Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6007, for William Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
100 1000
Shaw, William Oliver
11 600 7
CONTENTS

9 th July 1819. This Pensioner was transferred to New York Vermont Roll
William Shaw, 4
Private, Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Gilbert Denison Esq r Brattleboro' Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 38.93 Semi-annual account ending 4 th Mar 1819  48.00
Arrears 4 Mo 26/30 $86.93
Disbursed
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years
to take effect from and after 5 th Mar 1817
William Shaw

Reported Payable to Horatio J. Shaw Ohio Rivermare Sam Diguez Wealthy Bartlett Lucy Richardson only living children
16517
Eliza Shaw, Co. (Mrs. Horatio J. Shaw) who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 18th July 1879 of Heart Failure the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Regt commanded by the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day March, 1836. and ending 13th 24th May 1840 when she recd
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day Dec. 1848, and sent to Mrs. Horatio J. Shaw Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 183
Recorded by H. Dampkin Cle Book D Vol. 1. Page 399

Paid at the Treasury Under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, from 4 th Sept 1830 to 4 th Feb 1831 Re gt Notification 30 th March 1841. 1. of 3 Children

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 2 nd 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the of five child ren of William Shaw a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Eight - Dollars and  Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1830, to the 1 st February 1831 - 5 months & 1 day.
Respectfully yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of New York } In Surrogate Court Cattaraugus County } I, Robert H. Shankland, Surrogate of
Said County hereby Certify that at a Surrogate Court held in said County, on this 11 th day of May 1847, Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited that Olive Shaw Widow of William Shaw who was a Peace officer of the United States, died at Berlin in the County of Huron in the State of Ohio on the 13 th day of May in the Year 1840. That she left five Children whose names & residences are as follows to-wit,
Horatio G. Shaw, Residing in  Atopoli , New York
Olive Livermore, Danestown, Vermont
Jane Squires Guilford Vermont
Walthy Bailliff in Brattleboro, or Guilford, Vermont
Suey Richardson, Berlin, Oberlin County, Ohio
That each of said Children is more than twenty one Years old and that they are the only Chil- dren of the said Olive Shaw who are surviving
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & set my seal of Office at Ellicottville in said County on this 11 th day of May 1847.
Robert H. Shankland
Surrogate

2

1 I Dhebe Dean of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy Nine Years on the 12 th day of July 1847, do depose and say, that Ezra Dean, long since deceased, was my father. — That I had a sister named Olive Dean who married William Shaw of Maynham in said County, a town adjoining said Taunton — I was not present at the Marriage because said Shaw came and took my sister to Maynham to be Married — I recollect the time very well, but cannot state exactly when it was — I recollect it was said they were married by Mr Fobes the then Minister of Maynham — This W m Shaw owned a farm in said Maynham, where he and my sister Olive kept house as husband and wife, after it was said they had been married, for several years — Shaw sold his farm & then removed into the country — They had four children before they removed into the country — The eldest was a Male and died a short time after his birth — The others were females and were named Olive, Jennette and Jemima — Some time after said Shaw and his family removed from Maynham as aforesaid, I was informed & believe they had two or more children; but know nothing further of or concerning them, never having

2 seen either of them since — I further desire and say that while said Shaw and my sister resided in said Maynham as aforesaid, I frequently visited them —
Witness
Asa D. D.
Her mark Phebe Dean
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mental County ss. July 19. 1847 Phebe Dean made oath to the truth of the above statement by her subscribed — Before me
Asa D. D. Just Peace
I certify that I have made diligent enquiry & am satisfied that Phebe Dean aforesaid is a credible witness
Asa D. D.
July 19. 1847.

I James Hall of Praynham in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say that I am the present clerk of said town of Praynham and have the custody of their records - There is one of said books of records which contain principally, Marriages, births and deaths - on the 96 th page of said book I find the following record viz. " The following is a list  of persons joined in marriage by  the Rev. Peter Folger " - Among the number is the following viz. " Seventeen hundred eighty seven January " eleventh William Shaw of Praynham " with Olive Dean of Faverston " - That so much of the above as is underscored is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz. "1787 - Jan'y 11. th "
James Hall Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. July 17. 1847 Subscribed & sworn to, before me A. Barrett Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I. James Sprague, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Andrew Boston, Esq., whose signature is affixed to the foregoing & annexed certificate, is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Taunton, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Ja s . Sprague

Widow Olive Shaw
6216

I Archibald Dean of Marlboro' county of Wind- ham and state of Vermont aged 77 years, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Olive Shaw of Berlin county of Huron & state of Ohio now the widow of William Shaw deceased. She is my sister, & her said husband was a soldier in war of the revolution, that she & her late hus- band William Shaw aforesaid, lived together as hus- band & wife six or seven years previous to the year 1794, they have lived near me for more than 20 years during all which term they lived as husband & wife and were reputed to be such - I was not present at their marriage, but have no doubt, but they were lawfully married -  Witness Henry Whelock. State of Vermont Windham county  Archibald Dean his mark
I have said & subscribed on the 2nd day of Sept. in the year 1834 before me, Henry Whelock Just peace. I hereby certify that the above named Ar- chibald Dean is reputed to be a person of truth & ve- racity & is entitled to undoubted credit -
Henry Whelock Just peace. September 3rd 1839 Marlboro' VT I am all well as common and hope these lines will find you so. Gamaliel Whipple is dead she was sick several years so could not answer

I Betsey Deen of Marlboro, county of Wind- ham & State of Vermont aged 70 years, testify & say that I am the wife of Abraham Deen of said Marlboro, that I am well acquainted with Oliver Dyer now residing in Berlin County of Huron, & State of Ohio the widow of William Dyer deceased who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion knowing that said Oliver & William Dyer lived together as man & wife during the seven years next previous to the year 1794. They lived near us for more than 20 years as husband and wife and were ever reputed as such, I was not present at their marriage but have no doubt but they were lawfully married witness my hand & seal. Betsey Deen mark She of Marlboro
Windham Co. Vermont & Subscribed the 22 day of September 1839
before me Henry W. Phelps, Just. Peace, I hereby certify that the above named Betsey Deen is reputed to be a person of truth & veracity.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of September 1839 Henry W. Phelps

State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office
Newfane September 2nd. 1834
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that Henry Wheelock is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures hereunto written are genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said County Court, the day and year above written
Attest - Marshall Miller, Clerk
She was here about four weeks ago the rest of your children are well I will write to you the first tickleber's and yours in hast
Archelaus, Dear To Oliver Shaw

V621
Oliver Shaw of William Ohio
Resided 7785
Residence 1000 S. Main St. Cincinnati, Ohio
—

State of Ohio Huron County S c On this 29 th day of July A D 1869 personally appeared before the Supreme Court for said State, sitting in Norwalk in said County in Open Court the widow Oliver Shaw a Resident of Berlin in said County aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the widow of William Shaw a Revolutionary Soldier now deceased who was a Private Soldier in the service of the Army of the United States, who then he enlisted or was drafted owing to her old age & consequent loss of memory she cannot recollect, she don't remember the precise time when he engaged in said service, as it was before she was married to him, nor does she recollect the name of the Captain of his Company nor the name of the Colonel of his Regiment, she can't tell where her Husband resided when he entered the Service or when he left it nor whether he was under one or more engagements nor of any Battle in which he was engaged. That she has no Documentary Evidence except his Pension Certificate hereafter mentioned now as she supposes in the hands & possession of Deborah Barbering of

Henry Cortlandt County State of New York her said Husband She further declared that she then residing in a place called Tanton in the State of Massachusetts being then aged Twenty one years, after said Husband left said Service, was married at said Tanton to her said Husband by one Eguine Williams a Justice of the Peace the said Justice being then an aged man who has been a long time dead, it was one or three years after her said Husband left said Service that she was married to him That her Husband the aforesaid Williams died Eleven years ago the coming January. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but that marriage took place previous to the 1 st of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four or at the time above stated. That she was born the 26 th day of April 1765 & was married 2 nd January 1786. She has no record of her birth or marriage
That her said Husband had a Pension allowed him by the Government of the United States about the year AD 1815 as she believes, amounting to Ninety six dollars per year which he regularly drew until his death she has not received the arrearage since his death said Pension Certificate is as she supposes as aforesaid now in the possession of said Barber she supposes the Evidence exhibited in support of his said Pension is among the files of the War Department to which she now refers
As she has before observed she says that she

never had a Bible record of her marriage - her Husband having very little learning, could merely write his name besides he had broken one of his fingers That she is now the widow of said William Shaw & has ever remained her widow forever has married to any other person since his death then sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid wit h: thereby certify that Oliver Shaw is credible and a person of truth & veracity
Oliver K Shaw
Witness Lewis H Sturges
Attest. D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Court
The State of Ohio Huron County p 3
David Gibbs Clerk of the Supreme Court for the State of Ohio sitting in Norwalk in and for said County on the 29 th of July One Thousand eight Hundred and thirty nine do hereby certify that the forego- ing Declaration of the Widow Oliver Shaw and the proceedings of the said Supreme Court on the application of said Oliver for a Pension, and that the depositions of Archibald Dean and & Betsy Dean appended to said Declaration and proceedings were sworn to by me at the time of this certificate In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Norwalk this 7 th day of Oct r A.D. 1839.
D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Court State of Ohio

William Shaw. Application for Pension. Windham Co. Vermont. [9 th April 1818]
Adm o .
2 for the Judge Brattleboro' Vt.
Outana?

