Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41229, for Elias Taylor, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Taylor, Elias or Taylor
S. 41229
CONTENTS

1891 July 29 M.O. Taylor Grub P.M.
Notif - sent to Hon. Click Goreham Addison Co. VT 26 March 1821
Vermont. 17. 181
Elias Taylor, Jr of Wash n co y in the state of Vermont. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beadle, of the V. Hampsh. line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. of May, 1820 and sent to George Rich, agent, Montpelier, Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820: $: 181.76, Semi-ann. all ce ending 4. Sept r 48 " 1820. $: 232.76.
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

STATE OF VERMONT,
COUNTY OF Washington ss.
Elias Taylor of Waitsfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont being
duly sworn, doth declare, depose and say, that, on or about the first day of January A. D. 1776 he was duly enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of one year that he belonged to Captain Carris Company, and Colonel Buddle Regiment, of the New Hampshire line  of that served therein, against the common enemy, for the time of service until hon- orably discharged at Saratoga N. York about the first of December 1776 - He went to Concord, New Hampshire that year & went to Hanover at the Adams
He further deposes and says, that he is now, and ever since has been a citi- zen of the United States of that by his ordinar circumstances in life he there, in need of assistance from his country for support
Elias Taylor
Declared, sworn, and subscribed, by the above named Elias Taylor before me at Waitsfield in the County aforesaid, this first day of April A. D. 1813.
Stephen D. Kimball Judge W. C. Grafton

Eliza Taylor
17.187
Sept 1820
Con
17.187

State of Vermont } On this 6th day of February 1821 Washington B. } Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record, to wit the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, holding a session for the County aforesaid. Elias Taylor aged sixty four years resident in Waitsfield in B. County, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit, - enlisted in January 1776 in Capt. Daniel Carlisle's Company H Col. Beedle's Regt of the New Hampshire line for the term of one year, served therein until December 1776 & was honorably discharged - that my original declaration was dated April 2 nd 1818 & my cer- tificate issued thereon is numbered 17.181 & dated 27 May 1820. -
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War: passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & 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 contain- -ed in the schedule hereto annexed, & by me subscribed to wit:

  1 Cow $13.00   1 Heifer 7.00   1 Calf 3 years old 40.00   1 Cutter & Harness 12.50   1 wooden clock 15.00   20 lbs Wool 6.67   20 lbs Flax 2.40   $96.57 
That I am by Occupation a Farmer and have lost the use of my right Arm in a Great Degree by reason of a sore on my right hand which renders me almost unable to do any Labour - That I have a wife named Abigail aged Fifty Seven years who is very weakly and unable to do but very little labour - I have no other person in my Family Dependent on me for support  Elias Taylor
Sworn to & Declared in open court on this 6th day of February A.D. 1821  Geo Rich Clerk

State of Vermont Washington ss
I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Washington in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the S c Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the S c Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afores d schedule is ninety six Dollars & fifty seven cents. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the S c Court on this 6 th day of February A D 1821.
Geo. Rich Clerk

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Elias Taylor S.F. H. 1. 229 , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1. 1776 Dec 1. 1776 Private. Daniel Garlisle. Bedel. N. H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Captured at "The Cedars."
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension, April 1. 1818: His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Waitfield, Washington Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 64 years in 1821. Wife 57 in 1821
Remarks: He married Azubah - ; son, Chandler, living in 1823. Widow died May 26. 1829
Very respectfully,
R. G. Baker
Waitfield
15567b2m11-01 Vt.
Commissioner.

5617.
Elias Taylor, Washington Co: Verm. 2 d April 1818.
Col d Boodle's neg. N. Hampshire line, one year. - Jan'y to Dec. 1776. found on the rolls.
Admitted.
George Rich, agent, Montpelier, Vermont, rec d 10. January, 1820. Elias Taylor's Discharge

STATE OF VERMONT, } Washington County, to wit. }
Stephen Pithin I , One of the Judges of the County Court, within and for the County aforesaid, Do certify, That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Elias Taylor did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, passed the 18th March, 1818, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
Given under my hand, at Montpelier this 2 nd day of April A. D. 1818.
Stephen Pithin
Further certify that the said Applicant is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Stephen Pithin

I William Lawrence of Winchester in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hamp- shire now sixty five years of age do testify and say that I was intimately acquainted in my younger days with Elias Taylor then of said Winchester and was knowing to his enlisting under Capt. Daniel Carlisle to serve in the Revolutionary Army of the United States for the term of one year I further depose that he enlisted sometime in the month of January in the year 1776 and did duty as a private soldier in said Carlisle's company in Coln. Beards Regiment from said January until the month or sometime in the month of December next following when he was dis- charged at Saratoga I further depose that I was an enlisted soldier in said Army that I enlisted under Capt. Hove and did duty in Col. James Read's Regiment in the Nashua line and was discharged about the same time that the said Elias Taylor was
Wm. Lawrence
State of New Hampshire November 11 th 1819 Cheshire ss
{ The above named William Lawrence made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Benson                      Elijah Billing Jus. Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named William Lawrence and that his general character for truth and varacity is good
Elijah Belding Justice of the Peace
Cheshire Jp. Nov. 11. 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Elijah Belding is a Justice of the Peace in & for said county and that the foregoing an his signature is
In testimony whereof I herunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale
Wm Lawrence
W. L.

