Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32547, for Meredith Taylor, South Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
(3-1776)
SERVICE S.C.  Taylor , Meredith NUMBER  S. 32547 

[stamped at lower right, "This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO"]
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Letter to R. Gardner & 2nd Compt
24 April 1838  

Paid at the Treasury under 
Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 
Sept 1833 to the 4 Sept 1837. 
Agt notified 4 June 1838  

Let. T Taylor, May 13/44 
Dead 
Letter to Hon W.W. Payne & 3rd 
Audr. 13th Feby 1847.  

Ho H. T. Taylor,
March 7/57

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12.751  
Alabama 

Meredith Taylor of  Fairfield in the State of South Carolina who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Reg't commanded by Col Taylor in the South Carolina line for 14 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Nov 1837 .and sent to Hon. Joab Lawler Present.

Arrears to the 4th of	[left blank]
Semi=anl. allowance ending	[left blank]
		{ Revolutionary Claim, 
		{ Act June 7 1832 .} 
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk.
Book E. Vol. 8  Page 109--107 [sic]
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20.358 Meredith Taylor Fairfield Dist S Car Admit as private for 14 mo. 46.66
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
			WAR DEPARTMENT,
				Pension Office.
					183

Sir:
	The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, ^ # and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of you claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Meredith Taylor
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service: Years, Months, Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.]
[left blank]. [left blank]. 3. [left blank]. Private. Lt. Taylor. Colo Goodwin. [left blank]. Marchd to Savannah. 68 years. By living witnesses.
1781. [left blank]. 2. [left blank]. ". Capt Tropp. Colo. Tayler. Eutaw. marchd to Eutaw Springs. Fairfield District South Carolina. [left blank].
["Time of service" crossed out]. [left blank]. 3. [cross out]. Lt. Smith. [left blank]. [left blank]. [illegible]. [left blank]. [left blank].
[left blank]. 3. [left blank]. ". Capt  Goodwin. [left blank]. [left blank]. [illegible]. [left blank]. [left blank].
[left blank]. 3. [left blank]. ". Capt. Letters. Colo. Bratten. [left blank]. Four Noles. [left blank]. [left blank].

