Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20688, Orsamos Bailey, N. H. Vt.
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N. H.
Vt.

Bailey, Orsamos
or
Orsamos
Margaret

W. 20688
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Vermont On the 14th day of August 1832 County of Essex Personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable William Gates Judge of the Probate Court now sitting and Guildhall within & for the said County & District of Essex Orasmus Bailey of Lemington in the County of Essex appeared aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth in 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 & served as herein stated that he enlisted as a soldier and Waiter under Capt. Luther Richardson in Col. Timothy Bedles Regiment in April 1778 for the time of one year & served as a waiter to said Captain Richardson during the full period of his sd. enlistment & was discharged in April 1779--afterwards he enlisted under Ward Bailey a Lieut. Commandant of a Comapny of Volunteers raised in upper [illegible] about the first day of March 1781 for the term of eight months for the purpose of Guarding the frontiers--that he served as a soldier in said Company for the full term aforesaid where he was until the whole of said company was discharged by an order from the board of War then sitting at Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire--
which order has been preserved and  is  herewith transmitted dated October 27th, 1781, & took effect on the 2nd day of November following signed by Timothy [illegible] President of said board of War.

On the 1st day of March 1782 he again enlisted into a company commanded by said Capt. Lieut. Ward Bailey who was authorized to raise a company of volunteers for the term of nine months the articles of which enlistment have been preserved and are herewith transmitted.    

[Illegible] at Guildhall he faithfully served the full period of this last enlistment and was discharged.

He has no other documentary evidence of his said service than the two papers and a certificate signed by "James Knickerbocker" Treasurer which is also herewith transmitted & is dated March 7, 1783 nor has he preserved  any discharges.

He was born in Bridgewater in the State of Massachusetts.  I have a record of my age that is at Lemington in the County but went [?] to court forgetting to bring it.  He was living at Guildhall
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We Jesse Hugh of Maidstone in the County of Essex & Mills DeForest of Lemington in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Orasmos Bailey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that our we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jesse Hugh
Mills DeForest

And the same Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Hugh who has signed the preceeding {sic] certificate is a resident of Maidstone in the County of Essex and State of Vermont and that Mills De Forest who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Lemington in said Essex County and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm Gates Judge
I William Heywood the Jun. Register of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Essex in the County of Essex and State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Orsamos Bailey for a pension--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two 
William Heywood Jun Registrar
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State of Vermont
Orleans District SS
At a Probate Court February A.D. 1841
Personally appeared before said Court Margaret Bailey a resident of Eaton in the County of Sherbroke and Province of Lower Canada aged 73 years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 AD 1838--entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows"--that she is the Widow of Orasmus Bailey, who served in the War of the Revolution , for which he was placed on the Pension List; under the Act of the 7th of June 1832 at $80 per annum, and for a description of his services, she refers to his declaration made under said Act, for which a Pension was granted--which pension Certificate was forwarded to Congress when she received the pension due her said husband, being received by her after his decease--
She further declares that she was married to the same Orasmus Bailey on the 27th March 1786 at Guildhall Essex County; State of Vermont by Ward Bailey Esqr. a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County--and that before her marriage her name was Margaret Whitman, and that she then resided at Guildhall aforesaid--she further declares that her said husband Orasmus Bailey died on the 14th September AD 1834--that she was not married prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, was, at the time above, stated--and that since the death of her said husband, she ever hath and doth still continue a Widow--
X Margaret Bailey, her mark
John Kimball
Simeon S, Clarke
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I Betsey Terrill of Ascott in the County of Sherbroke Province of Lower Canada, depose and say that I am Daughter of Orsamus Bailey (late of Eaton deceased) and Margaret Bailey his wife now a resident of Eaton in said County and Province, tat I am the second child of the said Orsamus and Margaret Bailey, that my age is fifty-two years last June--that my father the said Orsamus Bailey died 14th September AD 1834--that my Mother said Margaret Bailey, ever hath remained a Widow since the death of my said Father--
 Betsey Terrill
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State of Vermont
Orleans District

And the said Probate Court doth hereby declare their opinion--that after examination and enquiry of all the facts.  That the said Margaret Bailey is the Widow of the said Orsamus Bailey and that he was a Pensioner of the United States and served in the War of the Revolution and that he died on the 14 of September 1834--and that she was married to the said Orsamus Bailey on the 27 March 1786 and that since his decease has remained a Widow as she in her Declaration hath declared.  And the said Court further certify that Betsey Terrill and Ward Bailey whose affidavits are hereto attached are credible witnesses and the statements by them made entitled to full credit.

