Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6,099, Eldridge Bailes, S.C.

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SERVICE
S.C.

Bailes, Eldridge
or Bailis
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 6,099
B.L.M.33565_160_55

[stamp]This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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[left side]
4750
Alabama
Eldridge Bailes
of [illegible] Co. in the State of - [illegible]
who was a P - in the Company 
by Captain Donnelson of the Regt commanded
by Col Thompson in the So Carolina
line for
[several words illegible] $75.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 15 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May
1832 and Hon C. C. Clay [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 32/ 225.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Spt 37.50
$262.50
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 10 - Page 198

[right side]
Dead
Let to Decatur [illegible] & B T Moor Sept 20 1836. same Nov 23 1837
Letter to B. T. Moore 3 Oct '37
Same - Same - 22 Nov 37
do Pen Agt 22 Nov 37
Letter to Pension Agent and 2d Comptroller 20 April 1838.
To Pension Agent 7 May 1838
Dead
Paid at the Increasing under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4t March 1831 to 4 March 1834 - Agt notified 3d April 1839

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Act 8/03 Hon. S. Brindidgs
name of Eldridge Bayles
not found, widow of
Eldridge Bailes [illegible]
pension & B.S. - son would 
have no title over 21
on Mch. 3, 55. G.

Vol. B 26

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195112 Act 3 March 
July 28/55.
Sarah Bailes
widow
Eldridge Bailes
Private

Revolutionary War

Ala Feby 48 - 6219
[illegible]

D. M. Bradford
Huntsville
Alabama.

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6.279
Alabama Hunt
Sarah Bailes,
widow of Eldridge Bailes
SC
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Inscribed in the Roll at the rate of
75, Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
14th day of July, 1854
and sent to
B. T. Moore
Huntsville
Ala.
Recorded in Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 354 Vol. 3
195112

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Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Decatur, 23d Octr. 1836
Received of Horace Greene, agent for paying Pensions, Thirty Six Dollars five Cents, being for Five months & 23 days pension due to Eldridge Bailes from the fourth day of March 1835 to the twenty seventh day of August 1835 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
$36.23/100
Theo. Lacy
Attn

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Eldridge Bailies
Act 7 June 1832
4 Mar to 27 Aug 1835
5 mo 23 day
$75 - $36.05
[illegible]
Alabama

Decator Alabama
3rd [illegible] 1836
Ble. #5

[right side stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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State of Alabama Madison County } ss.
Be it known, that before me, James Irwin, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Bailes, widow of Eldridge Bailes, deceased, and makes oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of the identical person named in an original certificate, now in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy: "War Department. Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Eldridge Bailis of the State of Alabama, who was a private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive seventy-five dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March , and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States 1sst day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions" Endorsed "4750. Payments to be made at Mobile Al by Privt. Br S. Bank. Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Al. Recorded in the Pension Office in Book Q. Vol 10 Page 198 by S. T. Sprague, Clerk." and that she now surrenders the said original Pension Certificate, as further evidence of the identity of the pensioner to whom the pension claimed was due 
Sarah Bales her mark
Sworn and subscribed this 17th day of Octobr 1835 before me
Lort James Irwin JP seal

I, Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama, certify that James Irwin is a magistrate as above, 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 17th day of October, in the year 1836. Richd B. Purdom
Clerk of the County Court of Madison Cty Ala.

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The State of Alabama.
Orphan's Court of Madison County - October Term 1836
Be it remembered that on the seventeenth day of October; being a day of a Term of the Orphans' Court for the County and State aforesaid, begun and held at the court house in the Town if Huntsville in said County, on the second monday in said month (October) in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty six, was made upon the minutes of said Court an entry as followith:
"This day personally appeared in open court before the Judge thereof, Sarah Bailes, who represents herself to be the widow of Eldridge Bailes, late of said County, who was in his life time a pensioner of the United States, as appears by a Certificate of Pension now here produced by the said Sarah Bales, barring date, at the War Office, the first day of May eighteen hundred and thirty four, numbered forty seven hundred and fifty and signed "Lew Cass, Secretary of War" entitling the said Eldridge Bailes to receive seventy five dollars per annum as a private during the Revolutionary War and it appearing to the [illegible] of the Court upon proof made that the said Sarah Bailes is the widow of the identical Eldridge Bailes, deceased, who is named in said pension Certificate and that the said Eldridge Bailes departed this life in said County on the twenty seventh day of August eighteen hundred and thirty four, the same is ordered to be entered of record on the minutes of said Court"
I, Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Madison and State of Alabama, and of the Orphans' Court of said County, do certify that the foregoing entry is a true copy and complete transcript, from the minutes in my Office and that the Orphans' Court aforesaid is a Court of Record.
In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Office in Hunstville, this 17th Oct. 1836. Richd B. Purdom
Clerk of the Cty Ct. of Madison Cty Ala.

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Know all men by then presents, that I, Sarah Bailes, (widow of Eldridge Bailes, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States) of Madison County in the State of Alabama, do hereby [illegible] and appoint Theophilus Lacy, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Decatur in the State of Alabama, the pension of my deceased husband (the said Eldridge Bailes, deceased,) from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty five to the twenty seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five and also arrears of pension due to the said [illegible].
Given under my hand and seal, this 17th day of October 1836
[illegible] B. T. Moore
Sarah Bailes her mark Seal

State of Alabama Madison County} ss.
Be it known that on the 17th day of October, 1836, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Sarah Bailes, above named did acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney be her act and deed. In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
James Irwin J. Peace

I, Richard B. Purdom, Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama certify that I James Irwin is a Magistrate as above, 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 17th day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six -
Richd B Purdom
Clerk of the County Court of Madison Cty Ala.

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State of Alabama Morgan County} ss. 
Be it known that on the 24th day of October eighteen hundred and thirty six, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Theophilus Lacy, the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the power was not given him by reason of any sale transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
Theo. Lacy
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me. 
Chs L King J.P.

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

Eldridge Bailes
Act 7 June 1832
4 Mar to 27 Aug 1835
5 mo 23 day
$75- $36.05
[illegible]
Alabama

Decatur Alabama
3rd [illegible] 1836
Ble. #5

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832 Eldridge Bailes of the State of Alabama who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Seventy-five dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 1st day of [illegible] one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five -
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.} J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Payments to be made at [illegible] Al. by [illegible] Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Al

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book [illegible] Vol. 10 Page [illegible] by J. T. Sprague Clerk. 

[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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ADDITIONAL BOUNTY LAND CLAIM FOR WIDOWS
UNDER ACT 3RD. MARCH, 1855.
State of Alabama Madison County, ss.

On this 25th day of June 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 Sarah Bailes aged Eighty years, a resident of Madison County in the State of Alabama who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Eldridge Bailes deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [black] in the REgiment of South Carolina commanded by [blank] in the Revolutionary War declared by the [blank] that her husband [blank'] at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D., [blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual servie in said War for the term of [blank] and was honorably discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D.,
She further stated that she was married to the said Eldridge Bailes in North Carolina, Rutherford County on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. by one Revd. W. Morgan a Minister of the Gospel and that her namew before her said marriage was Sarah Burnett and that her husband died at Madison County, Alabama in the 17th day of August A.D., 1835 and that she is now a Widow.
She further declares that she has ^not heretofore made application for Bounty Land, under the Act approved September 28th, 1850 or any other Act.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved 3rd March, 1855, and hereby appoints Daniel H. Bardford of Huntsville, Alabama her ture and lawful Attorney to presecute her claim, and recieve her Warrant when issued.
Sarah Bailes her mark
Attest
John Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
James H Poor J.P.
A Justice of the Peace

Mrs. Sarah Bailes, is not old, and cannot recollect enlistment and service of her late husband, in the War of the Revolution, and refers for particulars, to her pension papers on file in the Pension Office, and in which she was granted Pension, dated 14th July 1854

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We John Hall and A. Bailes residents of Madison County, in the State of Alabama, upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed, and acknowledged by her mark by Sarah Bailes 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.
[signed] John Hall
[signed] A Bailes

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first 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.
[signed] James H Prr J.P.

STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY of Madison} SS:
I, F. L. Hammond Judge of the Probate Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, and Ex-Officio Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that James H Poor whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and Sworn; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Probate Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.- I also certify, that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Huntsville this 25th day of June 1855-
[signed] H. L. Hammond

195.112

169

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Husband died
27 Aug 1835
Eldridge & Sarah
Married 1791
Madison Co. Ala

Andrew Eaves, John Hall & Joseph Spence - witnesses

Huntsville
Ala

[illegible]

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Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7th July, 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
The State of Alabama Madison County} 
On this twenty fifth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, personally appeared before me Ferdinand L. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, and ex-officio Clerk of said Court, (which is a Court of record) Sarah Bailes, of the Town of Lewisville, in the County of Madison and State of Alabama, aged about [illegible] years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1836, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" that she is the widow of Eldridge Bales, late of the County and State aforesaid, deceased, who, in his life-time, was a Revolutionary Pensioner, under the Act of the 7th of June, 1832, because of his services as a Private during the Revolutionary War, at the rate of seventy five dollars per annum - and when pension Certificate was issued on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and Examined and Countersigned by J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, and numbered 4750, That she cannot state of her own knowledge the rank her said husband held in the Army, nor specify the service performed, as directed in rule number one of the "Rules of Evidence prescribed by the President for granting widows pensions under Act of 7th July, 1838."
She declares further, that she was married to the said Eldridge Bailes on the [blank] day of [blank] seventeen hundred and ninety- or thereabout, as we all she can recollect; that her husband, the aforesaid Eldridge Bales died on the twenty seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty five;

