Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10377, for James S Talbot, Virginia
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(3-1776):

Service
Va.

Talbot, James S.

Number
R 10377
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{District of Columbia
County of Washington} SS.

Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & District, on this 23rd day of April 1852, Thornton S Talbot, a person entitled to credit, who being duly sworn before & says that he is the son of James S Talbot, who applies for a pension as a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army, & that [crossed out words] the said James S Talbot has not heretofore applied for a pension because the said James S. Talbot was in easy circumstances & ord. not need the said pension; & the said James S Talbot also has heretofore entertained an opinion that his receiving a pension from the United States would retract from his merit as a patriot. This affiant further states that the situation of the said James S Talbot is such at this time as to make the pension to which he is entitled necessary to his comfort, which circumstance above has reduced the said James S Talbot to make his application for a pension.
Thornton S. Talbot

{District of Columbia
County of Washington}
Subscribed & sworn to, before me this 23rd day of April 1852, at said county & district, and I further certify that the said Thornton S. Talbot is entitled to credit.
H. S. Myer
Justice of the Peace
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April 20/52
Ror
Missouri

James S. Talbots application for a pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832

Taken by order a Capt. Tiflett
April 20, 1852
Nov.
W P Hall
H. R.

No 38 330
James S. Talbot
Missouri
June 7, 1832

10377
Hn W. P. Hall
H. R.
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{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} S.S.

Be it remembered that on this 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1852, before me, the undersigned a Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Buchanan in the said state of Missouri, personally appeared James S. Talbot, a resident of the said County of Buchanan and state aforesaid, aged eighty eight years and nearly ten months old who being by me 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 was born in Bedford County in the state of Virginia on the 24th day of May in the year 1763. That on the day of July in the year 1780 he was draughted to serve in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the State Troops of Virginia and on the 10th day of August in the year of 1780 he was enlisted to serve in said Army in said State Troops of Virginia and rendezvoused at Hillsborough in North Carolina, in company of Thomas Leftridge in the regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Spencer, in Genl Stephen's Brigade, that on the 14th day of August 1780, he was regularly received into said service to serve for the term of three months - that he was in the Battle of Camden, or what is more generally known as Genl Gates defeat, near Camden, (as said soldier and a private in said State Troops of Virginia) on the 15th day of August 1780 - and served in said Company and regiment until the 14th day of November in said year 1780 - when he was regularly discharged, and verbally from said service but never took any care of his discharge and consequently cannot now produce the same - that at the time of said service he was a resident of Bedford County in the State of Virginia - that sometime about the last of February 1781, he volunteered as a Rifleman for an indefinite period, in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Moon in the Rifle Regiment Commanded by Col. Charles Lynch, and that said Regiment was attached to the Command of General Greene on the 8th day of March 1781 - and upon joining Greene's Command was then attached an Infantry to Col. William Washington's Command - That on the 15th day of March 1781 he was with said company and regiment and said Command under Genl Greene in the Battle of Guilford Court House in the State of North Carolina and that after the retreat of Genl Cornwallis the Regiment
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to which he belonged, being volunteers, were discharged from further service, and that sometime in the month of March in the year 1781 he, as well as said regiment, was regularly and Honorably discharged from said volunteer service - that he knows not what has become of said discharge as he took no care of it, and has consequently lost it. - at the time he volunteered and rendered said last service, he was still a resident of Bedford County in the State of Virginia. That about the first of August [or first of September: crossed out] 1781 he again for the second time volunteered for the term of six week to serve in the State Troops of Virginia, and did serve said tour of six weeks in said year in the company commanded by Captain Alexander Cummins, in the Regiment commanded by Col John Holcomb, and was attached to the command of Genl Lafayette - and at the end of six weeks was Honorably discharged from said service, and received a regular discharge, but has lost that also - and that for the third time, he volunteered in the State Troops of Virginia, in the month of September 1781, and was regularly mustered into the said service as a private in the company commanded by Captain Charles Calloway in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Calloway, and Rendezvoused at New London in Bedford County Virginia. That said Regiment marched to Yorktown in the State of Virginia, and was there attached to the army of the United States under the command of Genl George Washington, and that upon the arrival of said regiment, at Yorktown, it was left without field officers, by said Col Calloway and all other officers of higher grade than Captain being discharged - That he remained in said Company, in the army under Genl Washington, at the siege of Yorktown until after the Surrender of Yorktown on the 19th day of October 1781, and was then and there regularly and Honorably discharged from said service, that he received said discharge from the captain of his said Company, Captain Charles Calloway, on the evening of the same day of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, & at York Town on the Parade ground - for the purpose of taking care of his wounded brother, wounded in said siege - That he served as a private in each and all of said four tours of military service in said State Troops or Militia of Virginia, in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain - that during all of the time of said service he was a resident of Bedford County in the said State of Virginia - And that from Bodily infirmity and old age, residing some twelve miles
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from the County Seat of the County of Buchanan, the place where the courts of said County are heed, he cannot safely make his declaration in open court, as required whenever
practicable
And the said affiant and applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and further declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, and that this is his first application for a pension under any act of Congress whatsoever
James S. Talbot

Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned, this 17th day of March 1852.
Robert Jessee
Justice Buchanan County Court

{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} S.S.
I Robert Jessee, a Justice of the county court
within and for the County of Buchanan and State aforesaid, do hereby certify and declare this opinion that the above named applicant James S. Talbot was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he served in said war as stated in his said application above and I further certify that the said applicant James S. Talbot cannot from old age and bodily infirmity safely attend the sitting of said County Court for the purpose of making his declaration in open court -
Given under my hand this 17th day of March 1852
Robert Jessee
Justice Buchanan County Court

{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} S.S.
We, Barnes Clark, a clergyman, residing
in said county and State aforesaid, and Isaac Thornton a resident of same County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James S. Talbot, who has subscribed and swore to the above and foregoing declaration - that we believe him to be eighty eight years and about ten months of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides and we reside to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and
that we concur in that opinion
Barnes Clark
Isaac [his x mark] Thornton

Sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned this 17th day of March 1852 -
Robert Jessee
Justice Buchanan County Court -
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{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} S.S.
I Robert Jessee, a Justice of the
County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to me that Barnes Clark, who has signed the foregoing certificate and preceding affidavit, is a clergyman resident in the County of Buchanan in the State of Missouri, and that the said Isaac Thornton, resident in same county and state is a credible person - and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Given under my hand this 17th day of March 1852 -
Robert Jessee
Justice Buchanan County Court

{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} S.S.
I William Fowler, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Buchanan and
State of Missouri, do hereby certify that the said Robert Jessee whose name appears to the foregoing declaration for a Pension made by James S. Talbot for services rendered in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and to the foregoing certificates and affidavit as a Justice of the County Court within and for the County of Buchanan and State of Missouri, was, at the said time of his said signing on the 17th day of March 1852, and still is, an acting Justice of said County Court in said State, duly qualified and commissioned according to law that the foregoing are his proper and genuine signatures, that said County Court is a Court of Record, and that I am the Clerk of said Court of which said Robert Jessee is a Justice, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such -
I further certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings had before said Robert Jessee, a Justice of the Buchanan County Court in the application of James S. Talbot for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Buchanan County Court in the State of Missouri at Office in Saint Joseph this 22nd day of March A.D. 1852
William Fowler Clerk
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August 7, 1852
Aug 2/12
Addl evi. case of Jas. S. Talbot
[illegible]: att:

[illegible] att-
Hon. W. P. Hall
H.R.
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{County of Daviess
State of Kentucky} Set
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for said County & State on this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1852 Willis Talbot who first being duly sworn according to law deposes & says that he is now Eighty One years of age (since the 18th day of November 1851) that he is the brother of James
S Talbot of Buchanan County in the State of Missouri, who has made application for a pension as a soldier in the American revolutionary Army, of the State of Virginia that this affiant knows that his brother James S Talbot was a private in the Army but does not recollect the Co. Regiment or Col to which he belonged nor does he now recollect the day or year on which he was drafted, but that he served under Genl Gates at the South & was at Gates defeat & was also in service as a soldier in the American revolutionary army under Genl Green & was at the battle of Guilford.
This affiant further states that the said James S Talbot is also the identical James S Talbot who served in the Virginia Militia with for the period of six weeks in the lower part of the State of Virginia, but does not recollect the company or Capt to which he belonged nor the Regiment or Col in Command. Whether the said Jas S Talbot
was drafted or volunteered for said period of
Six weeks
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This affiant also states that the said James S Talbot is the identical James S. Talbot who was a private in the Virginia militia as before stated and that he was drafted or volunteered for a period of service not now recollected nor does this affiant recollect the day or date nor the Co or Regiment or officers in command but has always understood. That his brother James S. Talbot was at the Battle of Yorktown
This affiant states that he did not serve with the said James S. Talbot as aforesaid he being too young to do so. But that he knows of the said James S Talbot entering the service as aforesaid, of his leaving home as aforesaid of his remaining away from home as aforesaid & that he verily believes that his service as above set forth is correct & that such was the understanding & belief of the community in which the said James S Talbot lived at that time out in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia & that said James S. Talbot was always reputed a good and faithful soldier & an honest man.
Williston Talbot

