Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,554, for David Taylor, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass
Taylor, David
S. 40,554
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16.954
Pennsylvania
David Taylor
of Great Bend, in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by colonel Read of the Maryland Mtn. ne, for the term of 1 year -
enrolled on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of May 1820 and sent to J. Denison Esq. Montrose - Pa.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 101.83 Semi-annual pay ending 4 Sept: 1820 40.00
22 Mo. \frac{10}{30} \frac{4}{31} $229.83
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued Suzanne's account 6.25
W C li = Wife sent to Charles Easton Esq. 1790-1800
James Hamilton
Pa.

David Taylor
16.955
Sept 1870
Nov Entered

District of Pennsylvania S.
On this fifth day of December 1820 personally appeared in open Court, viz. the Court of Common Pleas held at Montrose in the County of Susquehanna, State of Pennsylvania before the Hon. Davis Dimock & William Thomson judges thereof. David Taylor aged sixty seven years, residing in the Township of Break-Bend in the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz. That he enlisted in April 1775 at Roxbury near Boston (Mass.) to serve until the end of the same year in Capt. Warham Parks company in Col. Gardens regiment in the line of Massachusetts served the time and re-enlisted again in the same year for the year 1776 at Roxbury aforesaid, in Capt. Joseph Scagavan Company, in the regiment of Col. Joseph Read in the line of Massachusetts, served the time out, but was not present when the regiment was discharged on account of sickness. That he was in the battle of Bunker-hill in East Chester on front guard. That he has received a pension certificate but cannot tell the number, or the date of his declaration, as his pocket-book was recently stolen with his certificate in it with other papers. — The department will be able from the record to ascertain the number.
That I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 15 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby or to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 15 th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me otherwise than is set forth in the schedule hereto annexed & that I have no income other than is contained in the said schedule & by me subscribed.

Assets.
  Real Estate - valued at $ 800.00   Personal property -   1 old Mare valued at 20.00   1 Colt " " " " 25.00   2 Steers " " " " 22.00   2 Stags " " " " 29.00   4 Calves " " " " 12.00   2 Cows " " " " 24.00   2 Yearlings " " " " 14.75   1 old Cart & Wagon " " " 12.00   1 old Sable " " " 2.00   1 Plough " " " 5.00   8 harrow teeth, six chains " " 4.50   1 Chain disk beh. " " " 14.00   10 Sheep " " " " 10.00   1 Set of harness not paid for. $ 991.25 
Debts due to me small & uncertain - Debts I owe large & certain.
Occupation -
I am a farmer - I am bankrupt on both sides & have worn trousers above twenty years - I am of course unable to labour much. I have living with me only my wife Mary aged sixty seven years, she is feeble & can do but little towards our support.
Signed David Taylor

Sworn to & declared in open Court, on the fourth day of December 1826. before me Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said Susquehanna County.
I Jabez Hyde Jr Clerk of the said Court do certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of said Court; & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total value of the property contained in the aforesaid schedule is $994.25. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court on this fifth day of Dec r in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
For Jabez Hyde Jr.
Clerk of the Court for the County of Susquehanna Balth. DeHaert

District of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County. Is
On this Thirtieth day of April 1818— before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges for the said county personally appears David Taylor — aged Sixty five years resident in Great Bend Township — in the said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entit- led An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war That the said David Taylor enlisted on the first day of Jan y 1776 in the State of Massachusetts for one year in the company commanded by Captain Joseph C. Graves — of the Reg t Commanded by Col Joseph Read of the Massachusetts line
That he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States his term out except a few days he was sick when the others was discharged from service and got no discharge State of That he was in the Battle of Fort Chester in the State of New York where Col Shepherd was wounded in the thro at
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year affixed aforesaid
Darius Dimes
Darius Dimes Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said David Taylor did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the pre- ceding declaration against the common enemy and I now tran- smit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of war pursuant to the direction

the of the above mentioned act of Congress -
And I do also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his friends for his support -
Davis Dismuke
April 13 th 1818 -
Pennsylvania Fayette County ss
I Jacob Nyle Jr. Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid Do certify that Davis Dismuke Esquire is and was at the time of taking the within certificate one of the Associate Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that his signature is of his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court at Union the twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1819 Jacob Nyle Jr. Prothonotary
David Dismuke
David Dismuke Esq. Corr.
Col. Read's
Mss. the Reg.
1776 - 1781
13 April 1818
The copy is a true copy of the original
Jacob Nyle Jr. Prothonotary

