Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,753, for George Taff, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va Taff, George S. 3,753
carded
CONTENTS
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Date of death not on AB

3368
East Tennessee
George Taff
of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the compy commanded
by Captain Cunningham of the Regt commanded
by - in the Virginia
line for 6 months from 1781-

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 20- Dollars - Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 30-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 10-
$40-
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 9 Page 113-
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7377
George Taff

from 1781 private
Six months,
$20.
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7377
BRIEF in the case of George Taff,
County of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 68

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Drafted In 1781 Summer
Vol. 1752 Spring
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
upwards 3 months
3 months
Rank. As a
Private
"
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.
Capt. Cunningham & McCarty
Capt. Torerbaugh,
Gen. Muhlenburg

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Cty. Va

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary & a witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

F. Waugh Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee }
  Jefferson County  }

On this 12th day of September 1832 personally,  appeared in open Court before the County Court of Plea & quarter Session for Jefferson County, now sitting George Taff a resident of the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth 
 on his oath make the following declaration, in order to abtain 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 as 
herein stated that sometime in the summer of the year 1781. he marched from the County of Hampshire State of Virginia under the Command of Capt. Cunningham, and marched on through Fredericksburg then to Williamsburg at which place he was discharged, after a servitude of some upwards of three months. That he served as a drafted Militiaman and received a discharge from Capt. Edward McCarty from Hampshire County Virginia, and that he has lost said discharge.
That in the spring of the year 1782 , He volunteered 
under the Command of Capt. Teaverbough of Hampshire County Virginia and marched on to Tigers Valley to guard the Inhabitants from the attack of the Shawnee Indians, marching through the Allegany Mountains  Virginia at which place he received a discharge from Capt.Teaverbough after a servitude of three months
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which discharge is also lost: and that he has no recollection of the names of the Field Officers during the first Campaign, [crossed out] except  General  [word crossed out] Muhlenberg that during the second Campaign there was no company but the one in which he served, and that his place of residence was in Hampshire County, Virginia. -  and that William Hill Esqr. is knowing to the circumstance of his serving as above stated.
 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present: and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
George Taff
Sworn to and subscribed, the day
and year aforesaid
Joseph Hamilton Clerk
State of Tennessee}
Jefferson County   }  On the 12th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for Jefferson County now sitting William Hill Esqr. aged Sixty four years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration. That he was reacquainted with the above named George Taff in Hampshire County Virginia during the Revolutionary War and recollects [large smudge, word illegible] of his having served two Campaigns, as above stated. 
William Hill
Sworn and subscribed, the 
day and year aforesaid    }
Joseph Hamilton Clerk
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We James Hill  [word crossed out] residing in the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid and William Hill residing in the same hereby certify that we are well aquainted with George Taff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty eight years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood which he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion      James Hill
                                          William Hill
Sworn and subscribed the }
day and year aforesaid      }
Joseph Hamilton Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 further  Certifies that it appears to them that James Hill who has signed the proceeding Certification, is a 
[word crossed out] resident in the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid and that William Hill who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and [word crossed out] are credible persons, and that their statements [word crossed ] are entitled  to Credit.
Septs. Session      Richard Bradshaw                              
1832                     Jas,, A,, Nornton
                             Thos H Snodd
                         Justices of the Peace in Court
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State of Tennessee
Jefferson County}
I Joseph Hamilton Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and quarter
Sessions for said County do hereby
Certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the Application
of George Taff for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and Seal of Office
this 12 day of September AD 1832
Joseph Hamilton Clerk
of Jefferson County

7377
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Interrogatories

Q. Where and in what year were you born
 A  I was born in Hampshire County State of Virginia
      on the 19th day of December 1763
 Q.  Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it
  A   I have,  and it is at home and Recorded from an entry
       made by my Father in a prayer Book 
  Q. Where were you living when called into service, Where
       have you lived since the Revolutionary War and Where 
       do you know live
   A  In Hampshire County Virginia, since the Revolutionary
        War, I have lived in Jefferson County Tennessee the 
        principal part of my time where I am now living 
        [three words crossed out]  
    Q. How were you called into service, were you drafted,
         did you volunteer or were you a substitute,  and if a
          substitute  for whom  
     A   I was drafted the first [word crossed out] Tour, and
           volunteered the second 
      Q.   State the names of some of the Regular officers who 
           were with the troops, where you served, such 
           Continental        
           and Militia Regiments as you can recollect: and the
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General Circumstances of your Service

A. I Can Recollect Genl. Muhlenburgh but
am not Certain whether he commanded
Regulars or Militia. and the general Circumstances of my service are Contained in my Declaration
Q. Did you ever Receive any discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
A. I did receive two discharges, one from Capt.
McCarty, and the other from Capt. Teanesborough, and lost them.
Q. State the Names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity, and their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution
A. William Hill Esq. and James Holt-
Sworn to in Open Court George Taff
12 September 1832
Joseph Hamilton Clerk
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May 15, 1939
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Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson GEORGE TAFF
1502 Stuart Avenue S. 3753
Houston, Texas BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

The data which follow in regard to George Taff were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3753, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

George Taff was born December 19, 1765, in Hampshire County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia, George Taff enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as private in Captain Cunningham's Virginia company, marched to Williamsburg and was discharged there by Captain Edward McCarty, having served a tour of three months. He volunteered in the spring of 1782, served as a private in Captain Teaverbaugh's Virginia company, marched across the Allegheny Mountains to Tygart's Valley to protect the inhabitants from the Shawnee Indians, length of this tour three months.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, while residing in Jefferson County, Tennessee, where he had lived the greater part of the time since the Revolution.

There are no family data in the claim.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of George Taff, the soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: George Taff, certificate #3368, issued December 19, 1832, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June , 1832, East Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1936 June 20 - HIst to Ms
O. D. Taff. Letter in call
Ansd strang. W6214 EL
1939, May 15 - Hist to
Mrs. Edward Atkinson (See ltr in
clm. W. 1214 of Hezekiah Love) - MLB

3753
Rev War INVALID.

File No. 3753
George Taff
Pvt. Va. line

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Houston, Texas.
April, 12, 1939.
Dear Sir:
Will you please be so kind as to
send me all data pertaining to George
Taff (GEORGE TAFF) who served in the
Revolutionary War. He died in Jefferson Co.
Tenn., and from a reference book in the
library I find that he received a pension
in 1833. I have no record of the name
of his wife, and perhaps the pension
record will give that information, as
well as names of his children.
He was my great, great, great, grand father
and I want this data for D.A.R. pur-
poses.
Thank you very much.
Answered Sincerely yours,
by letter Mabel C. Atkinson
of 5/15/39 (Mrs. Edward D. Atkinson)
1502 Stuart Ave.

RECEIVED
APR 17 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #12
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In 1845, David Strange, of Laurens District, South Carolina, stated that he was a grandson of Fanny Strange, but did not give the names of his parents.  In same year, the widow's brother, Daniel Bailey, loved in Greenville District, South Carolina.

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George Taff
S.3753
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3753, based upon the military services of George Taff in that war.
George Taff was born December19, 1763, in HampshireCounty, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Hampshire County, George Taff enlisted in the summer of 1781, served as a private in Captain Cunningham's Virginia Company, marched to Williamsburg and was discharged at that place by Captain Edward McCarty, having served threemonths:
he enlisted [ illegible handwritten word above enlisted] in the spring of 1782, served as a private in Captain Teavervbaugh's Virginia Company, marched across the Alleghany Mountains to 
Tigert's [ handwritten word Tygart's above Tigert's] Valley to protect the inhabitants from the Shawnee Indians, length of service, three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1832, while residing in Jefferson County, Tennessee, wherehe had lived the greater part of the time since the Revolution.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, George Taff(S.3753), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following datas.

George Taff, Certificate No. 3368, issued December 19, 1832, rate $20 per annum, commenced [word smudged] 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832.
East Tennessee Agency.

* * * * * *           Very truly yours, 
                          A.D. Hiller
                          Executive Assistant
                          to the Administrator.
                                 -5-

                                       

                                [Handwritten note right
                                  margin of document,
                                  Could not identify officers]
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May 15, 1939

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BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson
1502 Stuart Avenue
Houston, Texas

Dear Madam:

 Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War records of George Taff who was pensioned in 1833 on account of his service, being then a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee, also of Hezekiah Love, whose widow, Nancy, was pensioned in Alabama.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of George Taff and Hezekiah Love.

Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Dandridge E Tennessee
13th Sept 1832

Sir
I herewith forward on my papers for the inspection of your Department:
You will please address to me at this place  
Yours Respectfully
George Taff
The Hon
Lewis Cass