Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 601, for Isaac Taylor, Virginia

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Taylor, Isaac Margaret
W. 601 B.L.Wt. 40918-160-55-
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525 Margaret Taylor. Mar 10/53
widow of Capt Isaac Taylor U.S. Revolutionary Pensioner
Tennessee
Act Feb. 3 d 1853.
addr of
G. G. Dibrell
Sparta
Tennessee

State of Tennessee White County
On this 18 th day of February A.D. 1853 Margaret Taylor aged Seventy eight a Resident of the County and State aforesaid personally appeared before me Depe B Clark an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, And made oath in the form of Law that she is the Widow of the identical Isaac Taylor who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, that her said husband Went from the State of Virginia what is now Montgomery County but was probably then Bedford County
That her said husband died in the County of White on the 26 th day of February 1813. That she was married to the said Isaac Taylor about the 15 th November 1802. That she drew the Pension due her husband up to his death, it was drawn by her about the year 1836. But of this date she is not positive, she states that she has never married again but still remains the Widow of the said Isaac Taylor. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension due to her under the act of Congress passed the 3 rd February 1853
And for the amount due to her since the death of her said husband, And hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints George G Dillard of Sparta Tennessee my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute said claim and obtain a Certificate therefor payable at the Nashville Pension Agency, Dependent further states she was married to her said husband in Montgomery County Va,
Margaret Taylor (Seal) her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me the date above and I hereby certify that she is not able to attend Court being very old and Blind
Depe B Clark (Seal)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee §
White County ) On this 21 st day of February 1853 David Ervin aged about 60 years a resident of said County who is entitled to full faith and credit personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County and made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Margaret Taylor the widow applicant for a Pension and was well acquainted with her said husband up to his death that he was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, that he was married to the said Margaret in Montgomery County Virginia, Many years ago, that he was present and saw them married, And that the said Isaac Taylor died in the County of White in the year 1815 leaving the said Margaret his Widow, that she has never again married but still remains the Widow of said Isaac Taylor, Deceased. And that the said Margaret is very old, is Blind, and very helpless and he does not think she could possibly attend the County Sits of said County to make her declaration in Court as she lives near twenty miles distant from the Court house, and further states he is not interested in her claim.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
David his Ervin Mark
Hough Ervin, Justice of the peace (L.S.)
State of Tennessee §
Van Buren County ) On this 22 nd day of February 1853
Isaac Shipe aged 83 years a resident of Van Buren County Tennessee with whom I am personally acquainted and whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit and personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County and made oath in due form of law that he is personally acquainted with Margaret Taylor the widow applicant for a Pension, and was well acquainted with her husband Capt Isaac Taylor Deceased, that he was

present and saw them married in Montgomery County Virginia about the year 1802. That said Capt Isaac Taylor has been dead for many years, and the said Margaret is still his Widow, and has never married again, she further states that she is very old and feeble and blind so that she cannot attend at Court to make a declaration in open Court, she further states she is not interested in her claim for a Pension
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 nd February 1853
Isaac his Shippe mark
W. W. Queen for (Seal) Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee
Van Buren County
3 I. Arthur D. Partin Clerk of Van Buren County Court hereby certify that William B. Cummings Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the above affidavit is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Spence the 26 th day of February A D 1853
A. J. Clarke
Clerk of said Van Buren County Court

State of Tennessee White County
I George H. Dillard clerk of White County Court hereby certify that Depe B. Clark Esq and Dwight Bracey Esq whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing Declaration and affidavits are now and was at the time of signing the same Acting Justices of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that each of their official Acts as such are entitled to full faith and Credit
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Sparta the 28 th day of February A D 1853
G. H. Dillard clerk of White County Court
May June Say in Pens
De.
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address G. G. Dill Sparta Tennessee