{County of Daviess 
State of Ky} set
I William H Davis a justice of the peace within & for said County certify that the above named Williston Talbot is a man of credit & veracity, that he Subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me this Seventeenth day of June AD 1852 & that he is as believed 81 years of age since 18th Novr 1851
Wm. H. Davis J.P.
Justice of the peace
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{County Daviess
State of Kentucky} set
I William B Wall Clerk of the County Court of said County of Daviess Certify that William H Davis whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate as a Justice of the peace, is and was at the time of Signing the same a Justice of the peace, within and for said County of Daviess duly elected Commissioned and sworn & qualified as such, and this his signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court Eighteenth
day of June A.D. 1852.
William B Wall Clerk
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Carrol County Kentucky, this is to certify that I have knone[sic] James Talbot for about thirty years & lived neibor[sic] to him in said Carrol County Kentucky, and to my knolage [sic] & the opinion of the neiborhood he was a high minded strictly honest man, a man proverbial for truth in the Street Sence of The word, I have frequently herd him telover what accurd to and to him whilst in the army of the Revelution & particular the batal of Gilford Corthouse & many others of his companing excurtions. I have likewise herd Ishum Talbot his Brother Speke of James being in the army, which I believe to be a fact, as both men ware of high standing as men of Trouth
Given under my hand this  of March 1850
William White

I hereby by certify that in 1809 or 10 in Boone Co. Kentucky I was introduced to Capt James S. Talbot by Major Arial Seabury as a Soldiers entered [written as anpatered] of the Revolution Wars they ware then neighbours. In 1815 when I returned from the War of 1812 I found Capt James S. Talbot settled on the Ohio river (then Gallatin Co) now Carroll Co, Ky, my neighbours which he continued for near thirty years he then sold his farm and moved to the State of Mousira [Missouri], In 1812 at New Orleans I became acquainted with Isham elder Brother of James S. Talbott he informed me when he came to Kentucky he left his brother James S. in the service of the Revolutionary War he (Isham) returned and James S. Talbot came to Kentucy[sic]
In all my acquaintance with Capt James T. Talbott for forty
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years I have found him a man of the strict probaty [probity] a higminded [highminded]
patriot and was allways spoken of as a firm soldier of the relovotionary war
Given under my hand March 1850 Carroll Co. Ky
Moss T. Hoagland

I do certify that I have known James S. Talbot for twenty or thirty years and as a man of veracity and truth I can say that no man in this section of the County stood higher and any thing that he would swear or tell to be true I should put implicit confidence in
March 3d 1850 Carroll Co. Ky
George Fearn

Carroll Cty Ky
March 4th 1848
I W O Butler of the town and State aforesaid certify that I have known Mr James S Talbot for near forty years that I have frequently heard him spoken of as a soldier of the Revolutionary war and that I have always looked upon him as one of the most truthful and honest men with whom I have ever met 
W O Butler
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State of Kentucky Carroll County
I Thomas L Butler do certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Mr James S Talbott for about thirty years and frequently conversed with him upon his services in the revolutionary war, that I have no doubt that he did so served that Mr Talbott has at all times maintained a high character for integrity and truth, in his neighbourhood and I would place the most implicit faith in any statement made by him
4 March 1850
T. L. Butler

State of Kentucky Carroll County set
I Michael Giltner a Justice of the Peace in and for said County certify that I am acquainted with Wm. White M J Hoagland George Fern W O Butler and T L Butler whose names appear to the foregoing certificates and that their signatures thereto are genuine: Given under my hand this 4th March 1850: Michael Giltner JP CC

I Reebe Butler Clerk of the County Court for Carroll County in the State of Kentucky Certify that the foregoing signature of Michael Giltner (who is a regularly Commissioned and acting Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County) is Genuine and all his official acts as such entitled to Credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 4th day of March 1850 and in the 18th year of the Commonwealth
Reebe P Butler
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February 28, 1913.

Hon. Charles F. Booher,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Booher:
In response to your letter dated the twenty-sixth and received the twenty seventh instant. I have the honor to furnish you the following information which was mailed to you on December 14, 1909 fav you for Mr. R. C. Benight of St. Joseph, Missouri, [upon your request: crossed out].
R. File No. 10,377, James S. Talbot applied for pension March 17, 1852, at which time he was a resident of Buchanan County, Missouri.
He alleged that he was born May 24, 1763, in Bedford County, Virginia, where he resided when he enlisted as a Private in the Virginia Troops, rendezvoused at Hillsborough, North Carolina, and served from August 14, 1780 to November 14, 1780. in Captain Thomas Leftridge's company. Colonel Joseph Spencer's regiment, and was in General Gates' defeat near Camden, South Carolina.
About the last of February, 1781, he volunteered as a Riflrman[sic] in Captain Jacob Moon's company, Colonel Charles Lynch's Rifle regiment, but on March 8, 1781, was attached as Infantry to Colonel William Washington's command; he was in the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, and was discharged sometime in March, 1781.
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R. File # 10,377. - 2

He again volunteered about the first of August, 1781, and served six weeks in Captain Alexander Cummins' company, Colonel John Holcomb's regiment, under General Lafayette. In September, 1781, he volunteered in Captain Charles Calloway's company, Colonel William Calloway's regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown, and was discharged on October 19, 1781, the evening of the day on which Lord Cornwallis surrendered.
This claim was never allowed, for the reason that the claimant failed to furnish proof of his alleged service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
In 1852, soldier's son Thornton S. Talbot testified in the case.
On July 4, 1853, Williston Talbot, born November 18, 1770, stated that he had three brothers in the Revolution, and gave names of two of them; "older brother Isham. and James S. Talbot, deceased. (date of death not shown) who might have acquired his middle initial from their mother's name, "Smith".
Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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Owensboro. Daviess County Keny.
Mr. Jas W. Rowland 4th July 1853

Your letter to me handed by Mr. Moorman, dated 25th June was duly Received and the contents thereof has been fully considered.
Therefore I shall say that previous to this, my Brother James Talbot some months before his decea [decease] had written to me to make affidavid of any thing that I know in respect
to any service he might have done in carrying on the war of the revolution and also sent his son Thornton to to attend to the same, when I went forward very cheerfully and made every statement in my memory relating to the same which affidavid is now I suppose been laid before the Congress.
Now from what I can understand by your letter there appears be a difficulty arising in the business by my Brother Writing himself James
S. Talbot and finding him in the rools [rolls] of the Army. Set down James Talbot
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As to his having a middle name I cannot give any positive answer further than this, its my, solid opinion that he was put down James Talbot in my Fathers family Bible and my reasons for thinking so are these, at the end of
the revolutionry war, my Brother all came out of the army for there was three of in the service. they all to took there course for different parts of the County and I had not seen any of them for twenty years and first one of them I saw was our older Brother Isham then he asked me if I knew any of my age. I told no well says he will goe to to you. and went and brought forth a paper and said he has let with the old bible where all our ages were recorded by our Father and I took the paper and made out my age, he said he had taken all ages from the old bible Just, as our Father had recorded them, and there I found my Just James Talbot, and for what reason my Brother has added the S to his name I cannot say. Only by conjecture it may be that heas done in memory of our mother she was the name of Smith
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But considering the thing every I have no hesitancy in saying that my Brother James Talbot is the very man that they found in the rools of army for I am firmly in the belief there cannot find any other James Talbot or James S. Talbot recorded being in the army from the State of Virginia Our family of Talbots was I believe the only family of the name at that time and a number of them was attached to the army but not one of them by the name of James I had several uncles in Virgina who all had sons, & several of the in the army but not one of by the name of James.
Now, I have said all that I can recollect in the pemes [present?] but you will understand that I am now quite an old man and all my faculty fast a washing away and most particularly my memory. But if yo think that any statement I have made will be of service to you why down & have it done to suit yourself
Very Respectfully
Williston Talbot
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[envelope]
[round stamp] Owensboro Ky July

