Writing Slate Owned & Used by Captain Daniel P Taylor during American Revolution

Description

AMERICAN REVOLUTION
.  Double sided writing slate with a wood frame personally owned and used by Captain Daniel P. Taylor (1761-1834) during the American Revolution.  Accompanied with a Civil War period signed note of provenance from Taylor’s great-grandson, F.W. Taylor, acknowledging the authenticity of the slate on the back of his Morristown, Tennessee business card: “This Slate was used by Capt. Daniel P. Taylor a Captain in the Revolutionary army when a school boy.  He was my great grandfather.  Slate was present to me by Jno. D. Gray another descendant.”
WRITING SLATE PERSONALLY OWNED AND USED BY CAPTAIN DANIEL P. TAYLOR DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Daniel P. Taylor, the third child of James Taylor and Ann Owen, was born in Cumberland County, Virginia on August 13, 1761.  He served in the Revolutionary War and near the end of his life would receive a pension for his service.  Taylor married Jane Rowland in Henry County, Virginia in 1780 and they would have thirteen children, of which eight were born in Henry County and the remaining five in Grainger County, Tennessee.  He and his family moved to Grainger County about 1795 and remained there for the remainder of their lives.  Taylor died on November 15, 1834 and is buried in Livingston Cemetery, Bean Station, Grainger County.
ACCOMPANIED WITH A CIVIL WAR PERIOD SIGNED NOTE OF PROVENANCE FROM TAYLOR’S GREAT-GRANDSON, F.W. TAYLOR, ACKNOWLEDGING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SLATE: “THIS SLATE WAS USED BY CAPT. DANIEL P. TAYLOR A CAPTAIN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY WHEN A SCHOOL BOY.  HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.  SLATE WAS PRESENT TO ME BY JNO. D. GRAY ANOTHER DESCENDANT.”
Note is attached to the slate with a leather strap, contains a paper label with the ink numeral “709,” circa early 1770s, measures 14.5 by 10.25 inches, and in very good condition with wearing from age and use and the slate slightly loose from the wood frame.