Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22363, for Samuel Taylor, South Carolina
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SERVICE S.C. 
Taylor, Samuel 
Ann. 
NUMBER W22363
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Reported M Thompson
May 22/51 Sam [illegible] 1/52 [illegible] aby 21/51 
same July 1/21 
Let Sec of State Aug 27/51
1521
South Carolina 
Ann Taylor 
widow of Samuel Taylor who served in the Revolutionary war as a Captain Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 480 dollars cents pr annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Certificate of pension issued the 26 day of August 1848 and sent to P. Cantwell Charleston SC
 Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 Page 340 Vol. 2 Ex T
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Harriet R. Taylor daughter of Anne Taylor late of Charleston South Carolina deceased do
hereby constitute and appoint Col M Thompson Washington City
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Anne Taylor
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to M.A.B Taylor, Harriet Taylor and Louisa CO Mazon.
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that we might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 25th day of October A. D., 1851
s/ Mary A B Taylor
Harriet R. Taylor
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Mich Kinney JP
A S Wallace

STATE of Georgia 
COUNTY of Chatham
On this 25th day of October A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary A B Taylor, Harriet Taylor and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid. s/ Mich Kinney
J. Peace.
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Claim of Pension 
Act of Seventh July 1838, 4th March 1843 and 17th June 1844 and 29th July 1848
State of Georgia
County of Chatham 
Be it known, that on this twenty fifth day of October A.D., eighteen hundred and fifty [illegible], before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, personally appeared Harriet R Taylor a resident of City of Savannah in said county, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Anne Taylor Widow of Captain Samuel Taylor, and the said Anne Taylor was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States South Carolina agency at the the rate of $480 Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
s/ Harriet R Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me Mich Kinney J Peace 

I Michael Kinney Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby Certify that Harriet R Taylor who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of the County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
s/ Mich Kinney J. Peace 

I Jno F Guilmartin Clerk of the Superior court in the County and state Aforesaid, do hereby certify that Michael Kinney before whom  the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of he Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed my and and affixed my official Seal, this 25th day of October A.D. 1851
s/ Jno F Guilmartin   Clerk SCCC
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State of South Carolina 
District of Charleston
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me that Ann Taylor widow of Major Samuel Taylor who was a Captain & major in the army of the revolution was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United states at the rate of $480/ four hundred + eighty dollars per annum and that she died on the eighteenth day of June eighteen hundred and fifty one leaving surviving her three children viz Mary AB. Taylor, Harriet R. Taylor, & Louisa E B Mauzon and that the above named children are the only surviving children of the aforesaid Anne Taylor and that they are over twenty one years of age. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty one in open court
M. J. Mendenhall O. C. D.
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The State of South Carolina
District of Charleston
Office Court of Common pleas
Charleston
I Charles C. Strohesker Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for Charleston Dist SC Do hereby
certify that P. Cantwell is a magistrate as within set forth and that his signature to the annexed paper is genuine. I further certify that the official characters of the ordinary and Clerk of Court within mentioned are
also properly stated, I also certify that James C Fullhood is a magistrate as within set forth & that his signature is genuine and that the witness Governor Nelson is known to me and
is respectable.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 1st day of July 1839
s/ Charles C. Strohesker
Clerk of the Court of Common Please for Charleston District SC
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1 affd Mrs Anne Taylor
2 Thomas Godfrey
3 Revd Lewis Garrey
4 Certif Turner Bryan Esq ordinary
5 Certif H Craig clerk CCP
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State of South Carolina Chesterfield District} SS
On this 27th day of May in the year of our Lord 1839, personally appeared before Turner Bryan Esquire, Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District, Mrs. Ann Taylor a resident of
Chesterfield District in the State aforesaid, aged 70 years, who, being first duly sworn according
to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to be entitled to the benefit of
the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 7th of July 1838, entitled "an act granting half
pay & pensions to certain widows;" that she is the widow of Samuel Taylor deceased, formerly
of Williamsburgh District who was a soldier & officer & served under arms in the war of the Revolution; That, as this deponent has been informed and believes, the said Samuel Taylor
entered the service under General Marion [Francis Marion] in the State of South Carolina, at the age of sixteen, as a volunteer, but whether as an officer or private she does not know, but believes from his age that he must have entered the service as a private, nor does she know the
company or Regiment in which, nor the officers under whom he served. this deponent's son entered the Army during the last war at the age of sixteen, and this deponent has heard her husband the said Samuel Taylor say that he & his son had entered the Army at the same age; the
said Samuel Taylor must have entered the service early in the year 1778, as he entered at sixteen
& died on the 4th of January, 1815, aged 53 years; she believes he entered the service in the Infantry; this deponent has understood & believes that shortly after the said Samuel entered the service he was promoted to a commissioned officer, either a lieutenancy or captaincy, but at what precise time this deponent does not know, that he continued under General Marion until early in
the year 1781,
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this deponent believes in April, when he was elected or appointed a Lieutenant in [Lt. Col. Hezekiah] Maham's  Regiment of Cavalry, but in what troop of said Regiment this deponent does not know, nor does she know who was his Captain; that the said Samuel was afterwards, but at what precise time this deponent cannot say, promoted to the
captaincy of the troop, in which office he served to the end of the War; that he was in an engagement on Santee [River] in South Carolina, & in another engagement at some other place
where his horse was killed under him, she cannot state the places in which he served nor the several engagements & skirmishes in which he was. She further saith that she has no documentary evidence of the service of the said Samuel Taylor. She further declares that she was
married to the said Samuel Taylor by a Presbyterian Preacher named Kanady in the District of
Williamsburgh, in the month of August in the year 1784; that her husband the aforesaid Samuel
Taylor, died on the 14th day of January 1815, and that she has remained a widow ever since that 
period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written, before
S/ Ann Taylor
S/ Turner Bryan, Judge of the Court of Ordinary of C. D.
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State of South Carolina Chesterfield District:
On this 27th day of May, 1839, Thomas Godfrey personally came before Turner Bryan Esquire, Judge of the Court of Ordinary in the district aforesaid, who, being first duly sworn,
saith that he knew Captain Samuel Taylor during the War of the Revolution; That he knows the
said Taylor entered Colonel Maham's Regiment of Cavalry in the Spring of 1781, This deponent thinks in the month of April as a Lieutenant and served as such for some time, but this deponent cannot say how long, nor can he say to what troop he belonged or who was his Captain; this
deponent understood & believes that said Samuel Taylor had been an officer in the militia previous to his joining the Cavalry as above stated; that the said Samuel Taylor was with the celebrated McDonald [Sgt. Allen McDonald], when he (McDonald) stuck his bayonet in Major [Micajah]
Ganey's back near Georgetown, South Carolina, on which day this deponent saw the said Taylor and for the first time, which was before he joined the
Cavalry as above stated; this deponent further saith that the said Samuel Taylor was afterwards
promoted to the office of Captain of Cavalry but at what precise time this deponent cannot say; that he served as Captain from the time of his promotion to the end of the war & was discharged from the service after the British had evacuated Charleston which he believes was in December,
1782; That the said Taylor was considered one of the most efficient officers in the Regiment to
which he belonged. This deponent has no doubt that Mrs. Ann Taylor & the said Samuel Taylor
were a legally married couple; That he recollects to have heard of the marriage of about the time
it is said to have taken place, & that he has never had any reason to doubt
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but many & strong
reasons to believe that they were married as stated by the said Ann Taylor in her foregoing
declaration: And that it affords this deponent much pleasure to state that the said Mrs. Ann Taylor, though in indigent & necessitous circumstances, is highly respectable & her declaration in entitled to full credit.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me
S/ Turner Bryan, Judge
S/ T. Godfrey