State of Vermont Windham County ss-
Brattleboro within said County April 9th Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen-
Be it Remembered That on the Day of the above Date Came personally before me Gilbert Denison one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court of said County of Windham - William Shaw of Marl- boro in said County of Windham and made the following Declaration under oath by me adminis- tered to him in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- vice of the United States in the revolutionary war passed March AD 1818 - and it appearing to me the said Judge to my satisfaction that the said William Shaw served in the revolutionary war agreeably to the provisions of said Act - I do hereby certify and transmit to the Honble the Secretary of the Department of War the follow- ing Testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon under my Official Signature and the Seal of said Court -
Gilbert Denison Asst Judge of the County Court
I William Shaw of Marlboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont Do Testify Declare and say - That I served in the war of the Revolution as a private soldier for more than Nine Months and untill the end of the war - on the Continental establish- ment - That is to Declare Testify and say - That in the begining of the year 1781 - I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Japhet Daniels Com- pany in Col Smiths Regiment - as 6th Regiment

There Brigade of the Massachusetts Line and joined the Regiment the 8th of April the same year and continued in service until the end of the war and I think until the three years of service had expired or nearly expired - for I remember marching from New Windsor State of New York to Philadelphia to protect good Old Congress from Mutineers - after this I received my honorable discharge but I have lost my discharge - indeed I took little care to keep it as I never expected to live to see the happy day when it would be of any service to me -
William Shaw
Sworn to this 9th day of April AD 1818 -
Gilbert Denison, Asst Judge of the County Court

Marlboro July 10 1818
State of Vermont Windham County
We the subscribers being requested to give our opinion as to the circumstances of William Shaw of Marlboro in the County of Windham. We therefore after inquiring into said Shaw's circumstances give it as our opinion that said Shaw is in needy circumstances and would justly be entitled under the law passed by the Congress of the United States of America in the month of March 1818 for the relief of soldiers who served in the revolution war according to the requirements of said act.
Luther Lvery } Selectmen Joseph Winchester } Marlboro
swear the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me
Luther Lvery Justice of the Peace
see signatures of our preceding certificates, respectively, are in the hand writing of the said Judge and Justice.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

To the Honorable Gilbert Denison Judge: the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont
of the County Court

To the Honorable Gilbert Sumner Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont
I John Clark of Marlboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont being of lawfull age do testify and say that I was the first sergeant in the first Co commanded by Capt. Nathan Daniels in the 10th Regiment and first Brigade in the Massachusetts line in the revolution War and served in said Co more than the space of six years at one time and personally met William Shaw of Marlboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont and knew that said William Shaw joined said Co in the month of April AD 1777 and there served as a regular listed soldier for more than the space of two years at one time further sayeth not
John Clark
State of Vermont Windham County ss
Marlboro May 18: AD 1818
Then personally appeared Sergeant John Clark of Marlboro and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me
Latimer very Justice of the Peace

To the Hon: Secretary of War of the U: States.
I the undersigned assistant Judge of Windham County Court - State of Vermont - do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent William Shaw That I am well knowing that said William Shaw is and has for a long time been in indigent circumstances and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & maintenance.
Gilbert Denison Asst. Judge
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, July 30. A.D. 1818.
I certify that the Honorable Gilbert Denison, Esquire, is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court aforesaid, and that Luther Vey, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for this county, that they are both duly commissioned under the authority of this State, and that the signatures of the preceding certificates, respectively, are in the hand writing of the said Judge and Justice.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

William Shaw Pension application
3277 N. York

State of New York
On this 12 th day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court to wit in the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the town of Homer in & for the County of Cortland, it being a Court of Record William Shaw aged sixty five on the fourth day of July last residence in the town of Scott in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath disclose that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit that he the said William enlisted for the term of two years either in the month of January or February 1781 in the town of Framingham in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Daniels in the Regiment commanded Colonel Smith in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the Corps until the year 1783 when he was transferred to Colonel Sprouts regiment when he continued to serve until sometime in the month of December 1783 when he was discharged from the said service by Colonel Sprout at New Point in the state of New York That the said William has received a pension the number of his certificate is 8277 & the date of his original declaration is April 9 th 1818 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed The said William Shaw is by occupation a farmer he is troubled with the asthma & is able to do but little labor in consequence thereof his family is composed of the following persons who reside with him to wit his mother

Phoebe Dean aged 82 years in November last she is entirely blind & helpless and unable to do any thing for her own support & needs the assistance of one person all the time to take care of her His wife Olive aged 55 years she is afflicted with the Rheumatism occasionally but when free from that is able to do as much towards her own support as women in general are of her age one boy William Shaw aged 20 years last March he is able to support himself His Dependent William Shaw has given the said William Shaw for his time till he becomes of age in consequence of his agreeing to pay a debt due by this deponent to one Ira M. Walter for clothing Horatio G. Shaw aged 19 years last February he is able to take care of himself Maria Mills aged 15 years last June she is able to do nearly enough to support herself Lucy Shaw aged 11 years in October last she is also able to do nearly enough to earn her support
William Shaw
Sworn to & declared by William Shaw on the 12 th day of September 1820 before
Edward G. Platt Barak Niles Oliver Wixell
Judges of Portland Common Pleas
The said Court hereinafter forth the reasons why it is a Court of Record. 1 st It is expressly made a Court of Record by the Statute Laws of the State of New York - 2 ndly The said Court proceeds according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of their proceedings - 3 dly The said Court has the power of fine & imprisonment -

Schedule of the income or property belonging to William Shaw necessary clothing & bedding excepted for the 12 th day of September 1820, —
An article of agreement for a piece of land for which the said Shaw was to give $280 in interest till paid — Nothing has been paid on the article except a part of the interest — the whole principal now remains due & also about $4.00 of the interest — This article has become forfeited for non pay- ment & the said Shaw is liable to be turned out of possession at any time by his landlord —
The betterments or improvements on the above piece of land the said Shaw purchased separate from the article for the sum of $80 with interest till paid $40 of which is is paid the amount now due for the improvements inclu- ding interest is $43.82
19 Pm of 2 year old stags 1 cow 2 axes 1 scythe 1 pot- 1 dish kettle 1 broken iron kettle 2 pails 1 tea kettle 1 empty pork barrel 1 set old knives & forks 1 stone jug 1 calf 3 small hogs 1 small grind stone
William Shaw

State of New York Cortland County
I Joshua Ballard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cortland do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opin- ion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhib- ited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty nine dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty third day of September 1820.
Joshua Ballard
Clerk of the Court for the County of Cortland
William Shaw Pension application
3277 N. York

State of New York
Cattaraugus County
To all persons that before the Supreme Court of the State of New York has a Judge in & for the County of Cattaraugus personally appeared Horatio G Shaeff who having been my next of kin, do hereby make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. That he is a son of William Shaeff & Olive his wife. That the said William Shaeff was a Pensioner of the United States & died in the town of Seotte, County of Cattaraugus & State of New York on the 18th day of January in the Year 1829. That the said William Shaeff was married to Olive Dean at Farmington in the State of Massachusetts in the Year 1786. That the said Olive Shaeff widow of the said William died at Berlin Huron County Ohio on the 16th day of May in the Year 1840. That after the said William died the said Olive his widow had not since been married but remained a widow. That he has no documents to evidence of the services of the said William Shaeff or of his marriage to the said Olive Dean.
Horatio G Shaeff
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 13 th day of March 1847
Lucis P. Sharp a Judge of Cattaraugus County

State of New York County of Cattaraugus ss. 3. I, F. A. Baillet Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cattaraugus County certify that Lewis P. Thorp Esq. is a judge as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 24th day of March 1847. F. A. Baillet clerk
XXXX

Story
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6007
Miss Thorne
Will
William Thorne
Rich. R. & Co.
Act: July 7th 88
Index: Vol. 16 Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See letter to Edward B. Reed, 29 Oct. 1824 —

Oliver Shaw of William Ohio
Suspended
Aug 23 Dec 1837
L. B. Huggins,
Adt to A. L. Lynde
April 29 '47
: to same August 16 '47
to same Oct. 14 '47
Sect of War, Jan. 4/48 —
to same March 16 '48
Noty July 1838.

ment relative to the land being forfeited, &c, is con- firmed to the as idant of Jacob Wiley, with whom the agreement for the land and im- provements was made and who is the owner of the land.
The Steers were sold to Jedediah Barber in the Fall of 1822 for $46.75 to satisfy a debt due him - one sold to Barber for $10 value payment in wheat and clothing, which has been consumed in claim- ants family, cattle & 3 small hogs have been killed and eat in the family, grindstone & 2 axes &c, and a few articles of furniture are in the possession of claimant and are being a fish kettle for use and destroyed. In the opinion of the Court claimant is worth only $87. -
Claimant aged 69, a farmer an unkind little is limited with the mother, wife age 59, not able to work much, owing to rheu- matism, daughter 17. He and his family have been improved by his son for some time past. Hatched Jan 23 1825 Long Is. Dec 6 1821, 2nd son Edward G. Neel, 67
Cones Corllus 67 18. 1
Second Case
William Shaw, Privat Received the sum of  the sum of Feb. 1781 to the end of the war 1 st schedule date 12 th Nov. 1820. An article of agreement for a pair of land, for which claimant was to pay $280 with interest till paid, nothing as stated to have been paid on the land except a part of the interest, the remainder due $9.12. The agreement is stated to be forfeited for non-payment, & improvements on the above mentioned land claim- ant purchased separately for $30, with interest till paid - $40 paid - and due with interest $43.82. - 1 Pair 3 Old Steers - 1 cow - 3 small. Hogs a few articles of furniture 2 axes, small grindstone &c, valued at about $85. -
Schedule under act 1 st March 1823 dated 12 th Sept 1824, states that the land mentioned in 1 st schedule was forfeited as above stated, nothing having been paid thereon except $20 interest. The improvements on said claim ant sold to his son Mr Shaw 1 st in March 1822 for $35 which money has been expended in furniture clothing and provision for the family. The state

6216
Olive Shaw dec.
Ohio
Act 7. July 38
Mamma 1787
Instans - died 1829
Mono died 13 May 1840
Admo 2 years, 1 m
$80 a per An
From 4 March 1836 to 13 May
1840 the day of her death
Payable to Horatio Shaw
Olive Sherman, Jane Syms
Meatley Bartlett, and Lucy
Richardson and Dennis Children
of Olive Shaw dec
Wm H Putnam
House of Reps,

Harsan New York
10 th Nov r 1847
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Enclosed I send an affidavit in coin of Mrs. Alice Shaw. I directed the affidavit of the clergyman, Physician or Sexton, but the daughter Mrs. Richardson informs me that the Physician had gone to South America, the clergyman who officiated at her funeral is dead, & the Sexton is removed to parts unknown, therefore she has obtained the affidavit of a near neighbor who was present at the death & funeral of Mrs. Shaw. I trust that this proof will be deemed sufficient upon that point & that the Certificate will be issued without further delay.
Very Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

