Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39862, for Nathaniel Taylor, Rhode Island
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[typed] (8-1776)
SERVICE [written] R I Taylor, Nathaniel or Tayler [typed] NUMBER [written] S. 39862
[typed] CONTENTS
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[written] 8,002
Rhode Island 4
Nathaniel Tayler
[typed] of [written] North Kinston [typed] in the state of [written] Rhode Island
[typed] who was a [written] private [typed] in the regiment commanded by
Colonel [written] Angell [typed] of the [written] Rhode Island
[typed] line, for the term of [written] three years
[typed] Inscribed on the Roll of [written] Rhode Island
[typed] at the rate of [written] 8 [typed] Dollars per month, to commence on
the [written] 10th [typed] of [written] April 
[typed] Certificate of Pension issued the [written] 23rd [typed] of [written] March 1819
[typed] and [written] Sent to David Howell Esq
Bridge Providence Rhode Island
[typed] Arrears to 4th of [written] Mar: 1819 $86.63
[typed] Semi-anl all'ce ending [written] 4th Sept 1819 48-
10 mos? 21/30 4/81 $134,63
[typed] {Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
[written] Comtinued
[written sideways] Notification sent Apr 27 1820
Benjamin Cowell
Providence
Rd I
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[written] 30 / 9 / 21
560/106/6.66
38.00/48/86-00
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[written] Nathaniel Taylor
800 L
Continue
Sept 18[illegible]
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[written] We the subscribers being Neighbours to Nathaniel Taylor of
North Kingstown and also with the Value of his Estate do give
it as our Opinion that his real Estate is not worth more thanEighty Five dollars said Lot Contains One Acre and no more and
the House much out of Repair
Esbon Sandford
William Hammond
Washington Sc at North Kingstown July. 6. 1820. personally came
Esbon Sanford and William Hammond and made Solemn Oath to 
the truth of the above before Benj. S. Williams Just. Peace
Washington Sc. Clerks Office C. Common Pleas July. 6th 1820
I certify that Benjamin S. Williams Esq. is a Justice of the
Peace for the Town of North Kingstown legally Chosen and Qualified
as the Law Requires
Wm ? Same? [crossed out] 
Helme Clk
the Court C Pleas
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[typed] State of Rhode Island & Providence-Plantations.
Washington, sc- Court of Common Pleas, [written] Special [typed] Term, A. D. 182[written]0
[typed] ON this [written] fifth [typed] day of [written] July [typed] 182[written] 0, [typed] personally appeared in open Court,
being a Court of Record within and for the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode- Island, &c.
[written] Nathaniel Taylor [typed] aged [written] Seventy Six [typed] Years
residing in the Town of [written] North Kingstown [typed] in said [written] County [typed] who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:-
[written] That he served as a private upwards of Six Years in Col. Angells
Col Obney and Col Greenes Regiments of the Rhode Island
Line
[typed] That he made a previous Declaratiion on the [written] Tenth [typed] Day of [written] April [typed] 18 [written] 18, [typed] and
thta he has recieved a Certificate for a Pension, being No. [written] 8002 [typed] -And in pursuance of the Act of Con-
gress, passed May 1st, 1820, 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 whatever,
disposed of my property, or any 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
and 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 in trust for me, any property or securies, contracts or debts, due
to me; nor have I any income other than what is  contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me
subscribed
[written] Nathaniel (his X mark) Taylor
[typed] A SCHEDULE of Property and Income, (neccassary clothing and bedding excepted) of
[written] Nathaniel Taylor (Viz) 4 Old Chairs 2 Tin Basons 6 Plates 1 Spader
Some Knives and Forks & Old Tin Spoons a few Common White Caps & Linens 1 Old farm Table.   one acre of Land in said North
Kingstown and an Old House thereon   And this declarent further
saidth that he is a Labourer & works where he is able being so old and
infirm that he is almost past Labor that he is now involved in debt that he
owes more than One Hundred and Sixty dollars that he has a wife who is
Oldee than himself and very much afflicted with the Rheumatism and incapable 
of doing any work that he has Ten Childrenin his family most of whom are
are incapable of contributing much of any thing towards their support
that he and his family are in very Indigent Circumstances and
even with his Pension he is hardly able to support himself & without
which he must depend on Charity
Nathaniel (his X mark) Taylor
[typed] Sworn to and declared, on the [written] fifth [typed] day of [written] July 1820 [typed] before [written] Said Court
Wm.? Sam? [line drawn through] Helme Clk of Court
[seal affixed but illegible]
[typed] Washington, sc. Clerk's Office of the Court of Common Pleas..A.D. 1820
I [written] Samuel Helme [typed] Clerk of the Common Pleas, for the County of 
Washington, in the State of Rhode-Island, & c. do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Scedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court;- And I do further ertify, that it is the
opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
[written] Eighty Eight [typed] Dollars, and [written] Twenty 6th [typed with line through] Cents.
[typed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this
[written] Sixth [typed] Day of [writen] July [typed] 182[written]0
[written] Sam? [line through ] [written]  Helme [typed] Clerk of said Court.
[written] $88.20 Sc.
The [illegible] and in circumstances of his family are not further
in the [illegible] certificate of [illegible 4 words] Reg
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[written] Benjamin Cowell Esq
Clerk District Court
Providence
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[written] North Kingston Aug th 11 R 1820
This my certify that we the undersigned
have been personally acquainted with Mr.
Nathaniel Taylor of this Town a Pensions under
the Act of Congress. And that the ages
and circumstances of his Family are to thebest of our knowledge as follows viz
His wife aged about [blank] years infirmand unable to do much of any labour.
