Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19118, for Mansfield Taplin, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental
N. H.
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Taplin, Mansfield
S. 19118
Carded
CONTENTS

414) Vermont
Mansfield Tappan
— in the State of Vermont who was a Corp. Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain Walker — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed — in the Vermont line for Grafton  Parker Tenn. $ 40.33 Pm at 20 days — 2.19
Vt. & Continental L. H. H. 42.82
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 42 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of June in 1832 and sent to S. Root. Hartford Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $ 63.78 Semi-ann. allowance ending 11 Mar 1833 — 21. 26
$ 85.04
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 87

State of Vermont } On this 28 th day of November Probate District of Bradford } A D 1832 Personally appeared in in the County of Orange } open Court before the Probate Court for the said District of Bradford now sitting Mansfield Taplin aged 78 years a resident of Corinth in the County of Orange State of Vermont being the same Mansfield Taplin named in the declaration to which this is annexed who appeared before this Court on the 1 st day of August last part Subscribed & made oath to the Declaration to which this is attached - who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law, doth on his oath make the following additional declaration to that made on the 1 st day of August last past - VIZ. That in the fall of the year 1777 he moved with his family from Newbury Vermont into Corinth of the same State where he now resides, that at that time Newbury & Corinth were frontier settlements & that all the country north & west of their towns with few exceptions was an uninhabited wilderness. That the inhabitants of these towns were constantly exposed to attacks from parties of Indians & Tories & that from often surprised, their property seized & carried away by them - that he, the said applicant, in the winter of 1778 as he is now confident upon further recollection volunteered as a private in the scouting service & made several excursions during the year 1778 between Connecticut River & Lake Champlain in company with Nehemiah Love well & Henry Love well then of said Corinth now deceased. That he, the said applicant,

and the said Lieutenants were under the command and direction of Genl. Jacob Bayley of Newbury. & he well recollects that he was actually engaged that year (1778) in the scouting train but was not actually employed he held himself in constant readiness & entirely subject to the command of said Bayley - He also states that in the year 1779 as he is now confident, upon recollection, as early as the last of April or first of May he was chosen a Lieutenant in Capt. Ezekiel Colby's company of Connecticut forces and that he was recognized as Lieutenant by the said Genl. Jacob Bayley of Newbury & that as Capt. Colby was an old man not so able to endure hardship, Genl. Bayley often sent his orders to this applicant instead of Capt. Colby. This applicant says he had solid duty as a Lieutenant in said Company for two years from the time of his appointment. that he was often engaged in scouting parties during which time between Connecticut River & Lake Champlain he was, during the whole time subject to the orders of Genl. Bayley. He feels confident in stating, that he was actually engaged in scouting as a private in the year 1778, at least two months & that during the years 1779 & 1780 he was actually engaged as Lieutenant in scouting other services in the army at least one half the time.

In answer to interrogations prescribed by the war depart- ment & propounded by the court, that he ever been at Southberry in the State of Mass after January in the 1754, that he has no record of his age, that he resided Newbury in the State of Vermont when called into service where he lived until he moved into Corinth in 1777, where he has ever since lived. That he was called into service above stated that he cannot be more particular as to circumstances then - he has stated clearly that he thinks Genl. Hovey gave him a written discharge when he left the service but that he has lost the same & many others that he recd. from Genl. Hovey while in the service many years ago that he did not receive a commission at the time he was chosen & acted as lieutenant colonel as he supposes to the irregularity & con- fusion of the times. That he has held & held commission as a major of Captains in the Militia since the revolution over 14 or 15 years. Has represented the town of Corinth in the Legislature six years. That he refers the court & the war department to the Hon. Mr. Spencer, Daniel Cook Esq. Dist. Attorney Perry, Capt. Richard Ladd, & Lieut. H. H. H. Esq. & Richard Smith Esq. as persons in his neighborhood who are acquainted with his character for truth & veracity who can testify of their belief of his honesty as a soldier of the revolution -
Mansfield his F. T. T. T. mark

We Nathaniel Bowles a clergyman resident in Corinth in the County of Orange State of Vermont & John W. Roby a resident of said Corinth, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mansfield Taplin who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel Bowles John W. Roby
I Simon Root Clerk or Deputy of the said Probate Court do hereby certify that the above foregoing contains the additional proceedings of said Court, on the 28 th day of Nov. A.D. 1882. And the said Court further certifies that Nathaniel Bowles who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Corinth in said Orange County & that John W. Roby who has subscribed the same is also a resident of said Corinth & is a credible person & this certificate statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 28 th day of Nov. A.D.
1882
Simon Root Clerk

No 2200
Vermont
Suspended Oct 25. 1832
To S. Root Thetford Vt.
Asm. Page 1 11 nao. Corp. 40.33 20 of Private 2.19 42.52

BRIEF in the case of Mansfield Taphlin of Cornin the County of Orange in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 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? 78  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.     May In 1775 Volunteers 8 3 0 Corporal Capt Walker, Reed's Regt   1779 or 1780 20 Lieut Genl Bailey. he saw Col Stark & Col Poor, Genl Sullivan & Washington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newbury, Vermont 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
His own oath, he was in the New Hampshire line
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective the seal & signature of the clerk of the court, not attached to his application properly. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Collins Examining Clerk.

2300
Major. Mansfield T. Jenkins Application to Certificate
Return to be made to Simmons Post. Office Orange County Va.

State of Vermont,
Probate District of Bradford
COUNTY OF Orange
On this 1st day of August personally appeared in open court before the Probate the court of said District now sitting, Mansfield Taphin a resident of Corinth in the county of Orange and state of Vermont, aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz. that he
enlisted into Capt. Walcutt's company at Danstable in the State of New Hampshire the first of May 1775 for the term of eight months & joined Col. Reed's regiment of New Hampshire Troops at Cambridge Massachusetts & was stationed at Charlestown in Boston & was in Bunker Hill Battle & participated in building breastwork earthworks on Winter Hill & served out the full period of enlistment which expired the first of January 1776. That he then volunteered to remain with the same company & regiment there near the border & was stationed at the same place through the winter & was dismissed at Charlestown Mass. the first of April 1776, having served there in the whole eleven months. Returned to Peabury & Wessex where he resided at the time of entering the service. He also states that in the year 1779 or 1780 he volunteered as a scouting party & was under the command of Genl. Bayley of Newbury Vt & scouted between Connecticut River & Champlain in the time of Genl. Burgoyne's campaign on the Hudson in the town of Orange Vt. & was the time when the Hessians & part of the time the British Army was there. He states that he lived at Peabury Vermont when he entered the service & that he moved into Corinth where he now lives in 1776 & has lived here ever since. That he never had any written discharge & has no documentary evidence of his service. He states that he saw Col. Stark & Col. Poor & Genl. Sullivan at Winter Hill during his first enlistment & also Genl. Washington. That he did the duty of a Corporal while in the service except at a certain time when he acted as a private under Genl. Bayley. He does not know of any person who can testify of his service.
He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the United States or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Vermont.
day and year aforesaid

here can be no doubt into which he now lives in 1776 & his line of his service. That he never had any written discharge & no documentary evidence which said. He states that he had Col Stark & Col Root & Genl Sullivan at Winterkill Corporal of his first Infantry & also Genl Washington. That he did the duty of a Anglo. & this is the reason except as a general rule when he acted as Genl and Genl he does not know of any person who can testify of his service.
He hereby renounces every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the United States or in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Vermont. subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Mansfield Taphlin Mark
And the Court ofoursaid do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the applicant was a soldier of the revolutionary war served as he states he being of the New Hampshire Troops in company with Continental of Congress & did service with I Simon Root Clerk or register of the Court of Probate within the district of Brattleboro in the in the County of Orange State Vermont; do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mansfield Taphlin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & my seal of office this first day of August A D 1832 Simon Root Clerk

I Vachel Lurell of Cunneth in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged Sixty eight years do hereby affirm, do testify & say in the Spring of the year 1775 my Brother Nehemiah Lurell (since deceased), & Mansfield Taphin then of Newbury now of Cunneth aforesaid left N. Newbury for Cambridge or Boston in Massachusetts in order as they said to join the United States forces and to assist to fight the British and defend the States, and from the best of my recollection should say that the said Mansfield Taphin was absent about one year at this time, I well recollect from the talk of my Father family & others that the said Mansfield Taphin was in Brattle Street better & saved about one year during the time he was absent - I further state that the said Taphin is 78 years of age, and that I have been personally acquainted with him from the year 1775 to the present time I further state that after the said Taphin returned from Cambridge he married a sister of mine, and soon after moved into the house of Cunneth. I further state, that after the said Taphin moved to Cunneth, I was knowing to the said Taphin doing duty as scouting parties under the order of Genl. Bayley of Newbury, a part of the time of his absence as scouting I lived in the said Taphin family, how long he was absent at the time of time he lived and the

years, I do not recollect, I will recollect that the said Topham did the duty a part of the time as a Lieutenant under Captain Coffey, of Co. M.
Wm. Lowell
State of Vermont } I, Simons Root Clark Bradford District in } or Register of the Probate Court the County of Orange } within for the Probate District of Bradford do hereby certify that Vadi an Law clerk who has been in the foregoing deposition who is well known to me as a credible person appeared personally before said Court on the 28 th day of Nov. instant, 1882 duly subscribed and sworn to the same.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my name & affix the seal of said Court this 28 th day of Nov. 1882
Simons Root Clark

I 19118
INVALID.
File No. 19118
Mansfield Suplin
Lient Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 383
[Arrangement of 1870.]