Geo. Nye Judge

State of Vermont
Orleans District

I Simeon S. Clarke Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Orleans aforesaid Hereby Certify That the above and foregoing is the original proceedings had in the Probate Court in the matter of the application of Margaret Bailey for a Pension

In faith whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court and subscribed my name this 16 day of February AD 1841
Simeon S. Clarke Register

The word "cause" interlined before signing

[illegible] simeon S, Clarke Register
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Hon, Samuel Prentiss M. C
Washington City
A. B.
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss
On this the [illegible]   of September AD 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County Margaret Bailey a resident of Eaton in the Province of Lower Canada aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of Orsamus Bailey who was a private in the revolutionary war under Capt. Bailey stationed at or near the Coos to guard the northern frontier she further declares that she was married to the said Orsamus on the 7th day of March 1787 by Ward Bailey Esq of Guildhall Vermont a legally appointed and qualified magistrate from whom her husband took a certificate of their marriage but is mislaid or lost that her husband the aforesaid Orsamus Bailey died on the 14th of September 1834 that he was a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 to wit at the time above stated in presence of Peleg Redfield  {illegible]  

Margaret Bailey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and month and year above written
Before me Peleg Redfield Justice

I certify that the above named Margaret Bailey is unable without enduring iminent [sic] danger by reason of bodily infirmity to attend court and I also further certify that I know her to be ther identical person who came to Derby after the death of Orsamus Bailey late of Eaton and drew his pension as his widow.
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county of Jany 18th 1840

Hon. Saml Prentiss

Dear sir I enclose the declamation of Margaret Bailey in order to obtain for her a Pesnion she is miserably poor much disturbed in body by disease and in the strictest sense needy will you sir assert yourself in her behalf as early as possible her husbands services have been once proved as has also her widowhood both of which will probably appear on the books there can be no mistake in the case please let me hear from you on the subject as soon as consistent
Respectfully yours
P. Redfield
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Vermont 28.907
Orsamas Bailey
of Essex in the State of Vt
who was a pri. in the ___ commanded by Captain   of the Rgt. commanded by Col., Ward in the Vt line for 2 years--
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars___Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of July 34 and such Pensioners, Lemington Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 34 240--
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 40--
$280.--
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
 Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk.
Book E Vol. 3 Page 55
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636D
Vermont
Margarette Bailey
Widow of Vt Orsamus Bailey dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 14 Sept 1834
of Orleans in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Bailey of the Regt commanded by Col, Beedle in the Vermont line for 2 years...

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension fixed the 10 day of Sept 1841 Sent to John Kimball Esq Barton Vermont

Arrears to the 4th of March 41, 400.00

$400.00
Act July 7th 1838.
Recorded by Theo, L. Moody
Book a Vol. 2 Page
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3713
Orsamus (Orsamos) Bailey
Lemington
Essex Co
Admit as private
2 year $80
Claimant
Brief
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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.  In 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, hwen 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 he Service of Orasmos Bailey

Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the Claimant's service.

Rank of the claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.

August 1832
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1778-9 
1
Private
Colo. Timothy 
Bed. 
L-Colo-Wheelock
Maj. Josiah Stowe

Aged 68 years
at Guildford
Essex County Vermont

The Applicants own Declaration & the Deposition of a Moody Bedel  Abel Learned, Sylvanus Learned and John Merrill

1801
8
Do
under Ward Bailey not annexed, to any Field officers
Do
The Applicants own Declaration & the Deposition of Nathan Wait John Hew & Moody Bedel & the aforesaid Learneds

1802 
9
Do
Do
Do
the Applicants own Declaration & the Deposition of John Hugh & Moody Bedel & the aforesaid Learneds & the Credibility and Reputation of Applicant supported by the affidavit of John Hugh & Mills Deforest {illegible] being no Clergyman in the Vicinity Essex Travelling [illegible], nor more War

Total 2 5

Documentary Evidence to be Considered
Board of War--27th Oct. 1781
Enlistment in 1782
Certificate Jonas Knickerbacker
[illegible] of Vermont Appointing
Ward Bailey Lieut  [illegible] 27 of Feb 1782
Mr. Orasmus Bailey
Christian Name Orsamos [?]

