Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6006, for Robert Shaw, North Carolina
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
N. C.
[typed form, with handwritten responses]
Shaw, Robert
Elizabeth
NUMBER
W.6006
B.L.W.7435-160-55
CONTENTS
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Reprinted
366.
Tennessee, Nashville
Elizabeth Shaw, widow of Robert Shaw, who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4t day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June 1848 and sent to Smith Hendrick
Nashville
Tenn
Record
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Vol 16 Page 71
[illegible]
Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert Shaw
Priv.
N. C. Contl. Line,
[illegible] acres Oct 1855
100 years old
Revy. War
[illegible]
S. Cole
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
State of Tennessee
County of [illegible] ss,
On this 24th day of September A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Shaw aged 99 years, a resident of [illegible] County in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Robert Shaw, deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain 		in the		Regiment of 		commanded by	in the War of the Revolution 
[illegible]
That her said husband	at 	on or about the 	day of 		A. D. 	for the term of	and continued in actual service in said war for the term of over [illegible] days and was discharged at	on the		day of		A. D.
She further states she was married to the said Robert Shaw on the 	day of 		A. D. by 	and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Hamilton that her said husband died at [illegible] County on the		day of 		A. D. and that she is a widow at the day of executing this her declaration, [crossed text] and having obtained a Bounty land warrant under act of 		, for 	acres. No. 	, which she has legally transferred and disposed of and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband’s services, and her marriage &c. [end crossed text]
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3rd, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this, or any act of Congress except as above stated [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
State of Tennessee
County of [illegible]
On this 24th day of September A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore-said Samuel [illegible] and Isaac Shaw residents in the State of Tennessee and County of [illegible] who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw who signed her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow: and they swear they are dis-interested witnesses. [illegible]
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[illegible] County do hereby certify that [illegible] applicant to the foregoing certificates are and were at the time of signing the same acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of [illegible] duly qualified and their foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this [illegible] the 29th day of September 1855.
Josh S. Croft Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this 4th day of July 1840 personally appeared before me Samuel Hamilton one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County Elizabeth Shaw a resident of said County aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 4 1836 that she is the widow of Robert Shaw who was a soldier in the the North Carolina line in the war of the revolution and served as follows, that her husband the said Robert Shaw entered the services in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five as an enlisted soldier in the regular army [illegible] of two years in Captain Smith’s Company of the fourth regiment and was discharged on the tenth of August seventeen hundred and seventy seven the said Robert Shaw was then living in Guilford County North Carolina that in the year seventy eight or seventy nine he again entered the service in what was cal[l]ed the New Livers[?] for a tower [tour] of nine months but this Declarant do[e]s not recol[l]ect whether it was as a volunteer or as a militiaman neither dose [does] she recol[l]ect the names of any of the officers that he was under this tower [tour] but she was informed by her husband the said Shaw that whilst he was out in this tour he was at the battle of Brier Creek after this tour he returned home to Guilford County and in the year seventeen hundred and eighty the said Robert Shaw entered the service as a substitute for on Moses McLain for a tour of three months as a militia man but she does not recollect his officer’s names but understood from him that he was at the Battle of Charlott and after
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he returned home from this tour he and remained sometime during which time the said Robert Shaw and this Declarant was married and ameaditley [immediately] after we were married the said Robert Shaw entered the service in a Light Horse Company Commanded by Captain Daniel Gillespie and that her husband was then living in Guilford County and was shortly afterwards marched to Guilford Courthouse and was in that battle after which time the said Robert Shaw was continued in service until after Cornwallis was taken after which time he returned home.
She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Shaw on the day of Sembr. in the year seventeen hundred and eighty that her husband the aforesaid Robert Shaw died on the 31st day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty and that she has remained a widow ever since that [illegible] as well more fully appear her reference to the proof hereto annexed she further declares that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim that her family record that showed the date of her marriage and the births of her children was burned several years ago that her first child was born on the 17 July 1782.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Elizabeth Shaw Seal
S. Kirkpatrick J. P.
One of the acting justices of the peace for Sumner Co.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I Samuel Kirkpatrick one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert Shaw who has this day appeared and made oath to the within declaration before me that she is a woman of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to her statements. I also certify that from old age and bodily infirmity that she is not able to attend at the court house in her county in order to make this declaration in open court .
I further certify that the word entitled in the [illegible] (eight hundred) was done before the same was assigned in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of July 1840
S. Kirkpatrick seal
Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I Andrew McGlothlin Clerk of the County Court of Sumner County do hereby certify that Samuel Kirkpatrick whose name is assigned officially to the above declaration and certificate is and was an acting Justice of the Peace and a Justice of our said Court of record at the time of the said date and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine that he was duly commissioned and sworn as such full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office in Gallatin this 4th day of July 1840
Andrew McGlothlin Clerk of S. C. C.
By his [illegible] W. S. Munday
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December 20, 1937.
BA-J/ILL
Robert Shaw
W. 6006
Mrs. Alfred Stromberg
405 Myrtle Avenue
Albany, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Christopher Robert Shaw, who was born about 1760 in North Carolina or South Carolina, married Mary Ball of Surry County, North Carolina, and died about 1830, in Tennessee, and who, you state, was a Major in a later war, probably the War of 1812.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 of any Christopher Shaw. The record has been found of a Robert Shaw of North Carolina who served in the Revolutionary War and died in 1830, in Tennessee. The data given herein are shown in the papers on file in pension claim W. 6006, based upon his service; it may aid in your research.
