Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,233, for William Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
NUMBER
W.6.233
Taylor William Elizabeth
{ B.L.W. 2501-400 Major Issued Dec. 8, 1997 No papers.
CONTENTS

972-548 Wiltshire
Elizabeth Taylor - 18 widow of William Taylor who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Major
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 Cents 29 March 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept r 1848 and sent to
H. G. Hunt Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 196 Vol. A.

15702 13
Kentucky
William Taylor
of Jefferson Co. in the state of Kentucky who was a Major in the regiment commanded Colonel Woodford of the Virginia line, for the term of 5 years .
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to comm the 1 st of May 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Nov: 1819 and sent to Stephen Bransay Esq. Louisville, Ky.
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1819  16  322. 67 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820  120. 00
$442. 67
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Jefferson Co.
Restored 21 Dec. 1824. Notified to her C.A. Mitchell & Co. comprising 23 Nov. 1824 - per L. A. Frank 1828 - see letter to Hon. J. Culp Jan. 19. 1836 - St. L. P. Post Mar. 31. 1836 let the P.S. speak for H.R. Mar. 19. 1846 - let the P.S. in Bransay's name 25. 1840
in form June 1. 1821 that he could not be reinstated scott W. Pope Esq Louisville Mol. Lee Secy of War Nov. 2. 1821 Feb. 1822

William Taylor Major  Rev.
Col. Woodford's Virginia Regt.
1774 Oct 15 Bedford Major 1 May 1775
The Rev. William Taylor was admitted a member of the Presbyterian Church in New York
The author learned from Mr. Thomas Pursley, Esq., formerly a member of court, a son of Judge Pursley and his family, in a series of papers on the influence of his life and labors. He was a man of great energy and perseverance. He was a member of the

Warden Pope Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court the state of Kentucky do certify that the Honorable Alfred Metcalfe who has signed the foregoing Declara- =tion of William Taylor is the sole Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this tenth day of May eighteen hundred and eighteen and in the twenty-sixth year of the Commonwealth
Warden Pope
I Alfred Metcalfe sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the state of Kentucky do certify that the above attestation of Warden Pope who is the Clerk of the said Court is in due form of law and entitled to full faith and credit - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Alfred Metcalfe

To the Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
I Alfred McCreagh Circuit Judge in and for the fifth Judicial Dis- trict of the Commonwealth of Ken- tucky and sole Judge of the Circuit Court in and for the County and Circuit of Jefferson in said District do hereby Certify that on this day William Tay- lor came before me and upon oath de- clared that he is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Coun- ty of Jefferson aforesaid. That in the Spring of the year 1776 he entered the Army of the Revolution as a first Lieu- tenant in Captain Francis Lyle's Company in the Second Virginia Regi- ment of the Continental establishment which Regiment was commanded by Colonel William Woodford. In the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty he was appointed a Major and ordered to join the Ninth Virginia Regiment of the Continental establishment then stationed at Pitt- sburg commanded by Colonel John Gibson. That in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eigh- ty one he (being then stationed at Three Rivers Virginia) received a letter from said Colonel John Gibson, advising him that he said William Taylor had been left out of the service by an

arrangement made at Chesterfield Courthouse, in Virginia. That his Com- mission as Lieutenant as aforesaid was issued and dated in the Spring one thousand seven hundred and seventy six; and that he continued in the army military service of the United States as before stated until the Spring of the year one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty one, when he quit- ted the service, in consequence of the rearrangement of the Regiments as before mentioned; that he never was commis- sioned as a major, but acted as such for a year and more; that his commissions as lieutenant and captain were written upon paper, and are worn out and no longer in existence; and that from his services since in class he rec- the assistance of his country for support.
Major John Harrison also made oath before me, that he knew that the said William Taylor was in the military service of his country during the revolutionary war, as an officer upon the continental establishment, for about six years, & that a part of that time, the said Taylor acted as Major in the regiment to which the said Har- rison belonged.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands this first day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Alfred Metcalf

(Declaration, in order to be restored to the Pension List, under the Act of the 1 st March 1823)
State of Kentucky - Oldham County, ss.
On this fourth day of November, 1824, personally appeared before the County Court of  Franklin of the Oldham Circuit Court, (being a court of record) in open court, Maj. William Taylor Sen. a resident of Oldham County, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision, made by the acts of Con- gress, of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said W m Taylor, Sen. entered the service in the summer of 1775, as a volunteer or minute man, in the company of Capt Spencer, (particular date not recollected) that in the winter of 1775-1776, he was appointed 1 st Lt. in the Company of Capt Francis Taylor, (his brother) attached to the 3 d Regiment of Virginia commanded by Col Woodford, in the Virginia Line, 1 st Continental establishment - that he was subsequently promoted to the rank of Captain, and then to that of Major and continued in the Army until the year 1781 - and that he was, afterwards, at the reorganization of the army arranged out of the service as a junior officer, at Chesterfield Court-House, Virginia; that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property. And in pursuance of the act of 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof.

with interest thereby so to do. That it, as to being 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 18 th 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.
Schedule of real and personal property of William Taylor, Sen r revised since the exhibition of a preceding one, and founded on changes which have taken place posterior to his being dropped from the Revolutionary Pension Roll, on account of property given in through his first schedule:
  1 horse, blind $30   1 old Cart, 3 ploughs 3 hoes and 3 axes $30   7 head Cattle worth $60   Household furniture $190   15 Hogs (small) 20   $300 
Beside the foregoing Schedule I have a Prospect of collecting about two hundred and thirty dollars, which when added to that above will make five hundred and thirty dollars, and I am under a belief that I am still indebted more than the above amount.
W m Taylor Sen r

