Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,129, Christopher S Bailey, Vt.
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  Vt.   /   Bailey, Christopher S.  /W 4. 129
           / Abigail                  / B.L.W. 32227-160-55
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State of Vermont 
Essex County ss} On this fifteenth day of March AD. 1853 Personally appeared before me Harvey G. Fry one of the Judges of the County Court for said County of Essex. Abigail Bailey a resident of Lemington in said County of Essex, aged seventy five years who is unable to appear in open Court on account of old age and bodily infirmity and who 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 February third A.D. 1853. That she is the widow of Christopher S. Bailey who was a private, and volunteer in the Revolutionary War and served with a  party of men raised for the defence of the frontier adjacent to the County then called the upper Coos in the state of New Hampshire under Lieutenant Ward Bailey Commandant in the years of A.D. 1781 and 1782 but the precise  time when he entered the service and when he left the same she is unable to state. That said Christopher S. Bailey resided at Guildhall in said County of Essex when he entered the service as aforesaid and that said service was performed on said frontiers between the Town of Haverhill in the state of New Hampshire and Canada Lines' She further declares that she was married to the said Christopher S. Bailey on the fifteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and three, and that her husband the said Christopher S. Bailey die on the twenty fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow. And that she has never before made application for a pension, Except one under the act of July 29th AD. 1848 under which act she now understands she is not entitled;. 
/s/Abigail Bailey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
/s/Harvey G. Fry {Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex
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State of Vermont
Essex County ss ⎬ I hereby Certify that Harvey G. Fay Esq. before whom the
foregoing Declaration was made and who has hereunto subscribed his name
was at the time of so doing one of the Judges of the County Court in and
for the County of Essex aforesaid duly commissioned and swor.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office as Clerk of the County Court of said County of Essex this
17th day of March AD. 1853
Wm. H. Hartshorn Clerk
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I Aden Bartlett of Bloomfield in the
County of Essex and State of Vermont of lawful
age depose testify and say that I was living in
the family of Christopher S. Bailey in
Lemington in said County of Essex at the time of
his intermarriage with Abigail Marshall on
the fifteenth day of October A.D. 1803, and I continued
 to live in the family of said Bailey for
about ten years after that time and I was well
acquainted with said Christopher S. Bailey all
the time thence forth till the time of his decease
in the year A.D. 1826 -- I was during all this time
also acquainted with said Abigail Bailey the wife
of said Christopher S. Bailey and now his widow
they lived together as husband and wife from the
time of their said intermarriage till his said
decease and they raised up a family of children
and Abigail Bailey who made her declaration
for a pension under the act of February 3rd AD. 1853.
before Harvey G. Fry assistant Judge of the County
Court for said County of Essex in the same person
who was the wife of said Christopher S. Bailey
John Bartlett
The State of Vermont 
Essex County S.S.
Before me a magistrate duly empowered by law to administer oaths at Bloomfield in the County of Essex aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September
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State of Vermont ⎬ I William N. Harthorne Clerk of the County
Essex County
Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac N. Bartlet before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and acknowledged and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid and that his signature is genuine.   In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of said County this 8th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty three

Wm H. Harthorne Clerk
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192.122 Act March 3 and July 19 '55

Abigail Bailey (wid)

Christopher S. Bailey

Bailey Pri.

32227 [illegible] July 

Rev. War.

Revolutionary Pensioner

160 [illegible] 27/56

Aden Bartlett
Bloomfield VT

Bloomfield VT

Vol. B 25
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192,122
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State of Vermont
County of Essex ⎬ SS.
On this second day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Bailey aged
seventy seven years a resident of Lemington in the State of Vermont,
who being duly sworn according to law, that she is the widow of
Christopher S. Bailey, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution
any War, the claimant now draws a pension under the act of third
of February 1853.

