Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42010, for Jesse Shivers, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Shivers, Jesse
NUMBER
S 42010
CONTENTS
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14, 697
North Carolina
Jesse Shivers
of Pitt County in the State of N. Carolina
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hogan of the N. Carolina
line, for the term of nine months
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Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence of
the 16 of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Sep. 1819
and sent to Judge H. Potter
Raleigh N. Carolina
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 21.00
Semi-anl, all'ce ending May 1820. 48.00 
2 mo. 19/30
69.06
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
d. of d.
not on A. B
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Jesse Shivers
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State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office 15th June 1819
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the musterroll of the North Caroline
Continental line in the revolutionary war
that Jesse Shivers a musician under Capt
Child of the 10th Regt was mustered on the
20th July 1778 for nine months, but the
length of time he served is not that stated.
Given under my hand the
date above
Wm. Hill
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Jesse Shivers
North Carolina line
7th Reg't.Col. Hogan
20 July 1778 9 mo
Secretary of State
certificate that he appears on the Muster
Roll for 9 months but the
time he served not was not [illegible]
Seat of the Court
[illegible]
Admitted
Proof that he
served nine months
required
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District of North Carolina ss.
On this 16th day of June 1819, before me the
subscriber, one of the Judges of the United States for the
District aforesaid, personally appeared Jesse Stivers,
aged fifty nine years, resident in Pitt County in
the said district, who being by me first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath 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 & navel service of the United States in
the revolutionary war:" That on or about the last
of April or first of May 1778, he the said Jesse
Shivers, for a County, entered the service of the service of the
United States as a soldier in Martinborough (now Greenville)
State of North Carolina, in the company commanded by Captain Frances Child, of the Regiment
commanded by Col Hogan of the North Carolina
line, on the continental establishment,
in the war aforesaid, for Nine months that
he was marched from Martinborough to Halifax, thence northerly through Petersburg in
the State of Virginia, where he for the first
in obtained a certificate of his enrolment, stating
his said nine months service to commence at that
time, which was on or about the 20th of July
1778; that he continued to serve in said company
until about the first of May 1779, after the expiration of his said service, when he was discharged from
service, in Halifax, in the State of North Carolina; that he
was in no battle; and that he is in reduced circumstances
and
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and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year first aforesaid
H. Potter DMSNC
Henry Barnhill maketh Oath that he is well
acquainted with the aforesaid Jesse Shivers & knew
him previous to the revolution. That he entered the
service of the United States with the said Jesse and
served with him in the same company, until a
few days after he the said Jesse was discharged, and
knows that he served nine months on the continental established and was discharged, as is
stated in his declaration aforesaid. Deponent
further saith that the said Jesse is in reduced circumstances
stands in need of the assistance of his country for
support.

Sworn to before me, at Raleigh, the 16th June 1819.
H. Potter DMSNC
John Anderson maketh Oath that the aforesaid
Jesse Shivers is in reduced circumstances & stands
in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to before me at the time & place
aforesaid
H. Potter DMSNC
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I Henry Potter Judge as aforesaid, do certify,
that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jesse
Shivers did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in
the proceeding declaration, against the common
enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken shed before
me, to the Secretary for the Department of War,
pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned
act of Congress
Raleigh 24th June 1819
H. Potter DMSNC
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[Letterhead}
Published by
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HARDWARE ASSOCIATION
Hardware Retailer
915-935 MEYER-KISER BANK BUILDING
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
MEMBER
AUDIT UREAU
of CIRCULATIONS

August 17, 1931
Department of Interior,
Bureau of Revolutionary Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

North Carolina records show a pension allowance of
$96.00 annually to Jesse Shivers, private, of Pitt County, N.C.
That he was placed on the roll September 18, 1819; pension began June 16, 1819, that it was dropped under act of May, 1820.
Age of pensioner 60 years.
Is it possible to obtain from this record any information
regarding the revolutionary service of this soldier, also as to
place of residence, name of wife, number of children and like
facts?
Jesse Shivers was an ancestor of mine and I am endeavoring
to gather the information for use in a genealogical records which I am compiling.

Your assistance will be very greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Rivers Peterson
[stamp mostly illegible]
Aug 20 1931
Pensions
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Washington September 2, 1931
Mr. Rivers Peterson
915 - 935 Meyer-Kiser Bank Building
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ba-J/MLB
Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42010, that Jesse Shivers enlisted the last of April or the first of May, 1778, in
Martinborough (which was later Greenville,) North Carolina,
and served from about July 20, 1778, to about May 1, 1779,
as a musician in Captain Francis Child's company, Colonel
Hogun's North Carolina regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June
16, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Pitt County,
North Carolina, aged fifty-nine years.
It is not stated whether soldier was married and there are no data on file as to his family,
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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42010
Revy INVALID
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File No. 42010
Jesse Shivers
[illegible line]
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Act: 18 March 18th
Index: -- Vol. 8, Page 458
Arrangement of 1870.}
1931 Sept. 2 Hist. to Mr. Rivers Peterson
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