That since the exhibition of my last schedule the following changes have been made in my property:
Sold by the Sheriff of Oldham County to satisfy two executions one on a note given to Francis Taylor for $400 the other on a note given to R H C Taylor for $200 - one tract of land containing 162 acres, and slaves Hannah, James, Daniel, Jerry and Chesher.
Time of sale October 1 st 1821
Executions returned Satisfied Total amount of executions $
The said William Taylor Sen r is still in debt about $2000; is a farmer by occupation and has a family of the following description to support.
 W m Taylor Sen r aged 72 years  Elizabeth Taylor aged 57 "  Eleanor M c Taylor aged 18 "  Caroline J Taylor aged 16 "  Louisa M c Taylor aged 13 "  Eliza A. Taylor aged 10 "  Richard F t Taylor aged 4 " 
The parents are old and infirm, and it will be obvious that the children, all except one being females, can add nothing to the stock of maintenance.
W m Taylor Sen r
I Jonathan T Berry Clerk of the Oldham County Court in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Taylor Sen r did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy from the Winter of 1775 and continued in the Army until the year 1781 on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. 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 five hundred and thirty dollars including the debts liable to be collected by him the said Taylor.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office (no County Seal having as yet been provided) on this nineteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Jonathan T Berry Clerk of the County Court of Oldham County.

The State of Missouri Henry County ss.
On this fifth day of August A.D. 1851 before the County Court within and for the County and State aforesaid personally came Richard F. Taylor of said County who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath declares that he the son and one of the heirs at law of the late Major William Taylor who was an officer of the Virginia Continental line in the war of the Revolution and of his wife Elizabeth Taylor now also deceased. He further states that his father survived the passage of the act of 15 th May 1828 and received a pension under said act until he died in Oldham County Kentucky on the 29 th day of March 1830 leaving the said Elizabeth Taylor his widow and that the said Elizabeth Taylor survived until the 29 th day of March 1849 when she died leaving this declarant Richard F. Taylor Eleanor M. Berry and Eliza O. Horning her children and only surviving children. He further states that as he has always been informed and believes the said William Taylor was married to the said Elizabeth Taylor in the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky on or about the 25 th day of July 1796 and that the said Elizabeth Taylor never again married after the death of said William Taylor but remained his widow until her death. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress

of 27 th July 1848 on behalf of himself and the other children of said Elizabeth Taylor deceased for the pension due her said mother under said act at the time of her decease
Richard F Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above written
H A Powell Clerk

The State of Mississippi Henry County ss
It is ordered to be certified by the County Court of said County now in session that satisfactory evidence has been presented to said Court that Elizabeth Taylor late of said County the widow of the late Major William Taylor who was a pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky Roll under the act of Congress of 15th of May 1828 and who died in Oldham County Kentucky on the 29th day of March 1831 survived her said husband until the 29th day of March 1849 when she died in this County leaving Richard G Taylor Eleanor M Bony and Eliza O Hornung her only surviving children and that the said Elizabeth Taylor did not again marry after the death of the said William Taylor until she herself died on the day and year last aforesaid. Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of August 1851 J. L. R. Smith Clerk of the County Court Henry County, Mississippi In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This 5th day of August 1851
J. A. Pinnell Clerk

I, Fitzhugh Thornton of the county of Henry in the state of Missouri do swear that I was person- ally acquainted with the late Major William Taylor of the county of Oldham in the state of Kentucky that He was generally reputed to be an officer of the United States during the revolutionary war, and a pensioner on the pension list and that He died on about the 29th day of March 1830 leaving his widow Elizabeth Taylor still alive and who died on or about the 29th of March 1849 in the county of Henry and state of Missouri. Not having married after the death of her said husband and that she left Richard J Taylor Eleanor M Berry and Elyon C. Herring as her only surviving children Witness my hand this 31st of August 1851 Subscribed & sworn to in S Fitzhugh Thornton
Richard J Taylor Eleanor M Berry and Elyon C. Herring W. A. Prindle A.K. of Henry County Mo
1000

State of Kentucky
On the 12 th day of September 1820 personally appeared William Taylor in the County Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky a Court created by the Constitution of the State and being a Court of Record made so expressly by law which keeps a Record of its proceedings and also has power to fine and imprison and the said Taylor who is aged sixty seven years and a resident of the County of Louisville in the said County and his occupation a Farmer Stephen at present being first sworn according to law with on his oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. In the year 1775 he served as a volunteer in the minute service and was at the taking a tender to a ship at Hampton where he was at the battle of the Long Bridge in Virginia that while there he received a wound from a musket shot which then he received a Commission of first Lieutenant and the Company was attached to the Second Virginia Regiment on the Continentals Establishment, that he was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Regiment, that when the Virginia troops marched to the South they were promoted to the rank of Major under Colonel John Gibson and continued in the military service of the United States throughout the Revolutionary War and that he fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and that for said service a pension has been granted him, the Original Journal is numbered 15,702 and dated the 6 th Nov 1819
And the said Taylor further declared on oath that he was a resident citizen of the United States