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops
2.  The State Troops, Militia and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of ss.

On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before   A.B. a resident (b) of   in the county of    and State of    aged (c)    years, who being first duly sword, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  , with   and served in the   (e) regiment of the   line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names of 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   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the Certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I  of the Court of  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of   
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this   day of   &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, Viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman residing in the     and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with   , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be    years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court  further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the   and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,   Clerk in the Court of   do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of   for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this  day of   &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission, but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witnesses 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
The documents respecting service in Baileys company have been placed on file.
The service of A, officer  Use do to throw lie.
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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.
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Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20.688
Margarett Bailey
Widow of 
Orsamus Bailey
Priv Rev. War
Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol. A, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I, Sylvanus Learned of in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire depose & say that I am well acquainted with Orsamus Bailey of Lemington in the County of Essex & State of Vermont & have been ever since the revolutionary War.  I know that sd Orasmus enlisted into a Temporary Company commanded by Capt Luther Richardson in Col. Timo. Bedles' Regiment in April 1778 for the time of one year & served as a waiter to sd. Captain Richardson during the whole period of his enlistment & was discharged in April 1779'
I also know that sd Orsamus served as a soldier under Capt. Ward Bailey eight months in the year 1781 & nine months in the year 1782 in upper Coos.
Sylvanus Learned
Essex County Bloomfield Sept. 17, 1832
Personally appeared Sylvanus Learned and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him by him subscribed is true. Before me Adin Bartlett Justice of Peace 
This may certify that the within named Sylvanus Learned is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity Adin Bartlett Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont Essex County
I Wm. Gates clerk for Essex County Court do hereby certify that Adin Bartlett who has appended his name to this  is a magistrate duly qualified and I believe the same is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of sd. court at Lemington on this 7th day of Nov. AD 1832
Wm Gates Clerk
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Sylvanus Learned Deposition for Orasmos Bailey
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton [illegible]
I, Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esq. before whom the written depositions of Abel Learned and Sylvanus Learned were taken was on the fourteenth day of February last, and ever since has been an acting Justice of the peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn; and that his signature within written at the bottom of each of the said Depositions is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of March, at Haverhill in said County, Anno Domini 1834
S. P. Webster, Clerk
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[illegible] County of Caledonia and
I Abel Learned of Ryegate in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of Lawfull age Being in my Seventy ninth Year--& now a Pensioner of the United States Testify & say that I am & have been well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey now a resident of Lemington in the County of Essex & State aforesaid the Person who is now in my Presence & Perfectly recognize him to be the same Person that Served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Years 1778 & 9 in a company Commanded by Capt. Luther Richardson & Benjamin Sawyer Lieut in a Regiment Whereof Timothy Bedel Esq. was Colo said Regiment was Raised as I understood by the General Government for the Defence of the Frontiers on & adjacent to Connecticut River & a Part of said Richardsons Company was Stationed at Guildhall in in the County of Essex aforesaid I think During One Year & the said Orsamos Bailey was one of said Company I then lived in the Vicinity of said Guildhall & often saw said Orsamos Bailey with Scouting Parties & a Doing Duty in the Line--I likewise new of the said Orsamus Bailey Living as a Soldier under his Father sometimes called Lieut. & sometimes Capt. Ward Bailey in Vermont line in the year 1781 & 2 but the times he served in said Vermont line is not within my recollection 
Abel Learned
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton 
at Haverhill this 14th day of Feb. 1834
Then Abel Learned Esq. signor of the above Disposition who is well known by me to be considered a Person of Truth & Veracity & I concur in that opinion & believe him to be a Credible Disinterested Witness Personally Appeared& made Solemn Oath that the above affidavit by him Subscribed is True
Before me
Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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I Sylvanus Learned of Ryegate in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of Lawfull Age, being in my Seventy first year & now a Pensioner of the United States testify & say that I am and have been for many years past well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey now a Resident of Lemington in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aforesaid--the same Person who is now in my Presence & that I Perfectly Recognize him to be the same Orsamos Bailey served with me as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the year 1778 & 9.  I think that we & others Enlisted at the same time as Soldiers into a Company Commanded by Capt. Luther Richardson in which Company Benjamin Sawyer was Lieut in a Regiment Whereof Timothy Bedel Esquire was Colo. we enlisted & joined said Company I think in the forepart of April 1779--said Richardsons Company or this Principal Part of it was Stationed at Guildhall in said Essex County the Principal Part of the Year & often was with said Orsamos Bailey and saw him in Scouting Detachments Stating as a Sentinel and Doing other Duty as a Soldier During said Year in Guarding & Protecting the Frontiers from the Depredations of the Enemy, their Tory Friends & Savage Allies--I Likewise know of the sd. Orsamos Bailey Serving with me as a Soldier in the Vermont line under Ward Bailey who was some times called Lieut. & other times Capt. for the Term of Eight Months from the first of March 1781 on the aforesaid Frontier & all the time he had the Praise of being a Good Soldier
Sylvanus Learned
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
At Haverhill this 14th day of February 1834
Then Sylvanus Learned who is well known by me to be considered & Believed to be in the Vicinity where he resides a person of Truth & Veracity & I concur in that opinion & believe him to be a Credible Disinterested Witness Personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed is True before me
Moody Bedel Justice of the Peace
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I Abel Learned of Lemington in the County of Essex and State of Vermont of lawfull age Depose and say that I was well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey in the revolutionary war I understood that he was enlisted in Capt Luther Richardson company in Col, Beadles Regiment either in the year 1778 or 1779 and that in the year 1781 and 1782 he served under his father in the company in the Vermont state service and that I have known him more than fifty years and that he has been considered as a man of truth and veracity.
Abel Learned
Essex County Lemington August 27, 1832
Personally appeared Abel Learned and made solom [sic] aoth that the above affidatt {sic] by him subscribed is true Before me
Adin Bartlett Justice of Peace
This may certify that the within named Abel Learned is well known to me as a man of truth of verasity {sic]
Adin Bartlett Justice of Peace
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Orsamos Bailey
Pension papers
Testimony 
19086