Nassau New York
September 16. 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq,
Dr. Sir
Enclosed is proof in the case of Mrs Olive Shaw which I trust will be satisfac- tory to establish the date of her death
Respectfully Yours
A. L. Lynde

Harsaw New York Sept 16. 1848
J. L. Edmonds Esq,
Enclosed I send proof in the case of Mrs Ruth Barton former widow of Josiah Gouout which I trust will satisfac- torily establish the date of her marriage Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

Warren New York 24 th July 1847
J. L. Edwards Esq Or Sir Enclosed please find proof of marriage in case of Oliver Shaw widow of William Shaw late a Pensioner of the United States. The proof of her death is sent to Clks office for certificate & will be sent as soon as received
Very Truly Yours A. L. Lynde

State of Ohio } I Joseph S Lowry do make Erie County } Solemn oath and say that I now am and have been for the last 18 years a resident of Berlin Township Erie County Ohio and that I made the affirm for Mrs Olive Shaw, and by reference to my book I find the charge was made on the 13 day of May 1848 and he has no hesitation in stating that it was as stated above.
Joseph S Lowry
Subscribed and sworn to
Before me this 5 day of Sept
A D 1848 J Dain Justice of the peace
in and for said county
I hereby state that Joseph S Lowry is entitled to full credit and is a person of unquestionable moral character and standing in society.
J S Dain

Bentleyville
Sept 9
5-
G. H. Safford
Mary & Son Farmville
St. Louis Mo.

State of Ohio } I know Call to make Salem Erie County ss } with and say that I now am have been for the last twenty eight years a resident of Berlin Township that I formerly was well acquainted with Oliver Shaw of said Township and was present at her funeral Elder Joshua Phillips preached her funeral sermon and said Phillips died about three years since in Berlin Township said Oliver Shaw died on the 11 day of May 1844 that he is unable to recollect about her death from the fact of his being a near neighbor and being invited to preach her funeral sermon that he has no hesitation in stating that the death was as stated where as his memory has been refreshed by his neighbors who remember it well and also by her friends who know the day of her death Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 day of Sept A D 1848 J S Davis J D
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Cyrus Call and that I know him to be a person of unquestionable moral character and entitled to full credit I also certify that the said Cyrus Call is a regular minister of the Gospel J S Davis Justice Peace

The State of Ohio Erie County ss
I Rice Harper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Erie and State of Ohio do hereby certify that Jesse S. Davis Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that he is fully authorized to administer Oaths, take testimony &c. and that his Commission bears date April 19 th 1848 and will expire on the 19 th of April A.D. 1851. I also certify that the official signatures of the said J. S. Davis on both the foregoing pages is his own hand writing as I believe - and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Sandusky City this 11 th day of September A.D. 1848. Rice Harper Clerk

Pension Office March 16th, 1848.
Sir,
I have the honor to return, herewith, Mr. Putnam's letter and upon his appeal in the case of Clive Shaw, deceased, who was the widow of William Shaw, to make the following report.
The service of Mrs. Shaw's husband and their marriage before 1794, has been duly established; but the objections to the admission of her claim are, First. The Certificate of the Surrogate Court of Cattaraugus County, New-York, as to the date of Mrs. Shaw's death, and the names and places of residence of her children, now living, is not a Compliance with the regulation. A certificate from some Court of record in Huron County, Ohio, where she died, should be produced, and Secondly, The evidence now before this Office is not deemed sufficient to establish the date of her death with the requisite certainty. The testimony of two respectable and disinterested witnesses has been required. No additional evidence has been adduced since my report to you of the 4th January last,

to which you are respectfully referred.
The papers in this case, numbered from one to six, inclusive, are herewith enclosed.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Wm. M. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

Wash. March 11. 1848
Hon Wm L. Marcy Secretary of War,
Sir. On the 27. th Dec r last I forwarded to you appeal papers in the case of the heirs of Widow Swan Appeal from the decision of the Comm ee of Pensions -
Will you oblige me with an answer as your earliest con- -cern?
With respect I am Dear Sir H. Putnam. M.C.

Pension Office, January 4. 1848.
Sir,
I have the honor to return you Mr. Lynde's letter, invoking your interposition to relieve him from the requisition to establish the date of the death of Olive Shaw, of Ohio, by the testimony of the Clergyman, Physician, or Undertaker, whose books would enable them to ascertain it with the necessary precision, or by individuals of the neighborhood, whose position in society would be a guarantee of their accuracy.
The first part of this requisition is answered by Mr. Lynde himself, in these words. "I directed the affidavit of the Clergyman, Physician or Sexton to be obtained and sent, but the daughter, Mrs. Richardson, informs me that the Physician has gone to America, the Clergyman dead, and the Sexton removed to parts unknown." Evading the production of this grade of evidence, he transmitted a deposition of Thomas Miller, which it would seem was drawn up by him in New York, leaving blanks for names and dates. This deponent subscribes the allegation that claimant died on the 11 th May 1840, and the only reason he assigns for retaining the date is, that being a neighbor, he was at the funeral.
The

The deposition being apart, and the witness failing to state the date of his calculation which would be sifted out by cross-examination, it is difficult to determine its value. The enclosed copy of my letter to Mr. Lynch of 11 Sept. last in another case, and my report upon his appeal in Mrs. McIntire's case, now before you, will justify an unusual circum-spection respecting parol evidence drawn up by him, to be verified at a distance with a view to establish the particular day on which a claimant may have died.
All that is required, is the establishment of the date, by evidence which may bear upon its face, its claim to credit.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your ob. Servant. J. L. Edwards
Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

Washington Dec 27. 1844.
Hon W. L. Murray
Secy of War,
Dear Sir, I forward to you the enclosed appeal from the decision of the Com d of Pensions in the Case of the Wives of Milton Shaw. Please inform me of the time of its reception.
Your early attention to the Case and decision therein, are most earnestly requested.
I am with great respect
Your obedt Servt
W. Putnam

Waukesha W.H. Sept. 16. '48,
A. S. Lynde
Withdraw his appeal on claim of Mr. Oliver Shaw.
L. & Rec Sept. 22. '48,
Pension Office
Ames
J. S. C.
10519,38

FILED
Ms. A. 9. 2. 19. 38
Secretary of War
Washington
D.C.
from
Belmont Office

Warsaw N.Y. Sept 16. 1848
Hon. W. L. Marcy
I hereby withdraw my appeal to you from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in relation to the Pension Claim of Mrs. Olive Shaw
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Newark H. C. Ohio Octr 1839
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner Sir
I enclose you the proceedings of the Supreme Court for this County in the case of the Widow Ohio Shaw Widow of William Shaw a Revolutionary Soldier.
You will note that her recollection of his service for account of the time of her marriage being after the expiration of his services. Dotted circumstances her extreme old age is very slight. I have relied principally on his having been allowed heretofore a Pension and presuming that the Testimony which was the foundation of that allowance can now be referred to on the files of your Office.
You will observe that in her declaration she states that her Husband's Certificate for his Pension is in the hands of one

Isaac Barker Esq. of Homer, Cortland County State of New York - By her request I some considerable time since wrote to Mr Barker to forward to me that Certificate, but have received no answer - We presume Mr Barker must be dead - I think one of your rules, say the 5 th dispenses with particular detailed statements where such documents evidence is afforded as to form an allowance of a Pension
Yours very respectfully Levi B. Sturgis
The above writing on the bottom of the depositions is only intended to inform of the death of a daughter of Mrs Shaw -

State of New York Cattaraugus County
Before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally came Horatio G Shaw & made oath in due form of Law that he is a son of William Shaw & Olive his wife deceased That the said William Shaw was a Pensioner of the United States & died at Scott, Westland County New York January 18 th 1829. That the said Olive widow of the said William died at Berlin, Huron Co Ohio on the 13 th day of May 1840 That he arrived at Berlin on said 13 th day of May 1840 & was informed that she died that same day & that he attended her funeral & burial on the 15 th day of said month of May 1840
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7 th day of May 1847. & I certify said deponent to be a credible
Horatio G Shaw
Witness Spencer Scudder, Justice of the Peace.

State of New York County of Walla-wa-gus
vs.
I Francis C. Baillet Clerk of the County Courts of Walla-wa-gus County, certify that Spencer Teudder Esq. is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 27th July 1847. F. C. Baillet clerk

Petition of William Shaw to be placed on Pension List
communication to be made to Edward C. Reed Homer, Cortland County N. York if claim is allowed. If disallowed, papers to be returned to him.
Recd 22 Oct. 1824

State of New York Cortland County ss On the 11 th day of September 1824 personally appeared in open court James in the Court of Common Pleas at the Court House in the town of Homer County of Cortland & State of New York being a court of record for the said county William Shaw resident in the said County aged sixty nine years on the fourth day of July last past who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820 that he the said William Shaw enlisted for the term of three years on or about the beginning of the year 1787 in the month of January or February in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt. Sargent with D. Smith in the regiment commanded by Col. Smith in the line of the state of Massachusetts in the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until the year 1783, when he was transferred to Col. Sprout's Regiment where he continued to serve until some time in the month of December 1783 when he was discharged from the said service at New point in the State of New York by the said Col. Sprout. That his name has been placed on the pension list & he has received on account of his property
And is, in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 do solemnly declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself 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 the 18 th day of March 1818. That I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property. An inventory or account of all the property as described in the first schedule of the said William Shaw except one dish to wit, an article of agreement for a piece of land for which the said Shaw was to give $280 & interest till paid - nothing has been paid on the