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that she was not married prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz, at the time before stated, and in the County of Rutherford as well as recollected, in the State of North Carolina - that the Bible, which had been kept in the possession of affiant, and in which a record of said marriage was, has sometime since been lost cannot now be found; that in further establishment of her claim she states that her children, the fruit of her marriage to the said Eldridge Bails are now, some of them over the age of sixty years and the she refers to the declaration of her said husband by virtue of what his said Pension Certificate was issued, and to her on showing and proofs made in the [illegible] Court of said  County, in October 1836, in order to make her to receive the arrears of pension due to her husband at the time of his death, on the said 27th day of August 1835.
Affiant also states the she has procured the aid of a friend who has written as as she has been informed and believes to the Clerk of the County Court of Said County of Rutherford in North Carolina  for a transcript of her said marriage, but that none has been received, and she also states that from bodily infirmity, she is unable to attend in open Court to make her declaration as aforesaid. 
Sarah Bailes her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me
F. L. Hammond
Judge P.C.

The State of Alabama Madison County ss}
I, Ferdinand L. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court of said County do hereby certify that Mrs Sarah Bailes, this day, appeared before me in the Town of Lewisville, in the County and State aforesaid and made the oath aforesaid, and that be reason of bodily infirmity, she was and is unable to attend personally in open Court to make the affidavit or declaration aforesaid, as I verily believe and I further certify that I have

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reason to believe and do believe all the statements therein set forth, are true - said Probate Court is a Court of record.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Probate Court, this twenty fifth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four and of the Independence of the U.S. of America the seventy eighth.
F. L. Hammond
Judge P.C.

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Eldridge Bailes

C.C.C.

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State of Alabama Madison County } To wit
On this 19th day of August 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the county court of said county now sitting Eldridge Bailes a resident of said county aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration, explanatory of the declaration, which he has heretofore made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served as set forth substantially in his former declaration now on file in the War department of the United States. That he volunteered into the regiment of Colonel Thompson under Captain Donelson and Major Wise for the term of fifteen months and served as mounted ranger, or light horseman, & on account of the hard and dangerous duty he and his corps had to perform he received thirty dollars per month for his services. That after the battle on Sullivans island, in which he took a part, he served out his full term of fifteen months as a mounted ranger, through South Carolina Georgia and East Florida, to protect the inhabitants from the ravages of the British the Indians and tories. That during his term of service, he furnished himself with a horse and arms, and other equipments. And he further declares, that his supplemental declaration is for the sole purpose of satisfying the war department as to the capacity in which he served, and the amount of monthly pay he received for his services. 
Eldridge Bailes his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Richd P. B. Purdom JMCC

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We William H. Campbell, Joh R. H. Acklen, John K. Dunn, Bartlett M Lowe, and James R Maltbie residing in the county of Madison and state of Alabama aforesaid do certify that we are well acquainted with Eldridge Bailes who has subscribed and sworn the above declaration, that we believe him to be [illegible] three years of age, that he is reputed and believed on the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and in that opinion we concur.
W. H Campbell
J. R. H. Acklen
D. B. Turner
B. M. Lowe
John R. Dunn
Jas. R. Maltbie
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Richd. B. Purdom JMCC

And the said Judge of the said Court doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant, Eldridge Bailes was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the said Judge further certifies that the persons who have subscribed the above certificate, are citizens of Madison County aforesaid, that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Saml. Chapman Judge County court

I Richard B. Purdom Clerk of the county Court of the county of Madison aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Eldridge Bailes for a pension. 
Testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-[illegible] my name and affixed the seal of said [illegible] at Office [rest of paragraph illegible]
Richd B. Purdom

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20428
Declaration of 
Eldridge Bailes
for a 
Pension

Madison County
Alabama

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(1) Declaration of Eldridge Bailes.
State of Alabama
Madison County} To wit.
On this 29th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Circuit Court of said County of Madison now sitting, Eldridge Bailes a resident of said County, aged seventy two 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 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 ^early in the month of June 1776 the said affiant ^being at that time a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, entered as a volunteer into the Corps of Rangers of said State of South Carolina, under the command of Colonel Thompson, that his Captain's name was Donelson, and his Major's name was Wyse (he having forgotten their Christian names,) that he was at the battle on Sullivan's Island, where Colonel Moultrie commanded, and ^as well as he can remember, they were all under the Command of General Lee. He further states, that he continued in active and laborious service, in said corps of Rangers, for the term of fifteen months, a part of the time scouring through the State of South Carolina, and a part of the time through Georgia, down as far as Florida. That at ^the end of fifteen months, from the time of his entering the service, he was discharged, which was about the month of September in the year 1777. He further states that when he left the service he received a written discharge, but it has

