Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,666, Shadrack Ellis, N.C.
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N.C.
Ellis, Shadrack
S.31.666
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31666
INVALID.
File No. 31,666
Shadrack Ellis 
Pre Rev War
Act: June [illegible]
Index:-Vol.g, Page 124
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James L. Edwards, Eq. 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.
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Washington City, March 2, 1837.
James L. Edwards, Eq. for,
Me enters declaration
reached me about nine oclock their evening, 
& they leave to commend it to you most favorable consideration. The [illegible] arrangement, timing the revolutionary war week, in a general way, so lovely conducts in the Southern states, that I fear there is no documentary evidence confirmating
of the statement of the kitchner. Effort 
[illegible] to leave the city tomorrow night,
I must ask of you the favor to forward your answer to Sparta, Georgia, with such [illegible] or may seem to he keeping, I with or little delay as can only time will permit. 

Very respectfully,
[illegible]

C E Haynes
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 23, 1839.

For:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Shadrack Ellis, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838, to this 4th Sept. 1838. 

Respectfully, yours, 

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

Present.
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Georgia 
Talbot County 

On this Sixth day of May 1833 personally appeared in your court before their Honour Bartley Whithurst  John Brown and Robert G Crittenden Justices of the Inferior Court of Talbot County now letting Shadrack Ellis resident of Talbot County now in his seventy third year since the Secord day of March last who being from duly sworn according to law doeth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed this 7th June 1832.

What he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and service as herein stated to wit. He entered the service once time in the month of May 1779 as a volunteer under Capt. John Hodge & Leiut James Lanier services in the ridgemint  of Col Sitgraves of Newburn under Brigadier Gen Summer of Haalifax in North Carolina entered the services in Pitt County of North Carolina served a five months Tour & when the five months were out he volunteered again under Capt John Moye and served a four months tour during a part of this period James Gorum was promoted and acted as his Colonial was for some time with Col Thomas Armstrong of the Continental army was short time with Col Washington which he  was stationed on the Yadkin river Head quarters over there at Saulisbury. We was in a Schirmish with the British on the day that Lord Cornwallis  marched in to Charlotte Col Tarleton commanded on that day the British Scorso the Americans marched off towards Salisbury. In these two tours he marched over the country about Salisbury & Charlotte and up and down the river, the Catawba and Yadkin in North Carolina. He acted as Sargent two months and had thirty men under him & was stationed at Greenville in Pitt County to guard about five hundred British prisoners. He afterward served in 1781 a three month tour as a substitute for
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William Nichols under Capt Mayo Maj John Inlow Col Saulter and Gen William Caswell was in the battle at the shallow pond on the Yadkin with the Tories in this engagement there were accending to the best information we got about thirteen of the enemy killed and about Twenty wounded. The whigs had one Lieutenant & two privates killed & two or three wounded. After marching up and over the river for some time he was marched to Salisbury, and discharged in October 1781. He was in the service something more than  twelve months was at home as much as two or three times during his service remained at home once or twice as much as a week. He states he never left the army without the permission of his officers. 

He has no documentary evidence now in his possession he had three discharges he got one at Salisbury one at Kingston and on Nouse [Neuse] river and one at Smith & field on [illegible] river he has singe [illegible] all of his discharges.

He knows of no one ^ accept Benjamin Ellis & Underhill Ellis by whom he could prove his service as most of them are dead or moved to parts unknown. 

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.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid William S Goss [illegible] Shadrack Ellis

{Georgia Talbort County} Mr. Hiriam Powell-a clergyman resident in [illegible] county and John Thomas residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are all well acquainted with Shadrack Ellis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in his seventy third year of his age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid

William S. Goss John Thomas Hiriam Powell MG.
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Georgia Talbot County} And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogaries prescribed by the war depots meant 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 Hiram Powell who has signed the proceeding certificates is a clergyman resident of said county and that John Thomas who has also signed the same is a resident of said county and is a creditable person and that their statement is en a titled to credit.

John Brown [illegible]
Re: G: Crittenden [illegible]
Bartley Whithurst [illegible]

I William S Goss clerk of the inferior court of Talbot County do hereby certify that the fore [illegible] contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Shadrack Ellis for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 11th day of May in the year of our Lord 1833

William S Goss Clerk
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Shadrack Ellis 
2514 [illegible]

Ad & gmo pn $30

Capt Hodge
Col Thompson
NC Milling 

Hon. C. E Haynes
               [illegible]
Sparta, Ga
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31035

Georgia [illegible]
Shadrack Ellis
of Talbot Co in the State of GA who was a private in the Company command by Captain Hodges of the Regal command by Col Settgreavs in the NC [illegible] for of [illegible] 

Inscribed on the Roll of NC  
at the rate of 30 Dollars       Cents
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension found the 23 day of  [illegible] 1837 and Seal. [illegible] 
Hayne Sparta GA [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March 183{illegible]
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept [illegible]

[illegible]
Revolutionary [illegible]
Act June 7, 183[illegible]

Recorded by HH Sylvester 

Book E Vol. 6 Page 89
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Paid at the Treasury new date Ret of the 6th April 1838. from 4 Sept 1838. [illegible] Modified 4 June 1839.