His eldest Son Thurston is about thirty eight
years of age was never married has lost the
seight of one eye is a cripple having had
a fever sore on one leg about eight eighteen years
His Daughter Eliza aged about thirty six
years never married
His Son Joseph aged about twenty nine
years has a wife and three children very poor
His daughter Abby about twenty seven yearsof age
His daughter Lucy aged about twenty three
years is very corpulsive weighting about two
hundred pounds weight[line through word] yet unhealthy and
unable to scarcely anything toward a livingThree Grand Children, vizElisa aged about elevenyears-
William aged about four and half years
John aged about three years
That they all make it their  home with him
 him except Joseph and his family
His Son Henry omitted in the above State-
ment aged a little upwards of twenty years poor and gives himself up to intoxixation
 William Hammond
Hon. Regency
To whom Consenused
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[written] Providence 12 August 1820
Sic
The written names William Hammond &
Jonathan Reynolds and very respectable gentle
=men and in my opinion full confidence is
due to this certificate
Benjamin Cowell 
J L Edwards Esq
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[written] Nathaniel Taylor
Priv
Judges certificate as to
claimants indigent circu-
stances wanting 
Also [Adm written across sentence] unto [illegible] belief of service of Certification
Col. Angell's R. Island 
Reg. 
1777- 3 years
10th April 1818-
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[written] Smithfield 10th April 1818
I hereby Certify that Nathaniel Taylor the Bearee hereof was an Enlisted
Soldier in the Second Rhode Island Regment in the Continental Army in the
Revolutionary war, he Inlisted for three years while time he Served out
as a faithfull Soldier
Israel Angell Col of Sd
Regiment
To Whom Concern
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[written] I Nathaniel Taylor of North Kingstown in the
State of Rhode Island on Solemn oath do
declare & say that in the month of February
1777 according to the best of my recollection-
I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt William
Allen Company -Col Israel Angells reg-
ment in the contental army of the United States
in the Rhode Island line-In which aforesaid I
continued three years then next next following-
when I recieved a written discharge which
discharge is now lost-I further declare that
I am now of the asistance of my Country for
support
Nathaniel (his X mark) Taylor
 Benjamin L Peckham of North Kingstown on oath do declaration that I am acquainted with the above
Nathaniel Taylor & know that he served more
than nine months and I think three years
in the above Col. Israel Angells regiment
being myself an officer in the same regiment
in the above mentioned time
B L Beckham
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[written] Rhode Island District Sc
Be it remembered that on this tenth day of April
AD 1818 come before me Nathaniel Taylor & made
solemn oath to the truth of the declaration to which his mark is written affixed also appeared before
me at the same time Benjamin L Peckham
subscribe to the written certificate & made solemn
oath to the truth of the Same, In witness whereof
I have hereto set my hand & I have caused the
 Seal of the District Court for said District
to be hereto affixed the day & year obtain within
David Howell
District Judge.
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the
District Court of the United States are hereto
affixed
Attest Benjamin Cowell
Clk
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[written] AWF
[typed] Rev. and 1812
War Section.
February 7, 1927
Grace J. Connor
Peace Dale
R. I.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claims S, 39862,
it appears that Nathaniel Taylor or Tayler
enlisted in Febraury 1777 and served three yearsas a private in Captain Israel Angell's, Olney's , and Greene's 
Rhode Island Regiments.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed April 10, 1818, while a resident of North
Kingston, Rhode Island.
In 1820, he was seventy-six years old and
stated that his wife was older than himself, but
did not give her name, and referred to the fol-lowing children-eldest son, Thurston, aged thirty-
eight years; daughter, Eliza, aged thirty-six years;
son, Joseph, aged twenty-nine years, and to his wife
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[typed] and three children, no names mentioned, daughter,
Abby, aged twenty-seven years; daughter, Lucy,
aged twenty-three years; son, Henry, aged about
twenty years; and to three grand children-
Eliza, aged eleven years; William, aged four and
one half years; and John, aged three years, the
names of their parents are not stated.
Respectfully,
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[written] Pri Nath Taylor
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[written] North Kingstown January 30th. 1819sc.
We the subscribed having been many years personally ac-
quainted with Mr Nathaniel Taylor of this Town late a
Soldier in the Revolutionary Army. do hereby consider &
certify that he is a very Poor Man, and almost entirely
destitute of property who having a large and helpful Fam-
ily to support could not keep himself & them from the Town
list for the Charity of his friends and neighbours- He him
self bring sustenanced and unable to labour-
We do therefore consider him fully entitled to and neceassary
of objections from his Country for Support-
William Hammond
Beriah Eldred
Rhode Island District 12 March 1819
Hon. Lewis [illegible]
I am Satisfied that 
N. Taylor is poor and that he Served 9 mo regement by [illegible]
David Howell (District) Judge
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[typed] (Seal stamped) PENSION U.S. SERVICE
F DEC 9 1926
Peace Dale, R. I.,Dec. 8, 1926
U.S.Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlrmen:-
Ie ther on the Pension list of the Revolution, the name of
Nathaniel Taylor, who served in Capt. Israel Angell's company: and
if so, what information can you give me in regard to him?
Will greatly appreciate any information, as I am trying to
get in the D.A.R.
Yours truly,
Grace J. Connor,
Peace Dale, R. I.
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[written] 39862
[typed] INVALID.
[written] Revy
[typed] File No. [written] 39,862
Nathaniel Taylor
Pri Rev War
[typed] Act: [written] 18th March 18"
[typed] Index:-Vol. [written] 8, [typed] Page 500
[typed] {Arrangement of 1870. }
[written sideways] 1927 Feb 7 Hist to Grace J. Connor Aux.