Person:Daniel Taylor (4)

Daniel Taylor was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Marriage Record

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 2 - MARRIAGES LICENSES IN AUGUSTA COUNTY.: 1773, March 17, Daniel Taylor. (Note: Bride's name not listed in this record).

Notes

Daniel Taylor, b. 18 September 1748 in Jersey about forty miles from New York City, married Jane McMillan, in Madison County, Kentucky 30 March 1790. Daniel was the son of William Taylor of Frederick Co., Virginia. This was a second marriage for Daniel, he previously married Mary Kackley, in 1773, Winchester, Frederick Co., VA and had four children: William, Eli, Solomon, and Mary. By second wife Jane McMillan, he had seven children: Daniel Jr., James W., Joseph, Joshua, Elizabeth, Tilford, and one female-name unknown. Living in Bridgeport, which became part of Warren County in 1833, are Daniel and daughter Elizabeth and sons James W., Joseph, and Tilford. (Ref: "Bailey Copenhaver Archives" genealogy RootsWeb.)

Daniel fought in the Dunsmore's War, under Captain John Stuart, at the "Battle of Point Pleasant" in 1774. In 1780 the commission to Settle Claims to Unpatented Lands on Western Waters of Virginia recorded that, by settlement 1778, Daniel was entitled to 200 acres of land adjoining lands of John Poage and Alexander Waddle. This tract was in the Swago-Millpoint area of Pocahontas (then Greenbrier) County. Daniel's name cannot be found on any official records after 1786. This was explained by a family member as thus; he failed to come right home after war due to injuries received, and when he did return found his wife married to someone else thinking her husband had been killed.

Mary then married William "Long William" Ewing August 1791 in Bath County, Virginia. William Ewing and Mary were subsequently indicted by the Bath County Grand Jury in November 1791 for intermarrying. "Daniel, the husband of said Mary, not yet being dead that we know of from the information of two of our body." The case was dismissed in 1793. Daniel and Mary had four known children. Mary also had children with William Ewing but their names are unknown.

Daniel made application for a Revolutionary War Pension on May 8, 1833. According to his pension records (S17137, page 65) on October 10, 1774 he was in a battle near the Mouth of the Great Kanawha River, between the American Colonial Forces under General Lewis and the Indians. (Battle of Point Pleasant). Many historians consider this the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

In 1776 while serving in the Virginia troops under Captain John Cook, he assisted in the construction of Fort Defiance; from 1776, he was engaged during nearly the whole of every summer for the next six years in spying, guarding Fort Defiance, and ranging.

After the Revolution he returned to Winchester, Virginia. He remained there for 3-4 years, then went back to Greenbrier County for a couple years, then settled near Bardstown, Kentucky, where he remained for 20 years. He then removed to Lewiston Township, Montgomery County, Missouri, where he resides at present. (Application executed May 8, 1883)." According to Brenda Collins, Daniel married Jane McMillan in Madison County, Kentucky on March 30, 1790 and went on to raise a second family in Warren and LoganCounties, Kentucky.

He was the only Taylor listed in the 1790 Census for Greenbrier County, Virginia.

Pension application of Daniel Taylor

Pension Application dated May 15, 1833 signed by Judge P.H.McBride and Jacob L. Sharp State of Missouri

County of Montgomery on this day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally in open court, before the judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Montgomery aforesaid now sitting Daniel Taylor, a resident of Lewiston Township in the said county and state, aged about eighty four who being first duly sworn according to law doeth make the following statement in addition to the one which he has heretofore made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress dated 7th of June, 1832 for the relief of soldiers of the revolution.

That he was, he thinks, in the year 1774 in a battle which was fought near the mouth of the Great Kanawha between the colonial forces under the command of General Lewis and the Indians, that he was then a married man, that he was born in Jersey about forty miles from the City of New York in the year 1748 on the 18th of September according to the record of his birth which was in his father's Bible from which he copied it, That his father when this affiant was still quite young removed to Frederick County, Virginia, near Winchester.

That this affiant remained there until he had become a man and there learned his trade of house carpenter, that he removed from there to Greenbrier River to a settlement there and remained there 12 years, having married there and it was some few years after his removal to this settlement that the revolutionary war broke out. The settlement on Greenbrier at this time was small and could not produce more than thirty or forty men and was far from its distance from the interior and the proximity to the wilderness extremely exposed to danger from the Indians inhabiting to west and south who were generally hostile to the Americans in this situation.

The inhabitants of the settlement were organized into militia under the command of one John Cook and this affiant in conjunction with the rest of the command of Captain Cook erected a fort a place called the little levels within one mile and a half of Greenbrier River and gave it the name of Fort Defiance,

That the fort was built in the year seventy six and from the time of its erection this affiant was engaged during nearly the whole every summer for six years under the command of Captain Cookin spying, guarding the fort, and ranging during this time several of the men were killed by the Indians but the fort was not attacked, being on an in open ground, the Indians, its seemed, were unwilling to expose themselves to the dangers of an open attack.

A Fort within about 14 miles from Fort Defiance was attacked by about 300 Indians but was successfully defended, this was Fort Donaldson. During the six years that this affiant was engaged in guarding and defending Fort Defiance and the neighboring settlement.

He assisted on several occasions to equip young men of the settlement who were desirous to partake in the defense of their country against the British invaders, though he never went himself. It was the desire of the government that the fort and the settlement on Greenbrier should be maintained and the people of the settlement accordingly.

Received a message said to come from the board of war requesting them to maintain their position and promising them that their services rendered in its defense and protection should be accounted as service rendered the government in the line of the Continental Army.

This affiant after remaining at Fort Defiance x years or thereabouts returned to the neighborhood of Winchester where he remained some three or four years and then moved back to Greenbrier and after a couple of years moved to Kentucky where he resided part the time near Bardstown and after remaining there some twenty years he removed to this county where he has remained since and expects to die.

It is impossible for this affiant to state the number of months or years that he was engaged in active service in defense of his county, but he thinks thatt his ought not to preclude him from receiving something from his government with which to smooth his way to the grave.

And in his circumstances anything would be much better than nothing at all----his extreme age has affected his memory but he believes he is very safe in saying he must have engaged in actual service under Captain Cook for at least one year, as the greater part of each summer for six years was occupied by him in the summer for six years was occupied by him in or at the fort as he before said.

This affiant states that the other officers of the company were George Clendenon Lieut. and John McNeil Ensign. That he himself a private for the greater part of the time acting as a spy. That he was a volunteer in all of his service and never got a discharge but each one went his ways when the war was over.

This affiant does not know of any one living by whom he is able to prove the services mentioned above. He is known to several persons who are now in this state and many in Kentucky, who have known him for many years, but they are out of his reach and he is obliged to resort to his neighbors in this county for the only testimonials of his character and reputation of his revolutionary services which he is able to produce amongst these he named Nathaniel Dryden, Amon Kibbe, and Jacob L Sharp.

This affiant further states that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of the United States and that he has never made any application for a pension and hereby relinquishes all claim to pension or annuity for or on account of revolutionary services.

Save what he seeks by this petition and which may be granted him under the law of the seventh of June last. This affiant believes that he has stated all that he knows material in this application and further said not.

Daniel Taylor, soldier, was born Sep 18 1748 in Jersey about forty miles from New York City and when he was quite young his father moved to Frederick Co., VA and he lived there until he became a man then moved to Greenbrier River in Virginia for 12 years and was living there when the Revolutionary War started and after the war, the soldier returned to Winchester VA for three or four years then returned to Greenbrier Co., VA for two years then moved to Bardstown KY for twenty years then moved to Montgomery Co., MO where he applied for the pension.

References: White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol 3 N-Z.

1.   Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.

   Pension application of Daniel Taylor S17137 f16VA
   Transcribed by Will Graves 11/9/11
   
   State of Missouri County of Montgomery: SS: On this __day of May in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Montgomery aforesaid now sitting – Daniel Taylor a resident of Lewiston Township in the said County and State, aged about eighty-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following statement in addition to one which she has heretofore made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832 for the relief of soldiers of the revolution. That he was, he thinks, in the year 1776 in a battle which was fought near the mouth of the great Kanawa [Kanawha River] between the Colonial forces under the command of General Lewis and the Indians that he was then a married man – that he was born in Jersey about forty miles from the City of New York in the year 1748 on the 18th of September according to the record of his birth which was in his father's Bible out of which he copied it – that his father when this affiant was still quite young removed to Frederick County Virginia near to Winchester, that this affiant remained there until he had [paper torn, word missing] a man and there learned his trade of a house carpenter [paper torn, text missing] he removed from there to Green-brier [Greenbrier] River to a settlement [paper torn, text missing] as there and remained there 12 years having married there and it was some few years after his removal to this settlement that the revolutionary war broke out, the settlement on Greenbrier at this time was small and could not produce more than thirty or forty men and was from its distance from the interior and the proximity to the wilderness extremely exposed to danger from the Indians inhabiting to the West and South who were generally Hostile to the Americans, in this situation the inhabitants of the settlement were organized into militia under the command of one John Cook and this affiant in conjunction with the rest of the command of Captain Cook erected a Fort at a place called the little levels within one mile and a half of Greenbrier River and gave it the name of Fort Defiance, that this Fort was built in the year seventy-six and from the time of its erection this affiant was engaged during nearly the whole of every summer for six years under the command of Captain [paper torn text missing] in spying, guarding the Fort and ranging during [paper torn, text missing] time several of the men were killed by the Indians but the Fort was not attacked being on an eminence in open ground , the Indians it seemed were unwilling to expose themselves to the danger of an open attack – a Fort within about 14 miles of Fort Defiance was attacked by about 800 Indians but was successfully defended this was Fort Donaldson – during the 6 years that this affiant was engaged in guarding and defending the Fort Defiance and the neighboring settlement, he assisted on several occasions to equip young men of the settlement who were desirous to partake in the defense of this Country against the British invader, though he never went himself and indeed it was the desire of the government that the Fort and settlement on Greenbrier should be maintained as a protection to the interior settlements , and the people of the settlement accordingly received a message said to come from the board of war requiring them to maintain deposition and promising them that their services rendered in its defense and protection should be accounted as services rendered the government in the line of the Continental Army – this affiant after remaining at Fort Defiance [paper torn text missing] years or thereabouts, returned to the neighborhood of Winchester where he remained some 3 or 4 years and then moved back to Greenbrier and after a [paper torn, text missing] of years moved to Kentucky where he resided part [paper torn, text missing] the time near Bardstown and first in the [indecipherable word] and after remaining there some twenty years he removed to this County where he has remained a sense and expects to die – it is impossible for this affiant to state the number of months or years that he was engaged in active service in defense of his Country, but he thinks that this all not to preclude him from receiving something from his government with which to smooth his path to the grave and in his circumstances anything would be much better than nothing at all – his extreme age too has affected his memory but he believes he is very safe in saying he must have been engaged in actual service under Captain Cook for at least one year, as the greatest part of each summer for 6 years was occupied by him in the woods [?] or the fort as he before said – this affiant states that the other officers of the company were George Clendenin Lieutenant and John McNeil Ensign that he himself was a private and for the greater part of the time acting [paper torn text missing] spy – that he was a volunteer in all his service and never got a discharge, but each one went his way when the war was over – this affiant does not know of anyone living by whom he is able to prove the services mentioned above – he is known to several persons who are now in this state and to many in Kentucky who have known him for many years, but they are out of his reach and he is obliged to resort to his neighbors and this County for the only testimonials of his character and the reputation of his revolutionary services which she is able to produce – amongst these he names Nathaniel Dryden, Amos Kibbe & Jacob L Sharpe this affiant further states that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of the United States and that he has never made any application for a pension save the present and hereby relinquishes all claim to pension or annuity for or on account of revolutionary services save what he seeks by this petition and which may be granted him under the law of the 7th of June last – this affiant believes that he has stated all that he knows material to this application and further saith not.
   S/ Daniel Taylor
   
   Questions put by the court to applicant with his answers thereto –
   What evidence have you of your age and where you were born?
   Answer I have already stated all I know on that subject –
   What officer discharge you and where is your discharge?
   Answer – I can not say that I was discharged at all nor did I ever receive a written discharge for further answer I refer to what I have before said –
   Question? Stated what officers were known to you and were engaged in the same service with you?
   Answer. In addition to those I have already named I knew none at Fort defiance, there were no general officers there.
   Question – State in what battles or skirmishes you were engaged?
   Answer – I was engaged in no battles, the nature of the service was not likely to produce any unless the Fort had been attacked and being for the most part a spy when out it was my business to gain information of the enemy.
   Question name the Country through which you marched and so forth? Answer – when absent from the Fort on spying service I touched at no known points – the country was a wilderness unknown but to hunters and savages –
   Question – where did you live when called into service? And where since the war and how were you called into service?
   Answer – I have before answered all I know on the subject –
   [Daniel Dryden, Jacob L Sharpe and Amos Kibbe gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
   
   [Note: the above document would appear to be a response to objections made by the War Department to an earlier application filed by the veteran, but this file contains not such application.]
   
   [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the Virginia service.]
   
   https://revwarapps.org/s17137.pdf