Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for John Taylor, New York

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Taylor, John
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Re John Taylor. War of the Revolution.
22 Elm Street Morristown New Jersey
November 20 th 1914.
Dear Sir,
Did John Taylor a private in Col. Ann Hawk Hays regiment. Onderdonk's company, New York Militia. in the war of The Revolution receive a pension from the United States Government. His backbone was fractured by a ball in an engagement in Bergen County New Jersey May 17 th 1779. He was a cartman formerly of Clarkstown Orange County (now Rockland County) New York and later of New York City. He applied for and received a pension from New York State in 1785 and it seems to have continued to 1789 but the fire which destroyed the New York State Library in 1911 seems to have consumed all of the original papers in this matter. He died I think in 1798 so it would seem as if he might have received a pension from the United States Government after the New York pension ceased.
Very Truly Yours
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Hiram Smith. 22 Elm Street. Morristown, N.J.

J.L.M. Rev. War Section.
November 27, 1914.
Mr. Hiram Smith, 22 Elm Street, Morristown, N.J.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the 20 th instant, you are advised that in the report of the Secretary of War, in relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States printed in 1835, the name John Taylor appears on the list of Invalid Pensioners inscribed on the New York Agency roll, whose residence and other information cannot be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the papers of the War Office in 1800 and 1814, as a Private in the Army of the Revolution at the rate of thirty-six dollars per annum.
This Bureau has no further data relative to said pensioner, owing to the burning of said papers.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Gatzke
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Taylor, John GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6559 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 25, 1796 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

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New York
Taylor, John
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of
Jefferson
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On this 7 day of May 182 1 ; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Jefferson personally appeared John Taylor who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Peter Van Ranslow in the regiment commanded by Colonel Leonard Gansevoort in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the _____ day of _____ 182____, at or
near
John Taylor
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
William Dewitt Justice of the Peace
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Clerk of Office I do hereby certify that William Dawson whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit was on the day of taking the same a justice of the Peace in for the County of Suffolk and duly sworn and known as such to have been acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice sincerely believe the signature of "William Dawson" is the proper hand writing of the said justice Witness my hand at the County this 8th day of May 1821 J. H. Newwood Clerk

All Wilson Nov 2, 1915
I have searched all the John Taylor claims with New York services under all spellings of the name and cannot find any claim to which this belongs.
It reads like an application for a formal certificate for an invalid pension and date 1821 is about the time they were required to apply for etc. but I cannot put it with the disability claim of John Taylor of NY Agency whose papers were destroyed as there is nothing to prove that they are identical.