Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8344, Elisha Bailey, Va.

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Virginia
Bailey, Elisha Hannah
W. 8344

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19361
Kentucky

Elisha Bailey
of Adair County in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the  commanded by Captain Leak of the Regimental commanded by Colonel Campbell of the line for 8 months

Inscribed in the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of September 1823 and Columbia

Arrears to the 4th of September 66.66
Some-ant. allowance ending March 33.33

$99.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

REcorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 4

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Kentucky 5334
Hannah Bailey
widoe of Elisha Bailey VA
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
26 Dollars 66 Cents perannum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of April 1844 and sent to C. H. Trabue Frankfort, Kentucky

Act of March 3, 1843.

Record in Book A,
Vol. 1. Page 166

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26.707
Elisha Bailey
Ken.
From Apri 1781 pension
8 months
$26.66

N. Miller
Columbia
Ken

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War Department, Pension Office
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Elisha Bailey
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of claimant's service: Years, Months, Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
May 1781. 3 [underneath months]. Pr. Capt Leake. 69 VA. Traditions.
" [May 1781]. 2 [underneath months]. " [Pr.]. Barret lcol Campbell.
" [May 1781]. 3 [underneath months]. " [Pr.]. Capt Leake.

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS [stamp],
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 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 } ss.
County of } [contained within previous bracket]
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]

[Here there set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
[blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of
the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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?
[6. continued] 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 inquiry where 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 of 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 signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so [illegible] as to allow the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ ' and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months [in italics], is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the face.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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State of Kentucky
Adair County

On this the 15th day of May 1843 Personnally appeared before me Daniel Suddarth an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State, Mrs. Hannah Bailey a resident of the said County and Seventy nine yars and hwo after being first duly sworn according to said on her oath make the following Proclamation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress papers 7 July 1838, entitled "An Act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" toit that she is the widow of Elisha Bailey who was a soldierin the Revolutionary War and she thinks belonged to the Virginia Militia and on account of his service as said soldier in said Pension under the act of the 7 June 1830, and continues to receive this  Pension until his death which took place on the 30th day of November 1841, and to the evidence composing the matter of the application of the said husband for said pension she offers for such particulars as an  in the investigation of her claim. She further declares that her dead husband in the said county of Adair for forty years to his death which took place in said county. She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Bailey on the 19th day of December Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Two, that her said husband died on the 30th day of November 1841. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 at the time above stated, that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband. Her sworn submission before me 

Daniel Suddarth

Hanneh Bailey (her mark)

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and I the foregoing subscribed Justice hereby certify that the foregoing Declarant is personally known to me, and I know her to be the widow of Elisha Bailey who was previous to his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and I know her to be a Lady of
respectability and one whose statements ought to mend full faith
and credit - I also certify that the foregoing declarant is by mason of old age, and consequent loss of strength, wholy prevented from appearing in Open Court. she is on account of her bodily infirmity confined to her room & is now sick.
I also certify that the said Declarant on her oath states that she has no documentary evidence in favor of her claim except a [illegible] from her Bible which I herewith file

In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name this the 15th day of May 1843
Daniel Suddarth  JPeace

State of Kentucky
Adair County 
Sct.

I William Caldwell Clerk of the County
Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Daniel Suddarth whose name appears to the foregoing declaration
& certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace
[illegible] County of Adair aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified & the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and

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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Elisha Bailey Son of John Bailey and Mary Bailey his Wife Was borne Nov the 20th.......1763

Hannah Gay Daughter of Thomas Gay and Peggey Gay his Wife Was borne March 11th.....1764

Thomas T. Bailey Son Elisha Bailey and Hannah Bailey his Was Borne April the 3rd..........1784

Polley S. Bailey was borne April [illegible].......1786

John Bailey Was borne Jul [crossed out] July 22nd...1798

Betsey Bailey was borne December 31st....179[illegible]

BIRTHS.
Continued
Samuel B. Bailey was Borne 19th of Jany 1796

Hiram Bailey was Borne August 18 - 1798

Terry Bailey was Borne Decem 27th 1800

Blane Bailey was Borne Jany 13th 1803

Benjamin Ba [crossed out] Bailey was borne August 25th 1809

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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Elisha Bailey and Hannah Gay Was joined in Marriage the 19th of December 1782

MARRIAGES.
Thomas T. Bailey son of Elisha Bailey and Hannah Bailey his Was joined in Marriage to Polly Atkinson the 12th of July 1809

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Bailey Elisha
Declaration for pension
July 1833

26707

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State of Kentucky
Adair County

On this 1st day of July 1833 personally appeared in open court before the County Court for the County now sitting Elisha Bailey a resident of Adair County and State aged 69 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated...