Robert Shaw resided in Guilford County, North Carolina, at the time of the Revolutionary War. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted early in the war, date not given, served as a private in Captain John Nelson’s and Smith’s companies in Colonel Thomas Polk’s and Alexander Martin’s North Carolina Regiments, and was in the service in August 1777, served in 1778 or 1779 as private in the “New Levies” in North Carolina, enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Captain William Bethel’s company, Colonel Brannon’s North Carolina regiment; he enlisted sometime after December 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Gillespie’s Light Horse Company, and was in service until after the surrender of Cornwallis; during the period of his service, he was in the Battle of Brier Creek, Charlotte, and Guilford Court House. His service accounted to at least two years.
The soldier moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and lived many years in Sumner County. He died in that county on December 31, 1830.
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Robert Shaw married in December 1780, in Guilford County, North Carolina, Miss Elizabeth Hamilton; they were married at her father’s house. The names of her parents are not shown. The soldier was called then “Chunky Bob Shaw”. Elizabeth’s brother, Thomas Hamilton, was present at their marriage. No reference is made to a former marriage of the soldier.
Elizabeth Shaw, the soldier’s widow, was allowed pension on her application executed July 4, 1840, at which time she was aged eighty-five years. She resided then in Sumner County, Tennessee. She died December 15, 1856.
Robert Shaw and his wife, Elizabeth, reared a family in Tennessee; the names of the members of their family are not designated. Elizabeth stated that her first child was born July 17, 1782, but did not state the name of said child.
In 1851, Robert K. Shaw and Ransom B. Turner were present in Sumner County, Tennessee, when Elizabeth Shaw, the widow, made affidavit there. In 1855, Isaac Grimm and Samuel McKain were residents of Sumner County, Tennessee. No relationship between these persons and the soldier’s family were stated.
In 1840, Elizabeth’s brother, Thomas Hamilton, was a resident of Gallatin County, Illinois, aged eighty years. He stated that he was present at the death of Robert Shaw, the soldier, also, that he served with him in the Revolutionary War. Reference was made to James and Robert Hamilton, older brothers of said Elizabeth.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Revy WIDOW &c.
File No. 6006
Elizabeth Shaw
Wid.
Robert Shaw
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 4/31
Index:--Vol. M Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 98
Jno. E. Bent
McMinn
Ser Jno.
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No. 174471
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 20, 1855
Robert Shaw
Rev. War
Wm. H. Solomon
Gallatin
Tenn
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6617
West Tennessee
Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert Shaw who was a pensioner under the Act of
and died in the 31st December 1831 in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the [illegible] commanded by Captain Smith in the Regt. commanded by Col. [illegible] in the 4th Regt. N. C. line for 6 months private [illegible] 3 months private [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 Ending March 4th 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April 1842 sent to W. E. Jones
Carthage, Tennessee
Arrears to the 4th of March, [illegible] 62.00
Semi-Anl. Allowance ending
$162.50
Recorded by D. D. Addison
Book A Vol. 20 Page 209
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5094
Tennessee
Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert N. C. who died on the 21 Dec 1830 of Sumner in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain ---- of the – Commanded by 	in the		line for 
[illegible] per $32.50
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 day of March, 1831
Soldier payments under acts ’38 ’43 ’44 & ‘48
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of January 1852 and sent to Jo. Bryan
Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836.
Section the}
Recorded by A. H. Mackland Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2 Page 417
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Reprint
7781
Tennessee Nashville
Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert Shaw who was a private in the Rev
[illegible] died 31 Dec. 1830
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 32 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued 6th day of June 1846 and sent to
Hon. E. H. Ewing
[illegible]
[Acts of March 3, 1843]
And of June ‘4
Recorded in Book 4
Vol. 2 Page 1197
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7435
Neo. [illegible]
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Elizabeth Shaw of Robert
Tennessee
Suspender
Let: 2nd June 1840
Hon. W. B. Campbell
Do. 24 Augt 1840
Let: 21 Dec 40 Hon W. B. Campbell
Let to do 2 Mch ‘41
Let to do 1st July 1841
Let to W. E. Jones 6 Jany 1842; to same 4
Act 4 July 1836
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Jno Shaw
N. C.
Susk Col G. A. Craig
Apl 4, 37
Do June 5
Act 7 June 32
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174471
Spaced
It appears from the original pension papers on file that this widow is 100 years old
S. Cole
Mr. Rhett
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Bureau of Pensions
Robert Shaw
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Div.	3-503.
Ex’r.
No.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Co…., Reg’t
Washington, D. C.,………………, 189….
In reply to your inquiry relative to the pension claim above entitled, you are informed that it awaits evidence of
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Sumnerville Tennessee Sept 22nd 1851
W. E. Jones Esq
Sir
Your letter of the 17th instant is at [illegible] making enquiry about Mr. B. Starrett he has been dead some time in June was he decd. in this county.
Respectfully
Jannar Reeves
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Elizabeth Shaw
Payment to be made at Nashville
by
Joel M. Smith Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Tennessee
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1818, Page 306 Vol. 3
Leo. Jenkins
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW’S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2nd, 1848, Elizabeth Shaw, widow of Robert Shaw, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty two dollars and fifty cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
By F. S. Evans
2/32.50
1625
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720 366
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Raleigh 24th July 1841
Dear Sir
Your favor of the 10th instant is received. On examining the [illegible] in the case of Robt. Shaw, I find the last case above his name and the next below are both without date of enlistment, and the nearest name above his having a date of enlistment allocated to it is dated the 26th Apl. 1776.
I filed an examination of the journals of the Provincial Congress which met in Hillsboro in 1775, that on the 31st day of Augt. 1775 a resolution of congress directing 1000 men to be raised, to be divided into two regiments of 500 men each, 400 a part of the 1st Regiment to be raised in the District of [crossed] Wilmington [end crossed] Gaston, who were to form a part or form the troops of the Continental Congress to be disposed of as the Provincial Congress Council of Safety should direct to be kept in pay six months [illegible] the Provincial Council should [illegible] if necessary to continue there longer or dismiss them sooner.