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(2) been lost or destroyed for many years, and that he has no documentary evidence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension, whatever, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
This affiant further states that he was born in the State of Virginia, as near as he can ascertain in the year 1760, he does not remember the name of the County. That he has no record of his age. That he removed when very young to the Santee River in South Carolina, in which State he resided when he entered the service. That after he left the Service, he resided for a while in South Carolina, he then became a citizen of North Carolina, where he resided about eleven years, ^he next lived in Tennessee two years, he then removed to the State of Ohio where he resided thirteen years, and from thence he removed to Madison County, Alabama, where he now resides, in the year 1818 That he entered the service as a volunteer in the Corps of Rangers as above stated. That he has stated the names of the officers who were with the troops where he served, as far as he remembers them. That he did receive a written discharge when he quit the service, but it has been lost or destroyed for many years, as above stated. He will also state the names of the following persons, to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and in Madison County, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services, as a Soldier of the Revolution. The Rev Samuel Harris Rev. Benj Franks, Jacob Broyles, Edward Webster Major Bartley M Lowe and Abraham Miller

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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Test L Mead Clerk cc
Eldridge Bailes

We Samuel Harris & B Franks Clergymen residing in said County of Madison (and resident in the neighborhood of the above names Eldridge Bailes) and Jacob Bryles a resident also in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Eldridge Bailes, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Test L Mead clk cc
Samuel Harris 
Benja Franks
Jacob Broiles his mark

And the Court doth hereby declare its 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 its satisfaction that Samuel Harris and Benjamin Franks who have signed the preceding certificate are clergyman resident in said County of Madison, and that Jacob Broyles - who has also signed the same is a resident in said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit W. J. Adair Judge
State of Alabama 5th Judicial Circuit
I Lemuel Mead Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Madison aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Eldridge Bailes

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for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of office this the twenty ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two and the 57th year of American Independence
L. Mead

20428
Declaration of 
Eldridge Bailes
for a 
Pension

Madison County
Alabama.

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[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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Signature of the Magistrate (James Irwin) Just. Peace
State of Alabama Madison County} sst.
I, Richard B. Purdom Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Irwin is a magistrate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 23rd day of March 1835 and will expire to soon after the first monday in March 1838 as his successor shall be duly qualified and that his signature above written is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of said County Court, at Office in Huntsville, this 17th day of October eighteen hundred and thirty six. 
Richd B. Purdom Clk

[stamp]FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

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State of North Carolina Rutherford County} ss.
I R. L. Gilkey clerk of the County County in & for said County certify, that J. V. Jay before whom the within afidavit was made was at the time of the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & his signature is genuine. Given under my hand & seal of office the 25th day of May AD 1854
R. L. Gilkey clk

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Know all men by these presents that Eldridge Bailes & Clayborn Burnett of the County of Rutherford & State of North Carolina are held & firmly bound unto his Excellency the Governor & his successors in office, in the sum of Five Hundred pounds, to which payment well & truly to be made & done we bind ourselves one & each of our heirs Ext. Adm. & assign jointly & severally firmly by these prisents, sealed with our seals & dated this fourteenth day of Novm. one ^thousand seven hundred & ninety one, 
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas Eldridge Bails, hath this day obtained license from the clerks office to be celebrated between him & Sarah Burnett of said County, Now if there shall not appear hereafter, any lawful reasons to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void & of none effect otherways remain in full [illegible] & virtue
Eldridge Bails seal
Clayborn Burnett seal
Test
Rd. Lewis C.C.

State of North Carolina Rutherford County} ss.
I R. L. Gilkey clerk of the County Court of said County [illegible] and say that I hold the office of clerk of the County Court of said County and that the above is a true copy from the original now filed in my office with the exception that the oath is written out in words instead of figures.
R. L. Gilkey clk of the County Court of said County
Sworn to before me the 25th day of May 1854
J. V. Jay J.P.

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6099
Sarah Bailes
Widow
Eldridge Bailes
Privt Rev War
Act: Feb. 2d 1848
Index:-Vol. A, Page 31
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No 15,179
Sarah Bailes
widow of Eldridge
Madison Co. Ala
B T Moore June 13 1854

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3356.5
[illegible]

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9.537
Alabama Hunts.
Sarah Bailes
widow of Eldridge
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 75, Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 14th day of July 1854
and sent to
B. T. Moore
Huntsville
Ala.

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. Q Page 230

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11.692
Alabama Hunts.
Sarah Bailes
widow of Eldridge
who died on the 27th August, 1835
of - in the State of - 
who was a private in the - commanded
by Captain - of the - commanded
by - in the Revolution
for 18 Months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Huntsville
at the rate of 75. Dollars 00 Cents 
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of
July 1854 and sent to
B. T. Moore
Huntsville 
Ala.

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 17 Page 329

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[left side of page]
4750
Alabama
Eldridge Bailis
of Madison Co in the State of Alabama
who was a private in the Company commended
by Captain Donelson of the Regt. commanded
by Colo. Thompson in the South Carolina
Militia for fifteen months from 
1776.

