History of Newbury, Vermont notes this internment as a Revolutionary Soldier. His widow Sarah wrote in her pension application (granted as W.19092): they married 10th day of June 1781 at Newbury when she was 15 years 7 months old, called Sally; James was taken prisoner to Montreal by British 17 June 1782; he returned home 17 January 1783; was killed in a raft of logs in the Connecticut River April 18, 1784.
History of Newbury, Vermont notes this internment as a Revolutionary Soldier. His widow Sarah wrote in her pension application (granted as W.19092): they married 10th day of June 1781 at Newbury when she was 15 years 7 months old, called Sally; James was taken prisoner to Montreal by British 17 June 1782; he returned home 17 January 1783; was killed in a raft of logs in the Connecticut River April 18, 1784.
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"In memory of Mr / James bayley who / was Killed by an / accident April 19th / 1784 Aged 27 Years / 5 months & 16 days" / 2 more lines that I could not make out, half buried in frozen ground...
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