I Lewis Ganey a Clergyman residing in the District of Chesterfield, South Carolina, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Godfrey
(otherwise T. Godfry) who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, that he is highly respectable & entitled to full credit. I further certify that I have been acquainted with
Mrs Ann Taylor who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, for eight or ten years past, & from that acquaintance & from her general  reputation I believe her entitled to
credit. s/ Lewis Ganey
Sworn to & subscribed this
3d day of June, 1839, before
s/ Turner Bryan Judge of
the Court of Ordinary of CD
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State of South Carolina
Chesterfield District I, Turner Bryan Judge of the Court of ordinary in & for the District aforesaid, after investigation of the matter, do hereby certify that I am fully of opinion
that Samuel Taylor served in the War of the Revolution as set forth in the foregoing declaration of Ann Taylor
that the said Ann Taylor who has subscribed & sworn to the
foregoing declaration & the said Samuel Taylor were a legal married couple, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Samuel Taylor. I further
certify that Lewis Ganey who has subscribed & sworn to the
foregoing certificate is a respectable clergyman residing in said District of Chesterfield & is entitled to credit
I also certify that the Court of Ordinary is a Court of record, & that I have no seal of Office
Given under my hand & seal (there being no Seal of Office) this 4th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. s/ Turner Bryan
ordinary of Chesterfield District

I, J. C. Craig Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions in the District of Chesterfield, do hereby certify that Turner Bryan Esqr is Judge of the Court of Ordinary in
the said District & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Chesterfield Court House, this 4th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, and in the sixty third year of the Sovereignty & Independence of
the United States of America
s/ JC Craig Clerk of the Court
for Chesterfield District
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South Carolina Georgetown District 
Know All Men by these Presents, That
We Samuel Taylor and Edward Taylor, an holden and firmly bound unto Hugh Horry Esqr Ordinary for the
above District or Precinct in the full and just sum of Two thousand pounds sterling to be paid to the said
Hugh Horry Esqr. or to his successors, ordinances of this
District. To which payment well and truly to be made in bind ourselves, and every of us our and every of our
Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and either of them, in the whole, and for the whole jointly and severally
firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals, and dated the Thirteenth Day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four and in the Ninth year of American Independence
The Condition of the above obligation
is such, That whereas the said Hugh Horry hath this Day, under his hand and seal, licensed the Reverend W. Samuel Kennady to join in the Holy
State of Matrimony the above bounden Samuel Taylor of the One part and Ann Bonneau, Spinster of the
other part. Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said Marriage and that the said Samuel Taylor and Edward Taylor or either of them, their or either of their Heirs, Executors or Administrators, or any of them do well and truly save harmless the said Hugh Horry and all other persons whatsoever, as well in executing as granting the said Licence against all other persons whatsoever, then this obligation to be void or else to be and remain in full force and virtue
Sealed and delivered in the presence of signed Anthony Bonneau
Signed Edward Taylor
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1784
August 13 Granted Licence directed to the Revd Mr Samuel Kennady to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony Saml Taylor of the one part and Ann Bonneau of the other part.
State of South Carolina
Ordinary's Office
District of Georgetown
I Eleazer Waterman Ordinary for the district of Georgetown in the State aforesaid do hereby certify the within to be a true copy from the original bond of the late Samuel Taylor
for his intermarriage with Ann Bonneau, now his surviving widow which said Bond is now on file in this office.
I further certify that the four lines, at the head of this sheet, and dated
the 13th August 1784, are correctly copied from the minute Book of Hugh Horry, Esq. then the ordinary or Judge
of Probate, on this district and that the entry is made in his own proper hand writing the mission of the
name of Samuel Taylor on the within Bond I am satisfied was an accidental omission of the Ordinary.
I further certify that Ann Taylor, at present at the district of Chesterfield in the surviving widow of the late Capt. Samuel Taylor late of this district deceased, and that by him she bore a large family of children.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at
Georgetown in the State of South Carolina this twenty fourth day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and in the sixty third year of American Independence.
Eleazer Waterman
Ordinary
G. D
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case of Mrs Ann Taylor Certif of marriage from the ordinary Georgetown District Certif clerk C Georgetown Dist.
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State of South Carolina
Georgetown District
I Thomas S Shaw Clerk
the Court of Common Pleas for the District aforesaid
do hereby certify that Eleazer Waterman is Ordinary in and
for the District of Georgetown State aforesaid
Given under my hand and seal
Office this twenty fourth day of
May 1839
Thomas S Shaw
C.C.P
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11 March 1829
affit Wm McIntosh
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I do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Capt Samuel
Taylor in the Revolutionary War that I saw him frequently doing duty in Genl Marions Bregaid that he comanded a Troop of horse in Colonel Mayham Regiment of regular State Troopes
that he died and left a Widow and several children in needy circustances

South Carolina Sumter District Personally appeared before me James C Fullwood one of the Justices of Quorum
for said District Wm McIntosh and 
 made oath that the above
statement and Certificate is true as far as his recollection serves him
Sworn before me this 11th March 1839 s/ James C Fullwood JQ
s/ Wm McIntosh
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Anson Jany 29th 1839
Dear Sir in answer to yours of 22 July that I have the pleasure of being able to testify to some of Captain
Taylor services; and let me add it will increase my pleasure to do so. and I wish I had it in my power to state the whole of his service but this I am unable to do. In the early part of the year I think of 1781 Col Maham was authorised to raise a Regiment of Cavalry to be in constant service for
the term of 18 months or 2 years I cannot be positive which, but
am inclined to believe the latter. this regiment was soon raised and Captain Taylor entered it a Lieutenant how long he served in this capacity I am unable to say, but at the close
of the war he commanded a Troop and I always heard him spoken of as a brave and highly efficient officer this what I know, and I have heard that he served as a militia officer previous to this perhaps from the first organized opposition to the enemy
after they had overrun the state.
The Regiment that Capt Taylor belonged to was entirely different from the Militia in as much as they were in constant service and received or expected to receive pay, and were regularly enlisted, I should therefore think that some record of it may
be found in some of the offices where it probably may be ascertained how long he was entitled to pay of a Captain.
There will be no mail before next monday, I shall therefor keep this letter with the hope of finding some private conveyance and if not will send it by the next mail
I am my Dear Sir yours truly
s/ T Godfrey
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Cap S Taylor
statement of Mr T Godfrey of Anson SC
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Oakton 18th February 1839.
Dear Harriet
It afforded me great pleasure to receive your very interesting communication, the object, at once
eliciting my warmest solicitude. It is surely not necessary, that I should say to you that I must ever feel a strong Interest in all that concerns our dear
Mother. I am happy to perceive there is now a fair prospect of her getting something, and to which I am satisfied from all the circumstances, there are none more justly entitled.
I have already made some inquiries into the case, and am sorry to discover unfortunately that the old inhabitants of Geo. Town are now all dead, or moved away from the place.
Let me assure you however that I shall use every means in my power, to find out some Person perhaps a pensioner himself from whom I may
obtain a certificate of the fact, as it must have been well known, that poor Father served as an officer in the Revolutionary war, which will at once
establish her claim, under the act provided in that Case. I understand that Mr John L. Wilson is now in Charleston, and I think it not improbable could you conveniently suggest the matter to him that
from his well known readiness to serve upon occasion that requires it, that he might do much, towards
the consummation of those views.
I shall really hope ere long, to be able to give you further
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information on this important subject
When an opportunity offers Please
remember me most affectionately to your dear mother and Sister.
I am Dear Harriet with sincere regard yours &c
Jon M. Atkinson
PS If at all necessary, this letter
may be shown to M. Wilson
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Charleston S.C 14th June 1829
I have perused the aforesaid documents and from personal knowledge or direct information can verify the same except as to the
testimony of Wm McIntosh who I think I do not know-- If he be one of the three brothers of Alexander & Lachlan McIntosh I know
him, for I know three brothers and the
name of the third is not recollected. I know that Alexander & Lachlan were long since dead.
The affidavit of Mrs Taylor is entitled to implicit credence. she is a lady
of high personal pride, famously of Fortune and fashion. of the service of her husband
I can only speak by hearing of the acts of engagements he was in & of his manly bearing. He was a brave & honorable man. of his marriage
I am certain & could relate the circumstances which were some what familiar.
all the other certificates I have confidence in. Thos Godfrey's certificate is undoubtedly correct
and he knew Capt Taylor in Infancy and at death
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I have not examined the provisions
of the act of Congress under which the claim is made, but if the verity of what I have certified above, be sufficient to establish the claim
of Mrs Taylor she is entitled to the pension she seeks. I know her to be the widow of Saml Taylor & has never
married since his death. I know she is in straightened circumstances
Given under my hand this 14th June 1839 s/ John L. Wilson
 