Henry Dickson was appointed a Capt. in the 1st Regiment to be thus raised on the 1st Sept. 1775; on the 7th Sept. 1775, a resolution passed the
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Provincial Congress to enlist ten companies to consist of 50 men rank and file each, in each of the six Judicial Districts called minute men, to be enlisted for six months, but to receive pay only when called to muster or in actual service.
This you know was all before the new government was established the Declaration of Independence being made the July following. During the war, enlistments were made for 9-12 and 18 months, those for 9 months were made in July 1778. Those 12 months in only 1871 and 1782 and those for 18 months principally in 1782, some few in 1779 and 80.
This I believe completes the information he requested.
Very Respectfully,
W. Hill
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8213 
Elizabeth Shaw
of Robert
Tennessee
Nashville agency
Admitted
Private [illegible] $21
Pri Cong 12.50
Capt. Smith $32.50
4th N. C. Regt.
Died 31 Decr 1830
Act 7 July 1838
W. E. Jones
Carthage
Tenn
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Elizabeth Shaw
Wid of Robert
Tenn:
Act 4 July 1836.
3 Mos pri Cov. $12.50
21 Mos pri Inf. 70.00
$82.50
Pen an: Deduct former
Payments at the rate of $32.50 under acts of 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts.
Sent to
Jos Bryan
Present.
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Elizabeth Shaw
Widow of Robert.
On roll time of enlistment not stated omitted Augt. 11, also on printed list of N. Carolina troops page 221 rec Jul 27 1776
Served in Captain Gillespie’s company [illegible] see Thos. Cummings affidavit.
All [illegible] of [illegible] as at enlisted sold in and 3 [illegible]
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Carthage Tenn
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you [illegible] a file [illegible] in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robt. Shaw decd hoping that this will be satisfactory so that the old lady may be allowed a pension in [illegible] of her husband and claimed in her declaration I also send you a letter from W. Hill Secretary of State of North Carolina [illegible] me and to [illegible] who is further proof required or not 
W. E. Jones
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Carthage Tenn
April 6th 1842
D Sir
Enclosed I send you another declaration made by Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw claiming a pension under the act of 7th July 1838 as it appears that there is a chance for the old lady to be allowed a pension under the act of 1838 not with standing all the proof that she has made as well as the Justices of the claim under that act please let me hear from you as soon as you rec this letter 
Respectfully
W. E. Jones
J. L. Edwards
Washington
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Carthage Tennessee
March 2nd 1842
D Sir enclosed I send you an affidavit by James Hasinger of [illegible] testifying to the marriage of Robt and Elizabeth Shaw.
I hope that this will be satisfactory so as to justify the allowing the old lady Mrs. Shaw a pension under the act of 4th July 1836 as her marriage had been previous by her witnesses as having taken place previous to the last tour of service of her husband Robt Shaw please answer this as soon as possible
I am respectfully your obt servt
Wm. E. Jones
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Washington June 1st 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose you the pension declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw of Sumner County Tennessee. I hope it will receive your early official attention
Yrs with respect
Edwin H. Ewing
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Nashville
Oct 9th 1857
Dear Sir
We enclose Declaration of Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert, claiming an increase of pension, she only draws $30 under Act Feby 2nd 1848. Her husband served more than 2 years and she is entitled to $80 per annum.
We have this day written to Mr. Clarke of Raleigh N. C. for proof of service, which we suppose will be duly forwarded to you, Mrs. Shaw’s original claim was prosecuted by [illegible] and it would be well for you to examine the papers in case Sarah Fitzpatrick, whose husband served in the same company with Shaw, under Lieut Ben Starrett, who proved his service, but being now decd of come, we can not now get his testimony.
Mrs. Shaw was allowed a pension originally for 9 mos service of her husband as a new levy.
Your early attention is requested.
Yr Obt Servants
Smith & Jones
Judge J. Bryan
Washington
D. C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
Brief in the case of Elizabeth Shaw, wid of Robert
County and State of Tennessee
Act 4 July 1836
Claim, (“original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof Exhibited, [crossed] (if original)
 Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance
This claim was originally allowed for $32.50 under the Act of 7 July 38. It is shown from the records of N. C. and by the testimony of pensioners who served with him that a great part of his service was performed in 81 & 82, the marriage took place in 1780. A certificate from the comptroller has been recently filed showing If for increase payments which would indicate a service of
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
much more than 2 years. The witnesses also who served with him and who are pensioners testify to a longer period.
Name and residence of agent
Joseph Bryan
Present
F. F. Kirby
Examining Clerk
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Washington City
Oct 21, 1857
Jas E. Heath Esq.
