Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2.368, Michael Baylor, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Baylor, Michael
S2368
carded.
CONTENTS

17.760 New Jersey
Michael Baylor (deceased) of Newton South in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Petty — of the regt — commanded by ————— in the N.J. Com. line for June.
Died 6 June 1833. rep? 19 Sept.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Condier Morris town N.J.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
amt due for March 31st $ 52.62 To 6 June 1833
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 103
Certificate issued to James Baylor and the other children of Michael Baylor (deceased)
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State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. on this third day of September in the year of our Lord 1832, personally appeared, in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Warren now sitting Mackace Baylor a resident of the township of Snowtown, county of Warren and state aforesaid, 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 "An act to provide for the relief of the poor" passed June 7. 1832.
answer to interrogatories.
 I. I was born on the 8 th May 1756, as appears from my father's  II. bible in which there is a record of my age, at Mansfield in  III. said county, where I lived when I first entered the service of the United States. I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  IV. I entered the service as a drafted militia man. My first tour was under Captain a Lieutenant, I forget his name, as my memory is very infirm and I have had a paralytic stroke. when we marched to Elizabeth town, we were dismissed as they did not want us, and returned home. 
The next time when I ought to have gone I hired substitutes for two months, William Shelton for one month, and Richard Shelton for another month. They went to New Brunswick & Elizabeth town.
I went out again myself one month, in the fall of the year in the company commanded by Captain John Totten. We marched under him to Amboy. thence to South Amboy - thence to the Cheese-quakes and there stationed. while there I volunteered with some

others, 15 or 20 of us, to take some cattle that the British were about to take. We marched towards the lighthouse and got a large number of cattle, and drove them to Cranberry & left them there with the commissary of the army.
The next month I was out again under Captain Pettigrew again. We marched to Anboy. While there the British were about Millstone, I recollect this was in the fall of the year and about feeding time.
During the next year, I was out twice at Elizabeth town, Morristown & other places in that neighborhood, a month each but can't recollect the names of the officers.
I was out also under Captain Benjamin Warner, one month at Elizabeth town and that neighborhood.
I was also out one month under Captain John Dillon over the Blue Mountain to Minisink after the Indians but can't recollect the year but it was in the fall of the year. Was again out at different times, three or four days at a time after the Tories but can't specify the times. I know that I was out seven months besides the different odd spells after the Tories & others.
VI.
I have no documentary evidence, and know of no testimony I can procure to prove my services except where the affidavits of Peter Pettigrew and Michael Morris accompany this application. There is no clergyman living in my neighborhood but I can prove the neighborhood
VII.
reputation of my services by Colonel William McCulloch

one of the Judges of this court, and Michael Mires - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state.
Sworn and Subscribed the date above in open court -
J. M. Blair
Michael Baylor mark
We William McCullough and Michael Mires residing in the township of Mansfield in said county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Baylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is respec- ted and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid -
J. M. Blair
Michael Mires mark
Wm McCullough
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the said further certifies that it appears to them that William McCullough Esq one of the judges of this court and Michael Mires who signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said township of Mansfield and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. M. Warren Wm Kennedy J. M. Blair Garret Lucey Charles Gaster

Certificate of death heirs of Michael Baylon ad
7 th private $25.33
certificate heirs 1.94 306
Hon L Board
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46.66 5.83 1.3  $52.62

At an Orphan's Court held at Belvidere in and for the County of Warren and State of New Jersey, commencing on the fourth Tuesday of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Satisfactory proof was produced before said Court that Michael Baylor late of the township of Franklin in said county who was applying for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832, died on the 6 th day of June last; that he left no widow as a survivor - that he left as his heirs at law James Baylor, Catherine wife of William Cole - Margaret wife of William Walker; William Baylor. Michael Baylor. Peter F. Baylor only son and heir at law of George Baylor deceased, - the minor heirs of Peter Baylor decd, to wit, James, Ann, Mary, Daniel Peter and Elizabeth Baylor and the minor heirs of Elizabeth Eveland, decd wife of Joseph Eveland, to wit, Michael, Samuel. Josiah. Isaiah. Caleb and Nelson - which said George Baylor, Peter Baylor and Elizabeth Eveland, now all deceased were children of said Michael Baylor deceased -
Done in open Court this 27 th August 1833
Henry W. Harnady Charles Gaster M c C Robeson
I, Jeremy Mackey, Surrogate & ex of- ficio Clerk of the Orphan's Court, of the County of Warren in the State of New Jersey certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings in the matter of the proof of the death & heirs at law of Michael Baylor late of Franklin in said county deceased - Witness my hand & seal of office the 27 th August 1833 -
Jeremy Mackey Phillip D. Surrogate

Michael Baylor.
11290.
Michael Baylor New Jersey
Return if
name of minor
heirs must be certified by court.
names of heirs must be given.
J. M. Sherred, agent
Belvidere
Morris Co
New Jersey

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
3 d June 1833
Sir:
The evidences in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Michael Baylon of Warren Co. New Jersey
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Prospect Filed a Substitute for 2 months went out 1 Private Capt. Smith So Elizabeth town Mansfield New Jersey Aged 76 Yrs declaration & divers witnesses   " " 1 Capt. Potter So Amboy to the Wood- stock to the Raritan   The next year - out twice - one month each time 2 So Amboy to Elizabeth town - in the direction of New York   out 1 Capt. Boga Warner So Elizabeth town & the neighbourhood   " 1 Capt. Pro Pellenjer To the Blue Mountains to Monmouth   out again various Short Period  
Alleges that his service amounts to 7 months, besides the various Odd Spells & that he cannot recollect the year in which his services were rendered
& says that his memory is much impaired & that he has had a Paralytic Stroke
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service. [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. Note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev War
2368 INVALID.
File No. 2368
Michael Baylor Print Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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11290
Application of Michael Baylor of Warren Co New Jersey for a Pension.
If Pension allowed please direct the Certificate to J. M. Sherrard Belvidere Warren Co New Jersey.

State of New Jersey Warren County ss. I. Phineas B Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Warren. certify that the signatures of William D Robinson Esq to the certificate of credibility of Peter Pettis, and William Weller, the affiant- of said William Weller; also the signature of William Mc Cullogh to the credibility of Michael Mires to the papers hereto attached are then genuine signatures and that at the doing thereof the said William D. Robinson was a Judge of said Court & Justice of the Peace, and that said William Mc Cullogh was one of the Judges of said court; I further certify that the
papers hereto attached are the original papers in the application of said Michael Baylon (now deceased) except said additional affidavit of William Weller & additional certificates of credibility as aforesaid.
Witness my hand & Seal the 4 th July 1833.
H. H. Murray Clerk

Peter Betty, affidavit of Service of Michael Baylor in the Revolutionary War

State of New Jersey Warren County ss.
Before me William P. Robeson One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Warren on this 3 rd day of Sept r 1832. Person- ally appeared Peter Petty well known to me, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith, that he is seventy three years of age, that he is well acquainted with Michael Baylor, now applying for a pension, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. That he knew him in the revolutionary war, having been out on the service with him, under the command of Deponants Father Captain John Petty & under Colonel Mark Thompson Thompson, that it was in the year 1776 that he the deponent and the said Baylor served together, and that he has been well acquainted with him ever since; And further this Deponent saith not. Sworn & Subscribed before me the day and date as above
Peter Petty
Wm P. Robeson
I William P. Robeson, before whom the above affidavit of Peter Petty was taken, certify that I am well acquaint- ed with him: that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
Witness my hand & seal the 20 th June 1833.
Wm P. Robeson

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county on the third day of September AD 1832. Personally appeared Michael Mires of the township of Mansfield in said county; who being duly sworn according to law, saith that he is well acquainted with Michael Boyler of the Township of Knowlton, who is applying for the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. that he was well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary war - I know that the said Michael Boyler was out in the Militia of New Jersey under Captain John Petty but don't know how long he was out - and further saith that he knows he was out at several different times but can't say who under -
Sworn and Subscribed to the above
before me Wm McCullough
Michael Mires Mark
I William McCullough before whom the above affidavit of Michael Mires was made certify that I am well acquainted with said Mires; that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Witness my hand & seal the 2 d June 1833.
Wm McCullough

State of New Jersey Warren County I, M c Neas B r Kennedy clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in And for said County do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michael Miers for a pension And further I do certify that William P. Robeson before whom the affidavit of Peter Petty was taken And William McCullough before whom the affidavit of Michael Miers was taken, each was and still are Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas in And for said County. And further I do certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judges and am satisfied that their signatures subscribed to said affida- vits are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of Sept. A.D. 1832
M c Neas B r Kennedy Clerk
Affidavit of Michael Miers of Service of Michael Bayfer in the Revolutionary War

State of New Jersey.
Warren County ss. Before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, on the fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared William Miller of the township of Knowlton in said county, who being duly sworn according to law, saith, that he was well acquainted with Michael Baylor of said county, who was applying for a Pension under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. That the said Michael Baylor was living with deponent, until the fourth day of June last, when he departed this life at his home. and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed the date above before me
William Miller
James P. Robeson
I, William P. Robeson before whom the above affidavit of William Miller was made, certify that the said William Miller is a credible person, and that his statements are entitled to credit. Witness my hand & seal this 4 th July 1833.
James P. Robeson