Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10411, for James Taylor, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Taylor, James Dorothy
NUMBER
R 10411
CONTENTS

A Form of Prayer for the Twenty fifth of October.
doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
The Gospel. S. Matth. xxii. 16.
AND they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and to God the things that are God's. When they heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
After the Nicene Creed, shall follow the Sermon.
In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read:
LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. S. Matth. v. 16.
After the Prayer [For the whole State of Christ's Church] shall be read:
A Prayer for Unity.
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace. Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are by our unhappy divisions:
Take away all hatred and discord, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord; That as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling; one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all; so we may henceforth be all of one Heart and of one soul, united in one holy Bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity; and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly Quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ALMIGHTY God, the Fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things which for our unworthiness we have not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.
F I N I S.

Joseph Jaylon The son of James and Dorothy Jaylon was Born in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the 15
1797
John Jaylon was Born January the 11 Day 1798

The son and Daught- er of James & Dorothy Taylor Joseph H. Taylor
Was Born June the 15 1891 William Taylor was Born June 27 1898
John Taylor was Born January the 11 1896
Daniel D Taylor was Born December the 11 1898

Elizabeth Taylor Was Born at 11/11
James K. Taylor was Born Feb 7 11 1804
Hester K. Taylor was Born July 29 1807
Thomas H. Taylor Was Born March 5 1810

Anthony Miller his Book
James Taylor partner
of Dorothy Taylor Departed this life August 22 nd 1875 Aged 56.

Abner H. Taylor
was Born March the 19 1813
Anthony H. Taylor was Born Nov er 6 th 1815
James Taylor Departed this life August 22 nd 1815

James Taylor is entitled to the proportion of Land allowed a private of the Continental Line, for the war Council Chamber Sam d Coleman Oct r 26 th 1793 } Henry Lee. Warrant No. 4632 for 200 acrs issued to James Taylor The 26 th Oct r 1793.
Va L. Office, Richmond, Nov 10. 1833.
I certify that the foregoing is a copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office. Teste, S. H. Parker, Reg. L. Office
Address. Elisha Smith Salem, N.C.

34 So evi- ward the heaven the glorious Lord be he that hath kept his own place
35 He hanged Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus day.
37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone, and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste; even so, speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
The End of the Apocrypha.
Joseph Jaxon was Born in the years of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and June 15th 1792 his Book
E D I N B U R G H:
Printed by ALEXANDER KINCAID His Majesty's Printer.
M D C C L X I I.
DANIEL MILLER BORN 25 SEP JOHN PEIL 15 MILLER BORN 6 MARCH 1769
DOHERY BORN 9 AUGU 1773

William Pumble Born February 1872 William Pumble Born October 12 1865 William Pumble Born February the 2 1872 } son James Born November 18th 1876 John Taylor was born 4 15th of January 1896
JOHN BRITTON MILLER JOHN MILLER JOHN H. MARK
Taylor, James Va. B19411

Dorothy Taylor
Two Miles in By Sam H. Taylor 88

Know men by these presents that I Edward H Moore of Stokes County North Carolina and the administration of Dorothy Taylor widow of James Taylor a Revolutionary soldier now deceased do hereby constitute and appoint them Mr Hughes of Stokes County and Dr Elisha Smith of Rowan County State of North Carolina my true and lawful attorneys for me & in my name to examine into and prosecute any claim that may be due or found to be due the legal Representative of Dorothy Taylor in virtue of the said James Taylor's services in the Revolutionary war and the several acts of Congress in relation thereto, and that might have accrued to either of the said parties and not drawn during their life time true time, and now due their legal Representative - Hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorneys may do or cause to be legally done, or either of them as the case may be, either in person or by substitution, and hereby revoking all authority heretofore given by Dorothy Taylor or any of her heirs to any person or persons in the premises. This 4 th day of July 1853
Witness P. H. Bauman
E. H. Moore
Adm t of Dorothy Taylor
State of North Carolina } On this 4 th day of July 1853 personally appeared before me Edward H Moore and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Edward H Moore and that he is the person now present and who executed the foregoing power of attorney L. E. Moore J.P.

State of North Carolina County of Stokes
I John Hill clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County of Stokes, do hereby certify that Gideon O'More when he subscribed to the foregoing acknowledgement was at the time of signing the same a duly qual- ified commissioner and acting Justice of the peace within and for our said County of Stokes and that the registration purporting like his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office at Danbury this 4 th day of July A.D. 1853
John Hill By Saml H. Taylor D.L.
Dorothy Taylor

7115
W. Taylor
Act of July 1838.
B. - J. H. Hill of B. H. D.

State of North Carolina } ss. Be it known Rockingham County } that on the 29 th day of January 1840 personally appeared Elizabeth Miller before me Reuben Reid one of the acting Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid. Said Elizabeth Miller is about the age of sixty five years, and she being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith on her oath that her sister Dorothy Miller now Dorothy Taylor was married in her presence at the house of John Miller in the County of Henrico, State of Virgin- ia about the year 1790 or 1791 to James Taylor who was said to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, by the Reverend John Courtney, who was a Baptist minister about the year 1790 or 1791, and that they the said James Taylor and his wife Dorothy lived together as man and wife till the day of his death which happened about or the 22 d of August 1815; and that the said Dorothy Taylor is now his living widow and claiming the benefit of the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838; and that they had the ten children men- ed in her declaration; she further declares that James Taylor (whose widow is now claiming the benefit of the pension law) was said to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but does not know the latter fact within her own knowledge. Sworn and subscribed the 29 th January 1840, before me.
J. K. Dredge
Elizabeth her Miller mark

State of North Carolina } From a personal Rockingham County } acquaintance with Elizabeth Miller for thirty years, I am enabled to say that she has uniform- ly sustained a good character and that any statement by her made is entitled to full faith and credit. January the 29 1840
R. Bridg

Sturminster Newton Buckingham County
I Joseph Holdersby clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarts Sessions for said County certify that Reuben
Reid an Iron M r Robinson James Rawley I Reed Joel Fagg Robert Walker
are all acting Justices of the peace for said County and that their signatures to these papers are Genuine and that full faith and credit ought to be given to their acts done in open Court in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office and subscribed my name. This 26 th day of May 1840
J. Holdersby C.B.

State of North Carolina } ss      On the 26 th day of May 1840 Rockingham County } Personally appeared Dorothy Taylor before the Justices of the County Court of Rockingham County  North Carolina in open court a President of said County and state      Vazir Betty six years the month of August 1839 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath Make the Following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 Entitled an act granting half- pay and Pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of James Taylor Who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and swears that she thinks he served three years and nine months as an enlisted man or soldier in said War. for she thinks she knows so say But does not know what grade held in the army nor does she know precisely whether he was in the State or Continental line or militia for she further declares that she was not acquainted with James Taylor till after the war closed But recollects to have heard him say that he was in the engagement with the British at Charleston South Carolina nor does she remember the officer's name under whom he served But has heard him say that he was in the Army at about the age of sixteen or seventeen years and that when he enlisted he enlisted for during the war And Further she swears that she heard him tell how the Americans were surrounded in James River - on which she requests for further particulars about the services of James Taylor my deceased husband she begs leave to refer The Honorable Secretary of War to Proof hereto annexed And that she has no Documentary evidence of his services But believes that he served some time before he enlisted as a substitute for some man or men and she further declares that she was married to the said James Taylor on the 6 th of February at the town of Richmond as the date of the year not recollects But remembers that it was about sixteen months before the birth of my first child which happened the 15 th June 1791 according to our Family Register And Mrs James Taylor and Dorothy Taylor had the ten children born of my body herein named to wit Joseph A Taylor Born June the 15 th 1791 living in Illinois William Taylor Born June the 27 th 1794 dead John D Taylor Born January 11 th 1796 living in Rockingham  Mc Daniel O Taylor Born December 11 th 1798 living in Rockingham  Mc Elizabeth Taylor Born October the 11 th 1800 Dead James H Taylor Born 11 th February 1804 living - - in State of North Carolina .

Jerles Ann Taylor Born July 20 th 1807 living in Tennessee Thomas M Taylor Born March the 5 th 1810 living in Stokes NC Martha A Taylor Born March 19 th 1813 living in Rockingham NC Anthony M Taylor Born November 1 st 1815 living in Stokes NC And Further knoweth that her husband James Taylor died on the 23 rd of August 1815 in the 56 year of his age And that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service But the marriage took place Previous to the first day of January 1794 As well on the 6 th of February 1790 according to my first stated age But for her age I should not have recollected the date of the year And that she is now his living widow and has never been married to any Person Except the above named James Taylor deceased and we were married by a Baptist Minister named Eastney when living in Rockingham or near there and that she is still his living widow receiving the benefit of the act of 1842 passed July 7 - 1848 and that her husband James Taylor departed this life Rockingham County NC and that we lived together as man and wife from the date of our marriage till the day of his death as it respects the Family Record appended to this declaration The large leaf taken from a large Bible was taken out of my Father's family Bible and kept as the Record of his Family in which my own age is recorded and has been in my possession for a number of years as such. The small leaf taken from a prayer book is the true family Record of my husband James Taylor Family as it respects two of his children ages written with his own hand kept for a long time as a Record of their age the other two small leaves were taken out of a book kept in our Family as a Record of our children's ages written by one of my children These books and papers have all been kept in our possession for a number of years as our Family Record and I swear that I am satisfied of their correctness and that the said Dorothy Taylor does truly belong to every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity except the present one and declare that her name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn and submitted as of bound the acts above before me
Sworn & subscribed before me the 20 th May 1848. J. Holden
Dorothy Taylor mark

Wareham - 3 rd And the said Court do hereby declare their Rockingham County } opinion after investigation of the matter and having the proof of the marriage of the above named
Applicant No. James Taylor now Dead and viewing the Family Record of said deceased together with the proof of said James Taylor deceased on the 22 nd of August 1815 - and it is believed that the above named James Taylor was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - and that Dorothy Taylor is his widow and that she is of the age that she states and that they had the children born of her body named in the declaration and further that she and the witnesses whose affidavits are taken are all credible witnesses and their statement is entitled to credit given under our hands the 26 th day of May 1840
J. Reed J.P. Jos. Hays J.P. A. Walther J.P.
As there never was a record of the family of James Taylor kept in any Bible the record appended to this declaration is the original

North Carolina Rockingham County
55
Be it known that before me Aaron P. Robertson an Acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter for Rockingham County aforesaid Personally appeared John Taylor aged Sixty Six or Sixty Seven years in person in this present year and made oath in due form of Law that he is the Brother of James Taylor deceased whose Widow Dorothy Taylor is claiming the Benefits of the Act of Congress passed July 16 7. 1838 and maketh oath that her Brother James Taylor was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served for some time as a substitute for some other Person When that time was out he enlisted for during the war and further swears that he thinks that his Brother James Taylor was in the war for the space of six or seven years without returning home and that he heard his Brother James Taylor state at divers times after his return home which was after the war closed that he James Taylor was in the Battle of the Cowpens in South Carolina and at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and at the Battle of Cornwallis at Little York and that he heard him say that the soldiers were surprised at Little York when they received word that Cornwallis was there and that he heard him say that he at some time was under the command of General Wayne and at one time he said that they got into an engagement with the Indians in South Carolina. When General Wayne was the commander this engagement was by night some lives were lost on that occasion and further swears that James Taylor was born in Fairfax County Virginia and went from that County as a soldier and when he returned from the war he came back to Fairfax County to the settlement where he left not knowing that his Mother had moved and he further recollects that when his Mother heard of his return that she sent a Mr. George Mason after him to bring him to her house to which she had moved since he James Taylor had gone in the service and he further states that he thinks his Brother James Taylor was about sixteen years old when he enlisted and thinks he was twenty two or three years old when

