Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42034, for John Taylor, Georgia
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Ga.     Taylor, John   S 42034
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11,002R
North Carolina
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John Taylor of Richmond Co. in the state of No, Carolina who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Roberts of the Georgia line, for the term of two years
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of March 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of June 1819. and sent to John Taylor Esq
Richmond Co. N Carolina
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819         44.67
5 mo. 18 dys arrs.                      __________
                                                    $44.67
                                                  __________
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Certificate in favour [sic] of John Taylor 1st
Richmond County No. Ca.

11,802
June 1819

con

Notification sent to the Pensioner, Rockingham Richmond Co. NC

Nov 11. 1820
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State of North Carolina }
Richmond County }
Superior Court of Law & Equity ~
On the 21st day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court & being a Court of record. created such by the Laws of the State and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) John Taylor aged seventy five years resident in Rockingham in said county of Richmond who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, enlisted in the month of March 1777 and discharged the 3rd day of April 1779. belonged to Captain Smiths Company of the 2nd Georgia Continental Battalion or Regiment, commanded by the Honl. Samuel Elbart Esq. on the Brigade Commanded by General Lincoln ~ That his original declaration was made on the 18th day of March 1819. and his pension certificate no. 11802 ~ And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of 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 and 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 in turst for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income. other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed. to wit one small pot. one Frying pan, two chairs. two stools. two Axes and one chest -- Is a Tailor by trade, and can do tolerable work considering his age. Has no wife, child or relative living to his knowledge, and lives entirely alone- Sworn to and declared on the 21st day of September 1820. ["before" crossed out] in open court 
S/B. H. Covington Clk
John [X his mark] Taylor
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State of No Carolina }
Richmond County  }
I Benjamin H Covington Clerk of the Superior Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Three Dolls & 35 ct to wit $3..35. cts. ___ In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 22nd day of September 1820

S/B. H. Covington Clerk of 
the Superior Court of Law
Richmond County No. Ca.
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A Schedule of John Taylors property ~ to wit.
One small pot. one frying pan. Two chairs. two stools. two axes and one chest.-
Sworn to 22d. Sept. 1820.
S/B. H. Covington Clk.
John [X his mark] Taylor

On examination the Court values the property mentioned in the above schedule to three dollars and thirty five Cents and no more-
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John Taylor (private
Colonel - 2nd Georgia line

1777 to 1779
[flourish]

["Admitted" inside a circle]
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State of North Carolina.

John Taylor now of Richmond County in the State aforesaid maketh Oath, that he enlisted as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. William Smith in the Second Georgia Battalion and in the Brigade commanded by General Lincoln: That he enlisted as a Private in the Month of March AD. 1777. and continued in Service Untill [sic] the 3rd April A.D. 1779. When he was Discharged, in Congruence of his having become lame and unfit for duty - That there is no Person in North Carolina, to the best of his knowledge, who served with him in the Continental line, That the only persons who were in service with him, and by whom he could prove the fact of his having served as aforesaid, reside in Georgia and Virginia, and that his Age and Infirmities, render it impossible for him, to procure their Testimony - That on the 3d. April 1779. he was discharged from service, and received from Daniel Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd. Georgia Continental Battalion, the Certificate hereunto Annexed - That he is not only in required Circumstances, but very firm; and Stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support - 

John [X his mark] Taylor
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Peter. H. Cole, and John Wall make Oath, that they have been acquainted with John Taylor for many years; that since their first Acquaintance with him, it has been generally reputed and believed that the Said John Taylor was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and belonged to the Georgia line - That he is in reduced and indigent Circumstances, and Stands in Need of the Assistance of his Country for Support.

S/Peter. H. Cole
S/Jno. Wall


William McCloud one of the Justices of the Peace for Richmond County in North Carolina, maketh Oath that he is well acquainted with Peter. H. Cole, & John Wall, whose Names are Subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit, & That they are Persons worthy of Credit -

S/Wm.. McLeod 
[flourish]


I Martin Crawford Clerk of Richmond County Court do hereby certify that William McCloud is one of the Justices of the Peace for Said County in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the 18th. March 1819 - 
S/M D. Crawford Clerk
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State of North Carolina.

I Archibald D. Murphey one of the Judges of the Superior Court of law and Court of Register and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that On this 18th. day of March A.D. 1819. John Taylor, Peter. H. Cole. John Wall. and William McCloud, personally appeared before me, and respectively Subscribed the foregoing affidavit, being suly sworn as to the Truth of the Facts therein set forth- In Witness Whereof I have here unto set my Hand this 18th day of March A.D. 1819:-

S/A.D. Murphey J.I.C.I.C.
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August 16, 1937.

W. M. Creasy
c/o A. C. L. Railroad Company
Wilmington, North Carolina

BA-J/ILL  [illegible initials]
John Taylor
S. 42034

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Taylor, who served from Georgia and was a pensioner of North Carolina, and Samuel Bloodworth. Revolutionary War.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Samuel Bloodworth. Such claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States are the source of the data furnished by this office regarding soldiers of that war. The data give herein were found in pension claim, S. 42034, based upon service of John Taylor in that war.

