Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,111, Benjamin Bailey, Continental N.H. Vt.
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(3-1776)

Service
Continental
N.H.
U(?)

Bailey, Benjamin

Number
S.22,111

Contents
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19 March, 1841
A(___) by (________)

Vermont
Benjamin Bailey
(___) in the State of Vermont who a private in the Comp(_) by Captain Lovewell of the (___): comm(?) by Col: Leo(_) in the Vermont line for (___)
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per anu(_) to commence on the (_) of March, 183(_)

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of (_) (___) to Sam B. Matt(_)
(___,__)

(___) to the (_) of Sept: 1840. $22
(__) allowance eding 4 Mar : 41.

$233:
Revolutionary Cla
Act June 7, 183

Recorded by (___) (_____)
Book (_) Vol. 2(_) Page(_)
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State of New York
Essex County }ss:
On this twenty Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid now Sitting Benjamin Bailey a resident of Wilmington in the County of Essex & State aforesaid aged Seventy two the twenty fifth day of May last 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated - about the first of August 1776 he volunteered & was enrolled as a private Soldier in a Company of Militia at Haverhill New Hampshire the Company was under command of Captain Jonathan King, does not recollect the names of the Subalterns of the Company - believes that Colonel Howard then commanded the Regiment to which the Company was attached the Regiment was attached with troops under the command of General Jacob Bailey of Newbury Vermont, continued in active service in said Company about Six weeks, & was engaged in building forts - this deponent was not again called into active service until about first December 78. when the company above named was called into active service again, ['when' crossed out] in which he Served through Winter about three months the same Officers continued in command of Company - ordered out by Gen'l Bailey - the detachment of troops stationed at Haverhill under command of said Bailey now engaged in collecting & preparing provisions for the coming Campaign - about one thousand oxen were collected & Slaughtered during this winter - after this service returned home - ['while he remained at home' crossed out] during this Season was often times pressed & compelled to do duty as a teamster for the troops stationed at Haverhill under command of Colonel Moses Hazen of the continental line, recollects particularly of being in service of Captain Oliver of said Regiment about one week and of Captain Hussey same Regiment three weeks - in the year 1779. this deponent removed from Haverhill to Peacham - about the first of July of this year Gen'l Jacob Bailey directed a picket fort to be constructed in said town of Peacham and  this
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then volunteered into a Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Stow of Westmoreland New Hampshire which company was engaged in building said fort and in Scouting & guarding the inhabitants - continued engaged as aforesaid about three months, when he was sent by Captain Stowe aforesaid to Gen'l Bailey quarters at Newbury on express, Gen'l Bailey detained him there in his particular['ly' crossed out] service & this deponent volunteered into a Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Ladd who was a guard at the quarters of said Gen'l Bailey he was immediately appointed Sergeant of the guard in which Service he [margin note: 3d] continued about one month when he was dismissed & returned home was not in active service again till the 1781. in the first of May of this year being then twenty years of age - he enlisted at Newbury aforesaid into a Company commanded by Captain Nehemiah Lowell - Lieutenants Nathaniel White & Israel Morey company. belonged to Col Benjamin Waites Regiment of Vermont troops - Roger Enos Brigadier General the whole under command of Gen'l Bailey aforesaid - they were called a Corps of volunteer rangers - he enlisted for the term of one year - he designed immediately in his enlistment to join his Company, but the person in whose employ he then was not knowing how to Spare him then obtained the consent of his Officers that for the first two months of his Service he might have a substitute which he accordingly did but General Bailey aforesaid within twenty four hours after this arrangement was made this substitution to fill his place; called this deponent into his Service & placed in his charge one John Fordick who was held in custody as a Spy - that he continued night & day (with the assistance furnished by Gen'l B) watching & guarding his prisoner for the term of four weeks upon being relieved from which  he was immediately required to take in charge one Hugh Taylor also held in custody as a traitor or Spy in which Service by the express orders of said General Bailey He was engaged for the residue of said two months when he was relieved therefrom & joined his Company & regiment aforesaid at Peacham aforesaid ['immediately' crossed out] after joining his regiment he was appointed Drum Major & he remained & continued in Service doing duty as such Drum Major until to the best of his recollection the fore part of January 1782 this deponent was then discharged - he had a written discharge given him at the time, but the same is now lost or destroyed - the regiment was employed as rangers or engaged in Scouting along the
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frontier - the company during this time he belonged to at most five men then killed & two taken prisoner - this deponent after the above Service remained at home until the fifteenth day of [margin note: 8] June in the year aforesaid when he was again called into the particular service of General Bailey [illegible] following General Bailey lived at Newbury - this deponent about twenty miles from him, on the day aforesaid news came to Peacham that a party of British Tories had made an attack in Gen'l Bailey home with a view to make him prisoner - the General affected his escape - three persons at his home were made prisoners & one badly wounded - this deponent immediately repaired to the Spot by which time the army had retreated - he found Gen'l Bailey who directed this deponent to return to Peacham & request any friend of this Country to repair to him after complying with said order he immediately returned to General Bailey quarters & remained & continued under his control & in his particular Service about two months when this deponent with the consent of Gen'l Bailey returned home and in the night [margin note: 7th] of his return which to the best of his recollection was the 15. of August he together with one Luther Bailey was taken prisoners by a party of British & tories & carried to Canada & confined in Chambley gaol till the latter part of October undergoing great want & suffering then was taken out of gaol [illegible] to Montreal where they were exchanged or returned to a continental Colonel & sent home by way of Lake Champlain - he arrived home about first of December when he repaired immediately to Gen'l Bailey & reported him self it was then arranged between this deponent & said Gen'l Bailey & that this deponent & one James Ladd should raise a Company of Scouts or rangers to be ready for service the coming season, that said Bailey assuring this deponent that he would procure from General Washington commissions for said James Ladd as Captain - this deponent as Lieutenant & Luther Bailey as Ensign of said Company - this deponent & said Ladd immediately proceeded to enlist then for this purpose & he & said Ladd by the next spring had a sufficient number engaged to form said Company - in the mean time as this deponent understood Gen'l Bailey sent for their commissions but before the commissions came peace was declared - & he further says that from the year 76 till close of the war - independent of the above particular services coming
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[illegible] by Captain Benjamin
in service as he was always ready for service & kept himself ready for service & subject to the order of Gen'l Bailey and he believes Gen'l Bailey to consider it - And he further says he has no documentary evidence of his services nor any record of his age all documentary evidence which he ever had is now lost or destroyed & that he knows of no persons or person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services above set forth, excepting, Samuel Butterfield who only had knowledge of being a soldier in Lovell Company above stated whose testimony on this point is hereunto annexed and of Luther Bailey whose testimony or affidavit is also hereto attached of his being a Soldier & of his Services in said Lovell Company and his being taken & detained as  a prisoner as above but both He further says he lived in Peacham aforesaid & in Another town adjoining till 1814 when he removed to Wilmington aforesaid where he has resided ever since
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he claims that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state
/s/Benj Bailey
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in person }
Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county 

We Allen Peck & Joseph Wilcox residing in the town of Wilmington and County of Essex & state of New York do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Bailey who  has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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
/s/Allen Peck
/s/Joseph Wilcox
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - in open court 
/s/Leonard Stow clerk of the court of common Pleas of Essex Company }
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories furnished by the War Department & the affidavit annexed hereto that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the town of Wilmington but that Allen Peck & Joseph Wilcox who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Wilmington and are credible persons & that their Statement is entitled to credit - 
Signed by order of the court 
/s/Leonard Stow clerk of the court of common Pleas of said Essex County 

State of New York
Essex County ss } I, Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bailey for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my Office this 2d day of September 1832 - 
/s/Leonard Stow clerk
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Benjamin Bayley papers & affts for a pension
21335
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss Peacham 18th August 1832
Personally appeared Luther 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 - /s/Jon'a Elkins Just. Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Luther Bailey and that said Bailey sustains a good character for truth and veracity
/s/Jon'a Elkins Just. Peace

State of Vermont
Caledonia county ss } I Benjamin F. Deming Clerk of the Court in & for the county of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan Elkins whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Caledonia and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court this 20th day of August A.D. 1832
/s/Benj'a F. Deming Clerk
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No. 21.335
Benjamin  Bailey
['Essex County N.Y.' crossed out]
Vermont
suspended e.j.

