Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2447, for Daniel Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Nass.
Shaw, Daniel Nabel
NUMBER
No. 2447
B. L. Wt. 26630-160-55-
CONTENTS

Pg. 239  New York  Daniel Shaw
of St Lawrence in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regt. commanded by Captain Dusen — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Colton — in the War — time for 10 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug, 1833 and Little A. C. Son At. Lawrence
Arrears to the 4th Mo. 21 $ 66 66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 16 66 $ 83 33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Pol. Steele Clerk, Book C. Vol. 34 Page 79

New York, Swan Abel Shaw widow of Daniel Shaw who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Nov r 1853 and sent to
G. M. Harwood Hannville Essex Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 85 Vol. A
32
Date of death not in AKB

53.297
Oct 3/55 areg/55
Civ. E. A. Simmons Sept 19/55-
Mabel Shaw mid of David Shaw par
Cape Col
Revolutionary pension
MS. Feb. 53 - no 2825
aw: 160 per month 56 B D L R
(Large stylized signature or mark)
E. A. Simmons Keeysville N. G.
Vol. 11 p. 79.

No 14595 Daniel Shaw St Lawrence County NY
5. 16. p. 383
May 7 85
At 6 Low clk It Sun Lawrence County Court New York

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Shaw  County of St Lawrence in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted as a vol. in 1775 1 st May and discharged about last Dec - Private Gen. Cpt Benson. Col Cotton   Enlisted Oct 1776 2 " Wood " Gary -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? St Ymouth Co Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence Living Writings  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers not connected as the regulations require 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk:

State of New York
County of Essex ss: On this day, the _____ day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid.
Mabel Shaw aged Eighty _____ years and up- wards, a resident of the town of Arnsable in the County of Clinton and State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Daniel Shaw deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war; that the name of the Captain and other officers under whom in the said Daniel Shaw served in said war are unknown to her the said Mabel Shaw; that she has been informed by her said hus- band that he served as such soldier in said war more than fourteen days; that the said Daniel Shaw in his life time, was a pensioner under some of the laws of the United States, for services rendered by him as such soldier; and that she the said Mabel is now a pensioner of the said United States, under the Act of February 3 rd 1853. as appears by the Certificate in her possession of which the following is a copy:—
"Department of the Interior, Pension Office I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd section of the act of February 3 rd 1853. Mabel Shaw widow of Daniel Shaw, who was a private in the revolutiona- ry war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of $30.00 per annum commencing on the 3 rd day of February 1853 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after

"the time of such marriage,
L.P.
Given at the Department of the Interior this ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
"R. M. McLellan Secretary of the Interior"
Examining Attorney signed "L. P. Waldo"
Emancipation of Slaves Sworn to "Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pen- sions under act of February 3 d 1853 Page "85 Vol. A. (Signed) "H. R. Wright man Atty" And this declarant further says that the proof and record of the service of said Daniel Shaw as such soldier in said War together with the proof of her marriage to the said Daniel Shaw & of his death, are as she is informed, & believes on file in the proper offices, at the City of Washington, and to which she hereby re- fers for the proof of said facts.
She makes oath further that she is still the widow of said Daniel Shaw deceased, never having been married since his decease.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land un- der this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Mabel Shaw
We George Adgate and William Leowbrick - residents of Kingsville in the State of New York

Upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mabel Shaw in our presence; and that we believe from the appearances and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be -
William Cawthorne George Seligman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office, the day & year first above written.
Samuel Ames Notary Public in and for the County of Essex aforesaid
State of New York
County of Essex On this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County of Essex, Edw B Gary and Frances A Gary who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn, solemnly depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs Mabel Shaw the above applicant for homestead land, that they have known her for twenty five

years last past. That they are acquainted with her late husband having known him for thirteen years upwards previous to his death; that they, the said Daniel Shaw and Mabel Shaw lived together as husband and wife, and are reputed to be that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Daniel Shaw died on the 22 nd day of March 1844, and the said Mabel Shaw has been since that day, and still is, & is reputed to be, his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death, and still is his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration, and further, that they, deponents, do re- side in the County of Clinton in the State of New York
Witness -
Ebenezer B. Gay Frances B. Gay
The foregoing affidavit was subscribed & sworn to before me this twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1855, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal Sam Ames Notary Public in & for the County of Essex aforesaid.

State of New York, ESSEX COUNTY, ss.
J. E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that
Samuel Ames
Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration of Affection + Certificate was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, a Public the same in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment, and etc., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Ames and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
E. A. Adams Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York St. Lawrence County. } ss.
On this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, now sitting, Daniel Shaw, a resident of the town of Potsdam in said County of St. Lawrence & State of New York, aged 78 years on the 12 th day of October 1831, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That about the 1 st of May 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer for eight months in the Massachusetts Troops at the town of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, where he resided most of the time during the Revolutionary War, and went immediately to Roxbury near Boston where he entered the service in Capt. Joshua Benson's Company in the Regiment of Col. Cotton, Lieut. Col.

Alden and Major Ebenezer Sprout, in Genl. Thomas Division. That he was oc- casionally engaged at Dorchester Heights and all the rest of his said term he was em- ployed at Roxbury with the main army in building forts, throwing up breastworks and preparing for a defence against the British who were then at Boston. He was at Roxbury during the battle at Bunker Hill, but none of the troops then were called for during that battle. He was in no general engagement although the division to which he belonged was frequently fired upon by the British from Boston. His term expired about the last day of December 1775 when he was dis- missed, without any written discharge and returned home.
About the last of January 1776 he en- listed again for two months at Middleboro aforesaid and went directly to Roxbury where he served out his said term in the Company of Capt. Nathaniel Wood in the Regiment of Col. Gary under Genl. Thomas, as he believes. He was employed principally in the same place and about the same business as during his first cam- paign. one night during this campaign he spent in fortifying Dorchester Heights soon after which the British army evacuated Boston and departed for New York. He enlisted was dismissed about the last of March 1776, without any written discharge. He enlisted both times as a vol-

under. The first period of eight months he served in the Regular Troops raised by the State of Massachusetts. The second period of two months he served in the state militia. He further says that he knows of no person living who was in either of the above campaigns with him except Seth Fuller who was in the same Regiment with him during the eight months enlistment and whose affidavit is annexed. 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 any state. Moved to Plattsburg, N.Y. during the war and resided there eight or ten years and then moved to Bridgewater and served 6 years then to Rochester N.Y. and lived about 20 years then to Potsdam where he has lived since as sworn & subscribed } Daniel Shaw the day & year aforesaid
He further saith that in 1818 he made application for a pension and procured the affidavit of 2 witnesses who were in the service with him but failed because he did not serve in the Continental establishment. They witnesses are both dead. Sworn & subscribed the } Daniel Shaw day a year aforesaid
We Jabez Willes (Clerk) the Judges of said court of common pleas and Jonathan Hott Under Sheriff Warren County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original now on file in our office and that the same was filed with Daniel Shaw who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that his reputation & belief in the neighborhood where he resides, is that he was a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed } Jabez Willes the day & year aforesaid
J. S. Clerk Jonathan Hott

And the said Court do hereby declare & certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jabez Wills who has signed the preceding certificate is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas and reside in Potsdam aforesaid
I Alvin L. Loom, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid and of said County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Shaw for a pension. And I further certify that Simon Dast before whom the following affidavit of Asa Briggs appears to have been taken was then a Justice of the peace of said County of St Lawrence and that his signature thereto and to the certificate following it are his own hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this Twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
A Loom Clerk

State of New York } County of Clinton } ss
On this 14 th day of October in the year one thou- sand eight hundred fifty three personally appeared before the Undersigned Judge of Clinton County Court Right Hon. J. P. Mabel Shaw a re- sident of Arable in the County & State aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the be- -nefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February A.D. 1853 or any other acts or resolutions of Congress applica- -ble to her case. That she is the Widow of Daniel Shaw the identical person named in the annexed pen- -sion certificate. Made of him, who lost a Soldier of the Revolution & draw a pension from the United States under the said an- -nexed certificate at a private at the rate of thirty three dollars per annum from the fourth of March 1831. At the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Shaw on or about the last of November or first of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred four at Bridge Vermont by one

seth Stone a Magistrate. That her husband the said Daniel Shaw died in March A.D. 1844. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service; but that the marriage took place subse- -quent to the second day of January eighteen hundred and forty four; at the time above stated. But that she is not able to produce or furnish any records evidence of her marriage to said Daniel Shaw. She fur- ther swears that she is now a widow & has been ever since the death of the said Daniel Shaw and that she has never before made any application for a pension -Sir,
Mabel Shaw
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before the undersigned Judge of Clinton County Court the same being a court of Record. And I further certify that I have no interest in the claim to which the foregoing declaration refers - for which it is made and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof. I further that the said Mabel Shaw is in my opinion unable to attend court on account of age & bodily infir- mity & further that she is a indelible prisoner
Thos B Watson, County Judge of Clinton County, Court,

June 21, 1940
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Mrs. Eda Whitney Safford 98 Pearl Street Burlington, Vermont
DANIEL SHAW W. 2447 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 17, with explanatory margin dated February 7, 1940, which states that you have ascertained that the Daniel Shaw whose record you desire is the one listed in the Census of Pensioners of 1840, as of Potsdam, New York. His record follows as found in pension and bounty land claims on file under W. 2447, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Shaw was born October 12, 1755; the place of his birth and names of his parents were not given.
While residing at Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Daniel Shaw volunteered May 1, 1775, served as private in Captain Joshua Benson's company, Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts regiment, stationed at Roxbury and Dorchester Heights engaged in building forts and breastworks, was frequently fired upon by the British but in no actual engagement, and was discharged the last day of December, 1775. He volunteered about the last of January, 1776, served as private in Captain Nathaniel Wood's company, Colonel Cary's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged about the last of March, 1776. It was stated that a small part of his service was performed as corporal, but no further details were given.
Sometime during the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved to Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, where he resided eight or ten years, then moved to Bridgewater, Vermont, remained there six years; from there, moved to Rochester, Vermont, which was his place of residence about twenty years, thence to Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York.

Daniel Shaw was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Potsdam, New York. He died March 22, 1844, the place of his death not stated.
The soldier married about the last of November or the first of December, 1804, at Weybridge, Vermont, Mabel _____. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
Mabel Shaw, widow of Daniel, was allowed pension on her application executed October 14, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Ausable, Clinton County, New York.
Soldier's widow, Mabel Shaw, was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, also, for the service of her husband, on Warrant No. 26680, under the Act of March 3, 1855. She was still living in Ausable, New York, at that time.
It is not stated whether or not Daniel Shaw and his wife, Mabel, had children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Mabel Shaw, widow of Daniel, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Mabel Shaw, widow of Daniel, certificate #2225, issued November 9, 1853, rate $35.55 per annum, commenced February 3, 1855, Act of February 3, 1855, Albany, New York Agency.
If you desire information relative to the location of the bounty land granted soldier's widow, on account of his service, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. Man
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2447
Isabel Shaw.
Widow.
Daniel Shaw.
Priv. Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3, 185-8.
Index:—Vol. M. Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 3/96 Sold in personal Wm. Mary E. Simonds, Mc. Gran d Rapids, Mich. Nov. 29/97 F. L. Bailey Boston, Mass. Dec Mid. 19028 1942 Jan 24, Hook to Mrs. Eda Whitney Ralfford — m. L. B.

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Pension Office Nov. 2, 1853.
Sir, Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner.
H. Burt Esq. Respectfully &c. 3 and See Present for comm.
Daniel Shaw, Act 1832; — $33. 33. p. an. Paid to 4 th March 1844, no date of death on our Books.
Genl. J. Pierce
Actg. Auditor.

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Hon L. P. Waldo Commr Pensions Washington D.C.
53.297

Mrs. Mabel Shaw, application for Pension as the Widow of Dan- -iel Shaw, a Revolution- ary soldier —
G. M. Haswood attorney Harrison Essex co N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Shaw which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Swing W. Sturges
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

L D Walden Esq
53.297

Keersville, W.V. April 5/55
Wm. L P Wuldo Conner Pensins
D. Sir, Enclosed please find four Applications for Land Warrants in this envelope & five more in another accompanying this by same mail. If any thing is wrong or deficient please in form & if right please send the warrants to me Yours truly E. A. Simmons

Brief in the case of Wakel Shaw widow of Daniel Clinton County and State of New York act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Mass. line 10 months & pensioner of U.S. under act of June 7. 1832 at $33 33 / 100 per annum Paid to 4 March 1844 Death March 4 th , 1844
Allowed $33 33 / 100 per annum to commence Feb 3, 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by Francis O'Gary & Eli B'Gary who are attified to be credible and residents of said County
Death proved by credible witnesses
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Kanwood G. M. Stewart Esq. Keeseville Erie Co. N York
Examining Clerk.
A. L. Gray,

Payments to be made at N York by Pres. A. S. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
NY
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. I Page 79. by Col. Mills Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Act of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Daniel Shaw of the State of N. York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Thirty Three dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 12 day of Augt one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Secy War Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
19 Jan. 1831. Rochester Minut

State of New York County of Clinton } ss    On this 25 day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before The undersigned a justice of the peace within the county & state aforesaid came before  before  himself  himself Ganya Resin died of the Noble in the county & state aforesaid aged sixty years who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath upon a says that he is well acquainted with Mabel Shaw who now resides in Noble aforesaid and has been acquainted with her for thirty six years last past that he was also well acquainted with Daniel Shaw the person named in the annexed certifi- cate & had been for thirty years prior to his death, that during all the time last mentioned he knows that the said Daniel Shaw & Mabel Shaw lived together as husband & wife & were so reputed & received in the commu- nity where they resided, that at present has been frequently in their family & verily believes they were married in the year 1804 as they were reputed to have been — And upon further says that the said Daniel Shaw died to the personal knowledge of this deponent in March

A.D. 1844 and that the said Mabel Shaw still remains a Widow and has ever since the death of said Daniel Shaw & Department further makes oath that he has no interest in the claim of the said Mabel Shaw for a pension Eli B Gary
Sworn before me this 25 th day of August A.D. 1853 & I further certify that said Joseph  Eli B. Gary is a respec- table respectable person & further that I have no interest in the claim to which the foregoing refers & for which it is made and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof, the words "respectable" person in so far as in this certificate before signing the word "Joseph" erased & the words, "Eli B.", inserted in the foregoing affidavit and
STATE OF NEW YORK, CLERK'S OFFICE OF CLINTON COUNTY.
ss.
J. C. Drumming Vaughan Deputy
C. DAVENPORT, Clerk of the County Courts of said County (the same being Courts of Record) do hereby certify that Campbell McLean Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or ac- knowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Clinton, dwelling therein, commissioned, sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State. Further that I have  no interest in the prosecution of the claim on any other
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this Eighteenth day
of October
A. D. 1853
Interlining copy by me in this test case
C. D. Vaughan Deputy Clerk. of said Courts & County

A.D. 1844 and that the said Mabel Shaw still remains a Widow and has ever since the death of said Daniel Shaw & department further makes oath that he has no interest in the claim of the said Mabel Shaw for a pension Eli B. Gary
Sworn before me this 25 th day of August A.D. 1853. & I further certify that said Joseph  Eli B. Gary is a respec- table respectable person & further that I have no interest in the claim to which the foregoing refers & for which it is made and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof, the words "respectable" person in so far as in this certificate before signing the word "Joseph" erased & the words, "Eli B." inserted in the foregoing affidavit and oath before signing
E. M. L. Raw Justice Peace in & for Clinton County

State of New York } County of Clinton } ss. On this twen- ty day of August A.D. one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty three before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county & state of said cause Hannah A. Gay a Resident of Ausable in the County & State of said aged fifty four years who having duly sworn according to law upon her oath deposes & says that she is well ac- quainted with Mabel Shaw who now resides in Ausable afore- said & that she is the identical Mabel Shaw who was the wife of the identical Daniel Shaw who was a Soldier of the Revolu- tion & a pensioner of the United States who is named in the an- nexed pension certificate. That deponent was present at the Marriage between the said Dan- iel Shaw & Mabel Shaw & that they were married at Bridg- port. That deponent from the fact that she was very young at the time does not recollect the person by whom they were married or the year but she very likely believes it was in the year 1804. That from the time of their Marriage up to the time of the death of said Daniel Shaw which occurred in March

1844, the said Daniel & Ma- bel Shaw lived together as hus- band & wife. That since the death of said Daniel Sh. - said Mabel has remarried & now remains a widow. and de- presents further that she has no interest in the claim of the said Mabel Shaw for a pension
Frances O'Gary
Sworn before me this 25 th day of August A.D. 1853. I further certify that the said Francis O'Gary is a respectable & credible person of fur- -ther that I have no interest in the claim to which the foregoing affidavit refers for which it was made & am not inter- ested in the prosecution thereof. The words & credible person in 4 th line of this certificate inserted before sign- ing. -
William Austin Rice in & for Clinton County.

In the matter of } Daniel Shaw.
application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
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Albany Baldwin Potsdam N.Y.

State of Vermont Windsor County ss. I Seth Fuller of Hartford in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont being sworn do depose and say that in the year 1775 I served in Capt Wood's Company in Col. Cotten's Regiment at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts, I further say that according to the best of my recollection a man by the name of Daniel Shaw - then from Middle- borough Massachusetts now said to reside at Potsdam in the State of New York served in the said Regi- ment in our Captain Parsons Company at Roxbury afforded and belonged to that class of soldiers, who enlisted for eight months and I believe said Shaw served out his full term of eight months - & I now have no recollection of his leaving the said service until the expiration of the said term - Seth Fuller State of Vermont Windsor County ss.
This Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832 the said Seth Fuller appeared before me and made oath to the above statements and I hereby certify that the said Fuller is esteemed to be a man of truth and veracity. Wyllys Lyman - Justice of the Peace
that said Shaw was absent from home from about the 1st of May in said year till

State of Vermont Windsor County, ss
Woodstock County Clerk's Office, N. Sept. 1832 I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby certify that Wyllys Lyman is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the within is his signature - In Testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court & subscribe my name the day & year above
Benj Swan
1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000 + 1000

State of New York } ss: Ida Briggs of Pots- St. Lawrence County } dam in said County,
aged eighty  eighty years in years , being duly sworn. deposeth and saith, that he hath for a long time been well acquainted with Daniel Shaw now of Potsdam aforesaid, formerly of Middleboro, Massachusetts, and who is now making application for a pension. This deponent further saith that for some time previous to the Re- volutionary War and during the fore- part of the War, he lived in Middle- boro, aforesaid, a near neighbor to said Shaw, and well recollects that soldier enlisted there in the year 1775 for eight months from the 1 st of May and formed a company in said town commanded by Capt. Joshua Benson and attached to Col. Galloway's Regiment and that said Shaw was enlisted at the same time into said company as he then understood and believed. He further saith that he recollects about the time when the company left Middleboro and that said Shaw went from home then and he always under- stood and supposed that he marched with said company to Roxbury where was one division of the American Army, and that said Shaw was absent from home from about the 1 st of May in said year till

the month of January after and he al- ways understood and believed that he served out his regular period of eight months in the United States Service and was regularly discharged - and he fur- ther saith that he went to Roxbury afore- said on business about one month after said Shaw had left Middleboro' with said Company, and then remained about there in that vicinity for about four weeks and frequently saw the said Shaw with his other foremen in the Service there. He believes said Company belonged to what was called The Massachusetts State Troops.
And the deponent further says that he saw the said Shaw March 11 th of the Parade Ground in Middleborough with said Company
Asa Briggs
Subscribed & sworn this 13 th day of September 1832 before me Asa Briggs Justice Peace.
I certify that said Briggs is a man of good character for truth and veracity. Sept. 13. 1832. Simon Doot Justice Peace.

I Binney Cobbs of Woodstock County of Windsor State of Vermont of lawful age testify & say that that in the year 1975 I was acquainted with Daniel Shaw then of Middleborough Massachusetts that I lived in the neighborhood with him in the month of May in said year he entered into Capt Joshua Berron's Company in Colo Cottons Regiment for eight months went to Roxbury near Boston & served out his time. in the winter of 1976 the said Shaw enlisted into Capt Wood's Company in Colo Cary Regiment for two months went to said Roxbury & served out his time — — — — — I further depose & say that not
Binney Cobbs
State of Vermont } Woodstock August Windsor County } 9th A.D. 1832 —
Then Binney Cobbs personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affi- davit, by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & I hereby certify that the said Binney Cobbs is a credible witness,
Walter Palmer Justice of peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 9th 1832 Windsor County } 1
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and the above is his signature — —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year above —
Benj Swan

State of New York St Lawrence County
I, Daniel Shaw named in the fore- going Declaration, being sworn to with that by way of amending the same, that his living mentioned in the said Declaration was rendered by him in the character of a priest, except from a small part of the time as a layman that the above mentioned first period of such living was the full period of his interval, being eight months, and the second above period of living was for the full period of two months, both being the full period of his interval, and they in the whole ten months. This deponent signed at Millville on this 25th day of
May 1833. before me Heman Allen, Justice Peace The last line being first interlined Heman Allen, Justice Peace
Daniel Shaw
St Lawrence County County of St Lawrence
ss. I, Hiram C. Lord, Clerk
of said County, and named in the foregoing present certify that the said paper contains the original proceedings in the Court of Sessions Pleas of said County, in the case of the application of Daniel Shaw affidavit for a writ of habeas corpus which have been returned from the Bureau of Pensions, that though in all instances the copy of the tape were not put under the seal of said office, yet the same was offered, and also the original thereof before whom the
last proceedings of the said Shaw were taken at the

last preceding affidavit of the said Shaw for a writ to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of said County, and that his signature thereunto is his in his own hand writing, with which I am well acquainted.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of May 1832.
A. Duncanson
from about the 1st of May in said year till