State of Tennessee White County
On this 13 th day of September 1853 personally appeared before the Undersigned Judge of the Circuit Court in the 4 th Judicial Circuit in the State of Tennessee Margaret Taylor with whom I am personally acquainted, Aged Seventy eight years or Resident of said County and State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following Decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1853 Granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the Widow of Isaac Taylor who was a Captain in the Illeneis Regiment of Virginia State Line Troops in the Army of the Revolution, that he served three years, And that she has been paid half pay under the act of July 5 th 1832 - - as she now receives Four hundred and eighty dollars per year which was due about the year 1833 or 4. but she does not know at what agency it was paid, And that she is informed her husband received four hundred acres of Land from Virginia for Military service all of which information will be seen by reference to the Army records. She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Taylor on or about the _____ day of November Eighteen hundred and two and that her said husband died on the 26 th  about Twenty-sixth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifteen that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a Widow and has been ever since the death of said Isaac Taylor, she was married to him in Montgomery County Va. She further states that she made a Declaration which was filed in the Pension office 10 th March 1853 and suspended on the 17 th May 1853 which said Declaration is intended to amend and reference is here made to the proof of her marriage and widowhood, and also the death of her said husband therewith filed and asked to be made a part of this Declaration, She further refers to the proof of her said husbands services filed with her application in 1833 for half pay under the act of 5 th July 1832 which was allowed her, And further that from lodily infirmity she is unable to go to Court to make this declaration interlined before signed Margaret her Taylor Mark Francis A. Woodhull

The within Declaration of Margaret Taylor sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of September 1853 And I hereby certify that the said Margaret Taylor from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court to make her declaration being very old, Blind, and confined to her Bed, and that I have no interest whatever in her claim
Jno. L. Goodall Judge Attest
State of Tennessee } Jackson County } On this 13 th day of September 1853
Reuben H Dowell of Jackson County and Benjamin H Watson of White County Tennessee personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Margaret Taylor the within applicant, that she is still the widow of the deceased Isaac Taylor within mentioned that never married since his death and that they are disinterested in her claim
Reuben H. Dowell
Benjamin H. Watson
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Benjamin H Watson and Reuben H Dowell and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Jno. L. Goodall Judge Attest

State of Tennessee White County
I Joseph Brown clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that the other John S Goodall whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and Certificates is now and was at the time of signing the same Judge of the Circuit Court in the State of Tennessee and assigned to hold the Courts in the 4 th Judicial circuit, composed of the Counties of White Jackson etc, duly Commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Sparta the 14 th day of September A D 1853
Joseph Brown Clerk of White County Circuit Court

Act to Inr. A. T. Head. July 7 th 1837.
Death not on A. B.
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Tennessee Nashville Margaret Taylor
Widow of Isaac Taylor who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Captain.
Va Sine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept r 1853 and sent to
J. G. Debell, Sparta Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1849 Page 186 Vol. A.
July 3. 1853
1832

243.415 Oct. Mar 3/55.
Apr 26/55.
3/55 Margaret Taylor
Capt Isaac Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Isaac Taylor, Capt.
Capt I. Taylor.
new
July 9/55
Da. Mil.
Rev. Mear.
Pensioner Cer. No 21.62.
Feb 53-2162
Co: 160 ac, Sept. 4/56
Bapt Dr
H. Denton Cookville Tenn.
Vol I = 10

G. G. Librell Esq. Sparta White County Tennessee.

Know all by these presents that we Isaac Taylor & John McHenry are held and firmly bound unto James Monroe Governor or chief magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the just and full sum of One hundred & fifty dollars, to which payment well and truly to be made, to our said Governor and his successors for the use of the said Com- monwealth, we bind ourselves our heirs executors & admini- strators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. sealed with our seals and dated this 14 th day of October 1802 fourteenth day of October one thousand eight and two The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Isaac Taylor on this day obtained a license for his marriage with Margaret Erwin. Now if there should be no lawful cause to obstruct a marriage then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue. Isaac Taylor. John McHenry Teste. J. B. Dandridge.
State of Virginia. Montgomery County S scit .
I Rife D. Montague clerk of the county court of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage license bond of Isaac Taylor on file in my office with the exception of the date, which is in fair legible figures in the bond and the date has been added in writing; I do further certify that I have made a careful examination of my office & cannot find any register of the marriage, or any other evidence on record to prove the marriage: that the register of marriages from 1801 to 1813 has been lost or mislaid.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 7 th day of June 1853.
R. D. Montague C.

