Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 15670, for David Taylor, Connecticut

Conn. Continental
Taylor David
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A new Cert. issued Oct 1 st 1834 & sent to Phelps, Simsbury Ct.
Died Nov. 22 - 1840 From A.B.
Connecticut 22.840
David Taylor Canton in the State of Conn was a Private in the Com Captain Allyn of the Regt commanded Coln Webb in the Conn troops for 2 years & continental aw
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of November 1832 and sent to Phelps Hartford Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Sept '32 $ 200. 00 Semianual allowance ending 4 th Mar '34 40. 00 $ 240 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C Laurie Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 48

David Taylor 20
1700
March 1899
[Two large, stylized signatures or initials, possibly "A" and "G", written in pencil or ink.]

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 2 d day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,  Daniel Taylor 2 d aged 57 years, resident in Banton in the County of Hartford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
That he the said Daniel Taylor 2 d enlisted for the term of three years on or about the 1 st day of January 1700 in the State of Conn t in the company commanded by Capt Edward Bulkley in the reg t commanded by Col o Samuel D Webb in the line of the State of Conn t on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the sd d corps until January 1703 when he was discharged from the said service in West Point in the State of New York. N.B. the applicant was enlisted by a S r Lieut Beladen & joined Capt Bulkley's company & was transferred into Capt Allen's company & the date of his original disch ge is May 1 st 1703 & the number of his former pension certificate is H. 708
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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."
An inventory of the s d Daniel Taylor 2 d real & personal estate
155 acres of rocky barren land lying on the mountain in the N West part of Banton having no other road to my dwelling house
  valued at $900. 900   dwelling house 000   cider mill & house 20   barn 50   old house 5   1 horse 20   1 cow 15   1 yoke of oxen 50   1 yearling steer 07   19 sheep 19   2 pigs 2   rye in the sheaf estimated at 20   hay estimated at 7 tons at 30   wats standing on the ground 5   1 cow 15   1 table 1   1 chest 0 50   6 old chairs 75   5 lb old brass 1   1 old pot 67   1 tea kettle 34   2 pr old andirons 1 50   1 frying pan 34   1 grid-iron 25   3 newel plates 25   1 old wooden wheel clock 2   1 set of old knives & forks 25   15 old cider barrels 2 50   1 set of chng teeth 1   1 horse waggan 4   1 horse waggan 4   1 old harness 5   1 old cart 1   1 old ox cart 4 50   1 old plow 1   2 old axes 1 
  1 window 1 50   2 old chains 1 50   2 old hues 34   1 farming mill 2 50   old iron 3   Total $ 1300 69 
Here follows a list of Debts against the s d Daniel Taylor 2 d
  To D r S r Lieut Beladen 50 04   To D r Benj a Weed Jr 20 75   To S r Lieut Adams Jr 5   To James Humphrey Esq r 4 43   To D r A d Beacher 6 75   To Nathan B d Gaylord 11 04   To S r Lieut Stow 4 20   To Salmon Merrill 10   To Noah Humphrey 2 50   To Samuel Fort 1   To Seth D r Atlee 6   To S r Lieut Humphreys 5 50   To Simeon Mills 4 75   To E d A d Terry 10   To Martin Bowles 1 00   To Edmund Taylor 5 00   To Isaac H d Gentry 13   To Silenus Braman 36   To Norman Bidwell 4 
Total $ 715 37

The occupation of the foregoing applicant is a farmer but has not been able to perform but little business for more than five years two business for more than two years last past by reason of infirmity occasioned by rheumatism - the number of my family residing with me are 5 viz Marlow my 2 o wife aged 26 years whose health is much impaired Celesta a daughter aged 21 years whose time is her own & is so impaired - Edmund a son aged 10 years who would be of service on the land provided he had a Father to go with him and Patrintha a daughter aged 15 years who does not support herself also Richard Green a boy aged 12 years who I victual & clothe for what labour he performs
David Taylor 2 o
Sworn to and declared by said David Taylor 2 o on the 2 o day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Thirteen hundred — dollars and 69 cents.
I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20 th day of August
Th Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford .
I also certify that Jared Mills & James Humphrey seen on the 29 th & 20 th of July 1820 were Justices of Peace of S o Berkly of Hartford & I believe that the signatures of their names on a paper herewith sent marked A & B are their signatures
Th Chester Clerk as aforesaid

