Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10416, for Harman Tailor, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Taylor, Herman Taylor or
19 10416
CONTENTS

John James Affidavit - 3 -
July 8, 1834
Tolson Office
New York. Returned.
Hon. A. Vanderpoel Kinderhook N. Y.

State of New York Columbia County 3 d
I James Storm Clerk of said County do certify that John Bull Esq r before whom the Declaration of Harmon Tailor purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said Declaration and Certificat to be his proper hand and Signature I further certify that Lucas Hoel Esq r before whom the affidavit of William Tailor purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affida- vit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature - I further certify that J. W. Fairfield Esq r before whom the affidavit of Martin Mondoussen purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds and authorized by Law to take affidavits in the City of Hudson, County aforesaid and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name Subscribed to said affidavit to be his proper hand-writing and Signature - I further Certify that Gates Clark Esq r before whom the affidavit of John Furman purports to have been Sworn ceased to be a Justice of the Peace in and for said County on the last day of December 1833.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal at this Office this 20 th day of February 1834.
James Storm
Clerk of Columbia County

in the matter of Harman Taylor appellant for a pension

Columbia County N. York ss
Harman Sailor of Said County being further sworn on his oath for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832. Saith that in addition to his former Declarations and Supplementary to it (now on file in the Pension Department Washington) he served under Captain James Robinson as stated in his Said Declaration - That the Company to which this Deponent belonged was called out by Colonel Harry Livingston who ordered Robinson to take a certain number of men from each company which this Deponent joined as a volunteer and was orderly Sergeant during the Champaign. This Deponent cannot tell by what authority Colonel Livingston called out the troops nor can he find any record of it but states that he was in actual military service during the nine months mentioned in his Declaration now on file at the close of this term of service this Deponent was appointed to summon delinquents to appear at a Court Marshall called for the purpose of trying delinquents, by Said Colonel Livingston. Captain Jeremy Miller was president of the Court Marshall. Captain Robinson called out his troops on the Tahkanee flats as a place of rendezvous which was principally their head quarters and further this Deponent saith not
Sworn before me this 29 th day of June 1834
Harman his X Sailor mark
John Bull Jur
Judge of County Courts
I certify that Said Sailor is too infirm to attend Court
John Bull Jur
Judge of County Courts

William Taylor affidavit

State of New York. Columbia County /s
William Taitor of the above County of Columbia town of Kinderhook being Second Says. That Harman Taitor the person described in certain pension papers prepared by Mr. Vandusen and who is now in the poor-house of Said County is a brother of his and much advanced in years. This Deponent Saith that in the year 1778 - he saw Said Harman Taitor (the person described in the annexed papers) in the Revolutionary War and in the Spring of Said year he saw him in a Company of troops under the command of Captain James Robison then on their march from the upper part of the town of Poughkeepsie in the above County to the lower or South part of Living Stone Manor. This Deponent saith that Said Robison the person described in the annexed pension papers was called out on duty by order of the Colonel of the Regiment in which he belonged and had command as above set forth and that Said Harman Taitor served under Said Robison nine months according to his Deponent's best recollection. This Deponent further Saith that it always was during the time above set forth and the present time inclusive commonly reported that Said Harman Taitor served as above set forth and at other and different periods during the Revolutionary war the space of which other times this Deponent never knew and further saith not &c
Sworn & Subscribed the 19 th day of Dec ember 1834 before me
William Taitor Myatt
Deputy Clerk Justice of the Peace

Columbia County ss I hereby Certify that the above named William Taitor is a person to me well known to be of good standing and to be believed - of eighty-four years of age to all appear- -ance and that I believe in the statement he sets forth in his affidavit - that the figure Six was written on erasure
Deems Hoes Justice

