Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 12953, William Baylis, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Baylis, William
S. 12953
carded
CONTENTS

3216. Kentucky William Baylis, de- of Union in the State of Ky who was a 4 th Cap V. M. in the                      commanded by Captain                      of the                      commanded by                      in the Va line for 2 Yrs
{ Inhe? from $421.50 } { Payable to Adm. }
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 570 Dollars                      Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 18 th June 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Feby 1857 and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of                      Dickinson Coombs Semiannual allowance ending                      Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. E. Robinson Clerk Book C Vol. 7 Page 11

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Rives
ss.
On this fourth day of September 1887, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace  Court for the said County of Rives personally appeared William Waylys who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Vols in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wood in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Missouri where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Union County Kentucky to Rives County Missouri , the advancement of his own and childrens interest, and the unhealthiness of the section of Country from which he removed.
Wm B ay lis
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
William Goff J.B.G.
□ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
□ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
□ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
□ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of Michigan County of St. Joseph 3 d . ss.
Be it known that before me William Goff one of the Justices of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared the William Baylis the Iden- tical person whose name is in an original Certificate in the possession of said Baylis and made oath, in consequence of removing from the State of Kentucky to this State, that he has not been able to draw any part of his pay since the 4 th day of September 1835, and that the pay from that date to the present is due him the said William Baylis.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of September 1837 - William Goff J.C.C.
W m Baylis

State of Missouri Rives County ss
Goff
Be it known that before me William
a justice of the COURT  peace in and for the county
aforesaid, personally appeared George Lewis & John W. Berry and made oath in due form of law that William Baylys whose name is affixed to the foregoing application for a transfer is the identical William Baylys named in an original certificate in the possession of said Baylys of which the following is a true copy: War Department - Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832 William Baylis of the State of Kentucky who was a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive three hundred & twenty dollars and — cent. per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semi annually, on the 4 th of March, and 4 th of September, in every year.
Seal
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Lew Coap
Examined and countersigned J. L. Edwards
Sworn and subscribed this 4 th day of September 1837 before me and I do certify that said of George Lewis and John W. Berry are men of veracity William Goff J. B. C.

State of Michigan County of River, ss.
I J. A. Pinnell Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid. Do Certify that William Goff Esq. before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made, and whose name is subscribed thereto, purporting to be his signature, is genuine, was at the time of subscribing and still is an acting Justice of the County Court of River and that full faith and credit is due his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name. This 5 th day of September 1837.
J. A. Pinnell Clerk

6985
William Payles
Union C.
Ky
Act 18. March 1878.
admitted - for 2 years from 1777 as a Slave Info $320 per Ann.
final settlement to Samuel Casey Morganfield Ky.

1985  BRIEF in the case of William Baylis  of Union Co in the State of Ky (Act 7th June, 1803.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.  
Spring In 1777 —  First term after was appointed Pay Master of Reg t 3 d Ky Vols with the loss of heat, performed at the same time the duties of Pay Master — resigned Aug t 1780 — holding for a considerable part of the term the appointment of Pay Master until the Park of Crops held the last term from 1777 to 1779.
5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine — Monmouth in 1778  1781 entered the service as Capt of a company & was out 3 mo.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Manchester Pa. & Philadelphia Co Pa.
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Kentucky Union County to wit
Be it remembered that at a county court held for said County at the courthouse in Morgan- =field on Monday the 15 th day of January 1821— William Baylis exhibited into court and made oath to a schedule and declaration in the words and figures following to wit
Schedule
"Commonwealth of Kentucky "Union County to wit
"On this 15 th day of January 1821 personally appeared in "open court being a court of record to wit a county "court held for said county of Union at the courthouse "in Morganfield in the Commonwealth aforesaid "and on the day aforesaid William Baylis aged "sixty two years resident in the county of Union and "District of Kentucky who being first duly sworn "according to law doth on his oath declare, that he "served in the Revolutionary War as follows "he entered as a Cadet and left it as Lieutenant, he served "in the 12 th Virginia Regiment commanded by "Colo James Wood, Capt. William Vass' company, and of the "Continental line - that his original declaration

"was made on the 5 th day of May 1818, that he is placed on the pension list/roll of the Virginia agency at the rate of twenty dollars per month by certificate No 8578 and has received his pension under said certificate up to the 4 th day of March 1820
"And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolution- ary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
"That he unfortunately in the year 1817 had his property including three negroes destroyed by fire and now has no property neither real nor personal - that his occupation is the cultivation of the soil, and his age and infirmities

prevent his being of much service in the cultivation of the soil - That the number of his family is four, his wife aged 57 and three daughters Susan 18 Maria 15 & Eliza 12 -
Wm Baylis
Sworn to and declared on the 15 th day of January 1821 before the Worshful Union County Court and an open Court
"Attest Sam Casey Clk"
Which said Schedule and declaration was filed and ordered to be preserved among the records of this Court and a copy ordered to be certified according to the act of Congress -
Now I Sam Casey Clerk of the said Union County Court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (being a court of record) certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Schedule and declaration of William Baylis and of the order of said Court as appears from the records of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of January 1821 and in the 29 th year of the Commonwealth
Sam Casey Clk of Union County Court

Order of Comb
Wm Baylis
Oct 7 - June '82
Ry.