suspended
letter Hon H. F. Janes
Feby 3d 1835
same L. B. Mattock
2d June 1835
Hon. B. F. Deming
ans'd Apl 5" 1834
['Thos A. Tomlinson Agt' Keeseville P. O. Essex Co. N.Y.' crossed out]
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Benjamin Bailey Essex County N.Y.
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.|Duration of the claimant's service (Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
vol 1776|(ab|out|42)|Private|Colonel Howard Ge'l Jacob Bailey|72 years|Living Witnesses & Traditionary|
called out 1778|(about|3|[blank])|ditto|Col. Moses Hazen|Haverhill|[blank]|
[blank]|( " |[blank]|21)|Teamster|[blank]|New Hampshire|[blank]|
vol 1779|([blank]|about|3)|Private Gen'l Jacob Bailey|[blank]|[blank]|
x vol&app'd|([blank]| " |1)|Sergeant|ditto|[blank]|[blank]|
Enlis 1781|( " |8|[blank])|Drum Maj.|co'l Nenj'n Waites, Brig Gen'l Roger Enos|[blank]|[blank]|
x 1782|( " |2|[blank])|Private & Lieut.|General Jacob Bailey|[blank]|[blank]|
He states he was taken Prisoner on 15th August & kept as such, and arrived at home about 1s Feby|([blank]|[blank]|[blank])|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|[blank]|
[end of columns]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. 

NB The applicants services are not correctly stated in the above table
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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 et 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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, &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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive 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 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 before 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.

[a] 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.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most 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 or periods 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 to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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."
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 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 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 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 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 [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.
/s/Daniel D. Davidson Exam Clerk
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State of Vermont
District & County of Caledonia ss }
On this twenty third day of May AD 1835 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Samuel Sias Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Caledonia, now Sitting, Benjamin Baily now residing in Peacham in Said County (lately of Wilmington, Essex County, New York,) aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration heretofore made, before this Essex Common Pleas at their Session at Elizabethtown New York - in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under Capt. Benjamin Stone, - Lieut Odell, about the 1st of may in the year 1780, at Peacham in the County of Caledonia aforesaid, and assisted in building the fort at Peacham, - that he remained in the said service under said Stone untill said fort was completed which he thinks was some time in October 1780 - That he then returned to Gen. Bailey at Newbury & when the news of the burning of Royalton by the Indians, arrived, he volunteered under Capt. Ezekiel Ladd to go to Royalton and we marched a part of the way there when we learnt that the Indians had retreated, and we returned - & I continued at Newbury until the 9th of March 1781, when hearing of the capture of Col. Thos. Johnson of Newbury & Jonathan Elkins of Peacham, who where taken at Peacham by the Indians - I was ordered by Gen'l Jacob Bailey to go in pursuit, and accordingly went with ten men,
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and continued the pursuit & search for the space of one month before I returned.
That in May 1781 he enlisted into Capt Lovells Company of Col. Waits Regiment for the term of one year and was in actual service for the time of my enlistment untill I was dismissed the last of December 1781 or the 1st of January 1782 - That from January 1782 to the middle of August 1782 he was engaged as a scout under the direction of Gen Jacob Bailey with others, who went out in Small parties - except about one month from middle of May to middle of June. 
/s/Benj Bailey
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written - 
Before /s/Sam Sias Judge of s'd Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and said Court further declare that said applicant is a person of truth and veracity, and that the witnesses, whose affidavits are herewith annexed are persons whose testimony may be relied upon - 
I, Samuel B Mattocks Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bailey for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23d day of May AD 1835
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks Register
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. War Section [initials: V.L.M.]

December 17, 1920.