John Taylor enlisted sometime in March 1777, the place not shown, and served as private in Captain William Smith's company, Colonel Samuel Elbert's 2# Georgia regiment until April 3, 1779, at which time he was discharged on account of lameness contracted in service.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1819, at which time he resided in Richmond County, North Carolina. In 1820, the soldier resided in Rockingham in said Richmond County; he gave his age then as seventy-five years, but did not state the day and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. He had no wife or child living with him at that time.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you
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should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

John Taylor 
Certificate #11802
Issued June 14, 1819
Rate $8 per month
Commenced March 18, 1819
Act of March 18, 1818.
North Carolina Agency.

You citation in regard to bounty land pertains, probably, to land granted by the State of Georgia, not to United States county land.

Very truly yours,
[signature area blank]
GEORGE H. SWERT
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

[hand written notes]
Accompanying letter was __ sheet__
Data from "Georgia. Roster of Rev. " by Knight Bounty Surveys

Page 201- Taylor, John - 287 1/2 acres - Wash Co. etc-

Page 229 - Samuel Bloodworth - 287 1/2 acres - Wash. Co. etc.


2.
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John Taylor
Serv.
Rockingham's 
Claim
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The Bearer hereof John Taylor Serg in the Second Georgia Continental Battalion commanded by the Honble [sic; honorable] Saml. Elbert Esquire, has demeaned himself in sd. Battn. [said Battalion] as a good and Obedient Soldier, but is at present on acct. of a lameness he has contracted in the Service Unfit for duty, wherefore he is discharged, but is intitled to the Bounty of Land promised by this [illegible] the Congress and also by the State of Georgia. Given under my hand at Silver Bluff April 3d. 1779. DRoberts L. Col 2 G.C. 15. NB. The Seal of the Reg. and printed furloughs & Discharges are lost. It is recommended that the aforesaid John Taylor be exempt from Military Duty for the term of three years
S/DRoberts
A copy Sent Geo Hancock. Cap. 2d Battn. CG Troop.
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42034
Revy INVALID
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File No. 42.034
John Taylor
Prv Rev War
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Act: 18" March 18"
Index:- Vol. S,   Page 500

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[end intentional brackets]


1914 July 13 Hist. to Mrs. G.E. Veazay.

1916 Feby 2 Hist to Lena Harris Cox. V.L.M.

1932- Oct. 24-Hist. to Miss Margaret Todd-ILL.
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1935-May 11-Hist. to Mrs.L.E. Payne - ILL.
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1937-Aug.16-Hist. to W.M. Creasy-I.LL.
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College Park. Ga. June 24= 1916.

Commissioner of War,
Bureau of Pensions,
War Department,
Washington, D.C

Dear Dir:
The name of [underline] John Taylor Sr. [end underline] and John Taylor, Green [S.7683 written above] Co & Granville [S7684 written above] Co., N.C., N.C. Mil. & N.C. Cont'l Line. pp. 82-83 N.C. Pension Roll (Session 23 Congress- Senate Document - (514) 1833-34. ages 78& 73

Also [underline] John Taylor pt [end underline] [V.G.M. written above] in Ga. Cont'l Line & find of age 84, died 1-25-1828- [underline] on the N.C. Revolutionary Pension Roll - 1819-1819- Richmond Co., N.C. page 51- [end underline]

Will you please give me all the information of the above John Taylor's given when they application for pensions and as to their death and to whom pensions were paid with dates of closing of pensions and oblige

Respectfully,
S/Lena Harris Cox
[round stamp reading as follows:
"PENSION 
U.S.
JAN 26 1916
OFFICE"]
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La Feria, Texas,
Sept. 29, 1932.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please give me data contained in the Revolutionary War pension Claims of John Taylor [-1 GA written above] served from Ga. later moved to N.C. made declaration for pension from N.C.

Wm. Taylor [-move written above] granted headrights 17 86-1800 in Burke Jefferson, Screven in State of Georgia.

yours truly,
Miss Margaret Todd
La Feria, Texas
[round stamp reading as follows:
"(arrow pointed to 12:30)
RECEIVED
OCT 15 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION"]
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Hawkinsville Ga
Apr. 18, 1935.

Veterans' Bureau,
Rev. War Pension Dept.,
[noted "SL. copy" to the right]

Will you please send me a copy of pension of John Taylor who fought in Georgia but received pension in N. Carolina. Also of Thomas Taylor Sr from Twiggs County, Georgia.

I am trying to establish a DAR line to join the Daughters of American Revolution on.

Thanking you for this favor,
I am, Cordially,
S/Mrs. S.E. Payne..

[round stamp reading as follows:
"(arrow pointing to 1:30)
RECEIVED 
APR 22 1935
MAIL SIB-DIV.
VETS [illegible]"]
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Wilmington N.C. Aug. 6 1937

Pension Office
Revolutionary War Section
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
I am trying to prove Revolutionary ancestry for an old lady who wishes to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

I am attaching a copy of a memo sent to me from Ga. which suggests to me that John Taylor shown as pensioned in N.C. having served in Ga. may be her ancestor. Sheis [sic] also descended from a Bloodworth (Bludworth) line and it is suggested that Samuel Bloodworth [handwritten note in left margin "Drawn. & reg Miss De Young"] mentioned in the attached memo. may be her Bloodworth Ancestor. This lady is descended form a John Taylor and a Margaret Caroline Bloodworth.. The dates of their births indicate that each of them would have had to be a child of a Revolutionary ancestor, to give their descendents [sic] eligibility.