State of Kentucky
At a County Court held for the County of Franklin at the Court house in the city of Frankfort on Monday the Sixteenth day of Septm 1850
It was Satisfactorily proven to the Court, that William Bayles dec d formerly of Union County, Ky departed this life on the (17 th ) Seventeenth day of June (1844) eighteen hundred forty four leaving Mrs Lucy Buck of the State of Mississippi and Mrs Mary L Tuth of the State of Missouri his only living children, said Mary L Tuth being now alive and said Lucy Buck not having been heard from, for some time, and that William H Foster is the administrator of the estate of said William Bayles deceased That said William Bayles was a revolution- ary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7 th day of June 1832 upon the Kentucky agency when allowed at the rate of three hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and that his pension Certificate cannot now be found
I Alexander H Kennick Clerk of the County Court for the County of Franklin in the State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as clerk as aforesaid and affixed the Seal of said Court this 23 rd day of October 1850
A H Kennick Clerk Franklin County Court

State of Kentucky } ss County of Union }
On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Union, William Baylis , a resident of said County of Union in the said State of Kentucky, this day aged seventy four 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 7 th 1832
That in the Spring 1777, he entered the army of the United States, as a Cadet, in the 12 th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. James Wood , and was attached to the company commanded by Capt William Vause - that in May or June of that year he marched with a portion of Capt Vause's company from Winchester Virginia and in the month of July joined the army under the command of Genl Washington at Morristown New Jersey - that some short time thereafter, he was appointed by Col Wood, Paymaster of the Regiment with the rank and pay of a Captain - continued with the main army under Genl Washington during the subsequent operations of that campaign, was actively engaged in the Battle of Brandywine, and continued with the army at Valley Forge - and in that year also he received the commission of Lieutenant, and acted under that Commission as well as under the appointment of Paymaster of the Regiment - In 1778 he was in the battle of Monmouth, marched afterwards to the White Plains in New York, and in the fall of that year was ordered to West Point and was engaged in finishing the Fortifications

- At West Point, he was ordered by Col Wood and did take command of Capt Presley Nevell's company in Wood's Regiment (Capt. Stark having been appointed Aid to Genl La Fayette and absent from his company on that duty) - and he continued in the command of Nevell's company until in the month of December 1779 - the winter 1778 was passed in the huts at Middlebrook New Jersey - whilst in the command of Nevell's company, he commanded one of the detachments in attacking and taking Paulus Hook - in which he was slightly wounded - After the army went into winter quarters in 1779 he went home on fur- lough - Shortly after he went home Col Wood's Regiment with most of the Virginia troops were ordered on to Charleston South Carolina - and when his furlough expired Charleston was so closely invested that he could not report his command and by the capitulation of Charleston the Regiment became prisoners of war - being then an officer without troops and there being many supernumerary officers of the Virginia line, and not wishing the country to pay without his being in a condition to render services adequate, in the month of July or August 1780 he resigned his commission having belonged to army from the Spring 1777 till the time of his resignation - holding for a considerable part of the time the appointment of Paymaster to Col Wood's Regiment with the rank and pay of a Captain - having been commissioned a Lieutenant in 1777 and commanded Capt. Nevell's company from the fall 1778 to the time he was furloughed in December 1779
In 1781 the Governor of Virginia at the instance of Genl Washington called upon the Militia - under this

all a company was raised in Fauquier county and the command thereof was given to him - that he immed- ately marched with his company and joined the American army at Williamsburg, proceeded to the siege of York and remained there actively engaged in the service of his country until the surrender of Cornwallis, marched with the prisoners from York to Frederick county Virginia where the Virginia Militia were discharged, having been engaged in this service more than three months At the time he entered the army in the Spring 1777 he resided in Frederick County Virginia
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is only on that of the agency in the State of Virginia and regularly transferred to the Kentucky Agency
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm Baylis
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
We Clarkborne Stuart, a clergyman residing in the County of Union Kentucky and Lewis Richard and Sam Casey residing in said County - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt William Baylis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be ninety four years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Clairborne Duke
Levi Richard
Fann Casey
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above applicant was a noble woman Colleen and such as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Clairborne who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Union County and that Levi Richards and Fann Casey who have also signed the same are residents of Union County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
1832
I James R. Hughes. Clerk of the court of Union County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Baylis for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 20 th day of August 1832 In the 51 st year of the Commonwealth.
James R. Hughes.