24 Sept 18
Margaret Taylor Widow of
Isaac Taylor dec? Capt in Rev? War Declaration for Bounty Lands
H. Newton Cookville Tenn

State of Tennessee Putnam County } On this 10 day of April A.D. 1856 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice of the peace for the County & State aforesaid. Margaret Taylor aged about years who being first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Isaac Taylor who was a Revolutionary Captain in the Revolutionary War & commanded a Compa- ny of Virginia troops. That her said husband Isaac Taylor enlisted or engaged in said service in the State of Virginia about the year of (the precise date she cannot now state) neither can she state how long he served or where or when discharged. She further states that she has been in receipt of a Pension under the act of 3 rd February 1853 as the widow of said Isaac Tay- lor. She here refers the Commissioner of Pensions to her application now on file in the Pension Office at Washington City D.C. under the act of 3 Feb 1853 upon which a Certificate which she now has in her possession N o 2162. and dated 27 Sept 1853 & records on the Rolls of Pensions under the act of 3 March -1853 Page 186 Vol. 1. for proof of service of her said husband Isaac Taylor as a Captain in said War and also of her & the said Isaac Taylor's marriage. She further declares that she & her said husband Isaac Taylor married in Montgomery County in the State of Virginia about the day of 1802 by one Henry Vanover a Minister of the gospel all of which she refers to her application for a pension on file as above referred to. She further states that her husband Isaac Taylor died in White County in the State of Tennessee on the 26 th day of February 1815 And

that she is still a widow,
She further declares that she has never applied for or received any Bounty Lands under the act of 3 rd March 1855 or any other act of Congress as the widow of said Isaac Taylor dec d .
Margaret mark Taylor Seal
We Taylor W. Huddleston & Andrew L. Huddleston being first duly sworn according to law state that we are personally well acquainted with the above named Margaret Taylor and that we know of our own knowledge that she is the identical Margaret Taylor who is now in receipt of a Pension under the act of 3 rd Feb. 1855 & and has now in her possession a pension Certificate N o 2162 & dated the 27 th day of September 1853 - pensioning her as the widow of a Rev d Isaac Taylor dec d who was a Revolutionary Soldier or Captain also that the said Isaac Taylor died in White County Tennessee about the time stated by her in her above & foregoing declaration & that she is still a widow & that she swore to & subscribed to the above declaration in our presence.
Taylor W. Huddleston Seal Andrew L. Huddleston Seal
State of Tennessee County of Putnam ss. I. B. Taylor an acting Justice of the peace for said County hereby certify that the above named Margaret Taylor swore to & subscribed the above declaration before me & that the above named Witness Taylor W. Huddleston & Andrew L. Huddleston made & subscribed the above affidavits before me & that they are

persons of good respectability - This the 16 day of April 1856
Lee R. Taylor Justice of Peace for 5 th County
State of Tennessee County of Putnam } I, Rufus Moore Clerk of the County Court of Putnam County Certify that Lee R. Taylor whose genuine signature appears to the above Cer- -tificate is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for the County & State aforesaid duly Commissioned and Qualified as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and Affixed the seal of my office at Office in Cook ville on this 16 th day of April 1856. Rufus Moore clerk

September 9, 1935.
Mr. George F. Taylor Klamath Falls, Oregon.
RA-J/ILL Isaac Taylor W. 601
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Isaac Taylor, cited in Heitman's "Officers of the Continental Line of the Revolution" in a Virginia State Regiment, 1778-1781.
The record of Captain Isaac Taylor is given herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 601, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Isaac Taylor of Botetourt County, Virginia, (which was later Montgomery County) was commissioned December 21, 1778, Captain of Colonel John Montgomery's Illinois regiment of Virginia troops and continued to serve until August 22, 1780; he rendered one month's service as Captain from August 1, 1782.
Captain Isaac Taylor died February 25, 1815 in White County, Tennessee. The date and place of birth of this officer, and the names of his parents are not shown.
He married about November 12, 1802 (as stated by his widow), Margaret Erwin; the marriage bond was dated October 14, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia, in which county they were married; one John McHenry signed said marriage bond.
Margaret Taylor, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 21, 1853, at which time she was a resident of White County, Tennessee. She was then aged seventy-eight years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. In 1856, she was a resident of Putnam County, Tennessee.

