Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 411, Elisha Baker, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.---NUMBER

Baker, Elisha----R.411.
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Widow Sally
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The State of Alabama}
County of Blount}
On this 18th day of February in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and Thirty four personally appeared in open
Court before the Court of Blount County now Sitting---
Sally Baker a Resident of Aldridges Cove
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in the County of Blount State of Alabama  aged Seventy eight years 
Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath Make the following declaration in order
to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress,
passed June the 7th 1832-That-Elisha Baker Late of Blount County Deceased. 
Was Born in Dobs County North Carolina the 15th day of June 1756 and intern arrived with this
Deponent the sixth day of April 1776-and that the Said Elisha Baker entered the Service of the United States under the following name.

(Scratched out-one term in the month of January 1776 enroled)
 himself as a private volunteer for the Term of three months afficiant & Served as herein Stated That He enroled himself as a
private volunteer in the Month of January 1776 the day not recollected for the Term of three months in the Militia of North Carolina in the Company of Capt John Garland in the Regiment of Col Richard Caswell-(scratced out)
Col Caswell and Col Lillingtons-Regiments were together acting in Concert to appose the Highland emigrants who were Collecting-to March to the Royal Standard of Governor Martin at Wilmington. 
This Deponent (scratched out -was) husband Elisha Baker 
frequently related to her & others the following facts upon said Tour that Lillington &  
Caswell took up their March to oppose them on their March to the British Standard in North Carolina That our Troops were on 
the, March to Moors Creek Bridge and stoped one eve ning in February a few miles from it to encamp and a Flag Came in from the enemy and after a Short Consultation-Our Regiments parraded
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and marched that night to Moors Creek Bridge and Tore up the [illegible] plank that covered the Bridge & encam[p]ed & entrenched that night on the opposite side from the Enemy early on the next morning - Gen McDonold - the Commander of the Emigrants - attacked us - They attem[p]ted to cross to our encampment on the Sleepers of the Bridge & when they were full of the enemy we fired upon them - with the small arms and a large ^Field Piece^[ crossed out] Cannon Called Mother Covington  Many of their officers & men were killed on the Bridge & fell in the water - one of their principal officers McLoud was killed & McDonold taken prisoner & the whole party Defeated - & the Said Elisha Baker Served out his time and returned home 
in the month of April 1776 & Discharged on this Tour Edward Gatland was his Lieutenant
And the Said Elisah Baker again enroled himself as a Drafted Militia man & orderlyseargent [sic] from Craven County North Carolina early in the month of may in the year 1780 in Capt David Roach's Company in Col Richard Caswells regiment under his Father Gen Richard Caswell and march from thence to South Carolina and was in Gen Gates Defeat and was in Advance & engaged in the night attack - his Capt was killed in this Defeat and after this Defeat the said Elisha Baker with others retreated to North Carolina and Detached placed under one Charles Johnson and Adjutant and Sent to Kingston where a provision store was kept and remained there making Cartredges for the Army until he had served six months and then
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he was permitted to return home early in November in the same year - and his Discharge was Brought to him after he had returned home by One Capt Dillamar who was also in  Gates Defeat  And he again enrolled himself in the month of May in the year 1781 as a private Volunteer in the company of Capt William Windham under Col Tilmon of the North Carolina Militia & served under them Scouting against the Torres at Nuse [Neuse] River Thirty Days & Discharged & at the time of Enrolment lived in Craven County and he again enroled himself as a Private in the company of Capt Swan Trouton under Major Col Crafton of the North Carolina State Troops in the month of October in the year 1781 for the Term of Twelve months and marched from home and was Stationed During the most of the campaign at Durham Hall in Bute County North Carolina & remained there Stationed to Keep Down the Torres and he was out on many scouts against them whilst stationed there but was in no Battles - and he served out his Term & returned home in October in the year 1782 - & she knows nothing of any Discharge on this Tour & when he was last enroled resided in Craven County North Carolina - That Her Husband[crossed out] the said Elisha Baker Died in the County of Blount in the State of Alabama on the 12th day of June in the year of Our Lord 1833 That he was insane for eighteen months previous thereto so that he was incapable of making his declaration
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to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress before June 7th 1832 that She is the Lawful Widow of the said Elisha Baker - claims the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  She hereby declares she has no record of his age & since the Revolutionary War - the said Deceased lived Six or Seven years in North Carolina then he removed to Georgia & lived near twenty years then removed to Tennessee from thence to Jefferson County Alabama & lived near fifteen years and then removed to Blount County Alabama the first of January 1832 and here died the 12th of June 1833. I knew of but one written discharge ^in the tour the^ [crossed out] he ever received & know it was burnt in his house during his lifetime the house and books & all his papers being destroyed by fire  I am known in my present neighborhood by John Fowler  William Holt  Robert Shambly  Charles Holt & John Ratliffs who can testify to the Character of my husband & myself for verasity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution and the said Sally Baker declares that she has no Documentary evidence of the said Elisha Bakers Revolutionary Services and knows of no person living whose testimony she can procure who can Testify to her said Husbands Services - she hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity or of & in right of him the Deceased and declares that his name ^to her^ [crossed out] is not to her knowledge on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. 
Sally Baker her X Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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30210
^Sally Baker for^ [crossed through]
Elisha Baker dec'd
Returned
P.S. Clerk
Hon C.C. Clay, 
Ho of Rep.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office, 
5th April 1834
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 compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. -
[Tabular form 6 columns]
A Statement, shewing the Service of Sally Baker for Elisha Baker
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. 