She further states that she was married to the said Christopher S. Bailey in Columbia County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, on the 15th day of October A.D. 1813, by one Ebenezer Brown a Justice of
the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was
Abigail Marshall, that her said husband died at Lemington
on the 25th day of July A.D. 1826, and that she is now a widow at
the date of executing this her declaration.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act
approved March 3, 1855.
Abigail Bailey
John Bailey 2d

We Benjamin F. Bailey and John Bailey residents of
Lemington and Bloomfield in the State of Vermont upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by Abigail Bailey in our presence, and that we believe, from the
appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical
person she represents herself to be.
Benjamin S. Bailey
John Bailey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed to before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim
Isaac A. Bartlett Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Essex County
I Hereby Certify that Israel .N. Battell Esqr before whom
the foregoing declaration and
affidavits were sworn to and
subscribed, and who has thereunto
subscribed his name was at the
time of so doing an authorized
Justice of the Peace, in and for the County
aforesaid, and that his signature thereto
is genuine-
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the seal of the County Court, for the County aforesaid this 6th
day of July A.D. 1855.
Wm H. Hartshorn, Clerk
said Court
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Increase 3.675

Vermont

Abigail Bailey widow of Christopher S. Bailey who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.

St. Johnsbury
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars /00 cents per annum, to commence on [Decd payments made since 27 July 1868] 

Certificate of Pension issued 28 day of Dec. 1868 and sent to Theron Howard St Johnsbury Vt.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 176 Vol. H

J. N Smith

1869 March 17
Allowed 160 acres bounty land
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[handwritten letter]
Lemington Vt.
Sept 12th

J. A. Bently 
Dear Sir
In reply to the enclosed letter I forward you the address of the only surviving daughter of Mrs. Bailey - Mrs. Nancy Shorey St Johnsbury Vermont with the request from her that you would forward the Bible to her as she prizes it highly and has regrets at its loss Please [illegible]
Yours &c
/s/C. Gould(?)
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N.O.M.T.B.S Division. Evans
Department of the Interior
Pension Office
Washington, D.C. Sep 18, 1877
Dear Madam,
I herewith transmit to your address the old family Bible which was sent to this office to be filed in evidence when Mrs. Abigail Bailey made application for pension.
Please acknowledge the receipt of the Bible on the back of this letter and return it (the letter) to this office in this enclosed envelope. 
Very respectfully,
O.R.Y. Clarke
Active Commissioner
Mrs. Nancy Shoney St. Johnsbury P.O.
Vermont
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Mr Clarke -- Dear sir

I received the bible you sent with much gratitude and many thanks.  My dear mother lived to the age of ninety three years.  She often spoke of her bible but supposed it to be lost entirely.

Yours with much respect.

Nancy M. Shorey
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October 30, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. John Driscoll
Apartment 408, The Fairfax
2100 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

CHRISTOPHER S. BAILEY
W. 4129
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your personal request of October 30, 1936,
for the Revolutionary War record of Christopher S. Bailey, W. 4129.

The record follows of Christopher S. Bailey as shown in claim
for pension, W. 4129, based upon his service in the Revolutionary
War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Christopher
S. Bailey are not given.

While residing in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont, Christopher
S. Bailey volunteered, date not stated, and served a tour in 1781,
length of service and names of officers not given. He served, also,
from March 12, 1782, to December 1, 1782, as private under Lieutenant
Ward Bailey (relationship not shown), in the Vermont troops engaged
in defending the frontiers of the Upper Coos. It was stated that he
served two years in the Revolutionary War, but no further details
were given.

The soldier died July 25, 1826, in Lemington, Vermont, where he
was then residing. His age was not stated.

Christopher S. Bailey, while residing in Lemington, Vermont,
married October 15, 1803, in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire,
Abigail Marshall. The date and place of her birth and names of
parents are not given.

Soldier's widow, Abigail Bailey, was allowed pension on her
application executed March 15, 1853, at which time she was aged
seventy-five years and a resident of Lemington, Essex County, Vermont.
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She was still living in Lemington in 1855. In 1868, she was living in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont. She died at the age of ninety-three years.
It was stated that Christopher S. Bailey and his wife, Abigail, reared a family of children, but the only name designated as that of a child was that of Mrs. Nancy M. Shorey. In 1868 she was residing in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, and made joint affidavit with one Rebecca Eastman, also a resident of Caledonia County, Vermont, in behalf of soldier's widow, Abigail. No relationship was shown between Rebecca Eastman and the soldier's family. In 1877, it was stated that this Mrs. Shorey was the only surviving daughter of the soldier.
In 1855, one Benjamin F. Bailey and John Bailey were living in Lemington, Vermont; their relationship to soldier's family not shown.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1935 Nov 7 Hist to Mrs. John Driscoll
(see ltr in clm N. 1555 of Wid Bailey) - mlb

