Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21969, for Noah Shaw, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
Shaw, Noah
S. 21969
CONTENTS

21571 North Island Noah Shaw of Newport in the State of R.I. who was a Mate in the Company commanded by Captain Simmons of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 2 years
Inserted on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension of act the 3th day of [blank] 1830 and [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank]
Arrears to the 1th of [blank] 1833 $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 129

22791
Noah Shaw Rhode I
Print - Served 2 yrs. 10 mos.
See Court minutes, Col. Richard R.I.
The claimant must amend his declaration by stating each particular term of service since - the length of the same & the names of all the officers under whom he served - particular the names of the Field officers
Amended agreeably to above directions. See supplementary declaration. Papers duly attached & authenticated.
Miss E Robbins
10 Newport R.I.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The rules and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Sharr  (formerly of Newport, R. Island)
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     March 1776 - 3 - priv Common None None Little Compton 75 years Traditionary   April 1777 1 3 * - Common None - Little Compton Little Compton 15 (Life) Help   1778 - 1 - - Briggs Genl Sullivan - R Island R Island -   " - 1 - - Simmons Simmons - Newport - -  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For ————— year ————— months, and ————— days, I served as a —————. For ————— months and ————— days, I served as a —————; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine, with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(1) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
2. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 2b note (1) applies to continental troops only.
(3) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(4) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(5) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration.
State of Rhode Island. County of Newport, Town of Little Compton ss.
On this twentieth day of February A.D. 1853, personally appeared in open court, before the Board of Trustees of the Town of Little Compton, in the county and State aforesaid, at a special session thereof, Moses Shaw, a resident of said Little Compton aged seventy five years, who having first been duly sworn according to law, doth in his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. say
1 That he first entered the service of the country in the manner following, to wit: At short time previous to the British taking possession of Rhode Island, December 1778, he enlisted and served as a private, a term of three months, in a company of Little Compton militia, commanded by Captain Ephraim Simmons. This company was present and on duty at the time of the occupation of Newport by the enemy, and was a part of the force, which retreated from the Island as the enemy advanced. Declarant returned with his company to the town of Little Compton, and served out the residue of his enlistment by being duty as guard, principally at Beacon Point, and at the station called the Langar House, in the western part of said Compton, till which time he was then discharged.
2. That immediately after the discharge last mentioned, this declarant was drafted, and served as a private in the defense of Little Compton militia, commanded by Captain Ephraim Simmons, for the purpose of doing duty as guard and protecting the shores of Little Compton from the incursions of the enemy. Declarant remained on duty upon duty in the guard, and continued to serve in said company, every alternate month, for the space of two years and six months, that is to say from March 1779 to September 1779, being nearly the whole period of the occupation of Rhode Island by the British. Declarant further avers, that in addition to the foregoing service as guard, in his own time of duty, he also served as a patrol for his father.

Benjamin Shaw, now deceased, who was enrolled in the said company, called and required to do duty in said company, and that he served as substitute all the months, save only when he was, not on duty in his own time of the above mentioned period from March 1861 to September 1861; that is to say, one year and two months actual duty, as substitute making his whole period of service as guard in Little Compton, two years and five months actual duty.
3. Declarant further avers as aforesaid, that the manner of guard duty in Little Compton was to the following effect, viz. that one half the company was called into service the first month, which was then relieved, by the other half, the succeeding month, and so on alternately, so long as the necessity for a guard continued, the whole company in the mean while being liable to duty, and being called into service at a moment's warning. Declarant is also informed and believes, that the before mentioned draught was made in due time and in conformity with an act of the General Assembly, to call all male persons liable to bear arms in this State, whether of the Regular list, militia, or independent companies, were draughted into three divisions, and placed under the orders of the Governor, or Governor's order for the time being, to be marched to such places and stations as such authorities should direct.
4. Declarant further avers as aforesaid, that in August 1861, being one of the months when he was not on duty as guard, as substitute for his father aforesaid, he was draughted and assigned to the company of Little Compton militia as ordered by Captain Ebenezer Burgess. Said company was immediately ordered to Rhode Island, and made a part of the force assembled there for the protection of the State and its citizens. Declarant continued in this company for the period of a month, and was then discharged.
5. Declarant further avers that in the month of August 1861, he was again draughted and served as a private in the company of Little Compton militia commanded by Capt. Ephraim Brown. That he was immediately ordered to Newport where he continued on duty for a month, and