It is my understanding that Pension records contain names of wives and children of pensioners as well as other important data.

I have gone thus into detail in order to save unnecessary work if your records show that there is nothing that would help.

I would like to have report on these two names asoon [sic] as consistently convenient.

Very truly yours
W.M. Creasy
S/W.M. Creasy

C/o A.C.L. Railroad Co.
Wilmington N.C.
[handwritten note in left margin "Eve an Erv"]

[round stamp reading as follows:
"(arrow pointing to 11:45)
RECEIVED 
AUG 7 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
[illegible] 37"]
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May 11, 1935.

Mrs. L. E. Payne
Hawkinsville, Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
John Taylor
S. 42034

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Taylor of Georgia, who was a pensioner of North Carolina.

The data given herein regarding John Taylor are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 42034, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Taylor enlisted sometime in March 1777, and served as private in Captain William Smith's company, Colonel Samuel Elbert's 2# Georgia regiment until April 3, 1779, at which time he was discharged on account of lameness contracted in the service.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1819, at which time he resided in Richmond County, North Carolina. In 1820, the soldier resided in Rockingham, in said Richmond County; he gave his age then as seventy-five years, but did not give the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. He had no wife, child, or relative living then.

Very truly yours,
[signature area blank]
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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October 24, 1932.

Miss Margaret Todd
La Feria
Texas.

BA-J/ILL
John Taylor
S. 42034

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Taylor, a Revolutionary War soldier and a pensioner of North Carolina.

The record of John Taylor furnished below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 42034, based upon his service in that war.

John Taylor enlisted in March, 1777 and served as a private in Captain William Smith's Company, Colonel Samuel Elbert's 2# Georgia Regiment until April 3, 1779, at which time he was discharged on account of lameness contracted in the service.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Richmond County, North Carolina.

In 1820, the soldier resided in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, and gave his age as seventy-five years, the date and place of his birth not given. He stated then that he had "no wife, child or relative living".

In order to identify the record of the particular soldier, William Taylor, in whom you are interested, as much as possible of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, and places of residence at enlistment and after service.

Very truly yours,
[signature area blank]
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSION.
Washington, D. C., ___________, 19__

S.F. 42.034

In reply to you request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Taylor a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
_________________________________________
[table with headers as follows: "DATES OF INLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (broken down into CAPTAIN.  and COLONEL.) STATE.
___________________________
Mch. 1777. Ap, 3 1779. Pvt. William Smith. Samuel Elbert. 2# Ga.
________________________________
Battles engaged in, none stated.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.

Date of application for pension, Mch. 18, 1819 His cl. was al. [claim was allowed]

Residence at date of application, Richmond Co. N.C.

Age at date of application, 75 yrs in 1820.

Remarks: In 1820 Soldier stated that he had "no wife or child".

Respectfully,
[signature blank]   Commissioner.



6-2856
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Rev. War Section.                   3-1865
                                           _____________
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON                   June 24, 1914

Mrs. George E. Veazey,
# 32 East Avenue,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 19# instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless [underlined] a claim for pension [end underline] or bounty land has been made on account of his services. and a careful search of the Revolutionary War records fails to afford any information in regard to John Taylor of the [underline] North Carolina troops [end underline], who died in 1828.

In order to identify a claim, if on file, for William Moore, in addition to his name, you should state the names of some officers under whom he served, his residence at enlistment and after service, the approximate dates of his birth and death, given name and residence of his widow.

Very respectfully,
S/GM [illegible]
Commissioner.


Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir.- Replying to above, I regret that I forgot to state that William Moore and John Taylor were Revolutionary pensioners
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[round stamp reading as follows:
"PENSION 
O 
U.S.
JUL 6 1914
OFFICE"]

and their names appear in the published list of pensioners in 1835. John Taylor's name is on page 61 of the North Carolina list, and as he served in Georgia, his name would not be among the N.C. troops.

You will find William Moore on page 10 of the N.C. list, and I am in search of the information you ask me to give about him. I only know that he was probably born in Northampton Co. N.C. and lived in Sumter Co. S.C. during the Revolution and died in N.C. at the home of [hand written note "Where?"] one of his children.  I hope to get the date of his birth and name of his wife from his pension papers. Please try again and oblige


Yours Very Truly
Mrs George E. Veazey,
Thirty-two East Ave
Atlanta, Ga.


[handwritten at page bottom "1 LV"]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD#
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Taylor, John
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 11767
ACREAGE _______________100__________
ISSUED October 6, 1794 to Henry Purdy, assignee
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#The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD#
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Taylor, John
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 11767
ACREAGE _______________100__________
ISSUED August 8, 1794 to Chr. Cusack, assignee
_______
#The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.