Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,114, for John Taylor, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.C.
Taylor John Winifred
N. 18,114
CONTENTS

1799 North Carolina Minerva Taylor accd widow of John Taylor who died in the year 1826 of Orange in the State of N.C. who was a my m r in the commanded by Captain of the  commanded by in the Resolution for 12 mo: pay m r , 4 m r , 2 d m r , 5 m r B. & M r , 6 th Forage Master, 5 m r Quat
Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville at the rate of 411 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831. & ending 29 March 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Dec r 1837 and sent to D. D. Addison Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present Paid from $353.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd A. H. Weighman Clerk, Book D. Vol 2. Page 381
A. 2. 170

John Taylor was married to his wife Winifred the 24 day of November in the yeare 1775 - - - - -
Daughter Bethiah was born the 20 day of September 1776 - - - - -
John the son of John & Winifred was born the 23 day of March in the yeare 1778 - - - - -
Susannah was born the 29 29 day of December in the 1780
Elizabeth the daughter of John & Winifred was born the 3 day of November in the yeare 1784
Thomas the son of John & Winifred was born the 1 day of April in yeare 1786 - - - - -

CHAP. IV.
1 Gods judgement on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good: 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijahs coming and office.
Before F OR behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble, and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for before they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Lucretia
Col. John Taylor late of Orange County departed this life near Chapel Hill at his place of residence on Sunday evening the 28th day 1826
The End of the Prophets.

(Piedmont, Feb. 18. July, 1836.)
State of North Carolina
Orange County ss. the 10 th January 1838
On this the 10 th January 10 th January 1838 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid at her own residence, she cannot conveniently Court at this time: Susan Taylor 57 years of age, on the 29 th day of December, 1837 and daughter and one of the heirs at law of the late Winifred Taylor of the Town of Hillsboro in the aforesaid County deceased who was the widow of the late Colonel John Taylor of the aforesaid County deceased.
And this Deponent, the said Susan Taylor being first duly sworn, says to law, etc., upon her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 3rd 1836:
1 st This Deponent bel. forth upon her oath that she is one of the heirs children and heirs at law of the late Winifred Taylor, deceased, of the Town of Hillsboro, who was the widow to the late Col. John Taylor, of the County of Orange aforesaid deceased, who during the war of the Revolution served the United States as herein after set forth.
It is known:
1 st This Deponent, the said Susan Taylor, states upon her said oath that, she has reason to believe and does believe, that her deceased father, the aforesaid John Taylor, deceased, during the war of the Revolution served in the United States as "Pay master" in the 8 th Regiment of the Continental Line of this State, six months , or thereabouts. That he was commissioned on the 24 th day of July 1777 & entitled on January following, upon Certificate of William Hill, Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina, which Certificate is hereto annexed & marked, "A."
2 nd This Deponent, the said Susan Taylor, states upon her said oath that she has reason to believe and does believe that her deceased father, the aforesaid John Taylor received the appointment as "Quartermaster" from General John Butler, on the 6 th day of November, 1778, and in that capacity served in the United States. In evidence of which the Certificate of the Secretary of State, for the State of North Carolina, is hereto annexed, marked, "B." and also the affidavit marked, "C."
3 rd This Deponent, the said Susan Taylor, further states upon her said oath that she has reason to believe & does believe that her father, the aforesaid John Taylor (died) was duly commissioned, by General Butler aforesaid Quartermaster & Quartermaster, had that he received & also served in the United States in that capacity that his Commission

Taylor, John VC. W 1814
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was dated the 11 th day of March, 1779, In proof of which is the Certificate of Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina, dated the 11 th of March, 1779, and marked "G", hereto annexed, also the affidavits thereto "H" & "L".
4 th That the Declarant, the said Susan Taylor, further states upon her Said oath that she has reason to believe and does believe that her father the aforesaid John Taylor, Deceased, was on the 15 th day of March December 1779, appointed "Brigade Quarter Master", and that in that Capacity, he served the United States, in her Certificate of the Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina hereto annexed & marked "D", also the affidavit "H".
5 th This Declarant the aforesaid Susan Taylor, further states upon her Said oath that, she has reason to believe and does believe that her father, the aforesaid John Taylor, Deceased, did serve the United States during the War of the Revolution as Lieut. of Militia, in Captain Purnell's Company, in 1779 that she has always understood that her Deceased father was in the battle of "Gunnings" as an Officer, but is not positive what office, he at that time filled, but judging from his Commission, supposes it was as Lieutenant of Militia. In proof of which the Certificate of the Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina is hereto annexed, marked "E" and the affidavit marked "K", also annexed, the affidavit "H".
6 th This Declarant the said Susan Taylor, further states upon her Said oath that, her father the aforesaid John Taylor, Deceased, did in the next year to wit 1780, and receive a Commission and served as "Forage Master" in the United States Service from the date of his Commission (the 13 th June, 1780) to the 19 th of December following. In proof of which, accompanying this Declarant, which are hereto annexed, as also the Certificate of the Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina, hereto annexed, and marked "F", & affidavits, "I" & "K".
7 th This Declarant, the said Susan Taylor, further states upon her Said oath, that she has reason to believe & does believe that her father the aforesaid John Taylor, Deceased, was on the 19 th of December, 1780, Commissioned D. Master for the Hillsboro' District, and that he did serve in that Capacity, to or about the 15 th day of September 1781, when Col. Fannin took the Town of Hillsboro'.
In proof of her Deceased father having the Commission of D. Master as above stated. She annexes the Certificate of the Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina, marked "G" & affidavit "H".

The affidavit of said "H." & "O" in proof of said Taylor's acting as Quarter Master, till September, 1781.
8 th This Declarant the said Susan Taylor, further states upon her said oaths that she has reason to believe & does believe, that in the year of 1781 her husband father, the aforesaid John Taylor, deceased, did as Captain of Militia serve the United States a tour of duty which she understands was a three months tour. That in this tour he was Captain of Dragoons. In proof of which tour, this Declarant annexes the affidavit of John Dalley, marked "H." & "M."
9 th This Declarant has reason to believe & does believe and she so states upon her said oaths that her father the aforesaid, John Taylor deceased, was in the next year, to wit, 1782, commissioned & did serve as Captain of a Company of Militia, raised by draft, for the period of three months, as she understands, by the affidavits herewith annexed, marked, "H." and the Document marked "N."
This Declarant, then  did serve believes that her deceased father John Taylor aforesaid, as follows:
  As Paymaster 6 months   As Quarter Master, Commissary & Q.M. & Brigade Q.M. 8 do & 14 days   As Lieutenant of Militia (Rappahannock) 6 do   As Forage Master 6 do & 6 do   As Quartermaster (serving 4 days of) 6 do   As Captain of Dragoons 3. (Rappahannock)   As Captain of Militia 3 (Rappahannock) 
That her deceased father did serve as above estimated, she always understood from him and others; that he was in continuous service in the above commissions from the 6 th of November 1778, till the expiration of his commission in 1779. and from the 18 th of June 1780, till 15 September 1781. and subsequently as Captain of Dragoons in 1781, and Captain of Militia in 1782, as per proofs herewith annexed. and for which service this Declarant in behalf of herself and the other heirs of her deceased mother, claims a pension to wit, John Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor & Thomas Taylor, four of us in number, being the only surviving children of her said mother, at the death of our mother, Winifred Taylor widow of the aforesaid, John Taylor, deceased.

