Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,237, for Zachariah Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Taylor, Zachariah Susannah
NUMBER
W 6237
B.L.M. 11195-160-55
Also in 1794
CONTENTS

7168. Virginia
Zachariah Saylor of Orange Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Spencer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Huttonfield in the Virginia ma- rine for 2 years from '76
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia. at the rate of 80 Dollars 000 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1833 and sent to Reynolds Chapman Orange Co Va. Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Witham Clerk, Book B. Vol. 5 Page 28
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1831 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agts Notified 19 Dec 1839.
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1840. to 4 March 1841. Agents Notified 28 Feb 1842.

Reported July 8/49
2877
Virginia Richmond
Elizabeth Taylor widow of Frederick Taylor who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of July 1849 and sent to
Hon M c L. Groggin Hoff
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 194 Vol. 3

93.478 Act. Mar. 3/53 Apl. 24/53
Susannah Taylor, wife of Zachariah Taylor, Soldier widow is a Revolutionary Pension
Private the State Line
No 11195
Pa Feb 48-2877
Ad. 160 a/c No 28/53
Ref. Yrs
Land
Vol I. page 3.
J. W. T. Gamble Groove Hill Page Co. Va.

No 121112
Zachariah Taylor Orange County 7 Virginia
look on Va Roll
on State Roll
from 1776 private 2 years $80
Service
Reynolds Chapman Orange County Court House Virginia

BRIEF in the case of Zachariah Taylor  of Orange County in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Genl.     In 1776. 2. Private Capt Spencer May Nelson sea line   Enlisted 1778 or 9- 6 " " Daniel Col Smithfield   Subst. 1782- " " Cravens  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Yorktown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness-  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Capt Oliver Finks
Green County

Know all men by these presents, that we Zach y Taylor, & M c Cofer are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds Current money, which payment well and truly to be made to the said Commonwealth, we bind ourselves, our heirs executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals this 19 th day of Decr. 1793.
Whereas there is a marriage intended to be solemnized between Zach y Taylor and Susannah Scull & Spangler the condition of this obligation is such, that if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, that then the above obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force and value.
Sealed & delivered In the presence of James Taylor.
Zachariah Taylor [Seal] M c Cofer [Seal]
Virginia to wit. I, Philip S. My, Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Marriage Bond, is truly Copied from the Original, upon file in my Office - And in testimony thereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the Court aforesaid, this 17 th day of July, One thousand eight Hundred and forty Seven and in the 72 nd Year of the Commonwealth.
P. S. My Clerk

State of Virginia } County of Greene } S.S.
On this 3 rd day of April A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me W.H. Simms a justice of the peace within and for the County and State of said Susannah Taylor, aged eighty three, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of the late Zachariah Taylor deceased who was a regular soldier in the revolutionary war with Great Britain for the term of two years that her said husband died at his residence in Greene County on the 16 th day of August 1845 and that she is still a widow, that she is inscribed on the pension list and receives Eighty Dollars per annum. she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855. She also declares that she nor her said husband has never received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land warrant, only the pension as above mentioned.
W m Susannah Taylor
We John W. Taylor & Jerome Taylor residents of Greene County in the State of Virginia upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susannah Taylor in our presence and that we believe from the appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
J. W. Taylor Jerome Taylor
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, (she having exhibited in my presence her certificate from the War department and numbered 2877) and that I have no interest in this claim.
W. H. Simms J. P.

To the Hon. Commissioner of pensions
Please attend to the within as soon as practicable and direct the Warrant and all other communications to J. W. F. Samuels Grove Hill Page County Va Susannah her Paylor Mark
State of Virginia Green County ss
I Robert Pritchett Clerk of the Court of Green County Certify that Wm Hobins Gentleman is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court, and subscribed my name this 4 th day of April 1858, in the 79 th Year of the Commonwealth.
Robt Pritchett
73498

12.442 Zachariah Taylor

State of Virginia, Orange County, sc
On the 27 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the justices of the County Court of Orange Zachariah Taylor a resident of the said County of Orange in the State aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to claim the ben- fit of the pension, made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Joseph Spencer and served in the 7 th Regiment on the Continental line under the following Officers Col. Dangerousfield Major Nel- son Capt Joseph Spencer William White and Garland Burnley Lieutenants. The declarant enlisted for two years he lived in the County and State aforesaid when he entered the service afterwards when in the year 1778 or 1779 he was drafted in the militia and served six months under the Command of Col. Stub- bsfield and Capt. Ruben Daniel he march through the Southern part of Virginia and into North Carolina to Hillsborough and Guilford Ct. House - after the ex- piration of the term of service he was discharged and returned to Virginia. That afterwards the declarant believes in the Spring of the year 1780 he served as a substitute in lieu of one Francis Tackett against the Indians on the head of Greenbrier in the State of Vir- ginia under Captain Bravens the subaltern officers not recollect. He served at the Siege of York and was at the Capture of Cornwallis in the year 1781. He here- by relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any

State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year a- foresaid." Signed "Zachariah Taylor"
And on the same day personally appeared in Open Court Jeremiah White aged seventy seven years and made oath that he is well acquainted with Zachariah Tay- lor a soldier of the revolution and that the foregoing declaration of the services of the said Taylor he renders to be substantially true. signed "Jeremiah White"
The Court doth further Certify that the foregoing Jeremiah White is a respectable man and full faith and Credit should be given to his aforesaid affidavit. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states they having propounded to him all the prescribed interrogatories which were satisfactorily answered.
I Reynold Chapman, clerk of the court of Orange county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Reynold Chapman ce

State of Virginia } Greene County } S.S.
On this 8th day of July 1846, personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Susannah Taylor a resident of Greene County aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed on the 3rd. of March 1831 and 17th. of June 1834 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Zachariah Taylor who was a private in the Revolutionary war, as will more fully appear by a reference to his declaration and the evidence now on the file in the pension office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Zachariah Taylor previous to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four and that her husband the aforesaid Zachariah Taylor died on the 16, day of August eighteen hundred and forty five and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. That she was married by Bartlett Bennet and that she believes it was in the year 1792 and that they were married in Culpepper County in the state of Virginia, and that they were married at the house of Mrs. Booker
her Susannah Taylor mark.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me,
Joel Janell J.P. I certify that I am well acquainted with Susannah Taylor the widow of Zachariah Taylor who was a Revolutionary pensioner and that

the said Susannah Saylor is unable to appear in Court in consequence of bodily infirmity
Joel Jarrell H.P.
State of Virginia } Greene County } s.s.
On this 16 th day of July 1846 before me the subscriber Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared James P. Sims and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Susannah Saylor who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and that he knows she has not intermarried but is still the widow of Zechariah Saylor who was a Revolutionary pensioner.
James P. Sims
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned before me
Joel Jarrell H.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with James P. Sims above named and that he is entitled to full confidence.
Joel Jarrell H.P.
State of Virginia, Greene County to Wit:
I Robert Pritchett Clerk of the Court of Greene County, certify that Joel Jarrell Gentleman is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 17 th day of July 1846, in the 71 st year of the Commonwealth.
R. Pritchett Clerk Greene County Court.

State of Virginia Madison County } S.S.
On this 10 th day of July 1846 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Tabitha Rowzee a resident of Madison County Virginia aged seventy years who being first duly sworn says that she knows Zachariah Taylor and Susannah Taylor (formerly Susannah Jarrell) were legally married, that she saw them married and that they were married by Bartlett Bennet and that she believes it was about the year 1792. That she does not distinctly recollect whether it was Giles or Madison County though she believes it was about the time Madison County was formed of a part of Giles County. That the marriage took place in what is now called Madison County Va. at the house of Mrs. Coates or Coaker. That she believes they were married before the year 1794.
Tabitha Rowzee
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned before me
Burwell Melton S.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Tabitha Rowzee and that she is entitled to full confidence.
Burwell Melton S.P.
The word "seventy years" interlined before executed.
Burwell Melton S.P.
State of Virginia, Madison county to wit:
I Belfield Gave clerk of the county court of said county, certify that Burwell Melton is

a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of Office this 11th. day of July 1848 Belfield Cave clk
8976. Oct 44-507.
Susannah Taylor J. P.
Act 3 March 43 & 17 June 44
Marrid 1792 must and also 11th Aug 45
Adm. Dyeans Im #800 P. m. - June 16 August 1845
Oliver Fink Standard mill J. P.
State of Virginia 1846.
Inns County Court. 18th December
The Declaration of Mr. Susannah Taylor with the Certificate of Genl James A Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid, and other proceedings thereto attached, are approved by the Court, and ordered to be certified to the War Department at Washington City;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and Subscribed my name this 19th day of December 1846.
Robt. Pritchett CLK Inns County Court.
(Handwritten signature)

