Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1940, Elijah Bayles, N. C. Va. And Indian War
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(3-1776)
Service N.C. Bayles, Elijah. Number S1940
VA
Contents Indian War Carded
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7279 West Tennessee
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Elijah Bayles of Sumner Co in the State of W. Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brent of the Regt commanded by Col Caswell in the Virginia
une for 6 months
Va and N.C. Line. Records corrected Nov. 1703
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of March1833 and sent to John H Turner. Gallatin Tenn
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Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
10.00
$50.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, 
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 72
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6th April 1838 from 4. Sep 1841 to 3d March 1843. Agt notified 11 Dec 1844
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7165
Elijah Bayles
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Tennessee ⎬ On this 22nd day of August 
Sumner County
1832, Personally appeared in open Court, before
the Justices of the County Court of Sumner, now sittingElijah Bayles, a resident of said County & State, aged about seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he sometime can
by in the in the month of September year not now recollected, volunteered in Prince William County
Virginia under Capt Brunt for a tour of three months
marched on through Maryland and joined
Genl Washington's army where we remained until
his time expired and was regularly discharged -
some time after applicant volunteered on two
 occasions, and marched twice down on the Potomac not far from the coast. The time he served he does not now recollect. After this deponent went
to North Carolina with his uncle - remained a short
for three months - Then substitute for three  months in a company that was drafted - recollects no officers except Genl Caswell - took up
March for South Carolina- Crosse
Forever - went
whom any return
by Courden (the place where Gates was defeated passed
a little town
Called Cross Creek on Cape Fair Contin
in the march stuck the ride river then went on
the river untill we come to the Chrow hills, there camp
Applicant was discharged after his term of son
vice (three months expired
His discharge his been
last. The above is all the service performed by applicant during the
revolution. He served after the Revolution
in a tour
against the Indians under Genl Harmon
He knows
of no person living by whom
he can prove his services.
Applicant was born in Stafford County Virginia 1760 his father
after his birth moved to Prince William where he lived when
entered the servicethe

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Applicant lived in Prince William Some time after the Revolution- then moved to Henry County. After living there some time he moved to Sumner County Tennessee where he has been living more than thirty years.
He has no Documentary evidence by which he can establish his claim. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declairs that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. Elijah Bayles

Sworn to in open Court August 22nd 1832 A H Douglass Clerk

The Nathaniel Parker, a Clergyman, and Baley Bayles- residing in the County of Summer & State of Tennessee herby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Bayles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this 22nd of August 1832
Sworn to and subscribed August 22 1832 as to Bayles
A. H. Douglass Clerk
By E J Bruelin DC Baley Bayles Nath Parker
Sworn to in open Court by
N Parker Augt 23rd 1832
A H Douglass Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the intergatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary solder, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel Parker, who has
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signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Sumner County, and that Baley Bayles, who has also signed the same, is a resident in said County, and is a
credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, A. H. Douglass, Clerk of the County Court of Sumner, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
the application of Elijah Bayles for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 25th day of August
A.D. 1832.
A. H. Douglass Clerk
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Elijah Bayles
Tennessee
No 7186
From - private
6 months
$20
Jos H Turner
Gallatin
Tn
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Brief in the case of Elijah Bayles of Sumner County, in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. In 17 not stated; Duration of Service.
Years, months (3) Days; Rank. As a Private; Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen Washington Capt. Brent Genl Caswell
5. In what battles was he engaged?--
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince Williams, Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

January 11, 1927

Mrs. Earl Cobb
103 North 17th St.,
Fort Smith, Ark.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1940 it appears that Elijah Bayles was born in 1760 in Stafford County, Virginia and after his birth his father, whose name is not given, moved to
Prince William County, Virginia. While a resident of said Prince William County he enlisted in September early in the Revolution and served three months as a private in Captain Brent's Virginia Company, then
some time after, he volunteered twice, but no officers are named or length of service given.
After the above named service he went to North Carolina and enlisted and served three months as a private under General Caswell in the North Carolina Troops. After the Revolution he went against Indians under General Harmer.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832 while a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee to which
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place he moved from Henry County, Virginia. He died March 3, 1843. It is not stated whether he was ever married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 19th 1844.
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm: of Elijah Bayles, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Ten.
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1841, to the 3rd March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Elijah Bayles which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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 to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1932? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2/part of 5/ & 7 not [illegible]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 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 ___ year ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

QUERE XIV. 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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1919 Jany 4 Hist. to B.A. Allen
1927 June. 11 - Hist to Mrs Earl Cobb
1940

INVALID.
Rev War.
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File No. 1940
Elijah Bayles 
Pvt, Va. line
Act: June 7, 1832
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Index: -- Vol. A, Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Va and N.C. Line. Records corrected Nov 17 '03
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Pension
U.S.
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Jan 2 1919
ICE

[text above is a stamp]
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Record Drv ED,

Comisioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Revolutionary War Section

Dear Sir please send me the pension records
of John Wilson N.C., Lincoln Co Tenn, and Elijah Bayles Va. of Sumner Co Tenn

Yours truly
B. A. Allen
330 Byrd St
Harriman Tenn
12/30/18
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103 North 17th St.
Fort Smith, Ark.
Nov. 10, 1926.

Pension Dept.,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Please send me the pension record of Henry
Bayles Frederick Co. Va. Penn 2-211 Va. State report from 8th annual report 1910-11
Also Elijah Bayles Sec. of War 1835. Pen. 3- Tenn, 102 -

Thanking you, I am yours truly
Mrs. Earl Cobb

U.S. Pension Office 
C Nov 13 1926
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 1940 Washington, D. C. 19 ___
In reply to your request of ___ received ___
a statement of the military history of Elijah Bayles a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Sept Early in war 

LENGTH OF SERVICE 3 mos 
RANK Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Brent
COLONEL. [check mark]

STATE. Va
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Some time after he volunteered twice but to officers are named or length of service given.
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. After above 

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN Brent
COLONEL General Caswell

STATE N.C.
After Revolution he went against Indians under General Harmer
Va
Battles engaged in, ___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prince William County Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 22 1832 Has it war
Residence at date of application, Sumner Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, born in 1760 in Stafford Co. Va. died Mch 3, 1843

Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
d -- 285C
Respectfully,
Commissioner.