on the 18 th day of March 1878 that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for pensions to those who served in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1878 and that he the said Taylor has not nor has any person for him in trust any property or securities contracts or debts due him nor has he any income other than that is contained in the schedule hereto annexed which is by him subscribed. - The said Taylor also declared on oath that the following are the names ages and sexes of his children who live with him as his family vizt 1 st Robert H. C. Taylor aged about eighteen years who assists him in the said tavern and who is not more than competent to provide for himself not having been in any other business -
2 nd Eleanor M. Taylor aged about 14 years - 3 rd Caroline J. Taylor aged about 12 1/2 years 4 th Louisa W. Taylor - - - - - av 9 years 5 th Eliza O. Taylor - - - - - av 5 av 6 th Philip W. Taylor - - - - - av 4 weeks old
That the wife of the said William Taylor is about forty six years old that he the said Taylor keeps his present tavern on lease from year to year at six hundred dollars rent by which he loses at least three hundred dollars per year and cannot give it up for the want of a home of his own to move to - that he the said Taylor owes to the Bank of Kentucky $1167. To the Louisville

Branch $500. and to Mr Thomas Prather about $1500. and that the amount of debt which he owes is about four thousand Dollars.
He further stated on oath that his five youngest children before named are an expense to him and cannot contribute to their support in any beneficial degree and that he the said Taylor is infirm and inactive and with difficulty pursuing his occupation aforesaid and will not much longer be able to pursue it at all.
He further declared on oath that if he shall not recover the 198 acres of land mentioned in his schedule that he will not be able to own a home and will be totally ruined.
Schedule of William Taylor Property referred to in the foregoing declaration with the valuation annexed to each article.
Negro woman named Hannah about 40 yrs old $400.00 Her children Jerry about 8 years old 200 "    "    Jerry about 6. " " 150 "    "    Dannie about 4. " " 120 "    "    Susan about 6 months old. 80 Neg. woman Phillis about 18 years old 400 Her child Christine about 6 months old 80 Land & fence $1400

Anns Brought Over $1420- Negro woman Silvia about 20 years old 400 Negro Girl Cartier about 16. do 400 Negro Boy Tillman who has had the Rheumatism about five years down goes on a crutch aged about 17 years 300. 198 acres of land on Harrods creek in the possession of Plant under an admeasurement The contest is about boundary and I am advised and expect I shall prevail but if I do I shall under the law of the county have to pay for making the surveying the land as I am informed and if I have I must sell the land - But I am also advised that I shall not. This land is worth $10 per acre 1980. 
  1000 acres part of 4000 acres in Partnership   in Pulaski County (Stannery on which   there is an cedar patent and I expect it   will be lost it is unimproved and I 500.   cannot get a purchaser of it at 25¢ per acre   15 Small Bids for the Farm worth $18 each 270   3 Doz Windsor chairs 10¢ per doz 30.   2 Doz " " " " 10¢ 20   2 Doz Tables 28.   2 Doz Sets of Drawers " 14: 12.   6 Tables 10.   1 Pnp 1.50 per doz 15   10 Doz Plates 7.50 do 15   2 Doz Doz Sinks 2.00 18.00   5 Doz Doz Cups & Saucers 1.75 8.25   3 Doz Doz Small Spoons 10   1 Silver Ladle 15¢ per doz 22.50   1 Doz Doz Table Spoons 10¢ do 20.   2 Doz Doz Tea Spoons do 5   1 Doz Doz Coffee do 10   1 Doz Doz Mustard do   5493:75. 

  10 Warten 3/   4 Pitchers 3/ 2   6 Bottles 6/ 1   2 Doz Tumblers 1.50 per doz 3   3 Pks of Cakes 3.00 ea 9   5 Stinking Cakes 2 10   2 Caffe pots 1.00 3   4 Teas 3/ 2   6 Pk Starch 12/ 12   17 Starch Cans 6/ 7   3 Pks 6/ 3   2 Iron Skells 12/ 4   3 Tea Kettles 9/ 4.50   3 Soap Skells 12/ 6.00   1 Caffe 12/ 5   5 Dishes 12/ 10   12 Candlesticks 3/9 7.50   2 Pan Stand Things 1.50 per doz 3.00 
On half of judgment for about $900. will ask against the estate of John Handley which is insolvent and nothing can be got Half of 1000 acres of land owned by John Handley A James Parker & myself to which John Handley's title is not good and the land cannot be obtained - price allowed Handley being two dollars per acre. The proposition of the land is held under an adversary title with the other patent and suit was brought for the land in order to have recourse against Handley, who has since died and his estate is insolvent
Wm Taylor Son

I Morden Pope clerk of the County - Court of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky, 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 Five Thousand Five hundred and ninety-five Dollars and seventy five Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Ninth day of October 1820. and in the 26 th year of the Commonwealth.
(Morden Pope) Clerk of the Court aforesaid.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWT:MLB
November 1, 1930
Mrs. T. T. Tunstall P. O. Box 115 La Feria, Texas
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6233, that William Taylor , Senior, in the summer of 1775 was a minute man in Captain Spencer's Virginia company; in the winter of 1775 and 1776 was appointed first lieutenant in Captain Francis Taylor's (soldier's brother) company in Colonel William Woodford's Second Virginia regiment, and was a captain in the same company and regiment until the spring of 1780 when he was appointed major and served in Colonel John Gibson's Virginia regiment until the spring of 1781. He was in the battles of Long Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was living in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In 1820 he was living in Louisville, Kentucky and was aged sixty-seven years.
He died March 29, 1830 in Oldham County, Kentucky.
He married July 25, 1796 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Elizabeth or Eliza Courts.
She died March 29, 1849 in Henry County, Missouri.
Their children in 1820 were referred to as follows:- Robert H. C., eighteen years of age; Eleanor Madison, aged fourteen years; Caroline Jefferson, aged twelve years; Louisa Washington, aged nine years; Eliza Ormsby, aged five years and Richard W. Ferguson, aged four weeks.

