Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,966, Taylor Holloway, S.C. Residence At Enlistment-Dinwiddie Co., Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

Holloway, Taylor
or
Halloway

NUMBER
S. 6.966

Residence at Enlistment - Dinwiddie Co., Va

CONTENTS
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[white star over name]
7150
North Carolina ,
________________________________________
Taylor Halloway (Holloway
of Barnwell in the State of [illegible]Carolina 
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Thompson of the regt commanded
by Col__________in the ma
[illegible] for 2 years from '77.
Taylor Holloway:
S. C. service  Records corrected 
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina 
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March
1833 and sent to 

Hon J Mc Kay
Elizabethtown NC
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                     $ 160 00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833      40 00
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                                                                                         $40 00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by  W L Williams Clerk,
Book E. Vol 6, Page 42
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[illegible]
1?125

Taylor Holloway
from 1777 Private 
2 year
$80

look on S.C.
Roll

on roll

Patrick Murphy,

Wilminington
No Carolina  

Mc Koy
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BRIEF in the case of Taylor Holloway
[County]of New Haven in the State of No. Carolina 
 (Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 73 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.                     Duration.                   Rank.           Names of General 
                                   of Service .                                     and Field Officers                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                               under whom 
                                                                                               he served
___________________________________ ____________________
In 1777.                Years,Months, Days.    As a             Gen.
enlisted                                                                               Col Thompson
& left the                                                                             Capt Lyal
Augt day.                  2 years [illegible]
before the
surrender of
Charleston
17. May 1780


5. In what battles was he engaged?  Savannah, Stono, Charleston

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Dinwiddie Co. Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    Not any

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect ?No

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

Chas G Wilson [signature]
Examining Clerk.
13. Feby 1833
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10.125
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State of North Carolina
New Hanover County} Court of Please & Quarter Sessions September Term 1832
Personally appeared on this the eleventh day of September AD 1832 before the court aforesaid Taylor Holloway a resident of New Hanover County and State of North Carolina aged seventy three years and about ten months, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 with Robert Lyal and served in the third regiment of the South Carolina line under the following named officers viz Genls Sullivan Moultree, Howe, Lincoln & Green, Col Thompson Lieutenant Col Mason, Col Marion, Major Wise, adjutant Knapp, Capt Robert Lyal, Capt Uriah Goodwin, Lieutenants Joel Hardiway and Askins or Gaskins and Ensign John Jones, though at different periods of his term of service in the continental army, that he left the service of the United States as a regular the day before Charleston was surrendered to the enemy which was in May 1780 that he did not serve in the army of the United States any buy the above term which was for three years, but that he served both in the militia and as a State troop in South Carolina, ten months in the State troop and eight or nine months in the militia; that when he entered the service he resided in Dinwiddie County State of Virginia; that while he was in the continental service, he was in four battles, one at Savannah when that place was taken, one at Stono where the enemy was defeated, another at Savannah, where the Americans were defeated and a fourth at Charleston where this applicant was taken prisoner; that he first rendezvoused after he enlisted in Dinwiddie County Virginia and marched on through North Carolina into
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into South Carolina to where the army took as Head Quarters on Sentee about three miles from the Eutaw Springs, that from thence he marched to Charleston, that from thence he marched, in a detachment, over Ogeechy to a place called Midway meeting House, about fifteen miles from Ogeechy, that from thence he marched on towards St. Augustine to a river the name of which this applicant dont recollect, where the enemy had a fort that from thence he marched back to [crossed out Savannah] Charleston, from thence to Savannah, from thence [crossed out back] to Parisburg SC from thence to a place called Black Swamp up Savannah River from thence to Golphens Mills still higher up Savannah from thence to Silver Bluff against the lower end of Augusta, from thence he marched over into Georgia down towards Savannah nearly opposite the mouth of Briar Creek where, and express arrived from Gov Rutledge, ordering the army back to Charleston [crossed out to which place he marched] that he then marched on for Charleston as far as Stono from thence he marched to a ferry against Bluford Island, from thence to Gov Ball's plantation where he took up Winter Quarters, from thence to Savannah, from thenct to Parisburg again, from thence to Charleston where he was taken prisoner. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Taylor Holloway
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier
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soldier and served as he states
I John W Stanley clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of New Hanover County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Taylor Holloway for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the day of September Anno Domini 1832 and in the fifty seventh year of American Independance
John W Stanly clk
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

