Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22989, for David Shields, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.
Shields, David
NUMBER
S.22989
CONTENTS
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Let to Hon W Beatty, Jan 23. 1838. 
No. 18373 
Pittsburg 
David Shields of Armstrong Co. in the State of Penna. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Shields of the - commanded by - in the Penna. Troops line for 1 year 5 months & 3 days     
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 57 Dollars - per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.     
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of August 1833 and Sent to Michael Galligner Kittanning Pa 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 114.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 28.50     
$142.50 
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 5 Page 90
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David Shields
24916
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State of Pennsylvania }
Armstrong County SS } On this 19th day of March, AD1833 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid in open Court, of the Town of Kittanning in said County, David Shields, of the Township of Red Banks [Redbank] in said Country, now of the age of sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his solemn oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.  That he entered the service of his County in the War [crossed out: of the Revolution (illegible)] of the Revolution as a militia man under his father Captain John Shields at Fort Shields in Westmoreland County in the said State of Pennsylvania, in the month of March 1782 and continued under his command for a period of Four years during which time he was employed in Guarding the Fort and occasionally rendering services as a "Scout” to spy out the movements of the Indians, and at the expiration of the said period of four years, he served under Captain James Moore at the same place, and performing like Services until the 1st  day of May 1789 when he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 8th Company of foot in the 4th [crossed out: Regiment] Battallion of the Militia of Westmoreland (thout  [thought] his commission hereunto attached).  And after he was so commissioned as aforesaid he still continued in the Service under Captain Hunter, at the same place, and rendering like service [word crossed out] for about three years, when the war against the Indians terminated.

The said applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or the agency of any State.
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[crossed out: Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid]

And to the questions following the said applicant answers as follows—To wit – 
1 where and in what year were you born. Answer. I was born in the County of Cumberland Penna on the 19th July 1764. 
2 - Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it Answer. I have a Record of it in the Family Bible belonging to my Father's family-   
3. Where were you living when called into service, and when have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live. Ans. When first called into service I was living in Westmoreland County and have since lived in Westmoreland County, and now reside in Armstrong County, Red Bank Township          
4 - How were you called into service - were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute- Answer, I entered as a volunteer and so continued all the time as in the same. 
5 - The names of the General officers under whom I served were General Charles Campbell, Major John Guthrie, and the captains mentioned in my declaration-    
6. I never received any discharge from the service but returned home when the Indians were defeated 
My Commission accompanies my declaration
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7  The reverend John Core and John Shields can testify under this interrogatory  as by reference to their certificates will appear- 
David Shields 
Sworn to and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid 
Fredk Rohrer Pro }   
We John Core a Clergyman, residing in the Township of Clarion-- and John Shields residing in the Township of Clarion both in said County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Shields who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to of the age of Sixty four years 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
Fredk Rohrer Pro}
John Shields
John Core 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories 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 John Core who has signed the preceding certificate , is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Clarion that John Shields who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Clarion - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit- 
Attest Fredk Rohrer, Pro-
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State of Pennsylvania  
Armstrong County Set 
I Frederick Rohrer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Armstrong aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court aforesaid in the matter of the application of David Shields for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this nineteenth day of March 1833- 
Fredk Rohrer Pro.
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State of Pennsylvania 
Armstrong County Ss    
John Shields on his solemn oath doth say, that he is acquainted with David Shields foregoing applicant for a pension, and his known in from childhood up till the present period. That distinctly recollects the last of his being in the service of his Country as a soldier in the War of Revolution at Fort Shields in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and that he continued in the service as as aforesaid have the year AD 1780 when this Deponent first saw him in the service till the final certification of the peace with Great Britain which took place in AD 1784, This deponent further states that he the said David Shields the before named applicant to his certain knowledge was engaged in the service of his country against the Indians, from the ratification of the defensive treaty of peace as aforesaid up till the time when the Indians was finally defeated and vanquished, and peace returned to the Franklins 
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County this 16th day of July 1833 
Fredk Rohrer, 
John Shields Jun
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State of Pennsylvania  
Armstrong County SS}  
Robert Hunter a citizen of the County of Westmorland in the State aforesaid on his solemn oath doth say that he was acquainted with Caption Shields in his lifetime the Father of David Shields the foregoing named applicant for a pension, and distinctly recollects the last of his having commanded at “Fort Shields” as mentioned by the applicant in his declaration, that he is well acquainted with the before named applicant and will remembers the fact of his living in the family of his father, and that all who were inmates in his family were subjected to active service in and about the Fort aforesaid against the Common enemy in the War of the Revolution. that he recollects the commencement of his services aforesaid were in the year 1780 at the before mentioned Fort, and that he continued thereto in the service aforesaid up till the period when Hannahstown was burnt and destroyed by the Indians and that subsequent to this went he the said applicant was attached to and under the command of this deponent who is the same Captain Hunter referred to and named in his Declaration aforesaid. This deponent further states that to the best of his recollection and belief the said David Shields was actively engaged in the public service as a soldier of the Revolution as aforesaid from the year 1780 aforesaid up till 1784, and, and from thence in the year 1790 - at all times when the State of the County required his services
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Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid this
16th day of July 1833 
Fredk Rohrer }
Robert Hunter
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State of Pennsylvania 
Armstrong County Ss }  
I Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing and within contains the original proceedings of the court aforesaid together with the supplement in the matter of the application of David Shields for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand day and affixed the seal of said court at Kittanning, this 16th day of July, A.D. 1833  
Fredk Rohrer Pro

[on the left: round seal stamped over a small piece of paper]
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No. 24916
Daniel Shields Armstrong County Pennsylvania
By the Court
Adm
1 year 5 mos 3 dys.
Michael Gallingner Kittanning 
Armstrong County Penna.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,    
Pension Office, 183    
Sir:  
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.   

