York County PA Archives Military Records.....Baker, John April 9, 1834
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of John Baker, National Archives Microseries M804, Roll __, Application #S22631
York County, Pennsylvania}
	On this 9th day of April, 1834, personally appeared in open court 
before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of York in the state of 
Pennsylvania, John Baker, a resident of said county of York, PA aged 76 years 
and uwards…:

	That on or about the 1st of May, 1776, he volunteered in Baltimore to 
serve in Captain Talbott’s company of infantry for three months [the colonel’s 
name he has forgot] and served in said corps for four months or more, and was 
then discharged at Annapolis by Captain Talbott.

	That in the fall of the year 1781, he volunteered to serve in York 
County at a place called Camp Security to guard, watch and keep down the 
British prisoners taken with General Cornwallis, and that he served at said 
fort or stockade in the years 1811 and 12 four months under Major Bailey, 
commanding officer at Fort Security, and that he served altogether almost eight 
months in the army of the Revolution, and that he further declares that I have 
no documentary evidence in my possession…etc.

Where and when were you born? I was born in Baltimore County, MD in the year 
1758.

Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? I have no Bible record 
of my age.

Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the 
Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? I lived in Baltimore County, MD 
when called into service the first time. The second time I was called into 
service I was in  York County, PA and have lived in York County ever since the 
Revolutionary War. 

How were you called into service? Were you drafted, were you a volunteer or 
were you a substitute for someone? I volunteered.

I do not recollect the names of any of the regular officers….

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