January 6, 1926

Mrs. J. M. Holloway
1411 Duncan Ave
Chattanooga, Tenn

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6966, it 
appears that Taylor Holloway, while residing in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, enlisted in 1777 and was a private in Captains Robert Lyle's, Uriah Goodwin's, and Van Ross' Companies, Colonels 
Thompson's, Marion's, Henderson's, and Hampton' s
South Carolina Regiments. He was in two battles
at Savannah, battles of Stono, and Charleston, 
where he was taken prisoner.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
cuted September 11, 1832, while a resident of New Hamover  (Hanover) County, North Carolina, aged seventy-three years and ten months.

[Handwritten note]
miss Wilson said  [illegible] he 
served to close of War - nor was
he served 3 yrs - as to surrender of Charleston 
Mar 1780 - would give [illegible] 3 yrs-
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There is no data on file as to his family.

Owing to lack of clerical force available for
the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[Right Page]
[white star over name]

6966
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 6966
Taylor Holloway
Pri   Rev  War
Act: June 7   32
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870]
Taylor Holloway, June 10/04
Records corrected

[Left Page]
1919 Mar 12. Joel N Eno
vifd not stated [illegible]
Taylor Holloway had child
ren
1926 - Jan 6 - Hist to Mrs. 
 J M Holloway
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REJECTED
___Ex'r OLD WAR.
REJECTED

File No. 20.381

Taylor Holloway.
Pri
Capt Van Ross
S.C. Line
Revy War

[illegible] at REJECTED

other claim.

,187. 

Clerk.
Application filed:  , 18   

Attorney:
P. O. 

Not Allowed 
Act 1828
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OWRej

#
20.381
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Taylor Holloway  - Pot
S. Car. line
Not allowed Act 1828
No Carolina 

Ex  - one old Book & Rej
 " Inval - wid -  & other old book.

No Record
Ded
Nov 5/80
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Wilmington NC
September 13th 1832
Sir 
Enclosed is the declaration of Taylor Holloway for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
The applicant states he belonged to the South Carolina line. If his name is not on the roll of that line, it may probably be on that of Virginia.
He also states services in the state troop and militia of SC I would be glad to be informed whether he could draw for these, in addition to those int he continental line.
Please direct to Gravelly Hill SC Bladen Cty NC
Respectfully 
yr ob st
Patrick Murphy
Hon Lewis Cap
Sec of War
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                                                            
 Taylor Holloway                                                                       which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?   Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes   

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No

XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1st 2nd 5th 6th 7th

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                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________mpnths   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too  indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Revolutionary Claims.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 Nov 1828.
Taylor Holloway  of in the county of
New Hanover  in the State of North Carolina has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain
Van Ross  's company, in the third regiment of the S Carolina
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, [nothing]

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary.
F.A. Dickins.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditor's  Office,
18TH November 1828

It futher appears that Taylor Holloway is not now on the  pension
list of any                       agency, and has not been so since the
3RD March
1826

The name of  TAYLOR HOLLOWAY
cannot be found among those of the South Carolina 
Line , to whom  Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty
Dollars were issued - 
Peter Hagner Aud