South Carolina Charleston District
on this 19 day of June 1839. the
above named John L. Wilson
attorney at Law, and formerly Governor of South Carolina
Personally appeared and having being duly sworn Deposeth and Saith the above statement is in his own
proper handwriting, and that it is
in all particulars true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
s/ John L. Wilson
Sworn to before me the day & year above written, I certify the
Credibility of the affiant
s/ P Cantwell
not pub  & Qu for Charleston
Dist SoCa
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Ann Taylor $480
P Cantwell
Charleston SC
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State of South Carolina 
Chesterfield District
On this Eleventh day of  August 1846 Personally appeared before me Ann Taylor a resident of Chesterfield District South Carolina aged 74 years, who being duly sworn according to
law, doth on her oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Taylor decd who was a Captain in the Revolution and died in 1815. that
she had a pension at the rate of four Hundred and Eighty dollars per annum for five years and she further declares that she is still a widow
s/ Ann Taylor
Sworn and subscribed before me
on the day and year above written
I also certify that the declarant is
personally known to me
s/ H. T. Chapman
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina
sterfield District ⎬ I Turner Bryan Clerk
of the court of Common pleas for the said District of Chesterfield, Do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern That H T Chapman
whose name appears to the within
affidavit is an acting magistrate duly
appointed and qualified, and that all
credit should be paid to his acts as such
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at Chesterfield court house
the 17th day of Augt A.D. 1843
s/ Turner Bryan
C.C.P CD
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3686 Ann Taylor Wid of Saml S. Car. act of July 7 '38 SS increase from $480 to $600 as Captn of Cavalry acts '38 &c from Mar 4 '36 deducting former pays
M Thompson Washington DC
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Pension Office
Aug 11th 1851
The papers in the case of Abigan
Ingals, widow of James Ingals, claiming
pension under the act of July 7. 1838
have been examined and filed
Parole proof of service cannot be
admitted in this case if the service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Pension Office, Official use
JE Heath Commissioner.
M. Thompson, Esq
present,
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Ann Taylor, decd Inc to $600 per annum
deddg former payts at $480 per annum
acts 38, 43, 46, 48, ending
18 June 1851 payable to
Mary A. B. Taylor
Harriet R. Taylor &
Louisa E O Mouzon,
only surg children
[Illegible]
present
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Washington Feby 17th 1837
Sir
I am authorized and requested
by Ann Taylor Widow of Capt Samuel Taylor, a pensioner on the South Caroline roll respectfully to ask a reexamination of his papers on file,
with a view to an increase of pension,
to which you will find upon an examination of the papers, he is clearly entitled.
I have the honor to be
Most respectfully
Your Obt Sert
M Thompson
Hon J. E. Heath CP
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Ann Taylor
1788 - 21 = 1767
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Washington May 24th 1857
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 22d Inst
rejecting the claim of Mrs.
Ann Taylor widow of Capt Saml Taylor of South Carolina to an increase
of pension.
I herewith inclose the certificate of the Comptroller General of South Carolina, showing that Saml Taylor
served not only as lieutenant
but also 344 days as Capt of
Cavalry, also Several years in all at different times as Major. and
that he received five years
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full pay as Major. which I trust will enable you at a single glance,
to perceive as Clearly, as I do that
Mrs Ann Taylor is entitled to the
proposed increase from $480.-
to $600.- per annum
you have already properly
admitted that he was captain; it
is equally Clear, that if he was capt of anything, he was Capt. of Cavalry, (as the papers show.)
T Godfrey & W McIntosh testify that they saw Saml Taylor doing
duty under Genl Marion & Col Mayham.
Hon J.L.  Wilson, Ex Governor of South Carolina, testifies
to the very high character
of
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Mrs. Ann Taylor, if that were necessary But further comment is
unnecessary in a case like this
your attention to this claim as early as practical Will very much oblige
Mrs Taylor, who is Now Very poor, &
needy and also confer a favor on her.
your obt servt
M. Thompson
To
Hon J E. Heath
Commsr of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Washington Sept 8th 1851
Sir
I beg leave herewith to submit for
your consideration,
an extract of a letter
from the Hon D Wallace of S. Car. in connection with the claim of Capt. & Maj Saml Taylors widow to an increase of pension
Besides the example of Buonaparte,
who exhibited extraordinary
Military genius at the age of 16 & 18, history is replete with instances of
young men attaining high rank, 7
performing prodigies of daring and 
Valor at the age of 16 or 18.
Charles the 12th of
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Sweden, was commander 
of the Royal army at the age of 15
At the age of 18 he commanded a fleet of thirty Ships, & boldly led
the attack upon Copenhagen
& defeated the Danes
How, or upon what grounds
Mrs. Taylors claim for an increase can be longer delayed, I cannot conceive
I have the honor to be
Most Respectfully
your obt svt 
M Thompson
Hon J. E. Heath
Commissr of Pensions
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Extract from Hon. D. Wallace's letter, dated Union August 31st 1851
Dear Michael
I am this moment in receipt of
yours of the 18th Inst. in reference to the Taylor pension claim
There is nothing improbable in Taylor's being a Capt. & Major at 18 years old. In time of the revolution the roll of the army included all able bodied men from 16 to 60 years old, many of the revolutionary pensioners of this state were in the army at 16 years old.
Christopher Branden, was in the Battle of the Cowpens as a horseman at 16 years old. Under our present Militia system, many of our Young
men reach high rank soon after being enrolled. I was a Capt. myself at 18 years old. The Taylor family were distinguished patriots, and a distinguished family.
