Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6197, for Richard Taliaferro, Virginia
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Service Va
Taliaferro, Richard
Number S6197

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Ohio 13.316
Richard Taliaferro
Clermont C in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co 
commanded by Captain Roberts of the Regt
commanded by Col Slaughter in the Virginia line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of June 1833 and sent to O. T. Fishback Batavia C.G.; Ohio. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-ann allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 40.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk, 
Book E Vol 8 Page 26

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Date of death not shown on A.B.
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Richard Taliaferro
13.316
look on Va Roll
on notes

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Amended
Admitted 2 years

Clermont Co
[crossed out: Hon T Carwin]
O. T. Fishback
Batavia Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Richard Taliaferro
County of Clermont in the State of Ohio
(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? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period: enlisted in 1780
Duration of Service Years, Months, Days
not stated precisely was discharged in 1782
Rank: As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: 
Gen
Capt Benjamin Roberts
Col. George Slaughter, Va line
Genl Clark

5. In what battle was he engaged: Shawneetown

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service: Culpepper Cty Va

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls: Neither

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect: The declaration is not attached to the Clerk's seal as required. 

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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Statement
Richard Taliaferro
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The State of Ohio Clermont County Court of Common Pleas held at their November term in the year 1832, held by the honorable George P Torrence President thereof and Robert Harris, Israel Whitaker and John Ewing associated. 

Personally appeared before said Judges in open Court Richard Taliaferro a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with Captain Benjamin Roberts and served in the regiment of Colonel Slaughter of the Virginia line under the following names. Officers, Colonel George Slaughter, Captain Benjamin Roberts, Lieutenant William held (or, Joseph Sanders), ensign William Asher. that he was discharged from the service by the said Benjamin Roberts at Louisville in the State of Kentucky in the year 1782. That he resided in the lower end o Culpepper County in the State of Virginia when he entered into the service. That he was in the battle that was ought with the Indians (the Shawnee) at a place in the state of Ohio now called Old Town, then called Shawnee Town. That General Clark then commanded our troops that the next officer in command was by the name of Harrod. The Indians were defeated this battle was in the summer of 1782 in July or August. At the time of his enlistment he resided in Culpepper County and marched from thence
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to the Redstone fort, that he and 12 others proceeded from thence to Pittsburgh in order to  do continental duty & remained at Pittsburgh nearly two months. General Broadhead or Gibson commanded from thence to the falls of the Ohio and remained there the balance of the time except when called into actual service. That he obtained his certificate of discharge from said Benjamin Roberts at the falls of Ohio in the year 1782, that he sent that certificate of discharge to Richmond in Virginia and obtained a certificate for is pay which he sold [the following text was crossed out and difficult to read] and was afterwards cheated or service that times seen of does he know where it is now [end of crossed out text] to Fields or Roberts, and has not seen said certificate since or does he know what has become of it. Ensign Asher was killed below the falls of the Ohio by the Indians, he was present at the time he was killed and scalped. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Richd Taliaferro

Sworn to in open Court
November 5th 1832
J.D. Morris Clerk
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Amended
of Declaration
Richard Taliaferro
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County 

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and or said County Richard Taliaferro who being duly sworn deposith and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service as a soldier of the Revolution but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following pade. For two years and one month I served as a private soldier, the time of enlistment was for two years, but did not get my discharge until one month after the expiration of the term of enlistment and during that month I continued to do military duty and for such service I claim a pension. That since he made his declaration in Court at the last November Term of the Common Pleas in and for said County he has been in some degree induced to believe that his first enlistment took place in the fall of the year 1779 but cannot be certain as to the month or even the year when his services ended. He remembers with that his term of enlistment was for two years and that he served his time and one month over as and received his discharge. He knows of
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no clergyman or any other person in his neighborhood who can certify as to his reputation as a soldier of the revolution. 

That none of the persons with whom he served as a soldier reside in this State, but he believes that some of them are in Kentucky, to wit Edward Thomas, Bland Ballard, Henry Foster, William Abbott, Daniel Cowgill, all of whom were in Kentucky when he last heard from them that owing to bodily infirmity he is to able to procure the testimony of any witness and it would be attended with much expense. That he was born in the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia on the 24th day of September in the year 1762. That he has a better record of his age which he copied from a bible kept by his father, That the Bible kept by his father he believes is now in the possession of Judith Veetch his sister who resides in the state of Indiana. 
That Colonel Crocket was at the falls of Ohio commanding some troops, the last year that he was in the service. That Samuel Perrin, James McKinney Esq, Samuel Hill, William Glancy, John Owens, Libena Williams & John Tree who reside in his present neighborhood can testify as to his character for veracity. 
Sworn to & published before me this 27th day of May 1833. 
J. P. Robinson J.P.
Richd Taliaferro
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby testify that John W Robinson Esq whose name is attached to the within and foregoing affidavit of Richard Taliaferro was at the time of taking & subscribing such affidavit one of the acting Justices of the peace within and or the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sets my hand and affixed the seat of said Court at Batavia this 31st day of May AD 1833.
J.D. Morris Clerk
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BA-J/ILL
Richard Taliaferro
S. 6197

Mrs H. C. Briscoe
2019 Eye Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam: 

The record of Richard Taliaferro is furnished herein, as requested by you, from his claim for pension, S. 6197, based non his service in the Revolutionary War. 

Richard Taliaferro was born September 24, 1762, win Culpeper County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted I the all of 1779, served as a private in Captain Benjamin Roberts' expedition against the Indians, marched to Redstone Fort, thence to Pittsburg, later, to the alls o the Ohio River and was in the battle against the Indians in August 1782, length of service two years and one  month. 

Richard Taliaferro was allowed pension on his application executed November 5 1832, at which time he resided in Clermont County, Ohio. 

The soldier made no reference to wife or children in the papers on file in this pension claim. 

In 1833, Richard Taliaferro referred to his sister, Judith Veetch, who resided then in Indiana; there are no further data regarding her. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name o person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Richard Taliaferro, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
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Division, this city, and cite the following:
Richard Taliaferro
Certificate 13316 
Issued June 25, 1833
Rate $30 [$80?] per annum
Commenced March 45, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency
Very truly yours, 
A. D. MILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1914 Feby 12 Hist to Lom [Low?] Renchbush. V. L. M.
1935 Nov 5 Hist to Mrs H. C.  Briscoe

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Revtry [?]
6197
File No. 6197
Richard Taliaferro
Brit [?] Rev War
Act June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. M, Pate 368
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., 19 

S.F.6197
In reply to your request of -- received a statement of the military history of Richard Taliaferro 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. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1779 or 1780 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. Served 2 yrs. & 1 mo.
RANK. Pvt  
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Benjamin Roberts 
COLONEL. George Slaughter under Gail Clarke 
STATE. Va. 

Battles engaged in, Shawnee Town 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co. Va. 
Date of application for pension, Nov 5 1832 His cl was at
Residence at date of application, Clermont Co. Ohio 
Age at date of application, b in Culpeper Co. Va. Sept. 4. 1762 
Remarks: His sister Judith Veetch was residing in Indiana in 1833. No other family data

Sister Judith Veetch 

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
S-2856
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU O PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C

V.L.M.
S.F. 6.197
Feby 12, 1914
Mr Lowell Renchbush
Spring Grove Farm R.F.D.#3, Richmond, Ohio

Sir:
In reply to your request of Jan'y 6, received Feb'y 9 for a statement of the military history of Richard Taliaferro 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. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT 1779 or 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE served 2 years and one month
RANK Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN Benjamin Roberts
COLONEL George Slaughter under General Clarke
STATE Va.

Battles engaged in, Shawnee Town
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Culpeper Co., Va
Date of application or pension, Nov 5 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Clermont Co Ohio
Age at date of application, b. in Culpeper Co Va Sept 24, 1762
Remarks, His sister Judith Veetch was residing in Indiana in 1833, no other family record. 

Respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber

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Returned "unclaimed"
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Please furnish Revolutionary war record of Richard Taliaferro
S 6197

Mrs H. C. Briscoe
2019 Eye St N.W
Washington, D.C.
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Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Mr Commissioner: 
Did Richard Taliaferro of Va War of the Revolution (served under Gen Clark in Expedition Against Vincennes) receive a pension? If so, his record. Also record of Elijah Cowan of Pa - War of the Revolution. Also John Dumford War of 1812 - lived in Clermont Co O. for many years and died there. 

Yours respectfully
Lowell Renchbush
John Dumford was in Hull's Surrender
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R Taliaferro
Clermont Co Ohio

Hon T Corwin
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Richard Taliaferro which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the deal
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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 off Richard Taliaferro 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 amount of pension he is entitled? No
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? -- Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? --
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 had a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? --
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 5. 7. 

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 sear 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 grade: For ___ year ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___. or ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and or such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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. 

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 be 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 authenticated 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 end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in properly attached to the certificate.

His name is on the rolls of the Dept but the service not definite -- let him state as near as he can what time in 1780 he entered & the time in 1782 he left the service. This is indispensable. 

He cannot state the time his testament and it may be that he is mistaken as to the year when he recd his discharge and still thinks that the papers in the department will shew the time of his enlistment. He think it quite probable that he may be mistaken as with the year in which the battle
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was fought with the Shawnee Indians, and now inclined in the opinion that it was in 1781. 
O. T. Fishback
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Revolutionary claim
Richard Taliaferro
Free

Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions
City of Washington

Batavia O 
June 1st
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Batavia May 31 1833

Inclosed is the [illegible] Declaration of R. Taliaferro or a pension from the fact of his name being on the roles of the dept I have not been so particular in running other objections written in "red ink" his memory is very frail, and he has been much affected with the rheumatism the last six months, I presume his affidavit fixing the length of his service will meet the requirements of the depart. 

I also send by this mail the amended Declarations of Dory Malott, John Malott & Ignatius Knott, and any further communications in relation to these four claims the office of the Department of Pensions will please direct to the undersigned at Batavia, Clermont County Ohio. 
Yours tr
Owen T. Fishback

Hon J. L. Edwards
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Declaration of Richard Taliaferro
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The State of Ohio Clermont County

Court of Common Pleas
November Term 1832

On the 5th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court Richard Taliaferro an applicant for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 and the said court do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solder and served as he states. 

The State of Ohio
Clermont County
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid within and for the country aforesaid do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of said Court had on the above application 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia this 19th day of November AD 1832
J.D. Morris, Clerk