The pension due their mother was allowed the following surviving children:- Richard F. Taylor, Eleanor M. Berry and Eliza O. Horning.
The above noted William Taylor is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, who served as an officer with the Virginia troops.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

June 19, 1930
Miss Alice Taylor
Handsboro, Mississippi
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6233, it appears that William Taylor, Senior, in the summer of 1775 was a minute man in Captain Spencer's Virginia Company; in the winter of 1775 and 1776 was appointed first lieutenant in Captain Francis Taylor's (soldier's brother) Company, in Colonel William Woodford's Second Virginia Regiment, and was a captain in the same company and regiment until the spring of 1780 when he was appointed major and served in Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment until the spring of 1781. He was in the battles of Long Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he was living in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In 1820 he was living in Louisville, Kentucky and was aged sixty-seven years.
He died March 29, 1830 in Oldham County, Kentucky.
He married July 25, 1796 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Elizabeth or Eliza Courts.
She died March 29, 1849 in Henry County, Missouri.
Their children in 1820 were referred to as follows:- Robert H. C., eighteen years of age; Eleanor Madison, aged fourteen years; Caroline Jefferson, aged twelve years; Louisa Washington, aged nine years; Eliza Ormsby, aged five years, and Richard W. Ferguson, aged four weeks.
The pension due their mother was allowed the following surviving children:- Richard F. Taylor, Eleanor M. Berry and Eliza O. Horning.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Taylor Sen 2 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. W. J. G 233.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1775 ✓ Minuteman Spencer Va.   Winter 1776 and served 1 st Lt. Francis Taylor William Woodford 2 nd Va.   '77 until the Capt 2 nd Va.   Spring 1781 Major John Gibson 9 th Va.   Soldier's brother.  
Battles engaged in, Long Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co. Ky. Louisville said Co. in 1820.
Age at date of application, 67 years in 1820. Died Mch. 29, 1830 in Oldham Co. Ky.
Remarks: He mar. in Jefferson Co. Ky. July 25, 1796. Elizabeth or Eliza Coontr. Children in (Sept) 1820: Robert H. 18 yrs; Eleanor Madison Taylor, 14 yrs; Caroline Jefferson Taylor 12 yrs; Lucinda Washington Taylor 9 yrs; Eliza Ann Taylor 5 yrs and Richard W. Ferguson Taylor 4 mos. Sol. died in Oldham Co. Ky. Mch. 29, 1830; Widow died in Henry Co. Mo. Mch. 29, 1849 and her pension was allowed in 1851 for the benefit of her only surv. children. Richard J. Taylor, Eleanor Respectfully, M. Barry and Eliza O. Hornung  No further family data.
Commissioner.

Honble
cannot be restored
John C. Calhoun
Snodgrass
Mr. Sprague

Please let me hear from you in this case it will take but a few minutes for your rapid eye to run over plain writing—
Yours obedt
Ph. A. Johnson

Washington Augt. 30. 1857
Com d of Pensions Sir
I herewith enclose the papers in the case of Elizabeth Taylor, widow of William Taylor dec d under the act of 29 th July 1848. When an examination shall have been made you will be pleased to communicate the result to me.
Very Resp d
Yr Off. Servant
H. S. Grant.

No. of Upper March 23. 1846
Sir,
On behalf of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, I desire to know whether Major W m Taylor, of the Virginia Line of the Revolutionary Army, being placed on the pension roll, on 6 th Nov r 1818, was ever stricken from the roll — what was the reason, if he was — and when was he restored — and what rate of pension did he receive —
Yours &c. D. W. Parris
Col. J. L. Edwards.
An early answer is desired D. W. P.

Free
15 3/4
Hon R M Johnson
Washington City
10 3/4

D. L.
Louisville March 28 1849
By the mail which brings you this you will receive the affidavit & schedule of Maj. Wm Taylor Sen. It has been certified by the Clerk of the Court here, though not executed before the which you must so have and to be done to . By perusing the schedule of property and debts you will discover that the ap- plicant, is literally insolvent - and that the little he has in possession, he is permitted to hold by the courtesy of his creditors. He is not only indebted to friends for the pay- ment of the interest and calls on his bank debts; but from the note appended to his sched- ule it will fully appear that he is and has been dependent for some of the necessa- ries of life, to the charity of his private friends. The old gentleman being entirely destitute of money, I had to draw up his papers;

and I am fully convinced, that such is his age and state of health, that he can do nothing towards the support of his helpless family. The fact that he has heretofore been partly dependent on the charity of his friends for subsistence was incidentally drawn from him, as, from the frailty of his memory, he had omitted at first, that portion of his property, enumerated in the note. In recollecting this, the manner in which he became possessed of a portion of it, was necessarily brought to mind, when I made such inquiries as led to the disclosure of the rest. I assure you, Sir, that I feel very solicitous as to the success of this application; knowing, as I do, that Maj. Taylor is a meritorious man; has served his country faithfully; and is now suffering, on the verge of the grave, for the ordinary comforts of life.
I am not in the habit, you know of pressing the claims of others on the

government; and I think, if I knew my- self, that I would not urge one, that was not founded, not only in justice and human- ity. I have no news worth printing. Give my respects to your brother, and consider - this letter as the common property of both Your Friend S. T. M. Jr.
you.