1936 Oct 30 Copy of hist again sent to Mrs.
John Driscoll - mlb

WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4129
Abigail Bailey
Wid.
Christopher S. Bailey
Pvt. Rev. War

Act Feby 3 of 53, July 2 of 68

Index:  Vol. A, Page 30

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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S. 32227 
160 acres
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[addressed envelope]
JAMES A. MORGAN
Attorney & Counsellor-at-Law,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
If not called for in ten days, please return. 
[margin note: 326.667 Original app. for Bounty Land Act of March 3, 1855 Abigail -wid- of Christopher S. Bailey Revolution]
Hon. C. C. Cox,
Com'r of Pensions
[receipt stamp: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE MAR 5 1869]
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[copy of post marked envelope]

L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.

192.122
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Received for Bible & file Sep 28 18[illegible]

File No. 4129
Abigail Bailey
Widow of Christopher S. (75 in 53)
Pri. Rev. War.
Lemington Essex Co Vt

Agent
Aden Bartlett
Bloomfield Essex Co VT
Bible was sent by agent to this office in 1853.

[signature illegible]
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86
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Abigail Bailey wid. of Christopher S. Bailey Private

[illegible] Ward Bailey Co.

Vermont Infantry
8 mo & 18 days

Revolutionary War
File with No 32.227 160/55

[crossed out - Abigail Bailey is a pension w roll of Vermont and is
entitled to 160 acres of land]
[signature illegible]

March 17 1869
Henry O. Kent
James A. Morgan
[illegible] Lancaster
Present N. H.

Room 46

Rejected March 17 /69
Letter to [illegible] A Meyers

[illegible]  160 acres of land July 1 1856

Bloomfield Vt

32227
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3674

Vermont Montpelier

Abigail Bailey widow of Christopher S. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars /00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d Februar, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 14th day of Feb. 1854 and sent to Aden Bartlett Bloomfield Vt

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 34 Vol. A

Sent to A. Bark  Mch 12 /55
Aden Bartlett
Nov 3 1856

Date of widow's death not on A.B.
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Mr Bartlett
Dear Sir
As one Justice has taken the acknowledgment of both depositions I do not think more than one certificate needed
Yours &c /s/J. W. Merriam
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I Luther Hibbard of Hereford in the
Province of Canada East of [illegible]
testify and say that I am acquainted with
the widow Abigail Bailey of Lemington
in the County of Essex and State of Vermont
and was acquainted with her late husband
Christopher S Bailey deceased.  I was present
at the wedding of the said Christopher S
Bailey and Abigail Bailey.  They were
lawfully married at Columbia in the
County of Coos and State of New Hampshire
on the fifteenth day of October AD 1803 by
Ebenezar Brown Esqr a Justice of the Peace
for said County of Coos.  I was present
and saw and heard the marriage ceremonies
of the said Christopher S Bailey and Abigail
Bailey performed.  Said Abigail Bailey's
name before her said marriage was Abigail
Marshall
Luther Hibbard

The State of Vermont ⎬ 
Essex County
At Canaan in the  said County of Essex on
the thirtieth day of November AD 1853
Lether Hibbard Personally appeared
before me a magistrate duly empowered
by law to administer oaths and subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the
foregoing affidavit, and I further
certify that said Luther Hibbard is well
known to me and that he is a credible
Witness
William Rich Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Essex County

I William N. Hartshorn Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that William Rich before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and acknowledged and who hereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid and that his signature is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand affix the seal of said county this 8th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty three.

William N. Hartshorn Clerk
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No text
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On this 28 day of December 1858 personally appeared before me A E Barking Clerk of Court in Caledonia County and State of Vermont Abigail Bailey aged 90 years a resident of St. Johnsbury Caledonia County who being duly sworn according to law declares she is the identical Abigail Bailey to whom was granted pension certificate under 2 Section of the Act of February 3 1853 as widow of Christopher S. Bailey payable at Montpelier by W. H. H Bingham Agent for paying pensions in the Vermont Agency at the rate of $28.66 per annum, issued under the Act of February 3, 1853.  That she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the 13th Section of the Act of July 27 1868.

I hereby appoint Therrin Howard of St. Johnsbury to my atty to prosecute this claim and receive a certificate for same when allowed.

