Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32101, Alexander Bailey, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  N.C.
Bailey, Alexander
NUMBER  S.32101

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CONTENTS  [blank]
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25432
Indiana 
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Alexander Bailey
of Sullivan Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Coldwell of the --- commanded by --- in the N Carolina line for 8 months and 18 days

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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 28 Dollars 65 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jany 1834 and Benjamin Wolfe Meron
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept                     71.63
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March    14.32
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$85.95
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E     Vol. 7     Page 105



R. M. Bennett.
[illegible] 1866.



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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Indiana }
Sullivan County } SS.
On this the 7th day of December A.D. 1833 personally appeared ^before me Joseph Wilson one of the Associate Judges of said County Alexander Bailey a resident of Gill Township in the County of Sullivan & State of Indiana, aged eighty two 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 volunteered in the service of the United States in the year 1776 to the best of his recollection with Captain David Caldwell under Colonel Alexander Martin in Rowan County, North Carolina, being attached to General Rutherford's division and served six weeks, then was remanded home, and after being at home a few months he enlisted under Captain David Caldwell for three months in Rowan County North Carolina: thence he was marched to Cross Creek [.] a distance of near two hundred miles, he was thence marched home. & then marched against the Cherokee Indians [.] his term of service having expired sometime before.

In the year 1780 the Applicant again Volunteered in Burke County North Carolina under Colonel Charles McDowell & Captain Thomas Kennedy & thence was marched to Lincoln County N.C. he was in the battle at Ramsowers mills [Ramsour's Mill] on the 20th June 1780 [.] on returning home they reconnoitered the County till the Tories drove them over the Mountains on to the Watauga, where they recruited Term of service three months, he was thence marched under Colonel Campbell to the battle of Kings Mountain thence he returned home term of service 16 days. In the spring of 1782 he again Volunteered under Colonel Joseph McDowell & Captain Thomas Kennedy in Burke County North Carolina thence was marched to Rowan County on the South Yadkin River thence was again remanded home after a Tour of twenty days, making in all eight months & eighteen days. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an Annuity, except the present. He declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any
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Agency in any State. -

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Alexander [his mark X] Bailey


And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion: that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. 
S/Joseph Wilson


We John Davis Clergyman residing in Haddon Township Sullivan I.a. & John S. Davis residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Applicant Alex Bailey who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
S/John David
S/John S. Davis


And the said Judge do hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & [underline] served [/underline] as he states. And he further certifies, that it appears to him that John Davis who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Sullivan & State of Indiana aforesaid, and that John S Davis, who has also signed the same is a resident in the County & State aforesaid, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
S/Joseph Wilson


The Applicant from loss of memory is not able to stat the precise periods at which he entered the service. that he served as stated in the declaration he states with full confidence; and from bodily infirmity the Applicant is entirely unable to [underline] appear [/underline] in open [underline] Court. [/underline] 
S/Joseph Wilson
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Interrogatories propounded by the Associate Judge Joseph Wilson
1. Where & in what year were you born? In Ireland AD. 1751.

2. Have you any record of your age? I have in my Bible:

3. Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? I was living in Rowan County North Carolina, when called into service. I ^have lived since the revolutionary war, part of the time in North Carolina, part in Kentucky, & the remainder, in Indiana in which State I now reside

4. How were you called into service? I was a Volunteer invariably

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served? Alexander Martin, John Davidson [,] General Campbell & General Rutherford.
The Militia Regiments I do not recollect, I was where we killed Indians in the Cherokee nation, I was at the battle Ramsowers Mills. [Ramsour's Mill] I was at the battle of Kings Mountain and I was with those that were driven over the mountains by the Tories on the Watauga, where we recruited.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge? I do not remember that I did

7. State the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, & who can testify as to your character for veracity, & their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution. Jonathon Webb. John Bond [.] Henry Merry. Dr John W Davis & Consider Mitchell also James McCutchen. - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Alexander [his mark +] Bailey


I Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of the Sullivan Circuit Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing & enclosed contains the original proceedings of said Court in the Matter of the application of Alexander Bailey, for a Pension. And I further certify that Joseph Wilson, whoes [sic] name appears, to the preceeding Certificates, &c. was at the date thereof, and is a Judge of said Sullivan Circuit Court, which is a Court of Record; duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures. and all of his acts as such are entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of Office at Merom this 9th day of December AD. 1833.
S/Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of S.C.C.C.
[seal]
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26.737
Alex'r Bailey
Sullivan Co
Indiana
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from 1776 private
8 months & 18 days
$28.65/100







Benj Wolfe
Merom
clk Sullivan Co
Indiana
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

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A Statement, shewing [sic] the Service of Alexander Bailey
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[table with the following headers:
Period When the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service (Years., Months., Days.) | Rank of the claimant |
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service |
Proof by which the declaration is supported | ]
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1776 | [blank] | 1 | 12 | pr | Cap Coldwell no col. | 81 N C. | Traditionary

 " | [blank] | 3 | [blank] | pr |  "    "  | [blank] | [blank] 

1780 | not stated | " | Cap [illegible: Canada?] | [blank] | [blank] 

"in all 12 months"

The period of each tour should be distinctly stated
see note C.





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 places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general 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, mucicians [sic] 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 } ss. [this brace links this line and the following]
County of

On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the 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. [here is an image of a hand pointing to the right] 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.]

He 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.
I 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
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
I, 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.
If 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.
6. {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?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever received 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 to 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 represent, 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 enquiry 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, 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.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) 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.

