Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21837, Joseph Baugh, Va.

SERVICE
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Va.
Baugh, Joseph
R. 21837
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State of Missouri } County of St Charles } ss On this twenty first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, for open court before the County Court of the county aforesaid now sitting, per- -sonally appeared Joseph Baugh a resident of St Flaway Township in St Charles county in the state of Missouri aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the fol- -lowing statement and declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
I Joseph Baugh am a native of the State of Virginia, I was born in Powhatan county which at that time was a part of the County of Cum- -berland, according to my best information I was born in the year 1758. there was a record of my age kept at Rocky Oak church in Pow- -hatan county county in Virginia, and my father had the age of myself and the rest of our family kept in a bible, but I do not know what became of that bible when my father died, which was more than forty years ago. More than forty years ago I copied from my fathers bible the record of my age, into a bible of my own which is still in my possession. I always continued to live in Powhatan county in Virginia till the beginning of the Revolutionary war, I well recollect to have heard of the battles of Lexington and Bunkers hill, and of the declaration of independence, and to have witnessed the excitement produced by the political and military events of that

period; but it was not till the year 1777 that we had much active service in Virginia. In the month of September, of that year I was called out into the militia service, our men in the militia service were numbered, and we were called into service according to our numbers, I then went into active service in a company of about fifty men, commanded by Captain Thomas Harris, and our call was for three months, we marched to Little York, staid there a short time, then marched to Williamsburg and marched about the Chesapeake bay. We were under the command of General Nelson whilst we were on the Chesapeake bay, and whilst we were there the British fleet was in the bay, and passed up the bay towards Elk river, I recollect to have seen one of the British ships as it was going up the bay, I saw General Nelson looking at it through a spy glass, and heard him say he could see the men walking on deck and could distinguish the buttons on their uniforms. After the ships passed up the bay we were marched back to Powhatan and were discharged, after being in actual service a little more than two months. We had no fighting on this tour. I received a written discharge which is lost.
In the summer of the year sixteen hundred and seventy eight I was again called out into the militia service under Captain Mumford, we were called out as we were numbered in the company, & were kept in

service for three months. We were marched to Williamsburg at which place we were stationed, and there joined other militia and we were commanded by General Lawson, we were sometimes marching about the coast of the bay, but nothing very remarkable occurred on this tour of duty. It was in the fall when I was discharged and marched back to Powhatan.
In the year 1779. I was again called into the militia service, by the numbers of our company, we were commanded by Capt Poag, we camped at Richmond and were stationed principally at Little York on York River, and in conjunction with other militia, to watch the enemy in the Chesapeake bay, and to guard against any attempt they might make to effect a landing. For this purpose we marched about the coast of the bay, and continued in service for three months but had no battle. This tour was in the fall of the year. I was again marched to Powhatan county and discharged.
Again about the time of Christmas in the year 1779. an alarm was created by the news that the British forces under Arnold had burned the Foundry at Westham, and the public stores at Richmond and almost the whole population of the county in which I lived volunteered and marched to Petersburg, and I among the rest, when we arrived at Petersburg most of the volunteers were sent

Home, but I and about one hundred others volunteered to serve as infantry under Captain Saunders. At that time Arnold had dropped down James River to City Point, and whilst there a company of about five hundred British soldiers had landed and came marching through the pines near City Point, and came to where our company was stationed in the Pines. We waited till they approached very near to us and then gave them one well directed fire and retreated rapidly for safety. None of our company were injured, but we had reason to believe that our fire was fatal to some of the enemy. Next day we rejoined the army of militia under Major Duvall, and under his command we marched and were stationed during the winter of the year 1780 near Portsmouth. We were generally encamped at the edge of the dismal swamp about fifteen miles from Portsmouth, Genl. Arnold had retired to Portsmouth and was fortified at that place. We were engaged in reconnoitering his position, and sometimes marched along the bay, and as far as the long-bridge across Elizabeth River. At one time we made an attack on a band of the British soldiers who had ventured a short distance from Portsmouth, and their sentinel was shot dead by Tom Turk of Augusta County, and the rest retreated but we pursued them and took seven prisoners & marched off with them.

In the latter part of that trip we were under the command of Colonel Alexander Dick. I remained in this service near Portsmouth till the eleventh of April 1780 and was then discharged. Whilst near Portsmouth I saw the Marquis Lafayette and Baron Steuben who passed by our militia forces. And whilst there the British occasionally fired upon us with their cannon from the fort but with very little effect. During this campaign I suffered much from cold & from wading through wet & swampy lands. I was about the first of January when I went out & I continued in service till the 17 th of April following. In this tour the forces were commanded by General Muehlenburg. In the Spring of the year 1781. I was again called into the service under Lieutenant Thomas Moreby, and with 8 or ten others was detailed to go to Amelia County to guard and take care of some public service horses for the use of the militia service, and we were continued in that service till we were required to take sixty two horses to Staunton, we crossed James River with them at Cabells Ferry in Buckingham, and crossed the Blue Ridge at Rockfish Gap & at Staunton delivered the horses to Major Bellfield. We then returned to Amelia County & were again employed in keeping & guarding some public horses, and had upwards of seventy horses in our possession; and we remained there until we were informed that General Tarlton

was approaching with his troop of horse & we then hastily fled, crossed at Gates ferry in Powhatan and joined the American army at the falls of James River a short distance above Richmond, where we delivered up the horses and were discharged. I was engaged in this service under Lieutenant Moseley upwards of two months.
In the summer of eighteen  Seventeen hundred and eighty one I was again called into service by the numbers of the company, in order to join the army which was operating against Lord Cornwallis; it was in the latter part of the summer. We were marched to Williamsburg, and when we arrived at that place I and seven or eight others were detailed as a guard, to drive in beef cattle for the use of the French army and were placed under the command of Captain Reid who was engaged in supplying the French army with provisions. Our head quarters were at Williamsburg and we continued to be thus occupied during the time of the siege of Yorktown, and up to the time of the surrender of Cornwallis. When Cornwallis surrendered a part of his forces were marched to Williamsburg where I saw them, and on the next day I was discharged and returned to Powhatan. Genl. Washington was in command, and I saw him at Williamsburg just before the commencement of the siege of Yorktown. The three months for which I was called out were not expired when I was discharged at

Williamsburg but I had then been in service at that time upwards of two months.
After this time I lived seven or eight years in Powhatan County, I then removed to and resided in Richmond City four or five years and I then removed across the river and lived in the Town of Manchester two or three years, and I then removed to Madison County in the state of Kentucky, and there I resided till the year eighteen hundred and seventeen, at which time I removed to and have ever since resided in St Charles County in the state of Missouri, and where I now reside.
I state that owing to the great lapse of time, and the remoteness of my residence from the place where I was raised and in which I served in the militia, I cannot obtain any witness who has personal knowledge of the services above enumerated, and I believe that all my companions of the revolution are dead, or if any of them are alive I do not know where to find them.
I also state that I have made the foregoing statement from my memory, and owing to my age, and the defect of memory it may be possible that the dates and events are not all correctly stated or that there may be some confusion or mistakes in relation to names and events, but I believe the above statement to be substantially correct.

I obtained a written discharge at the end of each of the above named tours of service, and I retained them so long as I lived in Virginia, when I removed to Kentucky more than forty years ago my written discharges were left with some other old papers at my brother's house in Powhatan County in Virginia, my brother's name was Abraham, and he asked me what I was going to do with those old papers, I told him they would never be of any use to me and I would leave them, and I did so, and I suppose that they have been destroyed as useless papers, my brother has been dead for many years. During all the above named tours of service I never received any pay or compensation except eight dollars which I received for my first tour of service under Captain Harris. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Baugh Judson E. Powell Clerk of the County Court of St Charles County, Mo.
I Hiram Chamberlain a clergyman residing in the Town and county of St Charles in the state of Missouri do certify that I am acquainted with Joseph Baugh who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and believe him to be eighty four 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 I concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to an open bond Dec 5 th 1843 } Hiram Chamberlain Attest Judson E Powell Clerk City Court } By Benj Emmons Jr Deputy

The said County Court of St Charles County in the state of Missouri 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 court further certifies that it appears to them that Hiram Chamberlain who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town and county of St Charles, and is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit. The court does also certify that signers of a certificate hereto attached marked (A. N o 1.) are respectable citizens of said County and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Griffith Robert Miller
State of Missouri } County of St Charles } ss. I Ludwell E Powell clerk of the county Court of St Charles County in the state of Missouri do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Baugh for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three. Ludwell E. Powell Clerk

W.A. Civ.
December 21, 1925
Mrs. George W. McElhiney Sixth & Jefferson Sts. Saint Charles, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 21837, it appears that JOSEPH BAUGH was born in 1758 in Powhatan County, Virginia, which was then a part of Cumberland County, Virginia.
He alleged that while a resident of said county he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia Troops as follows:
From September, 1777, about two months in Captain Thomas Harris' Company.
In the summer of 1778, three months in Captain Mumford's Company.
In 1779, three months in Captain Poag's Company.
From the first of January, 1780, until April 11, 1780, in Captain Saunders' Company.
In the spring of 1781, about two months as guard under Lieutenant Thomas Moseley.
From late in the summer of 1781 he served as a guard under Captain Reid, was engaged in driving cattle for the use of the French Army, and

was discharged the day after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
He applied for pension December 21, 1843, while living in Callaway Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
The date of his death is not on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

(3-223.)
Rev. Ill
No. 21.837
Ex'r. REJECTED
OLD WAR INVALID.
Joseph Baugh of Miss C P.O. Pri Col. Dick Va Troops
Service :
Enlisted : _____, 18
Discharged : _____, 18 Reason for rejection was found on 1852 printed list
Application filed : _____, 18
Alleges :
Re-enlisted :
Attorney :
P. O.
302
1924 Oct. 29. Hixson Mrs. C.M. Anderson M.C.A.
1925 Dec. 21 Tomb alone data to Mrs. Geo. W. McElvane M.C.A.

(Am No. 1 -)
(State of Missouri) St Charles County }
We the undersigned citizens of the State of Missouri, certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Baugh of St Charles County in Missouri, that he is represented to have lived more than twenty seven years in Missouri that his family has been raised here, that he is a very old man said to be about eighty five years old which we believe to be true, that he is reputed in the neighborhood to have served several tours of duty in the militia during the revolutionary war which we also believe to be true. We further certify that said Joseph Baugh has always sustained the reputation of being a man of honesty, and veracity & that his general character as a citizen stands fair in every respect. We believe that his statements in relation to his service in the revolution may be relied on as true, and that he deserves and should receive a pension from the United States.
1848
Cars N. Boyd M. M. King J. H. Johnson Wilson M. Hudnall George W. Watts
William M Campbell Thomas Rue Francis H. Heick Alfred F. Payne Andrew Weaver Benj. Emmons Timothy Braun

James Fallon George Lynch Thomas Stephenson Th. Montague R. S. McHenry N. L. Sanford Wm. Rowell
James Howell George St. Vincent John V. Coe Robert Miller John Newman Elias C. Stewart John F. Anderson  Wm. C. Jackson
James Baldridge David Baldridge William Sandberg John G. Simmons Roger A. Fagart James L. Fagart Lorenzo Gottle G. L. Wilson
John S. Wyatt C. G. Campbell Geo. L. Pitt Wm. D. Francis McDermott John Scott
Monticello Scott Jonathan Zumwalt James H. Cunningham Wilson J. Overall Henry King G. S. Spencer
Robert Spencer Richard B. Brunsfield Isaac Dorset Charles M. Lu. Farris Leonard Skolialc Wm. G. Pease John H. Castle James Hagler Stephen P. Elliott Sam. Gilliam
Jacob C. Orr arkin Howard Thomas H. Callaway Samuel Moore Hezekiah Moore Alonzo Howell Dennis Smith
John H. Smith Joseph W. Howell Robert J. Callaway James H. Moore James F. Mills Francis H. Stewart Robert H. Cunningham

Joseph Baugh. John Baugh M c Petition for a Pension as a revolutionary Soldier -
Dec 27. 1843. ref d to comm on Rev. Pensions
May 2. 1844 Disch d to lie Not sufficient proof. L. J.
Bowling 23
Rev. Pensions 28 = 1843

McPherson, Kansas October, 6th 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please mail to me a copy of any record, of service, you may have, rendered in the Revolutionary War by my ancestor Joseph Baugh of Powhattan County Va.
An early reply will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mrs C.M. Anderson,
McPherson, Kansas
Kate Baugh Anderson

SAINT CHARLES CHAPTER SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI
November 14th, 1925.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Department.
Gentlemen:
The Saint Charles Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, are much interested in locating and marking the graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Saint Charles County, Missouri.
The graves of Zachariah Moore and John Castlio have been marked.
In a well kept old family burying ground in Callaway Township we have found the following inscription: "Joseph Baugh- Born A.D. 1758 Died A.D. 1846."
The History of Saint Charles, Montgomery & Warren Counties, Missouri on page 284 also page 499 states that Joseph Baugh of Virginia served five years in the Revolutionary War. He afterward removed to Madison County, Kentucky, and in 1816 came to Saint Charles County, Missouri. He married Nancy Gentry and had children William, Benjaman, Judith, Alsey, Nancy, Mary, Patsey and Lucinda. Can you give the Saint Charles Chapter further information concerning the military records of this Joseph Baugh.
All information obtained will be sent with our application for permission to mark the grave.
Thanking you in advance for your kind assistance to our Chapter in giving this Revolutionary soldier the small honor within our power to give him, I am,
Address
Most sincerely yours,
Mrs George M. McElhinney Sixth and Jefferson Streets Saint Charles Missouri
Mary L. McElhinney Regent Saint Charles Chapter D. A. R.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
October 29, 1924
Mrs. C. M. Anderson McPherson Kansas
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.21837, it appears that Joseph Baugh was born in 1758 in Powhatan County, Virginia, which was then a part of Cumberland County, Virginia.
He alleged that while a resident of said county he enlisted and served as private in the Virginia Troops as follows:
From September 1777, about two months in Captain Thomas Harris' Company.
In the summer of 1778, three months in Captain Mumford's Company.
In 1779, three months in Captain Poag's Company.
From the first of January, 1780, until April 11, 1780, in Captain Saunders' Company.
In the spring of 1781, about two months as guard under Lieutenant Thomas Moseley.

21 From late in the summer of 1781 he served as a guard under Captain Reid, was engaged in driving cattle for the use of the French Army, and was discharged the day after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
He applied for pension December 21, 1843, while living in Callaway Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, but his claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
There is no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner