Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42008, for Michael Shaw, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Shaw, Michael
S 42008
CONTENTS

10 900 R
North Carolina
Michael Shaw
of Rowan Co in the state of North Carolina who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hampton of the Pennsylvanian line, for the term of 7 years
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of August 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of May 1819 and sent to Hon. C Fisher Salisbury etc.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. Cnt 31. 52.90
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48
$ 100.90
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notification sent to the Hon. Mr. Fisher 10th January 1820. He was of present advice.
J. M. Clement Sept 16/53 transferred for arrears sent to 3rd Audit. V 111 la 171 Clement

North Carolina } Davie County } Know all men by these presents that we, Locket Etchison and Nancy Etchison his wife so (said Nancy being the daughter of the late Michael Shaw) do hereby constitute and appoint John M. Clement our true and lawful Attorney for us and our names to recover and receive from the Pension Office, or other proper Department of the United States, on account any and all Pensions, arrearages of Pensions, so due us from the United States, on account of the services of the late Michael Shaw, father of said Nancy - in the Revolutionary War, with full power unto said John M. Clement to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the recovery of said Pensions so. Witness our hands and seals this 31 st day of May A D 1853 Sealed & delivered in the presence of, D. C. Clement A.- Wm H. Henson Locket et Etchison (seal) Nancy et Etchison (seal) mark
State of North Carolina } County of Davie } Be it known that on this the            day of June A D 1853, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County personally appeared Elizabeth Gally Locket Etchison and his wife Nancy Etchison and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney, to be their act and deed.
And I certify that I have no interest in the above claim in any shape or form.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and date above written.
J. P. Henson

North Carolina
County of Davie ss
It is hereby certified that J. B. Jones Esq r , whose own genuine and proper signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace and as such duly commissioned and qualified.
In Witness whereof I, S. R. Rose clerk of the Superior Court of Law for said County, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this the 1 st day of July A D 1853.
S. R. Rose clerk

State of North Carolina } }
County of Davie } }
Be it known that on this the 29 th day of June AD 1888 before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared, Nancy Etchison, a resident of said County and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Michael Shaw, the identical man whose name was placed upon the Pension Roll at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum.
That she is credibly informed that Michael Shaw dec d , who died in February 1886 - had not received his Pension up to his death - but that ninety six dollars were due him, as Arrearages of Pension at the time of his death. She further states that said Michael Shaw left no widow, but he left five children all of whom, are over twenty one years of age, one of whom this affiant is. She states that she is now the wife of Sucket Etchison.
She deems makes this declaration for the purpose of having her name placed upon the Pension Roll and makes this Affidavit to be filed - for that purpose.
Nancy Etchison her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe Nancy Etchison, to be directly interested in said claim as set forth and to be the identical party therein alleged in whose claim, I am in no wise interested.
J. H. Houser
State of North Carolina } }
County of Davie } }
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence, has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, that Michael Shaw was a Revolutionary Pensioner of The United States at the rate of ninety six Dollars per annum, and that he died on the

on the 13 th March A D 1836, leaving surviving him the following children and none other (to wit) Nancy - wife of Bracket Etchison, Benjamin Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Samuel Shaw, William G. Shaw
It is further certified that J. B. Jones Esq r , before whom the preceding affidavit was made and acknowledged was at the time of so doing, a duly authorized Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his - is genuine; and further in the within claim for Pension I am in no degree interested.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, this 1 st day of July A. D 1853.
S. R. Rose Esq r

Michael Shaw
Declaration -
10-900
1/1/1899
Con
Return per son [illegible] [illegible]

State of North Carolina Warren County
3 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Session - AD 1870
On this 21 st day of August 1870 personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Record for the said County. Michael Shaw, aged seventy two years resident in Warren County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, saith on his oath he knows that he served in the revolutionary War of the United States as follows (viz) on the first day of April one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven (1777) this declarant enlisted for three years or during the War under Capt Samuel Penn in the Glencoe Regiment of the Pennsylvania Keys commanded by Col Richard Shrypton and there continued until the month in which the battle of Monmouth was fought, when this declar- -ant was drafted out of the aforesaid Regiment into the South Pennsylvania Regiment command- -ed by said Col Richard Shrypton in the company commanded by Capt John Steel and continued in said last mentioned Company until the revolt of the Pennsylvania line and then got a discharge at Trenton New Jersey in 1781 In April of the same year this declarant enlisted in the Pennsylvania Artillery during the War in Capt William Ferguson's Company of the Regi- -ment commanded by Col Thomas Procter and there continued to the end of the War in all time his discharge in November 1783 from Capt William Ferguson; this Declarant says that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth and was also at the siege of York. This Declarant with his duly prepared oaths in the following schedule, which is as follows:
  One Mare & Colt worth $30. "   Two Horses 16. "   Seven head Sheep 7. "   Six head Hogs 6. "   Sum of Schedule carried forward $59. " 

