Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,229, for Ferguson Taylor, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

Taylor, Ferguson
or Fergerson
Polly. Sally

NUMBER
W. 6229

CONTENTS
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Letter to Hon J. W. James 30 March 1844 [illegible]

4072
Virginia Richd
Sally Taylor widow of Ferguson Taylor Va who was a Fifer in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to Pensioner Jefferson Va

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 153
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9065
Virginia Roll.

Ferguson Taylor, 4 of Powhatan Co. in the state of Virginia who was a Fife Major in the detachment commanded by Colonel Heath of the Virginia line, for the term of five years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8. of [ink blot] 1819, and sent to Edward Moseley, Esq. Genito Bridge, Va.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819…. 68.76
Semi-anl. all’ce ending Sept. 1819…. 48. “
Arrs. 8 Mo. 14/30_4/31. $116.76
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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8922
One Case

Hon'e. Judge P. Moseley
Powhatan Virginia

The time of claim [illegible] service is not specified - Let the date of entering and of leaving the service be specified

Adm'd.

5 [illegible]

Genito Bridge, Va.
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State of Virginia
Powhatan County to wit
On this 17th day of June 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court of Powhatan and in of the Court, affiant personally Ferguson Taylor of the said County aged 58 years who being first duly sworn in open Court according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled [illegible] to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said Ferguson Taylor entered the army of the United States, upon Continental establishment, when he was only seventeen years old, 7th Va. Regiment, Charles Fleming Captn. That he served two years as a Fifer & soldier, in said Regiment, that he afterwards enlisted as a Fifer, & served four more years, & when discharged he was Fife major in Col. Heath’s Detachment which served at Charleston- that He was in the battle of Monmouth, Germantown, Guilford & Charleston, besides in various skirmishes- That from the lapse of time he has [illegible]- any of his [illegible] is now in his possession- That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service-
Sworn to & declared before me in open court the day & year aforesaid-
Edwd, Moseley (Seal.)

I Edward Moseley presiding Justice of the county court of Powhatan aforesaid, at the time the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to in Court, do hereby certify that it appeared to my satisfaction that the said Ferguson Taylor did serve in the Revolutionary
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war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental Establishment  that the said Ferguson Taylor is in [illegible] and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War of the United States pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress: Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1818. aforesaid.
Edwd, Moseley (Seal.)

Virginia, to wit;
I William S. Dance, Clerk of the county court of Powhatan in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Edward Moseley whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificates, is an acting Justice of the peace in & for the county of Powhatan in the state aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and that at the time the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to in open Court by Ferguson Taylor, the said Edward Moseley was the presiding member of the Court; and that due faith and credit ought to be given to all his acts & certificates as such: In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and caused the seal of my said county to be affixed hereunto this 17th day of June One thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
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and in the Forty second year of the Independence of the United States
Wm. S. Dance C.

Powhatan County, State of Virginia to wit
This 19 day of March 1819 Ferguson Taylor appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, & the same person whose hand [illegible] affixed to the preceding certificate & made oath that he the said Taylor, entered the Continental army in 1776, and served at all the places mentioned in his former certificate- That he left the army, & again served at Guilford, & never left the army until after the capture of Cornwallis at York 1781
Edwd, Moseley
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[illegible] 1030
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug. 24. 1828
Ferguson Taylor, of [blank] in the County of Powhatan, in the State of Virginia, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Fife Major in captain [blank] ‘s company, in the Seventh regiment of the Virginia line; and [illegible addition] that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
A. Dukins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor’s Office,
2nd September 1828
[crossed out section] It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank][end of crossed out section]
It further appears that Ferguson Taylor is [handwritten addition: not] now on the pension list of [crossed out: the] any agency, and has [handwritten addition: not] been so since the 3. March 1826 [crossed out: at the rate of] [blank] [crossed out: dollars per month]
The name of Ferguson Taylor cannot be found among those of the Virginia line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud
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General Land Office
12 Decbr 1828
It appears from the List of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Va that Ferguson Taylor recd. a Warrant for 100 acres of land having served as a fifer for three years in the Virginia line
Geo. Graham
Commissioner
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 Dec 1828.

