Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42448, for Joseph Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Taylor, Joseph
S. 42448
CONTENTS

3433.
New York.
Joseph Taylor 4 Cpt Pillsbury private Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Oct 1818 and sent to Apollo Moore Esq Rensselaerville, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 Apr d 21/30. 37.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
$85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years 17.00
Continue Berne, Albany Co.
Joseph Taylor, Cpt Pillsbury private, Mass. Line, Revolutionary War. Pension inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of April 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Oct 1818 and sent to Apollo Moore Esq, Rensselaerville, N.Y. Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 Apr d 21/30. 37.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00 $85.60 Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. 3 Years 17.00 Continue Berne, Albany Co.

Copy
Joseph Taylor Oath & Schedule
3/33 March 1819

Copy of SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. County of Albany } ss.
On this fourteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said County Proceeding according to the common Law & unlimited in amounts of Jurisdiction, Joseph Taylor — aged fifty eight years, resident in Bern in said County of Albany — who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In Captain Pilsbury's — Company Colonel Smith's — Regiment and Massachusetts Line that he is now on the Pension List Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month; that his original Declaration is dated the fourteenth day of April one Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen and that the number of his Pension Certificate is 32133
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 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 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.
That my Family (besides myself) consists of Mary Taylor my Wife aged Fifty Eight years, who is unable to do any thing towards her support in consequence of sickness and disease, and is almost constantly under the care of Physicians; That I am by occupation a Farmer, but am unable to support myself by labour in consequence of age and disability — And I do further swear that I am unable to procure a support for myself and Family without the aid of Government except by Public or Private Charity —
Sworn to, and declared, on the 14 th day of September 1820 before H. A. Williams Deputy Clerk
Joseph Taylor
State of New York City & County of Albany } ss
I Henry A. Williams Clerk of the City & County of Albany do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 Nine dollars and thirty seven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fourteenth day of September 1820
H. A. Williams
Deputy Clerk of the Court for the City & County of Albany

Schedule
Real Estate None whatever
Personal Estate as follows
   Value     1 Table $2.00   8 Chairs 2.00   1 Iron Pot 1.00   2 Do Kettles 2.00   1 Bake Do 1.00   1 Spider .25   1 Teakettle .50   1 Shovel & Tongs 1.00   5 Cups & Saucers .12   10 Pewter plates & Boilers 1.50   1 Bible .25   1 Psalm Book .25   Several other Books 1.00   1 Chest 1.00   4 old Barrels & Casks 1.50   1 Loom Wheel $15.37   1 Woollen Do 2.00   $19.37  
Joseph Taylor

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York. } TO WIT: CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY.
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," the following DECLARATION , in writing, is made under oath, by Joseph Taylor of the Town of Berne in the County of Albany in the State of New York before the Honorable Spencer Moore Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Albany in the said state, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said Joseph Taylor doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I Joseph Taylor aged fifty five years of the Town of Berne in the County of Albany in the State of New York on this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,—Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution, for the term of three years on the Continental Establishment and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support,—I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a private Soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Capt. Pillsbury Company Colonel Calver Smith's Regiment and Massachusetts Line—That I entered the said service the on or about the 12 th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty and left it the about the 20 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of the expiration of my term of Service that I received a document containing the same service and discharge, which has been casually lost and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than the attestation of my comrades who have made a deposition accompanying the declaration —And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this fourteenth day of April 1818.
Joseph Taylor
Spencer Moore
First Judge of Albany Common Pleas

United States of America.
By the Honorable Spencer Moore Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the _____ Court, of Common Pleas in the the County of Albany in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and "Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that Joseph Taylor of the Town of Berne in the County of Albany and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at _____ of Albany, in the said State, on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true—Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration—Accordingly he produced as testi- mony,
The Deposition of Jonathan Cookes and Daniel Looney
(and which accompanies this Certificate)—And I having duly considered the said Declaration and the said testi- mony produced in support thereof, I DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said Joseph Taylor did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION ; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true—I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at _____ of Albany, the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Spencer Moore

January 15, 1940
Mr. Parker Sage 5906 Canton Detroit, Michigan
BA-J/AWF Joseph Taylor S. 42448
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Taylor, who served with the Massachusetts troops, and later lived in Hartford, Washington County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 42448, based upon service of Joseph Taylor in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Joseph Taylor and names of his parents are not given.
Joseph Taylor enlisted, place not stated, December 12, 1780, served as a private in Captain Pilsbury's company in Colonel Calvin Smith's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged October 20, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was fifty-six years of age, and a resident of Berne, Albany County, New York. He was still living in Berne, New York, in 1820, and referred to his wife, Mary Taylor, as aged fifty-eight years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no

further discernible data in regard to the family of the soldier, Joseph Taylor!
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Joseph Taylor Certificate #3433 Issued October 7, 1818 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced April 14, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ASK YOUR POSTAL CLERK
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Admin. Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,
Kindly inform me whether you have a pension record for one Joseph Taylor of Hartford N.Y. soldier in Rev. war from Mass. Also for the same soldier who in additional served as major in war of 1812 from Washington co., N.Y. He may have been pensioned for service in the war of 1812 only. State whether his widow received a pension.
5906 Canton Detroit Mich. 1-3-40
Very truly yours Parker Sage

42, 448
Jas. Taylor
apt. 10-1818
Berne N.Y. - 56
Dec. 80 —
Capt Pillsbury Cac Calvin Smith to Oct 53 - Pub
No Bal

Joseph Taylor is alive not on Roll JN
The deposition of two cred- ible witnesses is required in this case and the service of the applicant.

State of New York County of Albany ss
Daniel Loomis of the Town of Durham in the County of Greene being duly sworn saith that he knew among Joseph Taylor the Soldier in the Declaration & Certificate annexed named, and that the said Joseph Taylor served as a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolu- tionary for the term of three Years in the Conti- nental Establishment and that he saw the said Joseph Taylor in the army aforesaid and well knows that he continued in the said Service on the Continental Establishment during the term aforesaid, and also that he vividly believes the facts stated by the said Joseph Taylor in the Declaration & Certificate Declaration & Certificate to be substantially true
Daniel Loomis Sworn & subscribed this 20. September 1818
before me
Asa Ross
First Judge of Albany Common Pleas

State of New York
County of Albany
Jonathan Crocker late a soldier in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War against the Commonwealth, being duly sworn, saith, that he knows the Joseph Taylor the soldier in the preceding Declaration. & the Certificate of the Hon. George Moore named - and that the said Joseph Taylor served as a private soldier in Col. Smith's Regiment and Mass- chusetts line. And that he verily believes the facts stated by the said Joseph Taylor in the foregoing Declaration, and Certificate to be substantially true -
Sworn before me this 14 th day of April 1888
Jonathan Crocker
Spencer Moore

42448
INVALID.
Rev
File No.
42.448
Joseph Taylor
W. Hen. 180
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr - 9 1901 -
Low. Co. Myer. Auburn N. J.
1940 - Jan. 15 - trip to Parker Sage amys

MARK D. KNOWLTON, PRESIDENT.
FRED H. WIGGINS, VICE-PRESIDENT.
HARRY G. LATIMER, JR., SECRETARY.
JOHN E. MYER, TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER.
AUBURN BALL BEARING CO.
122-124 CLARK STREET.
Glew
AUBURN, N. Y.
3/23/01
Record Division Office Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give us the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Taylor - said to have been of Concord Mass. and oblige
Yrs Truly
JOHN E MYER 122 CLARK ST. AUBURN, N.Y.