Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8514, for Shadrach Pugh, North Carolina
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Service                                            
N.C.            

Pugh, Shadrach          

Number
R. 8514
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Pension Claim
of the Heirs at Law
of
Shadrach Pugh
Deceased
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State of Georgia
County of Thomas

On this 27th day of September AD 1855
Before me Peter E Love a Judge or Justice of the Superior Court in and for the county & state aforesaid Personally appeared Thomas Pugh aged 59 years, Jesse E H Pugh aged 77 years, Claiborne Carrol in sight of his wife Harnett Carroll now as formerly & before her intermarriage with said Claiborne Carroll, Harnett Pugh of lawful age, all residents of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, declare upon their oaths that they are together with the following named persons to wit Perry Chesnut now wife of Jesse Chesnut and formerly & before her intermarriage with said Jesse Perry Pugh, of lawful age, Nancy Bullard now wife of Andrew Bullard and formerly & before her intermarriage with said Andrew Bullard Nancy Pugh, of lawful age, Cassander Pugh and Mary J Pugh, of lawful age, all residents of the county of Jasper and State of Mississippi Millard Davis wife of William E Davis & formerly & before her intermarriage with said Wm E Davis William Pugh, of lawful age, Tamiba Spencer wife of Aaron T Spencer & formerly & before her intermarriage with said Aaron T Spencer Tamiba Pugh, of lawful age, both of the County of Barber & State of Alabama, Barbary Morris wife of David Morris & formerly & before her intermarriage with said David Morris, Barbary Pugh, of Lawful age & resident of the county or Parish of Washata & State of Louisana, Sarah Chesnut wife of Charles Chesnut of lawful age & residence unknown, but formerly & before her intermarriage with said Charles Chesnut, Sarah Pugh-
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Patsy Hicks wife of George Hicks--formerly & before her intermarriage with said George Hicks Patsy Pugh, of lawful age & resident of the County of Madison & State of Florida, and James Pugh of lawful age & resident of the State of North Carolina.
The legal heirs at law of Shadrach Pugh deceased, who was a Private Soldier in the Army of the United States and in the War of the Revolution, as to the best information obtaining.  They further declare as aforesaid that said Shadrach Pugh entered the Service aforesaid in the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina as a volunteer, first service on the 1st day of May AD 1780, in the company commanded by one Captain Johnson, Company of Cavalry, for the term length of time not recollected, but that he actually served as aforesaid the term of, 3, three months, and was honorably discharged, that if he ever received a written discharge the same is lost or mislaid so that they cannot return the same with this Declaration.  They further declare as aforesaid that said Shadrach Pugh as a Soldier as aforesaid, afterward entered the service as a Substitute On the 15th day of August AD 1781, in the company commanded by Captain Walton and under Mayor Hogg, and for the term length of time not recollected, but that he actually served as such the term of , 3, three months at this time and was honorably discharged, at place not recollected, that if he ever received a written discharge for this last service the same is lost or misplaced so that they cannot forward the same with this said declaration for a Pension
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That to the best of their recollection the name of the General in Command at the time of his said time of service was General Gates-- and as the names of the other officer in command at the time they do not now recollect, But declare that said Shadrach Pugh served as aforesaid in all as much as six, 6, months, that some time previous to his death he made application for his Pension due and that he failed to obtain the same, and that said papers were returned to him, for the want of the usual forms the same not being in form as required by the offices of the Department of the Interior of the United States, They further declare that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of any State as to the best information obtaining.
And that they as the heirs at law and legal representations of said Shadrach Pugh deceased declare that he died some time in the month of August AD 1842 in the County of Barber and State of Alabama and they further declare as aforesaid that no widow survived him, and that they make this application for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which they or their legal representative may be entitled as the heirs at law of said Shadrach Pugh deceased that they as such being hereby relinquish all claim to a Pension except the present and that they now claim a Pension under the Act of the Congress of the United States passed the 7th day of June AD 1832.  That they have made every exertion in other power to find some person by whom they might be able to prove the Pension of said Shadrach Pugh, in
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person, but have failed so to do, and that they know of no person by whom they could prove his said service in person, that the cause of this long delay of application by them is that they did not know how to proceed with the same.  They further declare that at the time the said Shadrach Pugh entered the same aforesaid he resided or lived in the County of Bertie and State of North Carolina, and afterward in the County of Sampson & said State, as will appear by reference to the recommendations herewith transmitted that he afterward resided in the County of Thomas & State of Georgia for several Years and died while on a visit to see his relations in the County of Barber & State of Alabama & They refer the Officers of the Department of the Interior of the United States to the Muster Rolls of said companies and to the Records of said Department for further evidence of his said service and to the affidavit herewith transmitted, that they hereby constitute and appoint H H Tooke of Thomasville, County of Thomas & State of Georgia their legally authorised agent & attorney in fact to Prosicute [sic] their said claim for Pension and to receive their Certificate of Pension when issued, And I certify that [I] have no interest in said Claim and am not concerned in the prosicution [sic] of the same-- Interlined before signed  They also refer the Officers of the Department of the Interior of the United States to the [illeg.] letter of recommendations for further evidence.
Thomas Pugh
Jessee E H Pugh
Claburn Carroll
Harriett Carroll
Sworn & Subscribed
to before me
Peter E Love
Judge SCSD
Georgia
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State of North Carolina
Sampson County
We the subscribers do certify that Mr. Shadrack Pugh aged Sixty Seven Years has been a Citizen of the aforesaid County for Forty Two Years.  And we further say that he has supported an unimpeachable character-- but he worked for his goodness and honesty-- and we hope if he through misfortunes any accidents may take place , He will be aided--  We pledge ourselves that we have not certified anything but we believe to be true and correct--
Given under our hands and [illeg.]
This the 11th of February 1820
Thos. K. Morisey, Sheriff
Jas Blanton
J. Williams
W McCoy [illeg.]
Wm Moriky
J Moore
Robt McCoy