States of Virginia } Greene County } S.S.
Be it known that on the day of May 1847, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Saylor son to Zachariah and Susannah Saylor and made oath in due form of law that the annexed is a true family record made by him more than Twenty years ago, that at the request of Tabitha Jarrell then a widow to Abraham Jarrell and he made a record of the marriage of said Abraham Jarrell with the births of his two children on Clarissa Jarrell and Abraham J. Jarrell, and that he the said Joseph Saylor at the same time made a record of his own birth. That he the said Joseph Saylor and Abraham Jarrell were family connections he the said Joseph Saylor having married a sister to the above named Tabitha Jarrell. That the said Tabitha Jarrell has since intermarried with Chesley Rodgers and removed to the state of Indiana. Affiant states that the said Abraham Jarrell decd. died in January 1826, and that he made the above record in the spring following (of the same year), Affiant states that he has a sister by the name of Nancy (now Nancy Heal) born (as she has understood) on the 8th day of April 1793. Affiant also states that he made another record of his age in a book which has either been lost or mislaid. Joseph Saylor
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Joel Jarrell S.P. I certify that I am well acquainted with

Joseph Taylor above named, and that he is entitled to full confidence.
joel jarrell B.
State of Virginia Giles County ss.
I Robert Pritchett Clerk of the Court of Giles County certify that Joel Jarrell Gentleman is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting to which are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and Subscribed my name this 21 st day of May 1847, in the 71 st Year of the Commonwealth.
Robt Pritchett Clerk Giles County Court.

Abraham Jarrell was married the 17th day of May 1822
Elizabeth Jarrell a daughter of Abraham Jarrell was born the 5 day of February 1823
Abraham D Jarrell a son of Abraham Jarrell was born the 11 day of June 1825
Joseph Taylor was born the first day of July 1894
Rs. 100 00 0

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel Clare
August 14, 1929
Mary Fletcher Sherwood Apartment # 1, Norfolk, Virginia
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.6237 , it appears that Zachariah Taylor, while residing in Orange County, Virginia, served as a private with the Virginia Troops as follows:
From in 1776, two years in Captain Joseph Spencer's Company, Colonel Dangerfield's Regiment; in 1778 or 1779, six months in Captain Reuben Daniel's Company, Colonel Stubblefield's Regiment; in the spring of 1780, in Captain Craven's Company, was out against the Indians at the head of Greenbrier, length of service not stated, in 1781, he was at the siege of Yorktown and capture of Cornwallis, length of service not given, no names of officers stated
In 1794, he served a tour in Pennsylvania, "against the insurgents", no further details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Orange

County, Virginia, and was aged seventy-two years.
He died August 16, 1845, in Greene County, Virginia.
The soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia, (that part which was later Madison County), the marriage bond dated December 19, 1792, Miss Susannah Jarrell or Gerrill.
She was allowed pension on her application executed July 8, 1846, at which time she was residing in Greene County, Virginia, and was aged seventy-four years.
It is stated that they raised a large family of children, the following are the only names mentioned: Nancy, born April 8, 1793, married ---- Seal, she was residing in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1847, and Joseph, born July 1, 1794, married the sister of Tabitha Jarrell, widow of Abraham Jarrell. Joseph was residing in Greene County, Virginia, in 1846.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

State of Virginia } Greene County: } S.S.
Be it known that on this 16 th day of October 1846, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Taylor a resident of Greene County and made oath in due form of law that by a record of his age as furnished by his father and mother and kept by him, he was born on the first of July 1794, and that he has an older sister by the name of Nancy (now Nancy Seal) who was born on the 8 th of April 1793, as he has often heard his father and mother say. Affiant also declares that he has often heard his father say that he the said Joseph Taylor was born in the same year in which his father Zachariah Taylor went against the Insurgents.
Affiant states that he does not know of any family record only as the ages have been furnished by his Parents and kept by the children themselves.
Joseph Taylor.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me.
Joel Ganeel J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Taylor above named, and that he is entitled to full confidence.
Joel Ganeel J.P.