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I have the honor to enter herewith a supplemental Declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert Shaw asking for an increase of Pension. Mrs. Shaw is now a Pensioner and is on the Roll at the Nashville Tennessee agency. I respectfully ask from under the authority enclosed the examination the original papers in her case on file
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Jas. Bryan
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[text too faded to transcribe]
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Washington May 28 1848
Sir
I now send you the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw for a pension
Very Respectfully
W. B. Campbell
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
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Carthage August 11th 1840
Sir
Enclosed is additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, which it is hoped will be satisfactory. As early examination of this claim will oblige your obt svt
W. B. Campbell
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington June 26, 1841
Sir,
I here enclose you the affidavits, additional testimony in the case of the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw of Tennessee, for a pension. I trust you will find this testimony sufficient to satisfy you that she is entitled to a pension
I am with great respect your obt svt
W. B. Campbell
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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House of Reps
March 1st, 1841
Sir,
I here enclose you a letter from Jacob Harder. You can attend to his matter with less trouble than I can. I am greatly obliged to your prompt attention to my requests. I am your obt. svt
W. B. Campbell
J. L. Edwards Esq
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State of Illinois
Gallatain County
On this first day of May 1840 Thomas Hamilton citizen of this state and county appeared in his own proper person before Isaac N. Barker, one of the acting justices of the peace in and for said County and after being sworn according to the law first declares that he was born in Guilford County North Carolina now being eighty years of age. He also testifies that he is well acquainted with Robert Shaw a citizen of that state and county and has a perfect recollection of this same Robert Shaw being engaged in the army of the revolution against the common enemy and that the same man Robert Shaw did actually serve in different engagements he further testifies that he was perfectly well acquainted with Eliza Shaw before she intermarried with Robert Shaw and was present at the time the two people were joined together in Guilford County North Carolina and have full knowledge of their move to Sumner County Tennessee state where he the same Robert Shaw died on the thirty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty leaving his wife Elizabeth Shaw a widow his death took place in my presence in Sumner County Tennessee state he further testifies that there is [illegible] Elizabeth Shaw’s character making application for a pension in which I know to be true and all those works which are not my own knowledge I believe to be has therefore Thomas Hamilton do concur in all the facts set forth under declaration.
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State of Illinois
Gallatin County
This day came Thomas Hamilton before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that the foregoing declaration was true to the best of his knowledge
Given under my hand and seal this 1 Day of May AD 1840
Isaac N. Barker J. P.
State of Illinois
Gallatin County sct.
I Leonard White Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for said County do certify that Isaac N. Barker whose name appears to the above affidavit is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such that full faith and credit is due his official acts and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Equality this 2nd day of May AD 1840
Leod. White
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this the 6th day of February 1841 personally appeared before me Nelson Thornton one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Thomas Hickman a resident of Davidson County Tennessee and made oath in due form of law that he is now seventy eight years of age and that he was a resident of Surrey County North Carolina during the war of the revolution and that he is a son of William Hickman who was a Lieutenant of the fourth N. Carolina regiment in the War of the Revolution  which regiment of continental troops was raised in the latter half part of the year 1775 this affiant further states that the circumstances which enables him to determine the fact that there was regular enlistments in the State of North Carolina [illegible] and the latter semester of the year 1775 is that this affiant recollects that shortly after the a battle was fought [illegible] the [illegible] at the point above the mouth of [illegible] River in [illegible] which was fought in the last of the year 1774 or the first of 1775 that some of the soldiers returned from that battle and enlisted under the father of this affiant which was in the year 1775 and at the same time that the father of this affiant was enlisting men from Surrey County a Mr. Nelson was enlisting men in Guilford NC and that the time of enlistment was for two years as this affiant now believes and after the said fourth regiment was made the father of this affiant belong to Capt. Philip’s company that the regiment was commanded by Col. Thos Polk and Mayor Davidson and that the 1st Lieutenant was Micajah Lewis and William Hickman was 2nd Lieutenant and
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that some of them enlistments which was made in the yea seventeen hundred and seventy five might have been made as early as September in that year tho this affiant can not recollect as to the particular month that the first enlistment was made and the regiment might not have [illegible] been made up until the first of the year 1776 but this affiant recollects that they was marched from there to Charleston SC in the Spring of 1776 and was then [illegible] to the Battle at Sullivan’s Island and immediately afterwards as this affiant was informed by his father this affiant was not in service at that time but afterwards was frequently in the service as a militiaman and was [illegible] in service until after the battle of Guilford Courthouse
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the date above written
Tho. Hickman
N. Thornton JP
State of Tennessee
Smith County
I Nelson Thornton one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Hickman who has this day appeared and made oath to the above affidavit that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to his statements in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th day of February 1841
N. Thornton JP
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State of Tennessee Smith County
I, John J Burnett Clerk of Smith County Court hereby Certify that Nelson Thornton whose name is signed to the [illegible] affidavit and certificate is one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said Smith County duly commissioned and qualified as the law states and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Carthage the 9th February 1841.
John J. Burnett Clerk of Smith County Court
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Joseph Bryan
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller’s Office
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to sundry pensions for military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows to wit: Book 55 Page 9, allowance made by auditors of army accounts “allowed Robert Shaw private for pay from 12th November 1778 to 12th August 1779 £27 S1 D60 specie” Book 1 Page 43 £14 S12 specie paid in August 1782
A. No 8796 £96 S16” [illegible] bought from Washington City~ In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 15th day of December A. D. 1851
Wm J. Clarke Comptrolr.
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State of Kentucky
Christian County
On this 21st day of February 1842 personally appeared before me William W. McKenzie one of the acting Justices in and for said County James Salinger a resident of said County aged eighty years		years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Robert Shaw in Guilford County North Carolina as early as the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine. That the said Shaw was then a soldier in the Revolutionary war. That there the affiant was very young and in the years following [illegible] 1780 this affiant was boarding at old Mr. Hamilton the father of Elizabeth Hamilton of Guilford County N. C. and going to schools that some time in the month of December seventeen hundred and eighty the said Robert Shaw and Elizabeth Hamilton was legally married at the house of old Mr. Hamilton in said County. This affiant was still boarding at said Hamilton’s and was at the wedding that they were married by a Justice of the Peace of Guilford County by the name of Lackey and immediately after they were married the same Robert Shaw entered the service of the United States under a Captain by the name of Gillaspie who was commanding a company of eight [illegible] as well as this affiant recollects. That the 1st Capt. Gillaspie left that neighborhood with his company about the last of December 1780 that the said Shaw was with him and did not return home until after the Battle and fought at Guilford Court House which was some time in March 1781
This affiant was not in the service but recollects the above stated facts and has frequently heard the said Robt. Shaw speak of having been in the service at different times before he was married.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written
James Salinger seal
William W. McKenzie J. P.
