Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21617, Luther Bailey, Vt.
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SERVICE                  NUMBER
Vt       Bailey, Luther       S.21617
CONTENTS
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18.484
Vermont
Luther Bailey
of Caledonia Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Lowell of the Regt commanded
Col Wait in the Vt [illegible]
line for 7 mo.
Wisconsin
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Sept
1833 and death
A. Paul
Danville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. $58.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34. 11.66
$69.98

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 3. Page 53

S. Tracey Mar 18th '37 - ([illegilbe])
[illegible] do - do - windsor
do - do - (Burlington) Aprl 12 37
Transfered [sic] to O. Pittsbg from
Windsor fr 4 March 36. - Apl 25 37
Cer to Pen Agt 16 July 1839.
To Wisconsin from 4 March
1839. 16. Aug 1839. Notification
to C Westan Burlington
[?]
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19.114
Luther Bailey
Caledonia Co
Vermt

7 months
$23.33
46.66
11.66
58.32

Amos Paul Esqr.
Danville
Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
June 3
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Luther Baily
[table format]

|Period when the service was entered.|
May 1781
Time of service
not distinctly
stated

|Duration of the claimant's service.|
Year. Months. Days.
Sal

|Rank of the claimant.|
Private

|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|
Capt Lovell

|Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.|
Col Wait

|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|
[blank]

|Country through which he marched|
Stationed at  Peacham

|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age
at the present period.|
70 years
Peacham
Vermt

|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|
[?]tion of a Clergyman & a living witness

The deponent states that he was taken a prisoner in his fathers house carried to Canada & detained three months within three or four days"

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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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,
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or Dis
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
aged (c)
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C.D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To une 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
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 be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
language so
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in 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---yeardays
, I served as a-
For --
month and --
days, I served as amonths
, andand
for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
them without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
. 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
thority; 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The o
opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses.
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Application of Luther
Bailey for transfer of
name from roll of Ohio
(Pittsburgh) to that of
Iowa. 
Pensioner
Charles Weston Atty
for Pensioner.

Burlington
Iowa
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Territory of Iowa
Des Moines County ss.}
On this 25th day of June 1839, before
me, Bernhart Henn, a notary public in and for the
said County of Des Moines, personally appeared Luther
Bailey, who, on his oath declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company of [lined out]
commanded by Captain Nehemiah Lovell in the
regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Wait in
the service of the United States; that his name was placed
on the Pension roll of the State of Vermont, (from whence
it was transferred to that of Ohio Pittsburgh, on the 25th
day of April 1837) from whence he has lately removed;
that he now resides in the Territory of Iowa where
he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there
payable in future. The following are his reasons for
removing ^[insert] from the State of Ohio to the Territory of Iowa. 
That he
is aged and infirm and is dependant [sic] for his maintenance
upon his two sons Franklin Bailey and Jonathan P.
Bailey with whom he resided in Ohio and still does reside
that his said sons removed from Ohio to said Territory to
improve their circumstances, when he removed with them
the word of "in the 5th line from top
and the word "from "in 15th line
interlined before signing
Sworn & subscribed to before me
the day & year aforesaid
Luther Bailey
Burkhart Henn
Notary Public

Territory of Iowa
Des Moines County ss.
On this 25th day of June 1839
personally appeared before me Bernhart Henn a
Notary Public in and for the said County of Des Moines
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Moses H Wolcott and Franklin Bailey, persons of
veracity & respectability, who, being sworn by me,
upon their oath declare Luther Bailey who took the
foregoing oath and affixed his name to the foregoing
affidavit to be well known to them and each of them
and that he is the same person described in said
affidavit
Franklin Bailey
The word "declare" in the 2d line
from the top erased before signing
Moses H Holt
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day & year aforesaid
Bundest Henn
Notary Public

Executive Office
Iowa Territory
I Robert Lucas Governor of said Territory hereby
certify that Bernhart Henn is a Notary Public
duly appointed in and for the County of Des Moines
in said Territory and that the signature of Bernhart
Henn Notary Public subscribed to the two foregoing
affidavits, is in his handwriting, with which I am well
acquainted
Done at the City of Burlington the
25th day of June A.D. 1839
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused the
Great Seal of the Territory to be affixed
Robert Lucas
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State of Vermont}
[illegible] County of Caledonia ss}
On this 18th day of June A.D. 1833
personally appeared before the Hon
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia
aforesaid now sitting Luther Bailey a resident
of Pelham in said District & County who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
additional and explanatory declaration, to wit
That he cannot swear positively as to the precise length
of his service in the year 1781, but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less than
seven months as a private as stated in his former
declaration. That he was not in the service at
the time he was taken prisoner in the year 1782 but
he respectfully submits whether under an equitable
instruction of the resolution of July 14, 1832, he is [illegible]
entitled to an allowance for said imprisonment
Luther Bailey [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before Benj F Deming
Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the [illegible] named applicant 
served as he States in the foregoing
additional declaration
I Amos Paul Register of the Count of Probate for the District of Caledonia
aforesaid do hereby certify that the above
contains the further proceedings of said Court
in the matter of the application of Luther Bailey for pension
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and
seal of Office at Danville in said District this
22nd day of June AD. 1833.
Amos Paul Register
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Service
VT Bailey, Luther S.

