Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42453, for George Taylor, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
RJ
Taylor, George
S. 42453
CONTENTS

11.688
R
New York
George Taylor
of New York — in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shelburne of the Rhode Island line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d of June 1819 and sent to Colonel Taylor Record of the city of New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819: 98 13 / 31 mos. $ 75. 35 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819. $ 48.
$123.35
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Collected and to be paid by the State of New York

Gov Taylor City of New York Sherburne R.D. 11,688
5 June 1814 CW

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of July — term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable  J. A. Day, Recorder of the City of New-York City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the Twenty Second day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, George Taylor aged Sixty four years, resident in the City of New York who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he enlisted in the Spring of the Year 1775 at Boston in Massachusetts, in Col John Chester Regiment in the Connecticut Line on the Continental establishment in Captain Return Meigs Company to serve for Nine Months and served out his full term faithfully and was Honorably Discharged at Roxbury in Massachusetts. That he again enlisted in the same Regiment under Capt Summer for One Year and served his full term faithfully and that he again enlisted in the Spring of the Year 1778 for Three Years, at Middletown in the State of Connecticut in a Regiment of Rhode Island and Connecticut Lines, commanded by Col Henry Sherban in Captain Abijah Savages company and finally was discharged near Morristown in New Jersey, he has a Wife aged 55 Years and Three Children under his protection viz Naomi aged 18 Years Euline aged 14 Years and Jane aged 10 Years and that he has no Trade or Occupation nor is he able to Work his fingers being drawn up with Rheumatism that he is in Indigent Circumstances requiring the aid of his Country or Private Charity
and that his original declaration is dated the Twenty third day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 11688.

AND I do solemnly swear , that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real Estate none of any description
Fixed Income - da - da
Personal Estate viz -
Beds Beddings & Wearing Apparel of myself Wife & Children,
  4 Tables $15.   4 Looking Glasses 4   24 Wooden Chairs 9   4 Candlesticks 2   1 Old Bureau 6   2 Trunks 2   2 pr Shovel & Tongs & 2 pr Andirons 8   Earthen & Glass Ware 10   Knives Forks & Spoons 10   Kitchen Tables 2   Pails Tubbs &c 4   1 Desk 3   2 Old Carpets very much worn 10   Pots Kettles Pans & Gridiron &c 10     $95 
Sworn in open Court this 22 d July 1820. Benj a Ferris Clk
George Taylor
[Large decorative flourish or signature]

I, Benjamin Ferris — Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Not exceeding two hundred Dollars —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Twenty Second day of July — 1820
Benj. Ferris Clerk

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Seventeenth day of July 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

George Taylor Soldier
Adm o St.

State of New-York, ss.
To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of George Taylor formerly a Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth.
THAT the said George Taylor enlisted a soldier sometime in the Spring of the year 1775 for the term of nine months in Captain Return J. Meigs in Col. Chesters Regiment from the State of Connecticut and actually served the full term and was honorably discharged which was in the Continental Establishment and again enlisted immediately for one year in Captain Sumners Company in the aforesaid Col. Chesters Regiment and served the term and was discharged and immediately enlisted again in Captain Abijah Savage Company in Col. Henry Sherburns Regiment from the State of Rhode Island for three years under the Continental Establishment and actually served to the end of my enlistment against the common enemy and was in the action at Long Island in 1776 and I was at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton the 25 Decr. 1776. and I was in an action at Rhode Island on the Retreat and was honorably discharged at Morristown in 1778 but I have lost my discharge I am now about 69 years of age
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said George Taylor is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said George Taylor conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said George Taylor refers to Isaac Kehler Esq. who was an Officer in the Connecticut Line in the Revolutionary war which is all the testimony of my services at present in my Power to Obtain
City and County of New-York, ss.
George Taylor of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this 23 rd day of May 1818, }
P. Rike
George Taylor
Recorded at the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
Isaac Kehler
of the City of New-York aforesaid being sworn, saith, that he was well acquainted with Retd. S. Higgs Col o Sumner and Captain Savage in the Revolutionary war and after conversing with the Claimant for a pension M c George Taylor I have no doubt but that he actually served as Before stated in the revolutionary war and do verily believe that he is justly intitled to a Pension from the Government —
Sworn before me this 23 rd day of May 1818 }
P. Rike
Isaac Kehler a Captain in the Revolutionary War 3 rd Connecticut Regiment

City and State of New-York, ss.
Twenty Third
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Piken Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid George Taylor
who being by me duly Sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and from the Testimony of Isaac Van Loan a respectable Citizen and well known by me
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said George Taylor did serve in the Army of the United States with Continental in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this Twenty Third day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
City & County of New York ss.
of the Town of Catskill Richard J. Dellebough of the City of New York Isaac Van Loan being duly sworn do generally depose and say that they are personally acquainted with George Taylor the person named in the above certificate and have been well acquainted with him for several years and they several know him to be in indigent circumstances and in great need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn Before me the twelfth day of May 1819 by Brewster
Richd J. Dellebough Isaac Van Loan Richard Piken Huber Ellis

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss. I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk
of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY.
That Peter A. Jay Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said affidavit was made and the said Certificate signed Recorder of the City of New York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court of the City of New York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature of P. A. Jay subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Peter A. Jay —————
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of May ————— 1819
B. Ferris Clerk

In the County of New York I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Richard J. Mills Esquire one of the Justices in Chancery of the State of New York & to whose deposition the fullest faith ought to be given and that by the deposition of the said Richard J. Mills & Reuben Ellis and Isaac Van Loon whom
I believe to be also very respectable persons I am fully satisfied that the within named George Taylor is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country - P. S. Taylor -
George Taylor Notary

42 453
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File No.
42, 453
George Taylor P. O. Box 100
Act:
18 th March 18 th 2
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]