Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2370, for Samuel Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Heads.
Taylor, Samuel Hannah
11-2370
B. L. Ht. 6009-160-55-
CONTENTS

1885 Ind 3 History to Hanover NH
✓ 1773  Abigail  Hannah Taylor widow of Samuel  Taylor who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
31 February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the  6th day of Sept 1833 and sent to
Geo W. Morton  Augusta  Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act  19th Dec 1828 , Page 10 W.A.
July 31/53
1832
C.H.

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Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine
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Maine
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Samuel Taylor
of Kennebec in the State of Maine - who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Russell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bangs in the Mass. line for 15 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $100.00 Pension allowance ending Sept. 25.00
$125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
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1706
Sam J. Taylor Private Mass'tts troops.
Russell's Co. } 3 12 6 months Parker's regt. }
Hamlen's Co. } Sheppard's regt. } 3 4
Lecker's Co. } Spanham's regt. } 6 "
Hedge's Co. — 5 days
Hamlen's Co. } Hallett's regt. } 3 months
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Proof C. L. Bangs certificate of 15 months service of private,
added for the amt of Mr Bangs certificate
15 mo. pri
50 $
R. L. Rose. Augusta me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
On this 28 th day of March A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Junr. a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Samuel Taylor a resident of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Russell and served in Col. Bassetts regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Russell Capt. Bassetts
Col. That he enlisted into said company in April or May 1776 for the period of six months, & was employed at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, in guarding the coast & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged there in October or November of the same year. That afterwards in April 1778 he again enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Hamlen in Col. Reeds regiment of the same troops, for the term of three months, was stationed at Cambridge. Employed in guarding the prisoner taken at the capture of Burgoyne , & after serving out the full period of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Cambridge in July 1778. That in June or July 1778 he again enlisted in Capt. Brooks company in Col. Nathan Grahams regiment of the same troops, for the period of six months; that he was principally employed in the protection of Dorchester heights , & a part of the time at Rhode Island & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Dorchester in December of the same year. That upon an alarm at Salem in September 1779 he entered Capt. Elisha Hodge company & did duty there five days. That in August 1780 he enlisted for three months in Capt. Uriah Hamlen company in St. Col. Halletts regiment of the same troops; that he was stationed on Rhode Island & at Howland ferry. & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Burtt's hill in October or November 1780.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in the year 1760, at Yarmouth, Massachusetts , where he presumed his age is recorded & where he lived when he entered the service. & where his home was during the revolutionary war. That he soon afterwards removed to Naples, Maine , then to Windsor an adjoining town & now resides in Jefferson adjoining Windsor . That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated. That he has named such of his officers as he now recollects. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Samuel Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathan Weston
And the said Judge, before whom said court was held, does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 26 th day of March
A. D. 183 3. —
J. A. Chandler

I Joseph Glidden of Jefferson, in the county of Lincoln and State Maine, do depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Samuel Payson who died in said town of Jefferson in the month of December 1838. He was to my certain knowl- edge a revolutionary pensioner of the U. States. That his widow Hannah Payson is still living, and a resident of said town of Jefferson, and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Samuel Payson. She is a respectable person and entitled to relief. Joseph Glidden
State of Maine
Wenatchee County S.S. On this fifteenth day of June 1853 personally appeared Joseph Glidden, he being a respectable witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him sub- scribed. Before me
Asaph Root
Justice of the Peace

State of Maine - Kennebec County ss I hereby certify that the Hon. Richard D. Rice before whom the annexed Declaration of Hannah Taylor was sworn to, is and was, at the date of said proceedings before him, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, duly commissioned & qualified and acting as such.
I further certify that Asaph R. Nichols and Alonzo Rogers Esqrs before whom the annexed affidavit and certificate were made, were, at the date thereof respectively Justices of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be the signatures of the said Rice, Nichols and Rogers are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court for said County this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1853. Y. M. Stratton { Clerk of said Court for Kennebec County

I hereby certify that I joined in marriage Mr Samuel Taylor & Mrs Hannah Plidden both of this Town Wm Hilton Justice of Peace Wm Hilton Town Clerk
Windsor Oct 15, 1822
A true copy attest Stephen Barton Town Clerk Windsor May 24th 1853 Personally appeared the above Stephen Barton Windsor and made oath to the above before me Horatio Rogers Justice of Peace

