Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,372, for John William Shobe, Pennsylvania
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Service                                        Number

Penn.      Shobe, John William    S.38,372
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Contnets
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6827.
Virginia
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John William Shobe
of Albermarle in the state of Virginia who was a sergeant, in the regiment commanded by Colonel _____ of the Pulaski's Corps for the term of two years,
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Inscribed in the rolls of Virginia at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of August 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of Feby, 1819 and sent to the Hon. Hugh Nelson House of Representatives U.S.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 
29/34 & 4/30 mo.                                   8.54
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar. 1818   48.00
                                                             $56.54

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
Albermarle
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Shobe John W, Declaration

Admitted
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Virginia,

    At a Court held for Albermarle County the third day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
    John William Shobe aged seventy-four years las May a resident of the county of Albermarle personally appeared in court and being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Unted States in the Revolutionary War" that he, the said John Wm. Shobe enlisted in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1778 under (illegible) Lee Brown who was attached to General Pilascois' Corps, that he continued to service in the said Corps till the end of 1781, when he was discharged at Smithfield, Nansemond County, State of Virginia and that he served two years as sergeant, that he was at the battle of Savannah in Georgia, in the battle of Campden, South Carolina and at the battle of Mount  (illegible) in the same state and the skirmish at James Island same state, that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services; Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that it be certified to the Secretary of the War Department that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said John W. Shobe did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy in the Continental Establishment for the term above-stated, that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that the proceedings and testimony herewith taken and had been also certified to the said Secretary of the War (next page)
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War Department


    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this third day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and in the 43rd year of the Commonwealth.

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                        Alex Garret Clerk of Albermarle
                                       County Court
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John W. Shobe's

Albermarle

Declaration

6827

Feb. 19.  Examined

Pennsylvania

A Copy

Con
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Virginia
Albermarle County} s

    On this nineth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said county John William Shobe aged seventy-eight years, resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary was as follows;  That he enlisted in the year 1778 in the Regiment commanded by General Pulaski and in a company belonging to said Regiment commanded by Captain Lee Brown in the Pennsylvania Line in continental establishment for three years as a soldier, that he was at the Battle of Savannah in South Carolina, at battle on James Island,  at the battle Monk's Corner in South Carolina and the battle of Camden.  That he received two wounds while in said service one at Savannah and the other at Camden.  That he was discharged from service in Nansemond County Virginia after his term of enlistment had expired, that he made a declaration in August 1818 and that he has obtained a Pension Certificate Numbered 6827.   And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any other manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with he intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled :An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or (illegible), contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed viz: One old blind horse, one old plow love, two weeding hoes and two old axes.

                               John W. (his mark) Shobe

And the said John William Shobe declareth that his occupation is farming that he is unable to peruse if from, his advanced age, that he has a family, to wit: (next page)
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Polly Shibe his child aged 25 years, Jane Shobe his child aged 23 years, Patience Shobe his child aged 20 years, John Shobe his child aged 14 years.  Dar(cey) Shobe his wife aged 59 years, who is very sickly and infirmed, all the children except Jane (who is sickly) are totally healthy.

Sworn to and subscribed on the 9th
day of August 1820 before the court
of Albermarle County sitting.

The Court doth certify that this court is a court of record being legally so constituted by state authority.

    I Alexander Garret Clerk of the County Court of Albermarle do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule does no exceed the sum of fifty dollars.

    In testimony whereof I have thereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on this 15th day of August 1820 in the 45th year of the commonwealth. 

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                                     Alex Garrett Clerk
        of the Court for the County of Albermarle
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38 372
Revy
INVALID
File No. 38,372
John Willaim Shobe
Serg. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 373

(Arrangement of 1870.)