Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,138, for John Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Va) Taylor, John
8 17 138
Carded
CONTENTS

Missouri 1363.
Kentucky
John Taylor
of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company, commanded by Captain Armstrong of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nelson in the Virginia line for 2 years from 1779-
* Continental. F.M. Dept. 4, 1909.
Inserted on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Nov 1832 - and Sub John L. Ballinger. Standard, Ky.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120. - Pension, allowance ending 4 th March 1833 40. - 160. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 9 Page 12.
Duplicate certificate of 9 th June 1840, in favor of George Woodruff, Rich County, Missouri.
26 May 1840 - cir. to agent To Missouri from 4 Sept 1839 29 June 1840
Letter to 3 rd Audt 23 Oct 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 8 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1839. As notified. 5 Nov 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840 Agent notified 27 Nov. 1840

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 21 st 1840.
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," John Taylor, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Almon B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

9098
Mrs Taylor
from 1779, two years, private $80.
Journal
Mrs S Ballinger Stanford Rd

9098 BRIEF in the case of  John Taylor  County of Lincoln  in the State of  Kentucky  (Act 7 June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  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.     Dec In 1779 2 " - - private Gen. Capt. Armstrong. Col. Maj. Nelson 3 rd troop of Dragoons. State line Va.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince Edward Co. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living Witness & traditionary  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.
Strang
Examining Clerk.

State of Missouri 3 I. John Taylor County of Ray. 3 formerly of the county of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky doth declare and state on my corporal oath that in the month of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty six, I left a Pension Certificate in the hands of John H. Rain of the City of Lexington in the State of Kentucky which was granted to me by the Government for services rendered for the sum of Eighty Dollars per Year which said certificate of Pension was left in his hands for the purpose of having the payment thereof chan- =ged from the Pension Agency rolls of Kentucky to the Pension roll of Missouri, as I was then about to remove from the State of Kentucky (and did remove) to the County of Ray in the state of Missouri in the month of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six where the greater part of my children was residing, I was induced to take this step because I was and now am nearly blind and wished to be near them that they might be able to transact business for me that I could not by reason of my loss of sight, and also by reason of running a turnpike road thro' the land I owned in the state of Kentucky whereby it was in my opinion much injured and greatly mutilated and believing that I could procure more land in the State of Missouri with the money received for

the land sold in Kentucky which would be more benifit to my children in Missoure I was induced by these motives to change my residence as stated. I have written to Mr John F. Peirson to know what has become of my papers (and for which I hold his receipt) and have found out he removed to Vicksburg in the State of Missippi and the said Pension Certificate or Warrant allowing me to draw the same cannot be found in his office altho I have made or caused to be made a thorough search therefor. I have not received any pension thereon since the time of leaving said papers in the hands of Mr. Peirson aforesaid nor can I as I believe unless the Original warrant or Certificate for said pension be found or unless I can have it replaced by a new pension Certificate issued by the proper Authority I have now waited upwards of three years since I left said papers in the hands of said Peirson and am fully satisfied that the said Original Certificate of pension is lost or mislaid so I can not avail my- self of the benefits thereof, having received no money thereon since Sept. 1836. Now therefore it is my de- sire that a new Certificate of pension may issue to me payable at Saint Louis in the State of Missoure as more convenient for me to receive the same than at Lexington in the State of Kentucky and lastly that I am the same identical John Taylor who claimed and was named in the Original Certificate which was lost

or mislaid by reason of leaving it in the hands of Mr. Pierson as mentioned heretofore
John Taylor his  mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of December 1839 W. B. Martin J.P. State of Missouri ss County of Ray 3
Be it known that before me Wm B Martin a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared E. B. Taylor and Ephraim Hill and made oath in due form of law that the John Taylor signing the above statements is the identical John Taylor who lost the said certificate, and who removed from Lincoln County Kentucky, to Ray County in the State of Missouri and was a pensioner there E. B. Taylor his Ephraim Hill his
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of Decem- ber 1839 and I do further certify the witnesses above testifying are credible men and are to be believed on oath given under my hand this day and Year last written W. B. Martin J.P.
State of Missouri ss I John H. Hook road clerk County of Ray 3 of the County court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm B Martin (Esq) is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly

Commissioned and qualified that his Commission was dated on the Twenty Seventh day of November Eighteen hundred and Thirty Seven and will expire on the Twenty 8 th day of November Eighteen hundred and forty Nine and that his signature on this Certificate is genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of said County Court this Twelfth day of December Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Nine
John H. Monhead Clerk By David H. Duesbury V.C.

The declaration of John Taylor in order to obtain the benefit of the act of copyright passed the 7 th of June 1832
State of Kentucky Lincoln County with On the 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before me John L. Bridges Circuit Judge for the County of Lincoln Now sitting John Taylor a Resident of said County of Lincoln and State of Kentucky aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
He states that he was in the service of the State of Virginia in the State Line company the following officers and served as here in stated He entered the service under Lieutenant Albin Read, the Major of the Regiment was by the name of Wilson, he does not recollect the Col. That he entered the service in the first part of December 1779 as near as he recollects, his Captains name was Army a Frenchman, he being Capt. of the Third Troop of Dragoons and Nathan Savage was the Col. net, that he served two years and left the service in 1781 in the month of Dec. by a discharge from Major Wilson at a place called the Glade in Hannover County Virg. He states that during the time he was in service he was in an engagement or skirmish with the the Rebels at Guilford in Va. near the the  the crossing, the day he cannot recollect or the month

a year, but it was either in 1780 or 1781. He recollects it was after the Battle at Guilford Court House, and Captain Arsnong, Major Nelson and he thinks General Morgan commanded. He was in another skirmish at Suffolk under the command of Lieutenant John Reed who led the Commonwealth's advanced guard which was shortly before the other affair at Suffolk and he was also in an other little skirmish below Petersburg in Virginia he does not recollect the particular time when it took place but it was in 1780 or 1781. He states that his company was attached to Col Washington Regiment of Dragoons when they were stationed at New Providence in North Carolina & General Morgan was commanding in South Carolina. That he was then in Prince Edwards County in Virginia about eight miles from the Court House & that he entered the service whilst he resided in the said County and state. That he enlisted under young Lieutenant John Reed. He states that they marched from Morris Ordinary in the bottom of tavern in Prince Edwards County in Va. to Petersburg in same state from whence they moved on to Williamsburg Barracks where they lay during the war and marched out again to a Brichane near Little Oyster where they were stationed for some time and from the place they were marched to New Providence in North Carolina they crossed the Edakin River at the Shallowford. He states that Col Washington was the Commander of Regiment of Dragoons in the service of the United States & that General Morgan was the Commanding Regular Officer. He states that he has no documentary evidence whereby he can establish his services and that he can prove his services by Capt Thomas Smith of Green County Kentucky who served with him. He thereby relinquishes all claims whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the agency roll any state. John Taylor

Lincoln County Pa
We Robert Logan residing in the County of Lincoln & State of Kentucky & Thomas Smith of the County of Green & State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Taylor who has been examined and sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age since that he is reported and believes to be a soldier of the Revolution in the high house hood in which he resides and that we concur in this opinion, and that Deponent Thomas Smith further states from his own knowledge that John Taylor the applicant here served the above mentioned time of two years in the manner described by him Taylor and that he was discharged by Major Nelson as stated by him Taylor, he having served with him and being discharged at the same time and place, the place being called Old State in Fayette County Pa
Thomas Smith Robert Logan
State of Kentucky Lincoln County & Circuit set
And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing from the interrogatories prescribed by the Secretary of War that the above named applicant was a Continental soldier and served as he has stated and the Court further certifies that it appears to it that Robert Logan & Thomas Smith who have signed the preceding certificate is one of them a resident of Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky & that the other is a resident of Green County in the same state and that they are entitled persons, and further that this statement is entitled to credit.
John L. Burroughs Circuit Judge

