Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 376, John Bayley, Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
Vt.

Bayley, John
NUMBER
R. 376

CONTENTS
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32662
John Bayley
Application
Vermont rejected
Let S Short 10 March 1835
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State of Vermont
Probate District of Bradford
in the County of Orange
On this 30th day of September
AD 1834 Personally appeared in open
Court before the Probate Court for said
Bradford District now sitting, John Bayley a resident of
Newbury in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged
Sixty nine years last May, 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service
of the United States at said Newbury in the month of
February 1780 under the following named officers & served
as herein stated. He enlisted into a company commanded
by Capt Frye Bayley of said Newbury which company
belonged to Col Peter Olcott’s Regiment of Militia.  That
he continued to serve in said company until the close
of the war in 1783 & was employed in keeping guard
in said Newbury - going on scouting parties, defending the
frontier settlements & performing other duties as a soldier, as
there was no [limitation?] to the thirst of the Tories & Indians for
blood & plunder -  so long as Canada afforded them a refuge.
which was until the definition Treaty of Paris being signed
between the United States & Great Britain.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or
annuity except the present & declares that his name
is not on the roll of any agency of any state.
In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the war
department & propounded by the court he states that he
was born at Newbury in the now State of Vermont on the 20th
May 1765 - that his age is recorded in the Town
Clerk’s office in Newbury. that he lived in Newbury
called into service, has ever since resided there. That he
entered the service as a volunteer. That there were no continental
troops at the place where he served. Previous to his
 entering the service a continental Regiment had been stationed
 at Danville in Newhampshire, the town opposite to Newbury on
the other side of Connecticut - commanded by Col. Moss
Hazen, one Reed Way, the Major. He recollects that Jacob
Kent of said Newbury was Lieut Colonel of the Corps in which
he served. Remembrance Chamberlain was the Lieut
the company in which he served. And in June right after
 his enlistment, a body of British Tories made an attack
on the house & garrison where he was stationed. Compelled
him & others who were stationed there to retreat & fired at
 them. He further states that he was not engaged in any
civil pursuit during the period of his service- that he
served as a private & received no discharge from the service.
That he has no documentary testimony of his service. That
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he refers the Court & war department to Col. Simeon Stevens
Isaac Bayley, Capt Dudley Carlton as persons in his neighborhood
and who will testify of his character for truth & accuracy. And
their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
John Bayley
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afores’d.


We George W. Campbell a clergyman resident in the town
of Bradford, in the County of Orange State of Vermont &
 John McDuffee a resident of Bradford in said County of
 Orange, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
 John Bayley who has subscribed & sworn to the
above declaration. That we believe him to be 69 years
of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we
 concur in that opinion.
John McDuffee
Geo W. Campbell

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

I Jacob Bayley of Newbury in the County of Orange
State of Vermont aged 78 years do testify & say that in
the year 1780 I resided in Newbury & was  well acquainted
with John Bayley who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration & personally knowing to his enlisting
into Capt. Frye Bayley’s Company & Col Olcott’s Regiment, 
as he states in his declaration. & I am also knowing to his
doing duty in said company until war was concluded
in 1783 & I have no doubt of the truth of every part
 of his statement.
Jacob Bayley 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

We Samuel Butterfield of Topsham in the County of
Orange State of Vermont aged 69 years & James Bayley
of Newbury in said County aged 67 years do hereby
testify & say that we were personally knowing to John Bayley
who has subscribed sworn to the foregoing declaration enlisting
into Capt. Frye Bayley’s Company & Olcott’s Regiment
in the year 1780 as we resided in Newbury at the same
time & entered into the same company the same year. We
also testify that we continued to [serve] in sd Company
until the war ended in 1783 - We do well recollect that
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he served in the same company as a soldier during
 the same time & was not dismissed until the
close of the war
Samuel Butterfield
James Bayley

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the warr department that John Bayley the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that George V. Campbell who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Bradford
which lies South & adjoining said Newbury, the residence of the
applicant, & that John McDuffee who has signed the same is
also a resident of said Bradford & is a credible person & their
statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further
certifies that Jacob Bayley, Samuel Butterfield &
James Bayley who have subscribed were duly sworn
before this Court to the foregoing affidavits are all
credible persons-

I Simon Short Clerk or Register of the said Court of
Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said Court in the matter of
the application of John Bayley for a pension-
In testimony whereof, I Simon Short, Register of afores’d have hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said Court this 8th day Sept AD 1832
Simon Short Clk
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I John Bailey of Newbury in the
County of Orange & State of Vermont aged
Seventy one years last May Depose & say
that the definite times I served in the
revolutionary war is as follows: I was
fifteen years old May 1780. In that month. I
enlisted into Captain Frye Bailey’s 
Company of Frontier Militia. My Brother
Joshua Bailey acted as Lieutenant. Our head
quarters was at the block house in Newbury.
[Then] was employed scouting [securing]
the frontier. [Particularly being] the [reason]
 all my Father’s family the then came
in the service except my youngest brother.
[illegible] Father Genl Jacob Bailey had
the command on all the frontier. The [stationed]
at Newbury [??] were then out
scouting continually. The tories [Lination]
made incursions upon us [daily. chances] 
then [Canada]. I was in the service from
May 1780 to May or June 1782, & often after
during 1782 - we made winter excursions
on snow. I have [solid] note discharged for
the winter as we did not dare to
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for fear the Indians & Tories would murder
 our fellow citizens. I enlisted first for
 the war. I continued to serve when called for
to its close, but after Jan 1782 we
were not kept together under arms but
were only called out occasionally.
Capt Frye Bailey continued our commander
except a few months he was a prisoner
in Canada. [I moved Section?] - I make
this as an additional explanation
 to my declaration now at the war
 office. The [line back] requiring me to
 state more definitely my times of
 service. I do say that I served near
three years in all. Continually for
two years in said Company raised
to protect the frontier. to wit from
May 20 1780 to the last of May 1782. The
above is but a short [stretch] of our distress.
There were several attacks on Newbury.
My Fathers house was taken & ransacked
& my Brother James taken prisoner &
[travelled] away. Three times or more
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they came to take my Father but he
was [samed]. They attacked [no one] at
my Fathers house; wounded one Soldier
Ezra Gates but we drove them
off. Gates is now a Pensioner-
The above is according to my
 best memory & belief.
John Bayley

State of Vermont
Orange County

Sept 26 AD 1836 Then
the said John Bailey personally
appeared & made oath that the
 foregoing affidavit by him
signed is just true & I do hereby
certify that the said Major John
Bailey is a respectable citizen &
creditable witness.
before me Abel Underwood Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County
Orange County Clerk's office
Sept 26, 1886, I, J W D Parker
Clerk of Orange County Court do hereby
 certify that Abel Underwood whose
name is within subscribed is a justice
of the Peace within and for said Orange
 County duly qualified to act as
such.  That his commision is dated the
10 day of November 1835 and expires
on the 30 day of November 1846 &
that his signature within written is genuine 
& that I am well & personally
acquainted with the within named John
Bayley and that he is a creditable witness - In testimony
of all which I have hereunto set my official signature
and the seal of said Court this 26 day of September 1836

J. W. D. Parker, Clerk
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John Bayley

Cter 1882 - Vt
R
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State of Vermont
County of Orange
Be it Known that on this Fifth day of January A. D. 1855 before me, the undersigned,
 a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Jeffrey A. Bayley, resident of Newbury Vermont
in said County, and made oath according to law that he is a legal heir to 
John Bayley who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of ____________.
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.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given , I hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M Knight, of Washington City, my true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of John Bayley for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due;  and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes here and expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do where I personally present. hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Jeffrey Bayley
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above  written, and I hear by certified that I believe this said Jeffrey A Bayley  to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Joseph Berry Justice Peace


State of Vermont
County of Orange
Newbury
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, 
O. Cutler Hale, Notary Public that Jeffrey A Bayley, the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the child of the reputed
soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Joseph Berry Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and 
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office
this twelvth day of January 1833.
O. Cutter Hale
Notary Public

1. Claimant's name or names in full 2. Post Office address 3. “That he is  identical man”, or "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c. &c. 4. Leave this line blank. 5. “He is”, “she is “ or “they are” 6. Revolutionary soldier’s full name.  7. Claimant’s Signature. 8. Claimant’s name. 9. Magistrate's signature. 10. ”Identical”, ”widow of," or “child of."-11. Magistrate's name. 12. Clerk's signature.
N. B. Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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Ex'r,
INVALID.
REJECTED
AD

NO. 396


[crosed out 'Act of July 141832 and March 8 1873]

John Bailey
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
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Vermont
Rev'y-Vt
John Bailey Bayley
376
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John Bailey
Pension Claim
Oct 5
N. H. 

Bath NH
Sept 29
Free

J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
City
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Bath Sep 29 1836
J L Edwards Esq
Sir
Col John Bailey of Newbury Vermont has applied to
 us to aid him to prove his pension. He says his
papers are in your office and a [line] of
instructions was sent back that he
must state the term of his service more
definitely. The enclosed affidavit of his
does so - as we have not seen his papers
nor the instructions we do not know
whether the enclosed will supply all
that is needed but we hope it will.
He is a son of Genl Jacob Bailey
who had the command on this frontier
during the war & there is no doubt he performed [over]
 three years service. All the Genl’s
family were active patriots & left all
their [endeavors & ] business for the camp
& field. I know he is old & poor & [dependent].
The [bounty] of his Country is much needed by
him at this time. Please inform as early
as convenient of his case if any thing more is
wanted.
We are most respectfully yours 
Goodall & Woods 

[left margin-initials illegible] Please address Goodall & Woods of Bath, N.H.