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day f January
1833 and sent Hon C. C. Clay HR

Arrears to 4th of September 1832 75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 25.00
[illegible] 100.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Henry H Sylvester Clerk,
Book D Vol 10 Page 198

[right side of page]
Increase Adm
1 yr 6 Months private
of Car-
$75-
Hon C. C. Clay

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State of Alabama Madison County} 
Before me, John W. Irby a Justice of the Peace in and for said County this day personally appeared John Hall and Joseph Spence, citizens of said County to me personally known and who are reputable citizens of said County and made oath in due form of law, that Sarah Bales, who made affidavit to her declaration for a pension as the widow of Eldridge Bailes, deceased, in Marysville, (sometimes called [illegible]) before Ferdinand L. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court of said County, is the identical person she represented herself to be, viz, the widow of said Eldridge Bales, who in his life-time was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States - that they are and have been for years before her husband's death, acquainted with her and that they know her to be the identical widow of the said Eldridge Bales, deceased, that they were present in April last, as well as recollected, when the said Sarah Bales made her affidavit as aforesaid, before the said Ferdinand L. Hammond, Judge & as aforesaid, in the said Town of Marysville
Affiants further state that said Eldridge Bales, departed this life in said County, on the twenty seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty five.
This subscribed & sworn to this the 3d day of July 1854
Before me
John W. Irby J.P.

John Hall
Joseph Spence

The State of Alabama Madison County ss}
I Ferdinand L. Hammond Judge of the Probate Court of Madison County in the state of Alabama, do certify that John W. Irby, before whom the foregoing affidavit by John Hall

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and Joseph Spence was sworn, is now and was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that this signature purporting to be his is genuine.
And I further certify that the said John Hall and Joseph Spence are respectable citizens of said County 
In Testimony whereof I herto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court [illegible] Office, in the Town of Huntsville, in said County, this the fourth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
F. L. Hammond,
Judge P.C.

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Widow's declaration under Act of 2nd February 1848
The State of Alabama Madison County ss}
On this twenty fifth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me, Ferdinand L. Hammond Judge of the Probate Court of said County, Sarah Bales, a resident of the Town of [illegible], in the County and State aforesaid, aged about eighty 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 on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of Eldridge Bales who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of seventy five dollars per annum - that his said Pension Certificate was issued on the 1st day of May, 1834, & was numbered 4750, and she refers to her declaration, this day made, in order to [illegible] to receive a pension under the Act of 7th July 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow, and that by reason of her bodily infirmity, she is unable to appear in open Court, to make this declaration.
Sarah Bailes her mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of April 1854.
F. L. Hammond Judge Probate Court 

The State of Alabama Madison County ss}
I Ferdinand L. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court of said County do certify that Sarah Bailes, this day personally appeared before me, in the Town of [illegible], in the County & State aforesaid, and that by reason of her bodily infirmity is unable to attend personally in open Court and make [illegible], this declaration & affidavit, as I verily believe and I further certify that I have reason to believe and so believe that all the statements therein set forth are true - said Probate Court is a Court of record: In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal

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of law Probate Court, at office, in the Town of Huntsville, in the County and State aforesaid this the said twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1854 & of the Independence of the U.S. of America the 78th
F. L. Hammond
Judge P.C.

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Eldridge Bailes

1 Y- 15 mo

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten]Eldridge Bailes which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten]yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten]yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? -

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [handwritten]yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades to which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? [handwritten] yes Not found on the Rolls of Thompsons regt. proof of service reqd.

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [handwritten]yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? [handwritten]yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten]yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten]yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [handwritten]yes

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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten]yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [handwritten]yes

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? -
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? -

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten]yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten]answered.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _ year_ months and _ days, I served as a _ . For _ months and _ days, I served as a _; and for such service I claim a pension.

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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the 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. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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Eldridge Bailes of Alabama Roll - Act 7 June 1832. Be pleased to say [illegible] to what time he was last paid; and whether at Mobile or Decatur?
Pension Office
Sept 20 1836

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Eldridge Bailes, Alabama Roll.
$50 per annum - increased to $75 per annum.
Be pleased to say whether the pension was paid at the increased rate, from the 4 March 1831. The Penr. is dead. 
Pension Office
Feb. 23 1837

paid to 4 March 1834 @ $50 pr ann
from 4 Mar 34 to 27 Aug 1835 @ 75 
the increase appears not to have been paid
JH

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Pension Office, July 11 1854
27 Aug 35
Sir
Eldridge Bailes, Alabama Rolls, Act June 7 1832. $54 per annum. Please state to what time paid.
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
for Comr of Pensions
F Burt Esq.
3d Auditor

Paid to 27 Aug 1835 when he died.
F Burt
Auditor

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Eldridge Bailes - ala. Act 1832 was returned to this office at $50 per ann. at which rate he was paid to the 4th March 1834. He was then increased to $75 per ann. And paid at that rate from 4th March 1834 to 27 August 1835 the day of his death? It would appear therefore, that the increase of $25 per ann. from 4th March 1831 to 4th March 1834 was still due his heirs, say $75. 
Third Auditor's Office
Nov. 21st 1837
Anthy. Hyde clk