Owensboro

Mr. Jas W. Rawland
Mr Jan
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Louisville

[contains several computations]
1350/$450/
45 60/2700
4500 2700/$1800


[handwritten on left side]
1853 Louisville Ky
Louisville Ky 1853 
dren nor springs [illegible] county
[several illegible words]
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[envelope]
[round stamp] Owensboro Ky July

Owensboro

Mr. Jas W. Rawland
Mr Jan
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Louisville

[contains several computations]
1350/$450/
45 60/2700
4500 2700/$1800

[handwritten on left side]
1853 Louisville Ky
Louisville Ky 1853
dren nor springs [illegible] county
[several illegible words]

[handwritten on right side]
dren nor springs ky 1853 [illegible]
July 1853
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{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} ss
William J Jackson Clark[sic] of said County and State of Missouri being first duly sworn do say that I have known James S Talbott of said County for about five or six years and am intimately acquainted with him at this time and have no hesitation in saying that he is a man of excellent character a good neighbor and most excellent citizen.
William J. Clark
Sworn to before me this
30th day of March 1850
Joseph J. Wyatt, J.P.

{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} ss.
I William Foster Clerk of the County Court of said County Certify that Joseph J. Wyatt whose signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavit officially was at the time of subscribing the same and is now an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such - Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Office in St. Joseph this 30th day of March 1850.
William Foster Clerk
by John A. Fowler Dep. Clk.
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{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} SS
I Peter Boyer on oath do say that I have known James S Talbott for about five or six years and that he is a man of excellent character and I have heard him say that he was a revolutionary soldier and hade[sic] never any pension and have no doubt of the fact sworn and subscribed
Peter Boyer

Before me this 30th day of March 1850
Joseph. J. Wyatt. J.P.

{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} ss.
I William Fowler Clerk of the County Court of said County certify that Joseph J. Wyatt whose signature appears to the above and foregoing affiant officially is now and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such
Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of March 1850.
William Fowler Clerk
By John A. Fowler Dep. Clk.
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State of Kentucky
Carroll County Set
I Alexander H. Lathrop one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace for the County afs. hereby certify that William Butler & Reebe P. Butler personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the statements contained in the foregoing certificates signed by them.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of June A.D. 1850
A.H. Lathrop J.P.

State of Kentucky
Carroll County Set
I Reebe P. Butler Clerk of the County Court for the County afs. Certify that Alexander H. Lathrop whose name is subscribed to the immediately foregoing certificate, and Michael Gitten whose subscribed to the certificate on the on the preceding page of this sheet are at this time and were at the time of subscribing the same Legally commissioned and acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Carroll
In testimony whereof I have herein to subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court at the Clerk Office in the town of Carroll on this 22d day of June A.D. 1850 and in the 59th year of the Commonwealth
Reebe. P. Butler Clk
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I Certify in or about 1809 or 10 I was in Boone County Kentucky and was introduced to Cape. James S. Talbot by Major Urial Sealrey as a Soldier of the Revolutionary Wars - In the Warr of 1812 at New Orleans I became acquainted with Isham Talbot brother of James S. Talbot, he informed me that he Isham came to Kentucky before the close of the Revolutionary Wars and that he left his brother James S. Talbot in the service of his contry.
In the course of 2 or 3 years in am the time I saw James S. Talbot in Boone County he purchased a farm in Hunters Bottom then Gallatin Co. Kentucky and was my neighbor for about thirty years he then moved to the State of Mousira [Missouri]
I have always found James S. Talbot a man of truth and of the strictest veracity and never had a doubt of his being a soldier, and a patriot of the Revolutionary War - 
Given under my hand this 21 June 1850 Hunters Bottom Carroll Co. Ky
Moss T. Hoagland

I do certify that I have known James S. Talbot for thirty years and I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and there is no man in Kentucky in whose statements I would have more confidence this 21st of June 1850
George Fearn