State of Vermont
Essex County

I Wm Gates Clerk of Essex County Court do hereby certify that Adin Bartlett who has affixed his name to the  [illegible] is a magistrate duly qualified and he believe the name to be his genuine signature
set 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this seal of the Court of Lunenburg the 7th day of November 
AD 1832
Wm. Gates Clerk
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I Moody Rich of Maidstone in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aged sixty one years [illegible] duly depose and say that when but a small child I was well acquainted with Margaret Whitmore now Margaret Bailey--She being the daughter of my Mother's Brother, that when I was a small boy she lived at my fathers house--and I well remember the time when the said Margaret was married to Orsamus Bailey which ceremony was performed by his father Ward Bailey as I was informed but was not present--but my belief is that I could not have been older than from five to seven years when the marriage took place--
I further state that I have been at their house in Eaton, Lower Canada while the said Orsamus was living--that since his death (which I believe was seven or eight years ago) his widow remained at Eaton where as I am informed she remains a widow
Moody Rich
Essex Guildhall [illegible] 1841
Personally appeared Moody Rich signer of the same deposed and made solemn oath the same is true before me L B Webb Justice of the Peace
I further say that the Hon. Moody Rich is a credible witness LB Webb Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Essex County
I Lucius R. Webb Clerk of the county court of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that L.  [illegible] is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly [illegible] and qualified that his commission was dated October the 29th of AD 1840 and will expire on the 30th day of November A.D. 1841 and that his signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one.

Lucius R. Webb Clerk
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Margaret Bailey
Wid. of Orsamus
Vermont
Act July 7 1835
Married 1784
Decd 14 Sept 1834
Allow $80 per annum
Jn Kimball Esq.
Barton 
Vermont
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M.A Tyler
I left 41

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
War Department 
Washington DC
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James L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir I have no doubt but the enclosed affidavits of will be satisfactory to establish the Marriage of Orsamus Bailey & Margaret Whiteman--I hope you will let me have a return soon as may be.
Respectfully yours John Kimball
Barton Orleans County
Vermont Sept 3rd 1841
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Town Clerks Certificate
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I John Dauge Town Clerk of the town of Guildhall in the County of Essex & State of Vermont hereby certify that upon a careful examination of the records of said town of Guildhall I cannot find any record of the marriage of Orsamus Bailey to Margaret Whitemore
June 3 1841
attest
John Dauge
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I Samuel How of Guildhall in the County of Essex and State of Vermont [illegible] stated [illegible] and the Revolutionary War of the United States in the year 1782 [illegible] I further say that I myself was [illegible] was married to Margaret [illegible] several [illegible] to be certain in which years [illegible] but know from reputation and [illegible] and a number of Children before [illegible]
Samuel How
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State of Vermont August 28th 1841
District of Essex then Samuel Howe a man well known to me a credible person personally came before me Royal Cutler Judge of the Court of Probate for said district and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of Said Court and Subscribed my name on the day above written
Royal Cutler, Judge
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I Lucretia Gates of Lunenburg in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aged seventy nine years do testify and say that in October 1785 I was acquainted with Margarett Whiteman (there called Peggy Whiteman) and my son William Gates was born in March 1786 and while I was sick at the time my son, William  was born I well recollect of learning that said Peggy Whiteman was married to Orsamus Bailey of Guildhall in sd. County of Essex. I was acquainted with said Orsamus Bailey and with the said Pegy said to be his wife and they lived together as man and wife until they moved [?] to Eaton in Canada where I understood the said Orsamus Bailey died and I have heard say the said Pegy now resided at Eaton.
Lucretia Gates
State of Vermont
Essex County
August 27, 1841
Personally appeared Lucretia Gates above named & made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed are true according to the best of her knowledge and belief I certify sd. Lucretia Gates is considered a person of truth & veracity
Wm Gates Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Essex County
I Lucius R. Webb Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Gates is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Duly Commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 29th day of October AD 1840 and will expire on the 30th day of November AD 1841
And his signature within written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said county the 28th day of August 1841
LR Webb Clerk
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I Samuel Gates of Lunenburg in the County of Essex and State of Vermont aged 81 years testify and say that I was well acquainted with Orsamus Bailey of Guildhall in sd County of Essex as early as the year 1784 and continued to be acquainted with him for a great number of years afterwards until he removed to Eaton in Canada and have seen him since occasionally until he died a few years since I well recollect that he was married to Margarett Whitman in the spring of the year 1786 and they lived together as man & wife as long as I was acquainted with them I do not recollect that I have seen his widow since they removed to Canada but I have heard say that she still lives in Eaton in Canada.
Sam'l Gates

State of Vermont
Essex County
August 27th 1841
Personally appeared Samuel Gates above named and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing, of; by him [illegible] subscribed is true [illegible] to the best of knowledge and belief and I certify that said [?] Samuel Gates is considered a person of truth & veracity 
Wm Gates Justice Peace
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July 1 1841
Vt.
July 7 1838
Mary Bailey 
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department 
Washington
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Barton the 26 June 1841
Enclosed is the declaration the widow Margaret Bailey widow of Orsamus Bailey the reason of her delaying to make application is her health as been such since the Law of July 7th 1838 took [illegible] she has not been able to come to the State to make her application until the time she did come Please make return to John Kimball Barton Orleans County Vermont
Respectfully yours
John Kimball
James L. Edwards Esqr
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Hon. S. Prentiss
Senate US
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6612
Margaret Bailey
L. Canada
Vermont
Act 7 July 38
6612
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State of Vermont
Orleans County Clerks Office January 20th 1840

