Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Bay, Andrew Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 13, 2006, 3:58 am Pension Application Of Andrew Bay, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 181, Application #S2940 “Your petitioner, ANDREW BAY showeth that during the War of the Revolution, he enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States under Captain THOMAS MCCRORY, which took place on or about the __ day of January, 1777, in the North Carolina regiment of the Continental Army, commanded by Colonel JOHN WILLIAMS, and continued in the services of the Unite States until about the __ day of ____ 1779, having served about two years and six months, and was discharged by Colonel ARCHIBALD LYTLE and Major JOHN NELSON, in South Carolina, the term of service having expired. He received a regular discharge which has been worn out and destroyed by length of time, not believing it would be important to keep and preserve this. He served and fought in the Battles of Brandywine [per Heitman September 11, 1777], Germantown [per Heitman, October 4, 1777] and at the Battle of Briar Creek in Georgia [March 3, 1779]. His captain, THOMAS MCCRORY is since dead. He does not know of any officer within convenient distance except Captain JAMES TATUM, who knew him in service. He returns herewith his account made off in the year 1783 by said TATUM and certified by him at a time when his discharge was in existence. He never received any pay or compensation for the account hereto annexed, or for any of his services, and hereby releases the same…” 28 October 1828-“I, ANDREW BAY of the age of 74 in the County of Wilson, in the state of Tennessee, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a sergeant-major in Captain THOMAS MCCRORY’s company in the 9th regiment of the North Carolina line, all of which was heretofore satisfactorily proven by the testimony of Major TATUM and KENNEDY BAY, to the Secretary of the Treasury, on an application under a former law for a pension, and which will now appear by reference to the papers filed in the office at said department. These witnesses are since dead, and it is out of the power of this declarant to prove the same facts so satisfactorily by any other living witnesses…” Sumner County Court, August term, 1829: Declaration of ANDREW BAY aged 74 years-“That he, the said ANDREW BAY enlisted for the term of three years on the 20th? day of December, in the year 1776, in he state of North Carolina in the company of Captain THOMAS MCCRORY in the regiment commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS in the time of the State of North Carolina on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until _____, when he was discharged from the service in the state of North Carolina…” Andrew Bay, a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee: “Applicant enlisted in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina in 1776 under Captain MCCRORY for three years, and served two years and a half, and was discharged in consequence of infirmity. Soon after he enlisted, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-Major in which office he continued until he was discharged. Said BAY was attached to the 9th regiment of North Carolina troops commanded by Colonel WILLIAMS, WILLIAM POLK (now Colonel POLK of Raleigh, North Carolina) acted its major to the regiment.” “The evidence of the services of applicant were forwarded to Washington City at the time he was placed on the pension roll and still remains true. He service was clearly proven by Colonel POLK who was at that time on a visit to Tennessee, and by KENNEDY BAY, who was likewise in service with him, and under the proof made at that time, he was allowed to draw the pay of sergeant-major of nine dollars a month for the time mentioned as aforesaid. Applicant, during his service was in the Battle of Brandywine, Germantown and Briar Creek. At the time he was placed on the pension roll, he was a resident of Wilson County and still is a resident of said County of Wilson…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/bay113gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb