Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,929, Shadrack Claywell, Continental Va.

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1776
Service
Continental
Va.
Contents
Claywell, Shadrack
or Shadrick
Number
S.30.929

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[Illegible] Hon. M. Beatty H R. Dec 13. 1834.
See letters [Illegible] Bowman & others 27 Feb 36
cls. to Hon. J. J. Crittenden of P. [Illegible]
27 June 1836.
Claywell’s pension certificate which was by mistake left at the office, was sent to the Hon. J. J Crittenden, Senate U.S. at his request on the 21 Feb. 1837. Jos. Ficklin; and under today May 25, 1837
13.885
Kentucky
Shadrick Claywell of Cumberland in the state of Kentucky who was a prv. of [Illegible] the company commanded by Captain Adams of the reg’t commanded by Col. White in the Brig. [Illegible] live for 18 months from 1778
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 70 dollars [Blank] cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of pension joined the 9 day of July 1833 and set to [Illegible], Columbia
Arrears to the 4th day of March 1833 $140.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 set “ 35
$175
{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. S. Allison
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 5

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(Copy)
Kentucky Cumberland County To wit
Declaration of Shadrick Claywell Senior in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
On this 4th day of February 1833 personally appeared before me Eli Shungash one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Shadrick Claywell Senior a resident citizen of said County aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following delcaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1778 served a tour of three moths as a militia private from Bedford County State of Virginia under Capt. Robert Adams and was stationed principally the whole time on New river at Chessels mines and at the end of three months was discharged.
That in the year 1780 he served of three months tour as a militia man from Bedford County Virginia under Captain Thomas Leftwick and was marched to Hillsboroug South Carolina and at the end of his tour of three months to wit in the month of Jun 1780 he enlisted in the regular service on continental establishment under Captain John  Watts of the Virginia line and was commanded by Col. Anthony W. White and continued to

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serve in the South under said enlistment for the term of twelve months and was discharged. That he was in the engagement at the battle of Guilford in the Spring of 1781 commanded by Col. Wm Washington and also at the skirmish at the shallow ford of the Adkin about twenty miles from Sallsberry - that he was acquainted with and saw Col. Lee at the battle of Guilford.
He has no discharges or documentary evidence, and declares that he served the full term of eighteen months as a private, for which he claims a pension.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That he was born in 1760 in Worchester County Maryland that he has himself no record of his age, but from information on which he can rely, he was born in 1760, that he lived in Bedford County Virginia when called into service, and at the end of his service returned to Bedford and there lived till the year 1806 when he was removed to Cumberland County Kentucky where he now lives, and has lived since year 1806 - That his two first tours of three months each was militia from Bedford and the third tour of one year and enlisted private soldier.
The 5th interrogatory previously answered - 
that if he ever received written discharges for any of his tours, ^ [[between lines] he [illegible] now positively state, but if he did] they are lost or destroyed - That he is well acquainted with John Garrett, Absalom Phares, Nash Glidewell, Zebulon Norris,

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(3) … and many others in his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Sworn to and subscribed the date afs.
Att E. Shugart J.P.
Shadrick [his mark, with x in middle] Claywell Senior
	
We Nash Glidewell and John Garrett residing in the county and state aforesaid & near neighbors of the above affiant Shadrick Claywell Senior, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Claywell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 concern in that opinion.
	Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of February 1833
Att. E Shugart J. P.
Nash Glidewell. John [his mark, with x in middle] Garrett

	I Eli Shugart a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Cumberland and State of Kentucky, do hereby certify and declare my opinion, after the investigations of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and further that it appears to him that Nash Glidewell and John Garrett, who have signed the preceding certificate…

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(4) … and residents of my said county, and credible persons, and their statements are entitled to credit.
	And I further certify that the applicant Shadrick Claywell senior, cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. And further that there is no Clergyman living near the said Shadrick Claywell Senior.
	Given under my hand this 4th day of February 1833
E. Shugart J. P.

Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Cumberland county State of Kentucky Mr. George Richardson a resident citizen of my said county and made oath that his age is near seventy five years of age, that he is personally acquainted with Mr. Shadrick Claywell Senior that person named in the foregoing declaration, that he was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war, that from his own knowledge he does not know that said Claywell served the first tour mentioned in his declaration, but verily believes he did, that of his own knowledge he did serve as stated by him in his second militia tour from Bedford County Virginia and the one year as an enlisted private, having often seen him in service in the fall of the year 1780 & Spring of 1781. That he saw him in the regiment commanded by Col. White, and that he believes he is of the age he represents. And I further certify that said Richardson is a man of veracity and respectability & his statements are entitled to full credit, and that I…

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(5) … believe he is of the age he states.
	Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of February 1833.
Att. 
Reuben Alexander J. Pea
George Richardson

Kentucky Cumberland County To wit
	I Milton King Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that Eli Shugart and Euben Alexander Esquires, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing declaration and affidavits are Justices of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, that their attestations are in due form of law and their official acts are entitled to credit, and their signatures are genuine.
	Given under my hand and the seal of my office in Burksville this 12th day of February 1833.
M. King

H.R. Feby. 28th 1833
Sir, enclosed is declaration for a pension. If action can be had upon it by Tuesday next, I shall be in the City and will be glad to know it. Otherwise it can be forwarded to Bucksville |Ky.|
Respectfully, Nathan Gaither
Wm. J.L. Edwards
Pension Office

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(6) I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the original papers on file in this office.
	Daniel Brown Clk.
Pension Office
October 18, 1834

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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.,
S.30929
	In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Shadrack Claywell 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: 1778, 1780, June 1780
Length of Service: 3 mos, 3”, 12”
Rank: Prv
Officers under whom service was rendered;
Captain: Robt. Adams, Thos. Leftwich, John Watts
Colonel: Anthony W. White
State: Va.
Battles engaged in, Guilford.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Feb 4, 1833, [Illegible] was al.
Residence at date of application, Cumberland Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, born Worcester Co. Md. in 1760.
	Remarks: No family data
	Respectfully,
	Commissioner
6-2856

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Shadrack Claywell.
Kentucky
Act 7 June, 1832
To what time last paid?
Shadrack Claywell paid to the 4 Sep 1833

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Record Division
Jan 20 1992

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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
I wish to get the records of Shadrack Claywell of the Lynchburg section, James Saunders of Bedford, Va., Capt. Hallian  of Bedford Va., ^ Nathan all of whom ^Wr 522-600 were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you for any informations, very respectfully,
Mr. J. H. Kinsey
June 18, 1922,
Cheraw, South Carolina

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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
[left side of page]
30929
Revy INVALID.
File No. 30.929
Shadrick Claywell
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7” 32”
Index:--, Vol. 2, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[perpendicular at right side of page]
1922. Feb. 13. Hist.to Mrs. J. H. Kinsey [initialed] AW

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Shador
Shadrick Claywell
$70

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Know all men by these presents, That I, Shadrick Claywell of Cumberland County Kentucky Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Hamilton N. Owens, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name to receive from the Agent of the U.States for paying pensions in Lexington, State of Kentucky, my pension from the 4 day of September 1833 to the 4 day of September 1834.
	Witness my hand and seal, this 8th day of September 1834.
Sealed and delivered in presence of} E. Shugart
Shadrack Claywell {Seal}

State of Kentucky, Cumberland County,} SS.
	Be it known, That on the 8th day of September 1834 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Shadrick Claywell, above-named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above-mentioned.
	E. Shugart J.P

State of Kentucky, Cumberland County, Sct.
	I, M. King, Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County, certify that E. Shugart is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 4th day of Sept. in the year 1832
	M. King
	Clerk of the Court of Cumberland County.
	By James Haggard 

State of Kentucky, Cumberland County}, SS
Be it known that on the 8th day of September 1834 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Hamilton N. Owen the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above-mentioned, before me, E. Shugart J.P}

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State of Kentucky, County of Cumberland} sct
	September 8th, 1834

I, E. Shugart, a magistrate of the county above name do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory [Illegible] that of my own knowledge that Shadrick Claywell who has this day appeared before me to take to oath of identity is the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 13885 and bearing date at the war offices to 9th July, 1833 & signed by John Ruth Robb acting secretary of war
	Given under my hand at my office on this day and year above written.
	E, Shugart J. P.