Justice of Peace
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State of Kentucky Christian County
I William W. McKenzie one of the acting justices of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Salinger who has this day appeared and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man of truth and veracity that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to his statements
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st day of February 1842
William W. McKenzie J. P.
State of Kentucky
Christian County
I Abraham Stiles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Christian and state aforesaid do hereby certify that William W. McKenzie whose name appears officially to the above affidavit and certificate is and was an acting justice of the peace at the time the same having been duly commissioned and sworn that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in the town of Hopkinsville- this 23rd day of February 1842.
Abraham Stiles Clk
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William E. Jones
Tennessee
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State of North Carolina
Guilford County
I John M. Logan Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Guilford County do hereby certify that at the request of William E. Jones Esq. of Carthage state of Tennessee not general [illegible] a marriage license and said to be given with Shaw to [illegible] with Elizabeth Hamilton in the year 1780 and [illegible] in my [illegible] any [illegible] in my office [illegible] that name Lackey was an acting [illegible] in said County [illegible] and after it is said by having had personal [illegible]. That last spring of [illegible] papers belonging to this office, got lost or destroyed in the year 1780 the horrible Battle of Guilford
In testimony whereof I have hereunto setting my hand and affixing my seal of the County at office in Guilford this the 17th day of December AD 1840
John M. Logan
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[illegible]
Wm. E. Jones Esq.
Dear Sir
I send you for [illegible] some time ago. [illegible] has also whose testimony you find [illegible] on [illegible]. But [illegible] in this county for [illegible] my agency first to testify into an effective [illegible] all to [illegible] papers from [illegible] but know not of them for due [illegible] from of Col. Walter McDonnell who says his will [illegible] Union Logan Court, [illegible] Chunky Bob Shaw and who he knows also to be in laws in [illegible] County who in [illegible] testimony within his written [illegible] that his [illegible] into an [illegible]
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South Union Logan Ct. Ky. January 16th A. D. 1841
Friend Bonco
I received your letter of the 4th instant by which you request me to give you all the information I can respecting the marriage of Robert Shaw and Elizabeth Hamilton and also respecting said Shaw’s war services in the Revolution. In the acts you mention I know Adam Lackey was a magistrate in the neighborhood of said Shaw and Hamilton by whom they were said to married. I was not present at the celibration [celebration] of their marriage, neither did I ever examine the Clerk’s office to know whether their license was returned or not; but this I do know that in the circle of their acquaintances common fame proclaimed them married; and I never heard the fact as legality of their marriage contested by any one. They afterwards emigrated to Sumner County Tennessee and brought up a family in conginial [congenial] fidelity, as far as I have understood.
As to the war service of Robert Shaw I at all times during the Revolution understood that in the first part of the war he was an enlisted soldier, but in what caps under what officers or what length of time he served I do not know as how many enlistments he entered into I never understood. But universal report in the bounds of my acquaintances testified that he was frequently in the war. I know that he took an active part under the militia officers of Guilford County against the tories in Randolph and other adjacent counties. In the months of March 1780 I volunteered to serve a three months tour in Charleston said Shaw was in the same company which was commanded by Capt. Wm. Bethel, the regiment was commanded by Col. Bowsman the brigade gen. Wm. Caswell. After marching and [illegible] marching on the British lines in hearing of the siege in order to keep to tories from fleeing to British on the 27th of May Charleston was surrendered and we returned home in June with Shaw in company 
N. B. the claimant’s brothers, James, Thomas, and Robert Hamilton if alive can give a better statement of the things in [illegible] than that above
With respect John Rankin
Friend Wm. E. Jones
Carthage
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[text is too faded to read]
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this 28th day of February 1842 personally appeared before me S. Kirkpatrick one of the acting justices of the peace for sd County, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robt. Shaw dd a resident of said County, aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress past July 7th 1838. That she is the widow of Robert Shaw Dd who was a soldier of the revolution and served as stated in her first declaration which declaration was sent to the War Department in 1840. She further states that she was married to the said Robt. Shaw in Guilford County, North Carolina in the month of December 1780 as is also stated in her first declaration now at the department as above mentioned that her husband the said Robt. Shaw died on the 31st December 1830. That since the death of her husband she has not intermarried but still continues his widow she further states that she has no record or documentary proof in suporte [support] of her claim except such proof as has been sent to the Pension Office with her first declaration which proof she respectfully refers to in suporte [support] of her claim. Sworn to and subscribed before me S. Kirkpatrick J. P.
Justice of the Peace
Elizabeth Shaw
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I S. Kirkpatrick one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County did hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw who has this day appeared and make oath to the within declaration before me that she is a woman of truth and veracity that full faith and credit are due and or [illegible] ought to be given to her statements
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of February 1842
S. Kirkpatrick J. P.
A Justice of the Peace for Sumner County Tennessee
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of said Sumner County do hereby certify that S. Kirkpatrick whose name appears above is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County dully commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 1st day of March AD 1842 Wm. S. Munday Clk
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No 8432
Elizabeth Shaw
Robert
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State of North Carolina Guilford County
This day came William Ryan before me Daniel Hobbs one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that he the said William Ryan served with him Robert Shaw as a soldier under Collenoll [Colonel] David Gelaspie in the provision service when the [illegible] came in this state and he served with him [illegible] at lowest under Gelaspie in the Horse in 1781 & 1782 the length of time he served in all I cannot recollect but we served in 82 a good deal I well recollect for in them two years we was cald [called] on very often for service by the time we would get home we was cald [called] in again the British and torys was in the south part of the state and we had [illegible] all we was cald on and as to his service in the Regular army I cannot say anything about that only I heard that he [illegible] either one year or [illegible] in the Regular service and often I heard such stated as a fact of his service in the war and as respects his being married I cannot say as to my own knowledge tho[ugh] I have [illegible] them together as man and wife [illegible] he married a woman of the name of Elizabeth Hamilton further this deponent sayeth not.
