Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10416 1/2, for Jacob Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Taylor, Jacob
P 10416 1/2
CONTENTS

N 5364
Jacob Taylor Sullivan County Tennessee
10/11/12 10/11/12 Nashville
Jonesborough Agency,
not paid suspended
Mr Rockhold, Rockholds Store Sullivan County Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
29 July 183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Jacob Taylor Sullivan County Tennessee
   Period when the service was performed. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1777 3 - - private Gen Green Morgan 74 years Traditional paper defective   Draft - 3 - " Capt Steel, Col Muhlenburg Frederick County Virginia Battle of Cowpens  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

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

25, 3, 64
Jacob Taylor, d ied Indianer

State of Indiana } Dearborn County } S.S.
On this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and Forty nine personally appeared before me Davidonger one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court for the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana - Jacob Waylor - a resident of Hells Township in the County and State aforesaid aged between ninety and ninety one years, who being first duly sworn by me according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1882 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated - to wit - under Captain Steele Commandant of a Company in the Regiment commanded - as he thinks by Colonel Boyer : - that he entered the service in the latter part of the year 1777 - when he was under the age of eighteen years, at Winchester, Frederick County Virginia : - that in the first period of his service, he served three years and eight days and considered himself in the regular service having been enlisted, : - that he was a private. That at the time of entering the service he was residing in Frederick County Virginia - That after his first term of service - to wit 3 years & 8 days he was regularly discharged - That after he had received his discharge from the regular service and before the surrender of Cornwallis, Affiant further states that he was drafted in the militia in Frederick County Virginia near Winchester - and that in the second period of his service, he served in the militia of Virginia for three months : - That he was a private in a Company, commanded by Capt Bell in the Regiment commanded by Col. That a portion of this three months, after the surrender of Cornwallis, he was stationed at Winchester in guarding

British prisoners — Affiant further states that during the whole period of his service he was a private, in the ranks and that he was engaged in no civil pursuit. That he left the service of the United States in the month of December 1781.
Affiant further states that he remembers being encamped at Valley Forge. — That he was in the Battle of Monmouth. That he was in the Battle of Cowpens, and also at the surrender of Cornwallis. That during his service as a regular soldier he was furloughed on account of sickness for about one month. That this sickness happened to him while the Army lay on the Gadskin River in North Carolina. That at the Battle of Cowpens he received a bayonet wound in the leg. That this wound has disabled him having continued a running sore, until the present time.
That of the Officers engaged in the Battle of Cowpens he remembers the names of Colonels — Morgan, Howard and Washington. That he also remembers General Greene. That General Greene commanded the division of the army from which he was separated and that Colonel Morgan commanded the division to which he belonged. — That a short time after the Battle of Cowpens he served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lee.
Affiant further says that owing to loss of memory occasioned by sickness and extreme old age, he cannot call to mind positively the names of officers and many incidents of the Revolution, in which he was concerned. That he has no documentary evidence by which he can substantiate his claim to a pension from the Government.
That he had preserved until about

Sixteen years ago - a furlough and discharge. That he believes that both of these documents - viz - the furlough heretofore mentioned in this declaration and his final discharge - were obtained from among his papers while he was living in Tennessee by a certain William Rockhold of Sullivan County, Tennessee. That he has not seen or heard of those papers since he left the state of Tennessee - That said William Rockhold agreed to make (and he believes did make) an application for a pension for him in the year 1833.
Affiant further says - that in the division of his father's estate, the family Bible containing the record of his age fell to the lot of his youngest sister, who (when he last heard from her) was living in Virginia.
Affiant further says that he knows of no other person whom he can procure to testify to his service.
Affiant further states - that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge and further says not.
Attest. O B Forst Daniel Taylor
his Jacob X Taylor mark.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
David G. Gentry Associate Judge.
We, Daniel Shuck a clergyman residing in Jackson Township, Dearborn Co. Ind and Philip Lawrence residing in Hells o Township hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be between ninety and ninety one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood

where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Philip V. Lawrence
Sworn and Subscribed before me this first day of September A. D. 1849. Daniel Shunk.
David Conner Associate Judge
And I the said David Conner before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, the questions and answers being herewith forwarded to the Commission of Pensions that the above named applicant Jacob Taylor was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And I do further certify that it appears to me that Daniel Schuck who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Jackson, Dearborn County Indiana and that Philip V. Lawrence who has also signed the preceding certificate is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I do also further certify that the said Jacob Taylor who makes the foregoing declaration in applying for a pension cannot by reason of bodily infirmity attend the Court.
David Conner Associate Judge

State of Indiana } Dearborn County } Set.
I William V Cheek. Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court do hereby certify that David Conger. before whom the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 1 th 1832, was on the eighteenth day of June 1849, made by Jacob Taylor and before whom the foregoing certificates of Daniel Shuck and Philip J Lawrence were made and who in his official capacity made an examination of the said Jacob Taylor by putting questions and receiving answers, a statement of which is submitted with the papers, and who has himself certified, was at the time and is now one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court for the County and State aforesaid, and that the signatures of the said David Conger are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my official seal as Clerk of said Court at Lawrenceburg this 13 th day of November A.D. 1849
William V. Cheek Clerk

The following interrogatories were on the eighteenth day of June 1849, propounded by me to Jacob Taylor at the time of making this Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, and also the answers to the interrogatories as spoken by the said Jacob Taylor. Question 1st. - Where and in what year were you born? Answer...
In Frederick County five miles from Winchester Virginia on the 12th of November I cannot recollect the year but I am ninety one next November
Question 2nd
Have you any record of your age?
answer.
Not here I havent
Question 3rd Where is it?
answer
It was left with my sister in Virginia I expect she has got it.
Question 4th
Where were you living when called into service; Where have you lived since the revolutionary War; and where do you now live?
answer.
I was living in Frederick County Virginia. Since the War I have lived part of the time in the state of Virginia and part of the time in the state of Tennessee, in Sullivan County - East Tennessee. I now live in Hells Township, Dearborn County Indiana.

Question 5th.
How were you called into service; were you draughted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Answer-
The first time I was enlisted, I considered myself in the regular service. I was in the regular service three years and eight days. The second time I was draughted, the first time I enlisted.
Question 6th
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer-
Daniel Morgan, I believe and Lee, I did know but they have gone out of my mind. Steele was our Captain when I first entered the service. I was in Winchester Virginia then and some one slipped bounty money into my pocket and told me I was enlisted. Then I was not eighteen years of age. Steele was the first that I served under. I recollect Shennweather; he was our second Captain I think. Yes - Captain Steele got killed and we were attached to Shennweather's company. I recollect Capt Bell I was in his company. - I recollect

Col Boyer - This was the first regiment in which I served. I remember Genl Greene, He was separated from his division and were under Col Morgan. I was at the battle of Cowpens - where I received a bayonet wound in the leg. 2 or 3 years ago I could recollect all about my service. And I've told it time after time but I've now lost my recollection a great deal. I received a furlough once on account of sickness while the army lay on the Yadkin River in North Carolina.
Question 7th.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer
I got my first discharge from Henry weather. I think - Capt Bell gave me a discharge while I was in the militia service. I had a furlough besides. I kept the furlough & discharge until about sixteen years ago They were obtained from among my papers when I lived in Tennessee by William Rockhold of Sullivan County Tennessee, to make an application for me for a pension. I have not seen or heard of them since.
Question 8th
State the names of persons to

whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - Daniel Paylor, is acquainted with me, and Philip J Lawrence and Daniel Shuck, and Dackson Lewis. I have known them. I have lived here some time and am known by all my neighbors, David Conger Esq. Associate Judge

State of Tennessee Sullivan county
On this 21 st day of May 1833. personally appeared before me William Stockhold a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid Jacob Taylor a resident of the state and county aforesaid age Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of con- gress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the united states under the following na- me and officers and served as herein stated.
Dep. says in the year Seventy seven he enlisted in the county of Frederick Virginia un- der Capt. Steel for three years and was attached to the + Seventh Regiment commanded by Col. Meckenburg and served he thinks about one year and a half un- der said Steel and then was attached to Capt. Manyssee their Company same Regiment and rendezvoused at Stanton from there marched to the Valley Forge Carolinas, and then to the Cowpens and was in the heat of the battle fought at the Cowpens where the Enemy troops was defeated sustained great loss Dependant says he was shot through the thigh with several buck shot and was stabbed in the leg with bayonets and suffered greatly with said wounds which are yet plain to be seen the wounds in the leg where the bayonet has ever since at times been annoying here and at times very painful; Dependant was then taken to the hospital stay there some months after recovering he continued to travel was for a time present to his father in Frederick county Virginia, at the ex- piration of said enlistment Dependant was partially rec- -d and set out again for the Army & part by the + way of Hillsborough N. Carolinas where fell in with some of Gen. Magans troops stay some two or three weeks with the Army & then on recovering

took up the line of March with some six or eight other soldiers who had been furloughed and joined my company at Camden South Carolina and continued with the army at that place some two or three months and again was furloughed with many others that was unable to do duty on account of the ague & fever Deponent returned to instructions on the Rappahannock river which instructions sent him to his father's in Frederick county Virginia shortly after before Deponent was in instructions to join the army the term for which he had enlisted expired about said time Capt. Maysweather returned to Frederick county Virginia and gave me a written discharge.
Some few months thereafter Deponent was drafted to serve a three months term and refused to serve said term alleging that he was unable to do duty on account of his wounds and at the conscript and the emaciated state of his health on account of the ague & fever said martial was called to try him & others consisting of Col. John & Robert Smith with others and it was proposed by said court if Deponent would upon oath that he was unable to serve that he should be excused to which proposition Deponent did not assent not knowing it to be the fact until then Deponent was then ordered out to do duty and serve said three months term under Capt. Geo. Bell Col. Wood's Regiment and was marched to York and was at the taking of the British army at said place and after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis guarded the prisoners to Winchester and continued to guard them in the Winchester Barracks to the expiration of said three months for which he was drafted and then rec'd a written discharge from Capt. Geo. Bell. Deponent says he served in all three years & three months and rec'd two discharges which is now out destroyed and that

are not in his possession and what has come of them he will not undertake certainly to say, he fur- ther says that he does not know of any turning notrup with in his reach or control whereby he can prove the above facts, Deponant says he was born in Frederick county Virginia in the year 1759 that he has no record of his age but speaks from the history giving him by his father, was called into ser- vice both times of duty from the state and country that gave him birth, Deponant says he has lived in Sullivan county Tennessee nearly in the same neighborhood for thirty one years, the first time of Duty he enlisted the second he was drafted was with Genl Green & Morgan at Yorktown with Wash- ington Lefevre & others - did receive two written dis- charges first from Capt. Mary Weatherby & the second from Capt Bell they are both lost or destroyed he Deponant is well acquainted with all most every person for many miles round him and is gratified in believing none of his neighbors doubts his veracity and knows of none having proved his services by whose testimony he can earn more He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a per- son or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any the territory or state
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Jacob his Taylor mark
We the undersigned Murrell & Benj. Poynton residing in Sulli- van county Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and has been acquainted with him for thirty years having lived in the same neigh- borhood as neighbors for said term and that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and

that we concur in that opinion and further Mr. Morell one of the witnesses say he well recollects to have heard the applicant twenty nine or thirty years ago gave the same history of his services as contains in his application for pension and we both certify we have examined his thigh & leg & find the old wound disable
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid State of Tennessee Sullivan county
Wm Morell B. Rayston
William Rockhold one of the Justices of the court of plea and quarter sessions for the state & county aforesaid Do hereby certify after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and further certify that Wm Morell & B. J. Rayston who has signed the preceding certificate is esteemed as men of veracity & truth and that I have been acquainted with both witnesses & the applicant for thirty years past & fully concur in their statements and further certify that there is no regular ordained minister of the gospel in this neighborhood whose attendance with convenience could be procured and that the reasons why this has not been transacted before me was to save trouble and expense and on account of age & infirmities of the parties giving evidence my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid
Wm Rockhold Clerk Deputy of the peace
Jacob Taylor 25362
Sullivan County May 21 st 1833
I certify that I am acquainted with William Rockhold Esq 2 & know his signature and that the above is genuine, & that he at the time of his application was in commission as a Justice of said county
John Blair

September 19, 1934
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Jacob Taylor-R.10416½ BA-J/AVT
Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne 912 Main Street Brookville, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Taylor, who served from Virginia and died in Indiana.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 10416½, based upon the military service of Jacob Taylor during the War of the Revolution.
Jacob Taylor was born November 12, 1758 or 1759 about five miles from Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.
He applied for pension May 21, 1833, then residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he had lived about thirty-one years. He alleged that while residing in Frederick County, Virginia, he enlisted at Winchester the latter part of 1777, served as a private in Captain Steele's company, Colonel Boyer's or Muhlenburg's Virginia regiment, was transferred to Captain Merriweather's company and served in Colonels Morgan's and Lee's regiments; was in the battle of Monmouth, was shot through the thigh and stabbed in the leg by a bayonet in the battle of Cowpens, was taken to hospital, where he stayed some months, and went on furlough to his father's home in Frederick County, Virginia; after which he served three months in Captain George Bell's company of Virginia militia, and was at the surrender of Cornwallis and guarded the prisoners to Winchester Barracks and was discharged in December, 1781.
The claim for pension was not allowed as proof

of the alleged service was not furnished.
Jacob Taylor died August 23, 1849 in Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
A daughter is referred to, her name is not given, nor is the name of his wife stated. His youngest sister at one time lived in Virginia, her name is not shown.
One Daniel Taylor gave his address in 1849 as, New Alsace, Dearborn County, Indiana; no relationship to the family shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Richhobbs Store 19th Jan'y 1835-
Honble. J. L. Edwards
Sir In Ireland is the declaration of Jacob Taylor returned after a long lapse of time he has been unable to make any farther proof I have written divers letters for him in the neighbourhood where he resided when he alleged that he entered the service with Capt. Revington Esq. The probability is the person who he directed me to write to are either dead or have removed I also wrote to Richhobbs and Rev. our answer though not satisfactory Mr. Taylor has taken some pains in going to see a man who he thought he could prove his services by that person was dead - I will state as apart the error was in me where he states the contending troops was defeated at the Lowers both his statements history was the reverse but in the hurry of business I wrote it other wise and if his name can be found and it is necessary it can be corrected. Mr. Taylor says to me the neighbourhood in which he resided was at that day principally for men that he was most usually called Taylor in place of Taylor

hence he urges me to request you to make a second search of that part I am desirous myself as Mr Taylor has sustained character for upwards of thirty years in this neighborhood free above reproach and if he could be capable of such depravity we would like to see him detected
as I presume the present in your office is less than it was at the time the pa- per was before you. Will you please to make thorough search for Taylor & Taylor and advise me whether the officers as he alleges to have been under was in the service at the
Oct 28th Wm Beckford