State of Virginia Greene County, } S.S.
Be it known that on this 16 th day of October 1846, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared James Finke, a resident of Greene County aged seventy years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Zachariah Taylor dec d a revolutionary pensioner, That they served a Tour together to Pennsylvania against the Insurgents in the year 1794. Affiant also states that he has lived a neighbor to said Zachariah Taylor dec d about thirty years, That he knows he has raised a large family of children but does not know the age of any of them.
James Finke.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me,
Joel Jarrell J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with James Finke above named and that he is entitled to full confidence.
Joel Jarrell J.P.

State of Virginia } Greene County: } S.S.
Be it known that on this 16 th day of October 18.46, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Misseniah Walker a resident of Greene County aged eighty years and made oath in due form of law that she was well acquainted with Zachariah Taylor deceased, a revolutionary pensioner. That she lived a near neighbour to said Zachariah Taylor deceased ever since he was married and that she still lives within about a mile of his widow Susannah Taylor.
That she the said Misseniah Walker is well acquainted with all the children of said Zachariah and Susannah Taylor and though she does not recollect all their ages she knows that there is not a great deal of difference in the age of their oldest child Nancy Taylor (now Nancy Seal) and her son Thomas Walker who was born on the 2d. of February 1792. She thinks not more than about twelve months difference, but that she knows there is not more than eighteen months difference in their ages.
Misseniah her Walker mark.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Joel Jarrell J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Misseniah Walker above named and that she is entitled to full confidence.
Joel Jarrell J.P.

State of Virginia Green County. } 55.
I Robert Pitchell, Clerk of the Court of Green County, Certify, that Joel Farrar Gentleman is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 17 th day of October in the Year 1846.
R Pitchell Clerk Green County Court

413.
Reported
Virginia. Rich
Susannah Taylor widow of Zachariah Taylor who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died 16th Aug. 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 16th day of March , 1844. August
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of August, 1847 and sent to Oliver Hink Stanardsville Virginia
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 148

Zachariah Taylor B a Act 7 June 1832 $80 00
To what time was he last paid? Pension Office Sept 17 1847) G. C. A.
Died 16 Augt. 1845. P o to his death W. Tyson
era first year

Paid
10
Miss L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Stanardsville, Greene County, Va.
Octr. 17th. 1846.
Dr. Sir,
I herewith enclose some affidavits which I hope may be satisfactory.
Communications may be addressed either to Mrs. Susannah Taylor or myself.
Very Respectfully your Ob. Servt.
Oliver Hanks.

State of Virginia } ss. Greene County }
On this 11th. day of September 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Susannah Saylor, a resident of Greene County aged seventy seven 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 2d. day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Zachariah Saylor who was a private in the Revolutionary war; and that the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of June 17th. 1844, was eighty dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Susannah her X Saylor mark.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.
Oliver Fink, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me.
Oliver Fink, J.P.

State of Virginia Greene County. ss.
I, Robert Pritchett Clerk of the Court of Greene County, Certify that Oliver Finkes Gentleman, is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signatures pur- porting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of my Office, and subscribed my name this 20 th day of September 1848.
Rob t Pritchett Clk Greene County Court.

Stanardsville Greene Co. Dec 16 th 1846
Sir,
Having received the papers you re- the day after our last November count has prevented their return sooner. Mr. Joseph Taylor has not as yet been able to find the record which he made of his birth the book in which it was made having been either lost or mislaid. however old Mr. Mespiah Walker a pensioner and near neighbor has a family record which I believe will furnish the necessary proof by comparison of the ages of his own with the children of Zachariah Tay- lor or I believe Mrs. T. Ringer on further reflection would be willing to say positively that they Zachariah Taylor and Susannah his wife were married previous to the year 1794 and if not incompatible with the duties of your office I should be pleased to be informed whether or not such testimo- ny would be sufficient
In haste
Respectfully
James L. Edwards Esq. Your H on . Sir!
Commissioner of Pensions
Oliver Smith

Stanardsville Greene Co. Va
June 1 st 1817.
Sir,
I herewith send you another record, together with the affidavit of Mr. Joseph Taylor which I hope may be sufficient.
Mr. Taylor informs me that Mr. C. Rodgers had carried one of the books (in which he made a record of his age) to Indiana.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Oliver Hinko.

Greene Co. June 21 st 1847.
Sir,
Your favour of the 13 th inst. has just been received and I can only say that I regret that any paper calculated to produce even a suspicion should ever have passed through my hands in reference to the claim of Susannah Taylor. But such has always been the character and standing of the family of Zachariah Taylor deceased that I did not suppose any of them would have produced any other than a genuine record, such as the law requires. Mr. Joseph Taylor came to me with the paper purporting to be a record, I wrote his affidavit after which he went before a Magistrate and was sworn to the same. At the earnest solicitation of old Mrs. S. Taylor I believe I shall see a daughter of his in Rockingham County Va. whom she thinks has a record of her age after which if I do not succeed I shall abandon the further prosecution of the claim.
Very respectfully Yr. obed serv. Oliver Jenkins.

P.S. I understood Mr. Taylor to say that the record he produced had just been received from Mr. Charles Rodgers living in Indiana who had carried off the book in which it was made and as he informed me some time ago he had written to Mr. C. Rodgers for the memorandum or record of the he had made I was not disposed to doubt his statement.
O. Frits

Madison Ct. No. 28 May 9
Paid 5
May 11. 1847
Recd of
Mrs. Dayton
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Greene County May 6th 1847.
Sir,
Your favor of the 14th. Ult. was duly received, as I was about leaving home for Richmond, the contents of which did not much disappoint me but at the earnest solicitation of old Mrs. Taylor I felt disposed to gratify her. Mr. Joseph Taylor has not been able as yet to discover the book containing the memorandum or record of his age, which seems to have disappeared somewhat strangely. However I have been informed that Mrs. Nancy Seal (formerly Nancy Taylor, living in Rockingham County Va.) has a record or memorandum of her age made more than twenty years ago. I expect all this difficulty might have been avoided if I had thought to mention in the affidavit of Mrs. J. Rowzee (since dead) her age when she witnessed the marriage of Mrs. J. Taylor, but I am no regular pension agent and what little I have done in that way has been more as an accommodation to some old women in my neighborhood than any thing else.
Very Respectfully Your Ob. Servt Oliver H. Linker.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 5 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Elizabeth Taylor , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents has her annu m , under the law of the 1 st June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Merion N. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 19 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Zachariah Taylor, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 17 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839,
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Virginia One paper bonds etc.
J. Fay. Jr.
Henry clerk of the County Court of said court do hereby certify that I have not been able to find after strict search, any evid- ence on file in my office of the marriage of Gabriel Taylor to Susannah Garrison Witness my hand & the seal of the said court this 26th day of March 1826
J. Henry
for 73 etc.

Stanardsville Greene County July 31 st 1846.
Dear Sir,
I herewith send you some pension papers in reference to the claim of Mrs. Susannah Taylor who wishes to be enrolled on the list of Pensions as the widow of Zachariah Taylor who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
(You will see from the evidence that they were married about the year 1792 the year in which Madison County was taken from Culpepper which may account for the failure to discover any record evidence of the marriage as I am also informed that papers have been lost or misplaced belonging to the Culpepper Office. And as they were married about the time the county was divided I have obtained the certificate of the Clerk in each County as to the examination of his office.)
Evidence of their respectability would be calculated to strengthen the claim then would it be established beyond a doubt as they sur-

lained an irreproachable character not only as citizens but professors of religion, and raise a large and respectable family of some ten or a dozen children. Communications may be addressed to me Stanardsville Greene County Virginia.
Very respectfully Yours Ob. Servt.
Oliver Hinks.
O. Hinks.

N 8976 Susannah Taylor Widow of Zachariah Va
acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844
as L. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

James Walker m r Joyce ————— their son
Thomas Walker b. Nov. 25, 1760 mar. ————— Miesenich ————— born May 17, 1766. children.
Joyce b. 22 Feb. 1788. James " 24 Mch 1790 Thomas " 2 Feb. 1792 there. Katey " 6 Oct 1796 Polley " 3 Feb. 1797 Polley " 13 Feb. 1799 Miesenich " 17 Feb. 1801 Sabra " 17 Feb. 1803
Copy of family record
Found in claim of Zachariah Taylor W. 6237 and placed in the claim of Thomas Va. and Miesenich over

W. 6H05: Va.
Walker, as it was the record of their children and had no bearing on the Taylor claim except that James Walker filed it to show that he and the Taylor's oldest child Nancy Seal were children together.