Colin by County New York ss Martin Van Deusen being Sworn according to Law deposeth & saith that he is and has been acquainted with Warren Gailor (the person described in the annexed papers) for more than fifteen years, and during all that time was on terms of intimacy with him - and has frequently - during the whole period referred to heard said Gailor relate the story of his revolutionary services in the same manner as set forth in his Declaration. This Deponent further saith that it was during the time that he remembers as set forth above - generally believed in the neigh- -borhood where said Gailor formerly resided that he had been a revolutionary Soldier and that he had served as he generally states in his narrations - and this Deponent cannot but concur in the general opinion. This Deponent is well acquainted with said William Gailor & John Turner now deceased, the persons who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declarations or affidavits and has been for about ten years - that they were reputed to be men of good moral standing in society and that their statements are entitled to credit - This Deponent further saith that the period referred to in said affidavits was filled up by him before said Deponents W. Gailor & Turner saw the affidavits for the year "1777," and that at the time of taking the oath or before this Deponent does not now recollect he was directed to alter the date so as to make it the year "1776" as appears

by the affidavits. and the reason why said Gates Clarke the Justice before whom the witnesses Tarsus took the oath cannot certify to the fact that the date appears to be altered is that he is not now a Justice of the Peace as will appear from the accompanying Clerk's Certificate. It having in the first place been omitted. Further this Deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20 th Day of February 1838. M c Farfield Compt d of Dec r
Martin Van Buren

State of New York } Columbia County } I Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Mead Butter Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and by whom the above certificate is subscribed, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 10 th day of August 1833
J. D. Monell
Clerk
State of New York } Columbia County } I Joseph D. Monell Clerk of said County do certify that Gates Clarke Esq. before whom the Affidavit of John Turner purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 31 day of Jan'y 1834.
J. D. Monell
Clerk
I herewith return the within affidavits Declaration in answer to the objections stated by the Defendant Please address Martin VanDusen Smoky Hollow. Claverack

28 206 In the matter of Harman Sailor affidavit for a pension
Please address Martin Van Dusen Clinton Clinton Col. County N.Y.

State of New York, County of Columbia On this Second day of August personally appeared before me - one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Herman Sailor a resident of the town of Ghent and an inmate of the Columbia County Poor-house aged Eighty 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 June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the Spring of the year 1776 this applicant volunteered his services for nine months as orderly Sergeant under the command of Captain James Robinson Lieutenant Case Decker, Nicholas Brasee 2 d Lieutenant and John M c Cleveland and was kept on duty in the south part of the County of Columbia to protect the country against the aggressions of the Tories who were very troublesome after having taken many of them prisoners and render the country quiet was discharged at the expiration of his nine months service During this period of service this applicant was on duty as in actual military service the whole time of his enlistment
In the year 1777 this applicant was drafted to go to Saratoga in the month of June as this applicant thinks, under the command of Captain Shafer and Lieutenant

1. 05 Peter Bogart, Marched from Poughkeepsie the place of his residence up the North River to Albany - thence to Stillwater (Saratoga) was kept on duty three five weeks and on the alarm subsiding was discharged and returned home - was a private in this service - General Schuyler was the Commander at this time and Samuel Tenbroeck was his his Mayor
In the year 1780 during the month of May this applicant was drafted to go to Schoharie County west of Albany State aforesaid Marched from Poughkeepsie to Albany thence westward to Schoharie and was Stationed in the middle fort In this service was a private and was on duty six weeks at this time and was marched home again. Colonel Vroman Captain Joseph Elliot and Lieutenant Adam Tenbroeck were the commanding officers in this Expedition.
At intervals mostly through the first three or four years of the revolution this applicant was called out on duty at various times on sudden alarms in actual service under the command of the above Officers as a private and was kept on duty in all not less than three months
This applicant has no Documentary Evidence and knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure except those annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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
Answers to the interrogatories
1st was born in the County of Columbia in the year 1753
2d has no Record of his age
3d When called into Service lived in the County of Columbia aforesaid and has lived there ever since
4th was drafted to go to Schoharie in the year above mentioned - was drafted to go to Saratoga and Stillwater - volunteered to do duty in the County of Columbia aforesaid
5th knows the names of no officers except those above stated to wit Colonel Vroman, Captain Elliot Captain Shafer - Captain Robinson General Schuyler &c as above - and knows of no names of Regiments except the Livingston Manor Regiment
6th never took a discharge except from Captain Vroman but has lost that
7th the names of persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Soldier of the revolution are William Meryfield and John Turner
The reason why this applicant has not produced the certificate of a Clergyman is that he is not known to any one who can make the legal Certificate I hereby constitute Mr. Vandusen my agent in this matter never before &c
Harmen his Sailor mark
Witness Martin Vandusen

Subscribed and Sworn before me this Second day of August 1833
Michael Mott a Judge
We William Merryfield and John Turner residents of the County of Columbia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Herman Sailor the within named affiant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed and Sworn before me this Second day of August 1833
William his Merryfield Michael Mott a Judge John mark Turner his mark
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after hearing and investigating the matter and after noting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named affiant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that William Merryfield and John Turner who have signed and sworn to the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Columbia are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and further certify that on account of bodily infirmity this affiant is not able to attend court
Michael Mott a Judge

Columbia County ss John Turner of said County being sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Harmon Taylor the person who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration and knows said Taylor in the recollections. This Deponent saith that he was well acquainted with Capt. James Robinson, Nicholas Brayer and Capt. Decker the persons named in said Taylor's Decla- -ration - that Robinson was Captain, Brayer Lieutenant. Capt. Decker was also Lieutenant This Deponent saith that Harmon Taylor was in service under the above named officers at the time mentioned - 1776 according to this Deponent's best recollection - said Taylor was Sergeant at the time of this service and this Deponent further saith that he often saw said Taylor in the recollections and often saw him in service under the above named officers and it was reported that he was in service at other times during the war of the revolution which this Deponent knew only by report The service above described was in the County of Columbia adjacent to Dutchess County - This Deponent saith that he is eighty-six years of age and further saith not
his John X Turner mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 30th day of December 1933
Testes Clark Justice Peace

28.206
Heun Taylor
10-1 18 18
Am A Vandenpool Kinderhook N.Y. Martin Van Buren Esq., Pursuant to Act to County of Columbia New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Hezekiah Taylor
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Spring 29 Sgt Capt Robinson   1777 1 5 " " Major: Mays   1780 1 12 " Sgt. J. M. Brock   other service not specified  
I am, respectfully,
+ unless it be clearly shown that the gov your obedient servant, your service taken up in actual service & that under competent authority is entitled to allowance
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In the matter of Herman Bailer an applicant for a pension
15 May 1835 Pension office
Please address Mr Van Deusen Smockky Hollow Col. Co N.Y.

State of New York: Columbia County ss
Samuel Tenbroeck of the town of Livingston County aforesaid being truly sworn deposes and saith that he is in the ninetyeth year of his age - That he was in Service during the revolutionary war at different periods and held the Commission of Mayor under the State aforesaid and was attached to the regiment under the Command of Peter H. Livingston - Harry Livingston was Lieutenant Colonel - This Deponent further States that during the years 1776 and 1777 there was much difficulty and danger in the eastern part of the manor of Livingston in said County - on account of a great many Tories, who together with British officers kept the inhabitants in a constant state of alarm - This Deponent recollects that there was a British Captain who together with a young American by the name (as this Deponent recollects) of Vele who held a Lieutenants Commission under the British government - as this Deponent was then informed these officers subsisted troops and kept the inhabitants in a constant state of danger and alarm - so much so that it became necessary that there should be an organized corps to protect the citizens from the continued incursions of the Tories and British emissaries - This Deponent further saith that said Vele was taken and hung after condemnation. This Deponent further saith that the apprehensions of danger to the inhabitants of the east part of said manor of Livingston was so great that it became necessary to call up a company of

horse called up for from Kingston and also the militia from the neighboring towns for the protection of the citizens. There was a company of rangers similar to that, in  in which it is said Harrison Taylor served under the command of Col t Jones Peter Van Ghysebeck as this Deponent recollects who was on duty as nine months men in the Western part of said manor of Livingston about the same time according to this Deponent's best recollection - further this Deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of May 1835
David Van Patten
Jacob Harringer Justice of the Peace.
Columbia County State of New York Affidavit
Leonard Tenbroeck of said County being duly sworn saith that he is in the eighty-third year of his age that he can attest to the facts as set forth in the above affidavit of Samuel Tenbroeck from his personal recollec- tion of the circumstances at the time they transpired during the revolution and further saith not. This Deponent in addition saith that he was a Captain in the war of the revolution and was present with his company of Grenadiers at the execution of Hale the person mentioned in the above affidavit.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of May 1835
Leonard Tenbroeck
Jacob Harringer Justice of the Peace

I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Van Brock and Leonard Van Brock the persons who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavits. - That they are respectable Citizens and that their Statement is entitled to Credit - I further Certify that the word "Leonard" in the first affidavit is erased and the name "Samuel" interlined - also the word "was" interlined - also "called up for" "interlined" erased the word "in" interlined and "mother" erased - the name "Harmon" interlined - also the letter "g" in "groes" erased - in this Certificate the word "interlined" erased from 9th line Dated Livingston May 11 th 1835 Jacob Barringer Justice Peace
State of New York Columbia County ss } I James Storm Clerk of the said County do Certify That Jacob Barringer before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the town of Livingston - County of Columbia and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the same affidavits to be his hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office This 12 th day of May 1835 -
James Storm Clerk of Columbia County.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir I received your letter by the hands of Mr VanDerpoel requesting some explanation or reason why the Company under Capt James Robison was kept on duty for 9 months etc. I have not been able to find any record of any order for that service and I do not believe any ever was put on record. From all I can discover the order proceeded from Colonel Livingston then Colonel of the Livingston Manor Regiment. I cannot obtain any other explanation for that service than that stated in the annexed affidavits - and I am not able to discover any other explanation than the necessity of the case - on this point I suppose the affidavit of the Venerable Samuel VanBrock and his aged brother sufficient without accumulating evidence on the same point. If necessary scores of testimony on this point may be obtained if necessary I therefore return the letter accompanied by the affidavits. Yours Truly M. Van Deusen Brooklyn Hollow P.O. Co. N.Y.
Recd 15 May

In the matter of Seaman Tailor applicant for a pension C S

Columbia County ss. Harman Taitor an inmate of the Columbia County poor house being duly Sworn Says. he served nine months under Captain Robison in the year 1776 (and at other periods during the revolutionary war) as stated in his Declaration now on file in the War Department at Washington - he served in a Company of Rangers as a Volunteer under Robison for which services he never received any pay whatever as he now recollects, and further saith not his Harman Taitor mark  Taken and Subscribed June 6 th 1835 before me William M. Burket Justice of the Peace
Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, James Storm, Clerk of the county of Columbia,
Do hereby certify That William M. Burket annexed before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affi- davit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said county, this Seventeenth day of June 1835
In the absence of James Storm Richard Carriguer Deputy Clerk

War Department Pension Office
March 10 th 1835
Sir In relation to the claim of Harmon Taylor, I have the honor to state that his papers have again been examined; The claimant appears to have belonged to a Militia company in 1776 under the command of Captain Robinson, and according to his statements served nine months in that year. The Militia of the state of New York were called out occasionally only and for short tours, varying from one to thirty days, except when closed and detached. Hence this part of the claim cannot without examination be allowed
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your Ob t serv t J L Edwards
Hon A Vanderpool Kindly look N. Y.

Mr Epselstyme
Dear Sir. Will you have the goodness to assist me in obtaining evidence or explanation as required by the within letter,
Yours truly Mr Van Deusen

War Department Pension Office May 18 th 1835
Sir
The affidavits relative to the service of Harriman Taylor are received; H is Taylor served nine months in 1776 as stated in his declaration he should specify the rate at which he was paid, the amount received, and pay by whom he was paid: these facts may throw some light on
I am Respectfully Your Ob t Servant J. L. Edwards
Mr Van Dusen Esq Smokey Hollow Columbia County N o York

Smoky Hollow June 18 th 1835
Dear Sir I herewith send you the further affidavit of Harman Sailor in answer to your last request. He is so imperfect in recollection at present - that I could obtain nothing more definite from him. I therefore drafted his affidavit in the form presented - it being the only form to which he could qualify with safety. I trust the former explanations - with the this to be sufficient especially as Mr. Sailor was one of my first officers, and his services so well proved by good testimony - and the affidavits of the Sen Brooks. I suppose a sufficient explanation of the subject for which they were taken - I therefore submit the case to your decision with the hope that I may soon be able to take the old soldier out of the poor-house where he has been confined for five years, and place him in a situation where he may enjoy the comforts of life for the short period yet allotted him.
I remain yours truly Martin Van Dusen
To J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions 3

28,206 New York
Revo.
Harman Taylor
Suspended
In letter to Hon. A. Van Rensselaer - March 10. '35
Attorn Van Deusen 18 May 1835 " " " 30 June "

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
REJECTED
10416
P. O. _____
Human Taylor
Service: Columbia Co NY
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18