Number
S. 21617

Contents
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State of Vermont}
District & County of Caledonia} ss.
On this 11th
day of September A.D. 1832 personally
appeared before the Hon Benj F. Deming
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District 
of Caledonia aforesaid 
now sitting Luther Bailey a resident of
[illegible] in the County & District
aforesaid aged seventy years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following declaration
to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the
act of Congress passed [illegible] 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as
stated 
First in the fore part of May 1781 in Company of [illegible] the command of Corp. [illegible]
Lovell [illegible] Vermont
where they were stationed during that season for the [illegible] of the [illegible]. 
within one or two days after [illegible] this declarant entered [illegible] said Company as a substitute for one [illegible] who belonged to said Company and who was unable to [illegible] and who was at that time dismissed 
and this declarant took his place and served in said Company at [illegible] until the month of December 1781 when he [illegible] with said Company to [illegible] Vermont where he was discharged in about one week, he is confident that it was as late as the middle of December at the time of his discharge [illegible] recollect that Connecticut [illegible] the time. He does not recollect the particular length of time for which he originally engaged.
There was no other Company stationed at said 
Peacham at the time.
Said Company 
was a part of the Regt of Col. Wait raised under the start of the [illegible] of Vermont Nathl. White and Israel Morey were the Lieutenants of the Company 
[illegible] at said Peacham at the time he entered the [illegible] service.
the lawful
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there being no settlement in a northerly direction
That at said Peacham on the night of the fifteenth
Just 182 his father's houses where he then resided
was surrounded a body of British and Tories 
from and himself and a brother older were
taken prisoners and take Tho the meanness to
the Missisquoi river and thence to St Johns
where he was confined in the guard house for 
which place he was taken to
by and there confined in jail where he
all about the fifth of Nove be
was the
taken to Montreal and thence to St Johns 
is put on board a batten. Seventeen Callen
one shall sell
the loaded with presume
than the one State of
April 1762 has no record of his age was in
at the time of his service
so resided at said
side of Lowell's company were killed by the
Sergeant Bliss and, more sleeper
He has no written discharge. Luther Bailey
to me subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Orson Benning
Probate
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Thos Manchester
Caler
State of Vermont
out depose and say
that he is on sixty-two years of age. That in the 
year 1781 and for several years before
after that time
live the family of James Bailey
in the State of Vermont
I Fickes Cork had been
built around the home of said James Bailey for the protection of the inhabitancy against the 
of the Indians to each party in the spring of 1781
Company of troops under the command of 
Capt. Lovell was stationed at said each
and part for and immediately after the
at of said Company Luther Bailey of Son of
said James Bailey, and who has made the foregoing
declaration entered said company in the place 
John Sawyer
dissipated and
company was stationed in said Fort until
October of that year when they removed
the house of Jonathan Elkins in said
area in the
said Father Turley was a solder and did
said Company for the whole time above
depose and say that in the
" 1732 any of British and to us
then to hold said to be from
the gives broke into the house of
family at Barham
where depothe
Right time and took and a
Lutie Bailey and from a
the neighborhood to be the Benjamin
the said Bergan
the understood taken to
as prisoner by the writes thereto
date the full and to the best of my
rete out about three months
head
all the direct
Thomas Manchester
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Before Benj F Deming Judge of Probate
presence of
who has made the foregoing affidavit
who was sure and the accompanying certificate
.
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Revolutionary Claims
Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington City
Luther Bailey
Windsor Vt.
to O. P.
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Revolution
21617
INVALID.
File No. 21,617
Luther Bailey
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
index:-Vol. 2, Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Revolutionary Claim (illegible)
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
City
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Leonard Worcester a Clergyman residing in Peacham in
the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont do
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Luther Bailey
of
said Peacham and have known him
the twenty years past that believe him
to be seventy years of age that he has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity and
I believe him to have been a soldier of the
Revolution It has also been a matter of
common report and so far as I know universally believed
that he was ^[insert] taken a prisoner during the
revolutionary war at his father's house in said
Peacham and taken to Canada
Leonard Worcester
Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of October 1832
Before me
John W. Chandler Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County ⎬ I Benjamin
Deming Clerk of
the County Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid do
hereby certify that John W. Chandler who has subscribed
the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace
for said Caledonia County and that his
name there to affixed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this 10th day of November A.D. 1832
Attest Benj F Deming
Clerk
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio
County of Trumbull ss.
On this Twenty first
day of February A D 1837,
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Trumbull
personally appeared Luther Bailey
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Nehemiah Lovell
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Benjamin Wait
in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District,
or Territory,) of Ohio
(Pittsburgh) where he intends to
remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following
are his reasasons [sic] for removing from Vermont to
Ohio having children in Ohio Emigrated
to live with them
Sworn and subscribed to before me
the day and year aforesaid.}
Luther Bailey SL [hand circled]
Linus Tracy Justice Peace SL [hand circled]
Hon J L Edward Please direct to [?] of L Tracy Mesopotamia TC Ohio
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the
proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal
of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the
case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must
swear that the person who
has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the
witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
the State of Ohio} Mesopotamia February 21st AD 1837
Trumbull County}
-
This day personally appeared before me
David C Kimball and made oath in due form
at
Law and says that he knows Luther Bailey
to be the person he represents himself to be
David Kimball} Witness
Linus Tracy Justice of the Peace SL [hand circled]
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The State of Ohio} 
Trumbull County ss}
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County
hereby certify that Linus Tracy Esquire before
whom the foregoing affidavits were
taken and whose signature there to is genuine,
was at the time of administering said Oaths
and now is an acting Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly Commissioned 
and sworn, and that full faith and credit
are due to all his official acts
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Court at Warren this 10th day of
March AD 1837
Geo Parsons Clerk
By [?] Tayler Deputy