Ella Tafe,
1623 Georgia Street,
Los Angeles. Cal.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 7"" ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. F. No. 2, 2111 that Benjamin Bailey was born May 25, 1760, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and while residing at Haverhill, New Hampshire served as follows:
August 1, 1776, in Captain Jonathan Ring's Company, Colonel Howard's Regiment, six weeks.
December 1, 1778, under same Captain and Colonel, three months.
In 1779 or May 1, 1780, while residing at Peacham, Vermont, served as Private under Captain Benjamin Stone three months, and as Sergeant under Captain Ezekiel Ladd one month.
May 1, 1781, he enlisted in Captain Nehemiah Lovewell's Company, Colonel Benjamin Wait's Regiment, Vermont troops; guarded prisoners two months and was Drum Major six months; served until January 1782.
From January 1782 he served as a Scout or Ranger under direction of General Jacob Bayley until August 1782 when he and his brother Luther were taken prisoners, carried
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[typewritten letter]
to Canada and confined in Chambly jail until the latter part of October or the first of November when they were exchanged at Montreal and returned home. He then reported to General Bayley who directed him and one, James Ladd to raise a company of scouts promising that Ladd should be commissioned a Captain and he a Lieutenant of said company but before the Commission
arrived peace was declared.
He was allowed pension on an application executed September 20, 1832, while a resident of Wilmington, Essex County, New York. It is not stated whether he had a wife or children.
Very respectfully,
[blank]
Acting Commissioner.
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[verso]
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22111
Revolution INVALID.
File No. 22,111
Benjamin Bailey
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1905. Dec 5 - history to Mrs. J. 
1920 Dec. `7 Hist. to Ella Tafe - Letter in Benj. Grover S.F. 32770. 
1921 June 20 Ella Tafe fur. data to apply to and for Int. Dept.
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No 21,335
Vermont
Benjamin Bailey
suspended
Let to SB. Mattock 11 Nov 1835
 " Benj. Bailey Aug. 8 '39 to claimant, February 4, 1840.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: Vt. Dec 2d add proof Benj Bailey]
J. L. Edwards Pension agent
City of Washington
To the Pension office
FREE
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21.335
Benj. Bailey
Vt.
act of June '32
admd
7 mo pri in 1781
$23.33/100
Sam'l B. Mattocks esq
Danville Vt.
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Peacham Nov 1 1837 Caledonia County & State of Vermont I Benjamin Bailey of Peacham in the County of Caledonia & state of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say that Gen Baileys house was never my place of residence in Peacham nor am I any Connection of his the men that Capt Lovell had the Command of were raised by the state of Vermont and he marched about fifty men into Peacham and I was enlisted in Newberry under Capt Lovell my Commissarys name was Ephraim Eady of Vermont and I drew my rations from him and my pay from Thomas Butterfield pay Master of Vermont
I was apointed Drum Major by Col Benj Wait but never rec'd my warrent I was frequently out on scouts and always had the Command when there was twelve men in Seventeen hundred Seventy nine I served under Capt Ladd by which warrent in my work was with a team Carying baggage from Haverall (Haverhill) to Greensborough about fifty miles and Drew all the timber for a fort in Peacham in 1780 in 1781 I served under Capt Lovell and my business was scouting 
/s/Benj Bailey
Attest /s/Alanson Stevens
Personally appeared the above Benjamin Bailey  and made oath of the above statements before me 
/s/Simon Blanchard Justice of Peace
NB reference to Luther Baileys & Josh Bailey & Capt Jacob Bailey testimonies
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Jacob Bayley's Deposition
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I, Jacob Bayley of the age of Seventy nine years now residing in the Town of Newbury in the County Orange and State of Vermont depose and say that I am  well acquainted with Benjamin Bailey and have been for the space of over sixty years that I know that said Benjamin Bailey was under the command of Gen'l Jacob Bayley my father during the years 1780, 1781 & 1782 at Newbury, Peacham & in others parts of Vermont and that said Benjamin belonged to such a class  denominated Indian Spies or Rangers - I further depose that I well remember that said Benjamin with Jos'a Bayley, and others under the direction of Gen'l Jacob Bayley. some time in the year 1781 took one Joseph White a noted tory and traitor and carried him as prisoner to the fort in said Newbury and delivered him to the Commander of said fort and from the knowledge I had of said Benjamin's Service I readily believe that said Benjamin served the United States as a ranger not less than two years 
/s/Jacob Bayley

Newbury May 21st AD 1835
State of Vermont
Orange County ss} Personally appeared Jacob Bayley signer of the above deposition and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath as to the truth of the same.
Before me /s/Jos. Bayley Justice Peace
I hereby certify that Jacob Bayley signer of the above deposition is a person of truth and veracity.
/s/Jos. Bayley Justice Peace
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I Luther Bailey of Peacham in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of the age of Seventy three years, do testify and say, that I resided in Peacham in the year 1781 and have ever since resided there, and that in the year 1781 there was a fort around the house in which we lived that early in the Spring of that year Capt. Nehemiah Lovell came to Peacham and took command of said fort. that Nathaniel White was his Lieutenant, said officers were of the regiment of Col. Benjamin Wait - that Benjamin Bailey was there and belonged to Capt. Lovell's company at said fort and performed the duty as a Soldier & as a drummer for Said Company, and according to my best knowledge and belief, I think he served as much as seven months during said year. This deponent further says that said Benjamin Bailey now lives in said Peacham and is the same person who has made application for a pension - 
/s/Luther Bailey
State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss } Danville Oct 29. 1835. Then personally appeared before me Luther Bailey signer of the foregoing and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. 
/s/Sam'l Sias Justice Peace
I certify that Luther Bailey of Peacham who has subscribed the above is person of truth and veracity 
/s/Sam'l Sias Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Caledonia ss } County Clerks Office Oct. 29th 1835.
I Samuel B. Mattocks Clerk of the County Court for the County of Caledonia & State of Vermont do hereby certify that Samuel Sias & Mordecai Hale are Justices of the Peace in & for said county, duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to the acts & attestations as such - 
[county seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County the day and year above written 
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks Clerk
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I Joshua Bayley of the age of eighty one years, now residing in the town of Newbury in the County of Orange and State of Vermont depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Bailey, and have been for the space of over sixty years, that I know that said Benjamin Bailey was under the command of Gen. Jacob Bayley my father, during the years 1780, 781 & 17812 at Newbury, Peacham & in other parts of Vermont and that said Benjamin belonged to that class denominated Indian spies or rangers. - I further depose that I well remember that said Benjamin, with myself and others, under the direction of Gen. Jacob Bayley, some time in the year 1781, took one Joseph White a noted tory and traitor and carried him a prisoner to the fort in said Newbury and delivered him to the commander of said fort. - And from the knowledge I had of said Benjamin's Service, ['and' crossed out] I verily believe that said Benjamin served the United States as a ranger not less than two years - 
/s/Joshua Bayley

Newbury May 21st AD 1835.
State of Vermont
Orange County ss } Personally appeared Col. Joshua Bailey Signer of the above deposition and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath to the truth of the Same
Before me /s/Jas. Bayley Justice Peace
I hereby certify that Col. Joshua Bailey Signer of the above deposition is a person of truth & veracity - 
/s/Jas Bayley Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office,
Montpelier, Oct. 28, 1840.
I certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be a "True List of the names and sums of Capt Nehemiah Lovewell's Pay Roll of himself and company in the service of the state of Vermont, from the commencement of the campaign, 1781, to the 30th of June in said year, inclusive, taken from the original roll in the paymaster's office." I further certify that the name of Benjamin Bayley appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of £2:13s:11 1/2d annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Samuel Roberts' Company of Militia in Col. Thomas Lee's Regiment in the Service of this State, commencing the twenty first of October, and ending as entered in column third." I further certify that the name of "Benj Baly appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of five days service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Collins' Company in Col. Ebenezer Allen's Regiment of Militia in the services of his state, commencing the 14th day of October and ending the twenty-ninth." I further certify that the name of Benjamin Baley appeared upon said roll, with an allowance of nine days' service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Collins' company in Col. Gideon Warner's Regiment of militia in the service of this state, commencing the 30th day of May and ending June the 6th, both days included." I further certify that the name of Benjamin Baley appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of eight days' service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's company in Col. Benjamin Wait's Battalion
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in the service of the state of Vermont, commencing the 1st day of July 1781, and ending the [blank] day of November, 1781, inclusive." I further certify that the name of Benjamin Bayley, Drum'r appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance of one hundred and forty-seven days' service annexed.
I further certify that the said pay rolls appear to have been severally examined, approved and ordered to be paid, by a committee acting under the authority of this state, and that they were duly paid by the treasurer of said state.
[seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier, this 28th day of October, A.D. 1840. 
/s/Chauncey L. Knapp, 
Secretary of State.
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State of Vermont
Secretary's Office, Oct. 29, 1840,
I certify that the payrolls containing evidence of the service of the Vermont troops in the Revolutionary war, originally filed in the Treasurer's office as vouchers and recently transferred to this office for custody, have, in part, become mutilated or lost and are not to be found. 
[seal affixed] Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier, this 29th day of October, A.D. 1840.
/s/Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of State.
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[addressed envelope]
Danville Vt.
Oct 31 1835 Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Revolutionary Claim
[margin notes: Benj'n Bailey Vt. Nov 7]
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[handwritten letter]
Danville Verm't Oct 29 1835

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions

Dr Sir, I enclose for Mr Benj Bailey depositions of Thomas Manchester & Luther Bailey, to prove the services of said Benjamin for seven months - 
Not succeeding in his attempt to find witnesses to prove his services under Gen. Bailey he now relinquishes that part of his claim and wishes a certificate for the ['remainder' crossed out] seven mos. now proved - If the claim is allowed please forward the certificate to my case at Danville Vermont - 
I am very Respectfully Yours &c.
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks
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Samuel Butterfield of Topsham in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged sixty seven years do hereby certify that  in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty if I mistake not, a company of State troops were stationed at Peacham now in Caledonia County commanded by Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell, ['Lieut' crossed out] Israel Morey & Nathaniel White subalterns and I think in the  month of August of said year I left Newbury where I then resided and went to Peacham with a view to enlist as a private in said company, & remained there eight or ten days, did not enlist & returned to Newbury, - previous to that time I had been well acquainted with Benjamin Bayley then of Peacham & more residing in the town of Wilmington in the state of New York, and have a perfect knowledge of said Bayleys being a soldier in the said Lovewell's company and to the best of my recollection said company was raised for six or nine months service - same one or two years afterwards it was reported generally at Newbury and I do verily believe that the said Benjamin Bayley was taken a prisoner at Peacham and conveyed to Canada - I have subsequently had frequent opportunities of conversing with the said Bayley relating to various incidents that occured to him during his term of enlistment, & also when a prisoner - Dated at Topsham 16th August 1832, 
/s/Samuel Butterfield
State of Vermont
Orange County ss } Topsham 16th August 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Butterfield & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him made & subscribed to the best of his recollection before me
/s/Moses M Wallace Jus. Peace
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's office
Montpelier August 28, 1832.
I hereby certify that Moses Wallace, Esq. was om the 16th day of August A.D. 1832, and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Orange in said state duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations, as such full faith and credit ought to be given. 
[seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this office this 23 day of August A.D. 1832. 
/s/Timothy Merrill Secretary of State.

Samuel Butterfield
Certificate
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I Thomas Manchester of Barnet in the county of Caledonia and state of Vermont aged sixty five years do testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty I lived in Peacham in said Caledonia County in the family of one James Bailey that then was a fort or fortress around the house in which we lived - that Captain Nehemiah Lovell (Lovewell) came there early in the spring of said year and took the command of said fort that Nathaniel White was his Lieutenant - said officers were of the regiment of Colonel Benjamin Wait and raised by the state of Vermont, that Benjamin Bailey was there as one of Capt'n Lovell's (Lovewell) Company at said fort and performed the duty of a soldier or drummer in said company as much as seven months during said year. - 
This deponent was knowing to the fact that said Benjamin Bailey did perform other services at other times than the seven months last mentioned such as being engaged in taking deserters and carrying them to Newbury (about twenty miles) and that at one time he was engaged with a scouting party to Lake Champlain five days of which time the party were wholly without food as this deponent understood when the party returned to the fort - 
This deponent further says that the said Benjamin Bailey now lives in said Peacham and is the same person who has made application for a pension - 
/s/Thomas Manchester
State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss } Barnet September 30th 1835 Then personally appeared Thomas Manchester and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition and I hereby certify that the said
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Thomas Manchester is in the general estimation of his acquaintance and so far as my individual knowledge of his character extends a man of undoubted respectability and veracity
/s/Mordecai Hale Jus of the Peace
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I hereby certify that Samuel Randell of Groton County of Caledonia & state of Vermont now the age of seventy two years do depose & say that General Jacob Bailey of Newbury about thirty  years ago asked me if I knew Benjamin Bailey & I told him that I did & he said that he was one of my soldiers in the Revolutionary war & a Brave one to
/s/Samuel Randel
State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss } Groton August 16 1835 
Then Samuel Randell examined & duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth
Before me /s/Wm Grant J. Peace

