Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,695, for William Taliaferro, Virginia
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Va
Taliaferro William 
Taleaferro
S7695
carded
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7163
Virginia
William Taleaferro
of Fluvanna Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Fowles off the regt commanded by Col Blackburn in the Virginia and for 1 year from '75. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1833 and Sent to George Stillman Esq Columbia  [illegible]. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $80.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 $20.00
$100.00. 

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol 1 [or, 4?] Page 28
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Vol 5382
William Taleaferro
Fluvanna Coty Virginia

look on Va State Role
from 1775 private 1 year $60

George Stillman
Columbia
Fluvanna County Virginia
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BRIEF in the case of William Taleaferro
County of Fluvanna in the State of Virginia
(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? 80 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period: Enlisted In 1775 or 1776
Duration of Service: 1 year --Months -- Days
Rank: As a private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.  Gen Blackburn, Va State line
Cap Fowles, Col Blackburn
States that there are papers on file in the war office. 

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fluvanna County Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, or by the rolls? No
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? Defective

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned

Rich Key Watts Examining Clerk
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit: On the 23rd day of February 1824 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of its proceedings and expressly made a court of record by the Laws of the said State. William Taliaferro aged about seventy four years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he entered the service of the United States as a private Soldier in the war of the Revolution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five or one thousand seven hundred and seventy six that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Fowles of the regiment commanded by Col Blackburn (as well as he recollects) who was afterwards General Blackburn of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment that he served as a Soldier aforesaid upwards of twelve months when he procured a substitute and got a discharge which discharge is lost or mislaid. 

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gifts sale or any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor was any person in trust 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 and by me subscribed to wit. Three feather beds and
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furniture two spinning wheels, one chest, one looking glass, one so and four pigs, three pewter basons [basins], one sugar dish and tea pot, two large jugs, one Loom (inferior), two Cupboards, one flax wheel, four chairs and one table, one horse, one Cow and calf, one pewter Dish, twelve plates, one sett cups and saucers, one ring [?], two flat Irons, one oven or and skillet, one Iron tea kettle two Iron Wedges three hoes one coalter, four water vessels of wood, two old wheat uddles, one from, one drawing knife, one Scythe and Cradle, one bridle and saddle, and seven or eight barrels of corn and one Gun. all of which property except the four last item to wit bridle & Sadtle, corn & Gen are subject to a Trust Deed executed by this
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I John Timberlake Clerk of the County Court of the county of Fluvanna in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ninety three dollars and seventy five cents. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and of the Commonwealth the forty eighth. 
Jno Timberlake C H
[there is a round seal, faintly visible]

Wm Taliaferro says that he delivered his original certificate to Hugh Nelson esq and that he understands Wm C Reves esq (who is now in Congress) has it in his possession. 
Jno L C.C.
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At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Fluvanna County on Monday the 22nd day of June 1818. 

This day William Taliaferro aged sixty six years, resident of this county personally appeared in Court and made the following declaration or oath. That he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five [the following phrase is inserted between the lines] or one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Fowles of the Regiment commanded by Colonel  as well as he recollects (who was afterwards General Blackburn) of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment. That he served as a soldier aforesaid upwards of twelve months when he procured a substitute and got a discharge which discharge is lost or mislaid that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the aid of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence of his said Services. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Taliaferro served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the Common Enemy the term of Twelve Months, and upwards aforesaid and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support and has therefore a just claim to a Pension in the manner described by an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War". The same is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. 
At a Court of Quarterly Sessions continued and held the said County of Fluvanna on Tuesday the 27th day of March 1832. 

William Taliaferro a resident of this county aged eighty years heretofore inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the United States as a private in the army of the Revolution at a rate of eight dollars per month commencing on the day of   18   , under a law of the United States of the 18th March 1818 agree ably to a certificate from the War Department dated the    day of   and numbered    and who was after having received by virtue of said Certificate one semiannual allowance as a Pensioner stricken from the said Pension list Roll because the said Taliaferro's name could not be found on the Roll of Soldiers of the Virginia line in the Continental establishment and for want of Proof besides the oath of the said Taliaferro that the said Taliaferro actually served as he declared. This day personally appeared in court being a court of record for the County of Fluvanna and made oath that he is not now possessed of any property whatever
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either real or personal of which to render a Schedule and the said Taliaferro further made oath that he was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he had not since that time by Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part of thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War Space passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he had not nor had any person in trust for him any property or Securities contracts or debts due to him nor any income of any kind whatever and that he is now entirely dependent upon the charity of his countrymen for his support and that he was actually placed on the poor list of the county and has been receiving the benefit of the poor law of his state for several years past. That his family consists of a wife who is as decrepit and as feeble as himself and is also placed on the Poor list of his county, two daughters and a son, the latter with but one arm, and that the left, neither of the three latter being able to support themselves comfortably. The said Taliaferro also produced in court two certificates one of John Timberlake Jr in the following words and figures, to wit, Fluvanna county, to wit, I do here by certify that the bearer William Taliaferro under the law of the United States of 18 March 1818 was enrolled on the Pension list role of the Virginia Agency as a soldier in the Army of the United States that I acted as counsel and attorney for him in obtaining said pension certificate and received and paid to him a semi annual pension for several years. That on a more rigid scrutiny which took place as to the valid of the said Pension claim sometime after the said original certificate was granted to said Taliaferro, his name was stricken from the Pension Roll said Taliaferro at the time of granting said original certificate, resided and still doth reside in the county of Fluvanna aforesaid and state of Virginia certified this second Feby 1832, Signed J Timberlake Junior and the other of Hugh Nelson and WD Meriweather, in the following words and figures to wit We the subscribers do here by certify that we had in our possession sometime since a certificate of Oliver Fowles late an officer in the Revolutionary War stating that during the war he had enlisted a certain William Taliaferro as a soldier to serve in his company, and that he did serve in the same company, we learned that this certificate has been lost and being called upon to state its substance, reported it as above, Given under our hands this 1st day of March 1832 (signed) Hugh Nelson, W. D. Meriwether and the court doth hereby certify that the said John Timberlake Jr Hugh Nelson and W. D. Meri
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wether are respectable and credible witnesses, all of which is ordered to be certified to the Department of War.

State of Virginia, Fluvanna County, to wit, 
I Abraham Shepherd Jr Clerk of the County Court of the said County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings and truly copied from the records of the said Court. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and offices the Seal of the said court this 1st day of May 1832 and in the 56th year of the Commonwealth. 

Abr'm Shepherd Jr
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Adm

Hon H Nelson
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At a Court of Quarterly Sessions held for Fluvanna County on Monday the 22nd day of June 1818. 

William Taliaferro aged about 66 years resident of this county this day personally appeared in Court and made the following declaration on oath That he entered his Service of the United States as a private soldier the War of the Revolution the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five or One thousand seven hundred and seventy six that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Fowles of the   regiment, commanded by Colonel Blackburn, as well as he recollects (who was afterwards General Blackburn) of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment, that he served as a soldier as aforesaid twelve months when he procured a substitute and got a discharge, which is lost, or mislaid, that he is in reduced circumstances, and needs the aid of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence of his said service. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Talliaferro served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common Enemy, for the term of twelve months aforesaid, and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his Country for support, and has, therefore it just claim to a pension in the manner prescribed by an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" the same is ordered to be certified to the secretary of the department of war,

State of Virginia, Fluvanna county to wit,
I John Timberlake Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a record in my Office. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an caused the Seal of my Once to be hereto fixed this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the commonwealth the forty third. 
John Timberlake C
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit.
I Joseph Haden presiding Justice of the Court of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that the within Attestation of John Timberlake Clerk of the said Court is in due form and that full faith and Credit are due thereto. 

Given under my hand this 3 day of August 1818. 

Joseph Haden {seal}
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William Taliaferro
15382
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State of Virginia Fluvanna county to wit.
On the 28th day of August in the year 1832 William Taliaferro a resident of the said county aged about 80 years who being first duly sworn according to law and on his oath make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed seventh June 1832, that he was placed on the pension list role of the United States Virginia agency under the act of Congress of 18th March 1818, and was actually in the receipt of a pension under the act of Congress of 18th March 1818. That he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier in the war of the revolution in the year 1775 or 1776 that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Fowles of the regiment, commanded by Colonel Blackburn as well as he recollects afterwards General Blackburn of the Virginia line Continental establishment. That he served as a soldier aforesaid upwards of twelve months when he procured a substitute and got an discharge which discharge is lost or mislaid and that all the evidences of his service and reduced circumstances have heretofore been transmitted to the War Department. That the affiant was a resident of the County of Fluvanna aforesaid on the date of his 1st application for a Pension and is still a resident therein, that 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 Role of any agency in any State of the United States. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
William + Taliaferro
his mark
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I Abraham Shepherd Junior of the County Court of Fluvanna, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Taliaferro for a pension. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 30th day of August 1832. 

Abra Shepherd Jr Clk
[seal affixed]
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application or pension on file in this Bureau. William Taliaferro Sur [?] File 7695

Dates of enlistment or appointment: [illegible] Feby 1776
Length of service 12 mos. 
Rank Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain O Fowles
Colonel Blackburn
State VA

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment
Date of application for pension, June 22 1818. [illegible faint handwritten text]
Residence at date of application, Fluvanna Co Va
Age at date of application, 66 years
Remarks: In 1824 soldiers wife was 62 years old, one daughter 26 yrs, one 24, one 22 and a son 17 yrs old. No names stated. 
The above noted etc.
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6707

Virginia
William Talliaferro
of Fluvanna Cty in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Blackburn of the Virginia line, for the term of one year 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22nd of June 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Feby 1819 and sent to the Hon H. Nelson House of Rep. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 2 mos. and 13/30 19.46
Semi-annl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00
$67.46

not continental
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818}
Strike from the rolls
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See letter to Hon H Nelson, 23 Jan 1822
& 3rd April 1822 do 22
May 1832 to Secy of War

Rejected again
March 10, 1824
letter to Hon Wm C Rives H Reps
[name above may look like "Revis" but the actual member of the House of Representatives was Rives]

Not contacted
[illegible  - faint writing]
Reeves
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War Department
Pension Office
May 22 1832

Sir,
The declaration of William Taliaferro which accompanied the enclosed letter from the Hon. Wm F Gordon has been examined and placed on our files, with the other papers in relation to his case. The regiment of Colonel Blackburn in which Mr. Taliaferro served was not on the continental establishment. The claimants name appears on the roles of service of the Virginia State Troops and not on the rolls of the Continental Line. The probability is therefore that he never was a Continental Soldier. As the Act of March 18 1818 under which he claims provides for none who did not serve on the Continental establishment. His claim cannot be allowed. Taliaferro was once on the pension List but his name was inscribed before this Department was furnished with correct Rolls of the Virginia Continental and State Troops. Soon after obtaining those Rolls the case was
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re-examined and his name was dropt from the Pension List. 

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully 
Your obt. Servt
J.L. Edwards

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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Union Mills Va
Feby 25th 1826
Free
William C. Rives esqr
a member of Congress
Washington Va

Wm Taliaferro
Mail
Honble R C Rives
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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 William 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: 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? No
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 an 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 his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified as 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? 

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 deposits 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 ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 pensions 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 shewn 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in 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 officer, 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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Hon. H. Nelson
H. R.
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This is to certify & make known to all whom it may concern that William Taliaferro enlisted with me sometime in the month of Jany or February 1776 as a Soldier in the revolutionary army at which time I commanded a company as a Captain. Given under my hand & Seal this 17th day of October 1821. 
attest O Fowles Jr
O Fowles 
Lieut Col at the conclusion of the war
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7695
INVALID
[Illegible handwritten text annotation - possibly "Reopen" or "Reotray"]
No. 7695
William Taliaferro
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Vol 13 [?] Page 369

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1910 Mar 18 Mrs S.L. Morton 650 Egan St Shreveport La given hist & infd the only one of Va. & to apply to Atty Gen or to Secty [?] of Va AW
1910 Sept 9. Hist to Lucien Beckner. M.B.H
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3-871
RECORD DIVISION
Department o the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by A. Mae D. [?] 7/9/10
Claim No 
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Wm Taliaferro
Service Va
Additional Service Rev.
No. ___ claim, State records ___ , 191__
No claim, combination records ___, 191__

REMARKS
No Inv of any service except [illegible] F 7695 (Va.) 
No Wid. of any service
re Rej atall

6-1944
Chief Division
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3-871
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by Geo M Moore
Mar 16, 1910
Certificate No. 
Claimant
Soldier William Taliaferro
Service Va Rev
Additional Service
No __ claim, State records ___, 190__
No claim, combination records, ____, 190__

No O W J Wor Rasabon
except [?] J. F. 7695
Chief Division
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Shreveport La, Mar 3rd 1910 [stamped Mar 8- 1910)
Com of Pensions
Sir; 
I wish to ask you for some information, from your records of the Revolutionary Services of my ancestor, William Taliaferro, who served in the Virginia army and was from Caroline Co. (Possibly from Orange, but I think most likely, Caroline.)  There seem to have been two William Taliaferros, officers in the army, & I am sure my great-grandfather was one. I have been told that members of his Co. are on the Pension Rolls of that period. I don't suppose he drew a pension himself. I know that he served, as an officer in the Rev. war. Any information you can give me, of either or both of these two, will be very highly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, I am Yours truly
Mrs. S. L. Morton
650 Egan St
Shreveport La
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[lined note paper with two round stamps:]
Record Division 
Mar 8 1910
Pension Office U.S.A.
Mar 7, 1910
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Record Division,
September 9, 1910.

Mr. Lucien Beckner, Winchester, Ky.  
Sir: 
In response to your letter dated the 1"" and received the 3"" instant, you are furnished herewith a statement of the military history of William Taliaferro, Sur. File No. 7,695, and are advised that owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of the papers on file, but any person designated by you will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the above noted claim, including the affidavit of Lieut. Colonel O. Towles. 
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
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Record Division. 
March 13, 1910
Mrs. S. T. Morton, 650 Egan Street, 
Shreveport, La. 
Madam: 
In reply to your letter dated the 3"" and received the 7" instant, herewith is enclosed the record of the only William Taliaferro pensioned for service in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary War. 

If you desired information relative to any soldier who served under an officer by that name, it would be essential that you furnish the full name of the soldier as the Revolutionary War pension records are arranged according to the names of pensioners without reference to the officers under whom they served. 

Such muster rolls of the Revolution as are now in the possession of the Government are in the custody of the Adjutant General, U.S.A., War Department. Rolls and other records may also be found in the archives of the original States. Therefore it is suggested that you apply for information to the Adjutant General, U.S.A., and to the Secretary of the State of Virginia, at Richmond, Virginia. 

Very respectfully,  Commissioner

[handwritten notation at bottom]
There was also an inquiry for above Mrs Morton from Miss Bullard telephone room
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W. M. BECKNER LUCIEN BECKNER 
BECKNER & BECKNER 
ATTORNEYS AT LAW WINCHESTER, KY
September 1st, 1910. 

Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: 
Kindly let me know if William Taliaferro is mentioned in a certificate by Capt. Fowles which is filed with you in connection with pension 7695 or 7163. From the note which I have on the subject I am not sure whether the pension 7695 should be a whole number or two numbers 76 and 95. 

The pension is doubtless for a Virginia soldier or in connection with the Virginia state troops. If not too much trouble I would like to have a copy of the certificate and a description of the pension papers with which it is filed together with anything else that you can tell me about that William Taliaferro and his services in the Revolution.

My note upon the subject says that "Capt. Fowles certifies that William Taliaferro enlisted with him in the month of January 1776 and was Lieutenant Colonel at the close of the war, and that the certificate was written in 1821. Thanking you in advance for this information, I am, yours truly 
Lucien Beckner