Re: 21 June 1833.
820.
420.
Treasury Department
3 d Auditor's Office
20 th June 1833
I have the honor to return herewith Mr R. H. C. Taylor's letter of the 12 th instant, which was yesterday received from your office, and to state, that it appears from the Revolutionary records on file in this office, that Major William Taylor of the Virginia line, has received his commutation of Five years full pay in lieu of half-pay for life -
With great Respect.
Your most O bt S er v t
John Haggard
Hon.
Wm. L. Duane
Secretary of the Treasury -

H. of R.
March 17 th 46
Sir
I do not know on what pension roll Major Wm Taylor of whom I make inquiry in my letter to you of 26 th ult. was inscribed. I think he was on the Kentucky Pension roll. I cannot inform where he resided at his death. His widow is a resident of Missouri & has petitioned for the pay which would have been paid by Taylor during the time he was dropped from the roll if his name had not been stricken from the roll.
Yours with respect John S. Phelps
J. L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Taylor, widow of William Taylor Henry County and State of Missouri act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under Act of 15 May 1828, at $600 per annum.
Record proof of marriage. Admitted at $600 per annum, commencing 4 March 1848 and ending 29 March 1849.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
W. G. Raut, Present
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

No 979
Elizabeth Taylor, de o widow of William
No
Act 29 July 1848
(Husband was a pensioner under act of 15 May 1828 -)
Married 1796
Husband died 1830
Admiral R. G. S. May or
£100 per annum
commencing 11 March 1848 &
ending 29 March 1849
payable to
Richard F. Taylor
Eleanor B. Berry &
Eliza C. Morning
only surviving children
W. G. Paul
Present

Oldham County Ky.
I James S. Hutchinson Sheriff of said County do certify that I did on the 7 th day of October 1824 at Public Auction sell by Virtue of two Execution put into my hands against the Estate of M rs . William Taylor a tract of Land of one hundred & sixty two acres, and a negro woman and four children the Amount of the Executions were Six Hundred Dollars the original debts with interests and Costs which the aforesaid Property Satisfied given under my hand this 15 th day of Nov. 1824 J. S. Hutchinson, Sheriff
Seal

State of Kentucky
Be it remembered that hereof to wit on the sixteenth day of July 1796 - William Taylor applied for a license to celebrate the rites of matrimony with Eliza Bounds, to the Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County in the State aforesaid, who issued the same, which license was not returned by the minister, but the following is a true extract from the Marriage register preserved in the Office of said Clerk " Date of the license - names of parties - when & by whom married". 1796 July 16 - William Taylor - married July 25 th - 1796. Eliza Bounds - by Henry Potthoff - "
In Testimony whereof I the Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this fourth day of April One Thousand, eight hundred forty nine & in the fifty Seventh year of the Commonwealth - Current Page

Northern Bank of Kentucky Lexington May 20 th 1836
Sir
Herewith you will please receive the voucher of the widow of William Taylor D o late a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under act 18 March 1818 at $20 per month.
From our books it appears that he was paid to the 11 March 1828 and then continued "discontinued"
Please return the voucher with your instructions
I am very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Jn o Milton
Pension Clerk
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Declaration of Wm Taylor, Jr.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution, approved in the 16 th March, 1828, I, William Taylor, Jr. of the in the County of Alabama in the State of Kentucky, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the continental line of the army of the Revolution and served as such, to the time when the arrangement of the army provided by the resolve of Congress of the 8 th and 21 st October 1780 was carried into effect, and was reduced under that arrangement, at which period I was a Major in the 9 th Regiment of the Virginia Line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received a Certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to five years pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 nd March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st October 1780.
And I do further declare that I have received, as a pensioner of the United States since the 3 rd day of March, 1826, the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars paid to me by the Agent for paying Pensions in the State of Kentucky W m Taylor Junr
Before me, Col. W m Taylor, Junior of the County of Alabama in the State of Kentucky personally appeared this day James H. Hargis Esq. & J. B. Elliott Esq. who did, severally, make oath that William Taylor Jr. by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 23 rd day of June in the year 1828 Edward M Taylor J. D. C.