I hereby certify that I have known Samuel Randell for a Number of years & have never known or heard anything against his character as a man of truth and character
/s/Wm Grant } J. P.
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Peacham Nov the 7 1839
I Thomas Manchester of Barnet in the ['Deposed' crossed out] County of Caladonia and State of Vermont aged sixty nine years Depose and say that in the year 1781 in the month of May I lived near James Bailey of Peacham Vermont and there was a fort around the house that I lived in and Capt Nehemiah Lovell (Lovewell) marched a company of men about fifty in number into s'd fort and Benjamin Bailey belonged to that Company and the Lieutenants names were Nathaniel White & Isreal Mory (Israel Morey) and the Col nae was Benjamin wait & the Company  was raised by the state of Vermont in s'd Company remained in s'd fort till the close of Oct 1781 then removed about one mile to Johnathan Elkins of s'd Peacham and continued here till the [illegible] following then were marched to Peacham and were Dismissed & that Benj Bailey was with s'd Company During all this time and was frequently out on scouts Furthermore I do say that Benj Bailey was not any akin to General Jacob Bailey and I do know that he did frequently at other times assist in taking British soldiers and Carry them to Newbury
/s/Thomas Manchester
Personally Appeared the above Thomas Manchester and made Sollem Oath of the above statements before me
/s/Simon Blanchard Justice of Peace
NB this may Certify that Thomas Manchester is a man of truth and veracity as much as any other man in my opinion
/s/Simon Blanchard
Before me Nov 7 1839
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss } I Samuel B. Mattocks clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Simon Blanchard Esq was in commission and a justice of the Peace within & for said County from the 1st day of December AD 1838 until the 1st day of December A.D. 1839 and that his signatures within written are genuine being in his own proper hand writing - 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand & the Seal of said Court at Danville in said County this 5th day of January A.D. 1841 - 
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks Clerk
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: PEACHAM VT JUNE [illegible]]
FREE 
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City 
[margin notes: Vt. June 29 add' proof Benj. Bailey,]
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[handwritten letter]
Peacham June 16th 1839
Mr Edwards
Sir I have applied for a pension some four years ago but for some mistake on my part perhaps I have not received it. 
I write you that I may know whare I fail for I am sure that I am entitled to a pension for my servises to my country, 
my first services was in the fall of 1778 by the orders of General Jacob Bailey I was under him as a volunteer when he saw fit to command me I was freiting beef in Haverhill NH with four oxen for the time of four months then in May 1779 I begun to freight to Vermont as the Hazen road so cold was cut out Captain Satterly and Capt Olive and [illegible] from Haverhill NH to Greensbury Vermont the distance of 40 miles with all their baggage and some military stores in this time I took a deserter from Bunker Hill on his way to Canada his name was Bromley Midworth, and for all this service I receive no value, the next year 1780 I work by the orders of General Bailey a building a fort at Peacham, and in 1781 may first I listed under captain Nehemiah Lovel (Lovewell) a continental soldier for then month a few days after I listed in company with Levi Silvester we took two Britons prisoners in Peacham and took them to Newbury and delivered then to Gen Bailey I then hired a substitute by the of Stephen Powers to serve two months for me, which he did, and was all the time he was a soldier, and I paid Powers fifteen bushel of wheat and nine bushel of peas amounting to twenty four dollars, and I had to serve a soldier at the same time about six days after a man by the name of John Fosaic taken as a spy was put under my care for safe keeping for weeks in which time was learnt a plot from him that the tories would destroy this place, and I with G Bailey H Lovel M Chamberlin took five of the tories prisoners, and one of them was put under my care for three or four weeks till he settled his amounts he was then sent to Bunker hill and I joined my company in Peacham July 1
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and served there till the last week of December I then got an honorable Discharge from Captain Lovel (Lovewell) & found rest a short time only, in june 1782 General Bailey cold me out on account of a party of tories coming into Newbury I was sent to Peacham on express to order all friends of their county to Newbury I remaind thare under Gen. Bailey two monts, I then went to Peacham and the first night was taken prisoner and carried to canada and remained there four months and endured much hardship and returning to Newbury we were without provision three days, I have been thus particular that you may know the service I have done for my country and the fatigue I endured, for which I received only twenty four dollars in Vermont Money, which I lost on account of the failure of the money 
I have now become old and past labour and entirely destitute of property and if the evidence is sufficient a pension would help to feed and clothe an old soldier.
/s/Benj Bailey
NB I sent on my evidence from N. Y. and from Vermont and proved my service under Bailey by colo Joshua Bailey, and Jacob Bailey, and my service under Lovel (Lovewell), by Luther Bailey and Thomas Manchester. 
will you please to write to me at Peacham Vermont for I have not heard from the papers that I sent
To J. Edwards of the Pension Department
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Danville Vermont
May 25 1835