Also personally appeared residents of Caledonia County persons whom I certify to be [illegible] and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Abigail Bailey to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and this acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that they have no intent in the prosecution of this claim.
Nancy [illegible]
[illegible]
Sworn and subscribed before me this 28 day of December 1858 and I hereby certify that I have no intent in the present of this claim.

J. E. Rankin
County Clerk.
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324.667

FORM OF A DECLARATION
TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW OF A
DECEASED PERSON WHO HAS NOT
HAD A LAND WARRANT, OR MADE
A DECLARATION THEREFOR.

CLAIM OF
ABIGAIL BAILEY

FILED BY 
HENRY O KENT ATTORNEY
LANCASTER N H

Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11th St., Washington, D.C.
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STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Caledonia ss.

On this 22nd day of February, A.D. 1869, personally appeared before me, (1) a Master in Chancery within and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Bailey, aged 91 years, a resident of St. Johnsbury in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Christopher S. Bailey deceased, who was a Private, in the Revolutionary War.

She further asserts that she is the holder of Pension Certificate No. 3674 - widow's increase, issued by the Department of the Interior December 28, 1868 to replace a former certificate, and she refers to the evidence filed to establish said pension, to exhibit the service and discharge of her said husband - her own marriage with him, and all other facts pertinent to the case - full proof being now on file in the office of the Pension 
Bureau.

I hereby authorize and empower Henry G. Kent of Lancaster N. Hampshire my attorney, to prosecute this my claim, to receive any certificate or warrant which may be issued in my name, receipt for the same, and receive any and all moneys due thereon, giving unto him full power to endorse my name on said certificate or warrant, and to do any other act in my name necessary to the full and final settlement of the claim.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.  She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.

Signature of Claimant, Abigail Bailey

Witnesse's Certificate.

We, N. M. Brownell and Nancy M. George residents of St. Johnsbury, in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Baily in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and is still a widow.

Two Witnesses,
N. M. Brownell
Nancy M. George

1.  A Justice of the Peace, or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements.
2.  Enlisted, or volunteered, or was drafted.
*  If the claimant was a regiment or staff officers, the declaration must be varied according to the facts of the case.
+ If the claimant was discharged in consequence of disability incurred by the service, or if he was in captivity with the enemy, he must vary his declaration so as to set forth the facts of the case.
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above
written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents
herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
O. S. Burke Master in Chancery

Clerk's Certificate.

State of 
County of 

STATE OF VERMONT
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
CALECONIA. ss.

I, J. C. Bankin
Clerk of the COUNTY COURT, for
the County of Caledonia, by Court of Record, and having a seal as hereto attached, do certify that O. S. Burke Esq.,  was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is, a
Master in Chancery
within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified:   that his signature to the forgoing jurat and certificate is genuine: that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and in due form:  and that as such officer,  he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to the acknowledgment of Deeds and deposition, and to administer Oaths, &c.

In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at St. Johnsbury this 24 day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and Nine

[signature illegible] clerk.
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
O. S. Burke  Master in Chancery

Clerk's Certificate
State of
County of 

I _________________________, Clerk of the ___________________ County Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that __________________Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereunto signed his name was at the time of so doing a __________________ in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed my official seal, this ________________ day of __________________186_.
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Colebrook N.H. March [illegible] 1855
Sir
Abigail Bailey of Vermont a Revolution Pensioner is inscribed on the [illegible] at the court of [illegible] under the Section of the [illegible]. She wishes me to state to the department that previous to her application [illegible] pension she filed in the pension office the affidavit [illegible] that her husband was two years with them in the Revolutionary War and [illegible] at the same time the family Bible containing the Record of her marriage_ Afterwards she filed Record Evidence of nine months service and a second Evidence of said Service.

Since that time [illegible] both deceased_ She wishes [illegible] to inquire whether that Evidence is now on file and if so what further Evidence is required to entitle her to an increase of Pension.

I am respectfully
Your obdt Servant
Albert Barker

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Bloomfield, Essex Co. Vt
Nov. 2, 1850

Sir,

In March last I forwarded to your office evidence in regard to Revolutionary services of Christopher S. Bailey since
which time I have heard nothing from it.

I wish to know whether the papers in the case duly recd at your office, and what has been done in regard thereto.