Mr. Evans
Pension Office

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Payments to be made at Mobile Alabama by [illegible] U. S. B. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Alabama

Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk, in Book D Vol. 10 page 198

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Eldridge Bailes of the State of Alabama who was a private in the Army of the revolution is entitled to receive Fifty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United Sates, this 24th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.} 
[signed] J L Edwards

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State of North Carolina Rutherford County}
On this 12th day of June 1854 personally appeared before me Edward Toms an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, Andrew Eaves a resident of said County, aged Seventy Eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, depose & says, that he was well acquainted with Eldridge Bails & his wife Sarah, that they lived in the same neighborhood. he states that he did not see them married, but always understood that they were married, & that from general reputation they were considered man & wife, he thinks as well as he recollects they were married about the year 1791. he further states that he worked for said Bales at various times after their marriage & that he knows of his own personal knowledge that they lived together as man & wife for several years afterwards, and moved off from this County, as he always understood to Alabama, a number of years ago. he further states that the said Sarahs name before her marriage was Sarah Burnett. [signed] Andrew Eaves

Given to & subscribed before me the day and year above written, & I do hereby certify that the said Andrew Eaves is a highly respectable citizen of said County & a man of undoubted veracity [signed] Edward Toms JP

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State of North Carolina ss
I R. L. Gilkey clerk clerk of the Court of Please & Quarter Sessions for the County of Rutherford, certify that Edward Toms before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the date of the same and acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and the within signature purporting to be his is genuine & his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at office & subscribed my name this 17th day of June AD 1854
[signed] R. L. Gilkey clk

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State of Alabama
Madison County Probate Court, July 3rd 1854.
Satisfactory evidence was this day produced in open Court, before the Judge thereof, that Sarah Bailes, who in April last or whereabouts, in Maysville, (sometimes called [illegible]) in Madison County, in the State of Alabama, before the said Judge made her declaration in order to obtain a pension, as the widow of Eldridge Bailes, late of said County deceased, who in his life time was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and whose pension Certificate bore date, at the War office of the United States, on the first day of May eighteen hundred and thirty four, numbered forty seven hundred and fifty, and signed Lew Cass, Secretary of War, entitling the said Eldridge Bailes to receive Seventy Five Dollars per annum in the [illegible] Widow of said Eldridge Bailes deceased, and that the said Eldridge Bailes departed this life, in said County, in the twenty [illegible] day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty five, and that the said Sarah Bailes is still, the Widow of said Eldridge Bailes deceased, she never since his death, having married. - Whereupon the same is ordered to be entered of record, on the minutes of said Court. 
Ferdinand L. Hammond
Judge, Probate Court

State of Alabama Madison County} 
I Ferdinand L. Hammond Judge of the Probate Court of Madison County Alabama, do certify

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that the foregoing Transcript contains a full and correct Transcript taken from the Records of said Probate Court. 
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, at office, in the Town of Huntsville, on the 3rd day of July, A.D. 1854.
Ferdinand L. Hammond
Judge P.C.
[circular seal of court]

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Sarah Bailes
Widow of Eldridge
Madison Co. Ala
admd July 7 1838 &c
18 mos pri at $75
per annum from
4 March 1836 [illegible] two
years excepted.

Cert to 
B. T. Moore Esq
Huntsville
Ala

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[stamp]HUNTSVILLE NOV 8
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[left margin]
Mr Evans
Nov 20

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Huntsville, Alabama
8th November 1837

Sir
I am sorry that I have to trouble you again on the business of the amount due Mrs Bailes widow of Eldridge Baies, deceased, late a pensioner of the U.S. under the Act of 7th June 1832, Mr E. Bailes' pension had been later increased, it was as well as I recollect first $50 - then $62.50 and afterward $75 - Mr Bailes Letter of [illegible] was prepared and forwarded to Decatur according to the regulations adopted by the Department and the pension certificate surrendered but she drew only the amount due her husband from the time he was last paid up to his death - there is more arrearages yet due on his Pension Certificate - The Pension Agt at Decatur did not know how much was due, because he did not have the means of ascertaining the amount paid in Mobile - Will you have the kindness to ascertain what amt. is still due her and advise the Pension Agt at Decatur accordingly, & also to give me such other information as will make her to [illegible] this amount yet due her - her papers [illegible]-

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not, now, be prepared according to the regulations, a copy of which you were kind enough to forward me, because she has already surrendered the Pension Certificate of her husband.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obdt Servt. 
B. T. Moore

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

The amt. due from what I understand is the difference between the original amt. and the amt. of the pensions, when first increased up to that time, and the difference due afterward up to the second increase -

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[stamp] FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Sept 19
Ala 
4750

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Huntsville, Alabama
8th September 1836

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Dear Sir
[illegible] the Eldridge Bailes of this County departed this life in Aug. of last year - he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, his Pension Certificate now before me has dated 1st May 1834 signed Lew Cass secretary of War and numbered 4750 states that he is entitled to receive Seventy five dollars per annum. His widow says that his pension has been increased (I believe) twice but in what amount she is unable to state - she also says that her husband has never received arrears of pensions. that the last time he drew his pension, which was at Decatur in this state the Pension Agent refused to pay the arrearages, because he did not know that the sum had never been paid, saying that it might probably have been paid in Mobile - he was paid (I believe) up to the 4 March 1855 except his arrears of pension.