was then discharged
6. Declarant further states on oath as aforesaid that he was born in the Town of Little Hampton, in the then Colony of New South Wales, on the 20th day of February 1788. That a record of his birth is to be found in the town clerk's office of said town, a certificate of which, with the attestation of the present town clerk is hereto annexed: that at the time of his first entering the service as aforesaid, he was living in said town of Little Hampton: that he has lived there since the Revolution any time, and that he was then there: that he never received any written discharge from either of the companies in which he served as aforesaid, nor was it usual in the Revolution's army to such discharge: that he has no documentary evidence of the services he has sworn to, nor did he ever possess any: that as to the manner of his being called into service, and the names of the officers under whom he served, they are successively stated in the preceding part of this declaration; that he refers to Sylvester Brownell and David McPherson as persons who are known in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for veracity, and to the belief of his services as a soldier, at the Revolution; and that he claims to have served with the whole, two years and seven months, without duty, and further that he is unable to give with more precision than he has been done the day, month and year, when he entered the service, or when he left the same.
7. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll at the agency of any State.
Noah Shaw
Philip H. Smith Justice of the Peace
The undersigned, Sylvester Brownell, residing in Little Hampton, in the county of Cumberland and State of New South Wales, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Shaw who has this day subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we have

have him to be seventy five years of age; that he is not only well believed, in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion; and that we believe him to be a person of no value.
Subscribed and sworn to in Open court, the day and year before written.
Walter H. Allen
Walter H. Allen Probate Clerk.
And the said Board do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter and after hearing the information presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Board further certifies, that it appears to them, that Sylvester Bromwell, who has signed the foregoing certificate is a resident with town of Littleton; and that W. H. Allen who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same Littleton; that both are credible persons, and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
The testimony of the nearest claimant having been requested, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of the applicant. The Board that it proper to state, that the Rev. Ebenezer Paine having been recently settled in the parish, and the only one that could be con- veniently called upon, was not sufficiently acquainted with the applicant as to be used as a witness.
I Alexander P. Bromwell, Clerk of the Board of Probate of the Town of Littleton, in the County of Middlesex and the State of Rhode Island, do hereby certify that the foregoing cert was the original proceedings of said Board in the matter of the application of Noah Shaw for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the seal of said Bank this twentieth day of February, A. D. 1833.
J. P. [unclear] Secretary of the Bank.
1833.
June
1833.

Given under my hand at the Compton February 20 th 1883. I hereby certify that I have shown son of Benjamin Stone & Elizabeth his wife was born February 4 th 1850. as appears of record.
Witness J. H. [unintelligible] Town Clerk.

Francis Willun, of Little Compton, in the State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, upon solemn oath, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Noah Shaw, who has this day subscribed and sworn to his declaration in open court, in order to obtain the benefit of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain persons who have been in the service of the State of Rhode Island during the late war" passed June 7 th 1832. That this deponent was a private in Capt. Geo. Dyer's company of Little Compton militia, and was stationed at Newport, December 1778, when the British arrived and obtained possession of the Island. Deponent frequently at that time saw Noah Shaw, who was a private in Capt. Ephraim Simmons' company of militia, and knows that he did duty as stated in his declaration. Deponent also is knowing to the fact that said Shaw did duty, as guard, at Seacuncel Point, & at the Loring House, as stated in his declaration; and this he knows from personal observation and from frequently having served with said Shaw in the same guard. It is to the full belief of the deponent that said Shaw served nearly the whole period of the occupation of Rhode Island by the British, but the exact length of time he is unable to state.
Deponent further states, that he is knowing to the fact that said Shaw was a private in Capt. Cornelius Briggs' company of Little Compton militia, at the time of Sullivan's expedition, August 1778, having served with him, as a private, in the same company, - That said Shaw was on duty for a month.
Francis Willun
Newport R.I.
State of Rhode Island
Panel of Probate, Town of Little Compton. February 20 th 1833: Then personally appeared in open Court Francis Willun, subscriber to the foregoing deposition, and having first heard read the declaration of Noah Shaw to this board made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, made solemn oath to the truth of each and every part of said deposition by him, the said Francis, subscribed. Said the board further

certifies, that the said Francis Willson is a person of good reputation and standing, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court.
J. H. B. Miller Probate Clerk.