article except a part of the interest. The whole principal now remains due and also about $69 of the interest this article has become forfeited for non payment & the said Shaw is liable to be turned out of possession at any time by his landlord. The billments or improvements on the above piece of land the said Shaw purchased separate from the article for the sum of $80 with interest till paid $40 of which is paid, the amount now due for the improvements including interest is $43,82 1 set of 3 year old steers, 1 cow, 2 axes, 1 scythe, 1 plow, 1 dish kettle 1 broken iron kettle 2 pails, 1 tea kettle, 1 empty pork barrel 1 set old knives & forks 1 stone jug, 1 calf, 3 small hogs, 1 small grind stone The above schedule includes all the property owned & inventoried by the said Shaw in his first schedule except a dish kettle and he now does not own any part of it and the same has been disposed of as follows viz The steers above mentioned his defendant sold for $46.75 to Jeremiah Barber in the fall of 1899 and the money was retained by the said Barber to satisfy a debt which he held against this defendant the cow was also sold to the said Barber for $10. last fall for what and clothing which has been consumed in defendant's family the 2 axes and scythe are now cut the plow is broken the broken iron kettle is now all in pieces the 2 pails are worn out - the tea kettle was broken to pieces last winter - the empty pork barrel for want of something to fill it has fallen to pieces the set of old knives & forks are now entirely worn out by hard service the stone jug has got cracked so that it will not hold the calf and 3 small hogs have been killed and eat up by this defendant's family - the small grind stone has from long service been worn so that it is useless and good for nothing. The article of agreement for the piece of land together with the possession of the land this defendant has been obliged to surrender to his landlord as he was not able to labor he therefore could not earn money to pay for the same and now having paid about $20 towards the same he did not consider it any thing of an object to try to keep it his son tried to try to assist him to pay for it - the billments or improvements upon the land

his Disponent sold to his son William Shaw Jr. in March 1822 for the sum of $35 which money the said William Shaw Senior has long since expended in purchasing suitable stock clothing and provisions for this Disponent. His wife the said William Shaw is by occupation a farmer and has not been able to do a full days work for three years altho he has been able to labor a little frequently but he is troubled with the asthma and most part of the time is unable to do any thing his constitution is nearly broken down by age and infirmities. The said Williams family consists of himself his wife named Olive aged 59 years and his daughter Lucy aged 17 years... his wife is not able to earn but a small part of her living owing to a long protracted Rheumatic complaint his daughter is able to earn her own support but she is about to leave this Disponent in a few days. This Disponent now for some time past with his family has resided with his son William Shaw Jr. who now resided this Disponent maintains a system towards his support otherwise he must have long since been supported by the poor and distressed paupers.
William Shaw his mark
Given to and attested on the 14th day of September 1824 before Olunna No William Halling Joseph Reynolds Charles Vincent Justices of the Albany Common Pleas
The Court are of opinion the said William Shaw did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental establishment.
The Court prize the proof exhibited in the said William Shaw Schurer at $7.00
Joseph Reynolds Charles Vincent William Halling
The court herein set forth the reasons why the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany is a court of Record. It is expressly made a court of Record by the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York.

2. The proceedings according to the course of the common law with a prohibition in kind in point of amount having a regard of their proceedings 3. the court has the power of fine and imprisonment
State of New York Cortland County, Clerk's office
I James Hotchkiss Deputy Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Cortland being a part of Record by a Statute Law of said State Samuel Hotchkiss for the Clerk being absent do hereby certify that the foregoing Draft and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies 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 Seven dollars -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand And Affixed the seal of the said court this first day of October Eighteen hundred and twenty four
James Hotchkiss Deputy Clerk
Petition of William Shaw to be placed on Pension List
communication to be made to Edward C. Reed Hon. Cortland County N.Y. if claim is allowed to be returned to him
Rec. Dec. 1824

Mr.
State of New York
Cortland County ss I William Shaw of the town of Homer County of Cortland & State of New York being duly sworn says that he is the same person to whom the original certificate was given of which the following is a Copy.
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 William Shaw late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the ninth day of April One thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States this second day of October One thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War
L.S.
Sworn this 29th day of June 1818 before me Edward G. Lued One of the Judges of Cortland Common Pleas
William Shaw
Secretary of the War Department
Sir Having removed from the town of Marlborough County of Windham & State of Vermont to the town of Homer County of Cortland & State of New York I am wishing to have my Pension shifted

From the Vermont to the New York Agency. If this can be done it will save me considerable trouble & expense in getting my money. Whenever the alteration is made I wish you to inform me of the same that I may know at which place to send to get my money. Direct your letter to me at Homer Post Office Cortland County State of New York to the care of Edward C. Reed Esquire.
With much respect
(Yours &)
William Shaw
Homer Jan 29. 1819
State of New York Cortland Clerk's Office I certify
I certify that Edward C. Reed by whose signature appears to the foregoing instrument before whom the within affix was made, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County his acts therefor in that capacity.
So be Regarded as such, Also further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Edward C. Reed and verify before his name thereto subscribed to be his proper hand writing. Witness my hand the 29th day of Jan 1819
David H. Hottkip L. Dyer, Clerk