[Table entitled: ] A Statement shewing the service of David Shields Armstrong County Pennsylvania
[column headings: (1) Period when the service was rendered., 
(2) Duration of claimant’s service. - Years., 
(2) Duration of claimant’s service. - Months., 
(2) Duration of claimant’s service. - Days., 
(3) Rank of the claimant., 
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. (Genl Campbell, Major Guthrie), 
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.. 
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported. ]

Entered Mar. 1782 | 4 | [blank] | [blank] | private | Cap Shields | 68 years, County of Westmoreland Pennsylvania | Traditionary evidence & Clergymans certificate, witness certified credible, documentary evidence – papers correct - 

Served until 1st May 1789.} ] [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | Private & Lieut. | Capt Jas. Moore | [blank] | [blank]

Served [illegible] } | about 3 | [blank] | [blank] | Lieut. | Cap Hunter | [blank] | [blank]
[end table]

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
 J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.              
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]            
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.            
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.    
1. Where and in what year were you born?                
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?          
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---yearmonths , anddays , I served as amonths and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."   
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wife nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.    
He cannot be allowed service after the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace -
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section. 
January 27, 1916. 
Hon. George H. Shields, 
Judge of the Circuit Court, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Sir:  
In response to your letter of the 21" instant, you are advised that it appears in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of David Shields Sur. File No. 22,989, that he was born July 19, 1764, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , and while residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania , in March 1780, entered the militia and served at Fort Shields in said County, under his father, Captain John Shields guarding the Fort and spying on the movements of Indians for four years. At the expiration of said four years he served under Captain James Moore at the same place, performing like services until May 1, 1789, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 8th Company of Foot in the Battalion of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia, and continued in the service under Captain Hunter at the same place about three years, when the war against the Indians terminated.
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He was allowed pension on an application executed March 19, 1833, while a resident of Red Bank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
There is no other data on file as to his family,
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Shields -- 2-
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Revolution 
22989 
INVALID.  
File No.  22,989 
David Shields 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7” 32”   
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 364
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 June 4 Hist to Mrs. H. M. Mason V.L.M.
1916 Jany 27 Hist to Hon Geo H. Shields
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[unreadable] Albany
Boynton
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Am Jan 20. 1838
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See if this widow of a Pensioner under the law of 1832 would be entitled to have the pension after his death, be so good to reply to the above inquiry 
Mr. Beatty desires that the papers of Shields should be come to him as soon as possible (or a copy for the purpose of obtaining a pension of the State be good enough to reply to the above enquiries and enclose the papers to the Hon Wm Beatty H. R. [unreadable]
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Dav Shields
Pa.
Mr. Rowan
18th Mar 20
Hon W. Beatty H.R.
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Copy the papers of David Shields
of Armstrong Co. Penn. Act 1832
for Hon. W. Beatty H.R.
18373 Rev
Feb
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To the Honorable the Secretary at War 
Dear Sir. - I herewith send the application of David Shields for a pension, with additional testimony taken as to his services rendered Their to the termination of the Revolutionary war and which I have will be found satifactory to the department, and that he will receive his pension 
SSM  
I have the honor to be Sir your Obt Servt 
Michael Galligher
Kittanning Armstrong County Pennsylvania July 16th 1833
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? Rev Sec H.
GEORGE H. SHIELDS   
JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT    
ST. LOUIS
Jan. 21, 1916.  
Hon. G.M. Sallsgaber, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Dept. of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:  
Send transcript AW
I am very much obliged to you for sending me the information in regard to David Shields. Will you kindly send me a copy of the application for pension made by him on March 19th, 1833. I have no doubt that David Shields was my grandfather, because Dr. Eagle (I think his name was) many years ago state librarian at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, sent me a statement that David Shields, my grandfather, was sent by Gen. Washington to Standing Rock, Pennsylvania, Now Huntington, Pennsylvania, in charge of a company to protect the inhabitants against the Indians. Any information you can give me on this subject will be greatly appreciated. 
Yours very truly, 
Geo H. Shields
GHS/B
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 24 1916
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Don’t sent out again as a circular as most of this service was militia and not during War periods it will be clearer AW
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525  
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington D. C. 19
S. F. 22989
In reply to your request of a statement of the military history of David Shields soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF APPOINTMENT OR ENLISTMENT  Mch 1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 Years   RANK   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Shields* Captain James Moore  at Ft. Shields   STATE.  Penn 
DATES OF APPOINTMENT OR ENLISTMENT  May 1 1789   LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 years RANK   Lieut.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Robert Hunter STATE.  8” Co. 4” Battle of Westmoreland Co. Pa.  Militia during Indian War
AW.       *Father of Soldier
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co. Penn   
Date of application for pension, Mch 19 1833   His cl was al. [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Red Bank Twp Armstrong Co. Penn.   
Age at date of application, born in Cumberland Co. Penn July 19 1764.  
Remarks: 
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JUN 3 1914  
2108 N. Nevada Ave 
Colorado Springs, Colo. 
May 31st 1914  
 Pension office Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
Have been trying to trace genealogy of my ancestors to see I am eligible to the D. A. R. Society and Miss Maude Williams and Mrs Norman Campbell both referred me this office. Will you please tell me if any one has come in on the names
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Selby, Cade and Shields. 
My great great grandparents names were Nathan Selby, Moses Cade and they resided near Parkersburg Virginia    
My great great grandfather Shields his first name was David lived in Pennsylvania 
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Hoping you will answer as soon as possible. 
Very Truly Yours 
Mrs H M Mason
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Selby Cade} Virginia
Shields } Pennsylvania
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D JUNE 3 1914
M1