The State of Ohio} 
Trumbull County}
I hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with David C Kimball
the witness and know him to be a
man of truth and respectability
Linus Tracy Justice Peace SL [hand circled]
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[handwritten]

I Benjamin Bayley of Wellington in the County of Essex
and State of New York aged seventy two years do hereby certify
that in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one that
a company of troops was taken at Peacham now Caledonia County
Vermont commanded by Nehemiah Lovell Captain, [?]
Marcy and Nathaniel White substitutes which company came in
to Peacham the first of May the same year and Luther Bayley
was a soldier in a company till the last of December when they
were ordered back to Newbury and the soldier was discharged of
then resided at Peacham and on the fifteenth day of August
one thousand seven hundred and eighty two I with my Brother
Luther Bayley was taken Prisoners by a [illegible] of the British
[illegible] and carried to Montreal and was exchanged some
time in the month of November the same year
Dated at Peacham this 18 day August 1832
Benjamin Bailey

State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss
Personally appeared Benjamin Bayley and made solemn oath to
the truth of the above certificate by him made and
subscribed to the best of his recollection
Before me-
Jona Elkins Justice Peace
State of Vermont}
Caledonia County ss}
[?]anville October 9, 1832 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Benjamin Bailey who has made the foregoing affidavit and
believe his statement therein made to be true.
Jona Elkins
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[handwritten]

State of Vermont}
Caledonia County ss}
I Benja F. Deming Clerk of the County Court for the County of Caledonia aforesaid
hereby certify that Jonathan Elkins who has subscribed
the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said 
Caledonia County and [illegible] thereunto subscribed is the 
genuine signature 
[illegible] have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court,
this 12th day of November A.D. 1832
Benja F. Deming Clerk
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J L Edwards (illegible)
Com of Pensions
Washington
DC
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[handwritten]

[?] of Burlington
April 19th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Comm of Pensions
Luther Bailey
Per inscribed on the Roll of the
Vermont Agency under the act of 7
June 1832 at the rate of $23.33
per annum was last paid to the
4th March 1836, on the 9th
March as appears by our Books
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
R [?] Coly
for E. T. Englesby Proty
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Bank of Windsor
Windsor VT. March 22. 1837
Sir;
(illegible) of the 18th (illegible), making enquires
relative to Luther Bailey, Pensioner under act
June 7. 1832 dc, is received. In reply I have to 
inform you that he has not been paid his pension
at this office, since its establishment.
Very respectfully Sir
Your Obt Servt
Tho Emerson Pres't of Pension age
(illegible) Robt. H Stone
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[handwritten]

Merchants & Manufacturers Bank
Pittsburgh July 20th, 1839
Sir
In compliance with your
favor of the 16th last I beg leave to inform
you that Luther Bailey Pens. under this Act
of 7 June 1832 at 23.33 /100 Dolls was last paid
up to the 4th March 1839
Yours Respectfully
Alfred K Kahl
for the Pens. Agt.

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commiss. of Pensions
Washington
City