State of Connecticut County of Hartford, Simsbury to this 17 th day of August 1832
On this 17 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within & for the Probate district of Simsbury in said County, David Taylor now of Canton in said district aged sixty nine years last June, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 4 th 1832 that he was born in the limits of the present town of Canton, & formerly Simsbury in the year 1763, & has ever since & now resides within the ancient limits of Simsbury, except while a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, he served, he thinks in 1779 in the militia under Major Amasa Hills for the term of three months & two other short term previous thereto under Capt Peter Burr, & Joseph Forward, one about two months & the other about six weeks that in 1780 he enlisted into the Continental Army for three years & served, a Reg t commanded by Col Samuel B. Webb, served out the term he enlisted for he believes, & was discharged that he has heretofore made application for a pension & refers to the documentary evidence then transmitted, for a more particular account

of his service, if required; which he understands is satisfactory. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, to his knowledge, he having before applied for a pension, which was refused on account of his property.
Seven to be offered the day a year foresaid.
John O. Pettibone James V. Pettibone David T. Taylor
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.
John O. Pettibone Judge of Probate
I Benjamin Ely, Clerk of the Court of Probate for Simsbury District, in Hartford County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Taylor for a pension. And I also certify that John O. Pettibone who has affixed his name in his own proper handwriting as above, is Judge of Probate for Simsbury District.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this 17 th day of August 1832.
Benjamin Ely Clerk.

David Taylor Canton -
Admitted
Admitted
The Judge must certify in every case that the claimant is in indigent cir- cumstances -
enlisted 15 Dec. '80 Allens county for 3 years

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss—HARTFORD
On this 8 th day of May 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford for the said district, personally appeared David Taylor aged 54 years resident in Canton in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said David
Taylor enlisted in Simsbury in the state of Connecticut in the month of Jan y 1781 in the company commanded by Captain Edward Bulkeley of the 3 d Connecticut Regt commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb that he enlisted for three years, and continued in the service as a private soldier to the close of the war ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the close of the Revolutionary war, when he was discharged from service in Westpoint state of New York , that he was in the battles of Brandywine his discharge is lost
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except the Subjoined
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
I, Jonathan Brace Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said David Taylor did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
May the 8 th
181 8  Jonathan Brace Judge as aforesaid
May 8 th 1818 Sealed with the seal of said court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said court Thomas Chester Clerk

State of Connecticut ss County of Hartford ss No. 2 D 1818
I hereby certify that from the evidence of Solomon Evarts Esq. a justice of the Peace in this County, who is personally known to me and is a gentleman of the best respectability, that  am satisfied the witness named David Taylor is in evidence, circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Jonathan Brown Judge of the County Court for said County

State of Connecticut New Hartford May 2 d 1818
This may Certify that the Bearers David Taylor Enlisted as a Soldier in the Company Commanded by Capt. Edward Bulkeley for the term of three Years in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Samuel B Webb and served as a Faithful Soldier about the term of two Years & four Months & was Discharged at West Point on the Banks of the Hudson at the period when the American Army was disbanded
Attest John Meigs Lieut. & Adjutant late Conn. Regiment Commanded by Col. Sam. B Webb in the Revolutionary Army
Litcheield County ss. New Hartford May 2 d 1818 Personally, appeared the above named John Meigs & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate before me -
Wm G. Williams Just. of the Peace
N B - The above named Wm G Williams is personally known to me - is a very respectable man and a Justice of the Peace
Jonathan Brace

D Hon ble Secretary of War
for recd 8/11/1861

20 owing to the application No of Canton Connecticut for a pension. I am not personally acquainted with Mr Taylor, or his circumstances, but with the gentlemen who made that communication I am well acquainted. They all live within eight miles from my residence, & are gentlemen of great respectability. Full credit may be given to their representation.
I have the honour to be with respect your Obedt Servt E. Phelps

15 350
Rev INVALID. Consolidated with 15670.
File No. 85 885
David Taylor Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15670 INVALID.
No. 15670
David Taylor Pre Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 44 5-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Cardan (or Sealung)

4/00 Connecticut.
David Taylor Esq. 4 S B Webb private Rev.
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. Conn and Continental
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Jonathan Brace Esq. Hartford, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept 1818 31. 25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819 48. —
79. 25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
.81 Two years
Application sent to Thomas Chester Esq. 20 Oct r 1820.
See letter 25 July 1832 70 E. Phelps Esq. Do. 6 Jan 1833
Hartford, Connecticut.

Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next.
at the Branch Bank U.S. Middletown Conn.
David T. Taylor
"2 d " is added to dis- tinguish this Pensioner from one of the same name who is also on the Pension Roll of Connecticut and resides in Berlin.
J. L. Edwards
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
David Taylor 2 d late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

State of Connecticut County of Hartford On the 14 th day of November A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for said County David Taylor a resident of the town of Canton in said County State of Connecticut aged seventy years who being being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year A.D. 1780 for the period of three years and served in the Connecticut line in the Continental Army as a private & served under the following officers viz, in the regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb & company by Capt.
Allyn from the first day of January A.D. 1781 to the 31 st day of December 1781; & in the year 1782, in the Reg t commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb ————— a company by Capt. Allyn ————— & in 1783 in a Reg t commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb & company by Capt. Allyn & served
at various places in the neighborhood of West Point in the vicinity of the North River along the White Plains, was in a skirmish with the enemy near Kingsbridge in 1782 — that he was discharged about the 15 th day of October A.D. 1783. That when he enlisted he belonged to the town of Linsbury in said

Hartford County, & always resided there, until the town of Simsbury was divided, & the town of Canton incorporated; since which he has resided in said Canton, living upon that part of said Simsbury, which was included in the town of Canton. That he applied for a pension under the act of Congress of March 1818 and was placed upon the pension roll of the Connecticut Agency, and that he was dropped therefrom on account of his property, that when he made application for a pension under the act of the 18 th of March 1818, he resided in said town of Canton, where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or only on that of the Agency of the State of Connecticut, if known to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
David Taylor
And the said justice of the peace does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Canton this 14 th day of November A D 1833.
Ephraim Mills justice of the peace

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } p
I, Jared Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Hartford, do hereby certify, that Ephraim Mills Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of David Taylor was taken, was, on the 12 th day of November A.D. 1833, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law; And that the signature, purporting to be of Ephraim Mills, is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court, this 18 th Day of Nov. A.D. 1833.
Jared Griswold, Clerk

Simsbury Conn. Sep. 22 1834
Sir David Taylor, an informant & I believe blind pensioner, last spring, informed his son to draw his pension at Hartford, & delivered to him his pension certificate. The son has never been heard of since the day he drew the money, tho' his horse & waggon were found in Hartford & where he left them. Some months afterwards, the body of a man was found in one of the creeks in that City, & the body buried. This information did not reach the father until such a length of time had elapsed, that I was believed no satisfactory result would arise from an examination.
I transmitted the affidavit of David Taylor, establishing the loss of his certificate, & in his behalf requested that an order may issue to him. I am &c. Fisher Hildreth

Comptroller's Office Nov. 4 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears that by the settlement with the 3 rd Connecticut Regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb Esq t Colonel for the year 1781, that David Taylor served therein as a private from the first day of January 1781, to the 31 st day of December 1781 being twelve months; & that no roll of this Reg t , or any other Reg t of the Connecticut line on Continental establishment has been found in this office for any subsequent year.
E. Phelps.
Sir
I have been requested to state, by David Taylor's friends, that he is totally blind, & is suffering for the want of those necessaries which would be proper for him in his situation.
Before his declaration was filed, I

I David Taylor of Canton County of Hartford & State of Connecticut of lawful age depose & say; that I served as a soldier in the revolutionary war — and that I made application for a pension under the act of 1832 — That I received a certificate from the pension office of the United States as full pay for a soldier under said act — which certificate was dated some time in the months of November or December 1833 — The number of said certificate not now recollect — That on or about the first day of April March 1834 I regularly constituted and appointed Edmund Taylor of said Canton my lawful attorney to receive said pension for said April March 1834 at the pension office in the city of Hartford in said State — That said Edmund Taylor took said letter of attorney also my said pension certificate & applied to said pension office where he received the avails of said pension for the preceding half year — — And the said Edmund Taylor after having so received said pension as aforesaid, absconded with the avails of said pension & pension certificate to parts unknown to the deponent — and that the deponent has not received any intelligence whatever from said Edmund Taylor or from any person or persons where he the said Edmund Taylor is to the present time; by reason of which, he the deponent is utterly deprived of the benefit of said pension certificate & the privilege of drawing his said pension — Whereupon the deponent requests in the premises that an alias certificate of said pension may be granted him from the pension office of the United States in lieu of the one so lost or destroyed — — Dated at Canton August 26 th 1834
his David X Taylor mark

State of } Connecticut } Hartford County ss Canton August 26 th 1834
Personally appeared before me the within named David Taylor, known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed before me — And I would further state that I am personally knowing to the correctness of the facts set forth in said affidavit
Ephraim Mills justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut, Secretary's Office.
September 23 rd , 1834.
I, Thomas Day, Secretary of said State and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, That Ephraim Mills Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford, in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written.
Thomas Day

Hartford Dec 22 d 1832
Sir I send enclosed the application of David Saylor of Canton in this State, for a pension. He refers for proof, to his former application & the evidence accompanying it, which, he has been informed, by the War Dept, is sufficient.
I am very respectfully Yr Le P. Phelps

War Dept Pension Office 25 th July 1832
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of 6 th inst; and in reply, to inform you that the evidence on file in this office in support of the Revolutionary services of David Taylor is satisfactory. But in order to obtain the benefit of the late Act, he should make under oath such a statement as the printed regulations of 27 th ult (herewith enclosed) direct.
In reply to your enquiry respecting the case of Nathaniel Collins I have to inform you that it was disposed of at a time, when the papers in rejected cases were returned to the person from whom they were received. There is, therefore, no papers in this office in relation to his case.
I am Sir, mo. respectf ly yr. obt. k ll st
J. L. Edwards
Elisha Phelps esq r Hartford Con t

Hartford Nov 18 th 1833
Sir
I transmit the application of Daniel Taylor for a pension, accompanied by his original certificate & your note to me of the 25 July 1832.
Mr Taylor is totally blind & very feeble. If his petition could receive immediate attention, it would confer an additional obligation. I
am very
respectfully
Yr Sir
D. Phelps

We the subscribers, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Taylor of Canton in Hartford County, that we have attended him as Physicians for several years; that his he has been in a declining state of health, we believe, as much as six years or more, that for about two years & a half last past he has been unable to labor, and that he is still utterly incapable of doing any thing for the support of himself or family; and considering his age, the nature of his complaints, and that they were brought on by hardships, exposure to wet & cold &c. it is our opinion that there is no probability that he will ever be able to do any thing, to provide a subsistence for himself or family.
Dated at Canton this 28 th day of July 1820
Solomon Overest M.D. Benj n Weed M.D. Physician

Hon John C. Calhoun Secretary of War The Petition of the Civil Authority Selectmen and a number of others inhabitants of the town of Canton in Hartford county and State of Connecticut humbly represents - That we are well acquainted with David Sayler 2nd of S d Canton and with his circumstances - a Petitioner for a Pension under the act of congress of March 18 th 1818 and May 1 st 1820 whose claim has been rejected by your Honor - And State that we the undersigned sincerely request your Honor to receive the case of the S d Sayler if consistent with your Duty - first Because he is in a most forlorn condition on account of an infirmity of Body accompanied with great Pain and Distress he is rendered incapable of performing any Business or even looking after his business - which infirmity he has been troubled with six years or more - and for two of the last years has been mostly confined to his house and Bed - 2 nd Because the small Property which he is possessed of consists of Poor mountain land very unproductive and a few cattle and having no help that can be depended on his support has been precarious and he reduced to suffering for want of the comforts of life - 3 rd That antecedent to the S d Sayler's infirmity he was Industrious and kept his small estate good. But we easily believe that his Property has been reduced a number of hundred dollars yearly for six years past (althe he has had a Pension for two years) without any fault in him - Thus Situated is one of America's revolutionary and meritorious Soldiers and good citizens. whose claim we sincerely request may be granted. and we as in duty bound will ever pray - Canton November 23 rd 1820
Ezra Darns Nehemiah Everest James Humphreys Jared Mills Benj m Weed Jr.
Civil Authority

Alvin Humphreys Stephen Davis Blisha Lugden } Selectmen D. pastor of the Ch. of Christ in Canton Jeremiah Harkness Jasper Bidwell Col. 21 st Colonel Adams Jr. Lieut. Col. 17 Regt.
Hon John C. Calhoun Secretary of War We the subscribers here certify that we have been attending Physicians on David Saylor 2 nd during an interval of six years four years of which time he could perform a little business. But for the last two years he has endured much pain and distress and could do no business. And we are of opinion that from the hardships he has endured and from the nature of his disorder (being Rheumatism) he will never do any more to provide for himself and family - and that the within statement made by the civil authority of Canton is known to us to be true
Canton Nov 23 rd 1820
Solomon Everest M.D. Being to kind to