Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,624, Hezekiah Bayles, N. C. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Bayles, Hezekiah
S16624
Va.
Born in N.J. CONTENTS
Carded

4757
Alabama
Worthington Bayles Medusa Co in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Company commanded Captain Volman of the _____ commanded in the Virginia Militia for 6 m. wks. from 1776 & N.W.
Enscribed on the Roll of Alabama the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of January A.D. 1833 and sent Hon. G. C. Clay
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 30 00 Pension allowance ending 4 March 1833 10 00 $ 40 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry B. Sykes Clerk, book D Vol. 10 Page 198
Death not on A. B.

State of Alabama Madison County ss
On this 15 th Day of November 1832 personally appeared before me Sam l Chapman Judge of the county court. Hezekiah Bayle a resident of said county and state aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the year 1776 I lived in the county of Loudon & state of Virginia and commenced the service under Major Lewis Burrell Capt. James Coleman Lieutenant Robert Troyer & Ensign William Buckannon as a volunteer we went to the town of Apopovian and were engaged in erecting batteries & breast works 26 for the purpose of defending the town the time I commenced the service or left it I do not recollect. I only remember that it was sometime in the summer I started & in the fall of that year I returned home. In the year 1777 I think in the month of September I again entered the service under Colonel James Coleman who had been my former captain & promoted to the rank of Colo. Captain Richard Sperr, Lieutenant George Kilgore and the ensign I think was James Whaley - we undergrouned at Leesburg and marched through the town of Lancaster state of Pennsylvania to Washington camp near German town where I remained until discharged and returned home a short time before Christmas of that year I received a discharge but it has been long lost or mislaid - In the year 1778 I married in Loudon county & in 1779 I moved to Washington county North Carolina now Wash- -ington county East Tennessee and in the month of August 1781 I again entered the service under Colo John Sevier Major Jonathan Tipton Captain Samuel Williams and I think James Stinson was Lieutenant the ensign I have entirely forgotten - we marched thro. N. Carolina

to the High hills of Saxe at which place Genl. Lewis was resting his men shortly after the battle at Eutaw Springs - passed on to the Saxe Swamps where we remained sometime - we were occasionally with Genl. Marion's army - we had no engagement tho' there was a very severe cam- paign - suffering many privations for want of provisions he was in service in this campaign more than three months - he knows he was in service in the whole more than six months - he received a discharge for this service but it has also been lost - he does not know of any person by whom he can prove his service tho' there were some who were living a few years ago but it is now unknown to him whether alive or where they live - I was born in the state of New Jersey as my father has al- ways told me on the 16 th Day of April 1757 -
I have a record of my age taken down by myself from the record of my father - that taken down by me is now in my possession - the original I expect if it is not destroyed is amongst the family records of an older brother in Gettysburg who died years ago -
I first entered the service as a volunteer - the second time I went as a substitute but for whom I have now no recollection - the third time I was
Accepted The names of the officers with whom I was in the service and the general circumstances I have stated much in detail as is in my power many incidents have doubtless been forgotten -
I received a discharge every time I went left the service they were signed by my captain but they have been long lost - I have moved frequently & never considered them of any value or worth preserving
I lived in Loudon County when first called into service in 1776 in 1779 I moved to what is now Washington County East Tennessee & lived there until 1787 when I moved to Kentucky is now

Knob county East Tennessee it was then a part of Hawkins county - I lived there until 1808 when I moved to the place where I now live and have ever since. Madison county state of Alabama when I moved it was Mississippi Territory
Benjamin Franks - Stephen Griffith Sam l Chapman and I believe I can safely refer to any man to whom I am known He has strong documentary evidence of his services - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Hezekiah Bayles Sam l Chapman Judge of court
We Benjamin Franks and clergyman residing in the county of Madison and state of Alabama I Stephen Griffith residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah Bayles who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above reduction ; that we believe him to be sixty five years of age, that he is upright and honest, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Given to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid - Sam l Chapman Judge of the county court of Madison County - Benjamin Franks Stephen Griffith
And I Sam l Chapman do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that Benjamin Franks who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing

in the county of Madison; and that Stephen Griffith, who has also signed the same is a resident of the county of Madison and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the preceding declaration has been taken upon me at the house of the said Hezekiah Bayle because from age and bodily infirmity he is not able to attend the place of holding court. All of which is given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of Nov. 1832.
Sam d Chapman (Seal) Judge of the county court of Madison County —
Hezekiah Bayle 2045.8
State of Alabama } I, Richard B. Pindom, Clerk Madison County } of the County Court of said County do certify that Samuel Chapman, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate, is now and was at the time of signing the same, the Judge of said County Court and that his official acts are entitled to due faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of said County Court at Office, in Huntsville, this twenty sixth day of November A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two and of American Independence the fifty-seventh. —
Rich d B. Pindom Clerk

August 10, 1937
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Hezekiah Bayles, S.16624 BA-J/MCS
Honorable Millard Caldwell House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Caldwell:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Hezekiah Bayless, a Revolutionary War soldier who lived in Knox County, Tennessee, in 1802.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.16624, based upon the military service of Hezekiah Bayles, the only soldier of that name, searched under all spellings, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Hezekiah Bayles was born April 16, 1757, in New Jersey. The exact place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While living in Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served until sometime in the fall of that year as private with the Virginia troops under Captain James Coleman and Major Levin Powell. He enlisted in September, 1777, and served until a short time before Christmas of the same year as private in Captain Richard Spurr's company in Colonel James Coleman's Virginia regiment. He moved to Washington County, North Carolina, in 1779, and enlisted in August, 1781, and served about three months as private in Captain Samuel William's company in Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina regiment.
He lived in Washington County, North Carolina, which later became Washington County, Tennessee, until 1787 when he moved to Knox County, Tennessee, which was then a part of Hawkins County, and lived there until 1808 when he moved to Madison County, Alabama, which was then Mississippi Territory.

Hezekiah Bayles was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Madison County, Alabama.
He stated that he married in 1778 in Loudoun County, Virginia, but did not give the name of his wife. In 1832 he referred to his older brother (name not given) who lived in East Tennessee and "who died years ago". There are no further data relative to the family of Hezekiah Bayles.
Very truly yours
George H. Sweet Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

16.624
INVALID.
File No. 16.624
Hezekiah Bayles
Bi Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927-Jan. 5-let. to miss nettie Cobb. See letter in Samuel Cobb S. 17359 aw3. 1930 Apr. 25. Photo mailed to Mrs. J. M. Headman. See Brown Brookfield, S2401, 989.
1937 Aug. 10 hist. to Hon. Millard Caldwell. mss.
Served from Lander Co Va mss 40 & etc

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
S. 16624
Ans
January 5, 1927
Miss Nettie Cobb c/o Westbrook Hotel Fort Worth, Texas
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16624, it appears that Hezekiah Bayles was born April 16, 1757 in the state of New Jersey.
While residing in Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in the summer of 1776  1777 and served as a private in Captain James Coleman's Company, under Major Levin Powell in the Virginia Troops, and served until in the fall of same year.
He enlisted in September 1777 and served until a short time before Christmas of same year in Captain Richard Spurr's Company, Colonel James Coleman's Virginia Regiment.
In 1779 he moved to Washington County, North Carolina, and in August 1781, he enlisted and served about three months in Captain Samuel Williams' Com-

pany, Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, while a resident of Madison County, Alabama.
Soldier stated that he married in 1778 in Loudoun County, Virginia, but did not give the name of wife, and there is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

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MILLARD CALDWELL THIRD DISTRICT FLORIDA
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
August 5, 1937
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section
Gentlemen:
I am sorry to have to bother you again but I am still trying to ascertain facts relative my personal ancestors.
Hezekiah Bayless seems to have lived in Knox County, Tennessee, near what was called the Beaver Dam Creek Community, in 1802. Will you see what you can find concerning him in the Revolutionary War records?
Sincerely,
Millard Caldwell
C:M