Lincoln County P.O. Nov. 20 th
I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Lincoln County of Lincoln County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Lincoln Court in the application of Taylor for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1882
Thomas Helms Clerk Lincoln County Court
8606

August 15, 1932.
BA-J/ADY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX John Taylor S.17138
Miss Leona Peak, Durham, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.17138, based upon his military service in that war.
John Taylor was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, date not stated.
While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia, he enlisted in December 1779, served as private under Lieutenant Clem Read and Major John Nelson in the Virginia troops and in Colonel Washington's Third Dragoons, was in two skirmishes at Suffolk, Virginia, and one below Petersburg and was discharged in December 1781.
Capt. Armand French Officer -omitted because at that time he was a Col.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832 while a resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years.
In December 1836 soldier moved from Lincoln County, Kentucky, to Ray County, Missouri, to be with his children, their names not stated.
In 1840 one Edmund B. Taylor appeared in support of the claim in Ray County, Missouri, relationship not stated. There are no further family data.
Date of death not on a.B.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Richmond, Va. May 9 th
(B)
May 25/1880 Mr. Stewart.
Hon ble James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
tram
Rev. May

Application for a transfer of Pension State of Missouri County of Ray ss. On this fifth day of May 1840 before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Ray personally appeared John Taylor who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Armstrong in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Markington and sometimes by Colonel Nelson, in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Kentucky from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the state of Missouri where he intends to remain, and wishes his pen- sion to be there payable in future. The follow- ing are his reasons for removing from the state of Kentucky to the state of Missouri (my children being either gone to the latter state or about to remove thence I was desi- rous to go with them, being nearly 76 years of age almost blind & very infirm having no near relations that I could con- fide in, that would pay the same attention to me or treat me with the same affection my children had done they were also un- willing to leave me behind, and my children took it into their head they could procure land in the state of Missouri much lower in price than in Kentucky I could not for- sake on them to stay, indeed it was my opinion that we all could do better in this state than in Kentucky and in this I was not disappointed I left Kentucky about the month of September in

in the year of our Lord 1836 another reason for coming to this State was I owned a small piece of Land in Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky through which the ran a turnpike road diagonally which so injured it I had not timber to fence on both sides of the said road, I was determined to resist, and did resist the running of said road as long as I was able, but unsuccessful at last I was forced to give up having to pay heavy costs of suit. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Wm. B. Martin J. P.
I Edmund B Taylor — do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Taylor who is described in the above affidavit, that he is the same identical person described therein and that the facts therein contained are true to the best of my knowledge and belief E B Taylor Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 th day of May — 1840 I do further certify that said Edmund B. Taylor — is a man of veracity Wm. B. Martin J. P. State of Missouri County of Ray 3 rd ss. I John H. Moorehead
clerk of the County Court within and for the said county do hereby certify that the above named William B Martin — before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is and was at the time of making the same a justice of the peace within and for the said county duly commissioned and the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office at Richmond this 5 th day of May 1840 John H. Moorehead Clk By David H. Hunsberger D.C.

Richmond Mo May 9 th 1840
Sir I am requested by Mr John Taylor to address you a line requesting you will use your influence to have the pension herein referred to payable in St. Louis Mo. when you will reflect that it will take nearly one half his annual allowance to draw it from Lexington Ky. and when it can be drawn and made payable at any point by the Government with the same ease You will pardon the freedom in an Old Soldier if he does press this matter on the Department under your control not doubting but your efforts will be used to accommodate.
I have the honor to remain your Obs. Servt
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City
John Taylor by George Woodward
Yours letter

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 26 th 1840.
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," John Taylor, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Nicholas B. Patridge
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Lexington Ky June 4. 1830
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 28th ulto I have to inform you that John Taylor a preacher on the Roll of this agency under act 7 June 1832 at rate of $80. Eighty Dollars per annum was last paid on 4 September 1832. and will not in future be paid at this agency.
I am Resp y
J. L. Edwards Esq Clerk to Presbytery Washington R. Co.
Yours etc. etc. J. A. Hamstead Pension Agents.