I Jonathan T. Berry Clerk of the county court of Oldham county in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Edward M. Sailor before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace for the county and state aforesaid, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 25 th day of June 1828.
Jonathan T. Berry

Adams County Kentucky June 1825
Hon. Richd. Russell Secy. of War
Conveyed to hand your My declaration, in addition to the evidence contained in it I enclose my Commission as Captain a letter from my Commandant Col. Gibson (after I was pro- moted) and the Certificate of John P. Freeman, Col. P.M. Ky. new District. I entered the army as a Virt. in 1775. My Commission as such, with that of Major has been lost. My Commission, with the other papers please return addressed to Louisville by care of Edward Shippen Cashr. U.S. Bank at that place of which I have heretofore named my half share.
Very respectfully
Wm. Taylor Sen

Louisville 16th Sep r 1819.
The Honble Sec y of War
Sir,
At the request of Major W m Taylor Sen r of this Town, an applicant for a pension. I certify that I have been intimately acquainted with him for several years past and that he has, from a state of comfort and ease, been reduced to indigence a circumstance regreted by all his acquaintances
I am Sir, with respect, and great regard your Obedt Servt
Step n Grigsby

U. S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 1 1886 Special Exam'n Division.
PENSION MAY 29 1886 OFFICE

1872
RECEIPT OF ORDER TO SUSPEND, RESUME, OR TERMINATE.
U. S. Pension Agency,
188
Hon. Jno. C. Black
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
May
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your order of May 19.
1886, in the case of Angelique Webre
Certificate No. 34144 , (formerly in _____ rolls.)
directing that payment of pension be resumed
Very respectfully,
Robt Taylor
Pension Agent.
34144 - wid

Act 1825 Settled at Treasury Cons'd with Widows Ac file #62 33

Alabama County June 25 1828
W. H. Brown Postmaster Secy of War
Mr. Sir I am at the head of Justice for this County on business for the Post Office (whose Declaration you will receive for the mail which conveys this with the clerk. And since my arrival I have understood that the money appropriated by a Congressional act of recent date will be not be paid as the former previous money, but will be transferred there as instructed this for I am induced to remark to you that Major T. would with to receive it Louisville as partially intimated in his letter to you accompanying his declaration but was I fear not sufficiently explicit.
very Respectfully E. A. C. Taylor

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No of orig Pay 297-
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828
William Taylor, of _____ in the County of Oldham _____ in the State of Kentucky, _____ has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the arrangement of October 1780,
at which period he was a Major _____ in the Ninth regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty _____ dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Kentucky.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Smith.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
30 th July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to William Taylor - Major - in the Virginia line, amounting to Three Thousand _____ dollars.
It further appears that William Taylor - _____ is now on the pension list of the Kentucky - _____ agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Robert Hagner Aud
General The Hon. C. W. Wilson

H. of Rep.
Feby 26 '46
Sir
Major Wm Taylor was a revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. under the act of 1818. In 1820 he was dropped from the roll and at a subsequent time restored. Will you inform me why he was thus dropped from the roll?
Yours &
John S. Phillips
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions

Dear Sir
Louisville Nov 28 th 1870
I have been requested by Major Wm Taylor of this place a revolutionary Officer and Pensioner of the U States, to write to you on the subject of his Schedule lately forwarded to the Department of War. I have been acquainted with Major Taylor upwards of twenty-five years, and know that he is a man of strict veracity and honor. He has been wealthy, but by entering into a mercantile partnership more to promote the interests of his relatives than to advance his own fortune, became greatly embarrassed. The weight of the debts of the firm fell on him and swept away his farm a most valuable one on Goose Creek in this County about ten miles from this place and all his valuable slaves. He has ever since been under a heavy and distressing pressure of debt, and if he were now coerced for payment would be stripped of every thing.
I have been Attorney at law for Hardy and consider his estate as totally insolvent and I am fully persuaded that Major Taylor will never get a cent from the claim against that estate exhibited in his schedule. I am also very doubtful whether Major Taylor will recover the land on Harrod's Creek also stated in the schedule. A suit is depending by Ejectment for the land, and is defended by an able active and wealthy Lawyer who I know calculates on success.
I hope Sir that you will not look on this representation as improper on my part. It is made at the solicitation of a very worthy and distressed old man, for whom I have the greatest respect, and one I know who would not ask the bounty and assistance of his Country if

if he did not really need it
I am Sir with the greatest respect Your obedient servant
Worden Pope NH
Hon John C Calhoun

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6233
Eliz th Taylor Wid:
M rs Taylor
Keafer Rev. Wm
Act: July 27/48
Index:—Vol. 16
Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 25/94 Richard F.
June 10. to Mr F.R.
Civil. Hist. li Taylor. Winden, Mo.
1894 - History Paul F. Thornton - Austin Texas.
1915 Sept 10. history li miss Dora R. Thornton. M.B.H.
1930 - June 18 - Hist. li Alice Taylor Clegg.
1930 - Oct 1 - Hist. li J.J. Junstall Clegg.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Maj. William Taylor
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Virginia
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Louisville Jefferson Co. Ky
Date of death (as near as possible):
March 1829 (I think)
Christian name of widow:
Eliza
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did my mother much
Remarks:
Younger than my father was at time of her death entitled to 3 or 4 months pension paid to her heirs.
Your name and address:
Richard F. Taylor Windsor Mo.