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Ferguson Taylor. under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.

Richard Rush
The Hon. the Secretary of War.

Letter from War Department 4 December 1828.
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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled “An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
4 Dec 1828.

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Ferguson Taylor under the aforementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.

R. Rush

The Hon. the Secretary of War.

War Department
Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that Ferguson Taylor of the Virg’a. Line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Tayler
9 Dec 1828
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3295
Sally Taylor’s
pension certificate

3295
Sally Taylor
Wid of Ferguson
Va
Act July 7 1838
Married 1785
died 18[illegible]1
[illegible] a fifer
$88 per ann
Capt Fleming
Col Heath
Va Cont’l line

W S. Dance
Powhatan Ct
Va
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State of Virginia: Powhatan County:
On this Fifth day of November 1838. personally appeared before the Court of the County aforesaid Sally Taylor a resident in the county of Powhatan aforesaid aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the seventh Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, entitled “an act granting halpay and pensions to certain widows”
That she is the widow of Ferguson Taylor, who was a Fife Major in the army of the Revolution, for the particulars of whose services she begs leave to refer to his declaration now on file in the pension office in Washington City, on which he obtained his pension which he enjoyed until the day of his death; upon which declaration she grounds her claims now preferred: she further declares that she was married to the said Ferguson Taylor on the eleventh day of January seventeen hundred and eighty five: that the said Ferguson Taylor, her late husband, died on the twenty fourth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty one, (since which time she has never married:) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the army, but the
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marriage took place pervious to the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, on the day and at the time before mentioned.-
Sally Taylor

Virginia, to wit;
At a Court of monthly Sessions holden for the county of Powhatan, in the states aforesaid, at the Courthouse of the said county, on the 5th day of November 1838. Sally Taylor, of this county, widow of Ferguson Taylor [illegible], this day appeared in Court and made the within and foregoing declaration in writing, on oath, in relation to the service of her late husband as a Fife Major in the Revolutionary War, & in relation to the time of her marriage with the said Ferguson Taylor, and to the time of his death, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4th day of July 1838. “granting half pay and pensions to certain widows”: which is ordered to be entered of record: and it is further ordered that the declaration aforesaid be certified and transmitted to the Secretary of the Department of War at Washington: In Testimony whereof I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court aforesaid have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court this 5th day of November 1838.-
Wm; S; Dance C.
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Certificate from
Capt. Bentley of the
Revolutionary War
respecting
Ferguson Taylor
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I William Bentley who was a Capt. in the Revolutionary War, do Certify that I have examined the affidavit of Ferguson Taylor, as Certified by Thos. Miller a Magistrate of Powhatan County Virgi’a. that I was a Witness to most of his transactions stated in Said Certificate, and know him to be correct, and I have no doubt but that very statement is correct; my being made a Prisoner just before the close of the War, and Continued as such to the end, prevented my witnessing them all. I know that he discharged his duty correctly, and obtained the approbation of all the officers who had an opportunity of knowing him; and just before the close of the war the Said Taylor was made a prisoner at Charleston S. Carolina, and when released, he applied to me for a Certificate of his discharge, and produced me such Vouchers as induced me to give it.
Given under my hand the 20th May 1818.
W. Bentley late a Capt. of the Revolutionary War, Virg’a. Line
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Fergeson Taylor
Rec’d. 9 March 1829
813

To
The Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled “an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution” appeared on the 15th of May 1828- I Ferguson Taylor of sound mind & memory, in the County of Powhatan in the State of Virginia, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in it’s service until it’s termination, at which time I was a Fife Major in Captain [illegible] in the 7th Va. Regiment, of the Continental army in the time- he regard to the certificates for the reward of eighty-dollars; to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778. I cannot say positively whether I read them or not- I need some certificates with which I have long since parted, but whether of the particular kind above mentioned it is impossible for me at this distance of time, to ascertain- all my vouchers to prove my services in the Revolution were transmitted to the War Department when I obtained a place on the Pension roll by virtue of the Act of 1818- By an amendment to that act, I was stricken from the Pension for little more than a year- all which will appear, it is presumed, by reference to the records in the [illegible] department at Washington. And I further
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declare that I was not, on the fifteenth of May 1828, on the Pension list of the United States witness my hand this twelfth day of August in the year 1828-
Fergerson Taylor

Before me Th. Miller a Justice of the peace in the county of Powhatan, in the State of Virginia personally appeared this day John Toney and John. B. Stratton respectable Freeholders of the said county, who did severally make oath that Ferguson Taylor by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated- Given under my hand & seal this 12th day of August 1828-
Th. Miller (seal)

I Wm: S: Dance Clerk of the Court of the County of Powhatan do hereby certify, that Thomas Miller before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County, and duly empowered to administer oaths- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court, this 11th day of August 1828- in the 53rd year of the Independence
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of the United States.
Wm: S: Dance C.
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of the United States.
Wm: S: Dance C.

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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Richmond, Va. at the Branch Bank of the United States.

Recorded
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War Department

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, Ferguson Taylor, late a Fife Major in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the U. States of the 18th of March 1818 Ferguson Taylor late Fife Major in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Virginia agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Given at the War office of the United States, this eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred & [illegible]
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War-
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Washington Jun 3, 1828

Sir
I enclose the evidence in which the case of which you decided a few days ago of Ferguson Taylor was deficient and regard its revisal with your just convenience. The certificate of allowance of the pension may be sent to me

Respectfly &
WS Archer

Sec of the Treasury
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Powhatan Va. August the 13th 1828

Sir-
I have complied with the forms you were so kind as to send me through my friend M. T. MIller, and now transmit the result to you- I hope they will be deemed sufficient to entitle me to the bounty of my Country- As you did not mention in your letter to Mr. Miller, whether or not his letter some time ago to the War Department, & which inclosed the certificate of Mr. Calhoun, which Sect. of War, placing me on the Pension roll under the act of 1818 had been recd. I think proper to send with the accompanying papers a copy of that certificate- If the vouchers inclosed together with those already on file in the offices at Washington should be sufficient to place me again on the Pension list, will thank you to inclose to me by mail whatever seem I may be entitled to, directing a letter to me at Powhatan C. House Va. & I will send you any receipt you may require. Should the evidence in the whole, of my claim me considered inadequate, will you have
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the goodness to inform me what were unnecessary for me to do-
Most respectfully
Your obdt
Fergerson Taylor

To R. Rush [illegible]
Secy. of the Treasury of the U. States
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R. Rush esqr.
Sec’ry. of the Treasury of the U. States

[check mark] 801
F. Taylor.
Rec’d. 14.1828
[illegible] 27.
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[illegible] Dec. 12th 1828

Sir
I have to request to be informed of the decision if any which may have been rendered, on the application of Ferguson Taylor addressed to your Department [illegible] months since as I have been informed
Respectfly &
[illegible mark]
W. S. Archer
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W S Archer
for
F. Taylor
Rec 13 Dec 1828

The Secretary of the Treasury
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Washington Dec. 23. 1828

Dr. Sir
I am sorry to have to enclose an unfavorable decision on your application for a pension. If you served through the war, and can obtain proof of the fact, send it to me, and the [illegible] now rendered shall be reversed.

I am Respectfly [illegible]
[illegible]
W. S. Archer

For F. Taylor
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Powhatan Va. March the 5th. 1829
To the Secretary of the Treasury of the U. States