Claims one month nine 
in [illegible] scouting parties

	I am, respectfully,
		Your obedient servant,
		J. L. EDWARDS.
		Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
	The following regulations have been adopted:
	This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” “militia,” and “volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
	As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
	In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }
	On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before __
	__ A. B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District of __ aged (c) __ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __ , with __ and served in the __ (e) regiment of the __ line, under the following named officers:
	[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [right-pointing hand icon] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
	He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of__
	Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.		A. B.
	[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
	And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
	I __ of the Court of __ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ &c.
	If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
	Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
	(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the __ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
	Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
	[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
	And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
	I, __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set me hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.
	Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
	If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
	The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
	1. Where and in what year were you born?
	2. Have you any record of your age, and if no, where is it?
	3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
	4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
	5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
	6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
	{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
	7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
	The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
	The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
	The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
	Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
	Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory. or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
	No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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	[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
	[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
	[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
	[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
	[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom be served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of this 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. 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 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.”
	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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. [underlining by hand begins] Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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. [underlining by hand ends]
	[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
	[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
	[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
	[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
	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 papers 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.
	Proof of Service.
	[j] 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 claimant’s 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.
	[pointing hand icon] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
	[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
	[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
	[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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The State of Alabama }
Pickens County } 
	Be it know that before me  Reuben Gardner a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Meradith Taylor, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person name in an original certificate in his possession of which ( I certify )  the following is a true copy.
Duplicate
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Meradith Taylor of the State of South Carolina who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March and 4th September, in every year / This certificate issued in lieu of one dated 21st May 1833 numbered 12.751 which has been lost or distroyed [destroyed]. 
	Given at the War Ofice [Office] of the United States, this Eleventh day of November  one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. 
		[signature] J. R. Pointsett Secretary of War
Examined and }
Countersigned } 
	[signature] J. L. Edwards 
	Commissioner of Pensions  
Indorsed on the back
"Transferred from South Carolina, to Mobile  Alabama from the 4th September 1833 . February 12th 1836." 
	That he now resides in the State of Alabama, and has resided there for the last four years, and previous thereto he resided in the State of South Carolina from thence he moved to the said State of Alabama. 
		his mark [hand drawn X] Meradith M Taylor
Sworn & subscribed to this 10th March 1838  before 
[signature] R. Gardner J.P.    
[signature] J.T. Gardner
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 The State of Alabama Pickens County  I Reuben Gardner a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz from my own person acquaintances with Meradith Taylor, in the  State of South Carolina and of the said State of Alabama that he is the identical Meradith Taylor who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity named in a Pension Certificate which he has exhibited before me bearing date at the War Office, the 11th day of November 1837 . Signed by J R Poinsett, Secretary of War. Given under my hand and seal this the 10th day of March 1838.  R Gardner  ( signed / sealed ) JP FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Know all men by these presents that I Meradith Taylor of the County of Pickens in the State of Alabama , Pensioner of the United States , do hereby constitute and appoint  John T Gardner of the  County of Pickens and State of Alabama my true and lawful  Attorney for and in my name, to  receive from the  Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the  City of Mobile in the said State of Alabama my Pension from the 4th day of September 1833 to the 4th day of March 1838. Witness my hand and seal this the 10th day of March 1838. ( his Mark M ) Meradith Taylor  Sealed and delivered in presence of  J B Gladney ( signed / sealed )  Be it know on the 10th day of March 1838 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared  Meradith Taylor above named and acknowledged the foregoing letter of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written. R Gardner ( signed ) JP  [ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] Be it know that on the 10th day of March 1838  before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid  personally appeared John  T Gardner , the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney , and made oath in due form of law, that the same  was not given him by reason of any ale, transfer, or mortgage of Pension , or arrears of Penson therein authorized to be red'd by him. Sworn to & subscribed to the day and year last above written. R. Gardner ( signed ) JP  John T Gardner ( signed )
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[ State of Alabama Pickens County ] I, Francis  W Bostick  clerk of the County Court of said County certify that Reuben Gardner whose name is subscribed to the several foregoing certificates is & was at the time of subscribing  the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said  County of Pickens & that the said  signatures purporting to be his  are genuine . Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court , this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  & thirty eight, and of Independence of the United States  the sixty second. Francis W Bostick  ( signed /sealed ) Clerk  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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(left page) FINAL PAYMENT  VOUCHER Received from GAO ( right page) No. 3209 m Ala The Children of Meredith Taylor per act 7 June 1832 $120 Tuskaloosa ( Tuscaloosa ) Roll Feby 23rd 1847 Reg. No. 390 - dated 25th  & sent to Treasury  26th February 1847  Files - 1220 - 19th  St. mo JAN 10 1941
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United States Treasury To the Children of Meredith Taylor Dec'd , Pensioner on the Tuskaloosa ( Tuscaloosa ) Alabama Roll Per Act  7th June 1832. For his pension for 4th Sept. 1841 to the 29th March 1844, the day he died , being two years six months and twenty six days at the  $ 46. 66/100 per annum as per Vouchers ( filed ) ( underscored )  herewith.  $ 120                    Treasury Department Third Auditors Office      Feby 23rd 1847 Stated by  Wm Tyson             Treasury Department Second Comptrollers Office Feby 23rd 1847 Exs by Wm Flinn  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Meredith Taylor 1  [ State of South Carolina District of Fairfield ] On this third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court , before the Honorable William D. Martin one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the State of South Carolina now sitting at Fairfield  Court House, Meredith Taylor a resident of the  District of Fairfield aforesaid  , aged sixty eight 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. Deponent was born near the line separating North Carolina and Virginia, does not recollect the County. It was tolerably up high in the State, Has no record of his age, and knows of none . Received his  account of his age from his parents , who inform a witness of the time when he was liable to do  Militia and other Militia duties. Was living in Fairfield District then called Cowan County, when called into service ; on the waters of 25 Mile Creek . He has lived in the same District and neighborhood  ever since the  Revolutionary War , and still lives there. He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  He was first drafted  one term of Militia duties after the Florida expedition  and before the Eutaw Battle to the Savannah River up into Augusta, called the Augusta Campaign. The British had possession of  Augusta, and their uniform could sometimes be distinguished from the  American Camp went out under Lieutenant John Taylor , brother of Thomas Taylor the latter still alive, and was commanded by him as Captain. The Captain William Simmons staid ( stayed ) at home it not being his turn to go out, Robert Goodwyn commanded the regiment and went out this turn. Genl Williams & one Brigadier commanded the army.
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His brother Jeremiah Taylor was along; also  James Wilson , Cannon , & Doctor Jasper Faust still living object was to prevent the British from crossing the Savannah and to protect So. Carolina was out three months in this tour. Never received a written discharge in any tour. The relief commonly arrived and the Captains were ordered verbally to take charge of their companies and conduct them home. The next tour was to the Eutaw. Thomas Trapp was the Captain. Henry Hunter Lieutenant Col, Thomas Taylor  1st Colonel, was in the Battle of Eutaw in year 1781. General Green commanded the Army  at the Battle. In the Battle Genl Green was on the right and  Genl Pickens on the left. Col. Washington and horse win there and Col. Washington  taken prisoner in the  action. The battle was a very severe one. The British had possession of a large brick house, and fought through port holes made in the walls. They fought from within and without the house. The battle commenced by  Col Wade Hampton of the horse driving in the pickets. The Infantry engaged between daylight and sunrise in the morning , and the battle lasted until between 8 and 9 o'clock  AM. Genl Green returned to his place of encampment the night before about two miles from the scene of action and the British  retreated to Charleston that night. Genl Green let (?) in killed and wounded severely . The British were believed to have suffered more than the Americans. was out about two months on this tour and believes it to have been longer. Next tour to Orangeburg  after the battle of Eutaw Lieutenant Wm Smith commanded the Company Lumpkin was not there this tour. Belonged to Col.  Thos Taylor's  Regiment but Col. Taylor not there this tour. Wallace from Chester or York commanded the whole troops into
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The next tour was also to Orangeburg Captain Wm Goodwyn shot one ["ST" crossed out] Stallions [sic] in jail for some language used by Stallions. This a few days before deponent arrived there. Lieutenant Hicks Chappel was there, Capt. Wm Brattin was there either this tour or the one preceding. Does not know recollect who commanded the while.  Was in these two tours  to Orangeburg six months in all guarded all tory prisoners to Orangeburg six months in all [illegible] were put in jail there. Next tour to the four holes. Went from there under Sergeant Ponds and was put under Captain Lester at the four holes bridge. Col. Wm Bratten commanded his whole detachment  Jeremiah Taylor and Dr. Jasper Faust was along ? was out three months in this tour. Deponent is fully satisfied  that he served the full period of fourteen months in the tours of duty mentioned and served several short tours in addition, but cannot  state with certainty the dates nor the length of time of these  tours, but is satisfied that in all these expeditions  amounted to one month making fifteen months service in all.  He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll  of the agency of any State.  Sworn to & subscribed  the day and year aforesaid  in open Court. ( his mark X ) Meredith Taylor  J. Elliot  ( signed ) C.C.P.  [seal]     I Jeremiah Taylor residing in Fairfield District aforesaid  hereby certify that I am well acquainted with  Meredith Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be sixty eight years of age , that I  served with him in the tour of duty mentioned by him to Augusta, to the Eutaw, to Orangeburg one tour , and to the four hole bridge, and believe that he served as he has stated.
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and that his statement including these tours are correct and knows said Meredith his  brother was out in service one or two tours in which deponent was not out on duty. And is fully satisfied that he never as long as he has stated. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion knowing such to have been the fact. Sworn  and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court.  ( his mark X ) Jeremiah Taylor  J. Elliott ( signed / sealed ) C.C.P.   I Dr. Jasper Faust residing in  Richland District do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with  Meredith Taylor who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration. That I served with him in the tours he has mentioned  1st  to Augusta, 2nd to Orangeburg thinks in both tours, 3rd to the four hole bridge. His statements relating to these tours are correct. He was a fruitful soldier. He is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides  to have been a soldier of the revolution and I know it to be true. He is a man of veracity and respectability. Sworn to & then entered before me this the day and year aforesaid. Jasper Faust ( signed )  J. Elliot ( signed /sealed ) C.C.P.
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[ The State of Alabama Pickens County ]Be it remembered and made known to all whom it may concern , that on this 25th day of January 1847 personally appeared in Court ( a County County  of Record )  James  Bowner in rights of his wife Sarah formerly Sarah Taylor, Daniel Gardner  in right of his wife Elizabeth  formerly Elizabeth Taylor, and Henry Taylor and made oath before said Court, that they are children and heirs at large  of Meredith Taylor who was in his life time a Pensioner of the United States and who was the identical person named in the following pension certificate ( viz) Duplicate                                                      War Department                           
 Revolutionary Claim.                                         
 I certify in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Meredith Taylor of the State of South Carolina, who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled  to receive Forty dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life , commencing on the 4th of March 1781 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and  thirty seven. J R Poinsett Secretary of War  [Examined and Countersigned ] J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Endorsed on the Back this payment to be made at Mobile by G S Gains agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Mobile Alabama Recorded in Pension Office, in Book E Vol 6 Page 81 by F S Evans Clerk
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Transposed from South Carolina to Mobile Alabama from 4th September  1833 .February 12th 1836 Numbers 12751  That the said Meredith Taylor departed this life on the 29th day of March 1844 having no widow, and the before named children as his heirs at large that there is are theirs in right of their dead father as a pensioner of the United States a pension from the 4th of September 1841 to the 4th of March 1844 .  James Bonner ( signed ), David Gardner ( signed ) , Thomas Taylor ( signed ), J. H. Taylor ( signed ) , Jesse D Taylor( signed ) , Henry R. Taylor ( signed )   Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 25th day of Jany 1847  Attest Francis  W Bostick ( signed ) Clerk[ The State of Alabama] I Francis  W. Bostick  Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify  that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Meredith Taylor was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, was a resident of Pickens County State of Alabama and  lived in said County  & State in the year 1844, on the 29th day of March that he left  Sarah Bowner wife of James Bowner, formerly Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth  Gardner wife of Daniel Gardner formerly Elizabeth Taylor, John H. Taylor, Jesse D. Taylor, and Henry Taylor, his children, all over twenty one years of age. In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at office in  Carrollton this 25th day of January 1847  Attest Francis W Bostick  ( signed ) Clerk this was forty nine before issued   attest Francis W Bostick ( signed ) Clerk
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( 3 stamps ) FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, Washington, D.C.   In reply to your request of __ received, __ for a statement of the military history of Meredith 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. 32547. DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1781. LENGTH OF SERVICE.         3 mos, 2 mos, 6 mos, 3 mos, 1 mo. RANK. pvt. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN .  Wm Simonds , Wm Robertson, Lester, several short time officers not stated on .. ( illegible )  COLONEL. Robert Goodwin, Thos. Taylor, Wm Bratton. STATE . S.C.  Battles engaged in Eutaw Springs .  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Cowan Co. ( later Fairfield  District ) SC. Residence at date of application for pension  Nov. 3rd 1832 -Ala. Residence at date of application , Fairfield Dist. S.C. Age at date of application , 68   b near Va. & N. C. line. Remarks : He refers to removing from South Car. to Pickens Co., Ala  Dec 25, 1833 in company with his sons and sons-in-law , his wife being dead, no names are stated.    Respectfully Commissioner.                             6-2856
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( left page ) Let to Pens. Dec 8 1835 Tr Ad Jan 26 1836  Transf'd to Mobile, Ala. form 4 Sept 1833  Feb 12 1836  & notfn sent to Party Car of R. Gardner  Hope P.O. Ala.  Se Lett to  R. Gardner May 10th 38 as to new certificate - passed in- terview.  da - da - da  Sept 8th 38        ( right Page ) Mobile Alabama 12.751 Meredith Taylor of Fairfield in the State of South Carolina who was a pri in the company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Reg't commanded by  Col. Taylor in the South Carolina line for 14 months. Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 46 Dollars and 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May '33  Winnsboro  So. Ca. and sent to  James Elliot  Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $ 93.32  Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $23.33 ( total $ 116.65 )  {Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by  William Miller Clerk Book E. Vol. 6. Page 81
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Treasury Department  SECOND COMPTROLLERS OFFICE, May 31 1838.  Sir, Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled  An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing  the payment of the same  at the treasury of the United States, " Meredith Taylor  a Pensioner on the Roll of the Alabama Agency, at the rate of forty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department ,from the 4th of Sept 1833 to the 4th  Sept. 1837  Respectfully yours  Mobile Agency  Albion K. Parris ( signed ) Comptroller   To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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Application for a new certificate [ State of Alabama Pickens County ] On this 12th day of October 1837 before me  the subscriber , a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said County personally appeared Meredith Taylor who on his oath declared that on or about the 25th day of December 1833 he left the State of South Carolina  and removed to the  State of Alabama above said in company with his sons and sons- in- law  that  ( his wife being dead )  he had been in the habit of living with them, and for the enjoying their society he removed with them . Your affiant would further state that there is no direct communication between the section of country  where he now resides and Charleston So. Car. nor is this any person, resident in Charleston with whom he is acquainted , that would enabled him to have received a  remittance of his pension through the fabrication offered by this Post route . These are the reasons why your affiant has not drawn his Pension since the 4th day of September 1833. Your affiant would state that he served  a three months tour at Augusta Georgia in the Army commanded by Genl __ Williamson in the Regiment  commanded by Col. Robert Goodwin, and in Captain  William Simmons company commanded at this time by Lieut. John Taylor
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Your affiant would further state that he served another tour of duty  of three months at Orangeburg S. Car. in the before said Regiment commanded by said Robert Goodwin Col. in the and Capt. William Simmons company  commanded at this time by Lieut. William Smith. Your affiant would further state that he served in another tour  of three months at the place last above said under the command of the said Col. Robert Goodwin, in the said Capt. William Simmons company ,  ( as well as memory serves )  commanded at this time by Lieut. Thomas Trap. Your affiant would further states that he served another tour of duty of three months at the Four holes, commanded by the said Col. Robert Goodwin, in the said Capt. William Simmons company , commanded at this time ( as well as memory serves )  by Lieut. William Smith. Your affiant would further state that he was in the battle at the Eutaw Springs in the said Col. Robert Goodwin's Reg't  commanded at this time by Lieut. Col. Henry Hunter, in the said Capt. William Simmons company  commanded at this time by Lieut. Thomas Trap, that this tour lasted three months. You r affiant would further state that he served a tour of duty with a part of the said Capt William Simmons' company in  guarding some Tories to Orangeburg jail , who commanded he does not recollect this tour lasted something
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longer that two weeks. And your affiant also further states as a reason why Capt William Simmons name did not appear in the original declaration is that he  Simmons never commanded a company when your affiant was in service, yet he did command the company on several tour of duty and was the commander when the Company was at home .You will perceive  it was very natural for your affiant when asked  who was his Captain in making out his document to say Capt. William Simmons.  Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of October 1837 before R Gardner ( signed ) JP  ( his mark M ) Meredith Taylor   [ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] I, Francis W. Bostick  Clerk of the County Court for said County  do certify  that the above named Reuben Gardner was an acting Justice of the peace in said County  at the time of subscribing his name as above and that  due faith and credit  are due to his official acts as such Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at office the 16th day of  October 1837  Francis W Bostick ( signed / sealed ) Clk
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
Duplicate
WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

	I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States of the 7th June, 1832, Meredith Taylor 
of the State of South Carolina 
who was a Private in the Army of the Revolu
-tion [Revolution] 
is entitled to receive Forty Six ~~~ dollars and 
Sixty Six ~ cents per annum during his natural life, com=
mencing [commencing] on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=
annually [semiannually] on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.
	Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this Eleventh day of 
November one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty= Seven. --
		[signature] J.R. Poinsett
		Secretary of War.

[illegible seal at left]
Examined and }
Countersigned. }
	[signature] J L Edwards
	Commissioner of Pensions.
[stamped, "FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER, Received from GAO"]
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( left page and vertical ) Transferred from South Carolina  to Mobile Alabama  from 4th September 1833. February 12 1836- FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO ( right page ) Payments to be made by G S Gaines Agent for paying Pensioners in the  Agency of Mobile Alabama. Recorded inthe Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 6 Page 81 by F S  Evans Clerk ( vertical note ) ( FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO )
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War Department Pension Office 24th April 1838. Sir I have the honor to refer to you the papers of James Ware, Joshua Van Fleet, John Keisling, Meradith Taylor,Benjamin Shaw and John  Linton, herewith enclosed, in order that their Pensions may be paid in Conformity with the Act of Congress of the 6th April 1838.  I am Very Respectfully your ovt servt J L Edwards  ( signed )   Hon A. K. Parris 2nd Comptroller Washington  City
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(left page  and vertical ) FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO ( right page ) Mobile Alaba. Act 6 April 1838 $ 186.64 May 31 1838 Reg No. 8598 dated June 1 1838 one hundred eighty six dollars sixty four cents to be remitted to Jno. T Gardner  Atty . care of Geo S. Gaines Pen : Agt. Mobile Ala. Sent to Treasury 2 June
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Trs. The United States  To Meredith Taylor  , Private a Penson on the Mobile Ala Roll under Act 7 June 1832. For his Pension from 4th September 1833 to 4th September 1837, 4 years at $ 46.66 per annum for Voucher filed herewith. $ 186.64 Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office May 31, 1838 By Thos H. Hanson Second Comptroller's Office Examined by T L Catheart 31st May 1838   The Same annual Pension from 4th Sept 1837 to 4th March 1838 embraced in the Power of Attorney not having remained unclaimed  in possession of the Agent for the period of eight months , is payable alone at the Agency -  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Left and far right page ) FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO ( center page ) Hon W. W. Payne  New Certif  of Meredith Taylor  Rec'd 25 Feb. '47 Ans'd     M Randall
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Rep Hou Feby 20 `47  Sir I enclose to you the original certificate in the case of Meredith Taylor when adjusted please advise me Your obt sr W.W. Payne P Hagner   FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Hope Post Office Ala. April 3rd 1838  Hon J. L. Edwards  Dear Air  The application of Mr. Meredith Taylor for the payment of his Pension, has been returned by the Pension agent at Mobile ( Ala ) with orders that the same should be sent onto you  for your inspection  & orders . It is herewith enclosed for that purpose. Please inform me whether or not James Gillespie 's name has been transferred from the Pension Roll  At Fayetteville N.C. to that of Mobile Ala.  I am Dear Sir very Respectfully your obt Servt  R Gardner ( signed )  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO   J. L. Edwards Washington City
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( left page ) FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO( right page ) Hon W. W. Payne  Rec'd 15th Feb '47 Am'd 16th
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Rep Hou Feb 11 ' 47 Sir I herewith transmit to you the application of the  heirs of Meradith Tailor  (Taylor)  a soldier of the revolution for arrears  of Pension ; you will please give me the desired information , as the the prospect of collecting the same: The original certificate of pension is now in  my possession:  I have the honor to be your obt sr W. W. Payne  ( signed )  J L Edwards Es Com of Pensions  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCH Received from GAO
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER, County of Pickens  SS. On this twenty ninth day of December 1835 , before me , the subscriber , a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Pickens aforesaid personally appeared Meradith Taylor who , on his oath, declares that he is the same person  who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain  William Simmons in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Goodwin in the service of the United States ; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the  State of South Carolina from whence he has lately removed ; that he now resided in the State ( District or Territory ) of Alabama  County of Pickens where he intends to remain , and wishes his pension to be there payable , in future. The following are is reasons  for removing him from the State of South Carolina to  Alabama  is my children in order to search out more fertile lands all removed to the said State of Alabama and in order to keep in the society of my children  I removed with them.  Sworn and subscribed to before me , the day and the year aforesaid.  ( his mark M ) Meradith Taylor  Reuben Gardner ( signed ) JP---------------------------------------------------The oath to be taken from a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk , Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office , that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman or Notary Public , as the case may be , and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person  described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify the witness is a person of veracity and the affidavit must be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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[ State of Alabama Pickens County ] Personally appeared before me  Reuben Gardner a Justice of the Peace  Duly commissioned  in and for said County James B Gladney who being first duly sworn  deposeth and sayeth that he knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the person described in the above affidavit. Sworn to& subscribed to this the 29th  December 1835  J B Gladney ( signed ) R Gardner ( signed ) JP  [ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] I Reuben Gardner a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with t James B Gladney  the above affiant and know him to be a man of veracity  & respectability. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 39th December 1835.  R Gardner ( signed )
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[ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] I Francis W Bostick Clerk of the County Court  for said County do hereby certify that the within named Reuben Gardner  whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County  at the time of subscribing the same and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office the second day of January 1836.Francis W Bostick ( signed / sealed ) clerk
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Meredith Taylor 20858
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Meredith Taylor  2nd that   I James Nelson a resident of Fairfield  District hereby testify that I am well acquainted with Meredith Taylor who has made the foregoing declaration  that I served with him as a soldier  in the  revolutionary war in the tour he has mentioned to  Augusta three months, and have full confidence in the correctness of the declaration made and believe him to have served as he has stated. That he is a man of character and veracity , and believe him to be sixty eight years old.  Sworn & subscribed before me this the day and the year aforesaid  in open Court.  ( his mark N ) James Nelson  J Elliott ( signed / sealed  ) C.C.P.  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Meredith Taylor was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the  Court further certifies that it  appears to them that  Doctor Jasper Faust , Jeremiah Taylor, and James Nelson who have signed the  proceeding certificates are the first  a resident of Richland and the latter  residents of Fairfield District  and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. November 3rd 1832  W. D. Martin ( signed ) Presiding Judge
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South Carolina  I James Elliott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Fairfield District , in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the  matter of the  application of Meredith Taylor  ( in two sheets ) for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of November  A.D. 1832.  J . Elliott ( signed ) C.C.P.
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Meridith Taylor

Alabama
new Cer.

Ansd G Mar. 29" 36
do - du May 16" 36

Revolutionary Claim }	F1 pri
H opr An
mon IH

Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington Citty [City]

[perpendicular at left]
Mon 28
NJ Baldwin
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[ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] Personally appeared before me Reuben Gardner an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said County, Meredith Taylor Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the act of 1832, who being first  duly sworn  deposeth and sayeth that on or about the 15th day of January 1836  he the deponent lost his Pocket book containing therein his pay certificate granted him  by the United States for his Revolutionary services ; and he the deponent further sayeth that he has made due search and inquiry after the same and that swears it is not to be found. ( his mark M ) Meredith Taylor  Sworn to  & subscribed before me the 14th March 1836.  R Gardner ( signed ) JP
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Pickens County Ala March 16th 1836  Hon J. L. Edwards  Dear Sir It becomes necessary for me again to trouble you on the Revolutionary Claim of my old friend  Meredith Taylor , who you will discover you granted to transfer of his name from the Pension roll in South Carolina to that of Mobile Alabama, which notice of transfer has been duly received by him on his making application to re arrange his claim for drawing , on asking for his pay certificate . I found he has lost the same. My impression was that before he could proceed to draw that he would have to make application to you for a duplicate certificate , with that view you will discover the amended affidavit of Mr. Taylor. I have no doubt of the truth of the statements of Mr. Taylor, I saw his certificate some short time before the loss as stated in the affidavit. Should the amended affidavit not in satisfactory or not in accordance with the  arrangements of the department please inform me  what will be necessary , by addressing to Hope P.O. Pickens Cty Ala.  My official act having been so lately certified to you in application for the transfer of Mr. Taylor's pension , it is dispensed with at this time, hoping that it will make no difficulty . Should you want any satisfaction as to my veracity I refer you to the Hon Misters Lawler  & Lyons  Rep. in Congress from Ala.  I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obt servt R Gardner ( signed )
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Meredith Taylor Pri. $ 46.66 per ann June 7 '32 Alabama Roll - To what time was he last paid & to note in our Book - See So. Carolina per when he was transf ? He was paid at South Carolina to the 4 Sep 1833  JH  3rd Auditor Pen office  Sept 7 '36 R. B.
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Hope Ala Mar 23                  25 ( postage ? ) J. L. Edwards Com. of Pen  Washington City    Revolutionary Claim( vertical note Dec 7 )
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Pickens County Ala  Nov 18th 1835  J. L. Edwards  Esq  Dear Sir  Mr. Meredith Taylor Pensioner under the at of the 7th June 1832who ws a private in the Revolutionary War who has obtained a certificate from the War Department dated the 21st day of May 1833, has left the State of South Carolina Fairfield District  and settled himself permanently in the State of Alabama, Pickens County. Mr. Taylor drew his pension  at the Pension office in  Charleston South Carolina up tp the 4th day of September 1833 at which time he left S. Carolina for Alabama, Since which time he has drawn nothing. Mr. Taylor wished that  a transfer of his name may be made from the office at Charleston to the Pension office at Mobile Alabama . If it can be consistently done: Should you  see proper to attend to his request please inform him thereof , by directing to Hope Post office Pickens County Ala. Very Respectfully Your obt servt R Gardner ( signed )
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Third Auditor's Office
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Pension Office May 10, 1844  Please state to what time Meredith Taylor , a pensioner on the Alabama list of pensioners  under act of 7th June 1832, has been paid. He was pensioner at the rate of $ 46.66 per ann. Paid to 4th day of Sept. 1841. B. T. Bogan ( signed )   Third Auditor's Office.
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The Capt. designated  in his oath of identity is not mentioned in his declaration - state that fact to him & require reasons for his failure to apply for his pension from Sept '33 to Sept. 35 during which time he was in  possession of his certificate - also a statement of each tour of his service with names of officers-
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H S Bennett N. C. Hon Geo C Whiting Washington  D C  ( vertical on page ) Anderson  Meredith Taylor
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( post mark ) [CHARLESTON S.C. FEB 2 ]    Free J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C  ( vertical notes ) Feb 9  Meredith Taylor  make tr
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Planter's & Mechs Bank of So Ca. Charleston , 1st July 1836                                                                J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir, In reply to your favor of 26th whom this day received. I have to state that Meredith Taylor a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency , under act of 7 June 32 at forty six dollars and sixty six cents, per annum has been paid up to the 4th Sept 1833. He stands credited in the Books of this Agency  to  stipend on  4th March '34            $ 33,33  , 4th Sep '34 $ 23.33, 4 March '35  $ 23.33 , 4 Sep '35 $ 23.33 ( total $ 93.32 )  The transfer of his name to the Alabama Agency is noted and no payment will be made to him at this agency. I am respectfully your obed svt F. Lanneau  ( signed ) Pensions  Agt
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Revolutionary Claim Hope . etc.  (?) August 18       Free  Hon  J. L. Edwards Washington City   Meredith Taylor  Alabama for new cer   ( vertical notes )  Sept 1, 1836 Mr. Burdine Ala.
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Hope August 16th 1836  Hon J L Edwards, Dear Sir, Inclosed you have the  necessary affidavits to obtain a duplicate certificate for Mr. Taylor. I was attending Circuit Court as a favor , when Mr. Taylor applied to me to make out his  last application , and while engaged in that service was called into Court and did not observe the acquisition of the oath of identity.  I hope the inclosed will be satisfactory , I want say to you  that I am well acquainted with  Mr. Taylor , I was well acquainted with  him in the State of South Carolina , and know him to be an honest and correct man . I have no doubt of the truth of his statements. Very Respectfully your obt. servt. R Gardner ( signed )
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( left page ) Recy INVALID. File No. 32.547 Meredith Taylor Pri Rev War  Act : June 7 32" Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 418  [ Arrangement of 1870.] ( right page ) 1922 Jan. 14 hist. to Lyman H. Weeks Env
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
TAYLOR, Meredith	3209 [checkmark]
NAME
			Feb 47
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECEIVED FROM
THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
AGENCY OF PAYMENT Tuscaloosa, Alabama  hgd out
DATE OF ACT June 7, 1832
DATE OF PAYMENT ^ Under Act of April 6, 1838
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1844

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE		NA-286
GSA-WASH DC 54-4891					November 1953
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No. 3209
TAYLOR, MEREDITH
Children • +.
Feb 1847
Act -- 6th Apr. 1838
Tuskaloosa, Ala.
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[initialed] H.W.E.
			65 West 192nd Street,
			New York, December 28, 1921.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
	I wish to have, if possible, for genealogical purposes, 
the Pension Office Record of Meredith Taylor of South Carolina who 
was a Revolutionary soldier. If my information concerning him is 
correct he was at one time a Private in Capt. [blank] Goodwin's com-
pany [company] of Col. [blank] Taylor's Regiment of the South Carolina line. 
Also, if my information is correct, he was on the pension roll of 
Alabama in 1831. Your attention ot [sic] this matter will be very much 
appreciated.
		Very truly yours,
		[signature] Lyman H. Weeks

	P.S. I think he had also other service in addition to 
that in Col. Taylor's regiment.

[circular stamp at bottom center, "U.S. [illegible] DEC 29 1921"

[oval stamp at bottom center, "CHIEF'S DESK RECORD DIVISION U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS JAN 4 1922"]
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TELEPHONE						65 WEST 192ND STREET
FORDHAM 8900-W					NEW YORK, N. Y.

LYMAN H. WEEKS
Historian and Genealogist
Author of "Among the Azores," "Prominent Families of New York," "The American Turf," "The
Other Side," "Book of Bruce," "A History of Paper Manufacturing in the United States," "Rip Van
Winkles of Many Lands, in press, and "Warren-De-Lancey: Admiral Sir Peter Warren and his American
Family Connections," in preparation; associate compiler and editor of "An Historical Digest of the Provin-
cial [Provincial] [American] Press," "The Goodridge Genealogy" and "The Legal and Judicial History of New York."

My Dear Friend and Cousin:
	For several years members of the New England Weeks family that had its 
old-time American beginning in New Hampshire have been gathering material for a 
comprehensive and authoritative history of that family. Naturally, the work thus 
planned has been primarily based upon Jacob Chapman's "Leonard Weeks of Greenland, 
N. H. and his Descendants, 1639-1888." In that book, published in 1889, the field 
was measurably covered from the birth of Leonard Weeks in England in 1639 and his 
appearance in New Hampshire in 1656 down to modern times.
	It would not be possible to accord Chapman too much credit and praise for his 
painstaking labors in the collection and preservation of quantities of important 
records of the family, especially relating to its earlier generations. Nevertheless, historically valuable and vitally interesting as his book is, it comes far short of 
being as thorough and accurate as such a compilation should be. Notably it is 
deficient in biography and only to a very limited extent did its author make any 
effort to bring out the details of the lives of our ancestors and ourselves or to 
portray the parts played by men and women of our name and connection in the social, 
industrial, professional and public affairs of the communities to which they have 
belonged. Even in names and dates and simple facts the chronology is more than 
ordinarily faulty. Subsequent to 1850 the annals presented are, at most points, 
meagre and from 1875 comparatively little of consequence is given.
	The work now in hand, "The Weeks Family in Three Centuries--Its English Origin 
and the American Descendants of Leonard Weeks, 1639-1922", contemplates the pre-
servation [preservation] of all that is reliable and worth while in the Chapman book; a careful re-
vision [revision] of that production, with correction, as far as possible, of the abundant and 
serious errors in it; extensive elaboration of historical and biographical features 
and the brining of the record down to date, several generations beyond the point 
where Chapman stopped. As finally realized, it is intended that the compilation 
shall be complete, thorough and accurate, comparing favorably with the best published 
works of its kind, a substantial addition to American genealogical history and a 
warranted source of pride and satisfaction to all whose names may appear in it, alike 
both of the Weeks and collateral lines.
	The task, if it is to be creditably done, is not slight and for its successful 
accomplishment the cooperation of each and every member of the family on both male 
and female lines, is needed. That cooperation is herewith earnestly asked for in the 
fullest confidence that it will be readily given for the mutual interest of all.
	Assistance is now particularly desired from you in the filling out of the 
blanks in the enclosed "Genealogical Record" as exhaustively and as accurately as 
possible, in all respects, and the addition thereto of any further information that 
you may think befitting and agreeable concerning not alone the main Weeks stem but 
intermarrying connections as well.
	If you can suggest the names of others who might be interested, copies of this 
"Genealogical Record" will be sent to them for filling out.
	Anticipating a favorable response from you and expressing in advance the 
pleasure of coming into communication with another member of our family, I am
		Fraternally and sincerely yours,
		[unsigned]
[circular stamp at lower right, "U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 29 1921"]
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Hope Ala. June 7               25 ( postage ? )             J. L. Edwards Esq Washington City  ( vertical notes)( Revolutionary Claim Meredith Taylor  for tr.)
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Washington Feb 26th 57 Hon Geo  C Whiting  Dear Sir,  Will you have the kindness to afford me  such information as you can in relation to the facts disclosed in the within  letter & when examined return the same. Very Respectfully your obt sevt H S Bennett
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Hope Ala    Aug 30      Free                               Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions  Washington City  [Revolutionary Claim ]  ( vertical notes ) ( Sept 13 Mr. Evans )
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Hope Post Office Pickens Cty Ala. August 29th 1838  Hon J. L. Edwards  Dear Sir, Some time about the first of April last I sent to your office the claim of Mr. Meredith Taylor for Pension due him from the third of September 1833 to the third of March  1838 under date of the 24th of April 1838 . You informed me that you had referred the papers of Mr. Taylor to the Second Comptroller, under act of Congress of the U.S.A. of the 6th April last. Mr. John T. Gardner in the document referred to was made the Attorney of Mr. Taylor to draw his pension. Mr. J.T.G. has this day addressed the 3rd Auditor on the subject.  I would thank you  ( as you hand over the papers ) to attend to the case , and put the Attorney in the way of drawing what may be due the Treasury of the U.S.A. and also put him in the way of drawing what may be due from the Pension office at Mobile , on the application
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referred to . I am well acquainted with Mr. Taylor and feel a considerable  .. ( illegible ) that he should be put in possession of this small pittance allowed his him by the  Government for his Revolutionary services. You will therefore pardon me for intruding on your kindness in this matter. With Consideration  of high regard I am Sir your friend & obt servt   Reuben Gardner ( signed )
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Sir Enclosed you will have the application of Mr. Meredith Taylor for a pension certificate - If anything more be wanting , please advise me of it.  Very respectfully Yr obt servt  Jaal Lawler ( signed )    Mr . Edwards Com of Pensions
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Hon W. W. Payne May  15 / 44
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Sir I herewith transmit to you the letter of Mr. Meradith Taylor to which I respectfully  ask your attention  at as early a day as practical with such information in relation hereto , as is desired therein. Return the letter of Mr. Taylor for I have the honor to be your obt st  W. W. Payne ( signed ) May 6 1844  J L Edwards Esq Com of Pensions
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Nov 9 Hon.  J. Lawler  M. C. Present M Evans Issue a new certificate   ( restore the dupl  copies of letters to inter ( item ) ( vertical on page ) ( Commissioner of Pensions War Department  W.C. )( upside down ) ( illegible initials )
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Alabama 12751 Meredith Taylor  for new Cert. Has not been paid since 4th Sept 33. In the case where ..( illegible ) drew for two years the  Com has directed me to refer the papers to him for examinations as to issuing the certification and special instructions as to issuing the certificate, and as such instance I op'd one  without his issue order. Respectfully referred to ( Wm Crump? )  Sept 7 '36  R,B,
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Application for a New Certificate [ County of Pickens ] SS  On this 18th day of July 1836 before me , the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Pickens personally appeared Meradith Taylor  who , on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly  belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Simonds, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Goodwin, in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina . that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the 20th day of Jany 1836 at or was Enon Church in the said county of Pickens he lost from his pocket, by the top of his picket book containing said certificate. Sworn & subscribed to before me , the day and year aforesaid  ( his mark M ) Meredith Taylor R. Gardner ( signed ) JP  [ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] SS Personally appeared before me, the subscriber a  Justice of the Peace for said County  of Pickens, James B Gladney who on his oath declares, that he has been acquainted with Meradith Taylor named in the above affidavit, for many years and that he well knows him to be the person her represents himself to be. Sworn & subscribed to this the 18th day of July  1836 before R Gardner ( signed ) JP  J. B. Gladney ( signed )   [ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] I Reuben Gardner a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned in and for said County do certify that I am well acquainted with  James B. Gladney whos name appears to the last affidavit  and that I know him to be a person of veracity  & respectability  and that the erasure in the sixth line  of the last affidavit was made by myself. Given under my hand  & seal  18th July 1836  R . Gardner ( signed / sealed ) JP
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[ The State of Alabama Pickens County ] I Francis W Bostick Clerk of the County Court for said County of Pickens do certify that Reuben Gardner is a Magistrate  as within and that the  within signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal of office and subscribe my name this 12th day of August in the year 1836. Francis W Bostick  ( signed / sealed )  Clerk