Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,760, for Charles Taylor, Georgia
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8-1776 Taylor Charles
SERVICE  GA SC   NUMBER S.3760 Borwin VA. carded 
CONTENTS
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7300
West Tennessee
Charles Taylor
of Bedford County in the State of W. Tennessee
was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Blackley [John Blakeney] of the Regt commanded
by Col Fletcher [Thomas Fletchall] in the South Carolina
list for 16 months & 15 days

S.C. and Ga. Line Records corrected
Mar 1904

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 60 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to
commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March 1832 and sent to
J McKisick Shelbyville Tenn

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  121.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  30.25 =                              $151.25

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 98
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Charles Taylors
declaration
4719
Bedford Co. SC line
Blakeley [Blakeney]
Fletcher [Fletchall]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
This day being the 14th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Personally appeared in open Court before Samuel Phillips, John B Armstrong and John L. Neill Esqr
Gentlemen Justices of the peace appointed to hold the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for said County in the State aforesaid now sitting,
Charles Taylor a resident of Bedford
County in the State aforesaid; aged Seventy nine years and Nine days, who after being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit: That he volunteered
in Captain Blakeleys [John Blakeney]Company as drummer in Chesterfield district and State of South Carolina in the winter
of 1772. about the 1st of Decemr And was marched on in order to subdue a party of Scofleites or tories who were said to have embodied on the Saluda river in South Carolina under one Col Thomas Fletcher [Fletchall]
he states he was marched about 50 miles in that direction when he states they met the Americans marching on to Charlestown with Fletchall and
about a half dozen of his men prisoners, He States that his Majors name was Hicks [George Hicks] and he states they were marched back home and discharge in the month
of January in the year 1773
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He states that afterwards in the year 1776 he was drafted in Chesterfield district in South Carolina and served as Drummer in Capt John Joneses Company and was stationed at what was called the ten mile house for two months and better; and was then discharged in writing by Colonel Culp [Abel Kolb] who was our head commander at that place. He further
States that after that he was drafted and attached to Capt McManas
 [Thomas McManis] and he states before they had orders to march he was taken sick, and shortly after was taken prisoner by the tories and marched to their encampment below Camden on the Wateree river where he says they kept him about one month when he effected an escape and fled to the edge of the State of Georgia to my Brother in law Benjn Moseleys where I remain through fear of the tories until Col Clarke Marched into the State of Georgia when
I volunteered with Captain George Dooley [Dooly] whose company was attached to Col Clarks troops. This
he states was in the the first part of May 1781
He States that he was in the battle of Augusta And at that place he states he saw Cols [William] Washington and [Henry] Lee at the Siege of Augusta with troops of light horse. He also states that he still remained
in said Company under Captain Dooly until the close of the War and was after in actual service for one or two months at a time. He states that in the whole of his service from first to last he he was in actual service about Eighteen months
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He further States that he has no documentary evidence whatever; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify as to his service. He hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in the United States

Inty 1st where and in what year were you born
Ansr I was born in Fairfax County in the State of Virginia on the 5th day of August 1753. 
Inty 2nd Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it
Ansr I have a record of my age at home in my prayer Book
Inty 3rd where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and where do you now live
Andsr when I was first called into service I lived in Chesterfield District South Carolina, and when I was called into service last, or when I volunteered I was at my Brother in law Benj Moseley in Wilks [Wilkes] County Georgia, Since the close of the war
I returned back to South Carolina, and moved from that to Roan County and State of S Carolina and from thence to Smith County Tennessee, and
I moved from that to Bedford County Tennessee where I now live
4th How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or was you a substitute, and if a Substitute for whom
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Ansr I was first a volunteer, then I was drafted twice, and the last time I volunteered until the close of the war
Intry 5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who you were with; or the troops where you
served; Such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect,
Ansr I recollect Capt John Donaldson, also I was told that Colonel [William] Washington and Colonel [Henry] Lee who  I saw at Augusta Were Regular Officers
Inty 7th Did you ever receive a discharge and if so what has become of it 
Ansr I only Recd one discharge signed by Captain John Jones but where it now is, I cannot tell
8th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can certify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your Services as a soldier of the Revolution,
Ansr the Rev. William Jinkins, Michael Fisher Esquire, Benjamin Reaves and William Carter
the above Sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid
s/ Charles Taylor
sworn to in open court
14th August 1832 [illegible]
We William Jinkins a clergyman
residing in Bedford County and State of Tennessee, and Michael Fisher a resident of the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Taylor who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 that we believe him to be Seventy nine years and nine days old , that he is
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reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 14th day of August 1832.  s/ William Jenkins
Sworn to in open Court 14th August 1832  s/ Michael Fisher
James McKisick Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states; And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Jinkins who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman of good standing in Lutheran Church in Bedford County, and that Michael
Fisher who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of said County of Bedford and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
s/ ToS Neill
Samuel Phillips
John B. Armstrong
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
for the County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
application of Charles Taylor for a pension the Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at office in Shelbyville this 14th day of August in the year 1832
Js McKisick
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Rev War Section,
Record Division
March 9, 1936
MV Barnes
Willoforest Farm
Baldwin Place,
Putnam Co. N. Y.
Madam
in response to your letter of the 15th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War claim, S. 3760, it appears that Charles Taylor was born in born in Fairfax Co. Va. Aug. 3, 1753, resided during the
Revolution in Chesterfield District SC and Wilkes Co. Ga, was allowed pension for 18 months and 15 days
service in the troops of SC and Ga. on his application executed Aug. 14, 1833, while living in Bedford County, Va.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War claim,
S. 31790, it appears that John Grisham, (name erroneously spelled Gresham, on the printed list of 1835) was born in Culpeper Co. Va, date not stated, resided during the Revolution in Henry Co. Va., was allowed pension for 8 months and 1 day service in the troops of Va. on his application executed Oct. 1, 1838, while living in Pickens District, S. C.
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If you desire photostat copies of the original papers on file in said claims, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the 1st of August
24, 1818, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra, in each claim for certification if that is desired. The number of pages to
be copied is thirteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the
Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
s/ Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
Chas Taylor pages 7
John Gresham  "  6
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An amendment to the declaration of Charles Taylor subscribed and sworn to at August term 1832 of Bedford
Court in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. State of Tennessee Bedford County   
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County Charles Taylor
the subscribed and was sworn to the declaration above alluded to, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith
that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise
period of the war when he served but to the best of his recollection his first tour of duty was performed in the year 1772 about the 1st of Decembr as stated in his declaration, and that he served as drummer not less
than one month and a half at said time and to the best of his recollection his second tour was
performed as drummer in Capt Jones Company in the year 1776, as mentioned in his declaration, and
to the best of his recollection he served not less than two months, and that he was drafted and, and placed,
in Captain Jones Company as drummer about the 20th of August in the year 1780 and shortly afterward
was taken prisoner as stated in the accompanying declaration, and remained a prisoner at last one month and that he served his last tour with Capt Dooley [George Dooly]
which commenced in the month of May 1781, and that he served between then and the close of the war as drummer and a volunteer in SC Dooleys Company not
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not less than twelve months, making in the whole a term of actual service in the war of the Revolution of not less than sixteen months and a half for which he claims a pension, sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of January 1833 s/  Charles Taylor
Nathan H Schooler

State of Tennessee Bedford County ⎬
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas and [illegible] Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Nathan H Schooler before whom Charles Taylor was qualified to the foregoing amended declaration, is now and was at the time of qualifying him thereto on acting Justice of
the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to
his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
Bedford County Court at Office this 8th day of January 1833.
Jas McKisick Clerk
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Charles Taylor
Bedford Co
from 1776 Summer 16 months $60.50/100

Blakeley [Blakeney]
Fletcher [Fletchall]
SC line
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Taylor which require further
proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled? NO
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respective citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES. QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year
-- months and - days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as and
for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly
thenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of Municing papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in
properly attached to the certificate.
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 11th March 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I am desired by Mr Charles Taylor a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act
of Congress of June 1832 who has not drawn his pay for the last 18 months to forward his Voucher for your inspection and permission of
payment, Mr Taylor says to me that owing to sickness with himself and in his family the loss of his wife are the only causes he can render for not applying for his stipend before
this time, please to return the enclosed voucher to him with your instructions to Shelbyville Bedford County Tennessee and very much
obliged Sir
Yr Obnt Srvt
John M Bass
By S. Cantrell
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1922 Mar 20 Hist. & cost of Copies to M. T. Barnes
Rev War
3760
INVALID

File No. 3760
Charles Taylor
Pvt. S.C. line
Act: June 7 1832
Index Vol. A. Page 36
Arrangement of 1870
SC and Ga Records corrected Mar 9 '04
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Baldwin Place, Putnam Co., N.Y.
Feb. 16, 1922
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.     Rev [illegible]
Gentlemen: I understand you furnish the pension statements of Revolutionary soldiers to descendants who wish to join the patriotic societies.
I would like the short statements of two, and to know what the cost of the full ones would be, by your process of copying. 
These names are from the third volume, Report of the Secretary of War, 1835, S.C. part, p. 47, Pickens District:
[noted] S3760 7 pages Charles Taylor, pri. 20. 60. S.C.Militia, Sept. 20, 1833 March 4, 1831-70.
[noted] S21790 6 pages John Gresham [Grisham] pri. 26.77 80.31 Va. Mili. July 20, 1833 Mar. 4, 1831-78 
Respectfully, 
M. V. Barnes, Baldwin Place, Putnam Co., N.Y.
Willowbrook Farms.
[round stamp]PENSION O FEB 17 1922 U. S. OFFICE")