This Declarant further states upon her said oath that the reason that the Commission of her deceased father, John Taylor, aforesaid are not in their possession is this: that some 12 or 15 years ago, when the Bounty Land office of the State of North Carolina was opened, her father laid claim to Bounty Land for his Revolutionary Services, and in further support of his claim all his Commissions and Warrants were sent to Raleigh where they were put on file and from which file the Secretary of State has given the copies of Commissions and Warrants herewith annexed, duly certified.
This Declarant further sets forth upon her said oath that, that she is advised that there is no County Record of Marriage-bonds in the aforesaid County, antecedent to 1785 and that the office of County Recorder in Orange aforesaid was destroyed by fire in the year of 1784, this Declarant however exhibits her Father's Family Bible, in which is a memorandum of the day & date upon which her father the aforesaid John Taylor & her mother Winifred Horton were married, and also a memorandum in the said Family Bible of the births of each and all the children of the said John & Winifred Taylor, her father & mother - and this Declarant states further upon her said oath that she very well knows the hand writing of her deceased father, and that the said memorandum is in the hand writing of her deceased father, aforesaid, and that said memorandum is in words & figures as follows:
To Wit:
"John Taylor was married to his wife Winifred, the 24 th day of November, in the year, 1775."
"Daughter, Bethia was born the 20 th day of November September, 1776."
"John the son of John and Winifred was born the 23 rd day of March, in the year of 1778."
"Susan was born the 29 th day of December, in the year of 1780."
"Elizabeth, the daughter of John and Winifred was born the 3 rd day of November, in the year, 1784."
"Thomas, the son of John and Winifred, was born the 1 st day of April, in the year 1786."
Taylor, John NC W18114

This Deponent the aforesaid Susan Taylor, further states upon her hard oath, that her father the aforesaid John Taylor, resided in the aforesaid County of Orange during the war of the Revolution, and thereafter till his death.
That the said John Taylor, aforesaid died at Chapel Hill, in the aforesaid County, on the 28 th day of May, 1826.
This Deponent further states upon her hard oath, that she never heard or understood that there was any other John Taylor, in this State that was an officer in the war of the Revolution, but her father the aforesaid John Taylor, deceased, who died as above stated here- in the aforesaid Winifred, her mother, his dower.
That her mother the aforesaid Winifred, never married after the death of her father, the aforesaid John Taylor, deceased, but remained his widow till her death. It will more fully appear by reference to the proof sheets annexed, also, that her mother the said Winifred Taylor did die on the 29 th day of March, 1837.
Sworn and subscribed on the day — and year just above written, before me, one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid.
Susan Taylor
John Scheinger P. Pease
And I the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion after investiga- ting the matter of the application of the heirs of the late Winifred Taylor for a pension, do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the said the several proofs then to annexed that the late Col. John Taylor, of the aforesaid County deceased did serve in the war of the Revolution as set forth by the Deponent, Susan Taylor.
Also that the said Susan did exhibit unto me her father's fam- ily bible, in which is a memorandum of the date of the marriage of the aforesaid John Taylor & Winifred his wife, and I feel fully satisfied by the representation this day made to me by the said Susan Taylor, that the said memorandum is in the hand writing of the aforesaid John Taylor, deceased.
And I further declare, that the extract therefrom, as appears on the fourth page of this Declaration, is a true copy from the memorandum in said family Bible, in both words & figures.
As further Deponent that the said Susan Taylor cannot conveniently attend Court to make this Declaration.

I also further certify that the aforesaid Susan Taylor, is a woman of truth and veracity.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 10 day of December January in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and thirty- Seven Eight
John Frohinger. Peace seal
State of North Carolina
I John Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Orange County, hereby certify that it has been given in evidence to the satisfaction of said Court that the late John Taylor of the aforesaid County was lawfully married to Winifred Horton on the 21 st day of November, 1770, and that the said Winifred Taylor his widow died on the 29 th day of March, 1837, leaving four children her surviving viz:
John Taylor.
Thomas Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Susan Taylor, all of lawful age
Satisfactory proof was also furnished said Court that the said John Taylor died on the 28 th day of May 1826 and that his widow the aforesaid Winifred Taylor never married after the death of her husband, the aforesaid John Taylor, but remained his widow till her death.
I also certify that John Frohinger is a magistrate as above & that the foregoing affidavits & depositions to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this the 11 th day of January A.D. 1838.
J. Taylor
Taylor, John NC W18114

August 20, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Mrs. J. A. Redden 131 Bronson Terrace Springfield, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18114, that John Taylor, while living in Orange County, North Carolina, served as follows:
He was appointed August 12, 1776, as wagon master to an Indian expedition; July 24, 1777, paymaster to the Eighth North Carolina Regiment; November 6, 1778, quartermaster for Hillsborough District; March 11, 1779, commissary and quartermaster in Orange County, North Carolina; March 15, 1779, brigade quartermaster to General John Butler's Brigade of Militia; April 10, 1779, lieutenant in Captain Turner's Company, Colonel Mc Dowell's Regiment of Militia; June 13, 1780, forage master to Colonel Anthony W. White's Southern Cavalry; October 11, 1780, commissary at Hillsborough; fall of 1781, captain of Dragoons, and served as such three months and in 1782, for three months as captain of militia.
He married November 24, 1775, Winifred Horton, and he died May 28, 1826. She died March 29, 1837.
Their children were:
Bethiah born September 20, 1776 John " March 23, 1778 Susan " December 29, 1780 Elizabeth " November 3, 1784 Thomas " April 1, 1786
Their surviving children, John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Susan

were allowed pension on account of their father's services, on an application executed January 10, 1838, by the daughter, Susan, who was then a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Taylor John NC W18114
Wickborough August the 26 th 1782
To Count Maitland Field on S d day For the Loyalty of Capt. Rogers His accusations are disobedients of orders of Genl. Conway
Officers present
Col o Tennison Pres d Major Williams Capt. Harmer Capt. Graham Capt. Mark Capt. Taylor
Lt o Blanding Lt o French Lt o Kirby Lt o McBride Lt o Durston Lt o Lomax
Col o French Lt o French & Lt o Gibson returned Col o French on earth Smith that the time that Conway was in the country he had more than 1000 men than as many men as he had but Capt. Rogers knew was that the time was so difficult to raise men so when the time that Loring took Wickborough S d Rogers threw out a rope which he had in deep river and then returned with out a rope so he was at the storming of Branton Creek with the Forces as soon as the action began S d Rogers made his escape home and reported that he was a total defeat so and further Smith said so each day on earth that him so each day on earth with Capt. Rogers in order to surprise the Forces and that they had called in the whole so and there came three Forces and part of them so S d Rogers made his escape and never gave orders so the 2 nd day on earth Smith said
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Like wise it was made apear that Capt Rogers Amissel belasing Swann on light of his moon but Capt Rogers said it was a mistake in his black and it spairge By the moon aithe that he had never taken a my brite or for for Exon being there
Mr Gibson South that at the Scramage on Greenhorn Creek that Capt Rogers & himself got scattered & lost their horses by a party of Indians breaking their cattle fence down & chasing and they could not find them - Gibson having a gun and him self got taken and Capt Rogers made his escape and got them both
The Committee being duly sworn and being sworn the Council of the Governor shall be the Judge Insofar as respects the said Officer.
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Kept Rogers Trial
Mr. Haysen's book
Genl. Martin
Wm 8114 Taylor, John N.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18114 Winifred Taylor Widow of John Taylor Dr. Mr. Rev. Mr.
Act: July 7 th 1936
Index:—Vol. Dr , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923 July 14 year to P.F. Check clerk in Record office. one  one Oct. 12—Hist. to Mrs. R.C. Rudledge avery. 1927—Oct. 12—Hist. to " Mrs. Carol Bryant avery. 1930—Jan. 18— " " Mrs. J. A. Redden See 1930—Aug. 20— " " letter in James Check—D.8.90 avery.

recd from Orange G.N.C.
recd from Orange G.N.C.
John Taylor and
Winifred
Requested by Mr. Check Rec. Div. Pen. Sta. Jan. 18-30

Application of Mrs Carol Buyatt 15 Coe Ave, Hillside N.J. for certificate of Revolutionary Service of John Taylor of Orange County N.C., her Great, Great Great Grandfather.
He served as Wagon Master in Ludean Campaign. Quartermaster for Orange County etc.

The letters enclosed by Hon W. W. Boyce Dec 1857- and answered Dec 22/57 in the cases of Taylor, Muse, Isbell and Strange, were returned to Hon W. W. Boyce Jan 20/58 by his request of Jan 19/58, letters returned by the Chief Clerk H. r.

Subt. Burs 11
Rev A. A. May Phil
Mr J. Hale Pension Office Washington D.C.

1799.
Winifred Taylor dec wid. of John dec
R. Carol a
Act July 4 '36
Increase allowed from $353.33 to
$411. Com d Mar 4 '31 end 20 th in acct 29 March 1839
  4 m. way. m. 1776 $80   4 " 2 d m. 1778 53.33   5 " B. 2 d m. 1779 62.50   6 " 1 st m. 1780 150.00   5 " 2 d 1777 66.00   
Deducting former pay s .
John Bain adm r
$411.83
 John Taylor  Susan Taylor  Elizabeth Taylor  Thomas Taylor. 
D.D. Addison. Washington D.C.

353.33
6 25 days
2119.98  24.53 2144.51
119  6 25
12 / 35333
15 | 29,441  10 | 14,720 3 | 9,810  24.53

17 4
4 mo (W m) 1776 4 mo 2 nd m Nov 6 1778-9 5 mo Brigt 2 nd m Nov 11 m 1779 6 m Apr m Nov 13 m 1780 5 m Dec. f 24 Feb 1777
19

• Winifred Taylor, de d clai m of hirs
North Carolina
act 4 July 1836, suspended
See letter 20 th January 1838 to Hon. T. H. Benton

War Department Pension Office January 20, 1838
Sir,
The papers in the case of the heirs of Mrs. Winifred Taylor dec d have been examined and filed with suspended cases in this office. It is alleged that her husband John Taylor dec d served in the North Carolina line as a Paymaster and in the militia of that State as a Quarters and Forage Master, and that he served in the fall of 1781 as a Captain of Dragoons and in 1782 as a Captain of militia. No evidence is found in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina that he was a Captain of Cavalry or of Infantry; but it would seem from the proceedings of a court martial held in August 1782 that he held that rank. It is not shown, however, how long he served in that grade; and unless positive proof be produced of his having performed a tour of actual service in a military capacity by witnesses who can specify the same from personal knowledge the claim for service in that year cannot be allowed. The alleged tour in the fall of 1781

should be established by similar proof. The copy of the family records has been exhibited. The original records itself should be produced, agreeably to the rule in such cases. It would appear that there are four children living. If any have died since the decease of their mother, Mrs. Mansfield Taylor, leaving children, the names of the children should be given under the certificate and seal of the court.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr. Mo. Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Wm. Thomas H. Benton Senate, U. States

Haw-River, N.C. January 31.
Mrs Winifred Taylors Claim for pension.
Hon.
Thomas H. Benton (Senate) Washington City
I knew Col. Taylor's family well, The whole of them , having boarded in his house when at school, and have no doubt of the authenticity of the family records.
W.H.R. Norton.

Haw River, North Carolina
January 31 st 1838.
Dear Sir:
The letter of Mr. Edwards of the 20 th inst. relative to the case of Winifred Taylor's heirs, has been duly rec d and in behalf of the heirs kindly thank you for your attention to their claims.
The Secretary of State, for the State of North Carolina, furnished evidence that John Taylor D ied served in the war of the Revolution, in the Continental line. "Six months" as "pay master", in the Militia, Two years and upwards as "Forage & Quarter master", at three months tour in the Militia, as "Captain of Dragoons" in the fall of 1781. also like tour, capt. Inf ry in 1782.
John Dalby, one of the Deponents, (I think) made oath that he saw said John Taylor, in Hillsboro' in the Service, at both of the above mentioned dates, to wit: 1781, & 1782.
My impression as well as that of the heirs, was that "Forage & quarter master", were of a higher grade than that of Capt. - Records from the office of the Secretary of State, as well as the Deponents show that said Taylor, did serve the United States in the War of the Revolution Two years and upwards as "F. & Q. master" - Deponents were also had that said John Taylor, served as Lieut. of Militia six months .
The enclosed Certificate of the Clerk, shows that none of the children of said Mrs. Winifred Taylor, have died since her decease.
At Mr. Edwards' request, I enclose the record made in their "Family Bible" - As soon as a decision is had, please communicate the result to me.
Yrs: most obed t Servant, -
James H. Craig.
Enc.

Have the papers containing the supplemental proof in all the Mar- garet Wallis been recd? they were sent to your care a week or two since!
If it would not be asking too much of you, I would be very glad you would read the Mr. Edwards Report to the Sunday Review.

3 Margaret Taylor

Washington D.C. Dec: 3 1831
Dear Sir,
I have received yours of the 20 th ult r requesting me to state the grounds upon which an increase of Pension is claimed for the heirs of Winifred Taylor. They are these. She was allowed a Pension of $353.33 p r Annum for the services of her husband, as follows. 4 Months Quarten- master 4 Months Quarter master. 5 Months Brigade Quarter Master. 6 Months Forage Master & 5 Months Quarters.
For the first 19 Months service above named, I claim $25 per month, as has been allowed for all similar service and for the last four years, and for the remaining five months the pay of a Lieut. $13.33 per month making in all a Pension of $541.66.
By attending to this without further delay you will greatly oblige
Yours, Very Respectfully, W. M. O. B. D. N. H. C. Addison
Mr. E. Heath Esq. (Adv. of Pension)

Mr. Edwards will please examine these papers, & return me the answer. I am to Col. Taylor the his wife & their children, but it was all since the Revo- lution, as I was here since.
Thomas A. Hunter (deceased) Washington City
10 18

New River 13 th January 1838.
Dear Sir:
At their request I enclose you the Declaration of Miss Susan Taylor of Hillsboro', in behalf of herself and that of the other heirs of her Dec d . Mother, Winifred Taylor.
The heirs say they know you very well and have heard their father say that he and your father, De p . Denton, served together in the war of the Revolution. The proofs are so ample in this case that I expect it will very readily pass at the Pension Office.
The family Bible of old Taylor was produced in Court vs the memorandum referred to, both as to the marriages & births of the children were proven to be in the hand writing of old old Taylor. In consequence of his Revolutionary services, the Legislature of North Carolina, gave old Taylor 2640 Acres of Western Land, the accounts for his commissions &c. being on file in the office of the Secretary of State.
The proofs I think very clear & satisfactory. on the last page is the proceedings of a Court Martial in Hillsboro' in August 1782 on charges vs Capt. Rogers. "John Taylor, as Captain" is one of the Court Martial, and this is the last evidence we can find of old Taylor being in the Service.
If you deem it necessary the heirs request you to refer to Mrs. Lewis Williams, who was well acquainted by say with their father. Mrs. Waller will forward you additional evidence in her case.
Wm: J. F. H. Denton Dentals
Yrs: Most Ab t Servt. James A. Craig

Winifred Taylor - h. b. Jabez H. Tomlinson - born 30 Emma Haggell - born 12
Mr Cole
July 22 1851
R. L. Mr Addison Aug 22/51

Washington July 22 nd 1861
Dear Sir,
I have this day filed Powers of Attorney to in the following cases Viz Winifred Taylor act 1836 N.C. Henry Daggett act 1832 6 th Jabez H. Tomlinson act 1832 6 th
I have respectfully to ask to see the papers in each Case
I remain Yours N. A. Addison
H. S. Evans Esq. Chief Clerk

Brief in the case of Winfred Saylor wid. of John County and State of North Carolina act 4 th July 1836
Claim, ( "original," "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
No additional evidence has been furnished but the allowance to the Porage Master under the Act of '78 should be increased to the rate of a full pension, the service having been performed in 1780.
Name and residence of Agent.
D D Addison Esq. Washington D.C.
H. A. Davidge
Examining Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, John Bain Administrator of Winifred Taylor deceased hereby constitute and appoint D. D. Addison my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Winifred Taylor for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Myself, Administrator of Winifred Taylor to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and Seal this 11 th day of July A. D., 1851.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Mr Nelson Sp
Pro Bono  Ed
STATE OF North Carolina COUNTY OF Orange } ss:
On this Eleventh day of July A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Bain and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
John Nelson J. Peace.

Claim of  Winifred Taylor Act of
STATE OF North Carolina } ss. COUNTY of Orange }
Be it known, That on this Eleventh day of July A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared John Bain a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that he is the Administrator of Mrs Winifred Taylor The widow of who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of Dollars per annum; that he has been as Administrator informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Wm Nelson J. Peace.
I, Wm Nelson Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that John Bain who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Wm Nelson J. Peace.
I, Joseph Allison Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Nelson before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 11 th day of July A. D. 1851.
J Allison Clerk.
Winifred Taylor act 36. H.C.
Allison

North Carolina
Winifred Taylor - dec widow of John Taylor - dec
who died on the 1826 of Orange Co in the State of N. Carolina who was a D r W th in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the ————— commanded by Genl Butler ————— in the N.C. militia time for two years.
Widow died 29 th March 1837. Amount due to be paid to children Mrs. Susan, Elizabeth & Thomas Taylor.
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 353 Dollars 33 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Feb. 1838 ————— and sent to Hon. T. M. Benton S. W. S.
Amount due ————— $2144.50 Arrears to the 4th of ————— 100 Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836. Section the 7 th
Recorded by Wm Wilson Book A Vol. 2 Page 146
Sister Dr James A. Craig 1 st Oct 1849 • DD Address on Nov 20/37.

State of North Carolina,
I John Taylor, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Orange County. Certify that it has been given in evidence to the satisfaction of said Court, that Win- ifred Taylor, Widow of the late Col. John Taylor of the County, died on the 29 th day of March, 1837, and that none of her children have died since the death of the said Winifred Taylor, and that she left surviving her four children, to wit:
John Taylor,
Susan Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Thomas Taylor, all of Lawful age.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office, & subscribed my name on this the 20 th day of January in the year of 1838.
J. Taylor Clerk

Pension Office, Haysville July 19/82.
Sir,
Your favor of the 6th inst. came duly to hand, and contents noted. - In reply to your favor I have only to say: that the reason of my refusing to pay the administration of Minnie Taylor's D.C. is fully set forth in Col. Elijah Williams' note thereunto enclosed.
J. C. Harkness Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City D. C.
I am Dear Sir Yours Affly Sht M. M. Muske Ag't

Smyrnaville 11 Feby 1852
Mr Sam Hester
Sir
Some two weeks ago I went down to your office in company with a Mr John Bunn, who I introduced to you. Mr Bunn represented himself as the administrator I think of Humphrey Taylor deceased. You told him in my presence that no evidence of his being the administrator had been found by you and unless that was shown you could not pay the amt. You were however prepared upon the production of the proper vouchers to pay the amt.
I am Sir
Yr obedt Servt Ezekiel Taylor

Washington 4. Feby / 52
Sir, Will you be good enough to inform me, the amount of the Pension certificate issued to John Bane, Administrator of Winifred Taylor widow of Col. Wm. Taylor of Orange County N. Carolina - and whether any further allowances to her or to her heirs, will be likely made -
I have the honor to be Yr. Ob't Serv't
Sampson M c Harris.
Gen. J. Heath Pension Office.

My Dear Sir,
I must beg the favor of you to make search among the files of papers in the pension case of Mrs. Winifred Taylor, of Orange County, N. C. widow of Captain John Taylor, for a memorandum or the proceedings of a Court Martial held in the Town of Hillsboro' for the Trial of Capt. William Rogers, in 1782. The list of the officers is written in Blue Ink , as well as I remember. John Taylor was on the list as Capt. I sent it to the pension office to see if it would not be evidence that said John Taylor served as Captain . But I need it now as it contains the names of several Commissioned officers of Orange County of the army & as I think it very probable the names of some we have been trying to get official evidence of the capacity in which they served, & cannot.
This evidence was sent to the pension office as

with as I received in 1837. as I presume will be found with Winifred Taylor's papers. File for 1837. for Orange County, N.C.
If found, please send the original, or if contrary to the rules of the office, a copy of said, officers composing the Court martial.
Winifred Taylor
Truly yours James A. Craig.
6 th Sept 1849
J. G. Barnett Esq. Pension Office.

Jan 19, 98
Marko
Will you be kind enough to look into the matter, referred to in the two letters from yourself enclosed to me, and let me know if you please who wrote to me in each case with the post office, as I have entirely forgotten.
Please return papers as soon as possible Yours Very truly Yours Sincerely W. A. Mayu

Before and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 595.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD, in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away from the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place.
† Heb. place to lie down in.
7 All that found them have devoured them, and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
• Isaiah 48. 20. Chap. 51. 6. Rev. 18. 4.
8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
9 For lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon, an assembly of great nations from the north-country, and they shall set themselves in array against her, from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man: none shall return in vain.
|| Or, destroyer.
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat, as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls.
† Heb. big, or corpulent.
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded, she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and his at all her plagues.
• Chap. 49. 17.
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her, as she hath done, do unto her.
|| Or, sibe.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword, they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, Behold I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In those days, and in that time saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her store-houses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her bullocks: let them go down to the slaughter: wo unto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompence her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together, and all that took them captives held them fast, they refused to let them go.
34 Their redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his name, he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
36 A sword is upon the liars, and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their

55 Because the L O R D hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice, when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered.
56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even unto Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken, for the L O R D God of recompences shall surely requite.
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the L O R D of hosts.
58 Thus saith the L O R D of hosts, || The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly || broken, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
59 ¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went || with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign; and this Seraiah was a || quiet prince.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,
62 Then shalt thou say, O L O R D, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be † desolate for ever.
63 And it shall be when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates.
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
C H A P. LII.
1 Zedekiah rebelleth. 4 Jerusalem is besieged and taken. 8 Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out. 12 Nebuzar-adan burneth and spoileth the city. 24 He carrieth away the captives. 31 Evil-merodach advanceth Jehoiachin.
2 Zedekiah was a one and twenty years old when he † began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the L O R D, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the L O R D it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 ¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about) and they went by the way of the plain.
8 ¶ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgement upon him.
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Then he † put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in || chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in † prison till the day of his death.
12 ¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon) came Nebuzar-adan † captain of the guard, which † served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
13 And burnt the house of the L O R D, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men burnt he with fire.
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers, and for husbandmen.
17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the L O R D, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the L O R D, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18 The caldrons also, and the || shovels, and the snuffers, and the || bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
19 And the basons, and the || fire-pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the L O R D:
|| Or, The walls of bread Babylon.
|| Or, on the behalf of, || Or, prince of Monechba, or, chief chamberlain.
† Heb. desolations.
599. 2 Kings 24. 18. † Heb. reigned.
594.
590. 2 Kings 25. 1. Chap. 39. 1.
Before Christ
588.
† Heb. blinded. || Or, fetters.
† Heb. house of the wards.
|| Or, chief marshal.
† Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughter-men.
And so ver. 14. &c.
† Heb. stood before.
¶ Chap. 27. 19.
|| Or, instruments to remove the ashes.
|| Or, basons.
|| Or, censers.

Before their chariots, and upon all the mingled people Christ that are in the midst of her, and they shall be- 595. come as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
38 A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever: neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof saith the LORD: so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan, unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? for who is like me, and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon, and his pur- poses that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habi- tation desolate with them.
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
C H A P. LI.
1 The severe judgement of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel. 59 Jeremiah delivereth the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon.
THUS saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2 And will send unto Babylon fanners that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine; and spare ye not her young men, destroy ye utterly all her host.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah Before of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their Christ land was filled with sin against the holy One of 595. Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and de- Chap. liver every man his soul: be not cut off in her 50. 8. iniquity: for this is the time of the LORDS Rev. 18. 4. vengeance: he will render unto her a recompence.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORDS hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine, therefore the nations are mad.
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: Isaiah howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so be 21. 9. she may be healed. Rev. 14. 8. & 18. 2.
9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgement reach- eth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 The LORD hath brought forth our righte- ousness: come and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
11 Make † bright the arrows: gather the † Heb. shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of pure. the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the ven- geance of the LORD, the vengeance of his tem- ple.
12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Ba- bylon, make the watch strong, set up the watch- men, prepare the † ambushes: for the LORD † Heb. hath both devised and done that which he spake liers in against the inhabitants of Babylon. wait.
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn † by him- Amos self, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as 6. 8. with caterpillars; and they shall † lift up a shout † Heb. against thee. by his soul.
15 He hath made the earth by his power, † Heb. he hath established the world by his wisdom, utter. and hath stretched out the heaven by his under- 1. 1. 6. standing. Chap. 10. 12. &c.
16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a || mul- || Or, titude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth noise. the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth, he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
17 Every man || is brutish by his knowledge, Chap. every founder is confounded by the graven 10. 14. image; for his molten image is falsehood, and || Or, there is no breath in them. is more brutish than to know.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like them, Chap. for he is the former of all things, and Israel is 10. 16. the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
20 Thou art my battle-ax and weapons of war: for || with thee will I break in pieces the || Or, in nations, and with thee will I destroy king- thee, or, doms: by thee.
21 And

Before 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse, and his rider, and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot, and his rider : 595.
22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman, and with thee will I break in pieces old and young, and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid :
23 I will also break in pieces with thee, the shepherd and his flock, and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 And I will render unto Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth, and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be † desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
† Heb. everlasting desolations.
27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Alshchenaz, appoint a captain against her, cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow : for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds, their might hath failed, they became as women : they have burnt her dwelling-places, her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
‡ Or, in the time that be threshed her.
33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, ‡ it is time to thresh her : yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
† Heb. My violence. || Or, remainder. † Heb. inhabitants.
35 † The violence done to me and to my flesh, be upon Babylon, shall the † inhabitant of Zion say ; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
36 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Be-
hold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance Before for thee, and I will dry up her sea, and make her Christ springs dry. 595.
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, and an astonishment and an hissing without an inhabitant.
38 They shall roar together like lions : they shall † yell as lions whelps.
‡ Or, slake them. § five.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.
41 How is Shelbach taken ! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised ! how is babylon become an astonishment among the nations !
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon : she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed : and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him, yea, the wall of Babylon.
45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land : a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
47 Therefore behold, the days come, that I will † do judgement upon the graven images of Babylon, and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall into the midst of her.
† Heb. visit upon.
48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon : for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
49 ‡ As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall : so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all ‡ the earth.
|| Or, Both Babylon is to fall, O ye slain of Israel, and with Babylon. &c.
50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still : remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach, shame hath covered our faces : for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORDS house.
|| Or, the crown.
52 Wherefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgement upon her graven images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.
55 Be-

Before teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: Christ certainly this is the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.
17 The LOR D hath done that which he had devised: he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the LOR D, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest, let not the apple of thine eyes cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LOR D: lift up thy hands towards him, for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O LOR D, and consider to whom thou hast done this: shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LOR D?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets, my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy anger, thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LOR D's anger none escaped, nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up, hath mine enemy consumed.
C H A P. III.
1 The faithful bewail their calamities. 21 By the mercies of God they nourish their hope. 37 They acknowledge God's justice. 55 They pray for deliverance, 64 and vengeance on their enemies.
I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travel.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
6 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone: he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LOR D.
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LOR D's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LOR D is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LOR D is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the goodness of the LOR D.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone and silence, because he hath borne it.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him, he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the LOR D will not cast off for ever.
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LOR D.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled, thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Lev. 26. 16, &c. Deut. 28. 15, &c.
Jer. 14. 17. Chap. 1. 16.
Or, swaddled with their bands?
Heb. sons.
Jer. 20. 7.
Before Christ. 588. Heb. bitterness. Or, rolled me in the ashes. Heb. good. Or, remember. Heb. bowed. Heb. make to return to my heart. Psalm 16. 5. 82. 73. 25. 82. 119. 57. Jer. 10. 15.
Heb. from his heart. Or, a superior. Or, flesh not. Psalm 33. 9. Amos 3. 6. Or, murmurs.
1 Cor. 4. 13.

Zion bewaileth her pitiful estate:
LAMENTATIONS.
She confesseth her sins to God.
Before Christ cir. 588. † Isaiah 24. 17.
47 ¶ Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not without any intermission:
50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
† Heb. my soul. || Or, more than oil.
51 Mine eye affecteth † mine heart, || because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me fore like a bird without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head, then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice, hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, thou knowest all my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down and their rising up, I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them || sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger, from under the ‡ heavens of the LORD.
|| Or, obstinacy of heart. ‡ Psalm 8. 3.
C H A P. IV.
1 Zion bewaileth her pitiful estate. 13 She confesseth her sins. 21 Edom is threatened. 22 Zion is comforted.
HOW is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the || sea-monsters draw out the breath, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
5 They that did feed delicately, are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet, embrace dunghills.
6 For the || punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people, is greater than the punish-
|| Or, sea-calves.
|| Or, iniquity.
ment of the sin of Sodom that was † overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire.
8 Their visage is † blacker than a coal: they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a stick.
9 They that be slain with the sword, are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these † pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children, they were their ‡ meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury, he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 ¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her;
14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, || so that men could not touch their garments.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye || it is unclean, depart, depart, touch not, when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 The || anger of the LORD hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
19 Our persecuters are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The ‡ breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shall make thyself naked.
22 ¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will || discover thy sins.
C H A P. V.
A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
2 Our
Before Christ cir. 588. * Genesis 19. 25.
† Heb. darker than black.
‡ Deut. 28. 57. 2 Kings 6. 29.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.
|| Or, ye polluted.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.
|| Or, Thine iniquity.
|| Or, carry thee captive for thy sins.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.
|| Or, ye polluted.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.
|| Or, Thine iniquity.
|| Or, carry thee captive for thy sins.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.
|| Or, Thine iniquity.
|| Or, carry thee captive for thy sins.
|| Or, in that they could not but touch.

Before Christ 600. 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou || skippedst for joy.
|| Or, myself thyself. 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.
† Isaiah 16. 6, &c. 29 We have heard the † pride of Moab (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his wrath saith the LORD, but it shall not be so, || his lies shall not so effect it.
|| Or, those on whom he slayeth. (Heb. his bars.) do not right. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee, with the weeping of Jazer; thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer, the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer-fruits, and upon thy vintage.
‡ Isaiah 16. 10. 33 And ‡ joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-presses, none shall tread with shouting, their shouting shall be no shouting.
34 From the cry of Heshbon, even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, ‖ from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be † desolate.
‖ Isaiah 15. 5, 6. † Heb. desolations. 35 Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten is perished.
‡ Isaiah 15. 2, 3. † Heb. diminished. 37 For ‡ every head shall be bald, and every beard † clipt: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the house-tops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel, wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the † back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision, and a dismaying to all them about him.
† Heb. neck. 40 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
|| Or, The cities. 41 || Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty mens hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.
‡ Isaiah 24. 17, 18. 43 ‡ Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
44 He that fleeth from the fear, shall fall into the pit, and he that getteth up out of the
pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. Before Christ cir. 600.
45 They that fled, stood under the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force: but ‡ a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the † tumultuous ones.
‡ Numb. 21. 28. 46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab, the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken † captives, and thy daughters captives.
† Heb. children of nasse. ‡ Heb. in captivity. 47 ‡ Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgement of Moab.
C H A P. X L I X.
1 The judgement of the Ammonites: 6 their restoration. 7 The judgement of Edom, 23 of Damascus, 28 of Kedar, 30 of Hazor, 34 and of Elam. 39 The restoration of Elam.
|| Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD, Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth || their king inherit ‡ Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
|| Or, Attaught. ‡ Or, Melcom. 2 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in ‡ Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
‡ Amos 1. 13. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird ye with sackcloth: lament and run to and fro by the hedges, for || their king shall go into captivity, and his ‡ priests and his princes together.
|| Or, Melcom. ‡ Chap. 48. 7. 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, || thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
|| Or, thy valley floweth away. 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee, and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7 ‡ Concerning Edom thus saith the LORD of hosts, ‡ Is wisdom no more in Teman? is ‡ counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
‡ Obad. ver. 8. 8 Flee ye, || turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan, for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
|| Or, they are turned back. 9 If ‡ grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave ‡ some gleaning-grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy ‡ till they have enough.
‡ Heb. their sufficiency. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren and his neighbours, and he is not.
11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, they whose judgement was not to drink of the cup, have assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shalt altogether

Before altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go Christ unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. cir. 600.
13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. Obad. ver. 1.
15 For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. Obad. ver. 4.
17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: Every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. Chap. 50. 13.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD: no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. Gen. 19. 25. Chap. 50. 40.
19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? || Or, convent me in judgement.
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom, and his purposes that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. Job 41. 10. Chap. 50. 44, 45.
21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: at the cry, the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. † Heb. Wady el-Feira.
22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings, they are faint-hearted, there is sorrow on the sea, it cannot be quiet. cir. 600. † Heb. melted.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail. || Or, as on the sea.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. Amos 1. 4.
28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD. cir. 600.
Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the Before men of the east. Christ cir. 600.
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away, they shall take to themselves their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. m Ver. 8. † Heb. sit greatly.
31 Arise, get you up unto the || wealthy nation that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. || Or, that is at ease.
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil, and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners, and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. † Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled.
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever; there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 598.
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them towards all those winds, and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD, and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. Chap. 48. 47. Ver. 6.
C H A P. L.
1, 9, 21, 35 The judgement of Babylon. 4, 17, 33 The redemption of Israel.
THE word that the LORD spake against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. 595.
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard, publish and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces, her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. † Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah † Heb. lift up.
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart both man and beast.
4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and
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Before LORD: † the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
588. 21 And concerning the d pillars, the hight of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a † fillet of twelve cubits did compass it, and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
7. 15. 2 Kings 25. 17. 2 Chron. 3. 15. † Heb. tbread. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it, and the hight of one chapiter was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass: the second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side, and all the pomegranates upon the net-work were an hundred round about.
† Heb. ebresbold. 24 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the † door.
† Heb. saw the face of the king. || Or, scribe of the cap. rain of the host. 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war, and seven men of them that † were near the kings person, which were found in the city, and the || principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and three-score men of the people of the land that were found in the midst of the city.
26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of
Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive Before Christ
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar 600. carried away captive in the seventh year, three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar 590. he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two † persons:
† Heb. souls. 585. 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
562. 31 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
† Heb. good things with him. 32 And spake † kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
33 And changed his prison-garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
† Heb. the matter of the day in his day. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, † every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
¶ The LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH.
CHAP. I.
1 The miserable estate of Jerusalem by reason of her sin. 12 She complaineth of her grief, 18 and confesseth Gods judgement to be righteous.
cir. 588. H OW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
• Jer. 13. 17. • Job 7. 3. 2 She a weepeth sore in the b night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her, all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
† Heb. for the greatness of servitude. 3 Judah is gone into captivity, because of affliction, and † because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
• Deut. 28. 13, 14. • Jer. 52. 28. 5 Her adversaries c are the chief, her enemies prosper: for the LORD hath afflicted her; for the multitude of her transgressions, her d children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction, and of her miseries, all her || pleasant || Or, desirable. things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her, the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
† Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering. 8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned: therefore she † is removed: all that honoured her, despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts, she remembereth not her last end, therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter: O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
|| Or, desirable. • Deut. 23. 1. 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her || pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that e they should not enter into thy congregation.
|| Or, to make the soul to come again. 11 All her people sigh, they seek bread, they have given their pleasant things for meat || to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider, for I am become vile.
|| Or, it is nothing. † Heb. pass by the way. 12 ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that † pass by? behold and see, if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, where-with the LORD hath afflicted me, in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones,

before bones, and it prevaleth against them: he hath Christ spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, and faint all the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath troden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me, to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-press.
16 For these things I weep, mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a monstrous woman among them.
18 The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
20 Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress; my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh, there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble, they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
CHAP. II.
1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem. 20 He complaineth thereof to God.
HOW hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned
against Jacob, like a flaming fire which devour-eth round about.
4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye, in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord was an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he hath violently taken away his || ta-bernacle, as if it were of a garden, he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar: he hath abhorred his sanctuary: he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gentiles; the law is no more, her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings || swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers bosom.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee, and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by, clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth:
Before Christ cir. 588.
† Heb. all the desirable of the eye.
‡ Psalm 80. 12. & 89. 40. 101. 5. 5. || Or, ledge.
† Heb. shut up.
† Heb. swallowing up.
‡ Psalm 74. 9.
|| Or, faint.
‡ Jer. 2. 8. & 5. 31. & 14. 14. & 23. 16.
† Heb. 702
‡ Psalm 48. 2.
|| Or, the wine-press of the virgin, &c. † Jer. 13. 17. & 14. 17. Chap. 2. 18. † Heb. bring back.
‡ Dan. 9. 7. † Heb. mouth.
‡ Isaiah 16. 11. Jer. 48. 36.
|| Or, proclaimed.
† Heb. made to touch.

Before 27 a But fear not thou, O my servant Ja- cob, and be not dismayed, O Israel; for be- hold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make b him afraid.
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the L O R D, for I a am with thee, for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driv- en thee, but I will not make b a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure, yet will I c not leave thee wholly unpunished.
• C H A P. XLVII.
The destruction of the Philistines.
THE word of the L O R D that came to Jere- miah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote a Gaza.
2 Thus saith the L O R D, Behold, a waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflow- ing flood, and shall overflow the land, and b all that is therein, the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong a horses, at the rushing of his char- ots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fa- thers shall not look back to b their children for fee- bleness of hands:
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the L O R D will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of a the county of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off a with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the L O R D, how long a will it be ere thou be quiet? b put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the L O R D hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore? there hath he appointed it.
C H A P. XLVIII.
1 The judgement of Moab, 7 for their pride, 11 for their security, 14 for their carnal confidence, 26 and for their contempt of God, and his people. 47 The restoration of Moab.
AGAINST Moab thus saith the L O R D of hosts, the God of Israel, Wo unto Ne- bo, for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confound- ed and taken, a Misgab is confounded and dis- mayed.
2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heishbon they have devised evil against it; come and let us cut it off from being a nation; also thou shalt a be cut down, O Madmen, the sword shall b pursue thee.
3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
4 Moab is destroyed, her little ones have caus- ed a cry to be heard.
5 For in the going up of Luhith, a a conti- nual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like a the Before heath in the wilderness. b Christ
7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works a and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken, b Or, and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity c with his d priests and his princes together. e Chap.
8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, a 17. 6. and no city shall escape: the valley also shall b Chap. perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the c 49. 3. L O R D hath spoken.
9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be deso- late, without any to dwell therein.
10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the L O R D a deceitfully, and cursed be he that keep- b Or, neg- eth back his sword from blood. c ligently.
11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste a remain- b Heb. ed in him, and his scent is not changed. c blood.
12 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the L O R D, that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of a Beth-el b 1 Kings their confidence. c 12. 29.
14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up a out of her ci- ties, and b his chosen young men are gone down c Heb. to the slaughter, saith the king, whose name is d the choice the L O R D of hosts. e of.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
17 All ye that are about him bemoan him, and all ye that know his name say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the a Heb. way, and espy, ask him that fleeth, and her that b inhabi- escapeth, and say, What is done? c tress.
20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down: howl and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that a Isaiah Moab is spoiled, b 16. 7.
21 And judgement is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and up- on Beth-diblathaim,
23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth- gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the L O R D.
26 Make ye him drunken: for he magni- fied himself against the L O R D: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in de- rision.
27 For

Before that ye may know that my words shall surely Christ stand against you for evil.
587. 30 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophrah king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.
CHAP. XLV.
1 Baruch being dismayed, 4 Jeremiah instructeth and comforteth him.
cir. 607. THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel unto thee, O Baruch,
3 Thou didst say, Wo is me now, for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow, I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus, Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Chap. 39. 18.
CHAP. XLVI.
1 Jeremiah prophesieth the overthrow of Pharaohs army at Euphrates, 13 and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar: 27 He comforteth Jacob in their chastisement.
cir. 607. THE word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet, against the Gentiles, 2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Fulfilled present-ly.
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4 Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets, furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed, and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
† Heb. broken in pieces. † Heb. fled a flight.
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers, and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
9 Come up ye horses, and rage ye chariots, and let the mighty men come forth, † the Ethiopians, and † the Libyans that handle the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow.
† Heb. Cush. † Heb. Put.
10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of Before host, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge Christ him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate, and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north-country by the river Euphrates.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines: for † thou shalt not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come, and smite the land of Egypt.
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
16 He † made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another, and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, he hath passed the time appointed.
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, † furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh: it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her, like † fatted bullocks, for they also are turned back, and are fled away together; they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent, for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched, because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded, she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel saith, Behold, I will punish the † multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings, even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him.
26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
O O 2
27 J But
† Heb. to cure shall be unto thee.
† Heb. multiplied the faller.
† Heb. make thee instruments of captivity.
† Heb. bullocks of the stalls.
|| Or, nourisher. † Heb. Anon.

EDGAR F. WILTON
PHONE PRESTON 0122 808 PUBLIC NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir -
Will you kindly aid me in getting some information on a John Taylor who served in the N.C. line 1775-? Will you kindly look up the John Taylor's who served in N.C. one served as Lieut. & Paymaster 8 th N.C. July 24 th 1777 - omitted Jan 1 st 1778 also one
John Taylor Ensign 1 st N.C. Sept 1775 to - will you kindly see whom their pensions were paid to and if it mentions the name of their wives or children & especially do you have record of a John Taylor whose

Wife or he received her pension while residing in Cumberland Co. N.C. Thanks very kindly for this trouble Yours truly,
Mrs R. C. Rutledge 4018 Garrett Houston -
P.S.
Will you kindly see who received the pension of James more Cunningham he fought in Rev. & afterwards went to Butler Co. Ohio in 1797 or 98. Then he went to the war of 1812 from Butler Co. - He died in 1815 of sickness while in Army What regiment did he fight with - His wife's last name was Curry - I think.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 18, 1930
Mrs. Carol Buyatt 15 Coe Avenue Hillside, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18114, it appears that John Taylor, while living in Orange County, North Carolina, served as follows:
He was appointed August 12, 1776, as Wagon Master to an Indian Expedition; July 24, 1777, Paymaster to the Eighth North Carolina Regiment and so served until January, 1778; November 6, 1778, Quartermaster for Hillsborough District; March 11, 1779, Commissary and Quartermaster in Orange County, North Carolina; March 15, 1779, Brigade Quartermaster to General John Butler's Brigade of Militia; April 10, 1779, Lieutenant in Captain Turner's Company, Colonel McDowell's Regiment of Militia; June 13, 1780, Forage Master to Colonel Anthony W. White's Southern Cavalry; October 11, 1780, Commissary at Hillsborough; Fall of 1781, Captain of Dragoons and served as such three months and in 1782 for three months as Captain of Militia.
He married November 24, 1775, Winifred Horton, and he died May 28, 1826. She died March 29, 1837.
Their children were:
Bethiah born September 20, 1776 John " March 23, 1778. Susan " December 29, 1780. Elizabeth " November 3, 1784. Thomas " April 1, 1786.

January 18, 1838
Their surviving children, John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Susan were allowed pension on account of their father's services, on an application executed January 10, 1838, by the daughter, Susan, who was then a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
a copy from Mrs. Wilson

GONNA' HOLD ONTO THE THE GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, WHO ARE GIVEN A READING OF CHARTS RELATION TO AN EXPEDITION WHICH TO 1823 PA THESE WERE STATED BECAUSE ON ACCOUNT OF SPAIN, 1823, THOSE RELATIONS ENTITLED "THE" "THE" "THE"
July 14, 1923.
Mr. P. F. Cheek, 330 Indiana Ave. Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Rev. War pension claim, W. 18114, it appears that John Taylor while living in Orange County, N. C. served as follows:
He was appointed August 12, 1776, as Wagon Master to an Indian Expedition: July 24, 1777, Paymaster to the Eighth North Carolina Regiment and so served until January 1778: November 6, 1778 Quartermaster for Hills- borough District: March 11, 1779, Commissary and Quar- termaster in Orange County, N. C.: March 15, 1779, Bri- gade Quartermaster to General John Butler's Brigade of Militia: April 10, 177 9 , Lieutenant in Captain Turner's Company, Colonel McDowell's Regiment of Militia: June 13, 1780, Forage Master to Colonel Anthony W. White's South- ern Cavalry: October 11, 1780, Commissary at Hillsborough: Fall of 1781, Captain of Dragoons and served as such three months and in 1782 for three months as Captain of Militia.

Sept. 14, 1852.
He married November 24, 1775, Winifred Horton, and he died at Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina May 28, 1825. She died March 29, 1837.
Their children were:
   Bethiah  born  September  20, 1776.    John  "  March  23, 1778.    Susan  "  December  29, 1780.    Elizabeth  "  November  3, 1784.    Thomas  "  April  1, 1786.   
Their surviving children; John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Susan were allowed pension on account of their father's services, on an application executed January 10, 1838, by the daughter Susan, who was then a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

"B"
State of North Carolina Orange County
On this the 10 th day of January 1838, personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, Margaret Walls a resident of the town of Hillsboro' in the County aforesaid, aged 81, years, who being first duly qualified according to law maketh oath that she is the widow of the late John Taylor of said County, who during the war of the Revolution and ever since she has resided in the town of Hillsboro' aforesaid, and was well acquainted with the late Col. John Taylor of said County, and remembers of his being in the Service of the United States as Quarter Master in Hillsboro' in the winter of 1780, and that he continued to serve as Quarter Master till Col. Fanning took Hillsboro' in September 1781.
Said Taylor left a widow, Winifred Taylor, who died last March. Said Winifred did not marry after the death of her husband the aforesaid Col. John Taylor, but remained his widow till her death.
Sworn and subscribed the day and date first above written before me
her Margaret Walls mark
I the undersigned do hereby certify, that Margaret Walls is a woman of truth and veracity
J. J. Forland P. Peace
State of North Carolina Orange County
I John Taylor of the County of Orange and quarter Sessions for said County, certify that John S. Forland is a Magistrate as above said that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal and dated at Hillsboro' the 10 th day of January 1838.
J. Taylor

State of North Carolina Orange County ss
On this the 15 th day of September 1837, personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County John Dolley, in the 85 th year of his age, who being first duly qualified according to Law, made oath that he was during the war of the revolution a private of militia in the United States Service. Was well acquainted with the Col. Captain John Taylor of the aforesaid County said Taylor to this affiant's knowledge was an acting officer in the United States Service.
This affiant remembers that it was said and he understood that said John Taylor served a term in said War, as Lieutenant - of the Revolution recollects of said Taylor being afterwards a quarter master Forage Master and brigade quarter master General .
This affiant remembers that said John Taylor in the winter of 1780 was Quarter Master at Hillsboro' and continued in this capacity till Col. Fanning took Hillsboro' in September 1781.
I do not remember how long said Taylor served as quarter master & brigade quarter master but from the best of my recollection I would say that said Taylor served two years or upwards in those offices.
He was also during the war of the Revolution a Captain of a Company of Dragoons, I saw him in Hillsboro' in the war of the  fall of 1781 war of the Revolution, but how the tour was I cannot tell but expect it was a three months tour as those tours were most common - in the next year, 1782 said Taylor I remember was Captain again in a Company of Footmen, I saw him in the Service in the town of Hillsboro' - but how long the tour was I do not remember, but the usual length of militia tours (drafts) at that time was for three months. Said John Taylor was a good and active Whig and was almost constantly in the United States Service -

This affiant further states upon his hand oath, that he was well acquainted with the said Captain John Taylor (aforesaid) and that said Taylor was married before the last period of his service in the Army - that he does not remember the year he was married in but thinks it was in the year of 1775 - that said Taylor married a Miss Winifred Horton. That S r John Taylor died some 10 or 12 years ago, leaving the said Miss Winifred his widow. That she never married after the death of her husband the aforesaid John Taylor but remained his widow till her death which occurred some time last spring.
Sworn & subscribed the day & date first above written before me Sam l G. W. P.
his John T Dolley mark
And I the said Justice do hereby certify that John T. Dolley who has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing certificate is a man of truth and veracity.
Sam l G. W. P. Justice of Peace
"J"
State of North Carolina Orange County
On this the 16 th day of September 1837, personally appeared be- fore the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Brittain Bowers about 74 years of age who being first duly qualified maketh oath that during the war of the Revolution, in 1780, he was stationed for a time in the Town of Hills- boro' in the county aforesaid and it was in the fall of after Gates defeat and while in said Town I became acquainted with John Taylor of the aforesaid county, now deceased & during the time I was stationed in said Town, said John Taylor was 'Quartermaster' in the United States Service.

David Taylor was esteemed a good and active officer in the United States Service during the war of the Revolu- tion - and was, then living, at the time I was stationed in Town- sville and subscribed the day of his and date first written before me William Bowers J. Grayson J.P. Mark
Know all the Law I do hereby certify that William Bowers who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a man of truth & veracity.
J. Grayson J.P.
State of North Carolina Orange County
"K"
On this the 16 th day of September 1837, personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of said Samuel Grayson Esq. in the 51 st year of his age who being first duly qualified maketh oath that his deceased father (William Grayson) during the war of the Revolution, served a Six months tour of duty in the Service (as he has always un- -derstood) and has frequently heard his father say that John Taylor of the aforesaid county, now deceased, was in the same regiment with him and was a Commissioned officer, but does not distinctly remember what officer said Taylor served, but is under the impression his father said that said Taylor in that Six months tour acted as Quarter Master.
Sworn and subscribed the day of I do first above mentioned
J. Grayson
William Bowers J.P.