(c) The age of the Claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period of the war when he served.
(e) 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine as 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 the following words: "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 precise 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 service, 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics], 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 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. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has 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.
(j) 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 as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. 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 office.
[stamp: 👉] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.       3-525

_______DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
____    BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
______   Washington, D. C., ___ Feb. 14, 1922
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Alex. Bailey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.     S.32101
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[table with the following headers: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN., COLONEL.) | STATE |]

1776 | 6 wks | Pvt. | David Caldwell | Alex. Martin | N.C.

a few months later | 3 mos. | [blank] | " | √ | [blank] 

1780 | 3 mos. | Thom Kennedy | Chas. McDowell | [blank] 

√ | 16 days | [blank] | √ | Campbell | [blank] 

Spg 1782 | 23 days | [blank] | Thos. Kennedy | Jos. McDow. | [blank] 




Battles engaged in, Ramsour's Mills, Kings Mtn

Residence of solider at enlistment, Rowan Co., N.C.

Date of application for pension, Dec 7, 1833. al [allowed]

Residence at date of application, Gill Twp. Sullivan Co., Ind.

Age at date of application, 82 yrs.

Remarks: no fam. data

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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32101
Revy   INVALID.
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File No. 32,101
Alexander Bailey
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32"
Index: - Vol. 2,      Page 26

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]



1922. Feb. 14 hist. to Miss Ruth Latshaw Ew.
Letter in W.10315 Wm Dougherty -
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1930. Jan 6. Hist to Hon Arthur H. Greenwood M.E.E.
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R. M. Bennett.
Comp: 7.6"
bet: Vol-Prest.
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[illegible]
Axander Baily. [Bailey] heirs of Res. War.
Has there been a Pension granted.   ^9
Mary B[illegible] of Alex Bailey. } 34. - [illegible]
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26.737
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These papers have been delayed some weeks for the purpose of getting the declarent in Court; but from bodily Infirmity he is unable to attend, and was it not for delay I would postpone the business until I could have the papers prepared more to my notion; But can assure you that in regard to his services as a soldier of the Revolution, the belief is general, I have conversed with the neighbours generally and no doubts exist on that subject ---.

Benjamin Wolfe
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[letterhead] ARTHUR H. GREENWOOD
2D DIST. INDIANA
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HOME ADDRESS: 
WASHINGTON, INDIANA
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JAMES H. USREY
SECRETARY

Congress of the United States
house of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 

COMMITTEES:
CENSUS
EXPENDITURES IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT
INVALID PENSIONS
MINES AND MINING [/letterhead]

December 30, 1929.

Mr. Earl D. Church,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Commissioner:
The Nathan Hinkle Chapter of the D. A. R., of Sullivan, Indiana, are panning to place a Marker to the memory of all the Revolutionary soldiers who are buried in Sullivan County, Indiana, in the new court house of that city in the near future and have asked me to get from you a copy of the pension records and the service records of the following named soldiers who are burined [sic] in Sullivan County, and I presume lived in that county at the date of their deaths. The names are given to me are as follows:

Handy Handly of Dorchester County, Maryland, who died in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Joseph Neely, wo was pensioned and died about 1833-34 in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Macajah Mayfield, who died in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Albert Plough, Likely from Pennsylvania.

Alexander Bailey, who died in Sullivan County, Indiana, and who probably came from North Carolina, to Sullivan Co. Indiana.

Stephen Bailey, who came from Grandville County, N. C. 

William Dougherty, born 1762.

Levi Bemis.

James Williams, who is listed from Vermillion County, Indiana, and born 1763.

James Spence.

Michael Houck, born in 1751.

Andrew Alsman (or Alhsman) of Penn. died 1859.

Stephen Milam, died 1822.
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Mr. Church.    2.

I will appreciate it very much if you can inform me by letter at an early date of what your records show as to whether or not these soldiers were pensioned and if so their service records.

Thanking you for your early response, I am,
Respectfully yours,
S/Arthur H. Greenwood.
Arthur H. Greenwood, M.C.
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Rec and 1812
Wars Section

MEE/HMM

January 6, 1930.

Hon. Arthur H. Greenwood
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Greenwood:

In response to your letter of December 30, 1929, in which you request records of Revolutionary War soldiers of Sullivan County, Indiana, for the Nathan Hinkle Chapter of that County, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau has no record of Stephen Bailey of Grandville County, North Carolina, who later lived in Sullivan County, Indiana, and no record of Michael Mouck as described by you, or to Andrew Alsman or Stephen Milam.

Also, in the identification of the records of the various soldiers named, the record of James Williams of Sullivan County, Indiana, is herewith furnished instead of the record of James Williams of Vermillion County, as you state the Chapter is marking graves of Sullivan County men.

The histories of these records identified are as follows:

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.32101, it appears that Alexander Bailey was born in 1751 in Ireland.

While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he volunteered and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:

In 1776 six weeks in Captain David Caldwell's Company, Colonel Alexander Martin's Regiment; a few months later three months or more in Captain David Caldwell's Company and marched against the Cherokee Indians; in 1780 three months in Captain Thomas Kennedy's Company, Colonel Charles McDowell's Regiment, and was in the battle of Ramsour's Mills, and then served sixteen days under Colonel Campbell and was in the battle of Kins Mountain; In 1782 twenty days in Captain Thomas Kennedy's Company, Colonel
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Joseph McDowell's Regiment.

After the Revolution he lived in North Carolina, in Kentucky and in Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 7, 1833, while a resident of Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.