he returned home and he further states on oath that his Brother James Taylor after his return from the war went to Alexandria and sold some paper or papers to some person there for the value of Ten dollars But does not know precisely what they were But thinks that it was some paper for soldiers land or Bounty claim for he recalled that he heard his Brother James Taylor states that his land was not worth anything to him as they would have to drive the Indians from it before it could be got and complained of the Government because he could not get it without trouble As to respect the marriage of my Brother James Taylor to Dorothy Miller now Taylor He says that he knows nothing about it of his own knowledge for his John Taylor was in Fairfax at the time of the marriage as he believes and the marriage took place at Richmond in Virginia But his John Taylor became acquainted with James Taylor's wife some time after they were married and frequently saw them both together at her father's house and they passed for man and wife and were recognized as such in Richmond by her friends and they lived together as man and wife till the day of his death which happened in Rockingham County Virginia in the year 1815 and they had the above children named in her declaration sworn and subscribed before me.
JB and that Dorothy Taylor is the widow (now living) of the above named James Taylor and having the benefit of the act of 60/38 passed July 7-1838 And the said John Taylor wishes to correct the statement made above where it is here stated here that he saw his Brother James Taylor with his wife Dorothy at her father's house this was an error in the writer But he swears that he frequently saw them both together in the presence of (her Dorothy Miller) father and friends and that James Taylor his Brother and the said Dorothy were recognized as man and wife in the town town of Richmond Va and that he remained acquainted with them both till the day of his James Taylor's decease which happened in

Rockingham County N. Carolina in the year 1815- And that she has remained his widow ever since that time till the present and that she is now living in Rockingham County N. Carolina - Sworn and subscribed to before me John Taylor February 15 th 1840 Aaron P. Robertson J.P.
Magdalena } I hereby certify that I have Rockingham County } known Mr John Taylor of the County and State afore said for several years and know of nothing to my knowledge but that his oath should be be entitled to credit
Magdalena } I hereby certify that I have known Rockingham County } Mr John Taylor of this county and state for several years and know nothing to my knowledge But that his oath is Entitled to full credit and faith A. P. Robertson J.P. February 15 th 1840
Magdalena } I hereby certify that I have known Mr John Rockingham County } Taylor who swore to the above affidavit for more than Twenty years past last and can say that he has uniformly sustained a good character and his oath is entitled to full faith and credit. February 15 th 1840 James Rawles J.P.

Eliza Smith Sept. 22, 1833

Pension Office Septm. 22, 1829
Sir,
The additional evidence in the case of Dorothy Taylor, widow of James of N.C. has been received & filed.
There being no necessary connection between claimants husband and the certificate of service from the Auditor of Va. the evidence is not sufficient to establish the service alleged. As James Taylor in the continental line of Virginia, received his bounty land in 1828 , and claimant says her husband died in 1815. Now it will be required that the claimant shows that the certificate filed applies to her husband's services, and not to the other James Taylor. Identification is necessary.
Elisha Smith Salem N.C.

June 17, 1840. O.K.

249 Pension Office June 17/1840
Sir
In reply to a letter which I addressed to the Auditor at Richmond on the subject of the services of James Taylor du o . I am informed that there were no less than nine persons of that name in the State (on continental line of the State of Va)
It becomes important therefore for Mrs. Dorothy Taylor the widow, that the services of the deceased should be clearly specified, and that she must satisfactory proof of that she should prove that she is the widow of the same person essentially should be produced by Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, the widow of said Taylor du o . Her papers are placed upon my file, I have the honor
Yours In Trust &c A.R.
O.C. July 7/1838 7115

June 13. 1840. O. L.