8976 Samantha Taylor Va
Sub Nat. H. Leake
August 6. 46
at O. Hinks Sept 30. 46
to same at Nov 6. 46
same Jan 25. 1847
to O. Hinks Apr 14. 47
to same June 15. 47
Act 3 March 1843
O.C.

Stanardsville, Greene Co. Va. July 25th 1847.
Sir,
At the suggestion of a gentleman who was acquainted with Zachariah Saylor before I was I called on the Clerk of Orange County who has found a marriage bond filed in his Office, a Copy of which is herewith enclosed.
From what I have been informed it seems that Zachariah Saylor and his wife both resided in the County of Orange (now Greene) previous to their marriage though they went to the adjoining county of Madison to get married.
The name Saylor (as I have been in the habit of writing it) I see is commenced with a S. instead of a Z. I have frequently seen it written both ways, and I believe some of the family spell it with a S. now.
Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt.
James L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Purgis.
Oliver H. Saylor.

No. 93498.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 24, 1878.
Gachian's Saylor. sec. Pri-
Va. State Line
Rev. War
11195-160-55
J. W. L. Samuels Groeskill
Rage Co.
Va.

State of Virginia, Madison county to wit.
I Belfield Gave clerk of the county court of said county, certify that I have examined the records of said office, and I cannot find that any marriage license ever issued from said office for the marriage of Zachariah Taylor and Susannah Jarrell.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 11th. day of July 1826.
Belfield Gave clerk.

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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 Zachariah Taylor which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 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? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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 a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

House, July 28 th 1846
Sir:
I beg your early attention to the enclosed papers, and am as soon as your convenience will per- mit.
Res t  Mother
P. H. Seale
W. Edmunds Esq. Court. Va.

Sept 29 46
Stearnsville va Free $ Sept 26 T 18 1/2 5
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions, Washington City D.C.
Sus Taylor Ver act 43 at Aug 6 46 to Hm J Kneaker

Stanardsville Greene Co. Va
Sept 24th. 1846.
Dear Sir,
Having sent you through the Hon. S t H. Leake some pension papers for the benefit of Mrs. Susannah Taylor (the widow of Zachariah Taylor dec d ), I hope it may not be deemed Vain if to enquire if any and what disposition has been made of said papers.
Yours
Very respectfully
Oliver Finko.

Stanardsville Greene Co. March 23 d 1847.
Sir,
I herewith enclose you the affidavit of James Walker together with the family record of his father, Thomas Walker decd. though I fear it will not be sufficient to establish the claim of Mrs. Susannah Taylor, however as Mr. Joseph Taylor says the book in which he had registered his age has either been mislaid or lost I concluded I would do what I could to aid the old Lady who seems very anxious to get a pension, and I have no doubt is entitled to it, if she could procure the proper testimony required to establish her claim. Mr. Jos. Taylor informed me a few days ago he thought a relation of his living out of the neighborhood had taken the book from his house some time ago but that he would write to him and ascertain if he could. I have thought this little explanation necessary as Mr. Joseph Taylor has given an affidavit in reference to the record or memorandum he had made of his age.
Very Respectfully Your Ob. Servt.
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm te Pensions Washington City D.C.
Oliver Trinks.

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Clay Center, Neb. Dec. 20, 1917.
The Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you send me the military record of Zachariah Taylor, a soldier of the Revolution?
The following is the data we have regarding him. "This certifies that in a printed volume in the Virginia State Library, which is volume 2 of the "Report of the Secretary of War--in relation to the pension establishment of the United States, 1835", and on page 181 of the part of the book which gives the list of the United States Revolutionary Soldiers living in Virginia, appears the name Zachariah Taylor. The entry shows that Zachariah Taylor was a private in the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary war, and that on March 8, 1833, he was placed on the pension roll to receive an annual allowance of $80. He at that time was 74 years of age, and was living in Orange County, Va.
(signed) H. R. McIlvaine) State Librarian.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give us, I am
Very respectfully, Charlotte McCormick

1911 Nov. 29. Hist. to Mrs. Thomas L. Cate & 1914 June 23. Hist. to Mrs. George Baker. & 1915 Oct. 8. Hist. to Mrs. B. C. Rhome. & 1918 Jan. 3. Hist. to Charlotte McCormick. & 1920 Oct. 13. History to F. B. Wilkinson. and 1923 May 4. " " Luther Taylor 1927 Sept. 17. Photo delivered F. H. Jenkins. M.T.S. 1929 Aug. 14 - Hist. to Mary Fletcher area
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6287
Susannah Taylor Wid.
Zachariah Taylor Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 28/48
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 263

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please give me any Military History of Zachary Taylor, who came to Va. from Ireland. He was a Soldier in Rev. War. in Captain Joseph Spence's Company, 7 th Virginia Regiment.
Respectfully. (Mr) Thomas L. Cate. Cleveland, Tenn.
Nov. - 24. - 1911.

