Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1901-150, for Thornton Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Taylor, Thornton Elizabeth
B. L. Mt. 1901-150
CONTENTS

THORNTON TAYLOR.
————— JUNE 26, 1832. —————
Mr. CRANE, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition of the heirs of Thornton Taylor, deceased, was referred, report:
The representatives of Thornton Taylor, late of Culpeper county, Virginia, claim the commutation of five years' full pay alleged to be due to him from the United States. The evidence by which the committee think this claim is sustained is, first, the depositions of Ambrose Walden and Thomas Minor, which show that Thornton Taylor, in 1776, served six months as a volunteer in the minute service; that in 1777 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the continental establishment, marched to the south, was appointed aid to General Woodford, and captured at Charleston in 1780. They further state their belief that he continued in the service until the end of the war. The certificates of J. L. Edwards show that the name of Thornton Taylor appears on a roll of officers of the Virginia line in his office, as an ensign and deputy commissary, and also from a list of officers of the Virginia line, on continental establishment, who have received certificates for the balance of their full pay, agreeably to an act of Assembly passed November session 1781; that Thornton Taylor, D. T. C. of military stores received on the 20th June, 1782, £397 10; and that it further appears from the said list that Thornton Taylor, an ensign, received, through the hands of his agent, Colonel Taylor, on the 19th June, 1783, £171 12 7. The books in the War Office show that Thornton Taylor, described in the account as conductor of military stores, received pay in 1781 and 1782. It does not appear from this evidence, to what regiment in the Virginia line Thornton Taylor belonged, and he is stated by Walden and Minor as a lieutenant, and, on the lists in the Pension Office, as an ensign. It appears that Thornton Taylor never received commutation, and the committee believe the evidence referred to, show that his representatives are entitled to it. The certificate from Culpeper county court, Virginia, shows that Elizabeth Taylor is the widow and relict, and that Woodford Taylor and Thornton Taylor are the only sons and heirs at law of Thornton Taylor, deceased. A bill is therefore reported for their relief.

Power of atty to Chas Allen
Thornton Taylor 8 th 1901

State of Virginia, County of Culpeper.
We, Elizabeth Taylor, Woodford Taylor and Thornton Taylor, heirs at law of Thornton Taylor dec d do upon oath testify, and declare, to the best of our knowledge and belief, that Thornton Taylor did enter into the Army of the Revolution and acted as aid to Genl. Woodford, and finally, became a Supernumerary Officer in the Virginia line, and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war; — We further declare, that we have never rec d a warrant for the bounty lands promised to said Thornton Taylor on the part of the United States, nor do we believe that he ever rec d or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore, Know all men by these presents that we, Elizabeth Taylor, Woodford Taylor, and Thornton Taylor, do hereby constitute and appoint Charles Allen to be our true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid. As Witness our hands and seals this the 10 th September 1830.
Elizabeth Taylor
Woodford Taylor
Thornton Taylor

Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Taylor, Woodford Taylor, and Thornton Taylor, subscribers to the foregoing declaration, and in our presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be their free acts and deeds. As Witness our hands this the 10 th September 1830.
Charles Shackelford B. N. Wood
State of Virginia
Campbell County Court
I, Thomas W. Lightfoot, Clerk of
the County Court of Campbell in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Charles Shackelford and B. N. Wood, subscribers to the foregoing power of attorney, appeared before me and were at the time of their execution acting justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, regularly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all their acts as such, as well in acts of justice as otherwise.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at the residence of said County this 18 th day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty in the 55 th year of the Commonwealth.
T. W. Lightfoot, Clerk
Campbell County Court
I, Robert Houghton, presiding or oldest justice of the Court of Campbell County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Thomas W. Lightfoot is Clerk of the Court of said County, and that his attestation is in due form of Law. Given under my hand this 18 th day of October 1830.
Robert Houghton

22 d Congress 1 st Session
Ho. of Rep s June 26 th 1832
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House for tomorrow
Mr Crane from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Reported the following - viz
A Bill
For the Relief of the legal Representatives of Thornton Taylor deceased
Requiring the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Dept t to settle the account of Thornton Taylor, dec d . and allow to his legal Representatives five years full pay commutation of his full pay as an Ensign in the Virginia line on Continental establishment, which five years full pay is the commutation of his half pay for life, with such interest thereon as would have been payable to said Taylor if a Certificate had been given him for the amt of said Commutation, and the same had been funded H. C. H. C.
The original of the above Bill, with sundry original papers and copies of others, which had been filed in this office in support of a claim for land bounty in right of Ensign Thornton Taylor of the Va. line, - were sent to the Hon ble J. M. Patton, agreeably to the request contained in his letter of the 10 th Jan y 1835, herewith enclosed
Wm Gordon. Clk Bounty Land Office Jan y 13 th 1835

Virginia
At a court held for Accomack county, the 21 st day of June 1830.
Ordered that it be certified that it was proved by Charles Allen to the satisfaction of the court that Elizabeth Taylor is the widow and relic of Thomas Taylor and and that Meredith Taylor and Thomas Taylor are the only sons and heirs at Law of the said Thomas Taylor deceased.
In testimony whereof and that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of the said court. I. Thomas W. Lightfoot clerk of the court and aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 7 th day of September 1830.
T. W. Lightfoot
Accomack county ss.
I Robert Houghton, presiding or oldest justice of the court of Accomack county in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that Thomas W. Lightfoot is clerk of the court of said county, and that his attestation is in due form of Law. Given under my hand this 18 th day of October 1830.
Rob t Houghton

Ambrose Waldens deposition

Fauquier Co. to wit
This is to certify that I was well acquainted with Thornton Taylor late of Fauquier County that he entered the State Army of the American Revolution in the year 1776 as a Volunteer in the Minute Service and served a tour of six months at Hampton, Portsmouth immediately after our return home early in the year 1777 he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Continental Establishment and marched to the South under Genl. Wm. Woodford and I was informed that he was at to the Genl. at the capture of Charleston that he wore the Uniform of a Genl. Aid to the close of the war in 1783. The circumstances of our being raised near neighbours to each other & Brother Officers in the Revolutionary war impresses upon my mind the foregoing facts given under my hand this 29 th day of May 1830
Emerson Ralston Subscribed in the presence of
Fauquier county to wit
We the undersigned justices of the peace for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Ambrose Walden personally appeared before us in our county aforesaid and did in our presence sign the above paper and swear to the truth of the matters set forth therein given under our hands & seals this 29 th day of May 1830
Wm. Bowditch
Richd. Pursey

Virginia:
Fauquier County, to wit:
I, John A.W. Smith, clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that William Bower and Richard Rixey, whose names are subscribed to the within certificate, were, at the date thereof Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, to all whose official acts full faith and credit ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court, on this 1st day of September 1830, and in the 55th year of the Commonwealth.
John A.W. Smith, clerk Fauquier County Court.
Virginia:
Fauquier County, to wit:
I, William Stuart, eldest and presiding magistrate of the County Court of the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that John A.W. Smith is Clerk of said Court, and that the foregoing certificate and attestation of said Clerk are in due form.
Certified under my hand and seal, this 28th day of September 1830.
William Stuart

No Jan 12 1838
From Patton. N.C.
Wm Gordon Esq County Land Office Washington

Washington 10 th Jan y 1834
Sir
A petition or resolution in before the committee on revolutionary claims on behalf of the heirs of Warren Taylor . The proofs of his service and right to commemorate  the  Property land - are on file in your office - and are necessary to be used before the committee. Will you have the papers copied and sent to me or to the committee
I am respectfully yrs & etc. J. M. Patton
No. 1901 is no

Recd 14 Feb 1835
1007
Treasury Department 3 d Auditor's Office 13 th February 1835
Sir
The Hon. Isaac Hill's letter of the 5 th instant, to you, and which was enclosed in your note of yesterday, is herewith returned - and in regard to your inquiry whether the records in this office, "furnish any evidence relative to the services and allowances made to Thornton Taylor, an Ensign, and George M'Coonick, a Captain in the Virginia Continental line, and if so what evidence", I have the honor to state, that it appears from the revolutionary records on file in this office, that Thornton Taylor was appointed an Ensign of the 3 d Virginia Regiment, on the 15 th of August 1777, and as such, to have served in said Regiment as late as July 1778 - after which his name is not found on the rolls -
An officer of the same name appears on the account books, as a Deputy Commissary of military stores, and as such he was paid for services in 1782, but how, or when, he left the service, is not stated - There being no evidence of his service in the line of the Army, beyond July 1778, and having been subsequently appointed in the Commissary's Department, his services in

said Department did not entitle him to half-pay, or, Com- mutation; not being of the description of Officers to whom that grant was promised by the resolves of Congress -
The name of Cap t George M c Coonick does not appear, as an Officer of the Virginia Continental line, on any of the revolutionary records in this Office -
With great Respect
St Hagner Adm
Hon.
Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury

Spotsylvania County To wit
I do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Thornton Taylor late of the County of Culpeper. That he entered the Army of the Revolution at an early period (I think) in 1776. That he was a Lieutenant, marched to the South, was taken a prisoner at Charles Town, and at the time of his capture, I understood, and always believed, he was acting as an Aid to Genl. W m Woodford. That he wore his Regimentals as a Generals Aid to the close of the War (1783) and at that time considered a supernumerary Officer — Given under my hand this 8 th June 1830,
Tho. Minor formerly Capt. 2 d Virg. a S. Regt.
Corporation of Fredericksburg To Wit
Thomas Minor this day personally appeared, and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate, before me Thomas Goodwin Mayor of the said Corporation Given under my hand this 3 rd day of June
1830.
Tho. Goodwin Mayor
Virginia. Corp. of Fred. & 3 towns.
I John James Chue Clerk of the Corp. n do hereby certify that Thomas Minor appeared before me the foregoing Certificate of acknowledgement made him, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in the said City, duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith and credit and belief is to be had and given to such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said office to be affixed this 2 nd day of June in the year 1830, and of our Independence the fifty fourth
J. J. Chue C.C. & H.

Virginia: Corporation of Alexandria County.
I Thomas Goodwin Mayor and presiding Justice of the peace in the Corporation of said as hereby certify that John James Chew, whose hand and seal of office is affixed to the within certificate, is Clerk of the Corporation Court aforesaid, and that all faith and credit are due to all his acts and deeds as such. Given under my hand this 2 nd day of June 1880.
Thos Goodwin Mayor