About Luther Bailey
Birth Date: 11 April 1762
Birth Location: Windham, Massachusetts (now Maine)
Death Date: 4 September 1839
Death Location: Burlington, Iowa Territory
Service Information
Luther took the place of John Sawyer (who was aged) in May 1781. He served under Colonel Benjamin Wait until December 1781 and was discharged in Newbury, Vermont. He became a private in Captain Lovell's Company, Colonel Benjamin Wait's Regiment of the Vermont Volunteers. During the war, his job was to defend the Canadian border. He was captured and taken to Montreal. He came to the Iowa Territory in 1839. His pension affidavit was signed by Robert Lucas, Iowa's first territorial governor.
Source: Iowa Society. Sons of the American Revolution. (2016, November 2). Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Iowa. Iowa Society, Sons of the American Revolution. https://iassar.org/2016/11/02/patriot-gravestone-project/
Burial Information
There is no precise burial location information for Luther Bailey. It is speculated that he was either buried in the Old Graveyard or Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, Iowa.