GEORGE BAKER FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY
June 18 1914
Commission of Pensions Dear Sir -
In Scotts History of Orange Co Va, - & in the Chalkley mss, Zachariah Taylor of Orange is mentioned among the list of Revolutionary Pensions from Orange Co under the act of 1832. Might you be so kind

as to when there is a record of this pension in your office & send me a copy of it.
I would appreciate it very much indeed. This Zachariah Taylor is an ancestor & I am very anxious to get a copy of this pension & pass his Revolutionary Service.
Yours very truly Mrs. George Baker.

address 416 Main St Frankfort Ky

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington.
Have you any pension records of Isaac Taylor of Orange Co. Virginia, who served in the 7th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War.
Very Respectfully Mrs B. C. Rhone Jr. Daginang Texas
Oct. 30th 1915-

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All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 16518
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
July 19, 1927
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
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Title and description of job photostat copies of two pages from Rev. War pension claim W. 8237 of Zachariah Taylor, widow Susannah.
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? _____ days
For further information see M. M. H. Finch 5033 541 Room No. Phone No.
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July 16, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Kindly send me photostat copies of two pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim, Susannah, widow of Zachariah Taylor, W. 6237.
J. H. Jenkins (will call)
Received payment Thirty cents July 16, 1927
W. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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Sherwood Apt. #1, Norfolk, Va., May 15, 1929.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Will you please give me any information available concerning these soldiers:
Revolutionary War Files:
Private Zachary or Zachariah Taylor. He was not the President, but perhaps a collateral relative of his. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Orange County, Virginia. He was given a pension, for this is mentioned in the report of the Secretary of War of 1835. His widow, Mrs. Susannah Taylor, also was given a pension after his death.
War of 1812 Files:
Private James Warren, who enlisted in the War of 1812 also from Orange County, Virginia. He was discharged at the end of the war. I saw the discharge, but it was destroyed accidentally later, and I do not remember what was on it. I do not know whether he got a pension, or applied for one, or not.
The War Department directed me to you, as their information included several men of these names, and there was no way of establishing the identity of any one, except by place of enlistment or residence, and their files did not include either.
Thanking you so very much for this favor, I remain,
Very truly yours,
Mary Fletcher
( Mary Fletcher )

Rivers
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AUBURN, ALA.
February 18, 1923
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
A Zachariah Taylor, living in Orange County, Va., at the time, I believe, was awarded a revolutionary pension in 1832.
Please send me what information you have concerning this man, his parentage, his wife, his children, his place of residence and place of death, as well as place of birth.
I shall be very thankful for any information you can give me.
Very truly yours,
Rupert Taylor Rupert Taylor

Ex. Ad Div. Res. War Section
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 27 , 19 20
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
Name of widow Don't know Nachaliah
Name of soldier, Zachariah Taylor
P. O. address of claimant, at enlistment + after service - Orange Co. Va.
Company _____
Regiment _____
State where enlisted Virginia
Approximate dates of birth + death
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Born about 1755.
Died about 1836.
Return attached letter with reply.
J. D. [Signature] Acting Commissioner.

516 Poplar St., Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sept. ,3, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I have your communication of August 27 and am sending herewith what little data I have of the Pensioner. I do know that he was a pensioner, so his record must be on file in your department. I have filled out, as best I could, the enclosed blank and I hope that you will be able to supply me, from his card, the information as to his wife and family. You will probably find his record in the following: "Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension Establishment of the U.S.", 2-181. Washington, 1835.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
J. B. Nicklin

JOHN B. NICKLIN MILLS CORPORATION
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. July 27, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir,
Will you please furnish me with a copy of the pension-record of Zachary(Zachariah)Tayler of Virginia,a soldier of the War of the American Revolution? ?
And oblige,
Very truly yours,
J. B. Nicklin. J. B. Nicklin.