Jany 1776. 3 months Priv.Capt Garland, [&] Col Caswell
 
May 1780. 6 months Serg.  Capt Roach [&] Col Caswell

1787. 38 days/ Priv.  Capt Windham [&] Col Tilmon

1787.  1. year Priv.   Capt Trouton [7]  Col Crafton

Proof by which the declaration is supported  Traditionary

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant
JAMES 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 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 County of } ss.
On this _____day of_____personally appeared (a) before _______A. B. a resident (b) of _______ in the county of ________ and Sstate, 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. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, [illegible]
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:
We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
_______hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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."

[the next paragraph bracketed on both sides]
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.  [end { and } bracketed area]

(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 with a finger pointing right] 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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Mr. John Fowler a Clergyman residing
in the County of Blount and State of Alabama and John Ratliff residing in the same hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Elisha Baker in his lifetime that we believe him to have been of the age represented by the said Sally baker that he was reputed and was and is now believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that open
Law [?] and we further certify that the said Sally Baker is the Lawful widow of the said Elisha Baker and that the said Elisha Baker departed this life on the 12th day of June in the year of our Lord 1833 - and we believe he served in the Revolution as alledged [alleged] in the forgoing declaration
John Fowler [signed]
John Ratliff [signed]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
necessary Interrogatory, applicable to this case as prescribed by the War Department that the above named Elisha Baker was a Revolutionary soldier and served as above stated And the Court further Certifies that It appears to them the Said Sally Baker is the Lawful widow of the said Elisha & that her said Husband Departed this life on the 12th day of June 1833 and that John Fowler who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Blount and State of Alabama that John Ratliff who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Marston Meade [signature0
Judge County Court
Seal
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The State of Alabama }
Blount County ss }
I Mace. T. P. Brindley Clerk of the court of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Sally Baker for a pension.
[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four,
S/Mace. T. P. Brindley. Clerk. C. C.


The State of Alabama }
County of Blount. } S
on this 14 day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty four personally appeared in open court the Court of Blount County [illegible] Baker the lawful widow of Elisha Baker Late of Blount County [illegible] who being fist duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Amendment to the foregoing original Declaration made in this court on the 18th day of February 1834 to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 The Said Sally States that She Recollects - that in the War of the Revolution & some time before the Surrender of Charleston there was a Draft in the State of North Carolina for the Term of Eighteen months and the Troops marched to the Northern Army - she further states that the Twelve months services of her husband in the year 1781- and 1782 was in consequence of a requisition for the State of
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North Carolina to furnish Troops of Twelve months a Draft was ordered late in the Summer or early in September in the year 1781 - a certain Ratio had to be raised by said Draft - the said Elisha Baker then belonged ^lot Home to the Militia Company of Capt Charles Roach the Brother of Capt David Roach who was killed at Gen Gates Defeat - the Company was classed off and each class had to furnish one man and the class to which  the said Elisha belonged agreed to pay him a certain sum of money for him to curall his name for Twelve months - and thus curaled his name in Lieu of Standing his draft - he then gathered his corn early in the fall & left home & joined his regiment and the Corps thus embodied was - called the State Regiment and during all the Tours of said Elisha Baker he was with an embodied Corps during duty as a soldier & not engaged in any Civil pursuit - the said Sally Baker - thinks she cannot be mistaken in the Drafts of North Carolina for the periods of 12 & 18 months above spoken of & she thinks the Troops Raised were called The State Troops The said Elisha was not a minute man as suggested by the Hon JL Edwards to the Hon CC Clay on 5th April 1834