Reference was made to one I. M. B. Taylor who lived at the time Captain Isaac Taylor rendered service in the Revolutionary War, but no relationship between them was shown.
In 1853, reference was made to the son of Margaret Taylor, a son (soldier's widow)  soldier's widow, but his name was not designated. In 1856, Lee R. Taylor was a Justice of the Peace for Putnam County, Tennessee; no relationship to the soldier's family was stated.
In 1853, David Erwin, aged about sixty years, was a resident of White County, Tennessee; he stated then that he was present at the wedding of Captain Isaac Taylor and Margaret Erwin in Montgomery County, Virginia, but he did not state any relationship to Margaret.
It is suggested that for further information regarding the military record of Captain Isaac Taylor you should apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city. Information regarding his service and land which he may have received from the State of Virginia on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, might be obtained from the archives of Virginia in the State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
It was stated that he received some acres from Va. for service.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Pension Office,
July 15, 1853.
Sir,
From diligent search among the papers and documents of this government, for the service of Captain Isaac Taylor, in right of which his alleged widow, Margaret Taylor, applies for pension, we can only find that he served 609 days during the years 1778, '79 and '80 - and one month in the year 1782. This period would not entitle his widow to the maximum allowance provided by the act of June 7, 1832, the law under which he would have been entitled to pension, if living. There may be evidence of a longer service, however, among the archives of the State of Virginia, at Richmond, to which you are respectfully referred.
Additional satisfactory evidence is also required in this case that the present claimant is the widow of the identical Isaac Taylor, who was a Captain in the revolutionary army at the periods above named. Enclosed

please find printed circular dated June 1, 1853, which designates the character of the evidence required upon this point.
Very resp ly . Jc
J. J. Deubell July 15/1853
17 June 61
J. J. Deubell Esqr Sparta, Tennessee

5 No. 918
J Newbury

Brief in the case of Margaret Taylor, widow of Isaac Taylor White County and State of Tennessee act 3 rd February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Residence of claimant was a Captain in Colonel John Montgomery's Regiment Virginia Infantry - Revolutionary war - from December 1778 for more than two years, as shown by records in Pension Office.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by certified copy of marriage bond executed October 14. 1802, and by the affidavits of David Erwin and Jacob Stipe (certified to be credible witnesses) who were present and witnessed the ceremony.
Death of claimant's husband certified to have occurred on the 26 th February 1815, by the Register of the Treasury, as proved in application for half pay under act July 5, 1832.
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Debell Esq. Sparta. Tennessee
Examining Clerk.
Rhudder

Callatien Tenn. June 27 th 1854
Dear Sir;
About 1827 an act was passed by Congress granting to Isaac Taylor a pension, as an officer in the Revolutionary war. My information is that he belonged to the Virginia lines and said pension was granted by a private act. In this my informant may be mistaken. But what I wish to know is, whether Peggy Taylor, as the widow of Isaac Taylor, is drawing a pension; or if she is not, whether any person is drawing said pension as his heir? If so, who is so drawing it? Under what act of Congress such pension is drawn? Does said act give it to the widow or children, or to both? What time was said pension commenced? How much has been drawn and at what times; and how much is the present annual amount, drawn? You will render me a great service by answering the above questions and giving me all additional information touching said pension. I have an important land suit, in which the above information will be very essential; and your past promptness and punctuality in giving me information from the Department, encourages me to address you this inquiry with the confidence, that it will

receive your immediate attention. Should you be entitled to any fees for your services I will cheerfully remit the amount, or most of your answer.
Very respectfully yours Geo. W. Head.

Sparta Tennessee 14 th Sept 1853
Dear S P Hulse
Sir
Please find enclosed Amended Declaration of Margaret Taylor Widow of Capt Isaac Taylor for Pension under act of 3 rd July 1853 and which was filed 10 th March and Suspended 17 th May 1853 which I trust is satisfactory and will be allowed immediately and not have to wait its regular turn from now on, This declaration contains all the facts required in your letters, except at what agency she was formerly paid, This however you will see by reference to her former papers which was filed in 1832 or 3
Very Respectfully, G. G. Dibrell
ditto

Treasury Department Registers Office June 30, 1853
Sir,
In reply to yours of the 29th. inst. I have the honor to state, that upon reference to the papers filed by Margaret Taylor widow of Isaac Taylor Reed, for half pay under the act of 5th. July 1832, it appears, that said Isaac Taylor was a Captain in the Virginia Line in the Revolutionary war — that he "had two Commissions from the Governor of Virginia, the first bearing date the 21st. day of December 1778, appointing said Isaac Taylor a Captain in a Battalion of Volunteers for the defense and protection of the State of Virginia, signed by P. Henry Governor; the Second Commission bearing date the 18th. day of May in the year 1780, and signed by Thos. Jefferson the Governor." — and that said Isaac Taylor died on the 26th. day of February 1815, in White County Tennessee. The papers further shew that he was seen since by J. M. E. Taylor during the time that he (Isaac Taylor) was in the service at home when he visited his family, and that

on such visits he had on a Military dress -
The foregoing is the substance of the information found in said papers, as to the term of service, grade, and death of said Isaac Taylor.
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
M. Biggs Register
Comm. of Pensions Present

FREE To the Commission of Delegates Washington City D.C. C.C.

