Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2940, Andrew Bay, N. C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Bay, Andrew

NUMBER
S2940

Carded

CONTENTS
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West Tenn  74
7459

Andrew Bay
of Wilson in the State of W. Tenn who was a Seg’t Maj in the company commanded by Captain Maury of the Reg’t commanded by Col William in the N. C. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tenn at the rate of 120 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and sent to Roll Burton Lebanon

Arrears to the 4th of March              240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    60.00
                                                              ----------
                                                            $300.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832,}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 72
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County} 
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions September Term
13.543 AD 1832

Declaration of Andrew Bay to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.

This day personally appeared in open Court before the undersigned Justices of the Peace for the County of Wilson holding the County Court of said County now in session Andrew Bay who made oath according to law that in the year 1818 he was placed on the pension rool of the agency of the State of Tennessee [strikethrough] and then [strikethrough] doe appear from the annexed certificate of Stephen Cantrell the then Pension agent for West Tennessee he continued to draw for two years and upwards as well as he now remembers and was stricken from the Pension Rool in consequence of his owning more than two hundred dollars worth of property. applicant enlisted in Guilford County in the State of North Carolina in 1776 under Captaine Moore for three years and reached two years and a half and was discharged in consequence of infirmity - soon after he enlisted he was promoted to the Rank of Sergant-Major
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in which office he continued until he was discharged. Said Bay was attached to the 9th Regiment of North Carolina Troops Commanded by Colo William, William Polk now Colo Polk of Raliegh N. Carolina acted as Major to the Regiment - the evidence of the services of applicant were forward to Washington City at the time he was placed on the pension rool and still remain there his clearly proven by Colo Polk who was at that time on a visit to Tennessee and by Keneoy Bay who was likewise in service with him and under the proof made at that time he was allowed to draw the pay of Sargeant Major of nine dollars a month for the time mentioned as aforesaid applicant during his service was in the Battle of Brandywine, Germantown and Brier Creek at the time he was placed on the pension rool he was a resident of Wilson County and still is a resident of said County of Wilson his name has not been on the pension agency of any states - except the state of Tennessee from which it was is now 77 years of age is very poor and infirm
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and will be greatly aided by any bounty have his Country he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present - 
Andrew Bay

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 25th of September AD 1832 before me
J J McClain Clerk

Robert M Burton and Robert Cambell do hereby certify that we saw Stephen Cantrell sign or heard him acknowledge the anexed certificate dated the 7th of September 1832 to be his act and deed and likewise saw said certificate examined by the cashier of the United States Bank at Nashville who said the same corresponded with the Books of the War department deposited in said Bank.
Robert Campbell
Robert M Burton

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 25th of September AD 1832 before me
J J McClain Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, he has a high character for truth and veracity - and was a citizen at the time of his being first placed on the pension rool
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of Wilson County and still is a citizen of the said County the witness Robert M Burton and [strikethrough] said [strikethrough] Robert Cambell are entitled to full credit
M Martin
Benj S Billings
Zavner Spradley
Justices holding the court of common Pleas and quarter sessions for Wilson County at September Term 1832

State of Tennessee
Wilson County}

I Josiah McClain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of [strikethrough] the said [strikethrough] Court of the county of Wilson and the place matter Justices and acting Justices [??] in the matter of the application of the Andrew Bay for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of September AD 1832
Josiah J McClain Clerk of said County Court

Wilson County}

I William Steele Chairman of the law of pleas & quarter session certify the pregoing certificate signed by Josiah J McClain Esq is in due form of law that he is the acting clerk of said County Court & that full faith & credit is & aught to be given to his oath & attestation as such

Given under my hand & seal this 25th day of September 1832 -
Wm Steele Chair
There is a hand drawn seal.
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N. 13,543
Andrew Bay
Wilson
Segt Major

from 1776 [strikethrough] private [strikethrough]
2 years $120.
get out old papers W. Tennessee agency

Meary Williams
N.C.

R M. Burton
Lebanon Ten’c
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(Old case)

BRIEF in the case of Andrew Bay of the County of Wilson in the State of Tenn’c
(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? 7

4. State his service, as directed in the form [?]
6 column table
|Period. | Duration of Service, Years, | Duration of Service, Months, | Duration of Service, Days, | Rank As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. |

| In 1776 | 3 & served two & a half years & was discharged from bodily infirmity | --- | --- | Serg’t. Maj’r. | Col. Williams, Maj’r. Polk Capt. Mcavey or McCoy |

5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine, Germantown, & Briar Creek

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Guildford County NC

7. Is his statement supported by living witnessess, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & Certificate & Depositions on file in DC

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentications? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman’s certificate

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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2045
Tennessee West

Andrew Bay, Serj. Major
North Carolina line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Aug’t. 1818 and sent to the care of Alhed M: Harris, Esq; Lebanon, Tennessee

Arrearages to 4th Sept’r 1818   $34.13
4 months, 8/30                           $34.13

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}

Two years & 6 months

Wilson County Tenn

See letter March 5 1829 to Sec’t. of the Treasury
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Tennessee 21046

Andrew Bay
Act 18 March 1818

Rejected 11 Dec 1829
Sa letter to Hon R Desha

640

he 

625
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1268

Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolutions,” approved 15th May 1823.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
12 Feb 1829.

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Andrew Bay under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of Warm with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed [strikethrough] whether a commission, and, if so, what commission, was [strikethrough] what evidence has been received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
R. Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
20 Nov 1828

Andrew Bay of --- in the County of Wilson in the State of Tennessee has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant Major in captain ---‘s company, in the Ninth regiment of the N Carolina, line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 

By order of the Secretary.
FA Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

THIRD AUDITOR’S OFFICE,
22nd November 1828

[strikethrough] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to --- in the ---  It further appears that --- is now on the pension list of the --- agency, and has been so since the --- at the rate of --- dollars per month. [strikethrough]

The name of Andrew Bay cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued - Andrew Bay is on the West Tennessee pension Roll, but has not been paid any thing since the 4th March 1820 -
Peter Hagner Aud
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Sen letter from War Department 5th March 1829

[strikethrough] Ref. File no 640 [strikethrough]

Evidence insufficient
act 1828
#2.940 Inv
OK
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2940
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State of North Carolina,
Secretary of State’s Office

I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Andrew Bay a Serg’t Maj’r of the 9th Regiment was enlisted on the 1st day of May 1777 for the War, and that he was omited on --- of January 1778. Nothing more is said of him on said Rolls, but it appears from the Warrant book that on the 8th of May 1784, a Warrant was issued to him for two and a half years service, and drafted by Maj’r Nelson, from which it is believed to be the said Andrew Bay served the term of two and a half years.

Given under my hand at Office in Raliegh this 14th day of March 1829
W. Hill
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Lebanon Tenn
Nov’r 3

Revolutionary Claim

Free

Hon Richard Rush
Treasury Department
Washington City

Mail

#294
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Honorable Richard Rush

Dr Sir

Andrew Bay the present applicant was on the pension list under the former Laws. he has however not been on the pension list service the 3 day of March 1826 - the evidence of his being a soldier on the continental establishment - if any further is required than this declaration is to be found filed at Washington amongst the original papers prefered for his claim - Mr Bay is a very old and infirm man if any further evidence is required if you will address me on the Subject - I will transmit immediately - as I am assisting the old man

Respectfully
Robt M Burton
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1268
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Washington Fey - 12th 1829

Sir,
You will please give me the information asked for in the enclosed letter - in relation to the claim of Andrew Bay -

ys obly
Robt Desha

Asbury Dickens
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No. 13,543
Andrew Bay

Rob’t. M. Burton Esq’r
Lebanon Ten’c
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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 Andrew Bay 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, 1832? 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? no

XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no

XIII. ** If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no refers to a former application

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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 no, which of them is not so answered? no 

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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about 3 or 4 months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 enlisted 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.

**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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath 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 authenticates 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 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Rev War

2940

INVALID

File No. 2940 
Andrew Bay
Sergt; Maj: N.C. line

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: - Vol. A, Page 17

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lebanon Tenn
July 6th

Robert M Burton
for Andrew Bay
Rec’d 20 July 1829

197

Free

Honorable Sam’l. D. Ingham
Secretary of Treasury
Washington City
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Lebanon
July 18th - 1829 -

Noble - Mr Inham

Sir

Sometime early during the last winter I forward to the Department you now superintend the Declaration of Andrew Bay of Wilson County Tennessee asking a pension under the act of the 15th of May 1828 the evidence of his having served or enlisted during the war had been previously furnished he having been a pensioner under the Act of 4 March 1826 - but not renewing his application under its subsequent provisions I received a letter from James L Edwards saying that he had sent to North Carolina for further proff and that the result moved be forward immediately his letter was dated the 5th of March last and I had not heard from him since - he has the character of being a man of business and his neglect must be owing to the difficulties necessary for a while incident to a change of officers in any department - I have examined the applicant and have no doubt he is entitled
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to the benefit of the act of May 1828 - I hope his claim will be examined with all convenient dispatch and the result forward to me his friend and agent ( at Lebanon Tennessee) - the delay which has hither to ensued in applications of this sort - has caused many a meritorious soldier to abandon his right - to the assistance - of his country - may we not expect - a different order of things under a new administration?

Very Respectfully
Robert M Burton
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Gallatin T
May 21}

Free

Hon’bl - Samuel D. Ingham
Sec’t. Treasury
Washington City

Robert Desha
for Andrew Bay 1266
2615
Rec’d 8 June 1829
47
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Gallatin Tennessee
May 21st 1829

Dear Sir,

Your letter to Andrew Bay a Constituent of mine, I have hand delivered as proof of his having performed services in the Continental line, (which you say is missing to make his claim complete) I send you the copy of a Grant, which will shew conclusively he belonged to and served on the Continental line.

Please give the earliest attention to this business and let me hear from you -

Your friend
Rob’t Desha

Sam’l D Ingham
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Oct 10
13.543
Mail}

Honble Lewis Cass
Washington City
War Department

Andrew Bays application for pension

There are 2 stamps
FREE

LEBANON
SEP
27
TEN.
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Lebanon September 25th AD 1832

Honble Lewis Cass

Dr Sir

In closed you will find the application of Andrew Bay - for a pension under the provisions of the last Act of Congress - there can be no dificulty I apprehend in deciding favorable on his case - as he has once been placed on the pension rool - there was no set form given to be pursued in this case and I have embodied his evidence in a way best calculated us I believed to identify him as a former pensioner Mr Bay is an exceedingly pios and meritious old man and much needs this offered charity of his country I have with great pleasure given him what did I could free of reward - the old gentleman requests that as he lives ten or twelve miles from the post office that you moved given him a draft on the United States Bank at Nashville committed to my care at Lebanon - should any information be required at the department as to my standing reference can be had to the Resident - Mr Brethit and Major Wm B Lewis to all of whom I now know - I [?] the old gentleman will not to be long declosed

Very Respectfully
Robert M Burton
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Alfred M: Harris, Esq:
Judge,
Lebanon, Wilson County,
Tennessee

Andrew Bay,
North Carolina line,
Revolutionary Claim.

There are no rolls in the pension office proving the service stated by the applicant - The testimony of lieut. Talum is deemed Satisfactory.

Correct.

Hon John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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To the Honorable the Secretary of War

Your petitioner Andrew Bay showeth that during the war of the Revolution he enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States under Captain Thomas McCrony which took place on or about the --- day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. In the ninth North Carolina Regiment of the continental army commanded by Colo John Williams and continued in the services of the United States untill about the --- day of --- 1779 having served about two years and 6. months and was discharged by Colo Arch’d Lyttle and Maj’r John Nelson in South Carolina the term of service having expired he received a regular discharge which has been worn out & destroyed by length of time not believing it would be important to keep & proove the --- he served and fought in the Battles of Brandywine - Germantown and at the Battle of Briar creek in Georgia - his captain Thomas McCrony is since dead he does not know if any officers within convenient distance except Capt James Tatum who know him in service he returns herewith his account made off in the year 1783 by said Tatum & certified by him at a time when his discharge was
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was in existence - he never received any pay or compensation for the account hereto annexed or for any of his services and hereby releases the same.

he now lives in the County of Wilson  & State of Tennessee where he has resided about fifteen years or upwards he removed from North Carolina soon after the war & has resided west of the mountains ever since he is aged about sixty three and is in a situation not to be able to procure a support or living except by labor and is not able to labor without much fatigue or difficulty and that he desires to receive such support from the united states by being placed on the pension list as the laws may entitle him to receive
Andrew Bay

State of Tennessee
Wilson County}

This day appeared the above named Andrew Bay before the subscriber Judge of the Concord Courts for the State of Tennessee holding court in said County of Wilson & being duly sworn saith that the facts set forth in the foregoing petition are true -  I therefore certify that from the petition the facts proved to me I believe the same to be true and recommend the same accordingly
Alfred M Harris
Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County}

This to certify that I James Tatum personally knew the within petitioner Andrew Bay during the Revolutionary war I served as an Officer in the same Regiment with said Bay and knew that he served as a Sergeant Major and was respectably & honorably discharged. I have seen his discharge and do believe the facts set forth in his petition are true
James Tatum 1st Lieut

Sworn to before me this 27th April 1818
Alfred M Harris
Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee

State of Tennessee
Wilson County
4th precinct circuit April Term 1818

I Harry L Douglas clerk of the circuit court of the county of Wilson in the circuit aforesaid do certify that Alfred M Harris esq - before whom the above & within statement of Andrew Bay and James Tatum were sworn to is at this time Judge of the sixth Judicial Circuit of the courts of Law & equity in the state of Tennessee, now presiding in the fourth judicial circuit of said State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed my private seal (having no seal of office) the 27th day of April in the year 1818 & 42nd year of American independence.
H.L. Douglass
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Application of Andrew Bay - 
Revolutionary claim
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15th dya of May 1828 I Andrew Bay of the age of seventy four in the county of Wilson in the State of Tennessee - do hereby Declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination - at which period I was a Sergent Major in Captain [strikethrough] Moor [strikethrough] Thos McCronys company in the 9th Regiment - of the North Carolina line - all of which was hetofore satisfactorily proven by the testimony - of Major Tatum and Kenedy Bay - to the Secretary of the Treasury - on an application under a former law for a pension and which will now appear by reference to the papers filed in the office - at said Department - these Witnesses are since dead and it - is out - of the power of this Declarant = to prove the same facts so satisfactory by any other living witnesses my discharge has been long since lost or distroyed - And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a said resolve of congress passed the 15th day of May AD 1778
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and I further Declare that I was not - on the 15th day of May 1828 - on the pension list - of the United States

Witness my hand this 28th of October 1828
Signed Andrew Bay

Before me James Gray a Justice of the peace in the County of Wilson and State of Tennessee personally appeared this 26th day of October 1828 Allen Ross and Joseph Kirkpatrick of the said county who did severally make oath that Andrew Bay by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Army of the Revolution in manner as herein stated

Witness my hand and seal the day and date above written
James Gray J.P.

Signed Testes
J. Kirkpatrick
Allen Ross

A Draft on the Branch Bank of the United States ar Nashville - and communication to me at Lebanon to the care of Robert M Burton Esq is requested as - I live some distance from the post office and am very infirm
October 28th 1828
Andrew Bay
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County. }

I John Stone clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for said County of Wilson, do hereby certify that James Gray Esq whose name is signed to the within affidavit of Andrew Bay [strikethrough] ? in and to are subscribed [strikethrough] is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County of Wilson and duly empowered to administer oaths

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (their being no seal of office) at office in Lebanon this 28th day of October 1828 and 53rd year of american Independence
John Stone clerk of Wilson County court

There is a hand drawn seal.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County Court August term 1829

Declaration of Andrew Bay County of Sumner aforesaid State of Tennessee on this the 10th day of August 1829 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Sumner Andrew Bay resident in said County aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Andrew Bay enlisted for the term of three years on the 25th day of December in the year 1776 in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Thomas McRory in the regiment commanded by Colonel Williams in the time of the State of North Carolina an the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said coopy until --- when he was discharged from the service in the State of North Carolina That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present That his name is not on the pension roll of any State except the State of Tennessee and the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension he has been infirm for about seven years and did not know he was intitled to a pension and in pursuance of the act 1st May 1820 I do solomnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States are the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress intitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts as debts due to me nor have I any income other than what was contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed that
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since the 18th day of March 1818 no changes have been made in my property the following is a schedule of my property I own at present 1 roan mare worth 35$ 1 bay horse 15$ 2 Steers $8 2 cows at $14 8 head of hogs $12 6 head of sheep $3.00 214 acres of Land $648 my family consists of myself my wife about 74 years old & very infirm a daughter of about 25 years of age My occupation is that of farming but I have been so infirm for the las six years that I have been incapable of doing my Labour -
Andrew Bay

Sworn to in open court August 10th 829
A.H. Douglass Clerk

State of Tennessee
Sumner County}
Court August Term 1829

I Alfred H Douglass Clerk of Sumner County Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Andrew Bay did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment & I also certify that the foregoing oath & schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is seven hundred & thirty five Dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 3rd day of November AD 1829 & 54th Year of American Independence
AH Douglass clerk of said County Court

There is an attached seal
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This may certify to all whom it may concern that Andrew Bay a Serg’t Major is enrolled on the Pension List Roll of the West Tenn Agency to Commence on the 27th day of April 1818 and that I made sundry payments to said Bay as a Pensioner which appear by reference to the Roll in the War Department and that I was Instructed by the War Department to Discontinue the payment of said [strikethrough] of his [strikethrough] Pensioner, the said Bay resided in Wilson County of the States at the time I paid him
Stephen Cantrell
late Pension agent 
7th Sept. 1832

Test
Robert Campbell
Robert M Burton
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Andrew Bay. S.7,2940.

His 
Pay Account as Sgt. Major Capt Thos. McCrorys Co Col. Jno. Williams negt. has been removed from case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
Oct. 25, 1905
AW.