Edward Houghton app.

I Edward Haughton of Northfield, in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age do testify & say that I knew Elias Taylor now resident in the Town of Westfield in the state of Vermont; was present and saw him enlist into the service of the United States, & at the same time I enlisted myself. Sometime in the month of December 1775, or the forepart of January 1776. For the term of one year, he enlisted under Lieut. Elisha Wheelock in the Town of Nashua in the State of New Hampshire in Capt. David Carlile's Company and Col. Butler's Regiment and was with him when he was taken at the Cedars in Canada, & I knew him to be in the service through the campaign & he, as well as myself was dismissed from service in the month of December 1776 and further I am not interested in the above statement in any way or manner whatsoever, & further the Deposition is true — Edw. Haughton
Franklin ss November 23 1819 Then personally appeared Edward Haughton the above named, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed. Before me —
Medad Alexander Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss — Northfield November 23. A.D. 1819 —
I hereby certify that the above Deposition of Edward Haughton is now & has been for a number of years an inhabitant of the Town of Northfield, & that he is a credible & very respectable man & is now interested in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed —
Medad Alexander Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Medad Alexander Esq. named above is and at the time of making the foregoing certificate was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & acting as such in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Nov. 29. 1819.
Sam l C Allen M. C. from S d Committee

Robt. Campbell app.

State of New Hampshire, I Robert Campbell of Hillsborough County p. 3. I was born in the county aforesaid, being duly sworn according to law, depose & say that I am personally acquainted with Elias Taylor of Nashua in the County of Washington & State of Vermont, and know that he was in the year service in the army after Revolution in 1776, that said Taylor belonged to Capt. Carlson's Company of Col. Buel's Regiment of the New Hampshire line - that he enlisted in January 1776 & was discharged at Saratoga about the first of December 1776, having served more than nine months at that time in the Regiment & Company aforesaid.
Robert Campbell
State of New Hampshire } Hillsborough ss.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this sixth day of November A.D. 1819. And I further certify that the above deponent is a credible & disinterested witness in my opinion. -
Joseph Cochran Jus. of the Peace
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. Nov 9th 1819 This certifies that Joseph Cochran is an acting justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough & whose official acts as such are entitled to credit by the laws of the State of New Hampshire & by the associate justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough

My dear Cousin, I have just received your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply would say that I have no objection to your making such use of the facts of my life as you may think proper.

State of Vermont. I, Lewis Holden of Waitsfield in the Washington Co. County, affirma that I have been of lawful age since first sworn. I have also said that being acquainted with Col. Elias Dyer for the last fourteen years and living in the same neighborhood for the last ten, I have met and conversed with him about his property into his son William Dyer's hands by sale or otherwise for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions from Government, but recently resided himself from America and since against him I further affirm and say that Col. Dyer was here at my house in more than one instance - the Character of an honest upright man and further than the amount of his debt. Lewis Holden
Waitsfield January 7. 1823.
Sworn and subscribed by the above named Lewis Holden who is a credible witness and distinctly Before Edmund H. Dyer Not Public

State of Vermont Washington ss. We Lynde Wait and James Hoslin both of Waitsfield in the County and State aforesaid, being first duly sworn according to law, depose and say that we are personally acquainted with Col. Elias Taylor of said Waitsfield a Revolutionary Pensioner, and from long acquaintance can truly say that we believe him to be an upright honest man, and a gentleman. We further depose that the said Elias Taylor some years past was reported to be embarrassed with debts, and that from the circumstance of there being no known laws requiring a schedule of property being exhibited, we do not believe that the sum given to his son arranging the residue of his property was given for the purpose of obtaining a pension, said deed being dated April 25 th 1820. -
Lynde Wait.
James Hoslin.
Waitsfield January 7 th 1823
The above named Lynde Wait and James Hoslin are and subscribed, who are credible and disinterested witnesses before Ebenezer Dike, Justice Peace.
I, Ebenezer Dike a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Washington, hereby certify that from a knowledge of the facts stated in the above deposition, I believe the same to be true. Ebenezer Dike.