This declarant states that he has received a pension certificate and that the number of his pension certificate is (10906) 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 my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to 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 pension 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 above schedule.
This declarant states that he is a dealer by trade, and that he is disabled to prosecute this trade by a lameness in his right hand which he thinks is the effect of rheumatic pains that he has only one person in family besides himself, residing with him who is his daughter, about the age of fourteen years.
Michael Shaw
Sworn to and declared in open court the 22 nd day of August 1820 before the Magistrates presiding.
I John Giles Clerk of the County of Plymouth and quarter Sessions of Devon County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that

that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Fifty Nine Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office on the 18 th day of December 1870
(A. Bates)
State of North Carolina, Rowan County
I Moses A. Locke Presiding Magistrate of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rowan County, do hereby certify that John Giles Eugene who has given the foregoing certificate is the Clerk of the Court aforesaid that due faith should be paid to his official acts and that his certificate is in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18 th day of December Anno Domini 1870.
Moses A. Locke

W. H. Cram Parker New York City N.Y.

State of North Carolina Rowan County — ss
So it remembered that heretofore to wit at a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions began and held for the County of Rowan at the Court House in Salisbury on the Third Monday in May Anno Domini (1858) One Thousand Eight hun- -dred and Eighteen, the follow- ing record was made: Court,
Michael Shaw maketh oath that he is an inhabitant of the County of Rowan & State of North Carolina, and in such reduced cir- cumstances, and so old and infirm that he is on the poor or pauper list of Rowan: That he makes this declaration on oath to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, "entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Services of the United States during the revolutionary war" and the deponent Michael Shaw further maketh oath that he enlisted in the year 1776 in the army of the United States under Captain Samuel Dean, and was in the eleventh Regiment of the State of Pennsylvania, commanded by Colonel Humble, this regi- ment was afterwards reduced to the Tenth

under the command of the same Colonel; in this latter regiment is the company of Captain John Steele. Deponent was at the battle of Monmouth, some time after the battle of Monmouth the line in which deponent was revolved, and dispersed; Deponent then enlisted under Captain William Ferguson in the Pennsylvania Corps of Artillery under the command of Colonel Procter and continued in service until the end of the war in 1783 and was discharged in Philadelphia, deponent has lost his discharge, but has the patent for a tract of land granted to him by the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsyl- vania in consideration of the services rendered in the Army of the United States; which patent is now exhibited to this worshipful Court. Now it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Michael Shaw who made the foregoing affidavit did serve in the Army of the United States, during the revolutionary war, against the common enemy for a longer term than seven months; that he is in such reduced cir- cumstances, as to need the support of his family; that the patent exhibited is genuine; that he has no other proof of his services therefore it is therefore ordered that the foregoing be made a matter of record

and that the Clerk of this Court certify the same to the Honorable the Secretary of War;
I John Giles Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Rowan County do hereby certify the same forgoing to be a true Copy of the record made in the case of Michael Shaw.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Salisbury the 4 th of November Anno Domini 1818.
J Giles
State of North Carolina
Rowan County,
I Moses A Locke Chairman of the court for the time being of Rowan County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that John Giles Esq r who has given the above certificate is the Clerk of the court aforesaid that all due faith and credit are due to his official acts: That his certificate is in due form of Law:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Salisbury this 6 th of November 1818
Moses A. Locke C.C.

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File No. 42,008 Michael Shan Pri. St. Pat
Act: 1st March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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To the Commissioner of Pension, Washington City D.C.

July 8, 1853
Appel. of Nancy Etchison, daughter of Michael Shaw, N. C.
J. M. Clement, Mocksville, N. C.

Washington, D. C.
Nov r 30 th 1854.
L. P. Waldo
Comm ee of Pensions.
Sir:
Enclosed I send you the application of Sucket Etcheison, Administrator of Michael Shaw - for Arrearages of Pension.
Michael Shaw received his Pension up to the 4 th March 1835, as I am informed by a letter received from Pension Agent - at Fayetteville John Huske. The proof is Michael Shaw died on the 13 th March 1836 - there will be over a year's Arrearages due his administrator.
I have heretofore written to you, and been answered by S. Cole, Sept 6 th 1853 "that on an application by the Administrator to the Agency, when Michael Shaw's Pension was payable any amount found due said Michael would be promptly paid."
I then applied to John Huske, Pension Agent, Fayetteville and answers Dec r 27 1853 - "Michael Shaw was paid to the 4 th day of March 1835 and the arrearages are due to the day of his death at Washington City ." These decisions are in conflict.
I now send the application, to you, hoping for instructions if I err.
Very respectfully yours,
John M. Clement (Attorney for Claimant)

Claim of Nancy Estlinson
For Pension & Arrears,
for services of Michael Shaw
J. M. Clement Mockville Atto for Claimant

Mocksville
July 1 st 1853-
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir;
Enclosed I forward certain affidavits of Nancy Etchison - in application for a Pension and for Arrearages of Pension - on account of the services of Michael Shaw dec d in the Revolutionary War.
As I am unskilled in claims of this kind, I should be glad if you would notify me, of anything further, which is necessary to be shown by proof or otherwise in the prosecution of the claim. Nancy Etchison states that her Father Michael Shaw had not drawn his Pension up to the time of his death - but that $76 remained due - This and interest thereon, I suppose is due his next of kin.
Another question will be whether children over age are entitled to Pension for the services of their Father?
With great respect
Yr obt servt,
John M. Clement
Atty for Claimant.