Pension Office June 12 1840
209
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs Dorothy Taylor, widow of James Taylor deceased, and have placed her paper upon our files.
It will be important in the investigation of this claim, that the Department be informed whether the said James Taylor deceased, during his lifetime, received land from the State of Virginia, and if so, whether his heirs have received it since his death.
I have the honor,
Dear Sir, I have the honor to be Your obedt Servt H. R.
July 7 1838 7115

House of Reps June 11 th 1840.
Sir,
I enclose you the declaration of Mrs Taylor for a pension.
You will please examine and report the result to me
Yours Respectfully &c
M c Hill of N.C.
Col A. L. Edwards
Commissioner of pensions

Paper on File which see re

Washington D.C. July 30/85 B
Judge Waldo Comm Pensions Sir
I herewith Enclose you the Certificate from the Auditor of Va relation to the Rev. Levias of James Taylor the husband of Dorothy Taylor who applied under act of 1838 for a Rev Pension - Please file with Papers in the case & oblige
Yours &c
L. B. True Attys Agent in this case

Elisha Smith Nov. 30/53.

436 Pension Office
Nov 30. 1853
Sir
The additional proof in support of the claim of Dorothy Taylor, deceased, widow of James, of N.C., under the act of July 7, 1838 has been examined.
Your suggestion that the claimant's husband was a war's man, does not appear to be sustained by the "testimony on file", to which you refer. The testimony does not even show, nor indicate, that he served in the Continental Line. The only specified service is that of substitute, and waiter, which was, doubtless, in the militia. At the age he was when he entered the service, this would follow. The only reliable description of his service is contained in the deposition of Wm Carrico, Jr., who states that when he entered the service he was "too young to bear arms" and "waited on the officers till able to bear arms". He says he continued in the war several years until its close, but cannot tell under what officers he served. This loose expression of being in service "several years," as well as the phrase "till the war

437 ended" are not regarded as a sufficiently definite description of service to warrant the assumption of any certain duration of service, as you will perceive by reference to the printed instructions under the several pension laws, and observation has confirmed the conclusion that aged witnesses often use these phrases where the service actually rendered was trifling in duration. Whether the service as waiter was under enlistment, does not appear. Canico expressly states that he does not think claimant's husband ever received bounty land, and there is no adequate proof that he did. There is no means of identifying his service; for, as the names of his regimental and company officers are not given, and it does not even appear clearly that he served in the line, and even if he did, as several of the same name served, it would be impossible to distinguish upon the rolls whether any particular service was rendered by him or by another of the same name.
Elisha Smith Esq Salern N.C.

Eliza Smith Sept. 9, 1823

194 Pension Office Sept. 7, 1873
Sir,
The power of attorney and evidence of administration in the case of Dorothy Taylor of N. C. have been rec d & filed.
Whenever you file material additional testimony in the case it will be re-examined & reported to you. The reason why the claim has not been allowed, is the want of proof of service.
Elisha Smith Salun N.C.

Washington City D.C. July 13 th 1853
Sir,
Enclosed you will find a power of attorney in my favour, by executed by the administrator on the estate of Dorothy Taylor, widow of James. Also, you will find, his Letters of administration dually duly authenticated. I want the lease book at, and if it can't pass, I want to know all the reasons why. Let me hear from you soon.
I am Sir Respectfully your Elisha Smith, Atty. Elisha Smith Salem N.C.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Setters
13 June 1920
Inq about Land
17 June 40
9 persons - Identity
26 July 41
Service & Identity not shown
Mrs Taylor two openings
9 Sep 53
no addl. ev. for proof
Service Deficient.
22 Sept 53
Identity not shown
VC

1906 Jan 31 - History To Hon Wm J. Pension cancelled.
104411
P. O. _____
Dorothy Taylor
Service: James
RECEIVED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

To J. S. Edwards Esq.
B-Lin
I enclose a letter from the C. Clk of the General Land Office - I hope his answer may aid in making out the testimony necessary to secure a pension to Mrs Eleanor Taylor widow of James Taylor - Let me know that the case will be re-exam- ined & the result communicated as soon as convenient
Yr Ob. Servt. J. H. Shepherd

Penna Office July 26 1821
145
Sir
In reply to your inquiry respecting the claim of Mrs Dorothy Taylor I have the honor to inform you that sufficient proof has not been furnished to establish the same. The identity of her late husband, James Taylor deceased. The fact must be clearly established that her late husband was within the Statute of a Continental line of descent by competent witnesses or by documentary evidence. Mr Taylor a brother as a witness is not a competent witness. He was too young at the period alluded to in his affidavit to have any correct information as to the alleged facts. He has set forth that Mr Taylor's husband received Pounds land? as or what time as which amount? I have the honor
Hon A. H. Sheppard H. R. Rep
July 7 1838 7111

How to N.H. Sheppard Aug 2 41 OC

Connem Officer Aug 3. 1841
41.
But return herewith the letter of W Gordon of the Bounty Land Office in relation to the Bounty land granted to James Taylor as a reply have the honor to inform you that the only objection to the admission of the claim of Dorothy Taylor the widow of James Taylor is the want of satisfactory proof of his identity. The J. Taylor above alluded to in the year 1815. The J. Taylor above alluded to was living in 1828. There were nine persons in the V. line named James Taylor; two in the State and some in the continental line; and five of them rec d . bounty land. The question is, was any one of these the husband of the present claimants? The proof that such was the fact is not conclusive. I have the honor
For A. H. Sheppard H. Res
July 7 1835. 7115

Dorothy Taylor - Will of - Jas Taylor decd. Claim filed for Rev. Pension under Act 1836 or 1838 Power of Att. to - Examining Papers in favor of S. B. True
Mr. Col. ... June 15/52 Presented by S. B. True June 3 - /52

I know all men by these presents that I James Taylor of the County of Stokes and State of North Carolina, and one of the Children and legal Rep- -resentatives of James Taylor a Revolutionary Sol- -dier, and Dorothy Taylor her wife who is now de- -ceased, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appo- -int S r . Blair Richard Tree of Washington City my true and Lawfull attorney for me and in my name to examine into and present any claim that may be due or found to be due the children and Legal Representatives of James Taylor in virtue of said James Taylors services in the Revolutionary war and the several acts of Congress relative thereto & that might have accrued to either of the said parties and not drawn during their lifetime and now due their Legal Representatives. —
I hereby authorize my said agent or attorney to do all things that I might or could do. If personally present, and I hereby ratify & confirm all my said agent or attorney shall do, or can to be legally done in the premises. I revoking all other authority I may have given to any other person in the premises whatsoever. Witness my hand & seal this 15 th day of April 1832
Witness
J. G. Covington
his James Taylor Seal Mark
State of North Carolina } On this 15 th day of April Stokes County } 1832 personally appeared be- fore me James Taylor and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said James Taylor and that he is the person now present and who ex- ecuted the foregoing power of Attorney
J. M. Covington

State of North Carolina } County of Stokes }
I John Hill clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Stokes do hereby certify that I McLaughlin whose name appears as a witness to the foregoing power of attorney, is a duly commissioned qualified, and acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Stokes, and that the foregoing signature purporting to her, is genuine. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name This 20 th day of May 1852 M c Hill. c.c.c.

State of North Carolina
County of Stokes
Be it known that on this 15 th day of April 1852 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared James Taylor a resident of said County and made oath according to law that he is the son of Mary Taylor widow of James Taylor who was a Revolutionary Soldier. That her mother Dorothy Taylor applied in her life time for a pension by filing the necessary papers as he is informed and believes. and also it is supposed would have been entitled to a pension. That he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension, her father and mother both being dead, and he makes this affidavit to be filed with such papers or additional evidence as my agent may use in presenting said claim
his James Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above in writing J. McCorrington J.P.
I James McCorrington Justice of the peace in and for the County of Stokes, do hereby certify that James Taylor who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable citizen of said County and is as I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth -
J. McCorrington J.P.

State of North Carolina } County of Stokes }
I John Hill clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the said county of Stokes do hereby certify that J McLaughlin whose name appears as a witness to the foregoing affidavit & certificate is a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting justice of the peace in and for the said county of Stokes and that the foregoing signatures purporting to her are genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 20th day of May 1832 J. Hill. c.c.c.
James M. [unclear] Clerk

State of North-Carolina, ) Hokes COUNTY. }
Know all Men by these Presents, That we Edward H. Moore Wilson Futton and Don F. Dalton
are held and firmly bound unto the State of North-Carolina, in the sum of Two Hundred — dollars, current money, to be paid to the said State; to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this the 15 th — day of June Anno Domini 1853.
THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, That if the above bounden Edward H. Moore
administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Dorothy Taylor deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, knowledge, or possession of the said Edward H. Moore or into the hands or possession of any person or persons for him; and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited into Hokes County Court, within the time prescribed by law, after the date of these presents: And the same goods, chattels and credits, and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased, at the time of his death, or which at any time hereafter shall come into the hands or possession of the said Edward H. Moore or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, do well and truly administer according to law; and further do make, or cause to be made, a true and just account of his said administration, agreeably to law, after the date of these presents: and all the rest and residue of said goods, chattels and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said administration account, (the same being first allowed by the Governor and Council, Superior or County Court) shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons, respectively, as the same shall become due, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act in that case made and provided. And if it shall appear that any will or testament was made by the deceased, and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same in court, making request to have it allowed and approved of accordingly, if the said Edward H. Moore above bounden being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters on administration, (approbation of such testament being first had and made in the said court) then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED, IN THE PRESENCE OF
A. J. Sherman
Ed H. Moore (seal) Wilson Futton (seal) D. F. Dalton (seal)

State of North Carolina } June Term AD 1853. Stokes County }
Be it remembered That heretofore to wit: at a Court of Pleas and quarter sessions begun and held in and for the County of Stokes and State of North Carolina at the Court-House in Danbury on the second Monday in June 1853.
Present on the Bench
Wm A. Lash J. M. Covington } Esquires J. J. Martin }
Edward H. Moore administrator of Dorothy Taylor filed a bond in the sum of Two Hundred dollars of which the annexed is a True Copy. and qualified accordingly.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at office in Danbury this the 4th day of July AD 1853.
Ind. Kilb. att. By Saml H. Taylor D.L.

Power of attorney to examine Pension papers.
Dorothy Taylor North Carolina
act 7 July 1838 or 4 July 1836.
A. H. Markland

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these Presents, That I Daniel D Taylor, of the County of Grayson and State of Virginia, one of the children of Dorothy Taylor who was the widow of James Taylor decd. and who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby constitute and appoint, and by these presents do constitute and appoint A. H. Markland of Washington City, D.C., my lawful attorney, irrevocably for me, and in my name, to examine all the records, documents, papers & in connection with a claim that was presented by my aforesaid Mother Dorothy Taylor for pension as the widow of said James Taylor , which claim was presented through one _____ Jones of Stokes County, North Carolina, some 8 or 10 years since, under the act approved on the 7 th day of July 1838, and to prosecute the same to some result. Witness my hand & seal this 7 day of July in the year 1855.
attest: Wm R Dickey
Daniel D Taylor (Seal)
Act Preswledged before me this 7 day of July in the year 1855; and I certify that the said Daniel D Taylor is a reputed child of Dorothy Taylor deceased, and is the identical person he represents himself to be.
E Gentry D.P.
State of Virginia Grayson County. I, S. M. Hale Clerk of the county court of said County, do hereby certify that Ephraim Gentry Esquire before whom

The foregoing power of Attorney was acknow- ledged, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace for the aforesaid County, duly Commissioned and qualified by law to administer oaths, and that the foregoing is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office on this 10 th day of July 1855.
J. M. Hale

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 24 th day of November  1785 in the name of James Taylor as Sol o of J. Taylor and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £4. 14. 8 delivered to Col o Crapper , but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 15 th day of June 18 53.
[No Seal of Office.]
Ro Johnston Aud o of Pub Accts

h.h. James Taylor d. 1815 Dorothy m. 1790 3y. 19 mo. unmarried
M c Taylor act. of h.h. says A.W.

Washington July 22. 1841
Mrs. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I have just learned that Dorothy Taylor filed her claim for a pension as the widow of James Taylor of N.H. & our kin in the year 1841. - Could I be permitted to seek the grounds of objection to an allowance -
I also desire the perusal of Declaration from { who obtained & those who applied for invalid pen- sion for wounds received in the last war.
Yr. Ov. Serv. J. H. S. Huppert

Salem N.H.
Nov 17 th 1853
Sir
I send you a certificate from Mr J. H. Parton of the Pa. L. Office in support of the claim of Mrs Dorothy Taylor, widow of James of N.H.
I wish to call your attention to the testimony on file in this case, which I hope will identify Claimant's husband with the James Taylor, named, in said certificate of send you
All the James Taylors, who received pensions before 1815, (the date of the death of Claimant's husband) were the 3 years men, only, but Claimant's husband enlisted for the war, (See the testimony on file), (and in this certificate.) Let me hear from you soon, and if you can't allow this claim, please let me know at once all the the objections that lie to it & that will be urged against it
Address, Elisha Smith Salem N.H.
Respectfully yours Elisha Smith
Rev. Waldo. Lewis Pent Washington D.C.

Grayson County Va. December 3 d 1848 Dear nephew I have received and read your kind Letter bearing date November 14 th 1848, by which I learn you desire all the information that I can give on the subject respecting the enlistment and services rendered by James Taylor in the revolu- -tion war, you must reasonably expect that the relapse of so many years have erased from my mind many occurrences that was one fresh in mind I do not now recollect, But one thing I can yet say I became acquainted with James Taylor in the year 1786 in that year I Married his sister and become acquainted with family and learned that he enlisted in an early stage of the war when too young to bear arms for some time waited on the officers till able to bear arms and continued in the war for several years till the war ended I do not think he held any commission himself neither can I state under what officer he enlisted or served while a soldier as to bounty land I do not think he ever received any for I do not recollect of ever hearing that he had, but at the end of the war he got an honorable discharge, And in or near the city of Richmond in Virginia he joined in wedlock with a certain young lady by the name of Dorothy Miller and had and raised a considerable family of children this from under my hand the day and year above written.
William Curico sr
This Day William Curico came before me a Justice of the for the county of Grayson and made oath that the above contained the truth in witness whereof I set my hand and Seal this 4 th day of Dec r 1848 Alexander Atkins J.P.

State of Tennessee } 58 Rockingham County }
affidavit in favour of Dorothy Taylor--
Be it known that on the 25 th day of February 1840 Personally appeared Before me Penian Reed one of the acting Justices of the County Court of Rockingham County aforesaid Patsy Patetiff aged about seventy three years and being first duly sworn According to Law Depreth and sayeth on her oath that Dorothy Taylor who is now claiming the Benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 is the living Widow of James Taylor Deceased Who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and she further deposes that she was well acquainted with James Taylor Deceased both before he went into the War and after his return and has often heard him speak of his services in said War and recollect that he went to a Muster in the Neighbourhood and enlisted in the absence of his friend when he returned home from Muster and made his friend acquainted with that circum- stance it gave them much pain he enlisted then as a substitute for some other person; after that time was up he then enlisted for during the war which was I think about four years And that after his first enlistment he was to go to Alexandria to Potomac and march for Great Quantico and that Dorothy Taylor is the living Widow of the said James Taylor who was a Soldier in the War

And said James Taylor was born in Greene  Greene County in Virginia and went from that County into the States  States Sworn and Subscribed Before me Patsey her Ratcliffe mark
J. R. Redge
State of North Carolina } I Reuben Reed Rockingham County } an acting Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County and State do certify that from an acquaintance with Patsey Ratcliffe the deponent for thirty or thirty-five years during which time she has sustained an unexceptionable character and that her oath is entitled to due credit this 25 February 1840. J. R. Redge

No. 7115
Dorothy Taylor
N.C.
J. E. Heath 13 Jan 1852 Hand Hill 17 Nov 1850 " " 11 Sept 1851 same " 1854 E. Smith 9 Sept 1853 same " 22 " 1853 same Nov 20 1853
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Act July 7. 1838,