Sir
I inclose several letters in relation to my claim as a revolutionary soldier under the act entitled an act &c, passed the 15th of May 1828, which I have recd. from the late Sec'y. Mr. Rush, and to which as well as to my whole case I [illegible] to call your attention- it will appear by my papers in the War Department & that of the Treasury that I served during the war, that I was once allowed a pension under the act of 1818, but that it was withdrawn afterward because I was not willing to bring myself within the operation of a subsequent act which required that I should furnish a schedule of my property, & make oath that I was unable to appear myself [illegible] of the Government- although [illegible] I would not take such an oath & hence my [illegible] was [illegible] the list of pensioners- all this will appear [illegible] to the records in the War office which Mr. Calhoun presided over that Department- It appears from the letters of Mr. Rush that the only difficulty in my case results from my having [illegible] the County Court from Va. given to those who served only three years, & the [illegible] that from my not receiving the quality of [illegible] to those who were [illegible] the [illegible] I did not remember the [illegible]
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the history of my case is simply this- I first enlisted for three years and after the [illegible] of that term [illegible] for the war & served it out-  I never was discharged until the surrender of Cornwallis [illegible] & should have been at the siege of York but for [illegible] at the time which [illegible] I [illegible] to infer for these facts to the testimony [illegible] in the Department, at Washington & [illegible] to the affidavits of Robin Richardson & Charles Woodson forwarded to Mr. Rush through my Representative [illegible] in January last- [illegible] appear that I was in the [illegible] service to the close of the revolutionary war and [illegible] after my first term of enlistment [illegible] to me by [illegible] I was entitled to having at the time [illegible] of my [illegible] that those who held the power of the [illegible]  would do me justice- I was [illegible] then, & able to work & therefore did not [illegible] the business as particularly as others [illegible] needy, or better informed would probably have done- It appears to me a strange [illegible] that because I have [illegible] formerly that this fact should [illegible] now- this will [illegible] that all the accounts [illegible] the [illegible] of the Revolutionary War [illegible] particularly those [illegible] in which my last services were performed- [illegible] all these [illegible] that Mr. Rush's [illegible] will for testimony [illegible] to [illegible] country and that I, [illegible] the [illegible] of the revolution, [illegible] in my old age- May I ask that my case may be [illegible] at [illegible] leisure, & the result communicated to me [illegible] Powhatan C. House Va-
Very respectfully your Obd
Fergerson Taylor
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Rec’d. 29 June 1829
Powhatan County- Va.
June the 25th 1829
This day Ferguson Taylor personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid & upon his oath declared, that he enlisted during the Revolutionary War as he he has before stated, that at the time of the siege of York, he was sick at Williamsburg, and in the Hospital that during the [illegible] Fall, or winter he was discharged from the Hospital, and permitted to return home- That he was [illegible] to hold himself in readiness serve his Country should there be any further occasion for doing so. that he did so hold himself readiness, & if called on would always have been ready to march- & that he never considered himself [illegible] from his obligation until the Definitive Treaty of Peace- That the surrender of Cornwallis was considered, as the termination of the war, & [illegible] was so- that he was [illegible], and believed that the Constituted authorities of the states have [illegible] acted on this [illegible]; and were particularly in the case of the widow & [illegible]
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Finally that he would consider it a very rigid interpretation of the law of 1828, if he who served till all the fighting was at an end, and returned home with permission, and cost his county no more expense, was to be encluded. He for the states that he occasionally was at the Barracks in Powhatan County, & performed camp duty [illegible] after the surrender of Cornwallis-
Fergerson Taylor

The foregoing was sworn to, & subscribed before [illegible] as stated above
Given under my hand & seal this date & place above-
Th. Miller (seal)

Powhatan County- June the 25th 1829
I Hugh Robertson of Rockingham do declared on oath that I was acquainted with Ferguson Taylor in the Revolutionary War & I do know that he served to the close of said war- I was present at Williamsburg after the surrender of Cornwallis, when the said Ferguson Taylor was discharged from the Hospital, & afterward to go home, but with orders to return to the army whenever called for- I am an old soldier & now on the Pension list-
Hugh Robertson

Hugh Robertson personally appeared before me the day & place above, and signed & sworn to the above declaration in due form- Given under my hand and seal as a Justice of the Peace for the county of Powhatan-
Th Miller (seal)
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813.
721.1004.1232.2184.2472.
2926.3047.3259.3358
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Virginia: Powhatan County, to wit;
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Miller, whose signature affixed to the foregoing affidavits of Ferguson Taylor and Hugh Robertson, was at the time the said affidavits were made and sworn to an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Powhatan aforesaid, legally commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized to administer oaths; In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court hereunto this 26t. day of June 1829 in the 53rd year of America Independence.-
Wm: S: Dance C
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Rec’d. 26 Sept 1829
I hereby certify that I have known Mr. Fergerson Taylor upon and of Fifty years, and that during the revolutionary War, he was a Soldier in the regular Service but the what Regiment I do not know, to this fact I can speak with certainty, I know that the said Taylor was at the battle of Guilford Ct. House & that he after as Fife major during the time I was in Service, once after that, he was attached to a Company of musicians under the Command of Colo [illegible] who was command at the Station of Cumberland old Ct. House, how long the command lasted after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis I do not recollect, I know that Col. Posey & several other officers & men went down from Cumb. old C. House to the siege of Little York & remained until the surrender,
Given under my hand & seal this [illegible] day of Septr. 1829
Wade Mosby (se)
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Powhatan County
Septr. The 21st 1829
This day Thomas Tucker appeared personally before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, & made oath that he was known Ferguson Taylor all his life that the said Ferguson Taylor was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the continental line, as he always understood & believed and he also always understood and believed that he was a good soldier, & served to the end of the war- This affiant was at the battle of Guilford with Ferguson Taylor and knows that he [illegible] well- This affiant was raised in the same county, nearly in the same neighborhood with Ferguson Taylor, & he knows that it always has been a received opinion that the said Taylor served to the end of the war & with credit to himself
Given under my hand & seal
Th Miller (seal)
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Virginia.- Powhatan County To wit.
I Richard F. Graves Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the State aforesaid. do hereby Certify that Thomas Miller who has signed the above and within Certificates, was at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly Commissioned and Qualified according to Law & to all his lawful acts as such full faith and Credit are and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 24th day of September One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine-
R. F. Graves D.C
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Leter from Mr. Archer
to Th. Miller of Powha.
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Washington Feb. 18th 1829

Dr. [illegible]
I enclose to you the Revised [illegible] on the case of Ferguson Taylor, which as you [illegible] in this [illegible] remedy.. [illegible] you with the paper, [illegible] Mr. Taylor will no longer have the opportunity of acting through me from the [illegible] Expiration of the- Session, Jan [illegible] make the [illegible], and [illegible] the further correspondence which [illegible]-
[illegible] subjects I wrote you fully a few days ago and you wish had
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from me again as soon as matters [illegible] to any result

Yr. friend always
Wm Archer
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State of Virginia
Cumberland County to wit.
The affidavit of Robert Richardson taken the first day of January 1829 in the town of Cartersville, States, that he enlisted at the same time with Ferguson Taylor under Capt. Charles Fleming (during the Revolutionary War) for three years, that they then enlisted again, as soon as the time had expired for which they first enlisted, for the balance of the war, under Mayo Carrington, and served until the end thereof. Given under my hand this first January 1829.
Robert Richardson
his X mark

The above affidavit was this day sworn to before me, a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid. Given under my hand this first of January 1829
Tho. H. Walton J.P.
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Virginia Cumberland County [illegible]
I Miller Woodson Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland do hereby Certify that Thomas H Walton is a Justice of the peace for said County-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Caused the seal of office to be affixed this 1st day of January 1829 in the 53rd year of our Foundation-
Miller Woodson Clk
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(Copy)
State of Virginia
Powhatan County to wit
On the 17th day of June 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court of Powhatan, and in open Court, appeared personally Terguson Taylor of the said County aged 58 years, who being first duly sworn in open Court according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war”. That he the said Ferguson Taylor entered the Army of the United States, upon continental establishment when he was only seventeen years old, 7th Va. Regiment Charles Fleming Capt’n. That he served two years as a Fifer & Soldier in said Regiment. That he afterwards enlisted asa Fifer, and served four more years, & when discharged he was Fife Major in Co. Heath’s Detachment which served at Charleston- That he was in the battle of Monmouth, Germantown, Guilford & Charleston, besides in various skirmishes- That from the lapse of time he has not any of his discharges now in his possession- That he is in reduced circumstances, and stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services-
Sworn to & declared before me in open Court the day & year aforesaid-
(Signed) Edw’d. Moseley (Seal)

I Edward Mosely presiding Justice of the County Court of Powhatan aforesaid, at the time the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to in court, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ferguson Taylor did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment, and that the said Ferguson Taylor is in such reduced circumstances as to need the aid of his Country for support, and I now transmit the
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proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War of the United States pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress: Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of June 1818 aforesaid.
(Signed) Edw’d. Moseley (Seal)

Virginia, to wit;
I William S. Dance Clerk of the county Court of Powhatan in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Edward Moseley whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificates, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Powhatan in the State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that at the time the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to in open Court by Ferguson Taylor, the said Edward Mosely was the presiding member of the Court; and that due faith and credit ought to be given to all his acts & certificates as such: In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and caused the Seal of my said County to be affixed hereunto this 17th day of June One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and in the Forty second year of the Independence of the United States.
Wm. S. Dance C.
(Seal)

Powhatan County, State of Virginia, to wit
This 19th day of March 1819 Ferguson Taylor appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, I the same person whose hand & seal are affixed to the preceding certificates, I made oath that he the said Taylor entered the continental Army in 1776, and served at all the places mentioned in his former certificate- That he left the Army, & again served at Guilford, & never left the Army until after the Capture of Cornwallis at York 1781
(Signed) Ew’d. Moseley
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I William Bentley who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, do certify that I have examined the Affidavit of Ferguson Taylor, as certified by Thomas Miller, a magistrate of Powhatan County, Virg’a. That I was a witness to most of the transactions stated in said certificate, and know him to be correct, and I have no doubt but that every statement is correct; my being made a prisoner just before the close of the war, and continued as such to the end, prevented my witnessing them all. I know that he discharged his duty correctly and obtained the approbation of all the offices who had an opportunity of knowing him; and just before the close of the war the said Taylor was made a prisoner at Charleston S. Carolina, and when released, he applied to me for a Certificate of his discharge, and produced me such vouchers as induced me to give it.
Given under my hand this 20th May 1818.
(Signed) W. Bentley late a Capt’n. Of the Revolutionary War, Virg’a. Line

I hereby Certify that the forgoing pages are truly Copied from the original on file in this office
James L. Edwards
War Department
Pension Office
May 2d 1829
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Auditors Office december 19th 1829
I certify that it appears from a Register of the Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army in the State line on Continental establishment that Ferguson Taylor fifer, received on the 14th day of August 1785 a certificate for the balance of his full pay a [illegible] for $77.13 [illegible] and that it does not appear that the said Ferguson Taylor can draw half pay on commutation in lieu thereof
J E Heath
Aud pub accts
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Act 1828
[illegible]
Treasury
Cons’d with
A’d [illegible]
File #6229
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Rec’d. 4 Jany 1830
1243
Washington Jan. 2. 1830
Sir
I [illegible] your revisal of the case on which your decision has been unfavorable, of Ferguson Taylor, an applicant under the Pension Bill of 1828. Your adverse decision has been made on the ground of inference from expressions used in a petition under an antecedent law, that the applicant was [illegible] in service till the conclusion of the War of the Revolution. The evidence on this point furnished by the papers in the case is not conclusive either way. I incline to the opinion that the eight of the evidence is affirmation that the applicant did serve till the end of the war. He is proven to have been in service after the surrender of at York Town, and having been always poor, had no motion to have resigned [illegible] to
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the end of the war. Several witnesses prove that he served or was reported to have served to his period. One of them Thomas Tucker is known to me personally, as a man of unimpeached character. Two others are known to me as such by Reputation. The applicant I know personally. His character for integrity is unquestionable. [illegible] however on his statement that that of perhaps my person who testifies in the case, from his extreme ignorance
An objection was derived from the fact of it appearing, that the application received only a part of the bounty in land from the state of Virginia to which he would have been entitled in two several grants, by service to the end of the war. This is [illegible], and
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may have written from his ignorance of his rights. It appears by a certificate from the [illegible] of the Auditors Office in Virginia (which I have mislaid) that the land settlement of the applicants for pay, did not take place till the summer of the year 1783, which was the close of the war in legal acceptation- 
On these considerations I submit the case anew to your consideration
[illegible]
W S Archer
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Rec’d. 15 Jany 1830
It appears by the Records in the Land Office, that a warrant issued to Ferguson Taylor on the 5th August 1783 for three years services as a fifer in the Continental line, but the voucher is not to be found among the files of that time in the Executive Department though diligent search has been made.
J H Pleasants A.C.C.
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled “an act for the releif of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution” approved on the 15th of May 1828 I Ferguson Taylor of the County of Powhatan in the state of Virginia, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the revolution in the year 1775, or 1776, for & during three years, under Captain Charles Fleming, & during this term of service I was appointed Fife Major- and before its close I enlisted during the war under Captain Mayo Carrington, and I continued in the service until the termination of the war which is proved by the affidavits of John Toney & Robin Richardson already transmitted to this [illegible] Treasury Department- I declare I [illegible] as Fife Major to the end of the war- I declare that I was of the [illegible] that [illegible] was in the battles of Monmouth, & Guilford, besides, being in the [illegible]- I cannot recollect, whether or not I received certificates for the [illegible] of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress of the 15th of May 1778- I know I rec’d. some certificates, but to what amount, I do not remember, nor can I ascertain- I only recollect that I sold them for very little- I further declare that I was not on the 15th of May 1828, on the Pension list of the U. States- I was put on the said list under  the act of 1818- but afterwards my name was stricken off, because although poor, I could not take an oath that I was [illegible]- I declare that at the time of the battle of York, I was sick at Williamsburg and was discharged soon afterwards during that Fall or the ensuing winter by Capt’n. William Bentley, whose certificate I forwarded in 1818 to the War Department- Bentley is [illegible]- I was taken a prisoner at Charleston, (S.C)- and made [illegible]
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the [illegible]- so [illegible] I never was [illegible]- Finally I declare that I never was on the militia roll until after the revolution-
Witness my hand this 3d day of June 1829
Fergerson Taylor

Powhatan County Va June the 3d 1829
This day Ferguson Taylor of the county of Powhatan personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace for the said County, and made oath in due form, to the preceding declaration, and subscribed the same in my presence- I further certify that I have known Ferguson Taylor from my early manhood (say about 30 years) and have always understood & believed that he served as a soldier, & musician in the Army of the Revolution, during the greater part of the whole of the war- [illegible] that John Toney, & John B. Stratton [illegible] of this county under oath before me (during the last [illegible] I think) to the same effect which affidavits were transmitted to Richard Rush [illegible] then Sec’ty. Of the Treasury- Given under my hand & seal the date above
Th Miller (seal)
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Virginia: Powhatan County, to wit;
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that Thomas Miller before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made and sworn, was at the time a justice of the peace in and for the county of Powhatan aforesaid, legally commissioned and and qualified as such, and duly empowered to administer oaths: In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court aforesaid this 3rd day of June in the year of Christ One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, & in the 53rd year of American Independence.
Wm: S: Dance C.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6229 ow
Sally Taylor Wid; Ferguson Taylor Muss’n. Rev; War
Act: Mch, 3 1843
Index:-Vol. M, Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2648 Rep’d
Virginia
Sally Taylor. Widow of Ferguson Taylor, Decd; who was a pensioner under the Act of 18, Mar: 1818. and who died on the 24. May, 1831 of Powhatan C in the State of Va who was a fifer in the Compy: commanded by Captain Fleming of the Regt: commanded by Col: Heath in the Virginia line for 2 years-

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 88 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March,  1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th: day of May 1839 and sent to Wm S. Dance, Powhatan, Co. Ho. Va

Arrears to the 4th of March 1839. $264.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept $44.00
$308.00
{Act of July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Wm Steuart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 3 Page 184
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[illegible] 22
James S. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
w AD24
Sally Taylor,
Va.
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Powhatan Co. Virginia April 20th 1839
Dear Sir,,
Will you pardon the anaiety of a Needy old woman for this Troubling you on the subject of her pension, the Clerk of our Court (Mr Wm. S Dance) sent on my Declaration about the 1st of Dec’r. last, but the evidence required, was not sent on until, I think, either shortly before or about the first of February, since which time I have heard nothing from it. Any information you may be please to communicate on the subject direct to the Care of Col’l. Samuel Drake at Powhatan Court House will be gratefully Acknowledged and thankfully received by
your most Obt Hum'e. Serv’t.
Sally Taylor
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J. S. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

March 29. 1844
[illegible] at
[illegible]

C[illegible] J.W. James
House of Reps
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Washington City
27th March 1844

Sir
Enclosed I send you a pension paper together with a letter from Mr. John C Stratton which will explain to you the object for which it was sent to me. I have added my own certificate as to the hand writing of Mr. Dance who is the Clerk of Powhatan County Court. I believe it to be genuine
I must request that you will do whatever may be necessary to enable the pensioner to draw the money to which she may be entitled, and return the papers to me. very respectfully
your Obt. Act.
JW Jones
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T 4533
Oct 7. 1843
Va
Sally Taylor
act 1843
$88 per am

Pensioner at Jefferson, Va.

