Orange County, NC – John Taylor Revolutionary War Pension

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Mrs. J.A. Hedden
Springfield, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim W.18114 that John Taylor, while living in Orange 
County, NC, served as follows:

He was appointed August 12, 1776 as wagon master to an Indian 
expedition; July 24, 1777, paymaster to the Eighth North Carolina 
Regiment; November 6, 1778, quartermaster for Hillsborough District; 
March 11, 1779, commissary and quartermaster in Orange County, NC; 
March 15, 1779, brigade quartermaster to General John Butler’s Brigade 
of Militia; April 10, 1779, lieutenant in Captain Turner’s Company, 
Colonel McDowell’s Regiment of Militia; June 13, 1780, forage master to 
Colonel Anthony W. White’s Southern Cavalry; October 11, 1780, 
commissary at Hillsborough; fall of 1781, captain of Dragoons, and 
served as such three months and in 1782, for three months as captain of 
militia.

He married November 24, 1775, Winifred Horton, and he died May 28, 
1826. She died March 29, 1837.

Their children were:

Bethiah born September 20, 1776
John born March 23, 1778
Susan born December 29, 1780
Elizabeth born November 3, 1784
Thomas born April 1, 1786

Their surviving children, John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Susan were 
allowed pension on account of their father’s services on an application 
executed January 10, 1838 by the daughter Susan who was then a resident 
of Orange County, NC

Very truly yours,

E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner


Source: HeritageQuest Online

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