Hon W. L. Marcy Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Warren New York 23 d Dec r 1847
Hon W m L. Many
In the year 1839, Abie Shaw widow of William Shaw who was a Pensioner under the act of 1818, applied for a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838.
In 1840 May 11 th , her claim being then pending, she died
In 1847, her children asserted her claim and upon her marriage, satisfactorily to the Comm e of pensions & the proof of service made by her husband was entitled to be satisfactory
In relation to the date of her death I have produced a certificate of a court of record showing that Mrs Shaw died at Berlin Harrison Co. Ohio May 13 th 1847 also the affidavit of her son J. Shaw to the same fact, these not being deemed satisfactory I produced the affidavit of Thomas Miller who was her nearest neighbor & present at her death & funeral showing that she died May 11 th 1840
The Commissioner of Pensions now requires me to produce testimony of Members of Congress or of the Legislature, judges of courts etc. upon this point
I deem this requisition so unreasonable oppressive & vexatious as to require me to ask you to review this decision & I would respectfully request you to give it your early consideration
I am very respectfully Your obed t Servant
A. L. Lynde

13315 Apr 5 1894
le Om Shau
Aug 7 1895.
St. Louis Mo. 63101 U.S.A.

Nassau New York March 27 1847.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Please find enclosed a declaration in the case of Eliza Shaw widow of William Shaw who was a Pensioner. Please examine it file & direct what further proof shall be furnished
Very Respectfully A. L. Lynde

1. S. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, appearing as a watermark-like pattern across the entire surface.]

State of Ohio Huron County
Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Thomas Miller and made oath in due form of law That he formerly well knew Mrs Oline Shaw a resident of the town of Berlin in said County. That the said Oline Shaw died at said town of Berlin on the 11 th day of May in the Year 1840. That he was her nearest kinsman and present at her death and burial. Geo Miller
Subscribed & sworn this 26 th day of October 1847 & I certify the said deponent to be a credible witness Damey Campbell, Justice of Peace in and for said County.
State of Ohio Huron County
I Henry Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Huron do hereby certify that Damey Campbell Esq. is a lawful Justice of the Peace within and for said County as above stated duly Elected Commissioned and sworn according to law And that the above signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ashtabula this 26 th day of October A.D. 1847.
H. Brown Clerk.
Fill up with ink carefully - dates particularly

Aug 7 47
addrs olive shaw
Com te of Pension
Washington
D.C.
Ex. 13

Warsaw New York 29 th July 1847
J. S. Edwards Esq Sir
I sent you on the 26 th inst the proof of the marriage of William Shaw & Olive Drew I herewith send proof of the date of her death
Respectfully Yours A. L. Lynde
P.S. I also enclose proof of death of Phebe Tyler widow of Bezalel Tyler. I sent declaration proof of marriage some days since

In the matter of William Shaw
Revolutionary Pension Claim
Address to E. C. Reed Homer Cortland County N.Y.

State of New York } Cortland County } ss. Jacob Wiley of the town of Homer County of Cortland & State of New York being duly sworn says that he is personally acquainted with William Shaw of the town of Homer  Scott a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That this Deponent sold to the said William Shaw the betterments or improvements on the piece of land mentioned in the said Williams inventory contained in his pe- tition to be continued on the Pension list of United States pen- sioners that the said William was to give this Deponent the sum of $80 for the said betterments or improvements - that the facts stated in the said Williams inventory in relation to the payment of the said $80 were true - This Deponent would further state that in this Deponent let the said William have the said article of agreement for the said piece of land mentioned in the said Williams inventory - The Price of the land was $280 - The said Shaw never paid but $20 on the article which sum did not discharge the interest due upon the article at the time the $20 was paid - This Deponent would further state that as soon as the said Williams pension was stopped he was un- able to make any further payments towards the land & in March last he surrendered up the land to this Deponent & went to live in the family of his sons upon another piece of land which this Deponent has been informed his sons had contracted for where he now resides -
Dated Dec r 4. 1824.
Jacob Wiley
Subscribed & sworn to this 4 th day of December 1824 before me
Edward C. Reed Justice of Peace

State of New York
Orleans County Clerk's office
I Samuel H. Nickhip & Clerk of said County & Clerk of the court of common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Edward G. Reed Esq before whom the affi- davit of Jacob Wiley was taken was on the day of the return thereof one of the electors of the same in and for the said County duly appointed & qualified his oath therefor in that capacity and to the best of my knowledge also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe his name within subscribed to be his own proper hand writing. Witness my hand & the seal of my said office the 10th day of December 1824 Samuel H. Nickhip Clerk.

1 March 1823, New York N.Y.
James D. Drey
Mr Shaw,
Recd. 24 Dec: 1822.
Edward D. Reed New York, N.Y. Washington
True

Homer Cortland County New York Dec r 6. 1824
Hon. A. C. Calhoun
Sir
A few days since I received a communication from Mr. S. L. Edwards, in relation to the claim of William Shaw a resident of this County to be reflected upon the Revolutionary Pension list. Mr. Edwards in his letter states, that "Before a further decision can be had in the case of William Shaw his statement in regard to the land mentioned in his first schedule must be corroborated by the testimony of the person with whom he bargained for it."
In order to substantiate the correctness of the facts stated in his petition Mr. Shaw has procured the affidavit of Jacob Wiley the person of whom he had the article or bargained with. Mr. Wiley's statement I believe corresponds in every material part with that of Mr. Shaw.
With much respect I am Yours &c
Edward C. Reed
Communications to be addressed to E. C. Reed Homer.