RECEIVED NAVY DEPT MAY 26 1904
PENSION OFFICE MAY 12 1904
PENSION OFFICE MAY 12 1904

Windsor Mo. May 9 th 1894,
Hon. Com. of Pensions,
Dear Sir
My father was Maj' W m Taylor of the Virginia Continental Army of the Revolution. He served during the entire war - 8 years - was a pensioner and one of seven brothers all in the service - one of them I believe in the Navy. My father died in Louisville Ky (I believe in March 1829) would like to know exact date of death if your Recor show it) Will you kindly send me an Official Statement of his service that I may obtain membership in the Society of "The Sons of the Revolution" St Louis, Mo. Please excuse the trouble I am giving
Respectfully Richard F Taylor
Windsor Mo. June 1 st 1894
Hon. Com. of Pensions,
I enclose herewith an old letter from a Law firm, Washington, D. C. which may aid in determining the matter. The name "Fitzhugh" refers to my wife's parents also from Virginia. Mr. Fitzhugh was in the War of 1812, and with Genl Jackson at New Orleans. If not too much trouble please have the old letter returned to me and oblige Respectfully Richard F Taylor

THE CITY NATIONAL BANK.
A. B. WOOLDRIDGE, PRESIDENT. PAUL F. THORNTON, VICE PRESIDENT. M. C. MILLER, CASHIER.
Austin, Texas, April 19 th 1897
Gen Commission of Pensions Dept of the Interior Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
On June 25 th 1894, you rended to Mr Richard F. Taylor of Winnsboro Missouri, a report on the Military history of William Taylor a soldier of the Revolutionary War, of the Va. army, showing his Commission as 1 st Lieut: Capt: and also as Major of the 9 th Va. Regiment!
You will please send me a copy of said report. and such other information pertaining to his services in said war, as you may have. I want the report to file with my application for membership in the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution!
Also on a separate report, please advise me if

THE CITY NATIONAL BANK.
A. P. WOOLDRIDGE, PRESIDENT. PAUL F. THORNTON, VICE PRESIDENT. M. G. MILLER, CASHIER.
Austin, Texas, _____ 189_____
the records in your office show any records in said war by Col Anthony Thornton of Ormsby Va. Son of Capt Charles Thornton , of North Garden, Caroline Co. Va.
and oblige
Yours Respectfully
Paul F. Thornton Austin Texas

Wednesday, August 25, 1915.
Rev. B
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir; - May I ask if you have records of the service of Major William Taylor of the Fifth Virginia Regiment, Continental Army? If so does the record say anything as to his parentage? In tracing my eligibility to the Society of Colonial Dames I am anxious to know the official record of his service and that he is a son of George Taylor and grandson of James Taylor, both of whom were members of the House of Burgesses. Does your record make any mention of the latter fact? Any information which you can give

me in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Yours respectfully.
(Miss) Dora R. Thornton.
1907 Dunes Street.
Austin, Texas.

Handboro, Miss, April 22, 1930,
Commissioner of Pension-
Dear Sir:
Will you give me data contained in application papers of the following Revolutionary Soldiers- (1) William Taylor born in Orange Co., Va., about 1753 Major in 9th Va line, Died in Louisville Ky., 1829. (2) Charles Taylor born about 1755- Orange or Culpeper Co., Va. Died Franklin Co., Ga. 1786-1812.
Thanking you am
Yours Truly
Chas. Taylor

IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
3-2027 (April, 1930)
W. 6233
EEL
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
September 25, 1930
Mrs. T.T. Tunstall P.O. Box 115 La Feria, Texas
Dear Madam:
I advise you that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of William Craddock Taylor.
1820 67 1753
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution named William Taylor, in whom you may be interested, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Kindly return this letter with your reply.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Dear Sir: Only Spec
William Taylor was a Lieut. and a Captain from Orange or Culpepper Co. Va. Born about 1750-5 in Orange or Culpepper Co. Va after war went to Elbert, then Covex.

Wilkes Co. Georgia, later moved to Tenn or Kentucky.
Yours truly
Mrs. T. T. Tunstall, P.O. Box 115
La Feria, Texas.

Adams Blk.
Hon. Mr. Wickliffe H.R.
Taylor, Wm. Va. W6233

State of Kentucky, etc.
I Thomas Kelley Presiding Magistrate of the County Court in and for the County of Oldham in the State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law do hereby certify that the foregoing Certificate of Jonathan Ferry who is Clerk of said Court is in due form of law and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts by him so attested as such as well within as without the State. Given under my hand and seal as Presiding Magistrate aforesaid this 23 d day of Nov. - 1824
Thos. Kelley J.P. Mag. Seal

(Declaration of Maj Wm Taylor Sen r in order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1 st of March, 1823
State of Kentucky, Jefferson County, ss. On this 21 st day of March, 1824, personally appeared in open Court, before John P Oldham 50th Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, being a court of record, Maj. Wm Taylor Sen r , a resident of Oldham County [form- ed by an act of the late session of the Legislature of Kentucky, and in which no superior Court of record has yet been organized] aged sev- enty-one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th March, 1818, and the 1 st of May, 1821; that the said Wm Taylor Sen r entered the service in the summer of 1775, as a volunteer or minute man in the company of Capt Spencer, (particular date not recollected;) that in the winter of 1775-1776, he was appointed 1 st Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Francis Taylor, (his brother,) attached to the 2 nd Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col Woodford, in the Virginia line, first Continental establishment; that he was subsequently promoted to the rank of Captain—and then, to that of Major, and continued in the army until the year 1781, and was then, on the reduction of the army, at Chesterfield court-house, Va. arranged out of the service as a junior officer. — That his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom, on account of his property. And in

pursuance of the act of 18 th May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any other 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 18 th 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:
Schedule of real and personal property of Am Saylor Sen d revised since the exhibition of a preceding one, and founded on changes which have taken place posterior to his being dropped from the Revolutionary Pension Roll, on account of property given in through his first Schedule.
  One hundred & sixty two acres of Land on Herrods Creek, Oldham County, Ky valued at $6 per acre. . . . . $972   Negro Slaves - Hannah, aged 40 (unhealthy) 150   James " 12 yrs {   Daniel " 5 " {   Jerry " 8 " { offspring of Hannah, except Chester } 500   Chester " 5 " }   Household & Kitchen Furniture, rather over valued 190   see note # Total $1812 