William Ryan
Sworn to and subscribed before me
[illegible] Daniel Hobbs
This day came Thomas Cummins before me Daniel Hobbs one of the acting Justices and made oath in due form of law and he the said Thomas Cummins says that he knows [illegible] in the time of the Revolutionary War his [illegible] was a soldier and Capt. [illegible] Gelaspie and thinks the Genl. of
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form of law and he the said Thomas Commings saith that he knew both Robert Shaw in the time of the Revolutionary War he said that Shaw was a soldier under Captain John Gelaspie and thinks to the best of his recollection that Robt. Shaw served three months at that time and he the said Thomas says that he only served with Gelaspie that one tour and how long Shaw might a served before or after under Gelaspie he cannot say.
As that [illegible] Thomas Commings saith that he cannot tell for Robt. Shaw lived in the same part of that County and he the said Thomas Commings lived in the north west
Thomas Cummings 
Test
Daniel Hobbs
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
I, J. M. Logan, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Guilford, do hereby certify that Daniel Hobbs whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting Magistrate for said County, that his signature is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at office in Greensborough the 6th
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
I, J. M. Logan, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Guilford, do hereby certify that Daniel Hobbs whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting Magistrate for said County, that his signature is genuine, and that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at office in Greensborough the 6th day of May 1841
John M. Logan C. C. C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
I, John A. Mohane Chairman and Presiding Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Guilford, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John M. Logan is Clerk of our said Court; that the certificate is in due form of law; that the signature is in his own proper hand; that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such.
Given under my hand this 6th day of May 1841
J. A. Mohane C. G. C. C.
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State of North Carolina
Guilford County
I Daniel Hobbs one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William who has this day on the 10th day of April 1841 appeared and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man of truth and veracity that full faith and credit are due and of rite ought to be given to his statements given under my hand and seal this seventh day of August 1841
Hon. W. B. Campbell
Daniel Hobbs J. P.
Justice of the Peace
Guilford County
N. C.
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State of North Carolina
Guilford County
I Daniel Hobbs an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county do hereby certify that Thomas Cummings appeared on the 10th day of April 1841 and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due to his statements in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of August 1841
Daniel Hobbs J. P.
Justice of the Peace
Guilford County
North Carolina
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State of North Carolina
Guilford County
I John M. Logan Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Daniel Hobbs whose name appears officially to the above certificates is and was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time of signing duly commissioned and sworn that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine in testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in the town of Greensborough this 7th day of August 1841
John M. Logan Clerk
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State of Illinois
Gallatin County
On this day personally appeared before me Isaac N. Barker, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Gallatin and State aforesaid Thomas Hamilton a resident of said County and a pensioner of the United States, aged eighty years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Robert Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw his wife and that the said Elizabeth Shaw is a sister to this affiant, and that the first acquaintance this affiant had with the said Robert Shaw was in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, and that the said Robert Shaw was a soldier in the War of the Revolution that he served his first tour as a Regular Soldier, for two years which was in the early part of the war, as he was informed by the said Robert Shaw and that the said Robert Shaw then lived in  Gulfort [Guilford] County North Carolina and that in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and eighty the said Robert Shaw entered the service with this affiant as a volunteer in Captain Daniel Gillespie’s light horse company and that he continued in service with this affiant and under the said Capt. Gillespie until after Cornwallis was taken and that we were at the Battle of Guilford Court House together with this affiant further states that the said Robert Shaw was also at the Battle of Charleston and at [illegible] he further states that the said Robert Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw his wife was legally married on the Day of December the year seventeen hundred and eighty which marriage was in the presents [presence] of this affiant and that the [illegible] who married them was by the name of Adam Lackey he further states that the said Robert Shaw after moving to the state of Tennessee died in the year 1830 sworn to and subscribed before me this the 24th day of July 1840.
Isaac N. Barker J. P.
Justice of the Peace 
Thomas Hamilton
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State of Illinois
Gallatin County
I Isaac N. Barker one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Hamilton who has this day appeared and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man of high respectability truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to his statements. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 24th day of July 1840.
Isaac N. Barker JP
Justice of the Peace
State of Illinois
Gallatin County
Sct.
I Samuel White clerk of the County Commissions Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Isaac N. Barker whose signature appears to the affidavit and certificate is and was at the date of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and sworn in as such: That full faith and credit is due all his official acts. And that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of office at Equality this 25th day of July A. D. 1840
Saml. White Clk
By [illegible]
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State’s Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Robert Shaw a private soldier in Capt. Smith’s Company of the 4th Regiment, which Regiment was Commanded by Col. Thomas Polk, was in the service in August 1777, that he was discharged on the 10th day of August 1777. Neither the day of his enlistment, the time for which he enlisted or the length of time he served is mentioned on the Rolls.
