died on the
[blank] day of [blank] eighteen hundred and [blank]
leaving surviving [blank]
and that [blank]
only surviving child [blank] of the aforesaid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this [blank] day of
one thousand eight hundred and fifty [blank]
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Washington March 22 of 58
Sir,
I enclose you the within
leter making equiry whether
Daniel Bailey of Greenville
S.C. was ever on
the roll of pensioners.
Please make the examination
& enclose the letter when you
answer this.
Very respectfully
James L Orr

Hon. Geo C. Whitny
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Greenville So. Ca. Dec. 29th 1857
Mr Heath
Dear Sir I address you at the
request of Mr. Daniel Bailey of Greenville
District So. Ca. who informed me that he served as
a volunteer under the command of Gen. Morgan in
the war of the revolution having volunteered under
Col. Benj. Cleveland in No. Ca., was in the battle
at Kings Mountain & the Cowpens, searving a portion
of the time under Capt. Hearn & received his
discharge under Gen. Brannon at Union.
He also informs me that his papers
proving his services have been forwarded to the
proper authorities at Washington and that he
gave a power of attorney to a Mr. Hoag some two
or three years since to receive his pension money &
has heard nothing from him since.
My object in
writing is to obtain from you the facts in the
case that we may know what evidence if any
is wanted to establish his claim as a pentioner for
now in the eve of his days he needs the reward of his
services to make him comfortable the few days he has
to live. Please reply as soon as possible & oblige.
Your humble servant
John C. Hoyt
per. H. W. B.
Direct to Greenville C. H.
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Ex'r. INVALID
no 309
[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
[stamped] REJECTED
Daniel Bailey
P.O. [blank]
Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18
Application filed: [blank], 18
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
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State of South Carolina
Greenville district
On this 15th day of July 1853
personally appeared Daniel Bailey of 
the district and State aforesaid and made
oath that he was a Soldier of the
Revolution, that many years ago he
employed a man by the name 
of Alex Hogg or Hoggue to obtain his pension from
the United States for his Services
in said War, that his Attorney kept
his papers, or made no report to
him as to the result, that in
consequence he has been deprived of
makeing the proof, required by the
pensions department, that his papers
have been on file many years until
his comrades in arms have all died
and that he knows of no one liveing
who served with him, that from extreme
old age and loss of memory (being now
between ninety and one hundred years of
age) he has lost sight of many of
the events of that period, and which
are only brought to mind, by the marks
of wounds received in the field of battle,
and disability of body by hardships and
exposure in the services of that day that his
life is near a close, and that the liberty
achieved (in which he acted his part) is his reward.
his
Daniel + Bailey
mark

Attest. Jessey Stewart
Alsey, A Neves

Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year above written, and I certify
that Daniel Bailey is I believe as old as
he states, and I believe that he was a Soldier
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of Revolution, and is in every
way entitled to the credit on his oath,
and that I have no interest in this
case.
M. Taylor Notary
Public & Magt Exoff in
& for Greenville Dist So. Ca.

Affidavit
of 
Daniel Bailey