Wm Hostler Administrator of the Wm Baylis Declaration
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible due to the orientation and fading.]

State of Kentucky Franklin County Set
Be it known That on the 16 th day of September 1850 Before us two acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally ap- peared William H. Foster the Administrator of the estate of William Baylis deceased who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an allow- ance for an amount of pension due said William Baylis at his death under the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832. That he is advised and believe that the said William Baylis was a Lieutenant a Pay Master in the Virginia Continen- tals in the Army of the Revolution and served as said Lieutenant several years, in consideration of which he was allowed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Land Ro- mity the quantity of 2666 2 / 3 Acres a copy of the war- rants which issued for which in 1784.
That said William Baylis during his life about the year 1819, the first part of the year, was placed upon the pension Roll of the United States under the act of Congress passed in 1818, at the rate of $240 per annum, and paid at the Kentucky Agency in consideration of his said service as Lieutenant. That after the passage of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 he applied for, and obtained, an allowance under said act at the rate of 320 $ per annum which

was likewise in consideration of his said service as s d Lieutenant and which was likewise paid at the Kentucky Agency, until he visited his daughter @ Mipouri at which time a transfer of the payment of his pension was made to the Mipouri Agency.
That declarant is advised and believes that said William Baylis was not only a Lieutenant in the s d Virginia Continental Line But likewise a Pay Master for a portion of the time, the exact duration of which he cannot say, but has filed a Certificate from the Auditor of Virginia which shows that his service was unbroken as Pay Master in one term from the 27 th August 1777 to 1 st December 1778 - a period 15 months and 4 days. How much longer s d William Baylis served as said Pay Master he cannot say and now refers to the records on file in the Pension Office and the Army Register of Virginia for the full proof of any.
This declarant now most respectfully asks an early consideration of this application & prays that an allowance may be made by the proper Department for service of Pay Master as an increase from the 4 th day of March 1831 to the 27 th day of June 1844, this last being the day of the death of s d William Baylis. And that a Certificate of Pension may issue for said increase payable to this declarant as Administrator of the estate of said William Baylis dec d , as his Grand Child now live in several different States and his living

child one of whom Mrs Lucy Buck reside somewhere in the State of Mississippi and Mrs Maria L Tritt in the State of Wisconsin - and likewise ask that the allowance may be made payable at the Kentucky Agency for the amount due.  Wherefore declarant hereunto sets his hand and seal  Sworn to and Subscribed before us } on this 16 th September 1850 }  James Shannon } Robert McKim } SP 1 SP 2  App n H Foster (seal) Administrator of William Baylis, dec d .
State of Kentucky Franklin County Set  I Alexander H Pennick Clerk of the Court of Franklin County State of Kentucky Certify that James Shannon and Robert McKim Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made and acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and to all their official acts the faith and credit are due and the above signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name this the 16 th day of September 1850  A H Pennick Clerk Franklin County Court

Ans Am
December 2, 1937
Mrs. J. L. McGarity Monroe, Box 42 Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12953, it appears that William Baylis , while residing in Frederick County, Virginia, enlisted in April 1777 and a Cadet in Captain William Voss' (Vause) Company, Colonel James Wood's Twelfth Virginia Regiment, in same year he was appointed Lieutenant in same regiment, was appointed Paymaster August 27, 1777 and served as such until December 1, 1778 and was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth, was in the battle of Paulus Hook, where he was a Captain and served until in August 1780. He was Captain of Virginia Militia in 1781 and was at the Siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 5, 1818, while a resident of Fred-

erick County, Virginia, aged fifty-nine years.
It is stated that he married in 1780, and in 1821 soldier was living in Union County, Kentucky, and referred to his wife as aged fifty-seven years, her name is not given, and there are no details as to marriage; at same time soldier referred to three daughters- Susan, aged eighteen years; Maria, aged fifteen years; and Eliza, aged twelve years.
In 1837, he was living in Rives County, Missouri. He died June 18, 1843 or June 17, 1844, leaving the following children- Mrs. Lucy Buck of Mississippi; and Mrs. Mary or Maria L. Tutt of Missouri. Grandchildren are referred to in 1850, no names stated..
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1927-Dec-2-Hist Co J. P. McCarroll
Rev. War
12.953 INVALID.
File No. 12.953
William Baglis Capt Brew War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Under the act of April 6. 1838, the pension paid at the Treasury Dept. from 4 th Sept. 1835 to the 4 th Sept. 1837. See not e within from.
2 d Comp.
Hon. C. S. Morehead 18 th Oct 1850

Wm Baylis, Rev. Virg a File this with his other papers.

3216
Kentucky
William Baylis
of Union in the State of Kentucky who was a Lt. & R. M as in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Va. line for
2 Years
One from $320.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 421 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 18 June 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of January 1851 and sent to J. J. Trakne
Present
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 led by A. E. Robinson Clerk, Vol. 7 Page 47

Lett. to Pens n Oct 26: 1836 Tra - cu - Apr 15: '37 Cir to Pen Agents 6 th Oct 1837 To Missouri from 4 th Sept r 1835. 21. Oct 1837 - Notification sent to W. C. Anderson Pen Agt. St Louis Missouri As to when last paid, see papers of David Harley. 18. March 1818. Indian War. Let to P Agt Apr 19. 1838.
Missouri 3216  Kentucky 
William Baylis of Union in the State of Kentucky: who was a Lieut in the Comp y commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col: Wood in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1787-
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky - - at the rate of 320 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec r 32 and sent to Samuel Baisey. Morganfield, Ky.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 -  480 -    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33"  160 -     $640 -  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 32 

8,578 From Virginia Roll. to Kentucky
William Baylis, 4
Frederick Co. in the state of Virginia who was a Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Abel of the Virginia Line, for the term of three years.
inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5. of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. of Mar. 1819, and sent to Robt. White, Esq. Winchester, Va.
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 . . . . .  200. "     Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 4. 1819  120. "     arr. 10m.   $ 320. "  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continue
Note sent to Samuel Casey Esq. 15 Dec 1821 Morganfield, Kentucky

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 2 nd day of June 1783 , in the name of
William Baylis as Quar ter Master
for £ 308. 3. 4, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to
Capt Marshall and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782. To wit - Pay as Pay Master from 27 Augt. 77 to 1st Dec. 1778 & as Quar ter from 1st Dec. 78 to 18th July 1780.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
29 th day of May 1848.
W. H. Heath
AUDITOR.

William Baylis Esq - 7 June $320. To what time last paid
Pension Office 21. Oct 1837.
To Mr. Thos 4 Sep 1835 JH

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Union - - - - - ss.
On this 23 rd day of March - 1821, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Union - personally appeared William Baylis - who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Wm Vof - in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Wood in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Virginia - from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. That he at present receives Twenty dollars per month.
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Wm Baylis
E. J. Wittatt J. P. U. S. {Seal}
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Commonwealth of Kentucky Union County Court 3
I Sam Casey clerk of the county court of the county of Union aforesaid, certify that Edward Millitt Gay whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the oath purports to have been taken by William Bayles was at the date of his said certificate and yet is an acting justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all such his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 24 th day of March 1821 and in the 29 th year of the Commonwealth
Sam Casey C.W.B.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Union County Court
I Daniel McDenny Presiding Justice of the county court of Union aforesaid do certify that Sam Casey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is clerk of said court and that his certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand and seal this 26 th day of March 1821
Daniel McDenny P. J. U. C.

W m Bayle's hand d from Virginia to Kennebec Dec 1821 from 4 March 1820.
Sep 19

Mr Edward
Rec d 17 Dec: 1821
The Hon
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington

Morganfield Union County Kentucky
24 th November 1821
Sir
Enclosed herewith you will (enclose) the schedule of Capt. William Baylis together with his affidavit and application to be transferred to the Kentucky Agency
In January last a copy of the schedule was enclosed to the Hon. Alney O'Lean, who returned Mr. Edwards answer that the affidavit for a transfer was necessary which was sent on in church, and was only rec d here 8 days since with Mr. Edwards letter saying that the schedule had not been filed
If practicable Capt Baylis wishes to receive the pension since March 1820 in Kentucky without the trouble of sending to Virginia for it - He is his request that you will let him know as early as possible when and where

he is to apply for his money
I have the Honor to be
Yours &
Sam Cargill
Hon Secretary of War

Apr 29
Mr. Brunsme
free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Northern Bank Ken Lexington April 22 1837
Sir
W m Baylis Lieut has been paid to the 4 September 1835 . Our books are regulated in his case according to your instructions.
Yours of the 15 th Inst informing us of the trans- fer of Philemon Saunders Sen. to this Agency, is received
Respectfully
Your At t Servt J. Telford Pres t per W m Ernst Per Clerk

Oct 5
Mr Evans
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of pensions City of Washington

Pension Agency St. Louis, Mo. September 23. 1837.
Sir
I enclose the application of Wm. Baylis for transfer from Kentucky to this District.
I am very respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
Wm. C. Anderson
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions City of Washington

M rs Payleis, dec d Ky. Act 7 June 1832 Capt. Lt & Pay Master
In d to $510 per annum being former pay at $121:50 per annum. end 9 18 June 1843, when he died payable to Mrs W. Foster Admin istrator for the benefit of Lucy Buck, & Mary S. Lutt, only surviving children
Dickens & Hoopes Present

426
Hon: A. McLean Rec d 21 st Feb y 1821
William Baylis
Esq d
Abbeyle a Pensioner, ON VIRGINIA
Roll
[Handwritten signature and flourish]

Washington July 20 th 1821.
Mr. Sir Instead you will receive the Shares of William Balis which you will be so good as to give your study attention - Mr. Balis has moved to Kentucky & wishes to be transferred to the Kentucky Agency -
Yours Respectfully Henry McLean
Feb. 29, 1821, Sent Mr. McLean a blank form for Transfer

Lieutenant Wm Baylis Served 3 Years as a Lieutenant in the Virgin Continental Line, for which he received the 17 th June 1784 a Warrant for 2666 2 / 3 acres of Land from Virginia. He first drew a Pension under the act of 1818 of $240. per Annum. After the passage of the act of 7 th June 1832 he was allowed under that act a pension of $320- per Annum for his service as Lieutenant . Not until a few years ago could he have been allowed for his staff service for which no application has ever been made.
A Certificate from Auditor Heath here filed shews that Lieutenant William Baylis served 15 months and 4 days as Paymaster for which his Administrator now applies and asks an allow- ance as increase, and that a certificate may issue in his name for the money.
Wm Baylis lived in Union Co. Ky when he was placed upon the rolls at $320 and continued then to live until a short while before his death when he went to Missouri On a visit to see his daughter For some cause his pension was paid at the Missouri Agency - We now wish his increase to be paid to his Administrator at the Kentucky Agency at all events the allowance must be made to the Administrator , who has given surety bond, thereby avoiding the immense trouble of getting up the

Yours of attorney from his children one of whom lives in the State of Mississippi some where, one in the State of Wisconsin etc.
The declaration of the Administrator is herewith enclosed to be filed in Pension Office & the order of Court showing that he is the administrator. The power of atty from Mrs Lutt is also enclosed not to be filed without you think necessary. Read the latter part of it. This is so plain a case that I think you will not be delayed 10 minutes about it.
If you should get the Certificate several days before you leave this city please forward it to Isaac H. Trabue who will be at Frankfort & obtained the agency from Mrs Lutt of Wisconsin.
Yours Most Respectfully J. H. Trabue
The money if allowed will be at a time to do some good - please try and get before you leave.

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Richmond, Va. at the Branch Bank of the United States.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, William Baylis
late a Lieutenant
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.

A White takes the liberty of commissioning this envelope to the care of Capt. Lee

District & State of Virginia, Frederick County Set
On this 5 th day of May 1818, before me the Subscriber, Sole and presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Law for the said Coun- ty of Frederick and in the State aforesaid, Personally appeared William Baylis aged fifty Nine Years Resident in the said County District & State, who being by me first duly Sworn, according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War." That he the said William Baylis engaged in the County of Frederick, in the State of Virginia in the month of April, in the Year of 1777, as a Cadet in the Company commanded by Capt. William Voss of the 12 th Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment, That in the course of that Year, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the said Regiment and continued to serve in that capacity until the month of July or August in the Year 1780, when he resigned his Commission at Fredericksburg in Virginia. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, The Affair at Poole's Hook, near the City of New York. That he has no other evidence of his said Services except he subjoined affidavit of Joseph  Doc. Enoch Baldwin - and that he is in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of his Country's aid for a Support. —
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above mentioned —
Robt. White

Made oath before me the subscriber Judge James said Doctor Cornelius Baldwin of the County and State of Frederick That he served through the greater part of the Revolutionary War as a regimental surgeon in the Army of the United States. That his first appointment to that office was in the spring 1777. as surgeon of the fourth Virginia Regiment then at Middlebrook. which was attached to the same brigade with the twelfth Vir a Regiment and that he was well acquainted with said applicant. and knows that he was an officer in the said 12 th Reg t . but cannot say how long he remained in the service seems to be on the day and year aforesaid
Robt White
Adm rs Com rs
Capt l Prigg
I Robert White Judge as aforesaid. Do hereby certify that it affords me satisfaction that the said William Baldwin  Dale was in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Robt White
And the said Robert White Judge as aforesaid do further certify that I am satisfied from facts within my own knowledge that the account of the above applicant are greatly reduced. And further that from facts within my own knowledge. (as well as information this day given me upon oath) that he is not only in reduced circumstances, and distressed in need of his own aid for a support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name below the seal of the County of Frederick.
Robt White
This 10 th day of February 1819

from Increase Baylis (wid) At Rev
Act 7 th June, 1832.
Ad 15 m 3 d Pay- master $301.50
9 m 3 d - 120. $421.50
for annu from 4 th Feb 1831 to 18 th June, 1843,
when he died -
Former payments ad- ducted.
Payable to Wm H. Foster, admn for the benefit of Lucy Buck and Mary L. Tuth, her only sur- viving children -
been sent to F. S. J. Fraker Present -

Schedule
Commonwealth of Kentucky (Union County) to wit 3
On this 15 th day of January 1821 personally appeared in open court before a court of record to wit a county court held for the County of Union at the courthouse in Georgetown in the Commonwealth aforesaid and on the day aforesaid William Baylis aged sixty two years (resident in the County of Union and District of Kentucky) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare: that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; he entered as a cadet and left it as Lieutenant, he served in the 12 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. James Wood, Capt. William Vass' company and of the continental line - that his original declaration was made on the 5 th day of May 1818 - that he is placed on the Pension list roll of the Virginia Agency at the rate of Twenty dollars per month by certificate N o 8578 and has received his Pension under said certificate up to the 4 th day of March 1820
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of

March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to annul it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 - and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is con- tained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
That he unfortunately in the year 1817 had his property including three negroes destroyed by fire and now has no property, neither real nor personal - that his occupation is the cultivation of the soil and his age and infirmities prevent his being of much service in the cultivation of the soil That the number of his family is four, his wife aged 57 and three daughters, Susan 18 Maria 15 and Eliza 12
Signed
Wm Bayley
Sworn to and declared on the 15 th day of January 1821 before the worshipful Union

County Court and in open court
Att Sam Casey clerk
I Sam Casey clerk of the Union County Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly as same from the record of said court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 24 th day of November 1821
Sam Casey Clerk of the County Court for the County of Union

Oct 25
Wm Lloyd
Oct 25
LL Edwards Esq Pension Agent Washington City

Missouri River County - 10 Sept 1836
Mr J L Edwards
Sir
In closed I hand you my pension Certificate, as also proof of my identity -
My reason for transmitting them to you, is a wish to have my Certificate of pension made payable in this state having made it the place of my future residence -
I would beg leave also to state that in consequence of my removal last spring from Kentucky - I have not been able to draw my pension since last September - and there is now due me twelve months - to the 4 th of this present month -
Having no post office in the County you will please direct to St Helena P. Office. Pettis County Missouri
Yrs Respectfully W. B. [?] You will discover that Mr Boyles upright is so much improved as to make it almost impossible to recognize him

Additional proof of Identity
William Baylis
By to Missouri
to mail and to Date 26 Dec 36

Missouri STATE OF KANSAS ,
10 th day September 1836 County of Rives
I, Coleby J. Stevenson . . . . a Magistrate of the County above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence,* viz: the affidavits of John W Berry, and George Lewis
that William Douglas who has this day appeared before me, to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me, numbered 3216 and bearing date at the War Office, the 18 th day of December 1832 and signed by Leo Cass — Secretary of War. Given under my hand, at my Office — on the day and year above written.
C. J. Stevenson J. P.
I, Fulcrum A Pinnell Clerk of the Court of Rives County. certify that Colby J Stevenson 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  private (there being no public seal provided) and subscribed my name, this 10 th day of September in the year of 1836
Fulcrum A Pinnell Clk. Clerk of the Court of Rives County.
*Here state what the evidence is; whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names. [The above form is required where a pensioner has neglected, for one year, or more, to claim his pension, as additional proof of his identity.

510 421 89
The rolls show that W m Baylis was appointed Paymaster 27 th Aug 1777, & continued in that Capacity to 1 st Dec 1778 - 15 mo 3 days.
From 27 th Aug 1777 to 1 st June 1778, he is paid at $40 per month - one half of which, for 9 months - is $180.00
From 1 st June 1778 he is paid $60 per month, (Capt. & P.M -
6 mo at 50$ is $300 1/2 of which is 150.00
From 1 st Dec. 1778, as Capt. at $40
per mo. 9 mo. $360, 1/2 of which
180.00 $ 510.00

Pension Agency St. Louis March 17. 1838
Sir
There are many instances where I have reason to believe the conditions of the Oath prescribed for attorneys authorized to receive pay for pensioners are violated, in these words: "That the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension"
To refuse payment would presuppose a knowledge of the fact of violation; and to refuse upon suspicion only, would compel me to institute enquiry: even where the fact is known & charged, the intention of the rule is plead, being to guard against fraud, and the meaning of the attorney not being a fraudulent one, it is contended the rule is not violated. The Oath being taken, it is questionable if an agent, as a matter of either duty or propriety, could go behind it.
I have no doubt of the fact, that in most instances of powers given, as they come under my notice, the pension is pledged, if not to the atty. then to some one else, for advances, and to whom the atty. has promised, with the advice and consent of the pensioner, to pay the money: in many instances it is doubtless pledged directly to the atty. for favors or advances made or to be made. An instance is now before me in point, and the attorney, through anxiety to be in possession of the money having disclosed the facts of the pledge (arising

from debt, advance to call it, due to him from the pensioner) I am induced to trouble you with the subject for advice.
The particular case now alluded to, is that of Wm Barlis, Rev. Pensioner, transferred from Ken. to Missouri 21 Oct. 1837 - stipend $320 a year, 272 years due 4 th of this month, James W. Field the attorney. Under the rule, if more than a year due , I was about transmitting the papers, when the atty informed me he was going East to make purchases and desired a letter by which he could call at Washington under the hope that payment could be made to him there. The letter was already written to go by mail, but I consented to let him be the bearer as he requested. A copy is here enclosed. The fact of the pension being pledged to him was then given to me as a reason for his solicitude. Upon this I referred him to his Oath. He contended that it was a transfer for advances made from worthy motives, and not from motives intended to be guarded, against by the Oath - the Oath being pure, the rule did not apply. I could but reply that this was not for me to decide - that the motives were with himself, and their application with the Department - that as he was going to Washington, he could have the decision in person, and no doubt the pay too if all proved right.
If, however, it were proper to offer an opinion as to the intentions of Mr. Field, I should say the respecta- =bility of his standing, and his apparently understood manner in the transaction, forbid any suspicion of the least improper design. With regard to other cases

I might indeed say the same thing of all within my notice. But I have thought it time to say this much on the subject generally, and a duty not to omit the particular case now at hand.
I am very respectfully,
Sir
Your most Ob. Servt.
Wm. C. Anderson

Dear
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pension City of Washington

Copy
Pension Agency St. Louis.
March 17. 1828.
Sir,
I enclose for examination the papers of Wm Baylis for 2\frac{1}{2} years Pension. I send them as presented to me, made out in two portions of the time due. I am not aware of any objections to this mode, although I believe it to be the first case of the kind in this Agency, where the papers have in other respects appeared to be correct.
If an order be given to pay, it would be saving much to the pensioner if the 90 days limit to power of Attorney could in this instance be waived.
It was an oversight of himself and his friends that he did not furnish his papers for payment, at the time of application for transfer to this Agency, ordered 21 st October last.
I am, Very respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions City of Washington
Wm C. Anderson

Order of Court showing death of Wm Baylis - who is his administrator or copy of his pension Certificate
Memorandum Paymaster in 27 Aug 97. u/c of 400 p.m. See Roll of the  of the 12th Regt - also Roll Co H 1st Va Inf'ty and Mr Dene as said at the same time he has Paymaster, not on Capt Vause Roll as settlement

State of Kentucky. Franklin County I do
Franklin County Court Sept r Term 1850
At a County Court duly organized began to hold at the city of Frankfort on Monday the 16 th September 1850
It was Satisfactorily proven to the Court, that William Baylis dec d formerly of Union County KY departed this life on the (17 th ) Seventeenth day of June (1844) eighteen hundred and forty four leaving Mrs Lucy Buck of the State of Mississippi and Mrs Maria L Luth of the State of Mississippi his only children living children, said Maria L Luth being now alive and said Lucy Buck not having been heard from, for some time, and that William H Foster is the administrator of the said William Baylis deceased.
That said William Baylis was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7 th day of June 1832 upon the Kentucky agency, when allowed at the rate of three hundred & twenty dollars per annum and that his pension Certificate cannot now be found
I Alexander H Kennick Clerk of the County Court of Franklin County do certify that the above order is truly copied from the records of my office In Testimony whereof I have set my name as clerk & affixed the Seal of office this 17 th Sept r 1850
A H Kennick Clerk Franklin County Court

Land office Military Warrant N o 3167 To the principal Surveyor of the Land set apart for the Officers and Soldiers of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This shall be your Warrant to Survey and lay off in one or more Surveys for William Bayles his heirs or assigns, the quantity of Two thousand Six hundred and sixty Six & two thirds acres of Land due unto the said William Bayles in Consideration of his Service for Three years as a Lieutenant in the Virgin- ia Continental line agreeably to a Certificate from the Governor and Council which is received into the Land office. Given under my hand and Seal of the said office this 17 th day of June in the year 1784.
I E. A. Maury Register of the Land office for the State of Kentucky Do certify that the above is a correct Copy of a Warrant from the records on file in my office Given under my hand and Seal office This 18 th day of Sept r 1850
E. A. Maury R.R. By Rich d Long Jr

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 17. 1838.
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;" William Baylis a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of three hundred twenty Dollars and " " " " Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 - has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of September 1835 to the 4 th of September 1837 -
Respectfully, yours
Alison K. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office October 29 th 1850.
Sir
I have received your letter of the 24 th Inst t enclosing the vouchers upon which you claim, as Attorney the arrears of pension stated to be due in the case of William Baylis, to the 17 th June 1844. the day he died. In reply I have to state that, on reference to the books of this Office. It appears that the pensioner in question died on the 18 th June 1843. & that his pension has been paid in full to that date. The papers are, therefore, herewith returned.
Very respectfully Your obed t servant Jno S. Gallaher Auditor.
J. F. S. Harkness Esq. Grantport Ky

Hm 6 I Mnehand

House of Rep s Sept r 23 d 1830
Col. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose Two claims, which I would thank you to have examined and if practicable reported to me before I leave here
Very respectfully C. S. Morehead

Rec'd 9 Feb 1851.
827
Department of State, Washington, February 8 th 1851.
Francis A. Dickinson, Esquire, Washington,
Sir,
The following information is communicated to you in reply to your letter of the 4 th instant requesting evidence of the revolutionary service of William Baylis, of the Virginia line.
In an Arrangement of the Virginia Regiments, endorsed "White Plains, Aug t 1778", contained in N o 26, p. 12 of the Army Returns, William Baylis is classed with the Ensigns of the 12 th Va. Regt.
In the same volume, p. 23, there is "A Rank Roll of the Subaltern officers in the Fourth, Eighth, Tenth and Twelfth Regiments, Virginia"

Virginia Forces," etc. a in which under the class of "Second Lieutenants" appears the name of "William Bayles, 12 Regiment, Sep. 12. 1778."
N o . 169, vol. 7. of the Old Congress Papers has upon p. 181, a letter from General Washington to Samuel Huntington, containing an "enclosure from Genl. Muhlenburg," which is "A Return of the Continental Officers now in Virginia, as near as at present can be ascertained, July 4 th 1780 ," in which is found the name of "William Baylis, Captain , 8 th Regiment."
In an "Arrangement of the Virginia Line," in N o 101, p. 76, dated "Feb y 10 th 1781," William Baylis is ranked in the "8 th Virginia Regiment" as Lieutenant , "Date of Commission Feb y 18 th '81 ."
It will be observed, that there is a discrepancy

discrepancy existing between the extracts last given, as to Baylis' service as Captain and Lieutenant, which the Department does not attempt to reconcile.
I am Sir, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
David Wetmore

The Honble
FREE
Chittenden Lyon of the House of Representatives Washington
From Mr. Chittenden Washington
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Richmond Dec. 24 th 1830
Sir
I take the liberty to commit to you care a letter to Capt. Baylis in answer to one which you had the goodness to enclose to me.
Capt. Baylis wishes me to state his services in the war of our revolution so far as they came within my observation. I was intimately acquainted with him during the campaigns of 1777-8-29. Through which he served with fidelity. He was a brave and faithful officer and I do not believe that he lost a day's duty during the three campaigns. After the close of the campaign of 1779 when we came into winter quarters at Morristown in Jersey, the remnant of the Virginia line, consisting of a very few soldiers enlisted for the war, were sent into Virginia, and the officers who had no command came into the state to remain on furlough till men should be raised for them. Capt. Baylis and myself with four or five other officers walked in together. I do not know how he left the service, probably by resignation as he remained in the year 1780.
I am Sir very respectfully
Your obed t J. M c Whorter

Larry Clearwater
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Happy Creek December 26 th 1830
I hereby certify that Cap t William Baylis formerly of Frederick County Virginia, but now of Kentucky, commanded a company of militia from the county of Fauquier at the siege of York in Virginia, and continue to command it and perform the duty of a Cap t until after the surrender of the British forces under Lord Cornwallis
J. Marshall

The Hon The Secretary of the War Department Washington

Morganfield 22 nd Augt. 1832
Sir
With this you will receive my declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 7 th June 1832, certified and supported, I trust, in the substance and form of your requisition and properly certified, accompanied also by my pension certificate
The reasons for forwarding to you this declara- tion instead of the letter alone, are - that I claim by the act of June 7 th 1832, as well as by your construction of it, I am entitled to the pay of a Captain - You will see from my declaration as well as from reference to the army records of that date, that I was Paymaster to Col Wood's Regiment, 112 th Virginia Inf. Artillery that I commanded Capt. Presley Newell's company - and also was a Captain of the company of Militia Marched from Fauquier County to the Rige of York - In addition to the declaration and proofs therein made, I beg to refer you also to the enclosed statements of Chief Justice Marshall and of his brother James Marshall - from an examination of my case I hope and confidently trust it will be found by you that I am entitled to the pay of a Captain, and that the proper authority

will be forwarded to me directed, Morganfield Union County, Kentucky, to receive the same I have the the honor to be Respectfully Yours
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War
W m Baylis W m Baylis
Capt Baylis, is almost entirely blind as the cause of his name being written the 2 d time - Fann Casey

Box 42, Monroe, Georgia.
June 16, 1927.
Mr. Robert C. Davis, Adj. Gen.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me all information concerning one William Baylis, Bayless, or Bayles, who served during the Revolution in the 12th Va. Regiment, entering probably in 1777, and was made ensign in 1779, redesignated in 8th Va. Regiment, as First Lieut. in 1881 and retired in 1783, died 1843.
I very particularly want the names of his wife and children, and any information as to grants or bounty. If you can tell me anything about where he lived when he entered the army, or how old he was when he died, I will be glad.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. J. L. McGarity
Mrs. J.L.McGarity, Monroe, Georgia, Box 42.