Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 26,776, for Othniel Taylor, Massachusetts

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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass.
[Star Stamp]
Taylor, Othniel
S. 26.776
B.L. [Ineligible]. 2144 _300_Capt.
Issued Dec. 4, 1795
No papers.
CONTENTS

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(68) New York. [Ineligible]
Othniel Taylor
Captain
Massachusetts [Ineligible] 1779. 3 years
[Ineligible] M.[Ineligible] Revy War
At $20 per mo: com. [Ineligible] 1st April, 1818
Cert: issued 14.th April 1818. Vsent
Tean. Mr. Spenser of N.Y. House
of Representatives No. Dates
[Ineligible] to 4th Sept. 1818. 5 mos $102.58
Revd Claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
Tupper
Dead-
see roll
[check mark]
[Ineligible]
Died Aug 15. 1819
( aB)
9.4
4-
5.4/[Ineligible]
100
2.58
$100.58  20 158
4
31/8000
62
180
155
250
248
2

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To the Hon. Secretary at War of the United States of Ameri The memorial of Brigadier General Othniel Taylor of the Town of Canandaigua in the County of Ontario and State of New York, Humbly [ineligible] with, that he then said, Othniel Taylor, served his country through the Revolutionary war, first as a Lieutenant, and afterwards as a Captain, as will appear from the records in the war office of the United States, and that he has now in possession, his commissions, with which he was then honoured, from the Congress of the United States The first bearing date the 29 September 1779. With rank from the 1st January 1777 - and seccond, his Captan Commission, bearing date 18. May 1781, and afterwards another Captains Commission, bearing date the 16 September 178 [ineligible] and signed by the president of the American Congress _That under the first mentioned commission he was in Captain Warners Company, in the 10th Regiment of the Massachusetts line, and that under the other Commissions, he continued in the same Regiment [ineligible] the war, or untill the latter part of the year 1782, when the Regiments of the Massachusetts line were consolidated, and he with fifteen other Captains being the youngest in the line, went out, altho' the Colonel of the Regiment, was very solicitous to retain him in the Regiment, and wrote to the commander in

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chief to that effect - And he further [illegible] that he was honourably discharged, and that while he was in the service of the United States, he
served his country faithfully, and ever has been and is now attached to its instutions, and is proud of the honor of being a native citizen, and reflects with pleasure, upon the [illegible] of that [illegible] which gave his Country Independence & honour and he begs leave further to represent, that he
is now Sixty five years of age; that by various misfortunes, he is in "reduced circumstances," and stands in need of the aid of his country, as provided by a late law of the United States, entitled, "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War."_ And he begs leave further to represent, that he has never received any pension from the United States _And he said Othniel Taylor, on this first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, being duly sworn, doth say, that the
foregoing declarations, contained in this memorial are true, and further illegible] _
Othniel Taylor
Sworn to and subscevibed this 1st day of April 1818, before me a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in of the County of Ontario [illegible]

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Ontario County [inelligbile]
Be it remembered, that on this 1st day of April
1818, came Brigadier General Othniel Taylor, who has been well known by me for more than twenty five years. That I have examined his memorial to the Secretary at war, and attached to this; that I have examined his three several commissions referred to within, and believe him to be genuine. That I have examined him under oath, touching the several facts, therein stated and set forth, an am satisfied of the truth of his declarations, and that he served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, for the time set forth in aforesaid declaration, and I do further certify [ineligible] said Othniel Taylor, to be of a good moral character, and such a person as was meant to be embraced in the provisions of the act therein referred to and needing the aid of his country. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, at Canandaigua, in the County of Ontario & State of New York. The day and year above written. Moses Atwater a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for said County of Ontario

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State of New York, Ontario County Clerks Office.
If in Testimony that Moses Atwater where name is subscribed to the forgoing Certificate was on the day of the date of the one of the Judges & Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Ontario acting under the authority of said State & that the same is Signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this first day of April A.D. 1818 Hu McNair C.P.

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[ineligible] Boyd's [ineligible] and [ineligible] expose him to another affliction from a revolutionary officer for a pension. The only [ineligible] in the [ineligible] of Captain Taylor now [ineligible],in [ineligible] his commission. I know myself from general reputation that he was an officer in the Revolution. That to the  [ineligible] from me [ineligible], that I will at [ineligible] place him on [ineligible], and send me his certificate.
Very respectfully
J. P. [ineligible]
House of Representatives April 12, 1818

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1933. May 31, Hrlts West E. Blaine MRB
26 776
INVALID.
Revy War
ile No 26,776
Othniel Taylor
Capt. Mass Line
Act: March 18th 1818
cdex: Vol. 2, Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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George Boyd E
Pension Office
War Department

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Brandywine Summitt, Pa.
May 23, 1933
The Pension Commissioner
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Would you please furnish me with an abstract of the service claimed and record of his family in so far as contained in your records of, Othniel Taylor, Lieutenant and Adjutant, Captain Lieutenant and Captain in the Continental Army from 1777 to 1782. Born in Charlemont,, January 10, 1753 Died in New York State August 15, 1819. Continental Pensioner. I desire this information to complete some important family records.
Very truly yours,
West E. Blain
West E. Plain.
Brandywine Summit, Pa.
[[Stamp]
RECEIVED MAY 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM [Illegible] 63]

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May 31, 1933
Mr. West E. Blain
Brandywine Summit
Pennsylvania
OTHNIEL TAYLOR
S. 26776
BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of May 23, in which you request the record of Othniel Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 26776, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Othniel Taylor, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim, but he stated he was a native
citizen of this country.
He was commissioned lieutenant in Captain Warner's company
in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment, his commission bearing date of September 29, 1779, to rank from January 1, 1777. He was promoted to captain in said regiment, his commission bearing date
of May 18, 1781, and served as such until the latter part of
1782. The date of his entering the service and the place of
his residence at the time were not given. Othniel Taylor was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and residing in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. At that time he was referred to as Brigidier General Othniel Taylor, but no explanation was given as to how he acquired this rank.
on AB
He died August 15, 1819.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator