Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,683, for John Taylor, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Taylor John
S.7683
Born in N.O.
carded.
CONTENTS

6292 North Carolina
John Taylor of Greene in the State of N.C. ar- who was a Pri — in the Conn — commanded by Captain Paster — of the Regt commanded by Col Little in the N. Car — under Militia 6 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 — Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Feb. 1833 — and sent to H. W. Spright House of Reps Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 30.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 10.00 $40.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by E. D. Wilcock Clerk Book D Vol. 8 — Page 43 —
dis 20 — July 1835 — H. W. Spright (pay. check) 23 — — — Pension 13 May — — — same H. W. Spright

Down from coastline near for market Aug 1777
Hon J. Speight 1855 H.R.

State of N o Carolina } February A.D. 1833 Greene County } Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions.
On this 11 th day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas, and quarter sessions now sitting John Saylor a resident of Greene County and State of N o Carolina aged 72 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 Congress passed the 7 th June 1832.
This applicant, John Saylor volunteered, when he was nineteen years old, the first of March 1779 in the County of Hertford, and State of N o Carolina under the command of Col s George Little, and George Wynn, and Abraham Porter Esq rs William Birchall Lieut d , and William Darden ensign, under the command of these officers we marched on an expedition to the town of Suffolk in the State of Virginia, where the enemy then was, but when we arrived there, they had left Suffolk, and gone to a place called Jericho, we pursued After them there, but when we came there the British had like- wise evacuated that place, and gone on board their ship- ping, and we returned to Hertford County. Our whole company was made up in Hertford County. From Hertford County, we were then ordered to Edenton in in N o Carolina, where we remained until the last of August making altogether six months, we were then discharged and returned to Hertford County a second time.

In the autumn of the same year 1779, on the first, or very early in the month of October, this applicant substituted himself (in the town of Winton in Hertford County) in the room of William Langston of said County and State, who was drafted to go to Charleston in South Carolina, under the command of Capt. Samuel Burrell, Lieut. William Outlaw, and Ensign Thomas Brickell, under command of these officers we marched thro' the State of N o Carolina, and into the State of S o Carolina within a few miles of Charleston, where we joined General Shelton and part of the regiment to which we belonged, and in a few days after marched into the city, and came under the command of general Lincoln, who was chief commander at that time. — After having been in Charleston some months this applicant was ordered on board the ship Capt. Pinner at Fort Moultrie, Fruit, where he served a short time (ten days only) as a marine, until the ships were ordered up to Charleston and sunk in the channel in order to prevent the approach of the enemy. After this, this applicant returned to his company and served as before a soldier until he was discharged. — Our captain and company were discharged by the town Major, whose name was Parker, such was the confusion at the time this applicant left with his company that he received no written discharge himself, but remembers that his captain gave a written passport to the sergeant and seven others of us as a sort of protection. This applicant was not personally engaged in any combat, but while in Charleston frequent cannonading took place between the city batteries and the enemies Fort.

This applicant left Charleston the 8th day of April 1780. — This applicant served from the time he substituted, as a soldier and marine together, on this expedition to S. Carolina six months which added to the six months he had served before as a volunteer makes twelve months, the whole time this applicant was in actual service during the revolutionary war — After this, this applicant returned home into Hertford County a third time on the 21st. of April, and on the 10th. May 1780 was the capitulation of Charleston (as well as he recollects, and general Lincoln and the whole army were made prisoners — He has no documentary evidence of his services as above stated He knows at present no person with whom he served in Charleston He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.
Sworn to & subscribed this day by me above written John Taylor
We Thomas Spright a clergy man residing in the County of Greene hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Taylor who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy two 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.
Th. Spright
Sworn to & subscribed this day by me above written

We whose names are hereunto subscribed certify that we know John Taylor who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration. We are citizens of Greene County N o Carolina, and believe that the applicant is 72 years of age. He is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, and we concur in that opinion.
J. H. Taylor Joseph Williams
Q. 1 st . Where, and in what year was you born?
Ans d . In Hertford County and State of N o Carolina in the year 1766. -
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Ans d . He has none. It was recorded in a common book of my father's books, and they have been sold. It is recorded in the book with his childrens ages.
3. Where were living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans d . When called into service I lived in Hertford, since the war, I lived eight years in Hertford, one year in the County of Southampton, and forty three years in Greene County and State of N o Carolina (he thinks that this County was called Dobbs, when he first came here to live)
4 th . How, were you called into service, were you drafted

Did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Ans r I first volunteered in Feb y 1 st March 1779, afterward was a substitute for William Langston.
5 th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops where you served in the continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services?
Ans r General Lincoln, General Hoggan, and General Woodford. Does not remember the names of the regiments was first in service in Virginia and N. Carolina six months , afterward marched to Charleston in S. Carolina where he served six months as a soldier, (except ten days of the time he served as a marine on board the ship Fanny.)
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? If so by whom was it given? What has become of it?
Ans r I never received any thing more than a written passport from Capt. Sandwell at Charleston which answered for myself & seven others. I do not know what has become of it.
7 th State some of the names of the persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood, at present, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans r Jesse Wright, Henry Baker, Willis Dixon, John Dixon, and Joseph Williams, and Levi Branton.
Sworn to and subscribed to John Taylor S. H. My Oath above said

And the said County Court of Green now sitting, doth hereby declare their finding 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 as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Speight who has signed to the above certificate is a respectable Clergyman of this County & they certify further that H. Speight & H. Taylor & Joseph Williams who have signed the other certificate above are respectable citizens of this County & that their statement is entitled to credit -
Matthew H. S.P.
Clerk - (Matthew H. Randolph) Wm. H. Gibson

H. Miller B M c Curran A.P. J no Patrick B
I William Williams, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Greene County and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Taylor for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of February 1833 — W m Williams C lerk
Recorded in the Clerk's office of Greene County on the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at February Term 1833 —
W m Williams C lerk 3

I do hereby certify that I am personally known to John Lanyon - have known him for twenty five years. He has always been reported to have a solid reputation. He is a man of veracity and any credit he has since to be true -
W. H. Lanyon
3

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1, 1779 6 years Private Abraham Porter George Taylor N.C.   Oct. 1779 6 years Private John H. ... George Taylor   70 days as ✓   Private enlisted Capt. ... Private  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
(Sep 11, 1833 from Col. ...)

1916 Feb. 2. Hist. To Lena Harris Copy letter in S. 42,034 John Taylor. d
Rev. Mag
7683 INVALID.
File No. 7683
John Taylor Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 B , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lena Harris Cox, College Park, Ga.
Letter dated Jan'y 24, 1916 } in S. 42034 rec'd " 26, 1916 } John Taylor

Snowkill May 6 1885
for
May 11
S. C. C. S. B. H.
J. S. Edwards, Osgo Secretary of War City of Washington

SnowHill May the 6 th 1835—
Dear Sir in answer to your letter of the 23 rd February last directed to John Taylor a pensioner of Green County N. Carolina, permit me to say that he makes the explanatory statement of his second term of service as contained in the inclosed letter, he being poor and unable to employ Council asks you to say whether you require him to make out and send to your office the whole matter annexed with this supplemental declaration, and if the supplemental when presented duly authenticated will be received as sufficiently explanatory of the Service or nine months — your candid answer will be duly appreciated
Yours respectfully —
Wm Williams Clk
N.B. If the seal of the Court is lacking on the original declaration I will supply it by your sending it to my office.
W.W.

1 S-Edwards Eagan Washington City -

Your applicant presumes that the act of assembly passed the 18 th May 1779 could not interfere with his voluntary service, as to the best of his recollection he volunteered early the first of the month of March 1779, which was two and a half months before the act of Assembly was passed. — Volunteers turned out in the revolutionary war, as in the late war, upon certain emergencies and served until they were not needed, and then dismissed. And so it was with us, after the enemy were driven both from Suffolk and Jericho, there was no more need of the volunteers there and we returned to Hertford County, from whence we were ordered to Edenton in N o Carolina, where we remained until the last of August when we were finally discharged, making (as it was then called) a tour of six months. —
After your applicant's substituting himself the first of October 1779, we did not immediately march for the place of destination, but were ordered to keep ourselves in readiness to march at a minutes warning, and so for several times we were ordered to meet in order to march; and as often dismissed until further orders, all which time your applicant supposed himself in his country's service, for had your applicant, or any other soldier left the country, and not been ready to march when called upon, he would have been returned as a deserter and punished accordingly, and your applicant does not know how he could be returned a deserter if he was not in the service. Be that as it may at length we marched for the place of destination, which was Charleston in South Carolina, where we were in service until the 8 th of April 1780, when we were finally discharged as before stated, which is six months; but if the act of Assembly prohibits me from being entitled to a tour of six months, it will at least entitle me to a tour of three months, which will make nine months instead of twelve.
John Taylor S. C. B.
5 th . May 1835.