The act under which he was entitled to draw was passed I believe in 1818 and he deceased in 1826 evidence of which was sent. His widow, Abigail Bailey, is entitled: to whatever was his due.   I am her agent and wish to know what she would be entitled to under the existing law if the evidence is sufficient to substantiate his service. I supposed
the evidence sent to be sufficient-- if not you will please inform me.

Mrs. Abigail Bailey will not be entitled to draw as his widow after his death not having been married to him till subsequent to 1800.  I am informed that there has been an effort to extend the
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benefits of the law for the relief of widows as to include those who were married subsequent to 1800.  Is there a probability that such a law will pass?

Will you have the goodness to write me on the rect of this and give me the desired information and oblige.

Yours Respectfully
Aden Bartlett

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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I Abel Hobart of Columbia in the County
of Coos and State of New Hampshire
testify and say that I have given my
deposition at the request of Abigail Bailey
to be used to prove her claim to a pension
and further testify and say that I am
Eighty four years and two months
old and that I was well acquainted with
Christopher S. Bailey for many years
before his death, that he lived and died
in Lemington in the County of Essex &
State of Vermont and within two miles
of the place where I resided at that time
and that I never knew any other man of
that name residing in the Country and

I further testify and say that it was
generally reported and understood in this
part of the country that said Christopher S.
Bailey was engaged as a soldier in the
Revolutionary war and I have often
heard said Bailey state this to be the fact
and I never heard or suspected that the
fact or truth was otherwise
Abel Hobart
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State of New Hampshire
Coos County SS. 
Jany 28th 1854

Then Abel Hobart personally appeared
before me and subscribed and made oath to the
truth of the foregoing affidavit and I further
Certify that I am well acquainted with
said Abel Hobart and he is a credible
witness
Harvey Hobart
Justice of the Peace
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I James Lewis of Columbia in the County of Coos State of New Hampshire Testify and say that I have given a former deposition to be used in prosecuting the Petition of Abigail Baily for a pension and I further testify and say that I am seventy two years and three
months old and that I had been acquainted with Christopher Bailey formerly of Lemington in the County of Essex & State of Vermont 
for more than twenty years before his death and I never knew any other man of the same name in this County that I lived within a few miles of the residence of said Christopher J. Bailey and that I
always understood and it was the received & current report in this country that said Christopher S. Bailey was engaged as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and I never heard or suspected the truth
to be otherwise.

James Lewis

State of New Hampshire
Coos County S.S. Jany 28th 1854

Mr James Lewis personally appeared before me and subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and I further
certify that I am well acquainted with said James Lewis and
he is a credible witness.

Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph W Merriam Asst. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Harvey Hobart is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, as within, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County this 3d day of February Anno Domini 1854.

J.W. Merriam Asst. Clerk
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Let of 13" Jany is asking how Oakley & Lewis know that Mrs: is the person estab. by Sec'y State
/s/Boynton
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Bloomfield Jan 28th 1854
Hon Com. of Pensions
Sir:
I received
yours of Jan 13 respecting the claim
of Abagail Baily and that the
evidence sent was not satisfactory
respecting the Identity of Christopher
S. Bailey.  I have the testimony of
his neighbors, aged man, and
who have been acquainted with
him for may years, but am unable
to find any person living that was
with him in the army, and from
the nature of the case. I hope these
will be adjudged sufficient.

Yours Respectfully,
Hon. Con. Pensions
Aden Bartlett
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I Abel Hobart of Columbia County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, on oath depose and say, that I was acquainted with Christopher S. Bailey in his lifetime that he was the husband of Abagail Bailey the Claimant, that he was the identical person who rendered the service recited in the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Vermont, filed with her application.

Abe Hobart

State of New Hampshire, Coos ss:

December thirtieth A D. 1853 - Personally appeared Abel Hobart above named and subscribed, and made oath to the above affidavit.
I also certify that I am acquainted with the above named Abel Hobart, and that he is a creditable witness.

Before me
Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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I, J. W. Merriam Assistant Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos, State of New Hampshire
do hereby certify that Harvey Hobart is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, as within, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 day of January A.D. 1854.

J. W. Merriam Asst. Clerk
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Bloomfield Vt. Dec 30th 1853

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:

I received a letter from you stating, that it was necessary for Abagail Bailey claimant for a Pension, to prove that her husband was the identical person named in the certificate of
the Secretary of the State of Vermont

I have taken two affidavits  which I think
will prove that point satisfactorily.