MMVH
seven years, her maiden name and date of marriage not stated, and there is no further data on file as to family. Honorable L. T. McFadden House of Representatives Very truly yours,
August 11, 1926 was in 1780 at the battle of Frog's Point 1776
My dear Mr. McFadden:
In response to your letter of the 7th instant, with the enclosed copy of the letter of Mrs. Valentine Soop of Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40554 it appears that David Taylor enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts in April 1775 and served to the end of same year as a private in Captain Warham Parke's Company, Colonel Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment, then immediate- ly enlisted and served one year as corporal in Captain Seagraves' Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the battle of Frog's Point at East Ches- ter.
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818 while a resident of Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania aged sixty-five years.
In 1830 he referred to his wife Marcia aged sixty-
Marcy
Rel. above - I thought it was my second day - but put this magazine in it is clear page 4 read "A. Read" 65 the Rev.
This was General as in earlier - on this Co- very late - yet at same time -

June 23 rd 1904.
RETURN THIS LETTER.
Dear Sir, J. H. Aare. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.,
I wish to thank you for your information of June 20 th . I have been looking for the record of David Taylor for two years. Will you be so kind

as to look over the pension paper and see if his wife or children are mentioned and send me the names? Thanking you in advance
I am Yours very truly Mrs. James H. Taylor. 1525 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Indiana.

Record & Pension Office, Washington D. C.
Will you please send me a copy of David Taylor's pension papers?
His name is on the Revolutionary pension roll of Susquehanna County Pennsylvania. Pages 119 - May 16, 1820 - April 13, 1818.
Kindly state what will be the expense for the copy.

Yours very truly, Mrs. James K. Taylor, 1525 N. Penna. St., Indianapolis Indiana.
May 31 st 1904

JIW
June 20, 1904.
Inv. 40554-Rev. War.
Madam:
In reply to your inquiry you are advised that David Taylor, aged sixty-five years, residing at Great Bend, Pa., applied for pension April 13, 1818, stating that he served one year as a corporal under Captain Joseph C. Graves and Colonel Joseph Read, in the Massachusetts Line, and was in the battle of East Chester. Residence at date of enlistment, not stated. His claim was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. James H. Taylor,
1525 N. Pennsylvania St.,
Indianapolis, Ind.

I.S.C. Ex'r.
I. 40554. Revolutionary War.
July 25, 1904.
Madam:-
In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that in his application dated December 5, 1880, David Taylor stated that only his wife Mary, aged 76 years, resided with him in Great Bend Township, Susquehanna Co., Pa. No mention is made of any children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. James H. Taylor, 1525 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS
  LOUIS T. McFADDEN, PA., CHAIRMAN  OTIS WINGO, ARK.    EDWARD J. KING, ILL.  HENRY S. STEADALL, ALA.    JAMES G. STRONG, KANS.  CHARLES H. BRAND, GA.    ROBERT LUCE, MASS.  W. F. STEVENSON, S. C.    CLARENCE MACGREGOR, N. Y.  EUGENE BLACK, TEX.    E. HART PENN, CONN.  T. ALAN GOLDSBOROUGH, MD.    GUY E. CAMPBELL, PA.  ANNING S. PRALL, N. Y.    ELMER G. LEATHERWOOD, UTAH  HARRY G. CANFIELD, IND.    CARROLL L. BEEDY, ME.     WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, S. DAK.     JOSEPH L. HOOPER, MICH.     JOHN G. ALLEN, ILL.     GODFREY G. GOODWIN, MINN.   
PHILIP G. THOMPSON, CLERK
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
WASHINGTON
August 7, 1926.
Honorable Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Commissioner Scott:
Enclosed is copy of a letter which I have received from Mrs. Valentine Soop, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, one of my constituents, in which she requests record of one of her ancestors who evidently fought in the Revolutionary War. I shall be pleased to hear from you at your early convenience in answer to her questions.
Very truly yours,
h Enclosure
L. T. McFadden

Mrs. Valentine Soop, Lanesboro, Pa.
August 3, 1926.
L. T. McFadden,
Dear Sir:
Would you help me to get the war record of one David Taylor who fought as a private in Massachusetts Continental line? Also his pension record? He was placed on pension May 16, 1820. His wife's name was Mercy but I havent her maiden name would it be given on either record? Also I need their marriage date.
Thanking you in advance
Mrs. Valentine Soop, Lanesboro, Pa.

Ino. 40554-Rev. War,
David Taylor. Applied for pension Apr- 13, 1818. Served one year as a corporal under Captain Joseph B. Graves and Colonel
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
PLEASE GIVE NUMBER OF CLAIM, AND SOLDIER'S NAME, COMPANY, REGIMENT AND STATE FROM WHICH ENLISTED.
O. S. Ware
COMMISSIONER.
Joseph Read, in the Massachusetts Line, and was in the Battle of East Chester.
Residence Great Bend, Pa.,

David Taylor's name is on the Rev. pension roll of Duquesne County Pa.
Page 119- May 16, 1820-
April 13, 1818.

Samuel Woodcock of Litchfield Town & County & State of Connecticut testifies as follows (223) That in the Campaign of one thousand seven hundred & sixty five, I was acquainted with David Taylor, (who now as I am informed resides in the Township of Great Bend, County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania) D r Taylor in D r campaign was a Corporal in Capt. Joseph C. G. Jones Company & Col. Joseph Reed Reg. t of Massachusetts Troops, according to my best recollection I was privy to his serving in D r capacity, nearly if not quite the whole of D r Campaign, that the troops comprising D r Reg. t were enlisted to serve one year, & I know of none of D r Reg. t who were enlisted for any shorter term - I was at that time an enlisted Soldier in D r Reg. t in Capt. Moses Hapgood's Company Samuel Woodcock
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Oct 25 th 1819
Personally appeared Samuel Woodcock the signer of the foregoing Deposition & made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me John Welch Justice of Peace for the County of Litchfield
This certifies that I have been acquainted with the above named Samuel Woodcock for many years past, & believe his character for truth & veracity to be good
certified by me John Welch

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Hampden & State of Connecticut certify that John Welch, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County & also a Judge of said Court, legally com-
-missioned & qualified, that his name subscribed to the preceding instruments is his hand writing, & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court. - Oct r 26 th A. D. 1819.
Frederick Wolcott.

Susquehanna County ss. State of Pennsylvania, Personally appears before me David Dimock one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Hosea Tiffany Esq., who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn Oath de- clare and say that he is well acquainted with David Taylor, who has applied for the privilege of the law made by the late act of Congress granting pensions to certain persons engaged in the revolutionary war, and that he knew the said David Taylor as a corporal in the in the service of the United States in the year A.D. 1776. in Captain Seagraves company, Colonel Joseph Reed's regiment, in the Pennsylvania Jerrys line, in the one year ser- vice and that he verily believes he served during the campaign throughout, and further the deponent saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed before me This 31 st day of August A.D. 1819.
Hosea Tiffany
David Dimock
I do also certify that the deponent Hosea Tiffany is a credible witness to my own knowledge. (David Dimock)
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania 1. 1819 Fayette County ss I, Isaac Hyde Jr Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that David Dimock Esquire is and was at the time of taking the within Deposition in the of the said Court the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such and that his signature is of his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Union the twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1819 Isaac Hyde Jr Proth
Hand of Isaac Hyde Jr affix to Isaac Hyde Jr
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[Faint handwritten mark or signature]

40 5 54
Recd INVALID.
File No. 40 5 54
David Taylor
Pa Pa Pa
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 500
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 20 1904 Hist to Mrs. Jas. H. Taylor Snick's Book
July 25, 1904 - as above.
1926-Aug. 11 Hist. To Hon. I. T. Mc- Fadden for Mrs. Valentine Resp. M.M.W.F.