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Can I trespass so far upon your time as to obtain from you the amount due Mr. Bailes up to the 4th March 1835? I presume his certificate now in the possession of his widow will [illegible] the purpose since that time - The information [illegible] sought I suppose cannot now be obtained in Mobile, or I would not trouble you -
I have the honor to be
[illegible] Respectfully
Your Obdt Sevt
Benj. T. Moore

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Ala

James L. Edwards Esqr.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City

Hon C. C. Clay

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Washington City - Dec. 21st 1833

James L. Edwards Esqr.

Sir,
Enclosed I send you a supplemental Declaration of Eldridge Bailes, who obtained a Pension Certificate for a small amount, during the last session. 
The purpose of this supplemental one is to shew, more specifically, the time he served, ^and the capacity in which he did so, in order to obtain a larger sum. He now sets forth fifteen months service, as a mounted ranger, at the rate of thirty dollars per month. 
I hope the original declaration of Mr. Bailes, explained by this, will be found sufficient to entitle him to a full pension, both as to him, and capacity, or [illegible].
Please let me hear from you.
Very respectfully
your obt. servt.
C.C. Clay

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Huntsville, Ala. 4th July, 1854.

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions,
Washington,

Dear Sir:
Your letter of 13th [illegible] was duly received - I herewith send you an affidavit, (duly authenticated) proving by John Hall and Joseph Spence, witnesses who know the past, that Mrs Bailes, whose application for a pension was heretofore sent to you is the identical widow of Eldridge Bailes, who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the U S. And a Certificate of the Judge of the Probate Court appended to a transcript from his records showing the date of Mrs Bailes' husband's death, which was found in said Court as the same proof was made in said County in the Orphans' Court (now called Probate Court) in October 1836 when she was preparing to draw the arrearages due her husband, a copy of which can also be proven with her [illegible] their made; to inable her to receive the bal. due on her husbands certificate.
I also send an affidavit made by Andrew Eaves, of Rutherford County, N.C. duly authenticated, [illegible] to prove the marriage of Mrs. Bailes to said Eldridge Bailes in 1791.
Expecting to hear from you again, as soon as may sent your answer, I am Sir, very respectfully
Your obdt. servt.
B. T. Moore

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Huntsville, Ala. 5th June 1854. 

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City,

Dear Sir:
I herewith send you two declarations made by Mrs Sarah Bailes, widow of Eldridge Bailes, a Revolutionary Pensioner, late of this County,- this one under the Act of 7th July 1858 and the other under the Act of 2nd Feby 1848 - The 1st declaration, is is supposed will enable her to obtain a pension from 4 March 1836 for five years and also for six years from 4 March 1843 - If in this I am mistaken you will please advise me thereof - I believe thier is no law authorizing the payment to her of a pension for the two years from 4 March 1841 to 4 March 1843, unless such an one has recently passed -
This applicant is old, inform and needy and the enclosing to me at this place, of her pension certificate, at as early a day as convenient, will greatly oblige her -
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obdt Servt.
B. T. Moore

E. Bailes was a Pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 & his Cert. is no 4750, & it was issued 1 May 1834.
I also send a transcript of her marriage [illegible] from the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Rutherford County, N.C. - The Clerk writes that there was no law in that State until within the last three years & that the license was never filed -

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Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

4750
Dec 17
Eldridge Bailes
Ala
Via Nashville

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Huntsville, Alabama
December 3rd 1836

Dear Sir
I some time [illegible] addressed you, seeing to know what amount the widow of Eldridge Bailes of this (Madison) County was entitled to receive by [illegible] of her husband's Pension Certificate
His Pension Certificate was past granted for (as I am informed) fifty dollars, afterwards increased to sixty-two and a half and after that to seventy-five; Bailes after his pension was increased, received its amount from the time of its increase, but never received any arrearages - His widow is according to my information entitled to the difference between $50 & 62.50 untill his pension was first increased and also to the difference between $62.50 & $75 until the second increase - Mrs Bailes has received only at the rate of $75 from the time her husband last [illegible] his pension up to the time of his

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death - The reason why I troubled you heretofore in this matter was because some of the money had been drawn at Mobile and the balance of what was paid, had been drawn at Decatur and I did not presume the Agent at Decatur could ascertain what had been paid and no more can be paid by virtue of your letter to the Agent at Decatur, as I am informed. 
Will you have the kindness, to have an examination made, to ascertain how much has been paid at Mobile and Decatur and inform me as soon as convenient whether some arrearages of pension are not due Mrs Bailes?
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obdt. Servt.
B. T. Moore