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Samuel Taylor State of Maine ADM d
Augusta, Me. May 31. 1833.
The cases presented to the War Department by me, were all taken before the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine having general jurisdiction throughout the State. Some of these cases were objected to by the Department as not being taken in the counties in which the claimants resided. But on a certificate in the form of a letter from the Hon. Judge Weston to Col. Edwards stating the jurisdiction of the Court, & the central situation of Kennebec County & the great convenience to applicants, they were admitted & I have rec d . certificates in every case acted upon until this. I trust this will be satisfactory. R. C. Vose
R. C. Vose Augusta Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
 A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Taylor Resident of Jefferson Sweden Co. New York to State of Maine    Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enl. 1776 " 6 3 12 priv. Capt Russell Col Bassett 72 Years Yarmouth Documentary   " 1778 " 3 3 4 " Capt Hamlen Col Reed Mass. & Traditional Evidence   " 1778 " 6 5 19 " Capt Crocker Col Sparhawk the declaration was not made in the County where the Applicant resides   1779 " " 5 5 " Capt Hedges   1780 " 3 " 21 " Capt Hamlen Col Hallett  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Hannah Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor.
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d any bounty land. Revolutionary Pensions 2 d Sec. Act Feb 8, 1855.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Lincoln
On this twenty Seventh day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, Peter Duntun a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Taylor aged Eighty four years, a resident of Jefferson in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Samuel Taylor who was a revolutionary soldier and was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832, that she is now in receipt of a pension under the 2nd Section of the Act of February 1853, on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband the said Samuel Taylor and is the identical person named in an original pension certificate of which the following is a true copy, viz "Department of the Interior, Widow's Pension, No 1773" That she is in conformity with the 2nd Section of the Act of February 3, 1853, Hannah Taylor widow of Samuel Taylor who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty dollars per annum commencing on the 3rd of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should remarry, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this Sixth day of September One thousand eight hundred and fifty three. R. M. Callan Secretary of the Interior. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and that she is still a widow, having remained a widow ever since the death of her late husband the said Samuel Taylor.
Hannah X Taylor
We, Ephraim Noyes and James A. Noyes residents of Jefferson in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Taylor in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. We also further state that we are intimately acquainted with the said Hannah Taylor that she is the identical person named in the Pension Certificate mentioned and is a widow having remained a widow ever since the death of Samuel Taylor her late husband.
Ephraim Noyes James A. Noyes
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Peter Duntun Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
I know all men by these presents. That I, Gerrah Dyer of Isaac in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five .
Witness: Peter Dunton
Gerrah Dyer 
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Lincoln ss:—On the twenty seventh day of March 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Gerrah Dyer and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Peter Dunton Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Kennebec } ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Peter Dunton before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County Kennebec aforesaid, this 31 st day of March 185 5
Wm Stratton CLERK.

Samuel Taylor (only one found in Barnstable Co) born at Yarmouth Mass in 1760 where he resided during the Rev War, but after the war removed to Washington in Maine then to Windsor an adjoining town, thence to Jefferson which adjoins Windsor
In March 1833 he was living in Jefferson Lincoln Co Maine Enlisted in April or May 1775 for 8 mo under Capt Russell in Col. Bapst's Regt & was employed at Martha's Vineyard in guarding the sea coast
In April 1778 he enlisted for 8 mo's under Capt. Hemen in Col. Pike's Inf. Regt going to Cambridge to guard the prisoners of Genl Burgoyne's army
In July 1778 he enlisted for 6 mo's under Capt. Job Crocker Col. Nathan Sparhawk's part of time he served in R.D. but peacefully employed protecting Dorchester heights He was out 5 days under Capt. Eliza Hodge on the alarm at Nahant Sept 1779
In Aug 1780 he served 3 mo at Howland's ferry in R.D. under Capt. Micah Hamlin in Lt Col. Hall's Regt He died Dec 27 1838 - Mar Oct 15 1822 to Mrs Hannah Gledden of Windsor both of Windsor Me

Saml Taylor
Wilkes
Saml Taylor

State of Maine.
THE William Allen a Clergyman, residing in the town of Jefferson — in the County of Lincoln and William Glidden — residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
William Allen William Glidden
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.—Sworn and subscribed this nineteenth day of July
A. D. 183 2
Before me,
Joseph Bowman }
Justice of the Peace.
Lincoln ss. Sworn and subscribed this twenty third day of July A. D. 1832. before me
Isaac Davis { Justice of the peace
Joseph Bowman & Isaac Davis are Justices of the Peace. And the Rev. William Allen is a Clergyman residing in Jefferson. And William Glidden of the same town is a credible person & their statement is entitled to be believed.
Nathan Weston

Page 3 rd Feb: 1853.
Me.
377/112

Augusta, Maine
June 18. 1853
Sir,
I herewith transmit papers for the pension of Loring Hannah Taylor, widow of Samuel Taylor pensioned under 2 o Sec. Act Feb 3. 1853. Her late husband was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at $50. per ann. on the Maine Roll his pension was paid during his life time to the 4 th Sept 1838. from which time to the day of his death (Dec 27. 1838) she obtained the pension as his widow. Should the papers be satisfactory I would respectfully request to have a Pension Certificate forwarded to me, for her.
Very respectfully Merrill O. Sturtevant Geo. M. Morton
Hon L. P. Waldo Censor Pium Washington D.C.