State of Vermont, ss. I Joshua Y. Vail clerk of the Washington Co. - 3 Supreme Court contains and for the beauty of Washington, affirmed, etc. hereby cer- tify that Edmund Rice Esquire, before whom the several affidavits of John Campbell Charles Taylor Lewis Wolcott Lyman West & James Foslyn were taken, at the time thereof was a justice of the Peace duly appointed commissioned & sworn acting under the authority of this State, & that his name subscribed thereto is his proper hand-writing.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Supreme Court, at Montpelier the eighth day of January A. D. 1823.
Joshua Y. Vail Clerk

Montpelier 16 th Jan y 1823
Sir, I have been considerably acquainted with Col o Elias Taylor of Weitzfield for a number of years and have uniformly considered him a man of honour, honesty and integrity.
John Peck
Hon ble Charles Rich Esq r

Concord Hall 6 th Feby 1823
I John Mattark Member of Congress from the State of Vermont do certify that the evidence herewith produced in the case of Shias Taylor is sufficient to remove the suspicion of fraud in this case in the opinion of the subscriber John Mattark
J L Edwards Esq
Sir I again send you the papers in the case of Shias Taylor with a duplicate of my opinion as regards to the information in your letter of the 4 th instant with respect your art List
John Mattark

Montpelier V. Dec. 28. 1819.
Sir. Herewith is transmitted the declaration of Chas Taylor, a soldier of the Revolution, ac- companied by proof of service. -
When the same is acted on, please inform me of the result.
Respectfully yours,
Geo. Rich
Hon. Sec. of the Dept. of War.

Hon. Sec. of War, Washington City. -

171181 NOV 3 1905 P.L.B.
Waitsfield Vt Oct 30 1905
Pension Commissioner Dear Sir
Kindly send me Revolutionary War military record of the following as contained in their application for pension
Elias Taylor served from N.H. died in Waitsfield Vt May 20 1829
Eziah Smith served from Shelburne Mass died Mch 23 1830
Yours Truly R C Baker.

some old Bibles or Family Records taken from Bibb, sent to the Pension Office in connection with the Applications of Rev Pensioners. It is said that a Bible containing Records, belonging to Elias Taylor of Waitfield Vt, who was a Rev Soldier and one of my ancestors. was sent to the Office, but was never returned. if it is there and of no use to the Dept I should be very glad to obtain it.
I am very Respt yours W O Taylor Orange Mass
14642 Elias 7725 do 31405 do 41229 do

Orange Mass
July 23 rd 1891
Chief. Rev- Dept Pension Office Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
I desire to obtain, if possible, some information in regard to several Revolutionary Soldiers by the name of Taylor, and as the name is a very common one, I hardly know how to proceed and would like to ask you in regard to the subject how the Applications and Statements are filed, for instance would all Applications of every name, from the town of Danbury Conn be found together, under the heading of that town and State, or would all the Taylors from different Towns and States be together with nothing on the Catalogue to show what Town they were from.
I would also like to ask if there is not some person, whom I could engage to examine and copy from the Applications who is familiar with the subject, and if you could also inform me if there are

some old Bibles or Family Records taken from Bibles, sent to the Pension Office in connection with the Applications of Rev. Messrs. It is said that a Bible containing Records, belonging to Elias Taylor of Waitsfield Vt, who was a Rev. Soldier and one of my ancestors. was sent to the Office, but was never returned. if it is there and of no use to the Dept- I should be very glad to obtain it.
I am very Respt yours W O Taylor Orange Mass
14647 Elias 7725 do 81465 do 41229 do

STATE OF VERMONT, } WASHINGTON COUNTY, ss. }
I, GEORGE RICH, Clerk within and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Stephen Pitkin Boy is a Judge in for the County aforesaid duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name subscribed hereto, is his own proper signature.....In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and seal seal, at Montpelier, this 2 d day of April in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and eighty .
George Rich, Clerk

Suspended
See caveat in Pigeon Hole marked, "Caveats," & letters to Agd & pensioner 20 June 1822. —
Suspension removed Feby. 7. 1823

41 229 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41.229
Chas Taylor Dr. Rev. Mr.
Act: 18 March 1871
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 500
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1905. Nov. 7. History to R. C. Baker. M.B.H.
age 64 (Feb. 1842-1906) When young lived in Manchester 2 years in Pittsfield one year in 1776 under Col. Buel's Men 1818 of Wadsworth Col. Manchester Had wife Hannah aged 57 (1821)
May 26 1829.

Elias Taylor
In April 1800 of Northfield, Washington Co Vt, age 81 died Feb 19 1821 age 64 yrs 1821 stated lost use of right arm in a great degree from a sore on his right hand his wife Abigail also aged 59 yrs - Alluded to as Col. Had a son Chandler Taylor
He enlisted in Jan'y 1776 for 12 mos under Capt Dan Carleton & Col Tim Bedel's N H Regt & discharged at Saratoga NY in Dec 1776 He went to Canada & captured at Battle of the Cedars was taken at the Cedars He joined his reg't in the Northern Army - Col Bedel in May 1776 was in command of the Fort at Cedar Rapids some 40 miles above Montreal on St Lawrence river, & when the enemy approached with considerable force Col Bedel left for Montreal to obtain reinforcement while about the Fort was surrounded, but the prisoners were soon released but before of charge, but what

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