No 119
Margt. Taylor widow of Capt S. Taylor Tenn.
Let to G. G. Schell June 7/53
Let to G. G. Schell June 17/53
Let to same July 15/53
Act Heby 8/53.

Sparta Tennessee 28 th Feby 1853
To the Commissioners of Pensions
Sir
In the enclosed Case of Margaret Taylor Widow of Capt. Isaac Taylor deceased a Pensioner of the U. S. I contend that her Pension will date back to the 26 th February 1815 the date of the death of Capt Taylor And that it will be the full pay of a Captain, the act of 2 nd Feby 1848 allows the Widows full pay of amount their husbands drew, and act of 3 rd Feby 1853 allows Widows same pay as those married prior to 1800, You will see that the Justice Certificates and the Notaries testify that Mrs Taylor is unable to appear in Court to make her declaration I think the declaration and proof is all arranged to your satisfaction, I have read no forms or regulations adopted by the Department, as to these claims,
I respectfully refer you to the declarations and proof of identity of Mrs Taylor in drawing the amount due her said husband up to his death, which she thinks was drawn by her in 1836 but may have been filed before that
Your early attention to this claim, and allowance will greatly oblige Yours
Very Respectfully,
G. B. Doherty
Attorney

Capt Isaac Taylor received, in 1833 $8173 \frac{15}{100} under the act of 5 July 1832 as an officer of the Va State line. He died about the year 1817. The precise date of his death can be ascertained by reference the half pay papers on file in the Register's Office. There is abundant evidence in the Vol marked Va Claims & at Richmond that he served over two years as a Captain.
R.M.H.
Records in the War (609-2a21)
Served as Captain from Dec. 21, 1778 to Aug. 22, 1780 Col. Montgomery's Regiment Second term. 1 st Aug 1782 - 1 month -

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Dear L. D. Waldo Rept of Pensions Washington City D.C. 1853
[Handwritten word, possibly 'Yours']
[Handwritten word, possibly 'Yours']
[Handwritten text, possibly 'L. D. Waldo']

Sparta Tennessee 17 th June 1853
Wm L P Waldo
Sir
In reply to your letter of 7 th Instant relating to the application of Margaret Taylor for Pension under act of 3 d July 1833 filed in your office 10 Months past in which you state she must state under what act and at what agency her husbands pension was paid I have to say. 1 st Mrs Taylor is so old and infirm that she does not recollect where her husbands pension was paid to her was payable nor under what act of Congress. And cannot make the amend unless this evidence is furnished her from your department.
Her husband was a Captain in the Virginia State Line Troops as I learn from her Son and she was entitled to a Pension as his Widow, or to what was due him at his death under the act of 5 th July 1832. And I presume her claim was allowed under this act and paid by the Secretary of the Treasury as appears from the opinion of Mr. Atty General Butler found on page of 59 of Pension laws issued in pamphlet form in 1849. I L Edwards reports page 100 of same work, See also J Y Marcus opinion on evidence at page 187 near bottom of page,
Her Power of Attorney to receive the Amount due her for her husbands services bears date December 1832

And her husband's Estate was settled up in Novr. 1833 And her claim must have been allowed between those dates and not in 1836 as she at first thought,
Capt Taylor's about this Widow also made another Power of Attorney in April 1833. And I am satisfied the claim was allowed in 1833 although she thinks it was in 1836 which may be the date the money went into her hands. And as all the evidence and proof is now on file in your office that can be made. And I have given you all the information in my power. I must ask of you the kindness to examine the Records in your office When you will find Mrs Taylor to be the same person who claims as the Widow of Capt Taylor. And satisfactory proof was made by her in 1833 to establish her claim then, and according to the decision on page 187 above referred to, that is all that ought to be required, now. She does not know at what rate her husband was entitled but she drew several thousand dollars. Her not knowing these facts were the cause of their being omitted in her Declaration. And I think her Declaration and the proof fur- nished is ample to establish the claim.
I mailed to you on the 3 rd June Certificate of her inability to attend court and on 14 th June sent you also Record proof of marriage.
Having done all this I respectfully ask you to examine the former application and allow her claim,
I dislike very much to be troublesome or to do anything you may dislike but ask this much in simple justice to a very old Lady not able to give the information necessary
Very Resp. orfully Yours &c G. G. D. Bell Claim filed 18 th March Disapproved 17 th May