I certify that I have known James S. Talbot for about thirty there lived a nabor[sic] to him & no[sic] him to be a man of strict varsasaty[sic]. This is his carractor[sic] in his naborhood[sic] I have frequently here[sic] him spoke of being in the army of the American Revolutionary War. This 21st of June 1850
William White
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personly aperd[sic] before me Michael Giltner a Justice of the Peae[sic] in & for Carrol County Kentucky Moses T. Hoagland George Ferren & William White and made oath that the above certify certificates are true Given under my hand This 21st of June 1850
Michael Giltner JP CC

I W O Butler do hereby certify that I have known Captain James Talbot now of the State of Missouri for more than thirty years, during which time I have often heard him spoken of as a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He was frequently advised to apply for a pension, but declared it as he was then in good circumstances Capt Talbot is a man of high character, and I would have abounded confidences in any statement he may in relation to his his services
Given under my hand this 21st day of June 1850
W O Butler

I Reebe P. Butler hereby certify that I have read carefully the foregoing certificate and fully concur in every statement made therein Given under my hand this 22d day of June 1850
Reebe. P. Butler
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Buchanan County Missouri
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with James S. Talbott and have been for six years I have frequently herd Mr Talbott tell over the toils and Dangers that he and others went through in the Revolutionary War Mr Talbott has at all time Since my acquaintance maintained a high character for integrity and truth in his Neighbourhood I would place the most implicit faith in any Statement he would make.
March 29th 1850 Isaac Thornton

Buchanan County Missouri
I do hereby certify that I am a Near
Neighbour to James S Talbott and intimately acquainted with him I have always found him a highly honorable and truthful man I have often herd him State what age he was when he entered the services of the United States during the Revolutionary War and when he Received his discharge we look upon him in the Neighbourhood as one of the [text missing from scan] & patriot and put the greatest
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confidence in any statement he should make
March 1850 Thomas Brooks

Buchanan County Missouri
March 29 1850
I J. Ledgerwood do certify that I have been personally acquainted with James S Talbott for the last five or six years that I have frequently heard him spoken of as a Revolutionary Soldier and that I have always looked upon him as a highly honorable and as truthful a man as I ever was acquainted with
John Ledgerwood

State of Missouri
County of Buchanan Set
I Emanuel H. Rauch a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Certify that I am acquainted with I Thornton Th. Brooks and John Ledgerwood whose names appear to the foregoing certificates and that their signatures thereto are genuine Given under my hand this 29th March 1850
Em. H. Rauch J.P.
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{State of Missouri
County of Buchanan} ss.
I William Fowler Clerk of the County Court of said County Certify that [name illegible due to fold in paper, possibly Emanuel H. Rauch] whose signature appears to the within and foregoing certificates at the time of subscribing the same and still is an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified and that full faith and Credit are due and should be given to all his official acts as such - 
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Office this 30th day of March 1850.
William Fowler Clerk
By John A Fowler Dep. Clk
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st of January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 19th day of April 1783 in the name of James Talbot --- as Sol of Juf - and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 35. ----- delivered to Peter Mason - but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 26th day of April 1852, Ro Johnson
First Auditor

[No Seal of Office.]
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Fayette Howard County
Missouri February 18th 1850
I do hereby certify, that I lived neighbour to James S Talbot in Boon County Kentucky many years, and was well acquainted with him, say fifteen or twenty years, and that his caractor[sic], as a man of hono and study habits, and puctial[sic] to all of his contracts, was not surpased by any man in the community where he lived, Mr Talbot is as I am informed now living in Buchanan County in the State of Missouri, and retains his study habits as when I was living his neighbour, I mooved from Boon County Kentucky, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, and have not seen said James S Talbot since that date, I do not recollect any particular conversation with the said Talbot of his services in the revolutionary ware, but from what I have herd have know doubt but he was in that ware
Given under my hand this day as above
Uriel Sebree

Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for Howard County Missouri this 20th day of February 1850.
William B Hanna
J.P.
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{State of Missouri
County of Howard} set.
I Andrew J. Herndon, clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William B. Hanna whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the date of said certificate and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office this 20th day of February 1857
A. J. Herndon Clerk.
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10,377
P.O. James S Talbot
Service:______

Enlisted:______, 18
Discharged:______, 18

Application filed:______, 18

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December 14, 1909.