And I the said Justice do hereby certify that Samuel Gray herein is a man of truth and veracity.
James M. Pearson
State of North Carolina } S.S. "No" Orange County }
On this the 24 th November, 1837, personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County, James Williams a resident of the aforesaid aged about 82 years, who being first duly qualified made oath that he lived near the Town of Hillsboro' in the aforesaid County, and was well acquainted with the late Capt. John Taylor of the aforesaid County, and remembers that the aforesaid John Taylor was, in the United States Service Forage Master or Quarter Master, in Hills- boro' in the summer of Gates' defeat (1780) Remembers of seeing said John Taylor, previous to this in the United States Service as Quarter Master in which capacity he must have served two years or upwards.
Said John Taylor was married at the commencement of the Revolu- tion. He married Winifred Horton. That said his Taylor died about 10 years ago. And that his widow the said Winifred never married after the death of her husband the aforesaid Capt. John Taylor.
Sworn to the above the day & date first above written before me. J. Hovey Horns. J.P.
his James A Williams mark
And I the said Justice do hereby certify that James Williams is a man of truth and veracity.
J. Hovey Horns. J.P.
State of North Carolina,
I John Taylor, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Orange County. Certify that Samuel Gray, Samuel Grayhorn & Andrew Watson are Magistrates as above and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine in testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this the 11 th January 1838.
J. Taylor Clerk

"L"
State of North Carolina - S.S. Orange County }
On this the 30 th day of November, 1837 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, Polly Harris a resident of the said County in the 87 year of her age, who being first duly qualified according to Law maketh oath that she came to the Town of Hillsboro' some time in the year December of the year of 1775. and this affiant soon after coming to the Town of Hillsboro', became acquainted with the late Captain John Taylor of the aforesaid County. Who as it was then said, had but recently been married to Winifred Horton of the aforesaid County. That they had been married and lawfully married this affiant has always understood & believes and never has had it questioned or doubted.
That said John Taylor, was an active officer in the war of the Revolution, remembers of seeing said John Taylor in the United States Service in the Town of Hillsboro' aforesaid. this affiant remembers of hearing it said at the time, that said John Taylor was acting as 'Quartermaster & Forage Master' - and it was also said he was Captain in the United States Service - this affiant remembers very well (being then a resident of Hillsboro') that said Taylor, was much in the United States Service as above stated. she saw said John Taylor, frequently in the United States Service.
That this affiant remembers, that said John Taylor, died some ten or twelve years ago. and that his widow Winifred Taylor, died some time in last March, not having married since the death of her husband the aforesaid John Taylor, but remained his widow till her death.
Sworn & subscribed this day & date first above printed before me J. H. Atkinson J.P.
her Polly Harris mark
And I the said Justice, do hereby certify that Polly Harris is a woman of truth & veracity. J. H. Atkinson J.P.

State of North Carolina } Orange County }
I John Taylor Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the aforesaid County. Certify that Andrew Watson is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, subscribed my name, This the 1 st Day of December in the year of 1837.
J. Taylor Clerk

Ms. Comp. Vol. 1, p. 10 7 June 1832
North Carolina
These may certify that John Taylor of Orange County is appointed Wagon Master on the present Expedition to the Western frontiers ag t the Indians.
Given under my hand this 12 th Aug t 1776.
Thomas Person B rig Gen l
"B"
State of North Carolina Orange County I hereby Certify that John Taylor is appointed Quarter Master for the Troops raised in the District of Hillsborough for the Expedition to South Carolina
John Butler B rig Gen l
Nov r 6 th 1778.
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above certificates are correctly copied from the originals, which are on file in this office
Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1837.
W. Hill

Orange County
"6"
To Mr John Taylor
I hereby appoint you to be Commissary & Quarter Master to Issue Rations & forage for the troops on their march from this place to Salisbury.
Given under my hand at Hillsborough the 11 th day of March 1779.
John Butler B.G.
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a Commission which is on file in this Office
Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1837.
W. Hill

"E" This is to certify that Mr. John Taylor was appointed Lieutenant to Capt. Turners Co. in Col. Mc Dowells Regiment of Militia On the 24th day of April 1779.
Given under my hand at Charlotte April 10th 1779.
John Butler
"F" Hillsborough June 13th 1780.
Sir
I hereby appoint you Forage Mast r to the Southern Cavalry under the Comm d of Col o Anthony W. White; you are therefore to proceed & act as such in procuring grain or any thing else that you may be directed to do by the comm d of the same, by the above appointment, you are also authorized to impress what horses waggons or Carts you may want provided any Magistrate should refuse you a warrant for so doing if the necessity of the act should make it necessary.
Is Huger B r Genl.
State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above certificate and Commission are truly copied from the originals on file in this Office
Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1837.
W. Hill Secy of State

"Q"
State of North Carolina
To John Taylor Esq. Greeting.
Out of the assurance I have of your conduct, Fidel- ty, and Abilities I do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Quarter Master to the Brigade of Militia under my command, and now on their march to the aid of South Carolina and Georgia. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Brigade Quarter Master, by doing and perform- ing all manner of things thereinunto belonging. And all officers and soldiers of the said Brigade are hereby strictly required to be obedient to your orders as Brigade Quarter Master, and consider you as such. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from your superior officers according to the rules and directions of Military Discipline and the laws of this State.
Given under my hand at Hillsbo- rough the 15 th day of March Anno (Dom.) 1779. And in the third year of American Independence — John Butler
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I certify that the above is a true copy of a commission on file in this office. Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1837.
W. Hill Secy of State

North Carolina ss. War Office Hillsborough 11. October 1780.
To Mr. John Taylor of Orange County, Greeting.
Reposing Confidence in your Patriotism, Zeal, Activity and Integrity, We do by these presents appoint you a Commissary to receive and issue provisions and Forage in the Town of Hillsborough to the Army of this and the United States, observing such Directions you shall from time to time receive from the Board of War, conforming yourself to the laws of this State.
By order
Alex. Martin
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of an original Commission on file in this Office.
Given under my hand this 15 th day of Aug t 1837.
W. Hill

1/48 50
Doct. James A. Craig
Haw-River
Orange County N.C.
admitted.
19 mo. M. F. & 2 m.
2 dnt. 1 p 253.33
Brig 2 1/2 mo. 5 mo. 100. —
$353.33
Widow died 29 March 1837.
net due $2144.50 100

"G" War Office Hillsborough Decem r 19 th 1780.
Whereas it is necessary that the said Factory establish- ed by the Board of War, should be supported at Hillsboro- ugh by a draft of the Militia who are workmen for this service - These are to certify that Mr. John Taylor Q u arter Master for this District is empowered to engage proper persons from the Militia for this business and those whom he shall judge proper to employ will be exempted from a Tour of Duty they serving three months in said Factory of which all com- manding Officers in the said District of the Militia are to take notice, being properly no- tified from said Quarter Master of the same.
By order
Alex. Martin
State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of the original which is on file in this office.
Given under my hand this 15 th day of August 1837.
W. Hill

State of North Carolina "A"
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state of North Carolina, do hereby certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the continental line of this state, that John Taylor Pay Master of the 8 th Regiment was commissioned on the 24 th day of July 1777 and omitted in January 1778, that nothing more is said of him on said rolls.
Given under my hand this 16 th day of August 1837
W. Hill
Raleigh 16 th August 1837.
Dear Sir
Above you have the certificate requested in the case of John Taylor, and inclosed I send you all the copies of the papers in the files, that appear to be of any use. I have crowded them to save you postage. My fees on them amount to $3.70. — $1.— due before
Yours respectfully
W. Hill

Winnipeg Taylor.
J. G. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
J. A. Craig Esq. Haw River P. O. N.S.

War Department, Pension Office, April 11. 1837.
Sir,
In reply to your inquiry relative to the claim of the children of the late Winifred Taylor, widow of Col. John Taylor, deceased of North Carolina, I have to inform you, that if Mrs Taylor was living on the 4 th day of July 1836, and since having died, her children will be entitled to such sum as would have been due her under the act of July 4 th 1836, up to the time of her death, upon their making the proper application and filing satisfactory proof of the services of their father and the legality and date of his marriage, the time of her death and proof of heirship.
I am, respectfully, your obedt servt
J. L. Edwards
James A. Craig Esq Haw River, P. O. North Carolina.