Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,967, for James Taylor, Massachusetts
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Mass.
Taylor, James  S.23,967
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366
Vermont
James Taylor of Westford in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Doniel of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith in the Massacht. line for the term of 2 years from May 1781 to (blank)

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 76 66/l00 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of Mar 1931

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of Augt. 1832 and sent to Nathan B. Haskell 
Burlington Vermont

...........the Roll on ..........day of ............182....and notification sent to ............at ...............Pension commencing on the ....of..............182....

Amount due on the 4th of} Mar 1832  76.66
semi annnual allc.     4 Sept.}       "  38.33
$114.99

{Revolutiary Claim}
{Acts June 7 1832}

Recorded Book D
Vol 4 page 87
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I Benjamin Taylor of Westford in the County of Chittendon & State of Vermont being 81 years of age do testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one I was living in Peekskill in the State of New York. James Taylor my son left his apprentisship in Franklin Massachusetts and listed in the Continental service in the Month of June 1781 and joined the army at Westpoint in Capt. Josiah Daniels Company in the Sixth Regiment commanded by Lieut. Colonel Calvin Smith and continued in the service till the sumer of 1782 when he was honorably discharged. 
Benjaman  X  Taylor
  his mark

State of Vermont
Chittendon County.
Westford 8th May 1819
Then personally appeared Benjamin Taylor and  ^made sollom oath to the truth of the above Statement by him subscribed.
Before me Eben Borman Just. peace
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State of Vermont
Chittendon County ss
On this 2d day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Captain James Taylor of Westford in the county of Chittenden in the State of Vermont and on his oath declares and says: That on the 14th day of May AD 1818 he made his original declaration before the Hon. Truman Chittendon Judge of Chittenden County Court, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of Marh 18, 1818. That he then resided in Westford in said County and that in that declaration he states his services as he now states them in the Revolutionary War to have been as follows
I enlisted into Captain J. Daniels Company in Col. Calvin Smiths 6th Massachusetts Regiment in May 1781 for three years (underlined) and served until the termination of the war in 1783 when I was honorably discharged.
I further Certify that in consequence of said declaration I received the (illegible) Certificate, dated June 21, 1819 and Number 12,138. That under the act of Congress requesting a schedule of property to be made, I did not make out a schedule or apply a second time, that my name was stricken from the Pension Roll of the Vermont Agency, on which my name was originally placed, as I suppose on account of my not complying with those regulations. My present place of residence is Westford Vermont in which place I have lived for the last twenty five years.
James Taylor
August A.D. 1832 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named James Taylor and know him to (smudged) James Taylor to whom the annexed original certificate was granted.
Nathan B. Maswell Justice of the Peace
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I Roswell Butler Sheriff of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify on oath that I am personally acquainted with Capt. James Taylor and knew him to be the same James Taylor described in the foregoing affidavit and in the Pension Certificate therein referred to.
Roswell Butler
Sworn and subscribed this 2d day of Augt. A.D. 1832 and I hereby certify that the said Butler is a credible witness
Nathan B. Maswell, Justice of the Peace

I James Taylor the person who has made the within described declaration do hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever 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.
James Taylor

Sworn and declared before me this 2d day of Augt. 1832. Before me
Nathan B. Maswell Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Chittendon County ss
I Nathan Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan B. Haskell before whom the foregoing declaration and certificates are taken is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State. and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Burlington this 2d day of August A.D. 1832
Nathan B. Haskell
Before me Nathan B. Maswell Justice of the peace
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To (illegible) Secretary of War or to the Pension Agent at Washington,
I herewith enclose an original Pension Certificate granted to me under the act of March 18, 1818 and a surrender of the same and a declaration under the act of June 7 1832 and my request that a new Certificate for a Pension may be issue in my name and forwarded to Mr. Nathan B. Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court at Burlington Vermont.
James Taylor
Aug. 2d 1832
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County Ss

On this 14th day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the assistant Judges of said County, personally appears James Taylor aged 53 years resident of Westford in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the Unites States in the Revolutionary War". that he the said Taylor enlisted in the month of May 1781 in Captain Japhat Daniels company in the 6th Regt. commanded by Col. Smith in the Massachusetts line for three years, that he continued to serve in sd. company untill the close of the War in 1783. doth further say that he was honorably discharged at a place called New Windsor in the state of New York which said discharge was lost at Mariette in the State of Ohio. doth further say that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services.
James Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above.
Truman Chittenden
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I Truman Chittenden assistant judge of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the withing names James Taylor did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months and that he is now poor and in reduces circumstances and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act.
Truman Chittenden
(Seal)
State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Maswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Truman Chittenden before whom the foregoing declaration is made is an Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court duly qualified acting under the authority of this state and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this 14th day of May 1818
Nathan B. Maswell
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June 7, 1939
BA-J/ady
James Taylor
S. 23967

Mrs. W. James Prosser
Antigo
Wisconsin

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to James Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of Vermont.
The record of the only James Taylor of  Vermont that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim, S.23967, based upon his military service in that war.
James Taylor was the son of Benjamin Taylor, who resided in Peekskill, New York, in 1781, and in 1819 was living in Westford, Vermont aged eighty-one years. The name of the mother of James Taylor and the date and place of his birth are not shown.
While an apprentice in Franklin, Massachusetts, James Taylor enlisted in May 1781 and served as private in Captain Japhet Daniels' Company. Colonel Calvin Smith's Sixth Massachusetts Regiment to the close of the war in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was fifty-three years old, and a resident of Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont. Pension was continued under Act of 1832.
There are not family data, except the above reference to soldier's father.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the
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date of soldier's death, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C. and cite the following data: "James Taylor, Certificate No. 366, issued August 23, 1832, rate $76.66 per annum commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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In reply to your request of...........received.....
for a statement of the military history of James Taylor a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 23,967

(chart)
Dates of enlistment or appointment: Mar. 1781
Length of Service: 2 yrs
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Japhet Daniels.-Colonel Calvin Smith
Rank: 6th Mass.
discharged  1783 at New Windsor NY.

Battles engaged in: ....
Residence of Soldier at enlistment: apprentice in Franklin, Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 4, 1818 Allowed
Residence at date of application: Westford Chittenden Vt.
Age at date of application: 53
Remarks: sol. stated that his discharge was lost in Marietta Ohio
1819 Sol. father Benjamin Taylor of Westford, Vt. age 81 yrs. stated that he resided at Peekskill, N,Y, in 1781.
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June 4, 1910

Mr. Coleridge A. Hart
35-37 Nassau Street
New York, N. Y.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 23rd and received the 24th ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau has no record of soldiers who served in the Colonial Wars, and that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to show that a claim was ever filed for the services of Benjamin Taylor of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New York troops, who died subsequent to 1819.
In order to identify a claim for services rendered in the War of 1812, in addition to the soldier's full, name some of the following data is essential: names of some of his officers, places of residence at enlistment an after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, give name of widow.
The papers in the claim of James Taylor, Sur. File No. 23,967, fail to afford any family data other than that already furnished you on the 19th ultimo.
Owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of papers on file, but any person designated by you will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the claim of James Taylor, Sur. File No. 23,067.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
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Prosser Bros.
Growers and Shippers of Potatoes
Telephone X492  *  Antigo, Wisconsin

April 12, 1939
Pension Dept. 
Rev. War Records
Washington D. C. 
Gentlemen,
I am very desirous of tracing my ancestry so as to prove my eligibility to join the D.A.R.
The name of my ancestor who fought in the Revolution was James Taylor. He was a brother or cousin of Zachary Taylor. The names of his children were Amanda, Lucinda, Luther, Charles, James and
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Allen. I believe that his home was in North Western Vermont near Scranton, tho he may have gone there after service as a soldier. His daughter Amanda was  my great grandmother. She married Elijah Buckman. their son Allen, my grandfather was the father of Thomas Morgan Buckman, my father.
I shall appreciate your help.
Sincerely,
Charlotte Buckman Prosser
Mrs. W. James Prosser
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Law Offices of
Coleridge A. Hart
35-37 Nassau Street
 New York City
Telephone 5780 Cortlandt

May 9, 1910

United States Pension Department
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen:
Will you please inform me in what company James Taylor a Soldier of the Revolution was enrolled; and the time of such enrollment and discharge?
He enlisted at Westford, Vermont and received a pension for his services in Chittenden County, Vermont. (notation made "where he died Jan. 23, 1844 in his 79th year")
I would also like to know the name of his superior officer. I understand that James Taylor's name is enrolled as belonging to the Continental Line of Massachusetts. (notation made "whatever that may mean")
Yours very truly,
Coleridge A. Hart
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James Taylor 
died in Vt.   Mass NY
War of Revolution 1776
C12138  1832/366
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Wm. A. Davies 
County Clerk
E. W. Williams
Chief Deputy

(County Seal)

Office of the Conty Clerk
New City Hall 
San Francisco, Dec. 16th 1889

(illegible) G. B. (illegible)
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Sir
I will thank you for the following relating to James Taylor a Revolutionary soldier (War 1776) and pensioner who live & died in Westford, Vermont.
Date & place of birth (Probably Peekskill 
N. Y. 1764) Regiment & company to which attached (probably in Mass. regiment)
Date of death & I desire this information for genealogical purposes.
Respectfully
Your obt. servant
A. S. Hubbard
Deputy County Clerk
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Revolution
23967
INVALID
File No. 23,967
James Taylor
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th '39
Index: Vol. 2 Page 419

{Arrangement of 1870}


1910 May 19 hist to Coleridge A. Hart
1939 June 7 hist to Mrs. W. James Prosser
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Proof of service required.
Admitted (written over above)

Proof of service from a. Partridge, Daniel Richardson & Benjamin Taylor is herewith forwarded and if allowed it is requested the certificate may be transmitted to Nathan B. Maswell, Burlington and if rejected, the papers returned to him.
May 17, 1819
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Nathan B Haskell
Burlington Vt.

366
Vt.
p.87
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12,138
Vermont
James Taylor of Westford in the state of Vermont who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Massts.. line for the term of two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of June 1819 and sent to Nathan B. Haswell
Burlington Vermont
Arrears to 4th Mar 1819 $77.64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  48.00
9 mo 22/31   $125.64

{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}
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J. Taylor
Payable semi-annually. The (smudge) payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Burlington, Vermont, by Himan Allen Esqr. Agent for paying U.S. Pensioners
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I Certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March,1818 James Taylor late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War

(seal)
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I Amos Partridge of Westford in the County of Chittenden & State of Vermont being seventy six years of age and in the time of the Revolutionary War lived in Franklin in Massachusetts was there acquainted with James Taylor ad was knowing to his listing in the Continentel service for three years (being the last three years service) in said franklin and remained in the service till the close of the war when he returned to Franklin which was in the year 1783
Amos Partridge

State of Vermont
Chittenden County
Westford May 8th 1819
Then personally appeared Amos Partridge and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed. Before me
Ebenz. Bowman Just. peace

Burlington May 17 1819 I  am personally acquainted with Amos Partridge and Daniel Richardson who have given the above and annexed deposition and know them to be both men of credibility.
Nathan B. Haswell, Justice of the Peace.
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Aug 18 '32
Pension Office



J. L. Edwards Es (paper torn)
Pension
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Burlington Vermont Augt. 2d 1832

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Dear Sir
By direction of Capt. James Taylor I enclose you his original pension Certificate and declaration for the purpose of obtaining a new one under the act of June 7 1832.
You will have the goodness to enclose me the new Certificate at this place.
Yours respectfully
Nathan B Maswell
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I Danel Richsion of Westford in the State of Vermont & County of Chittendon being sixty six years of age & in the time of the Revolutionary war lived in the town of franklin and State of Massachusetts and was then aqcuanted with James Taylor & was knowing to his Inlisting in the Contanental Army for three years. he returned in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty three having served two years 7 month.
Daniel Richardson

State (faded)
(faded) SS Westford May 14 1819
Personally appeared Daniel Richardson and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me
(illegible) Just. Peace