There is nothing at all improbable in the supposition that Taylor was an officer at 18.
I never heard of such a point before.
At what age would the Comr. admit the probability of a
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man being an officer?
Taylor might have had qualifications at 18, that many did not have at 48
I think the family was one of wealth, and the son may have been well educated at 18.
Bonaparte was General in Chief &
astonished Europe with his victories before he was 26.
How old must a man be before he can be a Captain. This is a new idea.
the age of 18 is beyond the age of youthful imbecility & the presumption against the claim on the ground stated I do not think well founded
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P.S is it not reasonable to suppose,
that if there had been two Saml Taylors, one Capt. and the other Maj.
there would have been two claims
for pensions ere this, one from Capt S Taylor, or his representatives, & one from, Major Saml Taylor, or his representatives. 
And the fact that but one SamlTaylor has ever presented
a claim for a pension, is to say the least, prima faciae evidence that there was but one Man of that
name in the revolutionary War
in S. Car.
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Department of State
Washington, September 3d 1851
J. S. Evans, Esqr Pension Office,
sir
In reply to your letter of the 27th Ultima I have to inform you, that an examination of the returns of the South Carolina line does not disclose the name of any Samuel Taylor, as an officer of the Revolution from
that State
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your obedient servant
W. S. Derick
Acting Secretary
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3686 South Carolina
Ann Taylor wiow of Samuel Taylor
who was a Captain
in the S Caroa Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
480 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of Decr 1843 and sent to
P. Cantwell Charleston SC
Act of March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 211
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Washington Sept 2 1851
Sir
since the Major Samuel Taylor
- Capt. Saml Taylor case has been under reexamination I wrote to the
Comptroller general of So. Car.
requesting him to compare, the
hand writings on file in his office in
Connection with the several indents
in the name of Capt. Saml Taylor & Major Saml Taylor and in his letter of 28th ult before me he says I can certify that the signatures of Samuel Taylor to each of these two last
that is book  G 306 is in the same hand writing
only Book X 207 to Captain
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Samuel Taylor, Lt. & Capt in
Mayhams Cavalry in 1781, 82 &1783
He further says His whole history I suppose I could trace up at great trouble which I Would undertake only
upon promise of extra compensation
The letter is Written hurriedly 
immediately after his return from
Georgia Where he had been a short time on a visit, and relates to other
matters of a private & confidential
Nature otherwise I would present it in
connection & support of the claim for an increase
That Major Samuel Taylor
& Capt Saml Taylor" is one
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and the same Man, there Can
no longer be a rational doubt
The testimony of two or three of the Witnesses goes to show that he served in the capacity of an officer
before he was Lieut. or Capt. of Cavalry. It is also clearly shown that 
all that he served at least two years in the latter capacity.
the cavalry being a much higher branch of the service, it is not surprising that a Major of Infantry or
Militia, should afterwards become capt of cavalry.
The view suggested by you
Col Niles on yesterday, that he
must have
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served in some capacity before he was lieut & Capt o 
Cavalry, so far from having been
overlooked, was dwelt upon by me in
my last letter to you as a strong point
in the case, going to strengthen
rather, than Weaken the claim
And although it is clear
upon a full view of the case,
that he served as Maj. & Capt
yet it is not necessary to urge upon your consideration the fact that he did serve in the former capacity. since
it is sufficiently proven that he served
full two years as capt of Cavalry
But if it Were necessary
which I presume
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as before stated it is not, to advert again to the question of the personal identity of Maj. Saml Taylor & "Lieut.
Saml Taylor I trust the above extracts
from the Comptroller's certificate Will
put that question to rest forever. I therefore hope you Will not subject
me to the delay, trouble and expense of "extra compensation to the Comptroller general of So Carolina to
make that more Clear, which s already
sufficiently so
I have the honor to be most
respectfully your obt svt
M Thompson
to Hon. J.E. Heath
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James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Charleston So Car
12 October 1839
Sir I herewith beg to lay before you the original certificate from the office of the Comptroller General of this state in relation to the claim of Mrs
Anne Taylor the widow of Capt Samuel Taylor, and which it is believed prove two years service as an officer & a captain
I have the honor
to remain sir your obt st 
P. Cantwell
to James L Edwards Esquire
commissioner of Pensions
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449.7
South Carolina
Ann Taylor
widow of Samuel Taylor, decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of _ and who died on the _ 1815 -
of Chesterfield in the State of S. Caro
who was a Capt in the_ commanded
by Captain _ of the Brigade commanded by Genl [Andrew] Pickens in the S. Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
the rate of 480 Dollars _Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Oct 1839 & sent to P. Cantwell
Charleston S. C. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $1680.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 240.00 = $1920.00
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 195
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Interior
Saturday Morg
Dear Whiting
The enclosed letter is from a friend
in Mobile. If you can make out what he wants please write to him-- or to me
Yours truly
G. Bailey