[illegible]
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War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 May 1829
The records of this office do not shew that Taylor Holloway of the So Carolina line ever received, or is entitled to land of the U States
E. Stephens
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[post mark nc]
Revolutionary Claims
Free
Honble Richard Rush
Washington City
DC
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New Hanover County NC
October 23rd 1828
Honourable Sir
Enclosed are the papers and documents for the establishment of the claim of Taylor Holloway to pay under the act of Congress passed or approved the 15th May 1828 as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution If the evidence hereby transmitted taken in connenion with that afforded by the publick records at Washington, be found satisfactory, you will please remit to me at Wilmington NC as attorney for Taylor Holloway a check or draft on the United States Branch Bank at Fayetteville.
Should his claim not be allowed, please inform me whether any other proof than what is herein adduced would entitle him to pay
I have the honour to be sir with sentiments of respect and esteem,
your humble and devoted servant
The Honble Richard Rush Patrick Murphy
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123
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved on the 15th of May 1828 I Taylor Holloway formerly of the county of Dinwiddie in the State of Virginia, but now of the county of New Hanover in the state of North Carolina do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until it's termination at which period I was a private in Captain Van Ross's Company in the third South Carolina Regiment of the Continental line under Colonels Henderson and Hampton And I also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the fifteenth of May 1828
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth of May 1828 on the Pension List of the United States Witness my hand This 27th of September 1828.
Taylor Holloway
Before me Rogers Lee in the County of New Hanover in the state of North Carolina personally appeared James Devane and George Bannerman, this day of the said county who did severally make oath that Taylor Holloway by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated
Witness my hand this 27th of Sept 1828
Rogers Lee JP
I Thomas F Davis clerk of the court of the county of New Hanover in the state of North Carolina do hereby certify that Rogers Lee Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 29 day of October in the year 1828
Thos F Davis clk
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Know all men by these presents that I Taylor Holloway in the county of New Hanover in the State of North Carolina do hereby constitute and appoint Patrick Murphy my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" approved 15th May 1828, as a private in the third South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolutionary Witness my hand and seal, this 22nd day of October 1828
Sealed & delivered in presence Taylor Holloway seal
of William Devane
Before me John Kerr a Justice of the Peace in the County of New Hanover in the State of North Carolina personally appeared, this day Taylor Holloway whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney & acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment by or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorised to be received but that the said pay is intended to enue wholly to his personal benefit
Witness my hand, this 22nd day of October in the year 1828
John Kerr JP
I Thomas F Davis clerk of the county of New Hanover in the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that John Kerr before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is a justice of the peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 29 day of October in the year 1828
Thos F Davis clk
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Before me John Kerr Esqr a Justice of the Peace in the county of New Hanover, in the state of North Carolina personally appeared this day Patrick Murphy the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment buy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed
Witness my hand this 22nd day of October AD 1838
John Kerr JP
I Thomas F Davis clerk of the county court of New Hanover in the state of North Carolina do hereby certify that John Kerr Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said court, this 29th day of October in the year 1828
Thos F Davis clk
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1411 Duncan Ave
Chattanooga Tenn
Nov 16 1925
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Will you please give me the war record with dates and all data that you have of Thomas Holloway Sussex Co 71 John Boatwright Price Edward Co 71 Taylor Holloway
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New Hanover Co NC
Thanking you for this information I am cordially
(Mrs JM) Wayne R Holloway
1411 Duncan Ave
Chattanooga Tenn
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Rev. War Section.

Mar. 12, 1919.

Mr Joel N. Eno.
815 Marcy Ave,
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sir:

In rely to your letter of the 7" instant, you are advised
that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Daniel and James Holloway described by you and in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Taylor Holloway, S. C. Troops, it in not stated whether he ever had any children.

If you desire that the records be searched for any other Revolutionary War soldier named Holloway, it is essential that you furnish his full name and as much as possible of the fol-lowing data in regard to him; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, and given name of widow.  As in many cases the names of the
children are not of record, it is not possible to identify
such claims by the names of the children.

Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

[illegible]
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Rec . Sec

815. Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn,N.Y.,

MARCH 7, 1919.

Commissioner of Pensions: -

I am seeking the parentage of Danied
Holloway, chiefly depending on the positive statement that his father was a Revolutionary soldier who spent the
latter part of his life in Edgefield district, S.C., though
I think he is connected with the Danied Holloway whose
will is recorded in Brunswick County, Va 1788, and that it 
is possible that he is the Danied Holloway whose will is dated in Brunswick county, Va. 1823; though Taylor Holloway  of S.C. line is on the payroll of Capt. John Henington' s 
Co. for Sept. & Oct. 1779 and James Holloway of Edgefield district has also a Revolutionary war record.

If the Department has any light on the matter I should 
be grateful to receive it.

Thankful for past courtesy, and hoping I shall not
haver to trouble you again,

I am
Very respectfully yours,
Joel N. Eno.

I  have an only son engineer in France, whose record I 
hope  will be better taken care of than records in the South have been.

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