Taylor
Taylor

Brief in the case of Hannah Taylor widow of Samuel Kennebec County and State of Maine act of Feb 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband a pensioner under act of 1832 at $ 50 per annum
pri
Marriage proof — pub. rec. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death Acad. rep.
Identity cr. wills
Name and residence of Agent Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine
Examining Clerk. H. Gray

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 19 th , 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Samuel Taylor served in Capt. Nathan Gage's company in the sea coast service from July 10 th to the 24 th day of December 1775, was paid for five months 24 days service as a private,
5.24
And that Samuel Taylor served as a private in Capt. John Russell's sea coast company stationed on Martha's Vineyard from August 10 th to November 22 nd , 1776, was paid for three months 12 days service,
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And that the name of Samuel Taylor is borne on a "pay roll of Capt. Micah Hamlen's company in a regiment of guards at Cambridge under the command of Col. Jon a Reed in the service of the United States from the second day of April 1778 until the 8 th day of July 1778 & days allowed to travel home" as having been paid as a private for three months 14 days service,
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And that Samuel Taylor served as a private at Rhode Island & other places in Capt. Job Brockle's company in Col. Nathan Spaulding's regiment from July 18 th to December 12 th 1778, was paid for five months 29 days service including time to return home, the term of service having been for six months from July 18 th 1778 to January 18 th 1779 unless sooner discharged,
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And that the name of Samuel Taylor is borne on a "pay roll of Capt. Eliza Hedges company of militia detached to do duty at Falmouth upon alarm in Sept r 1779" as having been paid as a private for five days service,
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12.10 And that the name of Samuel Taylor is borne on  17.11 "A pay roll of capt. Micah Hamlen's company of militia in Lt. Col. Hallett's regiment detached from the Massachusetts 2.21 State to reinforce the Continental army for the term of  three three months - which service has been done in the State 15.01 of Rhode Island," as having served as a private from August 14 th to the 31 st October 1780, & was paid for two months & 21 days service including time to return home.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 25 th 1835.
I hereby Certify. That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Taylor, as a private, is borne on the rolls of Capt. John Russell's Company, raised for the defence of the Sea Coast, where he is allowed from August 10 th to Nov 22 nd 1776, three months and twelve days. ————— 3=12
"Samwell" Taylor's name is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Micah Hamlen's Company, in a Regt. of Guards, at Cambridge, commanded by Col. Jon n Reed, where he is allowed from April 2 d 1778, three months and four days. ————— 3= 4
Samuel Taylor's name is borne on a Muster roll of Capt. Job Crocker's Company, in Col. Nathan Stark's Regt. where he is allowed from July 1 st to Decem r 12 th 1778, for services and travel, five months and nineteen days. ————— 5=19 12=05

Amount brought Over
M. 6. 12-05
Samuel Taylor's name is borne on the rolls of Maj. Nath. Heath's Company, for services as Guards in and about Boston, where he is allowed from May 13 th 1779 to Feb y 12 th 1780. Nine months. _____ 9=
Samuel Taylor's name is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Micah Hamlen's Company, in Col. Hallett's Regt. where he is allowed from August 14 th 1780, two months and twenty one days. _____ 2-21 23-26
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 15 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Sam l Taylor, as a private, is borne on an Abstract of pay due to Major Nath l Heaths company, as guards in and about Boston where he is allowed, from May 13 th to August 12 th 1779, three months. — — — — — m. ds 3=00
Sam l Taylor's name is borne on a pay-roll for the Continental pay due to Major Nath l Heaths company, for services as guards in and about Boston, where he is allowed from August 13 th 1779, to Feb y 12 th 1780, six months. — — — — — 6=
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Edward D. Bangs Secy

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 d February 1853.
State of Maine,
Wennebec County S. S.
On this fifteenth day of June 1851 personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, it being a Court of Record, Hannah Taylor a resident of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid, aged eighty two years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Samuel Taylor who was a revolutionary pensioner of the U. States under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of $50. per annum, that his pension was payable at the United States Agency for paying pensions in Portland in the State of Maine, where it was paid to September 4. 1838 during his life time, from which time to Dec. 27. 1838 she received the pension as his widow. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Taylor on the fifteenth day of October 1822, that her said husband died on the 27 th day of December 1838, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Hannah his Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day and year within written. viz June 15. 1853
Before me
J. D. Pierce
Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2370
Hannah Taylor
Widow
Samuel Taylor
Priv. Reb. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: —Vol. M. Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office Sept. 2/33
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c.
Th Burt Esq. 3 and
Col Act P's Commr
Present
Samuel Taylor act 32 $50.00 p. annum annuim: Died 27 th Decr. 1838, Paid to his death.
F. Berth Auditor.

6009
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16000

13 N 2282 Appd. of Hannah Taylor widow of Samuel.
Maine 18034
Act 3rd Febry 1853
Rev:
Allowed $ 50 per annum Comm. Feb. 3 - 1853
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

David Aiken # 6,009 & 6,010

Genl Land Office St Peter 1827
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit herewith a Survey of 500 Waps numbered 10387 & 10388, together with Warrants Nos 6009 and 6010, granted in consideration of the services of David Aiken, dec d formerly a Sergeant in the 1 st Line.
With great Respect Your Ob t Serv t
G. W. Graham
Ward J. Nelson Seal of Hand

No. 44334
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 6, 1855.
Samuel Dwyer Rev. War
Warrant No. 6009-160-55
Geo. H. Morton Augusta Me