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State of Kentucky, Cumberland County.} SS.
	Be it known, that before me, E. Shugart, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Shadrick Claywell and made oath in due form of Law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
	
	War Department.-- Revolutionary Claim.
	I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th of June, 1832, Shadrick Claywell of the State of Kentucky, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive seventy Dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
	Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards, commissioner of pensions
{Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of July one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three.
John Robb, acting secretary of war.
that he is entitled to a pension of  (blank) dollars per annum, on account of wounds, and disabilities received, or of service rendered the United States during the Revolutionary War, that he served Captain (blank) Company of (blank) in the (blank) regiment); that he now resides in Cumberland County Kentucky and has resided there for the space of (blank) years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Bedford County Va.

Sworn and subscribed, this 7th day of Sept. 1834 before me, E. Shugart J.P.}
Shadrick Claywell
NOTE.-- The above deposition must be signed by the deponent:

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Mr. Claywell wishes to know why his pension was stoped. He wishes it renewed.

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Washington City, October 21. 1834. Received from the Commissioner of Pensions the original papers in support of the pension claim of Shadrick Claywell, of Kentucky. The papers are two in number.
	P.S. Loughborough

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May 25
Shadrick Claywell
[Illegible]
S. 13885
Lexington May 18
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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Lexington Ky [Illegible]
Sir,
	The enclosed comes to me from a Mr. D. Trabue, a gentleman of good standing. Therefore I believe no [Illegible] exists as to the pensions being still living. I have [Illegible] for additional proof as to the cause of not applying so long & if the reasons are not of the most satisfactory, the agent will not pay. My expectations are that those pensions] will be able to give sufficient reasons for the delay.
	Yours respectfully, Joseph Ficklin.

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Hon. J.J. Crittenden
27 June 1836
G. L.
Record of 36 page 54

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War Dept.
Pension office
June 27, 1836

Sir,
	I have to inform you that the pension of Shadrack Claywell has been restored to him by order of the Secretary of War
	I have it.

Hon. J.J. Crittenden
Senate U. States.

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June 17
Shadrick Claywell Ken
13885
Mail}
[Illegible] pension
[Illegible] J.L.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension office
Washington City
Hon. J.J. Crittenden Senate US

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Washington, June 16th, 1836

Dear Sir,
	I am informed that S. Claywell, of Kentucky: has been stricken from the list of Revolutionary pensions, upon a charge of his having joined the enemy during the war.
	Upon the trial of the indictment against King, in the current court of the U.States for Kentucky, during the past year, Claywell was himself a witness & thus charged against him of his having joined the enemy, became incidentally a subject of investigation. The result of this investigation was a clear connection on my mind, and generally, I believe, on the words of those who heard the case, that the old man was guiltless of the charges in any sense that could be considered criminal. It appeared that while in the service of the U:States he was taken prisoner by the British. That during his capture he became infected with the small pox, & being very badly affected with it, he was lodged in some exposed out-

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-house & was otherwise cruelly neglected. That in the condition of disease & exposure, and to save his life, he agreed to join the British upon their imparting him so to do, & promising him that he should be taken care of & better treated. That not long after, and probably about the time of his recovery, peace was made between the two countries, & he was carried of by the British to Canada  & that it was several years after he was on his way back to the U:States. It did not appear that he, in fact, even served the British. He stated on his oath that he did not, & that it never was [Illegible] to serve against the U.States, & that he made the promise to join them only for the purpose of saving his life.
	Such was the substances of Claywell’s case as it appeared upon the trials above alluded to. The circumstances do not, I think, justify the accusations made against him. He concluded, so far as it might otherwise be intended, appears to have been involuntary & the effort of the most cruel duress-

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-and thus surely ought not to be condemned as any forfeiture of his rights.
	I hope, therefore, Sir, that I shall have the pleasure of hearing from you that] he is restored to his pension. Whatever your decision on the matter may be, I beg the earliest information of it, as it is my ambition to leave Washington in a few days for Kenty:
	Very respectfully yr’s sc [Yours sincerely]
	J.J. Crittenden