Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14642, for Elias Taylor, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Taylor, Elias
S 1464.2
Scarded
CONTENTS

1891 July 29 H O Taylor brief
Prior
Died Feb 12, 1842
14109 N 2890 New York Elias Taylor of Jefferson Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company command by Captain Wells, of the Regt command by Col Wolcott in the Ch ma line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1833 and sent to J. H. Green Brownsville
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 15.00
$75.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 4 Vol. 4 Page 32

12. 890 Bliss Taylor Jefferson Co. N.Y.
admitted 9 mos Private.
Bliss Taylor J. M. Green, Brownsville Jefferson Co. N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Elias Taylor 6 th of Jefferson in the State of North (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? per Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 60 years -  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 Gen.     1 April In 1778 Feb - 9 Private Col. Williams Gen. Washington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Walsburg 6 th Cent ry  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 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.
Richard South Examining Clerk.

Elias Taylor's declaration, certificates &c in application for a Pension -

State of New York } County of Jefferson } ss
On this Eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the said County of Jefferson, now sitting, Elias Taylor, a resident of the town of Houndsfield in the County of Jefferson and State of New York aforesaid aged Sixty Eight 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 provisions 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, that is to say. He entered the said service about the first of April in the year 1778. with Captain Jonathan Wells, as a substitute for a man whose name, according to his best recollection was John Mosely, who was drafted in the militia of the State of Connecticut, a short time previous to his entering the service as aforesaid, and that the said Company in which he so served constituted a part of a Regiment commanded by Colonel Woolcott, the number of which he does not recollect, nor does he recollect the names of any of the company or field officers except those abovenamed.
That when he engaged in the service as aforesaid, he was a resident of Glastenbury, in the County of Hartfordshire, in the State of Connecticut, where he was born, and where he had always resided prior to that time. That he joined Captain Wells Company in New London in the State of Connecticut aforesaid where he remained engaged in said service until he was discharged from the same about the first

of January in the year 1779, when he returned to Glastenbury aforesaid, and did not again enter the service of the United States during the continuance of the revolutionary war. That his discharge above mentioned was however only a verbal permission of his Captain or Colonel to leave the service, and that he received no written discharge, nor any cer- tificate or other document relating to his service.
That while he was so engaged in said service at New London as aforesaid, there were no Conti- nental officers or troops at that place according to his best recollection, but he recollects that during said period, there were one or more regiments of continental troops stationed at Fort Griswold, op- posite to New London, but he was not acquainted with any of their officers, and does not know the number of said regiments. That while he was stationed at New London as aforesaid, he was kept principally within the garrison at that place, and did not to his recollection at any time during said period, march five miles therefrom until he was discharged as aforesaid. That he was not in any battle with the common enemy while in the service.
That he has no documentary evidence of his said service, nor does he know any person whose testimony he can procure who could testify to such service. That he lived in Glastenbury aforesaid from the time of his leaving the service in the year 1779 until about the year 1786, when he moved into the town of Weathersfield in the County of Hartford in Con- necticut aforesaid, after which he resided about four years in Sandisfield in Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts, since which time he has been a

resident of this State, and ever since the year 1812, with the exception of about two years, he has been a resident of the town of Houndsfield in the County of Jefferson aforesaid, of which town he is now a resident as above stated.
The said Elias Taylor further on his oath declares that by reason of his grievous bodily infirmities he is unable to recollect any particular incidents that occurred during his said service, within his knowledge, + under his immediate supervision except those above set forth, and that he is in such reduced circumstances with regard to property, that his unavailing efforts to procure a comfortable subsistence very much embitter a life already nearly worn out with disease and labour.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. - Elias  Elias Taylor
P. Burcharde Clerk
We Libanus Field a clergyman residing in the town of Houndsfield in the County of Jefferson and State of New York and Jonas Benjamin residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elias Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. - Libanus Field
Sworn and subscribed the 3rd day of May and year aforesaid P. Burcharde Clerk
Jonas Benjamin

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department That the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Libbens Field who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Houndsfield in the said county of Jefferson, and that Jonas Benjamin who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Phebe Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Jefferson & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Taylor for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - P. Burchard Clerk

March 23, 1936
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EA-J/EEL See Elias Taylor-S.14642
Ardekia H. Greene 301 Flower Avenue West Watertown, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Elias Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who died in Houndsfield, New York.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14642, based upon the military service in that war of Elias Taylor.
Elias Taylor was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Glastonbury, Elias Taylor enlisted early in April, 1778, served as a private in Captain Jonathan Wells' Company, Colonel Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1779.
After the Revolution, he lived in Glastonbury, Connecticut, until about 1786, then moved to Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut and resided for four years; then moved to Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and in 1812, moved to Houndsfield, Jefferson County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Houndsfield, Jefferson County, New York.
He died February 12, 1842, place not stated. There are no data as to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1907 Oct. 3 Hist to Mr. John Fay. V.P.M. 1936 Mar. 23 Hist to Ardelia N. Greene - Et
Reborn
14642 INVALID.
File No. 14642 Elias Taylor Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]

ELIAS TAYLOR, Revolutionary Soldier. Resident of town of Houndsfield, Jefferson Co., from about 1820 to 1840, and pensioner from that town as late as 1840.
All vital statistics desired with respect to his life and about his family.
Address John Fales  Albany 15-9th St. S.E. and Albany to Joseph Lockhart Bil Rev. Bny West

MRS. O. DE GRASSE GREENE 301 FLOWER AVENUE WEST WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Kirans Administration Washington D.C.
Will you send me the record of Elias Taylor of the Revolutionary War who died in Hounsfield Jeff Co N.Y.
Yours Truly
Arduia D. Greene
301 Flower Av. W.
Watertown
N.Y.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190___
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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.     Apr 1 1778 July 1779 Jonathan Hull Colonel Connecticut                                                                 
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,
Mr John Tracy  1594 W. N. St.  Washington D.C.
End to Joseph Jackson  Res of Rev War
Commissioner.