22 105 Stanford Ky. Sept 13 1832 Free
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
Antioch Ky 86.00 470.00 Sep. 25.

Stanford September 3 rd 1832
Sir
I enclose you same Declarations for Pensions of the Individuals whose names are respectively attached thereto, taken pursu- -ant to instructions and forms given by the War Department. when you shall have investigated those claims, will you be so good as to return me the result of your investigations
Yours &c John L. Ballinger
Hon. Lewis C. C. G. Secretary of War

Richmond Mo free December 18
Jan 8. 1840 Mr Swan.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Richmond Mo Decr. 17 1839
Hon. S. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir Enclosed You will find the papers of John Taylor formerly of Lincoln County in the state of Kentucky now a resident of Ray county in the state of Missouri, relating to the loss of his Pension certificate.
This Old man cannot write he has applied to me to write for him. I have done so. It remains Sir with you to say if his case is made out sufficiently to allow you to comply with the request of the Old Man he is nearly blind very aged and infirm reduced to the lowest ebb of human misery (apparently) being without his just allowance more than 3 Years (altho it was his misfortune to lose his papers) he hopes that he has made out a case for You to act in this matter relying on Your well known inclination to do justice to those placed under the Department over which You so honorably preside, please to let the Old Man hear from You as soon as possible direct to Richmond Post O. Ray County Mo; If there be any more testimony needing mention & what it is the Old man is suffering I am very Respectfully & George Woodard for John Taylor an Old Pensioner

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

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? No clergyman - but 2 Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? is a witness then XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yy 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? yy XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yy
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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

17138 INVALID.
File No. 17138 John Taylor Dr. New York
Act: June 7 th 88
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 442
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1921, Feb. 8 Hist. to Jessie (Desse) S. Hitch — En 1932 Aug. 15 Hist. to Miss Leona Peak. A.D.Y.

Rev H.
Brookfield, Mo. Jan. 3, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
It is my desire to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution on the relationship of John Taylor. He served during the entire war and later drew a pension through a St. Louis office. At the time he began drawing the pension he lived in Ray County Missouri . He died there in 1843. He lived in Mercer County, Kentucky for a time but I do not know where he lived during the war.
Please advise me how to prove that this man served in the Revolution.

I would be glad to pay any reasonable fee that might be connected with this.
Yours truly,
Jesse P. Hitch Box 111 Brookfield, Mo.

Director of Pensions Washington, D.C.
~ Durham Mo. June 14. 1982
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information as to any record of (1) Mr. Jesse Peak native of Virginia and having lived a greater part of his life in Kentucky; (2) John Taylor , also a native of Virginia, and having lived a greater part of his life in Missouri; both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you Miss Leona Peak, Durham, Missouri

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8, 1921
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Taylor a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK, OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN, COLONEL,     Dec. 1779 2 yrs. Pvt. Armory Major John Nelson Va.                                  
Battles engaged in, Several skirmishes Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prince Edward Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Aug 28, 1832. et al Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co., Ky. Age at date of application, 68 & 6 in Prince Edward's Co., Va.
Remarks: In Dec. 1836 he removed from Ky. to Ray Co. Mo. to be near his children; no names are listed - There is no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
Captain's name cannot be verified but see below aw. Major John Nelson had a Va. State Regt from 1779 to 1781 see Hartman p 411 - also Commissioner. see statements in his widow's claim W 414 - Lt Clement Read was in the same Regt in 1779; see Hartman p. 419 Nathaniel Sarge was Lieut Va. Mtl 1780-1781 " " 482