Job Briggs, of Little Compton, in the State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, upon solemn oath, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Noah Shaw, who has this day subscribed and sworn to his declaration, in open court, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of bankruptcy, passed June 22, 1832. That he is knowing to the facts, that said Shaw did duty, as guard, immediately after the British took possession of Rhode Island, as stated in his declaration. This department was one of the guards in which Shaw was engaged, & did duty with him at the Langley House, and at Seacouncil Point. Deponent is also knowing to the fact that said Shaw did duty, as guard - the greatest part certainly at the time that the British kept possession of Rhode Island - but the exact length of time he is unable to state - deponent being frequently, for many months' time, on duty in the same guard in the period before referred to.
Deponent further states, on oath as aforesaid, that he was a private in Capt. Cornelius Briggs' company of Little Compton militia, at the time of Sullivan's expedition August 8, 1778. That he knows that said Noah Shaw was a private also in the same company, and did duty at that time for the period of a month, as stated in his declaration.
Job Briggs
Subscribed to
State of Rhode Island
Court at Providence, Town of Little Compton, February 20 th 1832. Then personally appeared in open court, Job Briggs, who being first sworn, to the foregoing deposition, and having first heard read the declaration of Noah Shaw to this court made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of bankruptcy, passed June 22 nd 1832, made solemn oath to the truth of each and every part of said deposition by him, the said Job subscribed. And the Court further certifies that said Job Briggs is a person of good reputation and standing, and that his statements are entitled to full

faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court. has N.
.. J. H. [Signature] Probate Clerk.

John Springer, of Littleton, in the State of Rhode Island, at Pawtucket, are upon solemn oath deposed and says that he is well acquainted with Mark Shaw who has this day subscribed and sworn to his deposition, in order that he might obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 29th 1830, that he is knowing to the facts that said Shaw did yearly, at Pawtucket, every alternate month, as a watchman, & also having served with him in the same capacity while employed in the duty of guard, and further deposes that said Shaw was engaged as a watchman from December 1831 to July 1832, when this deponent was discharged, knowing said Shaw to be a man of good character at said station, but for which night of time he is unable to state.
John Springer
Sworn to
State of Rhode Island
County of Bristol Town of Littleton January 23 rd 1833.
This personally appeared John Springer, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition, having first heard read the declaration of Mark Shaw to the Court made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 29 th 1830, made solemn oath to the truth of each and every part of said deposition by him, the said John, subscribed. And the Court further certifies that said John Springer is a person of good reputation and standing, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court.
J. H. BROWN Justice of the Court.

Gideon Church, of Little Compton, in the State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, upon solemn oath deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Noah Shaw, who has this day subscribed and sworn to his declaration in above cause, in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed Jan'y 11 th 1832, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 10, in which recollection of being present during the examination of Rhode Island with said Shaw at the station in Little Compton called the Ocean View Pyle's house but for what length of time he is unable to state.
Gideon Church
Attestant
State of Rhode Island
Court of Probate, Town of Little Compton.
February 20 th 1833.
Then personally appeared in open court Gideon Church subscribed to the foregoing deposition, and having first heard read the declaration of Noah Shaw to this Court made in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress, passed Jan'y 11 th 1832, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 10, sworn to the truth of each and every part of said deposition, by him the said Gideon Church subscribed. And the Court further certifies, that the said Gideon Church is a person of good reputation and standing, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court.
A. B. [Signature] Probate Clerk.

Sylvester Brownell, of Little Compton, in the State of Rhode Island, of lawful age, upon solemn oath, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Noah Shaw, who has this day submitted said sworn testimony, also in open court, in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832; that he has well considered that he frequently saw said Shaw at various periods of the Revolution (notwithstanding the then known as the occupation of Rhode Island by the British) and that he is familiar in the militia companies of Little Compton, which were then ordered out on duty. Deponent is unable to state that he has personal knowledge that said Shaw was on duty, but he has no doubt that he was as he states in his declaration.  Sylvester Brownell State of Rhode Island.
Court of Probates, Town of Little Compton. January 20 th 1832. The foregoing appeared in open court Sylvester Brownell, subscriber to the foregoing deposition and having first heard read the declaration of Noah Shaw to this Court made in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, made solemn oath to the truth of each and every part of said deposition before the said Sylvester submitted. And the Court further certifies that the said Sylvester Brownell is a person of good reputation, as standing and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of said Court.
A. H. Brownell Probate Clerk.

Supplementary Declaration
State of Rhode Island ss. County of Washington, Town of Little Compton ss.
On this tenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probate of Little Compton in the county and State aforesaid at an adjourned session thereof, Noah Shaw, a resident of said Little Compton, being the same Noah who made his declaration to this court on the twelfth day of February, A.D. 1833 (in order to attain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832) and having been duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following Supplementary affidavit and declaration to be annexed to his original declaration, and duly authenticated.
1. That as to the time of duty specified in the 1 st paragraph of declarant's original declaration, he now on oath further avers - that he enlisted and served as a private in the company of Little Compton militia, commanded by Captain Ephraim Simmons, Sam. Lee participating on the fifteenth day of October 1815; that he was marched to Rhode Island and was present at Newport on the 7 th of December of that year, when the enemy landed and took possession of the town - that he returned to Little Compton with his company, and, as stated in said paragraph of his original declaration - served out the residue of his three months enlistment as guard at Seacomb Point and at the Langley House in the western part of that town. Declarant's term having expired, he was discharged on the fifteenth day of February A.D. 1816 having served three months actual duty . Col. John Cook was his Colonel in this term.
2. That as stated in the 2 nd paragraph of declarant's original declaration immediately after the discharge last mentioned (that is to say, on the first day of March 1816) he was draughted

and entered upon duty, as a private, in the company of Little Compton militia, commanded by Captain Ephraim Simmons, for the purpose of doing duty as guard and protecting the streets of Little Compton from the incursions of the enemy. Declarant now again avers, as stated in his original declaration that he served in said company in his own turn, as usual  every other month from said first day of March 1877 to the first day of September 1878 making one year and three months actual duty in a period of two years and six months. Declarant also further avers, that in addition to the foregoing service as guard, in his own turn , he was accepted and entered upon duty in the same company as a substitute for his father Benjamin Shaw now deceased, on the first day of April 1877 and that he performed his guard for his said father in all the interve- ning months of the period between March 1 st 1877 and Sep- tember 1 st 1878, save one month, commencing on the 1 st day of August 1878, and ending the 1 st day of September 1878.
He claims therefore to have served one year and two months in the town of Little Compton, as substitute for his father - making his whole guard duty (in his own turn and as a substitute) from March 1 st 1877 to September 1 st 1879 two years and five months actual duty . As to the Colonel's commanding and the Field Officers on duty in the last mentioned period - it is proper to remark to the de- partment, that guard duty in Little Compton, when declar- ant was in service, was performed by companies and parts of companies , and not by the regiment . It happened conse- quently that officers of the grade of Colonel were seldom seen and are indistinctly recalled. Of officers however of that rank who commanded the regiment from which declarant's company was detached, he recalled William Richmond and Nathaniel Church, both Colonels within the period before mentioned. Declarant recollects that Samuel Gee was Lieutenant and William Simmons captain of said company commanded by E. Simmons.

That as to the time of service set forth in the fourth paragraph of declarant's original declaration to wit: his month's service in Sullivan's expedition; declarant further avers, that he was draughted and entered upon duty in the company commanded by Captain Cornelius Briggs, as specified in said paragraph on the first day of August 1778 and that he served one month in said company in said expedition and was discharged on the first day of September 1778, when he returned to his duty of guard. John Cook was the Colonel commanding the Tiverton and Little Compton companies in Sullivan's expedition in the first lines. But John Cook was Colonel after declarant was discharged. Lieutenants not recollected.
That in regard to the time of service specified in the fifth paragraph of declarant's original declaration, he now avers, with further avers, that he was draughted and entered upon duty as a private in the company of Little Compton militia commanded by Captain Ephraim Stevens on the first day of April 1781; that he was marched to Newport, where he continued on duty for a month , while the French were in garrison, and that according to his best recollection, Colonel Bailey was the Colonel commanding. Declarant was discharged from this service May 1 st 1781.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court, the day and year before written.
Witness J. H. B. [Signature] Probate Clerk.

I, Alexander R. Brownell, Clerk of the Court of Probate of the town of Little Compton, in the county of Newport, and State of Rhode Island do hereby certify, that the foregoing papers (attached together by one ribbon, which papers under the seal hereunto set) contain all the original proceedings of said Court, (in the matter of the application of Noah Shaw for a pension) held on the twelfth day of February A.D. 1833. also the certificate of the clerk of Little Compton to the birth of said Noah, dated February 20th 1833. the depositions of Francis Wheeler, Job Briggs, John Springer, William Blanch and Sylvester Brownell, all taken by said Court, (in the matter of the application preferred of said Noah Shaw for a pension) on the twelfth day of February 1833: together with the Preliminary declaration of said Noah to this Court made, on the tenth day of August, A.D. 1833, which is now for the first time to said papers annexed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this tenth day of August, A.D. 1833.
A. R. Brownell Probate Clerk.

Proclamation
21.969 INVALID.
Jan'y. 28 '99. Mrs. R. W. Allen, Fall River, Mass
File No. 21,969
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[Arrangement of 1870.]