Hon
G.C. Whiting
Present
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[STAMP]
PENSION OFFICE JUNE 6 1859
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papers 3 ins was handed to Mr Hafner  19 Aug 1841 for Wm [Illegible]
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Samuel Taylor d 1815
Ann m 1784
1778 pri shortly commissioned as Lieut - a Capt [Illegible] under Marion till 1781 [Illegible]
Lieut in Col Mahams Cavy

Mil Tho Godfrey knew when a Capt in 1781 as a Lieut also knew him Capt how long he served Promoted to a Capt and served end of war Dec 1782
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Charleston So Ca
8 August 1848
Sir I very respectfully lay before you the declaration of Mrs Ann Taylor a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 7 June 1844 and 2 feby 1848. for the purpose of proving her claim
to a continuation of her pension
I Remain Sir
very respectfully
Yr Obt Svt. 
P. Cantwell
to James L. Edwards Esq
commissioner of pensions
Washington City
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Charleston So Ca
22 Aug 1843
Sir I respectfully lay before you the proofs in support of the claim of Mrs Ann Taylor and Mrs Elizabeth Rumph for the years pension under the act of Mar 1843
I remain very respectfully Yr Obt svt
P. Cantwell

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City
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Sep. 16. 1851
Hon. J.E. Heath
Sir
By  reference to the extracts
from the letter of the Comptroller genl of So Car. it Will be observed
that the hand writing of Maj Saml Taylor in 1780 & that of Lieut & Capt. Saml Taylor in 1781, 1782, & 1783, are the same, which puts to rest the objections raised by Col. Niles he having, I feel sure, overlooked this important point.
If as the Comptroller certifies to be the fact, the Maj Saml Taylor in 1780, (not the Major Taylor in 1781, 1782, & 1783, as Col. Niles erroneously
considered, & hence the difficulty
in his mind & the Lieut & Capt.
Saml Taylor in 1781, 1782 & 1783
is one & the same Man, as would
appear from the identity of the
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hand writing in the two cases,
the case is made out, and
the claim must be allowed.
The testimony on file in the
case shows that the Saml Taylor
served in the capacity of an officer before he was Lieut & Capt of Cavalry, & the hand writing of Maj. Taylor in 1780, & Capt. Taylor in 1781, 1782, 3 being the same all doubt as to
the validity of the present claim, Must Vanish:
And besides all these, (to my mind,
conclusive facts & circumstances
Saml Taylor was aid decamp before
he was either, Major or Capt & he might have been aid decamp with the rank of Major.
After all I have said in the case, in my several communications of which
I most respectfully solicit your attentive perusal.
I have only to repeat in conclusion my conviction that you will consistently with your sense of duty
admit this claim
I have the honor &c M. Thompson
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5872
Ann Taylor Wid of Samuel SC
Act July 7 1838
married 1784
decd 1815
Allow 2 yrs as Captain
$480 per ann
in Genl Pickens Brigade
So Ca
P Cantwell
Charleston
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Ann Taylor's case
increase allowed as Captain of Cavalry JEH
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So. Ca
April 8th 1851
No 214 Book C Issued to Major Samuel Taylor March 1784 for four hundred & thirty four pounds 12/6 Sterling being for his pay & subsistence to 11 February 1780 & his additional State pay to the same time pr the Auditor Generals Certificate Principal L434. 12.6
An interest L30.8.5

No 306 Book G Issued 22d June 1784 to Major Samuel Taylor for L428.5.5 ½ Sterling for pay for duty in Genl. Pickens & Sumters Regmts also for horses lost in continl service & hire of a flatt on Savannah River to Transport
the South Carolina & Georgia Troops in 1778, 1779,1780. 1781 & 1782 as pr accounts audited
Principal L428.5.5 ½
Interest L29. 19:6  No 2-
Book G No 306
Major Samuel Taylor his account of 214 days Militia duty performed under General
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Sumpter [Sumter] from 5th Septr 1780 to 7th April 1781. Amounting to L137. 11.5 stg

State of So Carolina
To Major Saml Taylor Dr to his pay as a Major in actual service from the
5th day of Sept A.D. 1780 until the 7th day of April inclusive A D 1781 under Brigadier Genl Sumter 214 days @
L4.10 pr day = L963
in Sterling = L157.11.5
I do certify the above act is just (signed) Saml Taylor
the above acct attested upon oath the 12th July 1783 before me (signed) Robert Anderson JP

Recd the 22d June 1784 from the Commissioners of the Treasury full satisfaction for the within account in an indent No 306 (Signed) Saml Taylor

Book G No 306 Major Samuel Taylor his account of 424 days Militia duty performed under General Pickens from 22nd August 1781 to 20th
Octr 1782 amounting to L227.11.5

The Public of South Carolina to Samuel Taylor Dr For his pay as a Major in actual service from the
22d day of August 1781 to the 20th day of October 1782 inclusive viz, 424 days at 90s = L1.9.8
Sterling L 272.11.5
(Signed) Saml Taylor
Sworn to the 12th July 1783
before me, Robert Anderson J.P
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I do certify the above act is just 12th of July 1783 (Signed ) Andr Pickens
Brig Genl
received the 22d June 1784 from the Commissioner of the Treasury an Indent No 306 Book G for L428.5.5 ½ in full satisfaction as well of the above as for three other audited accounts (signed) Saml Taylor

No 207 Lib X Issued the 2d September 1785 to Captain Samuel Taylor for three hundred & Twelve pound twelve shillings & one penny for 187 days duty as a Lieutenant in Colonel Mayhams Cavalry Do for Rations 344 do as Capt Do for Rations in 1781, 1782 & 1783
per account audited
Principal L312.12.1 1/4
Annual interest L21.17.2  No.66

No 42 Lib Z Issued 16 August 86 to Major Saml Taylor L700 stg five years full pay in lieu of half pay pr resolve of Congress & assessed by the Commr
No 111 Interest L49 "
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be
true copies as taken from the
Records in this office. For Comptroller Genl s/ James A Black Dep
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[STAMP] PENSION OFFICE JUN 6 1859
Hon Geo C Whiting
Commr Pensions
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South Carolina
Ann Taylor dcd
widow of Samuel SC who served in the Revolutionary war [illegible
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 600 dollars _ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March _ ending 11 June 1851
certificate of pension issued the 3d day of Nov 1851 and sent to M Thompson present
recorded on Roll of Pensioners act February 2, 1848, Page 340 Vol 2

S Bailey June 9/59
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payment is to be made at Charleston by John C Cochran Esq Agent for paying Pensioners in the agency of South Carolina
payable on the 4th September and 4th March
recordEd in the pension office on the roll of Pensioners under act February 2d 1848 Page 340 col 2
Geo Jenkins clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848 Ann Taylor
widow of Samuel Taylor who was a
Captain in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of four hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of August
one thousand eight hundred and
forty eight.
s/M. L. Marcy Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans
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to James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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3686
South Carolina
Ann Taylor widow of Samuel
who was a Captain of Cavalry
in the Revolution
Incd from $480
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 600 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d
day of Novr 1837 and sent to
M. Thompson Present
Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2
Page 170
A.A.2H
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Brief in the case of Ann Taylor
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Brief in the case of Ann Taylor Wid of
Saml Chesterfield Dist  and State of South Carolina Act of July 7. 1840

Claim, for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Has additional evidence been filed in this claim? If so, what?
Additional Record evidence furnished
from the office of the Comptroller of Carolina shewing that Saml Taylor was a Captain of Cavalry and also that he was a Lieutenant and aid de Camps
Name and residence of Agent.
M Thompson
Washington
D C
F.H. Davidge
Examining Clerk.
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single mail 12-
P. Cantwell Esquire
Charleston So Carolina
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Indent Book C No. 214  No 1
Issued to Major Samuel Taylor
1 March 1784 for four Hundred and
thirty four pounds 12/6 Sterling being
for his pay and subsistance to the 4th
February 1780 and his additional state pay to the same time, pr the Auditor General Certificate L434.12.6

Book G No 306 No 2 Issued to Major Samuel Taylor 22d June 1784 for Four hundred and twenty eight pounds 5 /5 ½ for pay for duly in Generals Pickens and Sumter Regt Also for Horses lost in Continental service, and hire of a flat on Savanah
River to transport the South Carolina and Georgia Troops, in 1778. 1779, 1780. 1781 & 1782 as pr accts
audited L428.5.5 ½

Book M No. 639 No 3 issued first of October 1784 to Mr Samuel Taylor Aid de Camp in General Sumters Brigade State Troops, for Ninety four pounds Sterling, amount of pay and Bounty due for services in the said troops
and Brigade, with Interest thereon from the first day of April 1782 to date hereof agreeable to a resolution of General Assembly of the 11th March last L94.0.0
430.2.6 
428.5.5
94 L Stg
161
Book G
No 306
No 2
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Indent Book X No 207 No 4
Issued 2d September 1785
to Captain Samuel Taylor for three
hundred and twelve pounds twelve
shillings & one penny for 187 days duty as a Lieutenant in Col Mayham
Regt of Cavalry, Do for ration 344, do
as Captain for rations in 1781, 1782, & 1783 pr acct auditors L312.12.1

Indent Book Z No 207 No 5
Issued 16 August 1786 to Major Samuel Taylor for L700.0.0 Sterling for five years full pay in lieu of half pay pr Resolution of Congress
and passed by Commissioners L700

Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 9 October 1839
I do hereby  Certify that the above memorandums marked No. 1,2,3,4,5
in red ink are true copies taken from the Indent Books, deposited in this Office. Certified this date
William E. Hayne
Comptr Genl
pr B. Hart

fees five dollars, which
you will please forwd
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Department of State
Official
FS Evans Esq
Pension Office
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SC
Ann Taylor widow of Samuel 
see Let. to P. Cantwell Sept. 3d 1839
act July 7, 1838
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Official Business
Hon  JE Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC Feb 18 '51
respecting of Ann Taylor Wid of Capt Saml SC roll
M. Thompson present
Feb 19/51
Cap. Triplett
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4497 South Carolina
Ann Taylor decd widow of Samuel
who died on the _ 1815
of Chesterfield in the State of So. Ca.
who was a Captain of Cavy in the Brigade commanded by Col Pickens in the S. C. line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston
at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Novr 1851 and sent to
M. Thompson Present
Incsd from $480
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by SR Weightman clerk
Book D Vol 1 page 313
A. 2,195
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Washington
Aug. 18. 1867
Sir
In your letter of 22d May last, you say in reference to the Claim of Mrs Ann Taylor, Widow of Capt. Saml Taylor of
So. Carolina , to an increase of
pension from $480.- to $600.- per annum. Her husband became a
lieutenant of Cavalry in 1781 and served untill the latter part of 1782
in that grade, and in that of Capt. &c
By reference to the testimony of
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2
Thomas Godfrey and Wm McIntosh
it will be seen that he served as Captain of Cavalry to the close of the War. These two men testify of their
own knowledge, positively to this fact
The comptroller General's Certificate
establishes the same fact.
If then as you properly admitted in
the letter above referred to, he
was captain of the Cavalry from
1781 & 1782 to the Close of the war in Nov 1783, it is impossible to
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resist the conclusion that his widow is entitled to pay for his services
as Captain of Cavalry for two years
In your letter of 1st July last, you take another position equally untenable, & at variance as I conceive, with the evidence on file in the case
You say the witnesses swear he entered as lieut & Capt of Cavalry in 1781 &c. If you will again refer to the evidence on file
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you will see that it goes to show that he had previously been in service and as an officer
& the evidence in my judgement
Clearly points to Captain Saml Taylor & to Maj Samuel Taylor as one and the same man.
You say it is almost certain he was not the Maj Taylor alluded  to in the Comptrs certificate, because
in your opinion, it was not Very probable that he should have been promoted to a Majority at the age of 18
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years, over so many older, & more experienced officers
This proposition involves
an assumption at Variance with the well known history, not only of
those times but of the Military habits
of the people and laws of that state from the first Settlement of the Country to the present time
From her first settlement as a British Colony to the present time,
every able bodied Male inhabitant from the age of 16 to 60 years has
been compellable to
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6
bear arms in times of alarm or invasion. Capt Taylor & Maj Taylor if you please was a volunteer and for ought we know a very precocious youth and at a time like that which tries mens souls when the history of the times shows that there were not quite so many older and more experienced officers as you seem to imagine it is not to my mind very
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7
unlikely that he was Major at the age of 18 years. It is no very uncommon thing to see even Colonels in that latitude at the age of 18 years. I could place my finger upon many such at this time. At the risk of being called egotistical I beg leave to inform you of the fact that I was a Colonel of Militia in that state at the age of 18 years.
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8
Nor does it appear from the Declaration that he was but 18 at that time. Mrs Taylor thinks he was 16 when he entered the service. She does not, cannot know. He might have been older. This objection therefore falls to the ground. But to advert again in conclusion to the fact as is maintained that she is entitled for two years services as Captain of Cavalry in view of
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9
your own proper admissions that he was Captain of Cavalry in 1781 & 1782 & of the evidence of Mr Godfrey & Mr McIntosh to the same effect & that he so continued to the close of the war in Nov 1783 & of the documentary evidence to the same effect your rejection of the present application for an increase will not only disregard your recorded admissions and the documentary evidence on file but also set the
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10
broad seal of perjury upon the lips of Mr Godfrey and Mr McIntosh so far as your action can fix such a [Illegible]
Here then are two credible certified to be so witnesses testifying to a material fact. Where according to all the common law rules of evidence one would be sufficient even in the absence of your own admissions which are also evidence and the documentary evidence on file.Upon this point Starkie in his celebrated work on the law of evidence Vol 1 pg 550 says. The testimony
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of a single witness where there is no ground for suspecting either his ability or his integrity is a sufficient ground for belief. That it is strong enough to produce actual belief every mans experience will vouch. In this country as well as in England two witnesses are sufficient to convict fro treason and one witness is sufficient to convict for other crimes. In Bacons Abridgement Vol 2 pg 507 It is Holden by my Lord Chief justice
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Holt that at common law it was not necessary in any case that proof of any matter of fact should be made by more than one witness and that the single testimony of one credible witness was sufficient to prove any fact.
It is the constant practice of the courts of law & equity in England and this country to ground their decrees upon the testimony of a single witness. The ecclesiastical courts of England were also compelled to observe these rules.
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Upon every rule, therefore, of law & judicial proof now in force in England and in this country the evidence upon every material point in this case is conclusive - enough - & more than enough. I have the honor to be most respectfully your obt servt
M. Thompson
to
Hon JE Heath Commissioner of Pensions
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PS. You say his widow in her declaration only claims for his services as Lieut & Capt of Cavalry. She is nevertheless entitled to pay for his services previous to that time as it is shown by Mr Godfrey & Mr McIntosh that he served previously as an officer in a separate & independent organization & the Comptrollers Certificate shows the rank in which he served to have been that of Major. Again you have pensioned him at the rate allowed a Captain of Infantry when there is not a particle
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of evidence to show that he was ever Capt except as Captain of Cavalry. How then can you consistently withhold from him the pay of a Captain of Cavalry to say nothing more of the fact which I conceive to be clearly established that Captain Samuel Taylor refer to one and the same person in the Comptroller Generals certificate
respectfully MT
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admitted
P Cantwell Charleston SC
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The State of South Carolina
Chesterfield District
On this fourth day of August 1848 personally appeared before me the undersigned KT Morgan acting magistrate, Mrs Ann Taylor resident of Cheraw So Car aged Seventy nine 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 on the 2nd Feby 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the
Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Tayler who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution
and died in 1815.
That she received a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Four Hundred and Eighty dollars ($480) per annum. she further declares that she is still a widow.
s/ Ann Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
s/ K.T. Morgan Magt

I Jas C. Craig Clerk of the Court of Chesterfield District certify that KT Morgan is a magistrate as above, and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 5th day of
August 1848
s/ JC. Craig
Clerk
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Rev WIDOW &c file no 22363
Ann Taylor Wid of Samuel Taylor Capt Rev War act Feb 2d 1845
Vol M page 266
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March 17 1897 history to Mrs O Walton Lingley 101 Henry Street Brooklyn NY
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O. W. & N. Div.  LWB
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington DC Feby 8 1897
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information
called for below. DS Murphy
[STAMP] US PENSION OFFICE FEB 15 1897
Full name of soldier, Sam'l Taylor
Place of residence before service
(Town, county, and State if possible)
Philadelphia, Pa
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible)
Pendleton S.C.
Date of death (as near as possible)
soon after end of Rev War
Christian name of widow
dont know-- She was a Miss Cannon
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? No
Remarks: land grants were from 1808
to 1811. We want data of service, & age
Your name and address:
Mrs O. Walton Lingley
101. Mincy St
Brooklyn
N. Y.
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we want no pension - simply records
My father William Cannon Taylor son of Samuel Taylor was a Maj in the US Army served in the Seminole War. My mother Eliza M Taylor rec'd a pension (soldiers) of $12. per month
She was entitled to back pay but never got it she died in 1889 Mar 17.
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101 Mincy St Brooklyn NY
Feb 13th 1897
[STAMP] OLD WAR & NAVY FEB 17 1897
Commissioner of Pensions
I return the within not wanting anything about a pension
I want the record of my grandfather Samuel Taylor who served in the Revolutionary War having been sent to the
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Carolinas from Philadelphia Pa by the Colonial authorities to aid in organizing the troops he served in the 6th Carolina Regt under Genl Sumter as Major in that Regt He was granted a large tract of land Bounty on the Seneca River in District of old Pendleton for services rendered
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in the war
The records of the Revolutionary War at Columbia SC were destroyed during the late war but of course all war records are to be found at Washington DC I wrote to the war dept only to be referred to you Please give all the data possible
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at as early a date as possible and greatly oblige, what we want are dates of service - of entering and leaving - also age at time of entering service
respectfully
Mrs O Walton Lingley
101 Mincy St. Brooklyn
wrote from Philadelphia Pa Jan 12th 1894
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O.W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
LWB W.22363.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 17, 1897.
Madam: Replying to your request for information concerning the military
record of Samuel Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are
advised that Ann, widow of Samuel Taylor, made an application for pension on May 27, 1839, at which time she was 70 years of age and residing at Chesterfield, S. C., and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a Captain in the South Carolina troops,
Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time served under Col. Pickens. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully Commissioner
Mrs. O. Walton Lingley,
101 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Hon James E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
sent hist to Mr Niles