Yours Respectfully
Aden Bartlett
Hon.  Com. of Pensions
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I James Lewis of Columbia, County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, on oath
Depose and say that I was acquainted with Christopher S. Bailey in his lifetime; that
he was the husband of Abagail Bailey the claimant, that he was the identical
person who rendered the service, recited in the certificate of the Secretary of the
State of Vermont filed with the application.

James Lewis

State of New Hampton, Coos SS. December thirteenth A.D. 1853 - Personally appeared James Lewis above named,  and subscribed and made oath to
to the above affidavit Before me Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace.

I also hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named James Lewis and
that he is a creditable witness.

Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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I J. W. Merriam Asst. Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Coos, State of New Hampshire,
do hereby certify that Harvey Hobart is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said
County, as within, and that the signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court this
2d day of January A.D. 1854.

J. W. Merriam Asst. Clerk
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Bloomfield Vt. Dec. 6, 1853-

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

In the case of Mrs.
Abagail Bailey I have sent the Bible
with the family record, with the other papers
which it seems by your letter is lost. I
proved two years service by Sylvanus
Learned and John Hugh who are both dead now. I have
an affidavit of Sylvanus Learned and which
was taken first, and by reason of the mistake
of calling Ward Baily, the man that
commanded the company, Captain, when
in fact he was Lieutenant I took another, \which is lost, I have preserved this one and now offer it as Mr. Learned
is dead and cannot obtain another.

Yors Respectfully
Aden Bartlett
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
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I Elias Lyman of Lemington in the County
of Essex and State of Vermont testify and say that
I was acquainted with Christopher S. Bailey
and with Abigail Bailey then the wife but now
the widow of said Christopher S. Bailey for
a number of years prior to the decease of
the said Christopher Bailey which took
place in or about the year A.D. 1826. They
lived together as husband and wife ever
after I knew them at and until
his said decease and I have been well
acquainted with said Abigail Bailey ever
since till the present time.  There is no
other person of that name in said town of
Lemington and Abigail Bailey of Lemington
who has made her application for a pension
under the Act of February 3d 1853 is the same
person who was the wife of said Christopher S. Bailey -

Elias Lyman

State of Vermont Essex County S.S. at Bloomfield September 17th 1853 [illegible] Elias Lyman personally appeared before me a magistrate duly empowered by law to administer oaths and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
and I further certify that said Elias Lyman is well known to me and
that he is a credible Witness

Isaac N Bartlett
Justice of the Pace
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State of Vermont
Essex County

I William N. Hawthorn Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I Israel N. Bartlett before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and acknowledged and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid.  And that his signature is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County this 8th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty three.

William N. Hawthorn, Clerk
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I Alonzo Eastman certify that I am
Town Clerk of the Town of Columbia in
the County of Coos and State of New Hamp
shire and have the custody of all the Town
Records of said town, that I have made
diligent search of all the records & papers
in my office and that I find no record
of the Marriage of Christopher S. Bailey
or of Abigail Marshall in my office-

Alonzo Eastman

State of New Hampshire
Coos Co September 8th AD. 1853

Personally appeared Alonzo Eastman before
me a magistrate duly empowered by law to administer
oaths and subscribed and made oath
to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
And I further certify that said Alonzo Eastman
is well known to me.  He is the Town Clerk of said
Town of Columbia and is a credible witness/

Harvey Hobart Justice of the Peace
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I James M Rix Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas, within & for the County of Con, State of
New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Harvey
Robert is a Justice of Peace within and for
said county as within and that the signature
purporting to be his is genuine.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court, this seventh day of
December Anno Domini 1853

James M Rix Clerk.
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Bloomfield Essex Co Vt. July 18th 1853

To the Hon. Comm of Pensions

Some two or three
years since I sent to the Pension office
the Declaration of Abagail Bailey, widow
of Christopher S. Bailey of Lemington St
Claimant for a pension, for the services of her
husband, rendered in the war of the Revolution.
Since that time I understand there has been
an act passed by Congress giving to her a pension.
Last March I send a new declaration 
made by her, and what I wish to know is
has the last declaration reached the Pension
office, and will the testimony of service sent
with the first application suffice, on must
new testimony be sent?

Please write me on the receipt of this
as the widow is anxious to know about it.

Yours Respectfully
Adin Bartlett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Bloomfield Vt. March 30th 1853-

Dear Sir

Enclosed herewith please find the declaration 
of Abigail Bailey the Evidence to substantiate
her claim will be found in the Pension office-
I sent it-- two affidavits and the family Bible &
a copy of the Rolls at Montpelier Vt. about the
21st of July 1849 or 1850 - I am not certain which
year the I think it was 1850 - I request the
attention of the Department to this claim as soon as
possible-- If the proof now in the Pension Office is not
sufficient to establish this claim under the present
Declaration please inform me what additional
proof will be required as soon as possible-

The affidavits to prove the service were those
of John Hugh of Canaan & Sylvanus Learned
of Ryegate Vt both pensioners at that time, but
since deceased,

Yours very respectfully
Aden Bartlett
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I Sylvanus Learned of Ryegate in the County
of Caledonia & State of Vermont of lawfull age depose
and say That I was a soldier in the United States
Servis in the year 1781 under Captain Ward
Bayley then of Guildhall Vermont. I further
state that Christopher S. Bayley also served
with me one year and was stationed at Gillhall
and between their and Canaday Line at different
Indian trases and I further state that the said
Christopher S. was a resident of said Guildhall

Sylvanus Learned

Ryegate May 7th 1849

When personally appeared
the above named Sylvanus Learned and made
Solem Oath to the foregoing deposition before me
as being according to truth

Harry Moore
Justice Peace

This certifies that I am acquainted with the
aforesaid Sylvanus Learned and he is a man of good
standing as to truth and verasity

 Harry Moore Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
I G. A. Burbank Clerk of the County Court of said County
& State I hereby certify that
Harry Moore was at the time of signing the within an acting
Justice of the Peace for said County, and the two signatures within
are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the
seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 8th day of
May 1849-
G. A. Burbank
Clerk
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Bloomfield Vt. Oct. 1856

Hon Josiah Minot Com of Pensions

Sir, I wish information relative
to the proper steps to be taken to
establish the claim of Wid. Abigail
Bailey of Lemington Vt. to arrearage
of pension from Mar 4th 1848 to
Feb. 3, 1853, hitherto said to be unjustly
withheld by the pension officer
under an erronious construction
of said act of 1853.  Any blank forms
or any instruction necessary please
forward and much oblige
Yours truly
Aden Bartlett,
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Brief in the case of Abigail Bailey, widow of Christopher S. Essex County and State of Vermont. 
act 3: Feb'y: 1853
Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase")' crossed out]
[blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.) [blank]
Is is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? It either, state the substance.
Husband was a private of Infantry 8 months & 18 days in War of revolution. Service supported by Vermont rolls. Identity satisfactory. Husband died 1826. Applicant his widow. Marriage proven by two witnesses present & 1 to general reputation of marriage & cohabitation.
(If for increase,) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]
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St Johnsbury
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Increase 3.674
Brief in the case of Abigail Bailey Widow of Christopher S Bailey
Private Rev St Johnsbury Caledonia
County and State of Vermont
Act 2d Sec Feb. 3. 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,

A pensioner roll of Vermont at of 28.66 per annum
Certificate returned.
claims inc as provided by act of July 27, 1868.

Personal identity known

Admitted Dec. 1868 to a pension at $96. per annum
to commence July 27, 1868 deducting
Pay made since.

Name and residence of Agent.
Theron Howard
St Johnsby Vermont

W. E Trask
Examining Clerk.
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Payment to be made at Montpelier
by Wm H. H. Bingham
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 34 Vol. A
G. T. Getty Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb
ary 3, 1853 Abigail Bailey widow of Christopher S. Bailey
who was a Private in the revolutionary war
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Eight
dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this fourteenth day of February
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four -

W Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
[illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, September 8th 1853

I certify that there is on file in this
office "a pay roll of Lieut. Ward Bayley's Company
raised for the defence of the upper Coos by order of
the Assembly at their Session in February 1782,"
in which appears the name of Christopher S.
Bailey, with an allowance of service as private
in said company from March 12th 1782 to December
1st in the same year

Given under my hand & the seal of this
office this Eighth day of September A.D. 1833

