Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33773, for John Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Taylor, John
NUMBER _____
8 33 773
CONTENTS

Wapen Cap o for A. Holman Rev d July 6. 1837
Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow Esq r September 1830, Cambridge Massachusetts
6611
Massachusetts Roll
John Taylor 1 st
of Bolton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq r Esq r Esq r Boston.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818. 4 Mths \frac{24}{30} 38:40
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819. 48:--
$ 86:40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Apr 13, 1906
CP
AW

Taylor, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 28, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 162.
Rank; Sergeant
Regt; Colonel Duglow's.
Disability; Was a rupture produced by some timber falling upon him.
When and where disabled; May 1780, West Point.
Residence; Doylief
To what pension entitled; One-third.
Evidence complete.

and July 10, 1906 S. M. H.

Taylor, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 63.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt.: 15 th
Disability: Ruptured in the left side in consequence of a wound received at West Point in 1780.
Date of commencement: October 15 1792
Monthly allowance: $ 2, 66 2 / 3
Arrears due: $ 40.

AW
July 30, 1906
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Taylor, John
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 111.
Rank: Sergeant
Regt: 15 th Massachusetts
Disability: Ruptured by a wound received, and injured in his knee.
When and where disabled: May 20, 1780, West Point.
Residence: Marlborough
Monthly allowance: $2.67
Arrearages: $40
Remarks: Enlisted September 4, 1779, for nine months; time of discharge not mentioned.

224.
John Taylor 1 st
Burlington
66 N
Feb 1817
cont. 1818
1820
Cal
Con d

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
Burlington
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Taylor resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 66113, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Taylor late a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  1 old chest valued at $0 50   Desk 1 00   12 earthen plates 0 75   6 knives & forks 0 50   6 old chairs 1 00   Pair of dogs, bags & turning lock 5 00   7 barrels 1 00   Other articles 10 00   $19 75 
The said John Taylor is now past sixty nine years of age and is weak and not able to do much labour and has a wife seventy two years old to support. He served in the Revolutionary war on the

Continental establishment over nine months & afterwards three months more at Rhode Island.
John T. Taylor, mark
Six or eight declared before Mrs. Melvine judge &c. &c.
1 The within named John Taylor served in the Revolution and was in Capt James Sturges company and Col Michael Jackson's Regt at West Point nine months. John T. Taylor mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm. Webber a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, John Taylor do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me God.
John Taylor & march
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John Taylor took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Wm Webber
Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
ninety dollars & twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

No. 324 John Taylor (Seagirt)
Mast. Line - Bigelow's Regt.
Aug. 1777 enlisted during the war - - Proof of ser- vice up to 1780 -
Aff. 11. April 1810 -
Enlisted Sept. 1779 for 9 months.

Worcester ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Taylor of Boston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid, Testify & declare that in the Month of August in the year of our Lord 1777 I enlisted as a Sergeant in the Continental Army during the War, in the Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph Brown, in Col. Timothy Bigelow's Regiment, Brigadier Genl. John Glover's Brigade, Massachusetts Line, until Col. Bigelow resigned, afterwards Col. Col. Andrew Piper's Command said Regt. about eighteen Months I was foot-page to Genl. Washington, a short time in Capt. Piper's Company as a scouting party, and some times on other duty until May 1782, at that time I received an Honorable Discharge and returned home - But was considered on furlough until February 1 st 1783 when I was finally discharged and I do hereby declare that I am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of assistance from my country
John Taylor
Massachusetts District ss. Boston ss. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c Adams
First Judge Mass Dist.
The applicant states that he delivered his discharge to Hon. Abigail Foster, of Springfield many years ago.
Given to us on J. Dyer's
D G

S. C. of Bolton Gardner appointed to take any evidence

33 773 Rev INVALID.
Rev
File No. 33,773
John Taylor Clay Rev. Rev.
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 41/5
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Secretary's Office, April 24. 1848
By this I certify that the name of John Saylor is borne on the regimental rolls and lists in this office, as a Sargent in Col. Biglow's Regiment of the Mas- sachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment in the American revolu- tionary army, as having enlisted for during the war — that it appears by said document, that he was in said Reg't. from first of June 1780 — to 28 th of Octo. 1780, when he was transferred to the Corps of Invalids, & that he was there to the 31 st day of Decr. some year — And that the documents furnish no account of a later date than the year 1780
Abraham D. Dyer Sec'y of State of Mass'ts

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30 January 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Taylor by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Lean
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 11 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Taylor subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A. B. C. together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M. D. Wood
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
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Hon J. L. Edmonds Comr, of Pensions
Sir
Will you do me the Favor to give me a copy of the papers wherein John Taisor Late of Boston Mass obtained his pension under the Law of 1818 for the use of his widow to obtain $50, of the Commonwealth of Mass. and greatly oblige Your Obedt Servt
July 5, 1837
Amory Holman
Mr Holman is now at Boston at No. 10 State Street

Hon J. L. Edmonds Comm'r of Pensions Washington D C

Middlesex ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts Marlborough twentysecond April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. — I Joseph Waters of Marlborough aforesaid Labourer — of lawfull age do testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two being then a soldier in the continental service of the United States of America in Col Joseph Vose's Regiment, then stationed at West Point, in the state of New York, — Deponent while stationed at said West Point was knowing, that John Taylor, now of Bolton, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Labourer, was a soldier in Col. Jeremy Biglow's Regiment, in the continental service, then stationed on the opposite side of the river Hudson from where deponent was then stationed, at a place, then called, Robinson's farm, Deponent having become far advanced in years and very memory much impaired, cannot remember how long said Taylor was stationed at said Robinson's farm, — or the length of time that said Taylor was in said service.
Joseph Waters
Middlesex ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts April 22 1848 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Waters and made solemn Oath to the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Joel Crampton { Justice Peace