Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9556, for John Shuttle, Virginia
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                          
Va.  

Shuttle, John      

NUMBER
R.9556


CONTENTS
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["Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873," crossed through]

REJECTED  [stamp]

9556
P.O.
John Shuttle
Service:          , 18  .
Enlisted:         , 18  .
Discharged:    , 18  .
Application filed:   , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.   Contract.
   Cert. of Dis.  Searched for    , 18  .
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No 33413
Indiana
John Shuttle
Suspended
Let to Appl 5 Decr 1835

9556
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Greensburgh Ia         Free
Nov 25 1835

Dec 3
JN [illeg.]

To the War Department
Pension Office
Washington D. C.
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Greensburgh Ia  Nov 16 1835

The Commissioner of Pensions will please direct any communication he may make relative to my application to me, at Greensburgh Decatur County Indiana to the care of Andrew Davison--
John Shuttle
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the  benefit of the act of Congress passed on June 7 1832 

State of Indiana 
County of Decatur
[vertical illegible word] 
SS [written after vertical illegible word]

On this ninth day of november in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five personally appeared in open court 
before the probate Court of Decatur County Indiana (the said court
 being a court of record and so constituted by law) now sitting. 
John Shuttle a resident of the township of Adams in said county of Decatur and state of Indiana, aged eighty one years
on the tenth day of last September who being first duly sworn 
accepting to law doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 1832. 

That he entered the service of the united States under the following named 
officers and served as herein stated. That he volunteered and 
entered the service of the United States, for three months about the 
last of March in the year 1775 at New London Bedford County
 and the State of Virginia (where he then resided) under Captain Jacob 
Moon, Lieutenant Amos Galloway and [inteligible] Plesant Moon. 
That he marched from the last named place, under said officers to Richmond, Virginia where he joined a regiment under the
command of Colonel Thomas Saunders - that he was stationed at Richmond under said officers for the term of three months, at
the expiration of which time he returned home to New London Bedford County Virginia about the first of July in the year 1775
having served at least three months in said term [two small dashes]
That he was drafted for six months, and entered the service of the united States
 under Captain Robert Adams and Lieutenant Ansel Linch and [ilegible] Thomas
Ranolds, on or about the first day of August in the year 1775 at 
Bedford County Virginia; when he then resided, that he marched from 
thence to Pettenbough Virginia under the said officers, at that place
he joined a regiment under Colonel Charles Linch. That he was
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was stationed at Pottersburgh Virginia for Six months under the command of said officers, That the Object in being Stationed at Said place was to guard the place and keep the enemy from landing--that at the expiration of Said last named time he was discharged from Service and returned home on or about the tenth March in the year 1776 having Served the last mentioned tour at least Six months.  he received no written discharge from Service-- That he was drafted for three months, and entered the Service of the United States under Captain Robert Adams Lieutenant Thomas Murray Ensign Thomas Runnels on or about the first day of July in the year 1776 at Bedford County Virginia where he then resided. that he marched from thence under said officers to Norfolk Virginia and then joined a regement [sic] under the command of Colonel James Calloway- that he was Stationed at Norfolk Virginia under said officers for three months, at the expiration of which time he returned home to Bedford County Virginia on or about the tenth of October in the year 1776. that the object in being Stationed at Norfolk Virginia was to guard the place and keep the enemy from landing-- that he Served at least three months in said last named tour--that in the whole he served in the Militia as above stated at least twelve months--
That he enlisted for five years, in army of the United States at New London Bedford County Virginia, where he then resided on or about the first day of November in the year 1776 with Captain Alexander Cummins and Served in the Regement [sic] of the Virginia line under the following named officers that is to say Colonel Robert Irish. Captain Alexander Cummins Lieutenant Thomas Runnels ensign Joseph Leftridge. that he was engaged under said officers at the United States Armory then at New London Bedford County Virginia in making and repairing United States arms. until on or about the first of February in the year 1781. at which last mentioned time he marched under Captain James Adams-
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Lieutenant Thomas Murray and ensign John Morrison in a Regement [sic] of Riflemen commanded by Colonel Charles Linch too Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina, and then about the first of March in the said year joined the American Army under the command of General Green that he fought at the Battle of Guilford in the Regement commanded by Sol Charles Linch, the month of March in the said year of 1781. at that Battle the American army was commanded by General Green and the British army by Lord Cornwallis. that on or about the first of April in said year he marched back under Captain James Adams to New London Bedford County Virginia and was there engaged in the United States Armory at making and repairing arms until November in the year 1781. at which time his time of service having expired he was discharged.  That he received a discharge from Colonel Charles Linch; but has lost it.  That he was robed [robbed] of his Chest at Washington County Virginia and lost his discharge together with all his important papers-- that he cannot remember the Number of the Regement in which he enlisted, he, however, well recollects it was commanded y Colonel Robet Irish-- That he was born in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersy [sic] on the tenth of September in the year 1754 that in the year 1760 he removed with his father to Bedford County Virginia that he resided t Bedford County Virginia til the year 1806 in which year he removed to Washington County Virginia where he resided to the last of August in the year 1834 at which tie he removed to the County of Decatur and State of Indiana where he arrived on or about the last of September in the year 1834 and where he now resides--  that he recollects his age from having seen a record thereof made by his father in a book then belonging to his father who is now deceased- that said book and record of his age is now in possession of his sister in Campbell County Virginia.  That he knows of no witness now living by whom he can prove his services- that he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension to a pension [sic] or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
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not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Shuttle
his X mark

We Benjamin Gosnell and Jacob Tranbarger (residing in Adams township Decatur County Indiana. the same township in which the above named John Shuttle resides) hereby certify that we are well aquainted [sic] with John Shuttle who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Benjamin Gosnell
his X mark
Jacob Tranbarger

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories [sic] prescribed by the War department, 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 Benjamin Gosnell and Jacob Tranberger who has Signed the preceeding [sic] certificate are resident in the said Township of Adams. County of Decatur. Indiana. and are both credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
Angus C MCoy, Sole Judge of said Court

I Henry H. Talbott Clerk of the Probate Court of the Said county of Decatur Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John Shuttle for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
My hand and Seal of office this ninth
day of November in the year 1835.
Henry H. Talbott, Ck,