I James Holmes Clerk of the Court of [illeg.] and-- Quarter [illeg.] for the County and State aforesaid do certify that the names above are Gentlemen of standing and respectable, Given under my hand with the Seal of the Court annexed at office in Clinton this the 11th of February 1820.
J.P. Holmes CC
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State of Georgia,
County of Thomas
On this the ninth day of October AD 1855, Before me Thomas M Boston, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County and State aforesaid, Personally appeared Joseph Carroll aged 79 Years as Resident of Said County a person well known to me to be a person of truth veracity and belief and respectability who being duly sworn according to the laws of said State, Declare upon his Oath that he was well acquainted with Shadrack Pugh in his lifetime, and before his death, that he first knew him in the county of Sampson and State of North Carolina, the he moved from or near Roanoak River North Carolina to said county of Sampson, that said River Runs through the county he first moved from, but that he does not know the name of the county, that he lived neighbour to him the said Shadrack Pugh in said County of Sampson for about thirty Eight Years and also in the County of Tomas and State of Georgia for some several Years and up to the time he left the State of Georgia to assist his relatives in the State of Alabama, where he died as he understood from others that knew as to the time of his Death, which was some time in the Year AD 1842--That he while in company with said Shadrack Pugh in his lifetime and before his death in said Sampson County & State of North Carolina and that he heard him say repeatedly that he
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served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and served in a Cavalry or horse company but does not recollect the time or Date of his said service but that it was generally believed and understood among his neighbours where he lived in said Sampson County & State of North Carolina that he was a soldier of the revolution and had served as such in the Revolutionary War and so imputed among his said neighbours that the persons mentioned & named in the application herewith transmitted for a Pension under the act of Congress June 7th AD 1832, representing themselves to be the heirs at law of said Shadrack Pugh deceased, and the heirs at law of said deceased and are of the age they represent themselves to be in said application, and he the said deponant is not interested in these said claims, and I the said Thomas M Boston certify that I have no interest in said claim and 
am not concerned in the presentation of the same
Sworn and subscribed,   Joseph Carroll, his X mark, to before me, by making his mark
Thomas M Boston JCS
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State of Georgia
County of Thomas
On this the 20th day of October AD 1855 Before me a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County personal appeared Manson Carroll aged Seventy Years a resident of the County and State aforesaid a person of truth veracity and Respectability who being duly sworn according to the laws of said State. Declares upon his Oath that he was well acquainted with Shadrack Pugh in his lifetime and before his death he being the person mentioned in the application for a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States passed June 7th 1832 and herewith transmitted that he first knew him in the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina for many Years. Says some thirty years and also knew him in the County of Thomas and State of Georgia for some Eight or Ten Years, that he then lived on Roanoak River in Bertie County North Carolina and that he moved from there to the County of Sampson in said State, and from there to the County of Thomas in the State of Georgia.  And that during his long acquaintance with him he heard him oftentimes speak of his serving as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War but does not now recollect the date of his last Service, nor does he now recollect the names of the Officers he Served under but recollects hearing hi Speak of them, does not Know where he entered the service but understood from him that it was somewhere in the State of North Carolina, does not know the County he marched through but Knows that it was generally understood and believed among his neighbors in Sampson County North Carolina where he lived, that he was a Revolutionary Soldier, and had served in such in the Army of the United States, and that he
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was so imputed among his said neighbors. He know
that said Shadrach Pugh some time before his death
While he lived in the County of Thomas and State of Georgia
made application for his pension, but failed to
Obtain the same for cause unknown to him this
deponent, and that some time afterwards and in the
year AD 1842 as he this deponent was informed by
by persons that knew the said Shadrach Pugh and
while on a visit to see his relations in the State
of Alabama, and that no widow servied him, and that
the persons named in the application for a Pension
for his said services herewith transmitted claiming
themselves to be the Heirs at Law of said Shadrach Pugh [crossed out] are the
legal Heirs at law of said [crossed out - Shadrach Pugh] deceased
and are of lawful age, and that ^the facts contained in the
Declaration made by them for the Pension due them
as the Heirs at law of said deceased he believes to be
time, and that he the deponent has no interest in
said claim, and I the said James H Hayes hereby
certify that I have no interest in the same
and am not concerned in the prosecution
of Said Claims
Sworn and Subscribed to before
me this day and date first
above given
Manson Carroll
James H. Hayes J.J.C.
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State of Georgia
County of Thomas ⎬ 
I H H Fooke Ordinary
and Exofficio Clerk of
the Court of Ordinary in & for said County
do hereby certify that James H Hayes whose
genuine signature appears to the above
and foregoing affidavit of Manson
Carroll as a Subscribing Official
Witness to the same, is now and was at
the time the same was signed a Justice
of the Inferior Court in and for said County
and State duly qualifying any commissioner 
as such and that all his
Official acts and doings as such was
their and is now entitled to full faith
and credit and that said Court
is a Court of Record having general
Jurisdiction
Given under my hand
and seal of said Court
attached this the
day
of 27th day of October
AD 1855
H H Tooke Ordinary
and Exofficio Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary
[seal]
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State of Georgia ⎬
County of Thomas ⎬ 
I H H Tooke 
Ordinary and
Ex officio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
in and for said County and State Do hereby
Certify that Petter E Love whose genuine
Official Signatures appears to the above
and foregoing Declaration & affidavit
for a Pension as a Subscribing official
Witness to the same, was at the times
of Signing his said official Signatures
the Judge of the Superior Court for the
Southern Circuit in and for the
State of Georgia duly qualified and
Commissioned as such and that all
his said Official actings and doings
as such are and ought to be entitled
to full faith and credit and I further
certify that the said Suprior[sic] Court
is a Court of Record having general
Jurisdiction
Given under my hand
and official signature
with the Seal of Said
Court of Ordinary
attached this the 7th
day of February AD 1856
H H Tooke
Ordinary and
Ex officio Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary
[seal]
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State of Georgia
County of Thomas

I H. H Tooke Ordinary and Exofficio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for James County do hereby certify that Thomas M Boston whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavit of Joseph Carroll, as a subscribing Official Witness to the same, was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly qualified and commissioned as such, and that all his Official acts and doings as such are now and was then entitled to full faith and credit, and that said Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdictions
Given under my hand and seal of said Court attaching this the 27th day of October AD 1855.
H H Tooke
Ordinary and Exofficio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
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No 39.048
Shadrach Pugh
decd Georgia
H. H. Took Feby 22 1856

8514

June 7 1832
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8.514
P.O. Shadrach Pugh
Service:
Enlisted: [Stamped: "REJECTED"], 18  .
Discharged: , 18  .
Application filed: , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for , 18 .