Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Bl Reg. 72731 - 1855, for Arad Sutton, Pennsylvania

Pa
★ Sutton, Arad
Bk Reg. 12731 - 1855-
Hannah Bailey formerly widow of Arad Sutton

42.4.31.
PAID
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Set W. Hunt Oct 20/55
72.731 Set March 3/55 April 13/55
Catharine Bailey formal wid. Another  Death dec'd Trad. att. Revolutionary War
Pennsylvania Line Revolutionary War.
- no Papers
Boynlon
William Hunt Present

State of Indiana Jasper County
Personally came before me Benjamin Hinkle a justice of the Peace within and for said county, Hannah Bailey who being by me duly sworn saith that she is now seventy four years old that she now resides in the County of Jasper and State of Indiana that she was born in Morris county New Jersey that at the age of twenty one she was married to Arad Sutton, of said county and state, that she lived with him in lawful wedlock about ten years when her said husband died leaving her a widow, that she was afterward married to Nathan Bailey, in the county of Lycoming in the State of Pennsylvania, that said Nathan Bailey died in said county of Lycoming about twenty five years since, leaving her again a widow, that she is now and has been ever since the death of said Nathan Bailey a widow, that she always understood that Arad Sutton her first husband, served during all or most of the Revolutionary war, that he enlisted in Northumberland County as she believes and belonged to what was called the Pennsylvania line that she has never received any bounty land whatever she does not know that any one is now living who was present at her marriage with Arad Sutton, she does not remember the name

of the person who performed the marriage ceremony, but believes he was a justice of the Peace, she was married at a place called Middlebury at the house of John Hagan and that she desires any warrant for her arrest which may be issued to her to be delivered to William Hunt of Washington city D.C. sworn to and subscribed before Hannah J. Bailey March 23. AD 1855 Benjamin H. Noble Jr.
At the same time came before me a justice of the Peace as above stated. Messrs. Burgess and Seduthen D. Hopkins respectable persons of lawful age and disinterested in this cause, who being sworn say that they are well acquainted with Hannah Bailey above named, that they believe her to be the age stated in the foregoing affidavit and have no doubt of the truth of said affidavit that they were present and saw her sign her name to the affidavit aforesaid sworn to and subscribed before me March 23 1855 Garrison Burgess Benj Noble Jr. To Hopkins.

STATE OF INDIANA, } ss: Wabash COUNTY, }
I, John H. Patterson Clerk of the Wabash Circuit Court, within and for said county and State, do hereby certify that William Davis whose name appears to the within certificate of acknowledgment, was, at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such, and that his signature attached thereto is genuine, as I believe.
Witness, John H. Patterson Clerk, and the seal of said Court, at Wabash this 24 day of March 185 8
John H. Patterson