Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,556, for Simon Taylor, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.

Taylor, Simon

NUMBER
S. 40,556
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40.556
Revy.INVALID.
File No. 40.556
Simon Taylor
Pa. Rev. War
-
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-- Vol. 3 , Page 500

{Arrangement of 1870.]
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12. 128
Pennsylvania
Simon Taylor
of Mifflin County in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brodhead of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of two years and four months

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of June 1819 and sent to David Beale Esq
Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo. 2/30 & 4/31                                                    81.56
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819-  40.00
                                                               ---
                                                           $129.56
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Notification sent November 11, 1820 to William P.  Maclay Lewistown Pennsylvania
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Declaration of
Simon Taylor to
obtain a pension

Mifflin County
12.128

address the result to
W. P. Marley
Lewistown Penna
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District of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County ss

On this twenty first day of August 1820
personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record held in and for Mifflin
County, Simon Taylor aged Seventy
two years resident in Union Township Mifflin  County State of Pennsylvania who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary as follows to wit. That he enlisted in Captain Brady's Company
in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colonel Broadhead at Carlisle in the year 1777 and that he continued to serve in the said Regiment until he was discharged at
 Pittsburg {Pittsburgh} in the year 1780.That he was in various skirmishes with the
Indians and was wounded at the Kanaway.
 That deponent applied for a pension on the 29th day of April 1818 and that it
was accordingly granted hearing date on the 21st of June 1819 and No 12.128.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an" Act to
provide for Certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th
day of March 1818 and that I have not
nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities,contracts or debts due to me nor have I any other income
than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed.
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and by me subscribed viz-
1 Milch {milk} Cow valued at -$12.00
2 Small Hogs                               5.00
3 chairs                                        3.00
1 Small Table                               1.50
A few plates & Kitchen furniture value of
                                                    5. 00
whole amount                           $26. 50
All purchased out of the proceeds of the pension which I have got under the act of the 18th March 1818.
Simon Taylor the applicant by occupation a laborer but by reason of age & its infirmities is ill able to support himself- aged 72 years
Martha Taylor his wife aged sixty years-
This is all the family of deponent and he has no other means of  gaining a livelyhood {livelihood} than here stated.

Sworn & declared in open
Court this 21st Aug. 1820
 E. Banks Proth.
Signed Simon Taylor {signature with Mark}

Inventory & Schedule of the property of Simon Taylor of
Union Township Mifflin County taken by Jesse Adams & Christopher Forrell

1  Cow                                         $12.00
2 Small Hogs                                   5.00
3 chairs                                            3.00
1 Small Table                                    1.50
A few plates & Kitchen furniture
                                                         5. 00
                                                       _________     
                                                   $  26.50
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Mifflin County ss

Personally appeared Christopher Forrell & Jesse Adams who being duly sworn sayeth that the above is fair &
{illegible} valuation & appraisment of all the goods & effects which came to their knowledge of Simon Taylor excepting
cloathing {clothing} & bedding.

Signed    Jesse Adams
                Christopher Forrell

Sworn & Subscribed in
open Court  Aug. 21st 1820

 E. Banks Proth.


I Ephraim Banks Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas being a Court of record having general jurisdiction do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court
and I do further certify that it is the opinion of
the said Court that the total amount in value
of the said property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $26.50.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
the said Court on this 21st day
of August A.D. 1820
 
E. Banks, Proth.
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Simon Taylor, Deposition
& Certificate
Adm. (having no supplementary
evidence in his reach.)

Returned for
further evidence


The Judge at Lewistown
Mifflin Pa
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State of Pennsylvania, Mifflin County ss

On the Twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred & Eighteen, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Mifflin State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, Personally
appears Simon Taylor, aged Sixty Eight years, resident of Mifflin County aforesaid
who being by me first duly sworn according to Law Doth on his solemn Oath
make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the
late Act of Congress Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons Engaged
in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
That he the said Simon Taylor enlisted as a private soldier in the year One thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy eight ( in April) in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Broadhead Commandant.
that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States
untill {until} August One thousand Seven Hundred & eighty when he was discharged at Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania by General Brodhead from the service; That he was in
the skirmish at Canawa where he got wounded in the Head by a Ball which fractured
his skull, that he is in Reduced Circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of
his country for support & that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Service.
Sworn to & declared Before me Day & year above written
David Beale
Simon Taylor{signature with his mark}

I David Beale Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Simon Taylor Did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
Declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings &
Testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant
to the Directions of the aforementioned act of Congress given under my hand this 29th day of April 1818.

David Beale

Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss
I,Ephraim Banks, Prothonotary of the Court
of Common pleas in and for Mifflin County
 in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby
certify that the above named David Beale
Esquire is and was one of our associate
Judges of said Court of Common Pleas
duly appointed and commissioned and
that full faith and credit is and ought
to be given to all his official
acts as well in Court as there out - Witness my
hand and the seal of said Court at
Lewistown in said County the sixth day 
of May AD 1818

E.Banks,Prothonotary
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I David Beale Associate Judge &c Do Certify that the within applicant Simon Taylor
 is in very indigent circumstances to my knowledge & stands in need of the
assistance of his Country for Support.
 witness my hand 
David Beale