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Hon. Charles F. Booher,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr Booher:
In reply to your letter dated the 11th and received the 13th instant, requesting information for Mr. R. C. Benight of 408 So. 15th Street, Saint Joseph, Missouri, I have the honor to advise you that James S. Talbot applied for pension (R. File No. 10,377) March 17, 1852, at which time he was a resident of Buchanan County, Missouri.
He alleged that he was born May 24, 1763, in Bedford County, Virginia, where he resided when he enlisted as a Private in the Virginia troops, rendezvoused at Hillsborough, North Carolina, and served from August 14, 1780 to November 14, 1780, in Captain Thomas Leftridge's company, Colonel Joseph Spencer's regiment, and was in General Gates' defeat near Camden, South Carolina.
About the last of February, 1781, he volunteered as a Rifleman in Captain Jacob Moon's company, Colonel Charles Lynch's Rifle regiment, but on March 8, 1781 was attached as Infantry to Colonel William Washington's command; he was in the battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, and was discharged sometime in March, 1781.
He again volunteered about the first of August 1781, and served six weeks in Captain Alexander Cummins' company, Colonel John Holcomb's
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regiment, under General Lafayette.
In September 1781, he volunteered in Captain Charles Calloway's company, Colonel William Calloway's regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown, and was discharged on October 19, 1781, the evening of the day on which Lord Cornwallis surrendered.
This claim was never allowed, for the reason that the claimant failed to furnish proof of his alleged service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
In 1852 soldier's son Thornton S. Talbot testified in the case.
On July 4, 1853, Williston Talbot born November 13, 1770, stated that he had three brothers in the Revolution, and gave the names of two of them; "older brother Isham, and James S. Talbot, deceased (date of death not shown) who might have acquired his middle initial from their mother's name, Smith."
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Sixty-Second Congress.
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Stephen M. Sparkman, FLA., Chairman.
Joseph E. Ransdell, LA.
Daniel A. Driscoll, N.Y.
George F. Burgess, TEX.
Michael Donohoe, PA.
Benjamin G. Humphreys, MISS.
Thomas J. Scully, N.J.
George W. Taylor, ALA.
George P. Lawrence, MASS.
J. Edwin Ellerse, S.C.
James H. Davidson, WIS.
Charles G. Edwards, GA.
H. Olin Young, MICH.
John H. Small, N.C.
William A. Rodenberg, ILL.
Charles F. Booher, MO.
William E. Humphrey, WASH.
Thomas Gallagher, ILL.
Charles A. Kennedy, IOWA.
John W. Boehne, IND.
Andrew J. Barchfeld, PA.
Frank D. Fletcher, Clerk.
Joseph H. McGann, Assistant Clerk.

Committee on Rivers and Harbors.
House of Representatives U.S.,
Washington.D.C.,
Feby. 26th, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
The Enclosed letter explains itself. I would be much gratified if you will look into this matter and make me an early report.
Thanking you in advance for this and past favors, I am,
Very truly yours,
Chas F. Booher

[stamp, most of it illegible] 1915
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Sixtieth Congress
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William B. McKinley, ILL., Chairman.
Ira W. Wood, N.J.
Peter A. Porter, N.Y.
Joseph R. Knowland, CAL.
John W. Gains, TENN.
William C. Lovering, MASS.
Thomas W. Hardwick, GA.
George A. Pearre, MD.
Robert M. Wallace, Arl.
Charles A. Kennedy, IOWA.
Daniel J. Riordan, N.Y.
Joel Cook, PA.
Charles F. Booher, MO.
Samuel McMilian, N.Y.
William A. Ashbrook, OHIO.
Joseph G. Beale, PA.
Charles C. Carlin, VA.
Addison D. James, KY.
Jonah K. Kalanianaole, HAWAII.

House of Representatives U.S.,
Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures,
Washington, D.C.
December 11, 1909.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I enclose you a letter received from a constituent of mine, Mr. Benight, and also a letter from General Ainsworth, the Adjutant General.
I enclose the letter to you at the suggestion of General Ainsworth that perhaps you might find some thing of record in your office that would be of benefit to my friend.
Will you please make the examination and return the enclosed papers to me?
Very truly yours,
Chas F Booher

[illegible]ct.
CFB.

From Mr. Benight's letter which was returned
{James S. Talbot, native of VA.
d. Buchanan Co. Mo 1850?
Em. to Mo. from Ky - was at surrender of Yorktown.
had a bro. Isham}
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