Given under my hand this 24th day of July 1840
W. Hill
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5066
Elizabeth Shaw
Robert
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
Haystle County
I [illegible] Heaslett chairman and presiding Justice of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Jarmon Rooner whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was the acting Clerk of the Court at the time he signed the same that it all is taken in due form of law and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts. Given under my hand and seal the 24 May 1840
James A. Heaslett
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The widow of pensioner Shaw a citizen of Fayette County in Tennessee being now here seventy eight years of age and of a strong and sound mind That he was a soldier in the army of the revolution and served in Col. Lee Regt. of his and that he is the identical same Benjamin Starret whose name stands on the list of pensioners of west Tennessee that he the said Benjamin Starret hereby testifies that he was well acquainted with Robert Shaw who was enlisted in the army of the Revolution in the North Carolina Line for the term of three years by Lieut. James Starret and Capt. John Nelson’s company in Col. Alexander Martin’s Regiment. This was ordered to the North in which Robert Shaw was an acting Sergeant in the [illegible] Department and while this Regt. was in the north Robert Shaw was discharged and returned home to Guilford County North Carolina the same settlement where he enlisted. Sometime after his return from the same Robt. Shaw again enlisted for the term of nine months in [illegible] of troops called the new levies in the North Carolina Line, and while this same Robt. Shaw was in the line of his duty in this nine month tour Robt. Shaw and I B. Starret were both engaged in the Battle against the enemy at Briar Creek and I know he served this nine month tour fully out, and afterwards I Benj. Starret met with the same Robt. Shaw in the army and in Col. David’s Regiment of horsemen and in Capt. Gillespie’s company his army of men engaged in Battle with the enemy at [illegible] of said gain in Mecklenburg County North Carolina we again engaged in Battle with the enemy at Sharlot in the same state and county the enemy was commanded by Lord Redan and afterwards Genl. Green engaged in Battle with Lord Cornwallace at Guilford Courthouse and said Robt. Shaw was there engaged in battle and acted bravely.
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also the same Robt. Shaw was again engaged in Battle at the Raft of [illegible] in all the above named Battles this soldier Robert Shaw was both brave and obedient and generally acted in the army as an uncommissioned officer.
I Benj. Starret do firmly believe that this same Robt. Shaw as well desired his full pay for his service as any man whatever I also do know that Robt. Shaw was in service until the war ended.
I also do know that this same Robt. Shaw who served the above mentioned tour of duty in army of the revolution intermarried with a Miss Hamilton a sister of James Hamilton of Guilford County State of N. Carolina some years after this intermarriage took place I visited Robt. Shaw at his own house in Sumner County Tennessee where I saw the above named man and his wife where I understand that he died and left this same woman a widow.
B. Starret
State of Tennessee
Fayette County
This day Benjamin Starret came before me and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above deposition and [illegible] that a is a man of truth and entitled to full confidence.
Given under my hand as Justice of the Peace for this County 24th day of Jany 1840.	
Saml. J. Noel
State of Tennessee
Fayette County
I Jarmon Rooner Clerk of the County Court of said County certify that Samuel J. Noel whose signature appears to the above affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fayette and that he was duly commissioned and qualified and the above purporting to be his are genuine [illegible] and credit are due to his official acts
Witness my hand at office which of I have affixed the seal of said Court at office this 24th Jany 1840
Jarmon Rooner
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this the 4 day of July 1840 personally appeared before me one Samuel Kirkpatrick one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said county William Frazor a resident of said County aged seventy eight years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Robert Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw his wife and has been for upwards of fifty years during which time they lived together as man and wife and was reputed so to be this affiant has no [illegible] in saying that he believes they were legally married though he was not at the wedding he thinks they first child of the said Robert and Elizabeth Shaw must be now sixty years of age from his appearance that this affiant does not know anything of the services of the said Robt. Shaw in the Revolution but previous to his death which took place in the year of 1830 this affiant had frequently heard him speak of serving various tours in the war of the revolution apart of which service was performed after the marriage of the said Robert Shaw and Elizabeth his wife and that since the death of the said Robert Shaw the said Elizabeth his widow has not intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Robert Shaw dcd. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Wm. Frazor
S. Kirkpatrick J. P.
Justice of the Peace for S. C.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I Samuel Kirkpatrick one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Frazor who has this day appeared and made oath to the within affidavit. That he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to his statements.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 4 day of July 1840.
S. Kirkpatrick J. P.
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I Andrew McGlothlin Clerk of the County Court of Sumner County do hereby certify that Samuel Kirkpatrick Esq. whose name appears officially to the above affidavit and certificate is and was an acting Justice of the Peace and a Justice of our said Court duly commissioned and sworn in and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Gallatin this 4th day of July 1840
And. McGlothlin Clk
Of Sumner County Court
By his Debty W. S. Munday
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Untitled
Smith & Hendrick
Nashville
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of 2d February, 1848, entitled “An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.”
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
SS.
On this 25th day of April 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Elizabeth Shaw a resident of Tennessee and County of Sumner aged about ninety two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:--That she is the widow of Robert Shaw deceased who was a private in the 	Regiment, commanded by Col. 	and that she drew a Pension of thirty two 50/100 dollars per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Elizabeth Shaw LS
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me,
Josiah Walton
[illegible]
Samuel McKain
STATE OF Tennessee Sumner COUNTY:--Sct.
I Josiah Walton a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elizabeth Shaw, the above declarant, is personally known to me. Given under my hand, this 25 day of April 1848
Josiah Walton, Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I, William S. Munday, Clerk of the County Court of said Sumner County, hereby certify that Josiah Walton whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
I testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at office, in the town of Gallatin this 26th day of April 1848
William S. Munday
Clerk of Sumner County
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Act 44 8553
Elizabeth Shaw widow of Robert
Tenn
Act 3 March 1843
17 June 1844
Adm $32.50 per an
Hon E. H. Ewing
House of Reps
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of the 3d March 1843, and 17th June 1844, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF Tennessee
Sumner County SS.