W6233
Exhibit of the Debts of W m Taylor Sen r due prior to the 18 th March 1818 to wit:
  To Bank of Kentucky at Louisville & Frankfort say $900.00   " Francis Taylor, (Cousin) 400.00   " D rs Ferguson & Booth 500.00   " John Herr 140.00   " Mathew Love 70.00   " James Collins Sen r & James Collins J o 150.00   " Estate of J. H. Welch Dec d 120.00   " John Shrader 50.00   " James Hughes 50.00   " McLanahan & Field 40.00   " D S Chambers 20.00   " Richard Barnes 30.00   " Thomas Pless 25.00   " John H Cannon 45.00   " Francis A Moore 75.00   $2615.00 
In addition to these debts are several others, amounting to $180 or $200, which are not particularly recollected; all of which, the said W m Taylor Sen r can consider in no other light, than in cumberances on his actual circumstances.
That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property:

  Keuben, sold to Thomas Jones  1819  $500  { The amount received for this property, has been necessarily appropriated to the maintenance of the family, & the extinction of small debts, & education of children.    Silvia " to John S Jacob  1821  500    Castiller " to Benj. J Harrison  1822  500    Tilman " to J B Bland  1822  450    Phillip " to Dick Phillips  1823  500  
In addition to the above, such has been my necessitous situation, that I have been compelled to dispose of a variety of bedding and other furniture, the amount of which is not recollected.
Description of the Family of William Taylor Senr.
William Taylor Senr aged 70 years Infim and unable to labor for the Elizabeth Taylor aged 50 " 3 Support of her family.
  Eleanor Madison Taylor  aged 17 years  } It will appear, of course that there cannot add anything to the stock of maintenance.    Carolina Jefferson Taylor  15 "    Louisa Washington Taylor  12 "    Eliza Ormsby Taylor  9 "    Rich Ferguson Taylor  3 "  
Slaves = Negro Nancy aged between 90 and 100 years } These negroes are unable to maintain themselves and are retained through gratitude for past services and have therefore not been enumerated in the schedule of property. " Adam " between 80 and 90 " " Nancy " about 50 and crippled. Hannah aged 40, and unhealthy
  James aged 12 years  } These from the health of the first and the ages of the latter, are able to do but little towards supporting the family.    Daniel aged 8 years    Jerry aged 8 years    Chester aged 5 years  
Taylor, Wm Va W 6/2/33

#c Note = The said Wm Taylor Sen r has in his possession 2 houses (1 blind), 4 Cows, 3 Calves, 1 old cart & 8 head of hogs, which should have been enumerated in the foregoing schedule. The cart, two cows and calves, and the hogs above mentioned are the fruits of private charity; and he was during the last year indebted to the same source for nearly all the bread and meat used in his family — and this year his meat has been distributed in like manner. The value of the property above described is supposed to be about $160.00 Wm Taylor Sen r
Sworn to & declared in open court on the 20 th day of March 1874 Before me, Jno. D. Eldham
It appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said William Taylor Sen r did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy on Continental Establishment and the Court is of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 1972 dollars Jno. D. Eldham

I Warden Pore Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that by order of the said Court the foregoing has been recorded in the proceedings of the said Court and was ordered to be certified that the above named John P Oldham is the sole Judge of the said Court and wrote and subscribed in open Court the above certificates by him subscribed - And that the said Court is a superior Court of law and Equity and of record with power also to fine and imprison - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this twenty-sixth day of March eighteen hundred and twenty-four and in the thirty-second year of the Common-wealth
Warden Pore
I John P Oldham sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do certify that the above attestation of Warden Pore who is the Clerk of the said Court is in due form of law and true in fact and law and therefore entitled to full faith and credit in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26 th day of March 1824
Jno. P. Oldham

W 6833 It is difficult at the War Department to prescribe the form of a certificate for the Clerk of the Courts in the several states. Each state organizes its Judiciary according to its will and local situation and interest. The mode of recording and authenticating the same judicial act is variant in each state and must be governed by the practice and law of the Judicial Department thereof. The printed form which has been furnished is necessarily disregarded in part. If the declaration and schedule had been made in court ore tenus and recorded by the Clerk then the copy could be certified "to be truly copied from the records of the said Court". But as the declaration and schedule are first reduced to writing and signed by the declarant sworn to in Court, the requisites of the law added, and then ordered to be recorded and certified the form given cannot be pursued. This was done in the present case, and the authentication made conformably to it. I have had a desire to pursue the instructions of the War Department knowing the necessity of system in every public office, the incapacity of ministerial officers in the correct discharge of their duties, and the loose manner of doing business in almost every part of the Union. I know that Major Taylor is a meritorious applicant and needs the assistance of his Government and should therefore be highly gratified to see his present application prevail. In order to satisfy the proper authority that the proceedings are regular I have caused the certificate of the Judge to be added.
Warden Pope March 26 th 1824