Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33658, for Crispus Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Shaw, Crispus
S 33658
CONTENTS

Crispus Sharr
of Caver in the state of Massa. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Massa. line, for the term of 3 yrs
Died Dec 28, 1824 Agency book.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of April 1818 and sent to N. Mitchell E. B. Benjamin
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  86.89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 2 Sept. 1819  48.
10 m. 2\frac{2}{3}  \frac{1}{3}  \frac{1}{3} $ 134.39
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Crispus
Edward. Not pay'd to Col. H. the P. Pension, Clement Massachusetts.

Crispus Shaw Carver.
31 st 16 th

I Crispus Shaw of Carver in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a citizen of the United States and resident therein set forth and declare on oath that I was a soldier in the War of the revolution for more than nine months on the continental establishment, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support and am therefore desirous to obtain a pension from the United States agreeable to the late law of Congress of the 18 th of March last, and do relinquish all claim to any former pension granted me (if any) by any law of Congress, that I entered the service in the Year 1775 in which year I served 12 months under Capt Joshua Benson or Pearce; in the Year 1777 I served 3 years at West Point under Capt Joshua Benson in Col. Pattrams Regiment & was discharged. I have no written Discharge nor other proof. I had a printed dis- charge but have lost it: All the services aforesaid were performed on the Massachusetts Line.
Crispus Shaw
Sworn to April 11. 1818

Crispus Shaw
Barver
Correct-(by 20th)
SCOTTISH

Crispus Shaw.
9380
John D.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
SCINDUTE

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Jesse Murdock Guardian of Crispus Shaw aged Eighty years, resident in Carver in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of time stated — in his former declaration, which term, in consequence of the incapacity of said Shaw, cannot now be ascertained. He is supposed to have been in the first New Jersey service. and that he has received a pension certificate dated 14th April 1819 and numbered 9380 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 11th day of April A.D. 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that said Shaw that was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that he has not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of his property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to him ; nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed: whatever, or any Real or personal property.
He was supported by the Town of Carver for four years prior receiving his pension from the United States.
He was by Occupation a Housewright; but from infirmity, both of Body & Mind, wholly unable to labour or to contribute anything towards his own support.
He has no family — Jesse Murdock . Guardian.
Sworn to, and declared, on the 17th day of July A.D. 1820. before
Nahum Mitchell C. Justice of said Court.
I, John B. Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Seventeenth day of December 1820
J. B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this 11 th  ss. day of April A 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Crispus Shaw of Carver aged 78 years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," viz. That he served in said war as a private for the first three years, so called, commencing in 1777, in Capt. Morris's Company of Col. Putnam's Regiment and the Massachusetts Line — / See his said Declaration enclosed /
He is made up on the Massachu- setts records for 31 months & 16 days. —

The said Shaw is reduced and needs the assistance of his country for support. —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Crishun Shaw did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Crispus Shaw , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 33,658
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 year Private Joshua Bensen Abiel Pearce ✓ Mass.   1777 3 years Joshua Bensen Putnam "      
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, Apr. 11, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Carver, Plymouth Co., Mass. Age at date of application, 78 years.
Remarks: He died Dec. 25, 1824 (Agency book). No family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

33658
Rev INVALID.
1914 Nov. 5. Hist. to Mrs. Carrie Shaw-Merriam. $
File No. 33,658
Crispus Shaw
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

80 Cherry St., Rahway N.J.
Nov. 2, 1914.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. D.
Dear Sir:- I have a letter from the Census Bureau enclosing a return from the census of Morristown, N. J. for 1840 stating that one Crispus Shaw aged 76 was a pensioner for Revolutionary services. I wrote the pension bureau at the time of receiving this letter April 1910, but nothing was found on the pension records. I think there must be something

to prove this, I am his great-granddaughter and am looking the matter up to give the D.A.R. What can I do if you can find nothing.
Yours truly,
Carrie Shaw Merriam