Abstract of said Shaw's serving:
From 1 st of May 1975 - 8 months
January 1976 - 2 do
10 months -

Know all men by these presents That I Mabel Shaw of Susable in the County of Clinton and state of New York have constituted & appointed and by these pres- -ents do constitute and appoint G. M. Harwood of Saratoga in the County of Essex & state aforesaid my true & lawful attorney in soothly for me and in my name to receive from the United States the pension certif- -icate & to claim I may be entitled under any act or acts of congress & to make any investigations or examinations which may be necessary in the prosecution of said claim generally to do all lawful acts & things whatsoever touching the premises and an attorney or attorneys under him for that purpose to make & at his pleasure to make such confirming all & whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in or about the premises In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 th day of October 1853
State of New York } County of Clinton } ss
Mabel Shaw
Be it known that before me Thos B. Parsons County Judge — in for said county

Only authorized by law & admission the acts personally appeared Mabel Shaw above named and acknow- -ledged the foregoing power of attorney before me this day personally. In testimony- -whereof, I have hereunto set my hand (the day and year afore- said viz) the 14 th day of October 1853 & I further certify that I have no in- -terest in the claim against him in the foregoing power of attorney and am not concerned in the prosecution thereof, & I further certify that the said Mabel Shaw is in my opinion unable to attend court owing to old age & bodily infirmity —
Thomas B Watson Judge of Clinton County Court,
State of New York Series
office of Clinton County, J. C. Cummings Vaughan Deputy Clerk of the County Courts of said County (the same being Courts of Record) having a Seal &c Do hereby certify that Thomas B. Watson whose name is Subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the foregoing Instruments & thereon written was at the time of signing such proofs or acknowledgements Judge of the County Courts of said County of Clinton dwelling therein Commissioned & sworn duly authorized to take the same & further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Thomas B. Watson County Judge & verify & believe that the signature subscribed to the said foregoing papers purporting to be the signature of the said Thomas B. Watson are genuine & further that I am not in any manner connected or have any interest in the admin- -istration of this cause & to me it matters nothing In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the Seal of said Courts & County as aforesaid this Eighteenth day of October A.D. 1853
J. Cummings Vaughan Deputy Clerk of said Courts & County (Clerk Absent)

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 31, 1940.
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IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Eda W. Safford 98 Pearl Street Burlington, Vermont
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Daniel Shaw as described by you, or Elkanah Shaw, all spellings of the names searched.
It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information in regard to their military service you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MRS. EDA WHITNEY SAFFORD STATE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY 98 PEARL STREET BURLINGTON, VERMONT
Jan. 17, 1940
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Can you tell me if there has been any pension granted upon the service, if any, of Daniel Shaw who married Mary Barrows, Aug. 6. 1776, in Plympton, Mass.?
Or on the service, if any, of Elkanah Shaw who married Susanna Muzam, Nov. 17, 1791 in Carver, Mass.?
Sincerely,
Eda Whitney Safford
Feb. 7, 1940
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Since writing the above to you, I found that the Daniel Shaw I meant, is in the list of 1840 pensioners, 86 years old and living in Potsdam, N.Y. Perhaps that will identify the person. His wife, Mary, died in Rochester, Vt., May 4, 1804 and I found the marriage, Aug. 6, 1778-- of Daniel Shaw and Mary Barrows of Daniel Shaw and Mary Barrows in Plympton, Mass., she born June 22, 1755, in Plympton, so it seemed probable that she was the Mary who died in Rochester. He may have married a second time, possibly to an Ester as I have a list of children of Daniel & Ester, but no dates and have not found whether they were his, or his son's or some other relatives. He lived in Rochester, Vt. and lastly in Potsdam, N.Y., or, at least, until 1840. Probably he went there about 1816-18.
Of course, I have no other proof that Mary Barrows was the wife of this Daniel Shaw, but the above evidence, but the pension record should be in the office as it is listed in the names of those receiving pension in 1840 as quoted. If you can identify this record, I shall be most grateful.
The volume of Mass. in Rev. that this is in, which is in the library at Montpelier is away for re-binding, so could not identify his service.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Eda Whitney Safford

C. W. & N. Div. P. S. M. E. C. W. 2447.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3, 1896.
Madam:
In returning herewith your letter of March 21, 1896, you are advised that Daniel Shaw made an application for pension on September 25, 1832, at which time he was residing in Potsdam, N. Y., and seventy-eight years of age, and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Joshua Benson and Col. Cotton. Enlisted from Middleboro, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Mary E. Simonds, 146 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.