Ferrand F. Merrill
Secretary of State
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S21.667
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JAMES A. MORGAN,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
AND SOLICITOR OF PATENTS
Box 31    Washington D.C.   March 3, 1869

Sir:
I have the honor to enclose
the application for Bounty
Land Act of March 2, 1836
of Abigal Bailey wildow
of Christopher S. Bailey a
soldier in the war of the Revolution
---
Very Respectfully
Jas. Morgan

Hon. C. C Cox
Comr of Pensions
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Widow
File N. 4129
Abigail Bailey
Widow of
Christopher S. Bailey
Pri. Rev. War
Receipt for Bible &c
Enclosed & to be filed
Sep 28. 1877.
Evans
Clk
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[initials in left corner N.O W. & B. L. D.  W.B.E.]

Department of the Interior
Pension Office.
Washington D.C. June 12 1877

Dear Sir

Please furnish this office with the names and P.O. addresses of some of the descendants of Abigail Bailey, widow of Christopher S. Bailey, late a private in the Rev. War. and former residents of your town.


Application for pension was made by the widow in 1853.  She was then 75 years of age.  A bible, containing a family record, was filed in evidence.  It is now desired to return said bible to the family.

The agent's name who acted for the widow is Aden Bartlett of Bloomfield Essex C. Vt.

Please return this letter with your reply.
Very respectfully
J. A. Bentley
Commissioner

[lower left corner To the Lost [illegible] Lemington Essex County Vt]
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[illegible]
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St Johnsbury Vt. Dec. 2 1868
Sir

I enclose herewith the certificate
of Abigail Bailey & her application
for [illegible] of Pension under the
13 Section of the act of July 27 1868
you will see she is very old &
can not live many years but
[illegible] to obtain an Increase
as provided by act
Respectfully your
Thence Howard
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Personal Request

Mrs John Driscoll
The Fairfax
Apt. 408 2100 Mass. Ave.

Oct 30, 1936
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November 7, 1935

Ward Bailey, W. 15555
Christopher S. Bailey, W. 4129
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. John Driscoll
Wildwood Acres 
Tilton, New Hampshire

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter of November 2, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Orlando Carter, born July 7, 1761, in Canterbury, New Hampshire, had wife Judith and died December 7, 1849; Ward Bailey, born 1742, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, had wife Mary and died December 26, 1823, in Lemington, Vermont; also, Christopher Sargent Bailey, born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1767, had wife Abigail and died in Lemington, Vermont, July 25, 1826.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of Orlando Carter. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. 

You are furnished herewith the records of Ward Bailey and Christopher S. Bailey. 

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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November 7, 1935

Mrs. John Driscoll
Wildwood Acres 
Tilton, New Hampshire

Christopher S. Bailey
W. 4129
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Christopher S. Bailey, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4129, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of this soldier and names of his parents are not shown. 

While residing in Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont, Christopher S. Bailey volunteered, date not given, and served a tour in 1781, length of service and names of officers not stated. He served, also, from March 12, 1782, to December 1, 1782, as private under Lieutenant Ward Bailey (relationship not shown), in the Vermont troops, engaged in defending the frontiers of the Upper Coos. It was stated that he served two years in the Revolutionary War, but no further details were given. 

The solder died July 25, 1826, in Lemington, Vermont, where he was then residing. His age was not stated. 

Christopher S. Bailey, while residing in Lemington, Vermont, married October 15, 1803, in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire, Abigail Marshall, date and place of her birth and names of parents not given. 

Soldier's widow, Abigail Bailey, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Lemington, Essex County, Vermont. She was still living there in 1855. In 1868 she was living in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont. She died at the age of ninety-three years. 

It was stated that Christopher S. Bailey and his wife, Abigail, reared a family of children, but the only name designated as that
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of a child was Mrs. Nancy M. Shore (whose name was given as the
only surviving daughter. In 1868 she was living in Saint
Johnsbury, Vermont, and made a joint affidavit with one Rebecca
Eastman, also a resident of Caledonia County, Vermont, in behalf
of soldier's widow, Abigail. No relationship was shown between
Rebecca Eastman and soldier's family. ┃ 1877 it was stated that
this Mrs. Charley was the only surviving daughter of the soldier

In 1855, one Benjamin F. Bailey and John Bailey were living in
Lemington, Vermont; their relationship to the family not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator