Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,285, for Joseph Shaw, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Shaw, Joseph
S 42,285
CONTENTS

in letters to Hon S Wright, jun. H. R. March 4. 1828 respecting com: of pen: and to J Shaw, March 17. 1830. do to D Hagar June 2. 1830.
Die u. 8 th August 1844 Letter to Hon W Collins Esq 3 rd Aud di tr. May 11. 1848.
19824
New York
Joseph Shaw
of P'keepsie in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Small of the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall in the P'keepsie Militia line, for the term of nine months, from 1778 to 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th day of October 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan 1827 and Rev D B Lewis Chaplain Esq P'keepsie New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1828 $38.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$38.40
{ Revolution Acts Mar and May

21.1n Joseph Shaw's Copy declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the act of the 18 th March 1818) —

Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension list under the Act of the 18 th March 1818.
State of New York } County of St Lawrence } ss
On this Eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord 1827 personally appeared in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of St Lawrence being a Court of Record for said County, Joseph Shaw resident in said County aged Sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820 That he the said Joseph Shaw enlisted for the term of nine months in the month of May (according to this Deponents recollection) in the year 1778 in the town of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, into the Continental army. That he was marched from Sturbridge to Westpoint in the State of New York where he was attached to Captain Smiths Company in Colonel Marshalls Regiment in the Massachusetts line. That he continued to serve in Captain Smiths Company for about one month when he vol- unteered to join the flying Infantry commanded as this Deponent thinks by Colonel Shepard and was mustered in the Company commanded by Captain Loper where he served according to his present recollections about six months and was then marched to Westpoint and again joined Colonel Marshalls Regiment, where he served until the expiration of the term of his enlistment and twelve days beyond the term making his time of service nine months and twelve days. That he was discharged at Westpoint by the

Commanding Officer in the month of March 1877 and a regular discharge granted him, which discharge this Deponent lost among other papers at the time of the Capture of Ogdensburg during the late war . That this Deponent was in no particular battle but had frequent skirmishes with the enemy on the line between Westpoint and New York while attached to the Flying Infantry. That he the said Joseph Shaw hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any State. and that the following are the reasons for making appli- cation at so late a period as the present. That this Deponent made application in the mode prescribed by Law in April 1818 for a pension under the Act of March 1818, and that his papers were returned for proof of service because his name was not found on the Muster rolls agreeably to his declaration. That he then endeavoured to find living witnesses to prove his service and for several years without effect, most of his comrades recollected, being dead or dispersed and their residence unknown. That this Deponent confident of the justice of his claim never relinquished the hope of substantiating it and when in the year 1825 he believed he had obtained sufficient proof he applied at the next Court and again made his declaration before the Court of Oyer and terminer of the county of St Lawrence on the 8 th of February 1826. That his application under that declaration has been rejected because the service stated therein did not correspond with the muster rolls in

the war office. That this (Deposition from Subsequent recollections and conversations with persons who were in the service at the same time is satisfied I had to regret that he was inaccurate in designating the officers under whom he served and this inaccuracy arose from his confounding two periods of enlistments under which he served. That under the first term of enlistment, he is now confident he served under Colonel Marshall's command and Colonel Shepard's from May 1778 to March 1779 and for more than nine months; under the second term in 1780 under Colonel Bisden for about six months.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st . May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10 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 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" passed on the 10 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 and by me subscribed
Schedule of Property
Real Estate none —
Personal property
1 Cow worth — $15.00 1 Pewee platter worth $0.75

  1 old horse $25.- 2 Earthen platters $1.50   2 Spinning wheels 5. 2 doz. Earthen plates 75   1 five pail kettle 2. 1 Settee two caps & bonnets 75   1 pot 1. 4 Water pails 1.00   1 Dish kettle 1.75 2 Wash tubs & 10 gal tub 2.00   1 Bake kettle 1.00 1 box 1.00   1 Table 4.00 1 tree .50   6 horns & forks 0.75 1 Set harness for single horse 4.00   1 Silver spoon & 6 com. do. 3.00 1 Scuttle 12.00   6 Silver tea Spoons 4.00 1 Box chain 2.00   4 Earthen Bowls 0.50 Smaller small articles including 8.00   W m Baxter owes this Defendant on acct. about 30.00   Joseph English owes him about 8.00   And this Defendant owes about $300.00 
And this Declarant doth further say that he is occupied in farming but from bodily infirmity is unable to do hard labor. has a wife living with him aged fifty nine years who is in good health and able to perform such domestic labor as is usual for females of her age. This Declarant has also until very recently had a son living with him aged twenty nine years, but is insane in mind and incapable of attending to business and very troublesome to be taken care of.  Given to Declarant on the 9 th "Joseph Sherwood"  Eleventh day of October 1827  in open court before
James G. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York do hereby certify

that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; I also certify that the Court were satisfied that the Claimant served for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. 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 One hundred and twenty dollars and twenty five cents —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of October 1827 —
J. G. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence

State of New York
St Lawrence County N.Y.
St Lawrence County N.Y. I do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office. Given under my hand this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 15. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County. At Albany this 10th day of March 1815.

County of Washington State of New York, and that the March of June was placed under Capt Horatio C. French Captain who has since died at Albany in the State of New York, in the Regiment of Col. French and in the Brigade of Genl. Foster. That this Defendant remained with the Army at White Plains, his departure of the same year was as then Marched to Redbank in the State of New Jersey and was in the same Company Regiment and Brigade. That this Defendant was present at the Battle of Redbank where he was wounded. That this Defendant was marched to Red Bank and was there for some time and was in the same as a prisoner. That after the Battle of Redbank, the Defendant remained there and was there until the Battle of Redbank was over. That the whole period of his service during the last enlistment was about four weeks and four days. That this Defendant during the time last mentioned was in good health and engaged in duty whenever required. That this Defendant is dependent on his own for his daily subsistence. Has a wife and five children. One of which is a daughter. His wife resides with him and is dependent on him.
Joseph Shaw
Second to Redbank Tenth of April 1863
Nathan Ford First Judge of St. Lawrence County

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 31, 1924.
George A. Cameron, Room 1333, Stock Exchange Bldg., La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42385, it appears that Joseph Shaw was born at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, date not stated.
While residing at Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted June 7, 1778 and served as a private in Captain Warner's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged March 7, 1779,, and in 1780 he served six months in Colonel Bigelow's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension from October 11, 1837, at which time he was a resident of St. Lawrence County, New York, aged sixty six years.
In the War of 1812, he was employed in procuring forage

for the United States Army at Sacketts Harbor and Ogdens- burgh.
In 1818, soldier stated that he had a wife and six children and in 1837, he referred to his wife, aged fifty nine years, a son aged twenty nine years and a daughter, but no names are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Concord Mass. 1886
42 285
Mch. 2 nd 1924 Mrs. Rudolf Hilb Chicago Ill. 1924 July 30 - dist to George a. Cameron Aust.
INVALID.
Rev Y
File No. 42 285
Joseph Shaw Vi. Min. Dist
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 558
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Shaw
Rejected
in letter 10 June 1826 to L. Hasbrouck & letter 3 Sept 1827 to
Admiral Admit Shaw's claim, and send his certificate to Mr Hasbrouck

In the Matter of - Joseph Shorr. Emo. Morse - Depidant -

Seal of Monroe County Clerk's Office
Friend Dr. Foster Deputy Clerk
Of the County of Monroe do hereby certify that Timothy Childs before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken on the nineteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, a Judge of Monroe county
Court, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and can believe his signature to be his, which he has in Monroe County. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed the same the County of Monroe do hereby certify that the said Timothy Childs on this nineteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven at Rochester
Friend Dr. Foster Deputy Clerk
7

State of New York
Warren County
ss: On this Eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Twenty Six personally appeared in the Court of Oyer and terminer for the County of Warren being a Court of Record for said County Joseph Shaw aged thirty five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Joseph Shaw enlisted for the term of nine months in the beginning of the month of May in the year 1778 in the town of Starbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, to join the Regular Army - that he was marched from Starbridge to West point in the State of New York where he was attached to Captain Hudsons Company in Colonel Wiegelows Regiment in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment - That he continued to serve in Captain Hudsons Company for about one month when he was attached to the flying Infantry where he served for the residue of his term of enlistment, and twelve days beyond the term, being nine months and twelve days - That at the expiration of the term of service he this Deponent was marched to West point where he was discharged by the Commanding Officer in the month of March (1779)

1779 and a regular discharge granted him, which discharge this Deponent lost, among other papers, at the time of the capture of Ogdensburg during the late war - That this Deponent was in no particular battle, but had frequent skirmishes with the enemy on the line between Westpoint and New York when attached to the flying Infantry -
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 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 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" passed on the 18 th day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 and by me subscribed -
Schedule of Property
1 cow - one two year old heifer - William Barker owes this Deponent on account about $30 - Merikiah

Walter about $15. Joseph English about $16. Timothy Morris about $10. — Penock about $8. and perhaps a few others not exceeding in the whole $20. And this Deponent owes about two hundred Dollars —
And this declarant doth further say that he is occupied in farming, but from bodily infirmity is unable to do hard labor. has a wife living with him aged fifty eight years who is in good health and able to perform such domestic labor as is usual for females — this declarant has also a son living with him aged twenty eight years, but is insane in mind and incapable of attending to business —
Sworn to and declared on the eighth day of February 1826 in open Court before
Joseph Shaw
J. G. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer for the County of St Lawrence
I James G. Hopkins Clerk of the County of St Lawrence State of New York 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 One hundred and twelve Dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty sixth day of May 1826 —
James G. Hopkins Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer for the County of St Lawrence —

The Com. on Pensions make the following report on the Petition of Joseph Shaw of DeRyter, St. Lawrence Co. N. York. The petitioner states that in the year 1818 he applied for pension under the Act of Congress of 18 th March of that year. His application was refused, because it did not then appear from the Rolls, that the Petitioner served nine months successively. Although proof did then exist on the Rolls, in the Department of War, of such service.
After the claim of the Petitioner was rejected as before stated, he again collected proof of his services and renewed his application for a pension, and again was refused, because the Petitioner served in the course of the war in different Companies & different Regiments, and some difficulty arose in relation to the time a Regiment when & when the Petitioner was discharged.
In August 1827 Petitioner left his home in St. Lawrence Co. N. York & traveled to Washington, a distance 600 miles, and with Mr. Edwards of the Pension Office searched the Rolls & found that Petitioner had a second enlistment and at one time served in Col. Marshall's Regt. Inf y on the Continental establishment for nine successive months. A Pension was granted to him from that time (Oct r 1827). The Department of War refused to allow his pension from the date of the day his first declaration was sworn to. The Petitioner prays that his pension may be allowed him from the date last mentioned to October 1827 when he was placed on the Pension list.
The Petitioner says he is now entirely destitute of property and has been so since his first application, is 66 years of age, that his wife 63 years of age, a son who has been insane for eight years, and a daughter, sick and partially blind for 10 years are dependent on him for support.
The Com. on Pensions find that the 1 st declaration

of the Petitioner was sworn to on 10 th day of April 1818, and that it appears from the endorsement thereon, in these words "did not serve more months in consequence at any one period of the Revolutionary War" that the claim of Petitioner was disallowed on that account. The date of the pension which was allowed the Petitioner is — 11 th October 1827
The Petitioner proves by his own affidavit and the testimony of many others, the facts stated in his petition, in relation to his circumstances in life and the situation & condition of his family.
The Committee are of opinion that the Petitioner is entitled to making a report the accompanying bills.

Ogdensburg Oct 23 d 1827
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Joseph Shaw the applicant for a Pension who lately visited your City, has since his return made a new declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence, in order to be placed on the Pension List. He explains the cause of his former inaccuracy in designating the officers under whom he served, by confounding the two terms of his enlistment. He has always confidently asserted that he performed the service as stated in his declarations, and believing that he is now correct in naming the officers, hopes, with the proof of Enos Morse whose affidavit accompanies the declaration, that it will be deemed satisfactory, and that a Pension will now be awarded him - Please direct to this office -
very respectfully
your obedt Servt
Louis Husbane

Colin M. ... ... ... ...
1878-1885
did not serve 9 months in continu- -ance at any one period of the revolu- -tionary war.
A. B
... ..

State of New York
St Lawrence County } } Louis Harbuck vs Ag
denburgh St Lawrence County being such sworn say that to the best of his knowledge and belief the County of St Lawrence since the year one thousand eight hundred and three that he has been acquainted with Joseph Shaw the person mentioned in the herewith attached for the period of five years past from during which time he saw Joseph Shaw has resided in the said County of St Lawrence. And he said Joseph Shaw has respected during said time a good and said character for truth and veracity.
Sworn to above this tenth day of April 1838
Louis Harbuck
Nathan Ford
First Judge of St Lawrence County -
I do hereby certify that I am satisfied that Joseph Shaw the deponent herein mentioned, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as he has stated in his affidavit. - That I have been acquainted with him ever since since his first residence in St Lawrence County - As of a respectable family and a man of good character for truth and veracity -
Nathan Ford
First Judge of St Lawrence County

Jas L. Edwards letter March 17. 1890

War Department in Office March 17 1819
12 To your honor the Honorable James Monroe President of the United States Thomas Marshall signed War Department in moments that you will see that you were discharged March 17 1779. Also find an order for my discharge in Patten's Regiment in 1779. But you will not find me in Patten's company and I believe I was not in your list of discharges made in 1818 as you are not like been omitted to you at that time. I am sorry was not omitted in 1818 because I am not made you still that I was not in Patten's company & I am not the fact that I was not in Patten's in 1779 I was not in Patten's I was not in Patten's company & I am not has not been omitted on your list of discharges the fact that I was not in Patten's company & I am not I am not in Patten's company & I am not the fact that I was not in Patten's company & I am not
10.1818.

October 1837 at the time when the interest was computed. -
I am respectfully Yours &c & O J. L. Edwards
Mr. Joseph Shaw Dear Sir

Report of Com ee on Joseph Shaw's Petition
S. 135.

21 Congg 1 Sep. 3
Petition
Joseph Shaw for pen- sion on account of Re- volutionary services &c
1830, March 5 referred to Committee on Pensions March 19. Ordered 188.
Paid under act May 22 1830 his ar- rears from April to 1818 to Nov. 1827 so little 2 d June 1830 to P. Hagan Esq.
W. Crawford

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled
The petition of Joseph Shaw of De Peyster St. Lawrence county respectfully sheweth
That your petitioner in the year 1818 applied to the War Department on papers herunto annexed marked A. B. to be placed on the list of Revolutionary petitioners for services rendered as a private in the Continental establishment - that the said Department then decided against your petitioner's application because on a search of the rolls in the Department the pension clerk was not then able to find that your petitioner had served nine successive months although your petitioner had served the same and the proof thereof existed on the rolls on file in the Department as has since been ascertained by the search of such clerk
After this rejection of your petitioner's claim your petitioner again collected proofs of his services and renewed his application whereon the Department again decided against the claim of your petitioner in consequence of your petitioner having served in the course of the war in different companies and in different Regiments some difficulty arose in the statement in relation

time and Regiment where your petitioner was discharged.
Believing that the services of your petitioner could be proved by the papers and rolls in the War Department this your petitioner in August 1827 came from his home in St. Lawrence county, N. York, to the City of Washington, a distance of about 600 miles and in person called on and procured the pension Clerk, Mr. Edwards, to make the requisite search for said proof when it was found by the rolls in the Department that your petitioner had in pursuance of one Enlistment and at one time served in Colonel Marshalls Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment for nine successive months when a pension was granted to him from that time prospectively which was about Oct. 1827. The War Department then, and still, refuse to pay your petitioner for any arrearages of pension money accruing between his first and last application by reason whereof your petitioner lost his pension for about nine years.

And your petitioner further states that at the time of his first application he was poor, needed the aid of his country for support and had not so much property as to preclude him from such pension and has been so poor ever since and still is. — That he is sixty-nine years of age and has a wife sixty-three years of age; has a son that is and has been insane for eight years, and a daughter who has been ill for ten years with sore eyes one of which she has lost and that your petitioner has been lame for about ten years
Wherefore your petitioner prays relief in the premises and prays your honorable body grant him his pension from the first application until the granting thereof by the department — And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray
(Washington City March 5, 1830)
Joseph Shaw

W. L. G. 1830
Petition of Joseph Shaw for Revolutionary claim
21st Aug 3 Petition Joseph Shaw for pen- sion on account of his voluntary services 1830, March 5 referred Comtee on Pensions March 19. (Congressional Rec.) Pursuant to Act, May 28 1830 in re- view Jan. 1st to 1818 to 1827 to 1830 to 1830 to 1830 to 1830 to 1830

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss:
Seth Shaw of Craftsbury in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont being duly sworn doth depose and say that his brother Joseph Shaw was living with this deponent in Sturbridge in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, in the year 1778. That in the Month of May 1778, the said Joseph Shaw was enlisted in the Regular Army of the United States for the Term of nine months at Sturbridge and was marched from there to West Point in the State of New York - That in the month of November following this deponent visited his brother Joseph who was then in the Regular Army, and was then quartered at Bedford in Westchester County where a detachment of the Army then were in Tents. That in the month of March following the said Joseph Shaw returned to his home at Sturbridge having served out his term of enlistment, and having a regular discharge, which this deponent saw, and well recollects the fact that he had such a discharge. and further saith not -
Sworn before me this 6 day of February 1826
Seth Shaw
As to whether brother of the said of the County of St Lawrence and State of Vermont. Except that the said Seth Shaw is a man of most & true only
AC 111014-15

State of New York St Lawrence County
Be it known that Samuel G. Stephens Clerk of the County of St Lawrence, State of New York do hereby certify that Anthony C. Brown before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made and whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace acting under the Authority of this State and that the within are his Signatures —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County of St Lawrence this 6 th day of February 1826 —
S. G. Stephens Clerk

State of New York St. Lawrence County
ss } } 9th
Jose L. Shaw of the town of De Peyster in the County of St. Lawrence & State of New York being duly sworn saith that the annexed papers were produced at the time they bear date & were furnished by Laurens H. Bruck & John Fine required to the said respondent soon after they were made out, & were returned to his deponent sometime after with the endorsement which now appears thereon. From that time till the year 1827, when this deponent went to Washington on examination of the muster-rolls obtained a pension, he never knew of, the requisited evidence to enable him to draw a pension. At the time this deponent obtained his pension, he did not know what had become of the annexed papers, but supposed they were lost or destroyed, & he has no sufficient proof with him of his having made a previous application, & consequently did not procure his back pay. Deponent further saith that the annexed papers were not found until during this present year. Deponent further saith that he has support a son of his who is upwards of thirty years old, & who has become insane, & that it is necessary a part of

the time to confine him, which caused great expense to his Department. Defendant says that during the last War with Great Britain he was employed in procuring forage for the United States army stationed at Lake Hill's Harbour & Ogdenburgh in the State of New York. That he has a horse & mare killed at Ogdenburgh by the British Soldiers & other property destroyed by them. Defendant further saith that he never asked a reward of the Government any compensation for said loss.
Joseph Shaw
Sworn before me Dec 30, 19
N. H. Ball
Commission
10 Lake Hill

To His Excellency, the President of the United States -
The undersigned, inhabitants & citizens of the County of St. Lawrence in the State of New York, Respectfully represent, that they have for a long time been acquainted with Joseph Shaw in the annexed official capacity herein named. We have that reliance upon the character of Mr. Shaw that , that we fully believe his statements. That he has a bona fide right of reason as therein stated some of us know, & we all know that this suggested release. We have heard & believe at the time, that he met with the loss stated during the last War, & we are fully satisfied that he underwent services as stated & was other- wise useful to our troops at that time.
Mr. Shaw is now in need of the back pay for which he asks & we think justice & humanity require that it should be allowed to him.
Your petitioners therefore solicit your Excellency to afford Mr. Shaw all the assistance in your power, consistent with law, to enable him to obtain his back pay from the time of his first application to the time he obtained his pension.
And your petitioners as in

only 6 years will ever play it. Taken January 1st 1836.
Yes. The Town of (Depuyster) Sim o Morris J. Arnold Geo Seaman (Hume) C. ...
John Fine Baron S. Dory A. C. ... Bishop Perkins C. Gilbert Ransom H. Gillet Lincoln Morris Edwin Baron P. B. ... child. William ... J. G. Hopkins Geo Guest John Boyd John ... G. M. ... Horace ... J. W. ... Samuel B. Brown

State of New York } Monroe County }
Enos Morse of the town Riga in the county of Monroe
State of New York being duly sworn says, that he well knows Joseph Shaw now of the town of La Peyster formerly part of the town of Canajoharie which is the township of Laurens in said State. that in the year 1778. the said Joseph Shaw and this deponent were both inhabi- tants of the town of Herkbridge county of Worcester State of Massachusetts, and had been for two years previous schoolfellows in said town. that some time in the Month of June 1778. the said Joseph Shaw and this deponent both enlisted in said town of Herkbridge into the Continental Army for the term of nine months that they both were in company to West Point to join said Army, and were there both transferred to Col. Marshall's Regiment, and attached to the Company commanded by Capt Smith of which. 2 th Lieut Taylor was Lieutenant. that shortly after they joined Col. Marshall Regiment, they both volunteered to join the Infantry, commanded as this deponent thinks, Lieut is not entirely confident by Col. Shepard, and were mustered in the Company commanded by Capt Soper. that they both continued in the Company and under the command of Capt Soper about six months when they both returned to West Point and joined Col. Marshall Regiment, where the said Joseph Shaw and this deponent continued to serve until the expiration of the nine months, for which they had enlisted
Enos Morse
Subscribed and sworn this 30 th day of July 1827. before me Timothy Childs Judge of Monroe County Courts

Charles 18th of Massachusetts Westport County ss
William Fisher the deponent being first sworn, deposes and says that he well knows that the person who is an inhabitant of the town of Sherbrooke in the year 1862 was an inhabitant of St. Lawrence County State of New York some time in the month of May in the said year 1862 and Sherbrooke aforesaid enlisted into the regular army of the United States for the term of nine months and marched from Sherbrooke to West Point in the State of New York to join the army and regularly served with his several enlistments and returned again to Sherbrooke in the month of March 1863 and the deponent further saith that in the month of June 1863 the said Joseph Chase and the deponent both enlisted into the regular army of the United States for the term of six months and marched together from Sherbrooke aforesaid to West Point in cross bridge and served out their term of enlistment in the regular army and were both of them duly separated & the deponent discharged and further saith not.
Personally appeared William Fisher to me known and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition. Sworn before me this 15th day of February 1866. Edward Phillips Justice of the Peace.

Being Personally acquainted with Mr. Nathan Fisher the deponent to the within instrument do hereby certify that he is a person of integrity & has ever sustained the character of a man of truth, in this place his native town.
Edward Phillips Esq.
Cambridge Mass. 10 th 11 th mo 1846
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I, Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for said County of Worcester do certify that Edward Phillips Esquire, above named, is a Justice of the Peace for and within the said County of Worcester, duly commissioned and qualified under the authority of this Common- wealth - that full faith and credit are, and ought to be given to all his acts and doings as such Justice, and that his signature to the certificate above made, and by him subscribed, is in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the said County of Worcester is hereunto affixed this second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

The Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Sturbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Recollect that Mr Joseph Shaw an Inhabitant of the Town of Sturbridge in Year of our Lord 1778 now an Inhabitant of St Lawrence County in the State of New York. was some time in the month of May was in the said year 1778. at Sturbridge aforesaid Indited into the Regular Army of the United States for the Term of Nine Months and to the best of our Recollection the said Shaw. Some time in the month of May aforesaid. marched to join the Army at or near West Point and regularly served out the Term of his Inditement
Southbridge March 18th 1826
Jason Morse Silas Marsh Gilead Mason Ebenezer Hatch Nathaniel Fish John Phillips

L. & B.

State of New York St. Lawrence County
ss:
A Louis Harbrouck of Oswegatchie in said County being duly sworn, deposes & saith that the annexed paper being an affidavit of Joseph Atkows of this Department & certificate of Nathan Dunning made at the time they purport to have been given & recorded to the above named Harbrouck after returning, & the reason assigned for not allowing said Atkows a pension at that time was in substance what is now endorsed on the back of said paper, to wit, that he had not served nine months at any one time of the Revolutionary War.
Louis Harbrouck
See Joseph Atkows before me this 1st day of December 1829 Robt Hill, Commissioner of the office in N.Y.

20.012
Joseph Shaw M.P.
18 March 1818
Louis Hanrahan P.M.
Adamsburg
N.J.
Recd 10 June 1826.
Rejected
See letter 10 June 1826.
Secretary of War Washington City
James Harbourn
Free

Ogdenburgh NY June 1 st 1826.
Mr Sir
Indeed is an application from Joseph Shaw to be placed on the Pension list for Revolutionary services, and fearing that his applying thus late may appear suspicious, he requests me to inform the Department that he made application in April 1818 and his name not being found on the Rolls, his papers were returned for proof of service — To this fact I can vouch as I forwarded his papers — The difficulty of obtaining proof of service, in such a remote period, together with the poverty of the applicant, he assigns as causes which have prevented the earlier establishment of his claim — He has at length he thinks obtained proof which he hopes will satisfy the department that he is honestly and fairly entitled to the Pension and that , tho' late, it will be granted to him — I am
very respectfully your obedt Servt Louis Harbrough M c Ogdenburgh NY
Honble Samuel H. Wilson Secy of war

6 am of
Joseph Shaw
Rev. Pension

Case of Joseph Shaw petition for arrears of pension money!
The only objection which the petitioner has had against his claim is, that his proof was not perfect at the day from which his claim. He begs leave to suggest for the consid- -eration of the Committee,
1. By the rigid rules adopted by the department he is denied the relief to which he thinks himself entitled equitably & justly entitled & for that reason is compelled to petition Congress. Had his proof been considered by the department as perfect in all respects there would have been no occasion for him or for any other person in like situation to petition Congress. He had sup- -posed that Congress would be governed by the equity & justice of his case & not by the rigid rules adopted by the department.
2. The petitioner is of opinion ( & he hopes the Committee will consider that opinion well founded) that there was no defect in his proof justly chargeable to him . All the necessary facts were established except a fact already in possession of the department. It appears that the petitioner

had served during several periods of enlistment in different places, under different officers, & had several times during the same period been trans- ferred from Regiment to Regiment from Company to Company. Is it just or reasonable that the petitioner should be denied the benefit provided for him, as well as others, by law, because after the lapse of nearly 50 years, he happens to be mistaken in his recollection of the name of the particular officer who commanded at a particular time & place time & place, or on a particular occasion, during some of these periods? And more espe- cially, as the evidence of the desired fact was already in the custody of the department charged with the duty of extending to the petitioner among others, the benefit provided by law. He submits therefore that he ought not under such circum- stances to be denied the relief which he asks; that the proof furnished was sufficient to have enabled the clerk or officer charged with that duty, by a faithful examination, to discover among the records of the army the desired fact in his posses- sion the desired fact to render the proof in all respects perfect & complete.
Hon. S. C. Bates -
Col. Com. Milty Pension H.N.
for Compt Shave
S. F.

1842

CHICAGO, ILL. 6/27/24
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, Washington, D.C.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SECTION.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me copy of pension certificate of my ancestor,
Joseph Shaw
Born in Mass.; died in Ogdensburg, N.Y. 1846
Served in the Revolution in Mass. for a long time.
I want to use this for my daughter in application for Daughters of Revolution. Give me please all data at hand, so that I may incorporate this in the family archives.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
Geo. T. Cameron,
rm. 1333 Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
I think he applied for pension in St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. where I believe he then lived.