Dear J. L. Robinson
March 24. 48

202 Pension Office 29 March 1848
Sir
I have the honor to return herewith Mr. Taylors letter and in answer to the enquiry contained therein to state that Jacob Taylor of Sullivan County, Ten. presented a claim under the act of 9 March 1832, in 1833, for an alleged service of 3 years in the 7 th Regiment of the Virginia Line under Capt Steele and Capt Meniveache, but due has furnished no evidence what ever to sustain that allegation -
There were no such officers belonging attached to the 7 th Regiment, Capt Steele belonged to the 13 th Regiment, but the name of Applicant is not found upon his Roll, nor does his name appear upon the list with those of the Virginia Line who received Dismissal Certificates.
Hon J. B. Robinson House of Reps

Am Rockhold 17. Feb. 1835 C. C.
Record. Vol. 26, p. 378

War Department Pension Office
February 16, 1885, 17.
Sir
The papers of Jacob Taylor transmitted by you to this office have been and filed with suspended cases. The rolls of the those who belonged to the Virginia line have been again carefully examined and the name of  the name of Jacob Taylor or Tyler does not appear thereon. If the applicant served as he alleges his service The officers under whom the  the applicant alleges to have served belonged to the Virginia line and if he served as set forth his name should appear on the rolls. He states that he received a furlough to go home unless the most satisfactory proof can be exhibited of his having served as set forth, his claim to a pension cannot be allowed.
Mr. Rockhold Esq. Rockhold's Store. Tennessee

Percian Office 9 th Nov. 1810
Sir:
The additional evidence in the case of Jacob Taylor etc. has been received.
It does not obviate the objections in my letters to you of the 4 th Feby 1810 and 24 th Mch. 1818, to which you are respectfully referred for
Rev I. L. Robinson Rushville Ind -

47 Pension Office February 4 1850
Sir,
The declaration of Jacob Taylor has been ex post filed with  with the other papers in his case. The records in this office which have been re-examined afford no evidence of the alleged service in the Virginia line. I herewith enclose a copy of my letter to you of the 24 th March 1848, which will show the state of the case. Mr Daniel Taylors letter to you is herewith returned. Should evidence of the service be procured the date of Jacob Taylors death should be proved in open court, and the names of the children - now surviving given. If there are no children, a widow there is no legal claim. The discharge and discharge alluded to do not appear ever to have been exhibited at this office!
Hon. J. L. Robinson N. R.

Jacob Taylor, dec d his
Proof of his death in Dear- born Co Ind a 23 Aug. 1849. In aid of application of file for pension as a revolutionary sold.
Albany 2/10 Relating to death of Jacob Taylor
In M c Calla

Dearborn County State of Indiana set \frac{3}{3} Before me Jacob V. Lawrence a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared John Lewis and Hugh Conlin two credible witnesses of lawful age and made oath in due form of law that they were acquainted with Jacob Taylor for the seven years last past ever since he settled in their neighborhoods in the county aforesaid that in the neighbor- hood he was considered a soldier of the revolution and that on the morning of the twenty third of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine he died at his residence in Hesse Township Dearborn County State of Indiana and that John Lewis one of the affiants assisted in laying out the corpse of said Jacob Taylor deceased
Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this 27 th day of March 1850 Jacob V. Lawrence Justice of the peace
John Lewis Hugh Conlin
State of Indiana. Dearborn County Set \frac{3}{3}
I Abram Brower Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court in said State do hereby certify that the above named Jacob V. Lawrence before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at that time, and still is, an acting Justice of the peace, duly Commissioned and qualified, for said County, and that to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit are due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of said Court at Lawrenceburgh this 17 th day of April A.D. 1850.
Abram Brower Clerk. By John S. Conger dep'y

PAID
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Wm John, S. Robinson Pursville Brash Co Ind

Course I had better pursue to obtain the Pension I would prefer sending it to you and getting you to use your good offices for obtaining it and charge according to your trouble.
N o since making the declaration the Pensioner is dead aged 91 years
Please excuse my freedom and favor me with a few- line, setting forth your views on the subject and address at New Alsace Post office Dearborn Co.
yours respectfully
Daniel Taylor