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions

Sir I enclose an additional declaration of Mr Benj Bayley for a pension and two affidavits annexed - 
I have been informed that the enclosed is what was required by yr dept before his case could be decided - Mr. Paul the late Reg'r of Probate has deceased & I have not been able to ascertain the exact situation of Mr Baily Case - If the enclosed is sufficient in addition to evidence heretofore sent my Mr Paul to get Mr Bailey on to the Roll, you will please send the certificate to me - 
If not please inform me - 
I am very Respectfully Your obt Servt
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks
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[handwritten letter]
Danville Vermont
January 5 1841

Dear Sir, 
Herewith I enclose the deposition of Thomas Manchester, and the certificate of the Secretary of State - proving the Services of Benj'a Bailey in the Revolutionary War - 
You will observe that Mr. Bailey claims that he is the person named in the  "Payroll of Nehemiah Lovell's (Lovewell) company from the commencement of the campaign in 1781 to 30th June in said year" & also on the payroll of said Lovells (Lovewell) company in Col Waits battalion from the 1st July 1781 to  Nov 1781 
And he says he is not the person named in the Payrolls of Capt Roberts & Capt Collins - he claims 7 months Service only - 
If these together with the vouchers on file are sufficient proof of his services, please forward me a certificate for him - I have no doubt myself of his having served as he claimed in his declaration made in 1835 and hope as he is poor & needy that his claim may now be allowed - believing the case to be fairly proved - 
Yours truly
/s/Sam'l B. Mattocks

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
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[handwritten letter]
Washington March 19, 1834

Sir
I transmit you herewith the declaration of Benjamin Bailey made to obtain a pension under the act of June 7, 1782 Mr. Bailey at the time of making his declaration resided in the State of New York but has recently removed to the State of Vermont, with the view of permanently remaining in the latter state - 
very respectfully Yours 
/s/Benj'a F. Deming

James L. Edwards Esqr
Comm'r of Pensions
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[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A NOV 18 1905]
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[receipt stamp: U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES NOV 20 1905]
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE A NOV 18 1905]
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[handwritten letter]
O. W. & N.
Northfield Min Nov. 16. 1905

Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Sir: -
will you kindly refer to the N.H. records of the Revolutionary war and give me what information of Lieutenant Benjamin Bailey my (great grandfather). you can?
Respectfully
/s/Leoli Bailey Lawrence
Mrs. J. A. Lawrence
Northfield Min
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUNE 9 1921]
[receipt stamp: PENSION DIVISION JUNE 11 1921]
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[handwritten letter]
[margin note: Recd MH]
June 1, 1921

Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Some time age you sent me information regarding a pension granted Benjamin Bailey or Bayley in 1832 at Wilmington N.Y. According to Peacham Vt church records, Mr Bailey died Dec. 10, 1843, but his death is not recorded among the cemetery records of Vermont.
Notices of his death must be recorded with you - Would you kindly advise me in which State he died - or where I may route for the information?
Pension claim No S.F. 2,2111
I appreciate the valuable help that you have given me
Sincerely, /s/Ella F. J. Tafe
1622 Georgia St.
Los Angeles, California
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE JUNE 9 1921]
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[typewritten letter]
[initials: V.L.K.]

Rev. War Section.
June 20, 1921.

Ella F. J. Tafe
1622 Georgia Street, 
Los Angeles, California.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1" instant, you are advised that in order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension and possibly the date and place of death of Benjamin Bailey, [margin note: No 22111]
"Certificate No. 31,827
issued February 18, 1841,
$23.33 per annum from Mch. 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832,
Vermont Agency."
you should forward this letter to the Auditor for the Interior Department,
14" and B Street, S.W.
Washington, D. C. 
Very respectfully, 
/s/Washington Gardner
Commissioner.