Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 627, Jacob Baugh, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Baugh, Jacob or Bough
R 627
Also served in 1774.
CONTENTS

Brangh Jacob's Dunin papers.
Wickly, Inlashi county cont. September term 1833, Swante P. G. to be lady.
Dr. Application,

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Kentucky, County of Pulaski Set.
On this 14 th day of September 1833. Personally appeared before the county court of the county of Pulaski, being a court of Record established by the constitution and laws of Kentucky, Jacob Baugh, aged about eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, with in his oath made 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 during the Revolutionary war, as under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, a soldier in the Militia served in the State of Virginia from Town to the river James Jacob Baugh Witness: - and in the now County of Wythe the State of Virginia, his then place of residence about the first of May, in the year 1774. was in the Company of Capt. Andrew Walter Crockett of said County the State to perform a tour of duty against the hostile Shawnee Indians marching from said County of Wythe, through the said State of Virginia crossing the Ohio River at the mouth of New River at which place was joined the main Army. under Maj. Lewis. of  the  the name of the battle not now collected, and marching in a direction of the town of said Shawnee Indians, situated on the Sciota River, "till the Troops to which I belonged as I understand reached within about eight miles of the said Indian Camp on the Sciota River. when a battle was concluded between said

(2) said Robert Harrison, Physician deceased, then returned to the Point at the Ohio River, at the mouth of New River, and there the troops were discharged, having not less than two months, and fifteen days. service time was not exactly reckoned, and then returned home to my residence in the said now County of Wythe Virg a . He also states that he served a 2 nd term of duty against said tribe of Shawnee Indians, that he Volunteered in the same year 1774, and in the month of August to the best of his recollection under Capt. Barrow of the Virginia Militia in the now County of Wythe Virg a . the Company or Troop marched through the State of Virg a to the Point at the mouth of New River on the Ohio, near which place they joined the main Army commanded by Col o William Christy, and General Dunmore Governor of the State of Virginia, a few days after the battle was fought between the White (i.e. the Army, and the Indians, on the 10 th day of October 1774, on the Ohio River at the mouth of New River. the Army remained there a few days, and my self as well as the Company to which I belong were discharged by Gen l  Dunmore Lewis, having fully served out my term of three months receiving no further discharge, I then returned home to my residence in Wythe County, Virg a . He states, in the month of April in the year 1775, he again volunteered as a soldier to serve a Militia term of duty in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war, in said now County of Wythe Palace of Virginia, his then place of residence in Capt. Robert Barrow Davis's Company Col o William Christy's Regiment and in the Brigade of Gen l William Preston, all of the now County of Wythe Virginia, and left the camp at the end of three months, and two weeks, having two weeks, however above the time he volunteered to serve, made him

Marching from the said now County of Wythe, through the state of North Carolina, was stationed at Middlesex Town, in said state of North Carolina, and was there Discharged by my Genl. William Preston, after his serving as above stated, but was furnished with no written Discharge, during my continued last above mentioned (May) William played of the regular Army, frequently. Visited the Troops to which I belonged on upon being Discharged Returned Home to my residence in Wythe County Virg a . He further states that in the year 1777 and month of November of that year he volunteered to serve a term of duty against the Cherokee Indians, under Capt. Jacob Stephens, in said now County of Wythe Virginia, that he marched with said Captain's Company through the state of Virginia to Long Island on Holston River, and was there stationed and remained at that place to the best of his recollection not less than one two months, and was Discharged at that place by his said Capt. Jacob Stephens, receiving no other than a verbal Discharge, and then returned Home to his residence in said now County of Wythe Virg a . This Applicant further through. states that all of his before named services in this his Declaration  Memorandum Declaration, was performed with an embodied Corps, called into service by Competent Authority, as he at that time the time understood and believed, and still with belief, and for and during the time said services was performed by him as stated in this his Declaration he was not employed in any Civil Service, but was employed entirely in the defense of his Country in the many ways stated in this his Declaration, and states he has no Documentary Evidence by which he can substantiate his before named services.

(4) having received no written Discharge for any of his services, as by him stated abroad, and he further states in the Discharge of all his services he served in no other Capacity other than a Common Soldier or Militia man, and at this time knows of no other or services by which he confessed his services the states, he was born in the State of Pennsylvania, Lancaster County on the 19 th day of October, year not recollecting
He has no record of his age, his age was recorded or noted in his Father's Family Bible, but when that Book is now he knows not
when called or volunteered into the service of the United States each and every time as served in the new County of Fayette Virginia,
He states that Maj. William Floyd of the Regular Army frequently visited the Militia Troops to which belonged, and has no recollection of the names of other Regular Officers, although the troops to which belonged during my servitude were frequently visited by Officers of the Regular Troops or Army, but their names at this time I have no recollection of,
He states as in his Declaration, that he never was for any of his services as above stated any other than Voted Discharges —
James Coffey He states that he is known to the Rev. Mr. Coffey a Clergyman and Solomon Young & Samuel Henderson his present Neighbors who

(5)
Who Can Testify to his Character for Veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution,
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency, in any state or territory, since and subsequent the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac his K. Baugh Mark
James Cooper
we the undersigned , a Clergyman residing in the County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky and Immediate Vicinity and Solomon Young & Samuel Hornbaker
residing in the same County, State & Vicinity hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Baugh, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be about eighty six years of age, that he is of good and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, since & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
James Cooper Solomon Young
Samuel Hornbaker
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states

State, and the last further certify that it appears to them that James Cooper  William King who has signed the preceding certificates is a clergyman, residing in the County of Pulaski, and that Solomon Young & Samuel Hendrickson who have also signed the same are residents in said County of Pulaski, and are and creditable persons and that their statements is untruth to wit:
  George W. Saunders  Minister of the Gospel    John Cowan  Member of the    Levi Hubble  Pulaski County Court    William Gregg  Kentucky  
State of Kentucky, Pulaski County. Set.
I William Fox, Clerk of the Court of Pulaski County do hereby certify that the foregoing certificates, the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the Application of Jacob Baugh for a Pension,
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office, at my Office in the Town of Somerset, this 19 th Day of September A.D. 1833.
Wm B Fox, Clerk Pulaski County Court

Please examine, thro my papers, and advise me by letter as soon as you do this. Yours I oblige & obedt Servt Isaac Pugh, Secretary of War Wash. Janu. 20. 1863.

21001
Jacob Baugh Ky
Act of 7 th June 1832
Repeated G 27
See letter 8 th October 1833 to Jacob Baugh do 3 rd Jany 1835 to Hon. Mr. Beatty. Somerset Pulaski County
Ky. Kentucky.
see letter 5 Oct 1837 to Hon. D. Williams Same. Oct 19. 1837. same 16 Dec 1837 - do to same, Dec. 12. 1838 -
Applicant Somerset Pulaski Co Ky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 15 - 1833
Sir:
The evidence 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 subjjoined 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 Jacob Baugh. Pulaski Co. Ky.
   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.     Oct 1774 about 2 for Capt Brodhead Col Lewis none Va 80 Wythe Co Va For ady.   " Aug 1774 1 10 " Capt Harrod Col Christy " - " - " -   " Apr 1775 3 2 " - Capt Davis " - " - " - " -   " Nov 1775 about 1 " Capt Telfer none " - " - " -  
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 (i) 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 true and correct copy of the original thereof.
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 (1) 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. }
W. L. Worlman Ex. Clk

Rec. No: 15 Aug: 35.
[Handwritten signature]

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Kentucky County of Pulaski ss.
On this 16 th day of September 1837 personally ap- peared before the county court of the county of Pulaski in open court it being a court of record established by the constitution & laws of Kentucky, Jacob Bough a resident of Pulaski county afo- re-said & state of Kentucky aged eighty 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 a volunteer soldier in the army of Revolution in the month of April in the year 1776 to serve a militia tour of duty in the now county of Wythe state of Virginia his then place of residence in Captain Robert Davis's company, Col: William Christy all of the now county of Wythe Virginia (and left the same at the end of three months and two weeks, serving two weeks over and above the time he volunteered for to serve) mar- ching from the said now county of Wythe through the state of North Carolina, was stationed at Middletown in said state of North Carolina and was then discharged after serving as above stated but was furnished with no written discharge during my servitude of said Maj: William Lloyd of the Vir- ginia army frequently visited the troops to which I belonged as above described, upon being discharged

I returned home to my residence in Wythe County Vir.
He further states that in the year 1776 and month of December of that year he volunteered to serve a tour of duty against the Cherokee Indians he volunteered under Captain John Stephens in the said now county of Wythe Virginia, that he marched with said Captain & company through the state of Virginia to Long Island on Holstein River and was there stationed & remained at that place about a month or more , to the best of his recollection, and was discharged at that place by John Stephens having served, he thinks, a tour of three month's duty, and he then returned home.
He states also that in the month of September in the year 1777 he volunteered to serve a tour of duty in the united States army in the revolution in Captain James Montgomery's company in the now county of Wythe Virginia in an expedition against the Shawnee & other tribes of Indians on the head of Clinch river, under Col. James Robertson of the now county of Wythe Vir and was there discharged and returned home in November he thinks having served near two months but having no written discharge he is not positive.
He states that he again volunteered in Captain John Stephens's company in the year 1778 in March of that year, he thinks, and he believes under Col. James Robertson to serve a tour as he now recollects against the Indians on Clinch river, and does not now recollect how long he served, but thinks probably three months, and was there discharged, (but had no written discharge) and returned home to his residence in the now county of Wythe Vir.
He further states that he volunteered in the year 1779 he thinks in the latter end of the summer in Captain John Stephens's company Col. Walter Crockett of the now county

of Wythe Virginia the company marched into North Carolina but how long he was in that tour he does not now recollect probably two, or three months, and was discharged (no written discharge) and returned home to his residence in the now county of Wythe Virginia.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state, sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob this Baugh mark
We Martin Owens — clergyman residing in the county of Pulaski and in the vicinity of Jacob Baugh, the applicant for a pension and John Newby & Michael Brister — residing in the same vicinity hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Baugh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Martin Owens
John Newby Michael Brister
Michael Brister personally appeared in open court and after being duly sworn doth on his oath state that he has been personally acquainted with Jacob Baugh the above applicant for a pension since the year 1776 that he was a soldier prompt to do his duty, ready at any call to serve his country, and that he saw him in service in three tours named in his declaration to wit, in Captain James Montgomery's company on the head of Clinch River in the year 1777 against the Indians; in Captain John Stephen's company in the year 1778 against the Indians on the head of Clinch River; and in the year 1779 in Captain John Stephen's company under Col. Walter Brickett, but how long he served in each tour he cannot say, but that he served in them and was a faithful soldier he had no doubt; sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Michael Brister
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 soldier revolutionary and served as he states and the

Court further certifies that it appears to them that Martin Owens who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the county of Pulaski and John Dewey & Michael Bunter who have also signed the same are residents in the county of Pulaski and in the vicinity of Jacob Bough and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Edw. G. McEliff of Pulaski John W. Bower members of the court Boone Goffin
I William Fox Clerk of the Court of Pulaski County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Jacob Bough for a Patent.
Hon. S. Williams JR
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Official Office in the town of Laurel. 20th day of September A.D. 1837. and the 6th year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Wm Fox, Clerk of the Court of Pulaski County

Copy Baugh's papers for Hon. Sherrod Williams
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I am. your note of the 5 th instant informing me that the application of Jacob Baugh for a pension which I enclosed you a few days since could not be allowed. You assign no reason for its rejection You say he made an application for a pension in 1833 that it was rejected because his services (except four months) were alleged to have been rendered before the Revolutionary war that certainly does not constitute

a valid objection to allowing his present application it was I suppose a mere mistake in dates. I would suppose if the Services were rendered although the individual might have alleged the Services to be rendered in a year different from the real year yet if he was in fact engaged in the resolution his claim should be allowed and not rejected for a mistake in the year the proof accompany- -ing the declaration I sent you shows that he was some three or four different times known to be in the service of his country

during the revolutionary war The old man much needs some aid from some quarter I think you can consistently with your duty allow him a pension I therefore again most earnestly and respectfully ask you to reexamine this old soldiers case and allow it if you can yours respectfully
Sheldon Williams
P.S. advise me of what you do and if you cannot allow it upon the papers as they now are let me know what he ought to do to entitle him to a pension Sheldon Williams

House of Rep. Oct. 4 th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir enclosed I send you a Declaration made by Jacob Baugh for a pension under the act of Congress of 1832. you will please have it examined and allow it - if right  just Mr Baugh is a respectable citizen I have no doubt from what I have heard (all of those who I have heard speak on the subject) he is entitled to a pension. you will advise me of the result

and if there is any aspect let me know it and give the old soldiers an opportunity to remedy it
Yours respectfully Theodore Williams

House of Rep. Dec 13 th 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq.
I fear it is in vain to again ask you to allow the old soldier whose claim you have heretofore rejected a pension of whose papers you enclosed to me at home. I will however enclose them to you once more with the additional evidence of his worth merit and necessities as set forth in the enclosed petition which is signed by a number of highly respectable and worthy citizens who know the old man well and whose statements are entitled to the highest consideration. I hope you will allow the old soldier a pension if you cannot

allow it, you will please return the papers and I will endeavour to have a Law paper for his benefit
Yours respectfully Sherod Williams

1888 Nov 24 L C Driver history Pres
_____ Ex'r.
INVALID.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Jacob Baugh
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Jacob Baugh in Sep r 1833 of Pulaski Co Ky aged about 81 years
He Volunteered in the new County of Wythe Va where he was residing in Jan y 1774 under Capt Waller Crockett of 5 th County to Serve against the Shawnee Indians & marched to Mouth of New river where the Ohio river was crossed to join the main Army under Major Lewis & Gen l Lewis, the name of the  place not recollected, from thence to within 8 miles of the Shawnee town on the Sciota river when they learned that a treaty with them had been concluded by Gov t Dunmore & they were discharged after 2 1/2 month service at the Point on Ohio & mouth of New River
He again Volunteered Aug t 75 in the for 3 mos same against the same tribe of Indians under Capt Herrod in Wythe Co who marched to the Point at mouth of New river on the Ohio river which place they formed the main Army Com d by Colo Wm Christy & Gen l Andrew Lewis all of Va where a battle took place Oct 10 1774 when in a few days he was disch d From April 1776 he served 3 mos under Capt Robert Davis & Col o Wm Christy going to North Carolina & disch d after 3 mos s stationed at Middlesex
In Nov 1776 he served one mo s against Cherokee Indians under Capt Jacob Stephens marched to Long Island on Holston river Stationed at Middlesex
Born in Penn o Oct 19 year not recollected
(March & September) In 1777 he Volunteered against Shawnee Indians at the head of Clinch river
under Capt James Montgomery & Colo James Robertson & disch d after 2 mos s duty at the
Another tour against same Indians at same place in March 1778 under Col o John Stuart & Colo James Robertson
& in Summer 1779 under same Capt & Col o Walter Crockett he served 2 or 3 mos s in S th Pa
born in Lancaster Co Pa