Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10419 1/2, for Elnathan Taylor, Connecticut

SERVICE
Comm.
Taylor, Elnathan Lydia
NUMBER _____
R 10419½
CONTENTS

V Vermont Act 1836 - Sup p .
Lydia Taylor, widow of Ethan — see letter to Hon. H. Everett 23 Jan'y '38 paper rel'd to Hon. H. Everett March 16 1838 See b. lib. b. Chatham June 10. 49

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,419 1/2
P. O.
Sydia Taylor
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New York June 2 nd 1847
Dear Sir
Will you Please inform me whether the record of the marriage of Elnathan Taylor of Simsbury Connecticut is on the files in the application of Mrs Elizabeth Wilcox of Simsbury Con. widow of Roger Wilcox of the same place Mrs Wilcox obtained her pension in the year 1838 but the application was made some time before there was one or more leaves taken from the Record of Marriages in the Episcopal Church of Simsbury Con. and placed on the files in the pension office at Washington D.C. with the papers of Mrs Wilcox and as V. C. Taylor was married about the same time that Mr Wilcox was it is probable that his record is on the same leaf with Wilcoxes. Please inform me if the record of Marriage above alluded to is sufficiently proved to establish the marriage of V. C. Taylor for the purpose of obtaining a pension.
Please send me a copy of the application for a pension made by Lydia Taylor widow of Elnathan Taylor of Royalton Windsor County Vermont. application made under the law of thirty six and dated Dec. 15 th 1837 but filed some days after that time. and all of the evidence accompanying the said application
I am respectfully Your Ob t Servant
W. C. Chambers New York City
J. L. Edwards Washington City D. C.

Woodstock Dec. 15. 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir
I Mail at the same time with this, the declaration of Lydia Taylor, for a pension, and with it, give a book in which is the ancient writings of Elnathan Taylor to substantiate her claim together with the depositions of E. Stevens jun. and H. Halsey. You will please inform the Hon. Horace Everett M. C. your action on the claim. I am respectfully Yours with much esteem
Oel Billings

Washington 18. Jan. 1838
Sir
I am requested to send inquiry - respecting the case of Lydia Taylor - sent by Mr Billings of VT_ 3039 respectfully -
H. Scoble
J. L. Edmonds Cous. of Pres.

Department of War, Pension Office, Jany. 23, 1838.
Sir:
I have examined the papers in the case of Mrs. Margaret Barnes, widow of Elijah Barnes, dec'd. and of Mrs. Lydia Taylor, whose claims were forwarded to this Office by Mr. O. Billings of Vt. and have the honor to state that the name of Elijah Barnes is not found upon the Mass. Continental roll. It is stated that he enlisted for three years, some time between the years 1779 & 1782, in Col. Jackson's Regiment: that he was wounded after serving about one year and was discharged. His papers upon which his Invalid pension was granted, were destroyed at the time of the burning of the War Office many years ago. There are complete lists of all the persons who enlisted into the Continental Army from all the towns of the State of Massachusetts from the year 1776 to Jany. 1, 1781. Mrs. Barnes papers are placed upon our files, awaiting further proof.
With respect to the claim of Mrs. Lydia Taylor, widow of Elnathan Taylor dec'd. it is asserted that he served 8 months in the year 1775: and one year at a subsequent period, having enlisted in Conn. for three years, but discharged on account of ill health at the end of one year. As the Continental rolls do not bear the name of Elnathan Taylor, the presumption is that if he served after the year 1775, that it was either in the State troops or Militia, and very probably in the year 1776. The claimant will therefor be required to state the names of the officers under whom her husband served, in order that his service may be traced upon the rolls of the above named service. The papers remain on our files.
Hon. H. Everett,
H. of R.

Department of War,
Pension Office,
March 16, 1838.
Hon. H. Everett,
H. of R.
Sir:
In compliance with your request, I herewith return the papers of Mrs. Lydia Taylor with the book containing the record of marriage etc.
I have the honor to be,