Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,520, for John Taggart, New Hampshire
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N.H.
Taggart, John
S. 11,520
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6854
New Hampshire
John Taggart
of Cheshire in the state of New Hamp
who was a Serg. & Ens. in the company commanded by Captain Scott of the regt. commanded by Col. Clark in the New Hamp
line for 8 months Sergeant 
5 mos Ensign

Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 90 dollars 0 cents per annum
to commence of the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1833 and delivered to Hon H. Hubbard. Present

Arrears to 4th of March 1833 - - - - - - $180.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.'33 -$45.00
[total] $225.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7,1832.}

Recorded by D D Addison Clerk
Book D  Vol. 1st  Page 188

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Sent to Hon C A Chester April 1849

Death not shown on A.B.
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No 13,866
John Taggart.

8 Month Sergt
5 Do Ensign

Ad[mitted]

Hon H Hubbard


[crossed through]
Tho. M. Edwards (Keene,
Cheshire cty. N. Ham.

18th Feb. 1833.
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BRIEF in the case of John Taggart
of Cheshire County  in the State of New Hampshire 
(Act 7th June, 1832) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  A Court 
  
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? [blank] 

3. How old is he? 82 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
In 1775 -- 8 months -- Orderly Sergeant --  Cap Wm Scott, Col Stark 
1776 -- 5  Months -- Ensign --Cap Jos Parker, Col Isaac Wyman

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Bunker Hill

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Peterboro, New Hampshire

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Documents in part - First Tour proven by Samuel Millikin & Richard Gilchrist

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

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[signed]  B. F. [Hea-?-]   Examining Clerk.
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13866
Declaration of John Taggart
of Dublin
Cheshire Co
N. H.
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, SS.
On this Eighteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, Before the Hon Aaron Matson Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire, now sitting, John Taggart  in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty two years last [Feby?]  who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
1st  That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war as follows:
In 1775 in April about two or three days after the alarm from Lexington he marched to Mystic Massachusetts and there enlisted for eight months in Capt William Scotts Company, in Col Starks Regiment of New Hampshire troops - was in the battle of Bunker hill,-- after the battle of Bunker Hill, Capt Scotts Company and Capt Stiles Company were transferred from Col Starks Regiment to Col Sergeants Regiment -  that he was then stationed after being transferred at Inmans farm in Cambridge untill he was dismissed -  That he was appointed orderly Sergeant immediately after the battle of  Bunker hill, did that duly and recd Sergeants pay until the fifth day  of January 1776 - when he was regularly dismissed
2d  That in the year 1776 the last of June or first of July he enlisted for five months to go to the north in Capt Joseph Parkers Company in Col Isaac Wymans Regiment N. H. Militia. That he was soon after commissioned as ensign, and received the commission which is sent herewith, and that he served as ensign through his whole term of five months- that he marched to near Ticonderoga - and was stationed on Mount Independence during the whole term - that he was there when the British destroyed our fleet on the lake & remained there untill the British retired towards Canada for winter quarters - 
That his fathers name was John Taggart and that at the time of the above services he was known by the name of John Taggart Jr.  That he went from Peterboro into both services. The part of Peterboro in which he then lived now forms a part of Sharon, and is now in the County of Hillsboro N Hampshire

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the  and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
[signed] John Taggart
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
[signed] Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of John Taggart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth 
day of September AD. 1832-
[signed]  Asa Parker {Register of said Court of Probate
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January 30, 1936.
BA-J/IKL
John Taggart
S. 11520

Mrs. Guy C. Vickery
22 Western Avenue
Augusta, Maine.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of John Taggart who served in Captain
William Scott's company at the battle of Bunker Hill, and from
Petersborough (Sharon), New Hampshire, at Ticonderoga in June 1777;
you cite, also, from a Bible which he gave his son, William Taggart
of Sharon, John Taggart, Jr. died February 6, 1814, w. Barbara died
February 6, 1790.
A search of the Revolutionary War pension records have been
made and the claim for pension found based upon service of a John
Taggart of Peterboro, New Hampshire, who rendered service at Bunker
Hill and at Ticonderoga; his record is furnished herein as found in
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 11520, as it may aid you in
your research.
John Taggart was the son of John Taggart, and resided in
Peterboro, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire, at the time he served in the Revolutionary War. The date and place of his birth are not shown, nor the name of his mother given. He was called John Taggart, Jr.in 1775.
John Taggart, Jr., enlisted a few days after the the "alarm
from Lexington" in April 1775; served as private in Captain William
Scott's Company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire regiment and was in
the battle of Bunker Hill, was appointed orderly sergeant in Captain
William Scott's company, transferred to Colonel Sargent's New Hampshire
regiment and remained until January 1, 1776, stationed at
Inman's Farm in Cambridge. He enlisted about July 1, 1776 in Captain
Joseph Parker's company, Colonel Isaac Wyman's New Hampshire regiment,
was commissioned July 18, 1776, ensign of that company, was at Ticonder-
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oga, and stationed at Mount Independence and continued until the expiration of service of five months.
John Taggart was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he resided in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; he was then aged eighty-two years. The town of Dublin adjoined the town of Sharon, which was a part of the former town, Petersboro, New Hampshire.

The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

In 1849, Senator C. G. Atherton of Nashua, New Hampshire, stated that the widow of John Taggart, deceased of Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, resided then in Petersboro, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire also, that she was married to the soldier in 1802. He did not state her name, however.

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

John Taggart
Certificate #6854
Issued March 8, 1833
Rate $90 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
New Hampshire Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

2.
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COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.}
The Government and People of said Colony.
To John Taggart Jun[ior] Gentleman
GREETING:
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, Do by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said John Taggart Junior Ensign of the Fifth Company in the Regiment of Militia raised within said Colony, for the Continental Service of which Isaac Wyman Esqr. is Colonel. You are therefore carefully, and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign in Leading ordering and exercising the said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, and they are hereby required and commanded to obey you as their Ensign and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you  shall from Time to Time receive from the General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, Or any other your Superior Officers, according to Military Rules and Discipline in War in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
Dated at Exeter, the Eighteenth day of July AD 1776.
[signed] E. Thompson Secretary.
[signed] M. Weare { President of the Council.
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Depo for John Taggart
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I Samuel Milliken of Sharon in the County of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire being about eighty years of age do testify and say that John Taggart of Dublin in the County of Cheshire in said State, was with me in the revolutionary war at Medford in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 in Capt William Scotts Company and Col. John Starks regiment of New Hampshire militia, and he served in the war aforesaid according to the best of my recollection from the first of May in said year till the first of January following or for the term of about eight months the said Taggart went from Sharon of Peterborough in said State.
I further say that the said Taggart was appointed orderly Sargent in my opinion about the first of July after Bunker hill battle
I also say that the said Taggart was at that time aforesaid called John Taggart Jun[ior]
[signed] Saml Milliken
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State of Newhampshire   Cheshire ss.
August 27th 1832   Then the within named Samuel Milliken made oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed was in his belief true
before me [signed] John Taggart Jr Justice of the peace

I certify that the aforesaid Saml Milliken is a credible witness
[signed] J. Taggart Jr Justice peace

Cheshire  ss.  Sept 26. 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that John Taggart is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and I believe the two foregoing signatures to be his.  In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the real of our Superior Court of Judicature
[signed] S. Hale Clerk
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Depo for John Taggart
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I Richard Gilchrist of Dublin in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty one years testify and say that John Taggart now of said Dublin served in the Revolutionary war in the year 1775 a few days over eight months- at Cambridge Mass. - we arrived at Cambridge together immediately after the alarm of the Lexington fight and there both enlisted for eight months and served in Capt William Scotts Company first in Col John Starks Regiment of N.H. Militia, and the latter part of the time in Col Sergeant's Regt - and were both dismissed at Cambridge about the 1st of Jany. 1776. The said Taggart went from Peterborough N.H. a town adjoining Dublin  
[signed] Richard Gilchrist

Stat of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss.
August 10 1831.
Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me
[signed] Thomas M Edwards

I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness
[signed] Th M Edwards Jus. Peace

Cheshire ss  Sept 25. 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Court in said County certify that Thomas M. Ed.wards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the two foregoing signatures are his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
[signed] S. Hale, Clerk
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Pension Office
April 10, 1849
Sir, In answer to your letter of the 4 inst
respecting the widow of John Taggart, I have
the honor to inform you that there is no
law of Congress allowing a pension to the
widows of revolutionary men who were
married after the 1st day of January 1800

Hon G. G. Atherton
US Senator
Nashua NH
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[From?] C G Atherton
[illegible]

To [Hon?] J L. Edwards
Comm Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Nashua N H
Apr 4  1849
Dr Sir  
John Taggart of Dublin County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire Ensign in Rev. War drew a pension in 1831 - died same year-
His widow to whom he was married in 1802 lives still in Peterborough County of Hillsborough.
She wishes to know whether she is entitled to a Pension.
Yours respectfully
[signed] C G Atherton



Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
I. 11520.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sept. 21, 1896.
Sir: -In compliance with your request for information concerning the military record of John Taggart, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 18th, 1832, at which time he was 82 years of age and residing at Dublin, New Hampshire, and his pension was allowed for eight months' actual service as a sergeant and five months' actual service as an ensign in the N.H. troops, Revolutionary war.
In his application he alleges that he entered the service in April 1775; about two or three days after the alarm from Lexington he marched to Mystic, Mass., and there enlisted for eight months in William Scott's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment of New Hampshire troops; that he participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill; that after the battle he was transferred from Col. Stark's Regiment to Col. Sergeant's Regiment and was stationed at Inman's Farm in Cambridge until regularly dismissed as orderly sergeant in January, 1776.
That in the latter part of June or the first of July, 1776, he enlisted for five months in Capt. Joseph Parker's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's Regiment, N. H. Militia; that he was soon after commissioned ensign and served as such through the whole term of five months; that he marched to New Ticonderoga and was stationed on [Mount?] Independence during the whole term; that he entered both enlistments from Peterboro, Hillsboro County, N. H., that his father's name was John Taggart and he went by the name of John Taggart, Jr.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.


Mr. R. B. Bell,
4714 Kimbark Ave.,
Chicago, Ills.
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22 Western Av
Augusta, Maine
Jan 13. 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:  I am desirous of learning the date of birth and death of one John Taggert, and residence at time of death. He was in the Revolution, served in
Capt William Scotts Company Lt. at the Battle of Bunker Hill under Capt Isaac Farwell.  Commanded a company from Peterborough Slip (Sharon) N.H. 
 to relieve the garrison at Ticonderoga June 29. 1777. Date of his death given
in a bible which belonged to his son William Taggart of Sharon. John
Taggart, Jr. d. Fer 6. 1814. W. Barbara d. Feb 6. 1790. Can you give me
information, his age, etc., wife's maiden name, service
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as I want this record for D.A.R. work.
Thanking you
Sincerely
Bertha G. Vickery
(Mrs. Guy O.)
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Sept 21 '96 sold several copies of commission & nearly full cops of [declaration?] to R B Bell
Chicago Ill  LMB
1936 Jan 20 Hist to Mrs Guy O Vickery ILL

11520

INVALID.

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John Taggart

Serg. Rev War

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