Pension Office,
June 17. 1853
Sir,
Upon date of the 7 th inst, I wrote you, in re- lation to the claim of Margaret Taylor, widow of Joac Taylor, that before it could be allowed " a declaration must be made before in Confor- mity with the enclosed regulation! " These regu- lation required that in case of bodily infirmity, &c the declaration must be made before a Judge of a Court of Record. You were also in- formed that the applicant " must state under oath under what act her husband was pensioned- at what rate, and at what Agency paid. " These requirements not having been complied with, in the additional evidence since filed, the case is again suspended.
Enclosed please find full Instructions and Forms, which will enable the claim- ant properly to prepare her case. —
Very respectfully Jc
G. S. Debull, Sparta, Tennessee

G. G. Dimee June 7. 1873

76 Pension Office June 7, 1833.
Sir,
Before the claim of Margaret Taylor, widow of Isaac Taylor, can be allowed, a Declaration must be made in conformity with the enclosed regulations,
She must also state under what act her husband was pensioned; at what rate and at what Agency paid
G. G. Dabrell Sparta Te
Rev

Sparta Tennessee 13 th June 1853
Dear G. P. Waldo, Post 16
Sir
Please find enclosed Record proof of marriage of Margaret Taylor who applies for a Pension under act of 3 rd July last was filed in your office 10 th March and suspended 17 th May, having now sent all the evidence required And it being utterly impossible for Mrs Taylor to make her declaration in open court, I hope you will allow the claim, I mailed to you on the 3 rd instant the Justices additional Certificate of the impossibility of her attending court, without endangering her life
Very Resp. fully G. B. D. Smith
X Charge to McColl June 15 th

State of Tennessee } White County }
I hope B Clark an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and a member of the County Court of the County aforesaid, hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Taylor widow of Capt. Isaac Taylor deceased who is applying for a Pension under act of 3 rd February 1853. that I administered the Oath to her when she signed the Declaration, And I certify that Mrs. Taylor is very old is entirely helpless & blind, And I do not believe she could be carried to the Court house without very great inconvenience and without endangering her health if not her life, She keeps her bed nearly all the time and cannot get in and out without help, She lives near Twenty Miles from the Court house and in my district, I further certify that I have no interest whatever in her claim for a Pension.
Witness my hand and seal this 2 nd day of May 1853
Levi B Clark (Seal) Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee } White County }
I George G. Dittell clerk of White County Court hereby certify that Levi B Clark Esq whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace and a member of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified that all of his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Sparta on 3 rd day of June A.D. 1853. G. G. Dittell Clerk of White County Court.

Sparta Tennessee 3 rd June 1853
Dear L. P. Huldo P.S. V.C.
Yrs
You will please find annexed the Certificate of the inability of Mrs. Dugay to make her declaration in open court as required in yours of the 14 th May. Her claim was filed 10 th March 1853, under act of 3 rd July last. You will please allow it immediately & oblige Yours
Very Respectfully
G. H. Dugay
atto

Cookeville Tn Apr 18 th
Sir
24 th March 1855
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

March 30, 1904. Hirt. to Mrs. Isaac Taylor Fayetteville, Ark.
1924. Feb. 10. Hirt. to Mrs. A. L. McDonald - J.H.
1924. May 5. Mrs. Margaret McDonald inf. sh. was full list Feb. 10. 1924.
1935. Sept. 10. Hirt. to Mr. George P. Taylor
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 601
Margaret Taylor Widow
Isaac Taylor
Capt. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: — Vol. M. Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 5, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Isaac Taylor, W. 601
Mrs. Margaret Taylor McDonald 124 College Avenue Fayetteville Arkansas
Dear Madam:
The enclosed letter which you addressed to the General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., has been transmitted to this office.
On February 10, 1934, you were furnished the full history of Isaac Taylor as shown by the papers on file in the pension claim, W. 601.
This is the only soldier named Isaac Taylor who enlisted from Virginia that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
In letter sent to her Feb 10, 1934, she was told that she could obt. further info. by writing to War Dept. & Gen. Ac. Office. Evidently Gen. Ac. Office misunderstood her request for last payment of pen etc. as they transferred her letter to this Office. As her letter is a very indefinite one as to her request, thought would return it & let her make another request if she still wants information from Gen. Accounting Office.