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Oct 2d.
Mr Evans

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Huntsville, Alabama
17th September 1837

Sir,
Enclosed, I send you a Letter of Attorney executed by Mrs McNuly widow of a Revolutionary soldier with the Pension Certificate of her husband attached thereto - You will be pleased to examine it and if in due form direct its payment or if it be defective point out its defects - You will also find enclosed a Letter of Attorney executed by Mrs Bailes, the widow of another Revolutionary soldier for arrears of Pension, the original certificate having heretofore been surrendered, but a portion of the Pension yet remaining unpaid, be pleased also to examine it in like manner - and as soon as convenient advise me of the result
I have the Honor, to be, Sir
Your most obdt. servt.
B. T. Moore

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195112

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United States of America.
STATE OF ALABAMA, Madison COUNTY, S. S.
Be it known, that before me WILLIAM H. MOORE, Agent for paying Pensions at Huntsville, Alabama, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Sarah Bailes and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an Original Certificate in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify, that in conformity with the Act of February 2d, 1848, Sarah Bailes Widow of Eldridge Bailes who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list, at the rate of seventy-five dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, 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 July one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four 
[signed] R McClelland,
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned, [signed]L. P. Waldo,
Commissioner of Pensions."
That she has not inter-married, but continues the widow of the above named Eldridge Bailes that she now resides on the County of Madison and State of Alabama and has resided there for the space of [illegible] years past; and that previous thereto she resided in the State of 
Of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this [blank] day of [blank] 18}
Pension Agent

This paper to be returned to me at Huntsville, Alaa. with Mrs. Bailes' Warrant, when issued. 
[signed] D. M. Bradford

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O. W. W. File #6099

[stamp] CONGRESSIONAL SEP 29 1903 U.S. Bureau of Pensions.

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House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.

Searcy, Ark.,
Sept. 26, 1903.
[stamp]OCT 5 1903 FILES
[stamp]SEP 30 1903 U.S. PENSION OFFICE

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with such information in regard to Soldiers Land Bounty, as will enable me to answer the inclosed letter, and oblige,
Yours truly,
[signed] S. Brundidige Jr

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Congressman
3-595.

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

J.F.B.
Searched by SImmons.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Eldridge Bayles
Service 1812 and Ind Wars.
Additional service
Remarks No 182 Surv. or Wid.
" O.W. Surv. or Wid.
" Ind. Surv. or Wid.
" bounty land
Oct 5/03
See O. W. Wid. File #6099
"bounty land 33565 160 55
[signed] C. M. Bryant
Chief of Division

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[stamp] CONGRESSIONAL SEP 28 1903 U.S. Bureau of Pensions

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LAW OFFICE OF
W. L. WILLEFORD.

DES ARC, ARK.
September 25th. 1903.
[stamp] [illegible] SEP 30 1903 U.S. PENSION OFFICE

Hon.S. Brundidge,Jr.
Searcy Ark.
Dear Sir:-
A man by the name of Eldridge Bayles served in the war of 1812,and also in the Indian war;he has a son living here who is now 75 years of age and is the only living descendant.
I've been informed that he is entitled to some U.S.land by reason of the service of his father.Can you refer me to some person from whom I can get information about htis matter?.
Yours truly,
[signed] W. L. Willeford

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O.L.G., Ex'r.
W. 6099 

33564-160-55.
Sarah, widow of
Eldridge Bailes,
Bounty Land.

Oct. 9, 1903.

Sir:
In reply to your communication of the 16th ultemo inclosing the latter of W.L. Willeford of Dec Arc, Arkansas, you are advised that after a careful search of the records of this Bureau it does not appear that a claim for pension or bounty land has ever been received for service of Eldridge Bayles in War of 1812 or Indian wars. It is shown however, that one Sarah Bailes received pension and bounty land for the service rendered by her husband Eldridge Bailes in the Revolutionary war.
It may be proper to state that the son of the soldier referredto in your correspondence letter would have no title to bounty land for the reason that he was over the age of 31 years on March 3, 1855, the date of the passage of the last bounty land law.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Hon. S. Brundidge, Jr.,
Searcy, Arkansas.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 30th, 1839.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Eldridge Bailes, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Alabama, Agency, at the rate of Seventy five ^(increased rate) Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid ^balance due at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1831, to the 4th March, 1834.
Respectfully, yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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Brief in the case of Sarah Bailes widow of Eldridge Madison County and State of Alabama acts July 7 1838 &c

Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Acts of 1832. (see his paper for evidence of service)
Record evidence of marriage
[line crossed out]
Andrew Eaves, John Hall, & Joseph Spence, witness for identify & death &

[signed] Thornton [illegible]

Name and residence of Agent
[signed] B T Moore Esq
Huntsville Ala