Oct 7. 1843
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Jefferson Powhatan
Oct 4/43

Paid 18 3/4

J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Virginia, Powhatan County, to wit:
On this 30th day of September 1843 before me Robert R Dabney a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Sally Taylor resident of the said County, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d. March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Ferguson Taylor who was a Fifer in the Revolutionary War, and that in conformity with the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 she was pensioned and received five years pension at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness
Alexander Jordan
Stephen B. Taylor

Sally Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me
Ro. R Dabney J. P.

I Certify that Sally Taylor, (widow of Ferguson Taylor) above named, is personally known to me. Certified by ne this 30th. day of Sept. 1843.
Ro. R. Dabney J. P.
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State of Virginia.
Powhatan County, to wit
I William S. Dance Clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby Certify that Robert R. Dabney is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his appear to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 30th day of Septem. n the year 1843.
Wm: S: Dance Clerk of the Court of Powhatan County.
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State of Virginia
Powhatan County, To wit,
This serves to Certify that I was present at the intermarriage between Ferguson Taylor, Late of this County, and Sally Taylor his widow still of Said County, the date of Marriage not now distictly recollected but feel assured it took place in or about the year 1785, Know perfectly that it was long previous to the year 1794.
I have Known Mrs. Taylor from that time to the present, Know that she is the widow of the said Ferguson Taylor and has never Married since his death. Given under my hand this 20th day of Dec’r. 1838
Jannett Sigon

The above affidavit or Certificate Subscribed and sworn to before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Powhatan aforesaid this 20th day of December 1838- Given under my hand day & date above-
Sam. Drake JP.

I do Hereby Certify that I have been long acquaited With Mrs. Janett Sigon the subscribing witness to the above Certificate and regard her as being entitled to Full Credit for any thing she may say or do, being strictly Honest and Truthful in all her intercourse through life-
Given under my hand this 20th day of Dec’r. 1838
Sam. Drake JP

State of Virginia; Powhatan County, to wit;
I William S. Dance Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Drake whose signature is affixed to the above affidavit and certificate was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace for this county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that he is authorized to administer oaths; And I do further certify that I have examined the records of my officer, and cannot find any return of the marriage of Ferguson Taylor with Sally Bedford, now Sally Taylor widow of the said Ferguson Taylor; In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County Court hereunto this 20th day of December in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and in the 63rd year of the Commonwealth.
Wm: S: Dance C.
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Powhatan Co; Ho; Va. Decem. 20th 1838.
Sir;
At the request of Mrs. Taylor I have to ask that if any other evidence is wanting to establish her claim to a pension the same may be made known to her as early as convenient, in order that she may have no time in proving it.-
Respectfully
Wm: S: Dance.

The Comssn. of Pensions
Washington City.
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I do hereby certify that I served with Ferguson Taylor in the Continental Army- The said Taylor was then Fife Major in Col. Heth, Regt, to what I also then belonged, & that the said Taylor belonged to the same from early in the year 1779 till we were taken prisoners in May 1780 at Charleston, when [illegible] realeased as prisoner, I do not now recollect, It is provable when he did, that he was ordered into service as was I in [illegible] with [illegible]- I have reason to believe he was at the Battle of Guilford- farther I know not,
Given under my hand this 1st Jan’y. 1829-
Ch’r. Woodson

Sworn to before me a Majistrate of Cumberland County State of Virginia this 1st Jan’y. 1829
Frances B. Deane
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Virginia Cumberland County, [illegible]
I Miller Woodson Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland do hereby Certify that Franceis B Deane is a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be affixed this 1st day of January 1829 in the 53rd year of the Commonwealth-
Miller Woodson Clk