I Henry M. Bates Clerk of Orleans County Court certify that Peleg Redfield was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans--duly qualified on the Seventh day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine--that his commission bears date November Sixth Eight hundred and thirty Eight--and expired the last day of November one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty nine And also that he now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orleans--that his commission bears date November Twenty Fifth AD One thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine--and that it will Expire on the last day of November one Thousand and Eight Hundred and Forty--duly qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this Twentieth day of January AD One Thousand Eight hundred and Forty
Henry M Bates Clerk Orleans Co Court
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State of Vermont 
Orleans County
Be it known that before me Peleg Redfield a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Hananiah Hall of Eaton L.C. who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was been acquainted with Orsamus Bailey late of Eaton aforesaid and also with his widow Margaret Bailey forty years and have lived a near neighbor 37 of years and during which time they lived together as husband and wife brought up a large family of children and have even considered them not only legally & lawfully married but both of them persons of the strictest veracity and integrity he then said [illegible] further testifies that the said Orsamus died sometime in Sept 1834 he things and to his certain knowledge his widow the said Margaret has never married to any other but is still widow Bailey this deponent is 81 years old.
Hananiah Hall
 I certify that from personal knowledge I consider the above named Hananiah Hall to be a man of the strictest integrity and one of the verry first for thruth and veracity
Attest Peleg Redfield Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans Count
Be it known that before me Peleg Redfield a justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Ebenezer Learned of Eaton L.C. aged 65 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he has been intimately acquainted with the late Orsamus Bailey of Eaton LC and also with his widow Margaret Bailey ever since before they were married understood they were married but was not at the wedding knows for certainty that they have lived together as such brought up a large family of children until his deceas which [illegible] then took place five years ago this september watched with him he thinks the night but one before he died
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of sept. 1839 before me Peleg Redfield Justice Peace
State of Vermont
Orleans County
Be it known that before me Peleg Redfield a Justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared Susannah Hawley of Eaton L.C. aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath testify and say that she was at the wedding of Orsamus Bailey late of Eaton aforesaid that he married Margaret Whiteman of Warren N.H. with whom he lived until his decease which happened at Eaton aforesaid some time in the month of Sept. 33.  she thinks that they brought up a large family of children that she was never married to any other but is still to her certain knowledge the widow of the the said Orsamus that she the sd. Margaret was married the latter half of Winter or early in the spring 1787 that she went in a sleigh and that the said she was married by Esq. Ward Bailey of Guildhall [illegible] a Justice of the Peace for the county in which he lived.
Susanna Hawley
I certify that from information I consider the above named Ebenezer Learned and Susannah Hawley persons of veracity
attest Peleg Redfield Justice Peace
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John Merrill Deposition
for Orsamos Bailey
Found and affixed the seal of said Court at Lunenburg the 18th day of February AD 1834
Wm Gates, Clerk
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I Jon Merrill of Brunswick in the County of Essex and State of Vermont of Lawfull age being in my 83 year Testify & say that I am & have been for a Number of Years well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey formerly of Guildhall & now a Resident of Lemington in said State of Vermont that the said Bailey served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in a Company Commanded by Capt. Luther Richardson & Benjamin Sawyer first Line & in a Regiment Commanded by Colo. Timothy Bedel in the Continental line for the Term of one Year Commencing in April 1778 and Ending in April 1779 & he the said Orsamos Bailey acting or Serving a Part of time as a Waiter to said Capt. Luther Richardson which Company was in Past Stationed on the Frontier at said Guildhall I Belonged to said Company at the time & acted as a Sergeant I further state that I saw said Orsamos Bailey Doing Duty as a Soldier in the Years 1781 & 1782 as Going and Returning with Scouting Parties in the Neighbourhood of said Brunswick the said Orsamos Bailey served under his Father Lieut. Ward Bailey who Commanded a Company of State Troops Imployed to Guard the Frontiers & I verily Believe said Orsamos Bailey Served as a Soldier the Principal Part of the last Mentioned Years in said Company he being now in my Presence & I know him to be the same Person that served as aforesaid
John Merrill
State of Vermont
County of Essex at Brunswick this 19 [?] day of February 1834 then John Merrill signed of the above Deposition who is well known by me to be considered a person of Truth and veracity & I concur in that opinion I believe him to be a credible disinterested witness Personally appeared & made solemn oath the above affirmed by him subscribed is True before me 
Isaac Richardson Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I was well acquainted with the above named John Merrill and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Isaac Richardson Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Essex county
I Wm Gates Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Isaac Richardson who has affixed his name to the witness certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex duly qualified and sworn and I believe the name to be his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have ffixed the seal of said Court at Lunenburg this 18th day of February AD 1834
Wm. Gates Clerk
John Merrill Deposition for Orsamos Bailey
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Remarks from the War Department
And Remarks and Observations Returned to Department
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War Department
Pension Office
9 October 1833
Sir,
The papers in the case of Orsamos Bailey have been again examined, and are herewith enclosed to you.
It appears that he was a Waiter to Capt. Richardson.  Allowance is not made for Service in that capacity unless it be proved that the claimant was a duly enlisted Soldier detached for that Service.  The brief will point out another objection to the admission to the claim.
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J l Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
[illegible] Moody Bedel
@ Bath N.H.
Turn over
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Bath the 15 March 1834
Sir;
Enclosed with this are the Papers in the Case of Orsamos Bailey which are once more Referred to the Honorable Department of War for their Approbation--the Objection in the Brief is Remedied by the Proper Authority which you will see by the Ribbon being Placed in its Proper Place under the Seal of the Court by their Clerk as Directed in said Brief.
Your Mention that the applicant was a Waiter, True, but the Applicant says in his Declaration that he Enlisted as a Soldier & Waiter--it is next to an Impossibility to Prove a Persons Enlisting unless it is done by his own Affidavit or Declaration but in order to Satisfy the Department Clearly as is Possible for it to be done I have Fortunately for the Applicant been able to [illegible] the Testimony of John Merrill, Able and Sylvanus Learned all good men & True--Two of them Belonged to the same Company & the other Lived in the Neighbourhood that he served as a Soldier a Part of the time. this he would not have Done if it was not true that he was a Soldier; I think must be fully Satisfactory & I hope a favourable Return as soon as Convenient for the Man as an aged Blind Mother yet alove to support who has stood Sentinel Many times in the Course of the Revolutionary War--I am respectfully your Obed Servt
Moody Bedel
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I John Hugh of Averill in the County of Essex and State of Vermont of Lawfull Age being in my 72nd Year depose and say that in the years 1781 & 1782 I was acquainted with Orsamos Bailey then a Resident of Guildhall & now of Lemington in the County of Essex & State of Vermont & I Perfectly Recognise the said Orsamos Bailey who is now in my Presence to be the same Person that Served in a Company whereof Ward Bailey was Lieut. Comdr in Each of the aforesaid Years I think Eight Month in the Year 1781 & Nine Months in the Year 1782 in what was then called the Vermont line We were Stationed at what was then called Guildhall for our head Quarters & now called Maidstone in said State of Vermont in order to Protect the Frontier Inhabitants from the Depredations of the Enemy & their Allies the Savages I Serving in said Company with Said Orsamos Bailey at the time aforesaid
John Hugh
State of Vermont
Essex County 
Lunenburg Feby 18th 1834
Personally appeared John Hugh and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Wm Gates Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Hugh and that he is considered a man of truth and veracity
Wm. Gates Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Essex County
I Wm. Gates Clerk of the County Court wihtin and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Wm Gates Esqr whose name is subscribed to the written certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex aforesaid duly qualified and sworn and believe the same is his genuine signature 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lunenburg this 18th day of February AD 1834
Wm Gates Clerk
John Hughes Deposition
for Orsamos Bailey
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I Nathan Wait of Brunswick in the County of Essex and State of Vermont of Lawfull Age being in my 77th Year Testify & say that in the year 1781 I was well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey now a Resident of Lemington in said County & State he the said Orsamos Bailey being now in my Presence & know him to be the same Person that Served as a Soldier under his late Father Lieut. Ward Bailey & During said year I frequently saw the said Orsamos Bailey Passing with Scouting Parties in the Neighbourhood of Brunswick aforesaid & he Frequently Camped for the night at the House of my Brother in said Brunswick & I believe that he the said Orsamos Bailey Served the Greater Part of the Year aforesaid in said Company