February 10, 1934.
Mrs. A. A. McDonald 124 College Avenue Fayetteville, Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL Isaac Taylor W. 601
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Isaac Taylor of Virginia, your ancestor.
The record of Captain Isaac Taylor is given below as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 601, based upon his service in that war.
Isaac Taylor of Botetourt County, Virginia, (which was later Montgomery County), was commissioned December 21, 1778, Captain of Colonel John Montgomery's Illinois regiment of Virginia troops and continued to serve until August 22, 1780; he rendered one month's service in August 1782, also as Captain.
Captain Isaac Taylor died February 25, 1815 in White County, Tennessee. The date and place of birth of this officer and the names of his parents are not shown in this claim.
He married November 12, 1802 (as stated by his widow), Margaret Erwin; the marriage bond was dated October 14, 1802 in Montgomery County, Virginia, where the wedding took place; one John McHenry signed the marriage bond.
Margaret Taylor, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed February 21, 1853, at which time she was a resident of White County, Tennessee; she was then aged seventy-eight years, the date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. In 1856, she was in Putnam County, Tennessee.

One I. M. E. Taylor was referred to as living during the Revolutionary War, no relationship to the soldier Isaac Taylor stated.
In 1853, reference was made to the son of Margaret Taylor, the soldier's widow, his name not designated. In 1856, Lee R. Taylor was a Justice of the Peace for Putnam County, Tennessee, no relationship to the family shown.
At the time Margaret Taylor made application for pension in 1853, David Erwin was a resident of White County, Tennessee, aged about sixty years; he stated that he was present at the wedding of Captain Isaac Taylor and Margaret Erwin in Montgomery County, Virginia, but he did not state any relationship to said Margaret.
For further information in regard to the military record of Captain Isaac Taylor, it is suggested you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Margaret Taylor, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Margaret Taylor, widow of Isaac Taylor (Captain) Certificate # 2162 Issued September 27, 1853 Rate of $480 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853 Act of February 3, 1853. Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

Treasurer of Klamath County
GEORGE P. TAYLOR, TREASURER KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
September 4, 1935
Chief of the Record and Pension Office, U.S. War Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Only Va Troops
Will you kindly give me the complete war record of CAPTAIN ISAAC TAYLOR referred to in Heitman's "Officers of the Continental Line of the Revolution" in a Virginia State Regiment, 1778-1781. Do not have definite data on the exact regiment he served in. Was this the same Captain Isaac Taylor as referred to in W.H. English's "Conquest of the County Northwest of the Ohio River" p. 840 ?
Am enclosing copies of some records which may be of some assistance, which show source from which secured.
Thanking you kindly for this favor, I remain,
Courteously yours,
Taylor

Fayetteville - Ark. Jan - 24th. 1934
U. S. Pension Bureau.
Capt. Isaac Taylor was a relative of mine - I'd like to know of his ancestors - and though it may be the pension record would show this - Capt Isaac Taylor was born in Virginia (I think Greenbrier Co) about 1755 - and died in White Co. Tenn. Feb 26. 1815 - He married Miss Street first - in Va - after she died he married his second wife (Margaret Erwin Nov 12 - 1802 in Montgomery Co Va. and she was pensioned as his widow from White Co. Tenn. He enlisted in the War of the American Rev. Dec 21 - 1778 - Does the pension record tell of his parents? Will you please send me a copy of

his record or any information you can - How long did he serve in Rev. War? I think seven years. I thank you for a reply at your earliest convenience.
Yours Very truly - Mrs. A. A. McDonald 124 College Ave. Fayetteville, Ark.

Fayetteville - Ark - Mar. 17 - 1904
H. S. [unclear] U. S. Commissioner. Washington - D. C.
Dear Sir -
Please send me a copy of the application for pension, or record of pension granted to Isaac Taylor from Virginia (I think from Greenbrier County) for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.
The family history says that the said Isaac Taylor served the seven years and a part of this time as Captain.
Respectfully, Mrs. Isaac Taylor Fayetteville Ark
126 College Ave.
OWP

App. of Mary Taylor widow of Capt. Isaac Taylor White Co Tenn. Tenn. 1818
Act 3rd Feb 1853
Res. 8:
Let to G.G. Dabrell 7 June 1833
G.G. Dabrell
Sparks Tenn. 1833
Sum $480 per annum commencing 3rd Feb 1833
Marry in 1802 Husband died 1815
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business