That he entered the service in the Spring of 1781 under Captain Leak in the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia as a militia man is all his service where he then lived in the month of April but does not recollect the particular date of the month. The Regiment and number thereof he does not recollect but the Command was either General Nelson or Lawson. He was however unde the Command of both this and other in a subsequent town which he will speak about. That he marched from Albemarle County to Richmond Virginia from thence to Cabin Point by thn sometimes marched to Fredericksburg and was there discharged by Captain Leak in writing Lieutenance discharge has been long since lost. This tour was three months. That in a short time after he was discharged and returned home to engage as a substitute for Zackariah Roberts under Captain Barnett who was under Colonel Campbell and marched to New York and lay there sometime and then marched about through the Country to avoid the enemy as we were not at the time strong enough to go into action and then returned to York and there remained

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until after Cornwallis was taken at the taking of whom he was present after which he with others marched to the Maryland lines to gather the prisoners that far he was then discharged but by whom he does not recollect the discharge is lost. He would here state that the town under Captain Barnett when he was a substitute for Z. Robers was two months and he got only a verbal discharge is any. That when he was at the taking of Cornwallis he was under Captain Leak tho Colonel whom he was he does not recollect, but that Layfayette and General Washington were the Commanders in Chief that this last tour under Captain Lea was about three months and that a verbal discharge but from whom he does not recollect. He states that in the first tour under Captain Leak he served three months. The second tour he was under Captain Barnett and Colonel Campbell three months. The third tour under Captain Leak three months making in all eight months he served. That he was born in the year 1764 the month

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not recollected. He has no record of his age. He lived in Albermarle County Virginia after his service several years the exact time he cannot recollect. He then removed to the County of Lincoln in the State of Kentycky. Lived there sometime then removed the County of Adair where he now resides. That he is known in his neighborhood to Harrison McGill, Alexander Walker and Jackson Atkins. That he has no documentary eveidence that he knows of no person living by whome he can prove his service. He relinquished every claim whater to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscried this day and year

Elisha Bailey

Samuel Wilson, a clergyman residing in the County of Adair and Charles Skaggs residing the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elisha Bailey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood whee he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid

Samuel Wilson
Charlges Skaggs

And the said court do herebey declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogarories prescribed by the War Department that the

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above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Wilson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Adair and tht E who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Adair and is a credible person , and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Kentucky Adair County
William Cladwell clerk of the Adair County Court do certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the 2d court in the matter of the application of Elish Bailey for a pension. Testimony where of I have herewith my hand and seal of office this day of July 1833. 42nd year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

William Caldwell

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August 11, 1936

Mr. E.E. Macy
Warm Springs 
Oregon

ELISAH BAILEY
W. 8344
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herein the record of Elisha Bailey as obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8344, based upon his service in the Revoluationary War.

Elisha Bailey, son of John Bailey and his wife, Mary, was born November 20, 1763. The place of his birth was not given.

While a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, Elisha Bailey enlisted in April, 1781, and served three months as private in Captain Leak's Virginia company, after which he returned home. A short time after being discharged, he enlisted, date not given, and served two months as private in Captain Barnett's company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment. He then served a tour of three months as private in Captain LEak's Virginia company and marched to Yorktown where he was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.

The soldier resided in Albermarle County, Virginia, several years after the Revoluationary War then moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he lived for some time then moved to Adair County, in that state.

Elisha Bailey was allowed pension on his application executed July 1, 1833, at whih time he was a resident of Adair County, Kentucky. He died in that county November 30, 1841.

Elisha Bailey married December 18, 1781, Hanna Gay, born March 11, 1764, who was the daughter of Thomas Gay and his wife Peggey. The place of birth of Hannah Gay and of her marriage to the soldier are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Hannah Bailey, was allowed pension on her application executed May 15, 1843, while a resident of Adair County, Kentucky, where she was still living the following year.

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The following family data are shown in the claim:
Thomas T. Bailey, son of Elisha
Bailey and his wife, Hannah, born April 3, 1784; married July 12, 
1809, Polley
Atkinson.
[table without column headings, arranged First Name. Last Name. Born. Month. Day and Year.]
Polley L. Bailey. ". April. 1, 1786
John. ". ". July. 22, 1788.
Betsey. ". ". December. 31, 179-(record torn).
Samuel B. ". ". January. 19, 1796.
Hiram. ". ". August. 18, 1798.
Terry (?). ". ". December. 27, 1800.
Blane. ". ". January. 13, 1803.
Benjamin. ". ". August. 25, 1809.
Hetty. ". ". January. 24, 1792.

In 1833, one Samuel Wilson, a clergyman, and Charles Scaggs, both residents of Adair County, Kentucky, made joint affidavit that they knew the soldier, Elisha Bailey.