On this 14th day of May 1846 personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and county aforesaid, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw a resident of Tennessee in the County of Sumner aged about ninety years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:-- That she is the widow of Robt. Shaw who was a private in the revolutionary war.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Elizabeth Shaw
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me,
S. Kirkpatrick Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee Sumner County:---Sct.
I, Samuel Kirkpatrick a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elizabeth Shaw the above declarant is personally known to me.
Given under my hand this 14th day of May, 1846.
S. Kirkpatrick Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I William S. Munday Clerk of the County Court of said Sumner County, hereby certify that Samuel Kirkpatrick whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at office in the town of Gallatin this 15 day of May 1846.
W. S. Munday
Clerk of Sumner County Court
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Smith and Jones
Agents
Nashville
Ten
Joseph Bryan
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
On this day of September 1857 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw a resident of said County aged ninety five who makes oath that she is the identical Elizabeth Shaw who applied for and was allowed a pension of thirty two 50/100 dollars a year under acts of Congress 7th July 1838 3rd March 1843 17 June 1844 & 2nd February 1848 in [illegible] of her husbands services Robt. Shaw in the North Carolina line in the Revolutionary War that her husband the said Robert Shaw served as stated in her first declaration and that she was married to him as therein stated, that since his death she has not again intermarried but still remains his widow that she makes this declaration in order to have her pension increased from the amount she now receives to the amount of a full pension as she always understood from her husband that he served as much as two years or upwards but for the particulars of said service she refers to her first declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
J. P.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I	a Justice of the Peace in and for said County hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw who has this day appeared and made oath to the within declaration before me that she is a woman of truth & veracity & that full faith & credit is due and ought to be given to her statements and I further certify that she is now in receipt of a pension at the rate of thirty two dollars & fifty cents a year in rite of her husband Robert Shaw decd
Witness my hand & seal this day of September 1857
J. P.
Know all men by these presence that I Elizabeth Shaw a revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby [illegible] & appoint Smith & Jones my true & lawful attorneys for me & in my name to prosecute and recour for me an increase of my pension hereby satisfying concerning all the acts of my said attorney in the presence witness my hand & seal this day September 1857
Sworn & observed in presence of us 	SS
[illegible] witnessed before me this day of September 1857 by Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw 	J. P.
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
I John L. Brigg Clerk of the County Court of Sumner County Court certify that Nicholas Latimer whose name is attached to the foregoing certificates is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace within and for the County of Sumner aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that his [illegible] aforesaid are genuine given under my hand and seal of office within town of Gallatin on this the 30th day of September 1851
John L. Briggs clk
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
3—871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo. M. Moore
Claim No. June 3, 1910
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Robert Shaw
Service Rev
Additional Service
No	claim, State records		, 190
No claim, combination records	, 190
REMARKS:
[illegible] R as above, except W. F.6006 
Chief Division
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Revolutionary Records
Pension Department
Washington D. C.
Desired the pension record of Robert Shaw supposed to have enlisted in 1777 in Augusta Co. Va. in Captain Thomas Smith’s Co., widow may have applied for pension from Tennessee.
$. 8304 Va.
John Davidson Rev. soldier from Augusta Co. Va.
Mrs. B. S. Bentley
McMinnville Tennessee
Minnville
Nov. 16, 1914
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ALFRED STROMBERG Dec. 6, ‘37
405 Myrtle Avenue Albany, New York
Pension Bureau,
Washington D. C.
Rev. & 1812
Gentlemen: 
Kindly give me available information regarding the Revolutionary War records and parentage and other data regarding my ancestor, one Christopher Robert Shaw.
Born about 1760 in S. C. or N. Carolina married Mary Ball, of Surrey Co. N. C.
Died about 1830 in Beford or Coffee County, Tenn.
Had 4 sons, Robert the eldest,
“T. L. D. W.” (Thos Lewis David William)
One other, unidentified.
Pinckney, the youngest, named for an officer in his regiment
(over)
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so far I cannot identify the parentage of Christopher Robert Shaw. Have you this information?
Christopher Shaw’s plantation after the war, was “on the Yadkin River in North Carolina”
Thank you so much for this kind courtesy, & I enclose additional, stamped envelope, for your convenience.
Yours very truly,
Lola Stromberg
(Mrs. Alfred Stromberg)
He was a major in a later war also probably War of 1812, according to family tradition.
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Jersey Shore, Pen.
Dec 29, 1909
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D. C.
My dear sir,
Will you kindly tell me if any of the following named Revolutionary Soldiers were pensioned if so please [illegible]
Robert Shaw
Micheal Klein Eline, or Cline
Amos Sturgis
Peter Poorman
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Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of an early reply,
I’m
Very truly yours,
Miss Anna M. Shaw
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Record Division.
January 7, 1910.
Miss Anna M. Shaw,
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 29th and received the 30th ultimo, you are herewith furnished statements of the military services of the only Robert Shaw and Micheal Cline (Klein or Elein) found on the pension records of the Revolutionary War, and you are advised that said records fail to afford any information in regard to Amos Sturgis and Peter Poorman.
Very Repsectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of……, received…… for a statement of the military history of Robert Shaw, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of enlistment or appointment.
1775 August 1777
1778 or 1779
1780
Length of service.
2 years
9 mos
3 mos
Rank.
Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain.
John Nelson
Smith
William [illegible]
Colonel.
Alexander Martin
[illegible]
Knight[?]
State N. C.
Battles engaged in, Briar Creek, [illegible] Guilford C. H.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Co. N. C.
Date of application for pension, July [illegible] 18[30]?
Residence at date of application, Sumner Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, [illegible] years
Remarks: [illegible]
Respectfully,
Commissioner.