New Alsace Dearborn County State of Indiana Oct r 18 th 1849 Hon John L Robinson
Sir
Allow me tho a stranger to trouble you again about a matter wherein I have formerly experienced your friendship it is as follows in the first term of your service as representative in congress I addressed a line to you at Washington making enquiry concerning a pension for a revolutionary soldier named Jacob Taylor you forwarded the same to the pension agent and he answered it to you which you forwarded to me accompanied with a pamphlet of instructions to widows and heirs of Revolutionary soldiers which led me to think the line I addressed to you must have been understood as if coming from the widow or heir of the soldier which was not the fact it was from the Revolutionary soldier himself who was then alive the agent of Pensions also answered that the name of Jacob Taylor was on the Books in application for a pension as having served under Captain Steele and McIlwether but for some cause he had never gotten it the old man's history of this matter runs thus in 1833 he lived in east Tennessee and employed Mr Blair Member to Congress from Tennessee to obtain his pension or rather Mr Blair wrote from Washington

To Jacob Taylor that he said Taylor was entitled to a pension and that he the said Blair would procure it for him for thirty Dollars when Mr Blair's letter came to the postoffice in Mr Taylor's neighborhood Mr Taylor's Daughter was sewing at the postmasters house and he handed the letter to her which she opened in her room and read in the Postmasters Daughter's presence The Postmaster was named William Prockhold that evening the Postmaster went to Jacob Taylor's house and offered to get the pension for him for five Dollars Taylor agreed and gave him his papers (to wit, a furlough and a discharge) and after waiting long enquired if Mr Prockhold had gotten his pension for him Mr Prockhold told him that the department required the writings to be done in red ink and had refused the pension because they were written in pale Black ink This Mr Taylor considered a humbug and being on the point of leaving Tennessee for Indiana heard and enquired no more of it until I was called to write his will he told me the story I wrote to you got the foregoing answer and have gotten his declaration made out for a pension with the intention of requesting you to inform me what

MORA MURDOCK 1828 JUNEWAY TERRACE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
May 12 - 1929.
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C..
Dear Sir:-
Your communication of April 27th advising me of the pension claim of Jacob Taylor was received with extreme gratitude and I am again begging of you another favor. Our family tradition claims that the heirs of Jacob Taylor received land warrant # 8343 for 200 acres of land. Is it possible to get the data on this land warrant? Jacob Taylor served in Va. companies until 1781, his boyhood home was near Winchester, Frederick Co.,

MORA MURDOCK 1828 JUNEWAY TERRACE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Va., and the next I know of him, he is in Sullivan Co. Tennessee as late as 1833, after which he moved to Dearborn Co. Ind where he died in 1841. I am trying to establish the fact that Isaac Taylor was an heir and what others, does the land entry contain those names and does it give location of the land? I know Isaac Taylors first child was born in Sullivan Co. in 1814. If your office has no data on this, might I ask you to advise me where to inquire?

I thank you kindly for your post-card
Very gratefully yours
Mora Murdock.

CORRESPONDENT: DAN'L H. FERRY, 204, 206 EQUITABLE BUILDING, BALTIMORE, MD.
CAPITAL COMMISSION CO., E. E. TAYLOR, Manager, No. 607 7th STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.
PRIVATE TELEGRAM.
190
NO. Jacob Taylor, Bowling Green N.J.
TIME
Jacob Taylor. 2nd Regt. Essex N.J. also left briggs his State Troops
Jacob Taylor. "a soldier of the Rev. War, who died in Hartland. Niagara Co. NY, Oct 16 1816 - age 71 years, Blessed are those who fought for the independence of the United States."
○ Mary Ann - wife of Jacob Taylor - died July 28 1802
Jacob's son Christopher was a col in War
CHIEF'S DESK Old War and Navy Division APR 10 1901
Letter to E.E. Taylor above
MLP
OPER SIG

Apr. 23-1904 E. E. Taylor - City
1929. Apr. 5. List to Mora Murdock accs. 1929. June 12. Mora Murdock accs. incl. for beauty fund. MMN 1934. Sept. 19. List to Mrs. Roseve C. O'Byrne accs.
10416 1/2 H. H. 144 1/2
P. O. Jacob Taylor Service: REJECTED Va
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension -
Re-enlisted: "Not on the rolls - no proof of service"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

MORA MURDOCK 1628 JUNEWAY TERRACE CHICAGO
August 13th 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Do you have a record of one Jacob Taylor, Rev. Soldier, pri- vate in a Virginia Co. wounded at battle of Corpreus, buried in Dearborn Co. Indiana or in Greens- burg Ind., Decatur Co., in 1850. also a land warrant # 8343 for 200 acres of land to heirs of Jacob Taylor.

MORA MURDOCK 1628 JUNEWAY TERRACE CHICAGO
Also a record of one o Aquilla Cross, Rev. Soldier, wounded at Corpeus, supposed from Virginia or Tennessee, buried Greenburg Indiana probably 1854. The place and date of death & last name is correct, I think perhaps the given name Aquilla is not. In the pension or land warrants records are the names of their children recorded? What is the charge for copying the record. I thank you Sincerely, Mora Murdock

MRS. ROSCOE C. O'BYRNE VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL N.S.D.A.R. BROOKVILLE, INDIANA
August 22, 1934
United States Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Section, Washington, D.C.
Sir;— I should like any information your department may have on Jacob Taylor , a Revolutionary War Soldier, who enlisted from Virginia. He died Nov. 12, 1848 and is buried in Franklin County, Indiana. Other than this I can secure no data about him or his family, nor can I locate any descendants here.
Yours truly,
Estella A. O'Byrne
Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne, Vice President General N.S.D.A.R. 912 Main Street, Brookville, Indiana.

Rev. 41812 Wars Section. MMHF
June 12, 1929.
Mora Murdock, 1628 Juneway Terrace, Chicago, Illinois.
Madam:
I advise you that for information relative to land that was granted by the State of Virginia, it is suggested that you apply to the Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
This bureau has no record of a claim made to the United States for bounty land, on account of the services of Jacob Taylor, R. 10416½, whose history was furnished you on April 5, 1929.
Respectfully,
Mr. Root of the Land Office said W.P. 8343 was not a U.S. Grant but va
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

April 5, 1929
Mora Murdock 1628 Juneway Terrace Chicago, Illinois
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10416 \frac{1}{2} , it appears that Jacob Taylor applied for pension May 21, 1833, at which time he was living in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and alleged that while residing in Frederick County, Virginia, he enlisted about 1777 and served as a private in Captain Steele's Company, Colonel Muhlenburg's Virginia Regiment, was transferred to Captain Merriwether's Company and served under Colonels Boyer, Morgan and Lee, was at the battles of Monmouth and Cowpens, was shot through the thigh and stabbed in the leg by a bayonet at the battle of Cowpens, was taken to the hospital, stayed there some months, after recovering enough to travel went on furlough to his father's in Frederick County, Virginia; afterwards he joined his company at Camden, South Carolina, and served a few months, was again furloughed on account of sickness, returned to his father's;

after which he was drafted and served three months in Captain Bell's Company, Colonel Wood's Regiment of Virginia Militia, marched to York, was at the surrender of Cornwallis and guarded prisoners to Winchester Barracks, and served until in December, 1781.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service.
It also appears in said claim that Jacob Taylor was born, November 12, 1758 or 1759, about five miles from Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.
He died, August 23, 1849, in Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
A daughter is referred to, her name is not given, and there are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Suspended
See letter to Hon. Rockhold Esq. Rockhold's Hous.
17 Feb 1835 let to Hon. J. V. R. H. in March 1835 Feb 1835 to some quarter 1835