Very Truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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1936, August 11 - Hist to E.E. Macy

Revolutionary Widow, &c.

File No. 8344
Hannah Bailey
Widow of Elisha Bailey
Revolutionary War

Act: March 3 of 43

Index - Vol. A, Page 31

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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7584
Kentucky

Hanna Bailey
widow of Elisha Bailey

who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and died on the 30th November, 1841
of Adair County in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Leak of the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell in
the Virginia line for 8 months

Incscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 26 Dollars 68
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of August, 1843 and sent to C. H. 
Trabus Frankfort, Kentucky

Whole amount due    $133.30

Recorded by Well Steward Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 226

[ Act July 7, 1838. ]

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Frankfort Kentucky
June 4th, 1843

Sir
Therwith enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Hannah Bailey of Adair County Kentucky applying for the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of July 18.
Please address me at Frankfort Kentucky and transmit me the Certificat of Allowance.

I am Sir Very Respect
your Obedient Servant

C H Trabue

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H. Bailey

$26.66 per annum

C. H. Trabue
Frankfort
Kentucky

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Frankfurt Kentucky
Ap 15th 1844

Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declaration of Mrs. Hannah Bailey of Adair County Kentucky hoping it may prove satisfactory
Please in
case to me at Frankfurt Kentucky

I am Sir Vary Respectful
Your Obt Servant
C H Trabue

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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State of Kentucky, Adair County Sct
Adair County Court June term 1843
At a County Court duly organized. Began and holder at Columbia in and for the County of Adair State of Kentucky On Monday the 5th day of June 1843 it is ordered by the said Court to be certified and recorded that the proceedings in the matter of the application of Mrs. Hannah Bailey for a pension before Daniel Suddarth Esqr on the 15th day of May 1843 be and the same are now submited
to the Court and are sanctioned by the Court
It is further Ordered to be certified that the said proceedings are entitled to as full faith and credit as though they had been made in Open Court

Kentucky Adair County Sct.
I William Caldwell Clerk of the 
County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing order is truly transcribed from the records in my office.
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 6th day of June 1843
William Caldwell Clk

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51195

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Virginia
Bailey, Elisha Hannah

W. 8344

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I the aforesaid subscriber Justice do certify that the foregoing declarant Mrs. Hannah Bailey is personally known to me and known to be widow  of Ellisha Bailey Deceased and is the identical person whom drew a pension under act of 7th July 1838 for 5 years at the rate of $26 cts per annum and a lady of respectability and all her statement is entitled to full faith and credit and she still remains his unmarried widow in testimony wherof I have herein to subscribed this the 11th day of March 1844.

Daniel Suddarth JP

Kentucky Adair County Sct
I William Caldwell Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel Suddarth whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & certificate is a Justice of the Peace for Said County as therein Stated and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office this 11th day of March 1844

Wm Caldwell C.A.C.C.
By Junius Caldwell D.C.

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Columbia Ky
July 5

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pen. Claims
Washington City

Ky
216.707

Mail

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Columbia
[Illegible] 3rd 1833

Dear Sir

Enclosed you will find the Declaration of Elisha Bailey returns to 

N. Miller Agent
Columbia, Ky

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10.170

Hannah Bailey
Ken:
Act 7 July 38
M 82. d 41.

WML
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26.00

C.H. Trabue Esq
Frankfort
Ky

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affixed the seal of my said office this 6th day of June 1843

Wm Caldwell
Clk

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[Postal Stamp] Warm Spring Oreg Jun 15 P.M. 1936

[Postal Stamp] Received Jun 20 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington,
D.C.

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Warm Springs, Oregon. June 15, 1936.

Veterans Administration.
Washington, D. C.
Attention Administrator: Please send me the information on file in your department regarding the life and service of Elisha Bailey who served in the Revolutionary War with Virginia troops. He was pensioned in Kentucky and was listed in the 1835 report of the Secretar of War. I want to know especially where he lived in Virginia and Kentucky or any other state. Other information would include place, date of birth and death, parents, marriage, children, regimental officers, tours participated in, and like date. Also, not the names of the men who made depositions in court of the claim for a pension.

Yours truly,
E. E. Macy

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August 11, 1936
BA-J/MLB

Mr. E.E. Macy
Warm Springs
Oregon

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Elisha Bailey, who served in that war from Virginia and was pensioned in Kentucky; William Lion of Lyon, who served from Amherst County, Virginia, and died 1811; James Barnett who served from the same county and was residing in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1835, and in which you request, also, the War of 1812 record of Peter and Elisha Lyon who served in the War of 1812 from Virginia.

Because of the great demand for data in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and the limited trained clerical fore available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request relative to soldiers in those wars.

The record of Elisha Bailey (W. 8344) is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator