Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,721, for Richard Taylor, New Hampshire
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(8-1776)
SERVICE "*" NUMBER
[handwritten] N.H. Taylor, Richard. S.17.721.
carded [end handwritten]
CONTENTS [blank]
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[handwritten] 
10.630, 
New Hampshire
Richard Taylor of Strafford in the State of NH who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt commanded by Col Poor in the NH line for 17 Mos 8 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 57 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Apr 1833 and Sent [illegible] Dearborn Effingham NH

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $115.08
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 28.77
= $143.85 = 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1932.}
Recorded by JH McBlair Clerk, Book [illegible]. Vol. 1. Page 123.
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[handwritten] 17721 [end handwritten]
INVALID
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ile No. [handwritten] 17,721 Richard Taylor Pri Rev War [end handwritten] -
Act: [handwritten] June 7th 32 [end handwritten]
ndex: = Vol. [handwritten] 1 [end handwritten], page [handwritten] 445 [end handwritten]
(Arrangement of 1870)
[handwritten] 1929 - Mar 7 Hist. to Harold M. Taylor, MEE. [end handwritten]
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[handwritten] Richd Taylor N.H. Private - 17 Mos 8 days [illegible]
$57.54
13258
Josiah [stricken] J [ end stricken] Dearborn [illegible] Effingham NH
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BRIEF in the case of [handwritten] Richard Taylor [end handwritten] of [handwritten] Strafford [end handwritten] in the State of [handwritten] N.H. [end handwritten] (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] [illegible] Court [end handwritten]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. 
in 17 [handwritten] 75 volunteer 1. 8. private Cap Elkins Col Dover [illegible] General Sullivan
1776 enlisted 5 [illegible] " Col Wingate
1777 volunteer 3 8 " Cap Leavets & Col Drake
" 1 " Cap Kavan [end handwritten]
5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] Battle of Saratoga [end handwritten]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [handwritten] Northhampton N.H. [end handwritten]
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [handwritten] traditionary [end handwritten]
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations [end handwritten]
x Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned [handwritten] George Taylor [end handwritten] Examining Clerk.
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[handwritten] Richard Taylor
13,258 [end handwritten]
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DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. State of New-Hampshire, County of [handwritten] Strafford [end handwritten]} ss. [handwritten] At a Court of Probate [illegible] at Eaton in said County [end handwritten]

On this [handwritten] thirteenth [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] September [end handwritten] 183 [handwritten] 2 [end handwritten], personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the [handwritten] Probate [end handwritten], now sitting, [handwritten] Richard Taylor [end handwritten] a resident of [handwritten] North Effingham [end handwritten] in the County of [handwritten] Strafford [end handwritten] and State of N.H. aged [handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served herein stated [handwritten] -- [illegible] the company commanded by Capt Elkins I entered as a volunteer for eight months, soon after Capt Moses Leavitt to ^ [illegible] the command the company was first stationed about two weeks at Hampton Rye beach in the county of Rockingham State of New Hampshire during this time Bunker Hill battle was and the company immediately after this was ordered to join the american forces near Boston Mass. and did and the Company to which I belonged was stationed on winter hill near said Boston and here I served the remaining part of said eight months The company belonged to Col [illegible] Regiment - John Sullivan was [illegible] General. I had not any written discharge. In 1776 I enlisted into Capt Hayes Company for five months + served the company [illegible] at what was called No 4 From this place we marched to Ticonderoga there we  remained until my term of enlistment expired and company belonged to Col Hungate, Regiment General Gates commanded while here the British fleet came in full [illegible]

In 1777 I enlisted as a volunteer into Capt Moses Leavett's Company for [illegible] three months - The company belonged to Col Drake's Regiment. we marched to Saratoga arrived there Just before the surrender of the British army by General Burgoyne to the american forces - I was in the en-gagement in which General Burgoyne was compeled to surrender General Gates commanded the american forces we marched with the prison-ers of war to a place then call'd New Wharton here served five months expired the term of my enlistment and I was discharged - I had no written discharge

I enlisted as a volunteer for one month under Capt Kaven to carry about seventy or eighty prisoners of war from the Jail in Exeter in the county of Northampton and State of New Hampshire to a place about twenty miles beyond Providence ^ State of Rhode Island [illegible] I don't recollect the name of the place) to exchange them for amer-ican prisoners and served I have no documentary evidence to prove the the above facts nor do I know of any testimony I can [illegible] to from all the above terms of service [end handwritten]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of the Agency of any state. 

Sworn to and subscribed, in open Court Richard Taylor X [his mark] 

We, William Cushing and Jonah Dearborn residing in North Effingham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Richard Taylor, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn and subscribed in open court
Wm. Cushing
Jonah Dearborn 

And the said Court do hereby declare 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 Court certifies, that it appears that William Cushing who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in North Effingham and that Josiah Dearborn, who has also signed the same is that and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

I, James Battell Regt of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the Bregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Richard Taylor for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 13 day of September AD 1832

James Bartlett Regr 1832
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16 FAIRMOUNT STREET
MEDFORD HILLSIDE, MASS.

Jan 20, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me the complete Pension Records on file in your office relating to Richard Taylor, a Revolu-tionary soldier, who resided at N. Hampton and Effingham, N.H., Newfield, Me., and Freedom, N.H., where he died. 

All details, with explanations necessary to make them clear to a layman, including age at date the pension ceased, will be greatly appreciated. 

Yours very truly, 
[handwritten] Harold Murdock Taylor [end handwritten]
Harold Murdock Taylor

P.S. Do the records contain name of his wife?

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 22 1929 [end stamp]
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16 Fairmount Street
Medford Hillside, Mass. 

Mar. 2, 1929.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Your attention is invited to my letter of Jan. 20, 1929 in which was requested the Pension Records of Richard Taylor, Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from North Hamp-ton, N.H. and resided after the War in Effingham, N.H., Newfield, Me., and died at Freedom, N.H. about 1846.

To date no answer has been received to this request. 

If it would aid in your search of the files, I might state that this Richard Taylor is mentioned in the Pension Rolls of 1932 (1835) and 1840, printed in the New Hampshire State Papers Series. This might seem enough to you but I would like to hear from you in this connection. I would also like to know if these Pension Rolls above were State or Federal Rolls, and if Federal, could you advise if a pensioner whos age is given in the 1940 Roll as 89 ytears arbitrarily means he was born aboutr 1751 or is there an overlapping of dates making it possible for year of birth to be 1753? [handwritten] Is the name of the wife mentioned? [end handwritten]

The courtesy of your reply will be greatly ap-preciated. 

Yours very truly, 
[handwritten] Harold M. Taylor [end handwritten] 
Harold Murdock Taylor
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 5 1929 [end stamp]

PS. The Adj. General's Office said you could answer this.
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March 7, 1929

Harold Murdock Taylor
16 Fairmount Street
Medford Hillside, Massachusetts

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17721, it appears that Richard Taylor was born March 21, 1752, in North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 

While residing in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he enlisted and served as a private with the New Hampshire troops as follows:

In 1775, eight months in Captains Elkins' and Moses Leavitt's Company, Colonel Poor's Regiment. 
In 1776, five months in Captain Noyes' Company, Colonel Wingate's Regiment. 
In 1777, three or five months in Captain Moses Leavitt's Company, Colonel Drake's Regiment, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. 

Later, date not stated, one month in Captain Haven's Company, and assisted in carrying prisoners of war from Rockingham County, New Hampshire to Providence, Rhode Island. 

After the Revolution he lived at Effingham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, and Newfield, York County, Maine.
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He was allowed pension by the United States on his application executed September 13, 1832 while a resident of North Effingham, Strafford County, New Hampshire. 

It is not stated that soldier was ever married and there are no data concerning his family. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, Richard Taylor, S. 17721, you should apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data: 

"Richard Taylor, Certificate Number 10630, issued April 16, 1833, Rate, $57.54 per annum, Commenced, March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Hampshire Agency".

Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours, and the lack of clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution,. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt. 

Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.