Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 491-150, Henry Baylis, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Baylis, Henry
B.L. Wt. H91-150
CONTENTS

N o 491.
Henry Baylis. Esq r .
W h issued 16. Mar. 1815 & r del d to Col. Bristol —
This warrant was issued in consequence of the within deposition. —

Christ.

District of Columbia, Washington Co. to wit -
March 10. 1870.
This day came Henry Cris before me a justice of the Peace for the District of Columbia & made oath According to Law that he has heretofore lost a Land warrant N o 465 - Issued to Henry Baylis An Ensign in the Revolutionary army for 150 acres of Land, and dated 21 st of June 1809
L. H. Smith

Oct 13. 1845
Lewis Tilton and Moore
ans Oct 17 th 1845
Recd of Henry Bayly for Same
J. S. Melcher Washington City (Commission of Business) Mr. Edwards
465 150 acres Recd Oct 13/1845

Winchester Va
Sir
You will do me a favor by informing me whether there is any record in your office which shows that Ensign Henry Bayliss of the 5 th Line, came me? a warrant for land for his services during the Revolutionary War. By a document down to Sept r 1833 it does not appear he has received any land - His children says he never did - Also a Major Peter Holphun- =stone in Muhlenbergs Regiment. It appears that he rec d 5333 \frac{1}{3} acres by warrant obtained 29 th March 1803. He served during the war and died of a disease contracted in the southern County during  in the campaign -
If your duties will permit you perhaps to give me the desired information, I shall be thankful and also feel myself under a obligation to you - I am respectfully
Yours
Lewis Lightman Moore
Winchester Va
October 11 th 1845

Warrant No. 465. for 150. Acres issued the 16 th March 1810, in the name of Henry Baylis an Ensign of the Virginia Line - and the same delivered to H. Christ Major Peter Helphenstine, died of a disease contracted whilst in Service, as will appear by the Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims of the 22 nd Decem r 1837, and also by the Act of Congress of the 12 th June 1818. Whereby it is shown that his heirs were allowed the 7 years half pay promised by Congress under their Resolutions of the 24 th Aug t 1780 - Informed W th all the heirs of a Revolutionary Officer who died whilst in Service from Sickness or Casualty, are not entitled to bounty lands from the U. States
October 17 th 1845
Oct 13. 1845 Lewis T. Gilman Moore Oct 17 th 1845
Recd of Henry Baylis for Service
Colonel Washington City D.C.
M c Pherson
465 150 Acres Recd Oct 17 th 1845

Know all men by these presents that I Henry Baylis of the County of Frederick, within the Commonwealth of Virginia, have made ordained constituted and appointed and by these presents do make ordin constitute and appoint the Hon ble Henry Crist a member of Congress from the State of Kentucky my true and Lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to ask and receive of the Secretary at war or any other agent of the United States legally authorized to grant the same a land warrant for the quantity of land to which I may be entitled for my services as an ensign in the Sixth Virginia Regiment on continental establishment in the Revolutionary war - and on receiving such land warrant the usual and proper account balance and discharge to give for me and in my name for the same, hereby ratifying and confirming what ever my said Attorney shall and may lawfully do in the premises as binding on myself and my heirs in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal - The fifth day of June 1809.
Henry Baylis (L S)
Frederick County in the Commonwealth of Virginia to wit the fifth day of June 1809 - this day Henry Baylis a farmer by occupation in our said County appeared before me James Singleton Justice of peace in and for the said County and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed and I hereby certify that the said Henry Baylis who has stated in the above power of attorney that he was an ensign in the Sixth Virginia Regiment on continental establishment, has been personally known to me for Twenty five years, Twenty of which he lived within one mile of me, exercising the occupation of a

former and for a good part of this time held an office as Major in the Militia, he is a man of veracity no spe- culator but a little negligent and I verily believe he is the person who held the office of ensign as stated in the power of attorney above acknowledged - given under my hand at my own house in our County the day and year above said -
James Singleton
Virginia, Frederick County Ss.
I James Keith Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Singleton Esq. before whom the within letter of attorney was acknowledged is one of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Justices of the peace in and for said County, duly and legally commissioned and sworn, and to all his Acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere. In Testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 6th day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1809. and in the 33rd Year of the Commonwealth.
James Keith

November 26, 1932
Miss Margaret Ann Tetrick 271 Clay Street Clarksburg West Virginia
BA-J/MCS Henry Baylis B.L.Wt.491-150
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Henry Bailes , a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished below pertains to the only Henry Baylis, searched under all spellings, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Said records show that Bounty Land Warrant #491 for one hundred fifty acres of land was issued to Ensign Henry Baylis of the Sixth Virginia Regiment, War of the Revolution, upon an application executed June 5, 1809, at which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia. In 1809 it was stated that he had been a major in the militia during a good part of the last twenty years.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
See correspondence in Rev. War Pen. Clm. John Lewis. lb. 10195-

Henry Baylis B. L. 74 8-5714 491-150
RECORD DIVISION Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by AW Feb 11 1913
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Henry Baylis or Baylies
Service Va
Additional Service Res.
No claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No claim except B. L. W. 465-150.
Old book searched no Major

N o 465.
Henry Bayle Esq.
Filed 21. June 1809 D.P. to the Hon. Mr. Christy

Vincennes March 19. 1835
Friend: Sir Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury
Sir.
Henry Bayle of Frederick county is a worthy old Gentleman and one among the few surviving officers of the war of the Revolution. called on me yesterday to make some inquiries touching a claim that now being prosecuted on his behalf by Messrs Green & C. of Richmond V o for commutation pay. Sincerely from Mr. Bayle our statement that he has no claim upon the Government. and Running that many frauds have been committed under colour of said Revolutionary claims. It is of my duty to propose your the just measurements to me by Mr. Bayle. They are these - that in the year 1781. he was unexpectedly caught. an Ensign in the 12 th Continental Regt and there in 1782. he was promoted to a Captaincy in the same Regt. and remained in service until the close of the war. that in the year 1784. he made a settlement with the proper office and drew all the money and land to which he then considered himself entitled - that he never belonged to the Virginia State Line & therefore has no suit claim for commutation pay - Mr. B is an honest & respectable man, and I have no doubt has been imposed upon by designing speculators - I beg leave to suggest Sir, that the communication be filed in the proper office - it may prevent an

unpublished upon the Treasury.
1350
Very Respectfully Gerrit Smith.
W. G. Lingleton. U.S. Atty. N.D. Pa.

Free.
Rev. Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury Washington City.
C.P.H.
Mar. 21-1833 - Schuyler

Grove Hill Ia Page Co Ia
Dear Sir,
Will you please let me know from the records in your office how much land Major Henry Baylis of the Revolutionary Army was en- titled to, also the no of the Ia Regiment to which he belonged
Y'oblig B. W. Petty a descendant
W 4 60-10-0

1781 Com. Ensign 12" Cont. Regt.
1782 prom. to Lt. same regt. A rem. in ret. to close
1784 - never belonged to so state line liv. in Free Co. Va in 1835 - Chil. reg. to in 1845 -

HW
January 12, 1927
Mrs. Earl Cobb 103 North 17th St., Fort Smith, Ark.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that bounty land Warrant No. 491 for one hundred and fifty acres of land was allowed Ensign Henry Baylis of the Sixth Virginia Regiment, War of the Revolution, upon an application executed June 5, 1809, at which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia, in which it is stated that he had been a Major in the militia during a good part of the last twenty years.
Respectfully,
Only one
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

February 3, 1913.
Mr. B. W. Petty, Grove Hill, Page County, Va.
Sir:
In response to your letter without date which was received the 31 st ultimo, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a claim for bounty land on file for a Major Henry Baylis.
Bounty land Warrant No. 491 for 150 acres, was allowed to Ensign Henry Baylis of the 6th Virginia regiment, Revolutionary War, upon an application executed June 5, 1809, in Frederick County, Virginia, in which it is stated that he had been a Major in the Militia during a good part of the last 20 years.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Nothing used except exact rank on which allowed letter of 1809 asks not prove identity