The said Elisha Baker once recollected the 10th Continental Regiment. They marched up from Willmington [sic] Stationed a Short time at Kingston thence to Halifax in Roanoke & there were Vaxinated [sic] for Small Pox thence marched to the Northern Army - the said Sally Baker recollects said Regiment - her Brother Obidiah Windham enlisted therein under Capt Vance & lost his life at the Battle at Monmouth
The facts set forth by this Declarant are Strongly impressed on her mind - & she thinks upon enquiry
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[illegible first line] She had many hard scenes to encounter  in the absence of her husband & during part of the time had three small children to provide for. Sally Baker X Her mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
The State of Alabama
Blount County SS}  I Mace T P Brindley clerk of the court of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original and amended proceedings
in the matter of the application
of Sally Baker for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty four
Mace T P Brindley Clerk CC
By his Deputy T P Thomas
30.210. [left lower margin]
Hon C.C. Clay [right side margin]
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Know all men by these presence that I Rody Ratliff of Jefferson County Alabama for divers good causes and consideration here unto moving have and by these premises do nominate constitute and appoint R.B. Roberts of Altamont Tennessee my true and lawful attorney for me and and in my name place and Sted with powers of Substution [sic] to prosicute  [sic] the General Government of the United States for the arrarges [arreages] of pension due me as the only known child of Elisha Baker & his wife Sarah Baker on account of the revolutionary service of my said father, the said Elisah Baker and which was due my Mother the said Sarah Baker as his widow under the act of Congress pa[s]sed July the 4th 1836. and the various other acts of Congress since passed and to receive all Communications from the departments in refference [sic] to the same and to file all proof and use all proof on file in any of the departments necessary to establish my said rights to the manager of pension due me under the above law, further giving power to my said attorney to do any and every thing that an attorney can legally do in and about the premises by Virtue here of.
In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand affixed my seal this [blank] day of July AD 1854
Signed Seald & delivered in presents of wi.
[illegible] Jeremiah [?] Ratliff 
J.B. Ratliff}
Rody Ratliff her X mark  {seal}
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State of Alabama
Jefferson County ⎬ S.S.
Be it Known that on this 18th day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Rody Ratliff and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand
L. B. Clayton {seal}
Justice of the Peace for
Jefferson County Alabama
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State of Alabama
Jefferson County} S.S.
On this 18th of July in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty four
personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State above written Rody
Ratliff aged fifty nine year pased a resident of the County and State above written, who after being duly Sworn according to law on her oath
declar[e]s that she is the only known living child of Elisha and Sarah Baker Deceased, that her mother the said Sarah Baker was the wife of the
Identical Elish[a] Baker who was a soldier of the war of the revolution and remain[e]d his widow after
his death up to the date of her death; that her mother the said Sarah Baker in her lifetime made application for a pension as the widow of the said
Elisha Baker through Philip D Clack. That her Mother and Clark is now both dead and what the reasons are that the claim was not established she 
is unable to say.
Rody Ratliff
her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written and I certify that Rody Ratliff who makes the
above affadavit is a very respectable old lady and whose oath is entitled to full faith and credit and would so be give[n], in any Court of Justice where she is know [sic] given under my hand.
L. B. Clayton  JP
for Jefferson County Alabama
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The State of Alabama }
Jefferson County }
I Josh Bagley Judge of Probate for said County do hereby certify that L.B. Clayton whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & certificate of acknowledgement was at the date thereof an acting Justice of Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified as by law required and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of office this 7th day of August 1854
S/J Bagley
Judge
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Ex'r.  INVALID
[stamp] REJECTED
^Acts of July 14, 1862, at March 3, 1873.^[crossed out]
Elisha Baker
P.O.
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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Elisha Baker dec'd.
Alabama
Suspended
See letter 18 July 37
P.D. Clack
Lt. R. B. Roberts,
Sept. 12/54
Hon. W. R. W. Cobb,
Dec 27/5
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[illegible]
16 of June 1837
July 6 Mr Al
[illegible scribble]

J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C
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Blountsville Ala
June 10th 1837
J L Edwards
Esqr
Sir I herewith send the Declaration
of Sally Baker which you enclosed me for further explanation in relation to the Tour of Duty for 12 months- she has no record evidence to forward - the papers are returned for the
your final Determination of her claim
Yours respectfully
P D Clack
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Altamont Ten[Tennessee]
free
Sept [illegible] th

Elisha Baker
Ala - sus - 1832
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension office department
Washington City
D.C.