Nathaniel Wait
State of Vermont
County of Essex at Brunswick this 19th day of [illegible] 1834 [1839?] Then Nathaniel Wait signer of the above deposition who is well known by me to be considered a person of Truth & veracity & I concur in that opinion  I believe him to be a [illegible] witness Personally appeared & made solemn oath the above affirm by him subscribed is True.
Isaac Richardson Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathaniel Wait and that he is a man of Truth and veracity
Isaac Richardson Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Essex County
I Wm Gates Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Isaac Richardson Esqr who has affixed his name to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Essex duly qualified and sworn and I believe the same is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lunenburg this 18th day of February 1834
Wm. Gates Clerk
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I Moody Bedel of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire of Lawfull age Being in my seventy  first Year; Testify & say that I am and have been well acquainted with Orsamos Bailey now a Resident of Lemington in the County of Essex and State of Vermont the Person who is now in my Presence & have been acquainted with him ever since the Year 1773 when we were schoolmates together at Newbury in the County of Orange & State of Vermont and I am Kowing to his Serving One Year as a Soldier & acted as a Waiter in the Revolutionary War to Capt. Luther Richardson in his Company in which Company Benjamin Sawyer and John Clark were Lieuts & in a Regiment Commanded by Timothy Bedel Esq as Colo John Wheelock Esq Lieut Colo & Josiah Stowe Esqr Major which Regiment was [illegible] & Paid by the Authority of the General Government of the United States Commencing on the first Day of April 1778 & Ending on the first Day of April 1779 According to their Several Enlistments or Engagements in April 1778 Capt Luther Richardson and a Part of his Company were Stationed the Principal Part of the year in (what is called) the Upper Coos on the Connecticut Revier at Guildhall & its Vicinity to Guard and Protect the frontier Inhabitants against the depredations of the Enemy I Belonging to the same Regiment was sent Several times as an Express to Capt Richardsons Command & I always found said Orsamos Bailey faithfull at his Duty During the Year aforesaid--I was likewise sent as an Express to the Command of Ward Bailey at said Guildhall in the Year 1781 & 2 & Perfectly recollect said Orsamos Bailey being there a Doing the Duty of Soldier in Both years under said Ward Bailey who was then called Captain
Moody Bedel
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
Bath August 20t 1833 [illegible] This Moody Bedel Signer of the above deposition who is personally known by me for many years past is considered a person of strict truth and veracity & I concur in that opinion & believe him a disinterested witness Personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true
Before me
Ebenezer Carleton Jr. Jus. Peace
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Deposition Moody Bedel
for Orsamos Bailey
State of New Hampshire
Grafton
I Stephen P Webster Cleark of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that Moody Bedel Esq'r is well known by me as a person of truth & veracity & that Ebenezer Carleton Jun. Esquire is now and was on the 20th day of August last an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and s such his attestations are entitled to merit, and that his signature within written is genuine--
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fifth day of September Anno Domini 1833.
S.P. Webster Clerk
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3713
Declaration
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State of Vermont
Essex County
I William Gates Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Essex do hereby certify that Wm. Gates Esq. before whom the within declaration of Orsamos Bailey was taken and sworn to is the Judge of the Probate Court within and for the district of [illegible] in the county of Essex afores'd and that his name there to subscribed is his genuine signature.
In witness thereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of sd Court at Lunenburg in sd County this 20th day of August AD 1832
Wm Gates Clerk
Declaration for a Pension Orsamos Bailey
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Orsamos Bailey [illegible] d. 1834 Burlington Agency
Act June 7, 1832 When paid
H H. S.
Sept 9 1821
Died 14th Sept 1834 [illegible] that period 
OH
W. Harry
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V 6612
Vt
Leelit to Hon. S. Prentiss
Feby 10, 1840
" " Jno Kimball July 13, 41
Act 7 July 38
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Mr. Edwards will receive herewith the papers of Margaret Bailey, and will be so good as to communicate to me his decision upon them.
Sam'l Prentiss
Saturday, Feb. 1st
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Evidence in the case of Orsamos Bailey
Lunenburg Esx

Additional testimony
Secretary of War 
Pension Office
City of Washington
Gates
Additional testimony
Orsamos Bailey
Vermont 
19086
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Lunenburg Novr 7th 1832

Sir enclosed is testimony to be used in the application of Orsamus Bailey of Lemington Essex Co. for a Pension--his papers were presented to the pension office some time since
Yours Respectfully, Wm. Gates