Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19083, for Beriah Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Shaw, Beriah
S. 19083
Carded
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 1889
Jeriah Shaw
of Hampshire Co. in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Maye of the Regt. commanded by Col. Fellows in the Massachusetts line for 7 Months 12 Days
76 Hampshire
Shaw
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1833 and Abiel Allen A. C. Bates  Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ch '35 $47.10 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r '33 11.75 $55.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by K. A. D. Eison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 a Page 98

Beriah Shaw. Declaration N o 8100.
Please to make return to me Land. Binsted Northampton Mass ??

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss. COUNTY OF Hampshire, ss.
ON this Eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate Bariah Shaw now sitting Bariah Shaw a resident of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy two years, 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the Month of November 1775 I entered the service of the State of Mass- achusetts as a Substitute in the place of my Brother Abel Shaw and served as near as I can recollect two weeks in a company commanded by Capt Thayer and regiment commanded by Col Fellows this service was performed at Dorchester near Boston at this time I resided in Abington in the County of Plymouth In the Month of December 1775 I again entered a Substi- tute for Jonah Shaw and served at Roxbury in a company comman- ed by Capt Reed and Regiment Commanded by Col Bailey I still resided in Abington and again served two weeks again in the Spring of 1776 I entered as a Substitute for one of my elder Brothers in Capt Reed's company for two weeks as near as I now recollect and served at Roxbury recollect it was at the time the enemy evacuated Boston In the month of August 1776 I still resided in Abington about ten miles south of Boston Stephen Shaw of Cummington with whom I was acquainted was drafted for the term of four months to go to Roxbury Immediately after his arrival at Roxbury I took his place in the army and served the remainder of the four months in a company com- manded by Oliver Symon of Northampton and in a regiment command- ed I think by Col. Clapp I was in the town of Dorchester the greatest part of the time and according to my best recollection I served something over three and half months and was discharged in the Month of December Immediately after my discharge in the Month of December 1776 I volunteered in a Company Commanded Lieutenant Bales and Marched from Abington by way of Taunton to Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and was stationed and served at said Bristol from five to seven weeks as near as I can now recollect and was then discharged Soon after my return from Bristol I removed to Cummington in the County of Hampshire In the Month of August 1777 I volunteered and Marched from said Cummington to Manchester in the State of Vermont in a company commanded by Lieut Harwood and was attached to Col Warren's Regiment which had been previously cut up by the enemy from the time I left home the time I was discharged according to my best recollection and belief was the Month I was born in Abington in the County of Plymouth the 21st day of February 1760 In Abington until I was seventeen years old then removed to Cummington and have lived there since I have no record of my age and never received a discharge and have no documentary evidence of my service and know of no person who can testify to my service except as herein enclosed
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Bariah Shaw
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for said County

We Roswell Hawkes a Clergyman residing in the Town of Cummington and Elizabet Park residing in Cummington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Beriah Shaw who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Twenty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Lemuel Hinckley Judge of Probate } Roswell Hawkes for said County } Elizabet Park
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Roswell Hawkes who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Cummington and that Elizabet Park who has also signed the same is a resident in the Cummington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Lemuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for s d County
I Saml F. Lyman Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Beriah Shaw for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand day of September
eleventh this in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Saml F. Lyman Reg r

8100
Beniah Shaw
Parish
7 Month & 2 days
Job the shortest time name
J. C. Bates
adm
for J. C. Bates
HR

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Periah Shaw which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? no IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 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? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? neg 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? _____ 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? neg 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? neg Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? neg 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? neg XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? neg XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? annexed
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.

Marville Harwood & affidavit Osborn

I John Shaw of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of Seventy years testify and declare that I knew Beriah Shaw of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State aforesaid in the revolutionary war and that I now know the said Beriah Shaw I also recollect of the said Shaw being in the Revolutionary army in the year 1776 at Dorchester near Boston and at the expiration of the said Shaw's service which I think was for the term of nearly four months I went and carried the said Beriah Shaw to Hingham in the County of Plymouth where the said Shaw's Parents resided I also recollect he was in a Company commanded by Capt Oliver Symon of Northampton Cummington Sept 110 1832
John Shaw
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept 110 1832
Personally appeared before me John Shaw and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed according to his best recollection and belief to be true I also further certify that the said John Shaw sustains a good moral character
Elizabeth Park and Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Elizabeth Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

John Shaw affidavit Binder Shaw

I the Gurney of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of nearly seventy four years testify and declare that I know Breach Shaw in the revolutionary war and that I now know the same Breach Shaw of Cummington in the County and State aforesaid that I was knowing to the said Shaw being in army at Dorchester near Boston in the year 1775 in a Company commanded by Capt Thayer and Regiment commanded by Col Fellows but for what length of time I am unable to say Cummington Sept 11 1832 Afa gurney
Hampshire ss Sept 11 1832 Personally appeared the Gurney and made solemn oath before me to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the above document is a true copy of truth and veracity Elizabeth Parkhurst Justice of the Peace

Ana Gurney Affidavit B Shaw

I Marville Harwood of Windsor in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of seventy five years testify and declare that I was personally knowing to Break Shaw entering the service of the State of Massachusetts in the month of August 1777 and marched to Manchester in the State of Vermont and as near as I can recollect were attached to the Regiment of Col Warner which had been defeated a short time previous that the said Shaw belonged to the same company that I did and served something over half a month we had no Captain and was under Supt Harwood until we were discharged
Pennington August 10 1832 Marville Harwood
Hampshire ss August 10 1832 Personally appeared Marville Harwood and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed. before me E. Philetus Parkhurst Justice of the Peace

2 19083 INVALID.
19083
File No. 18096
Beriah Shaw
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 341
[Arrangement of 1870.]