Southern Campaign of the American
Revolution
Pension Application of John Shaffer
National Pension Number S3899
Transcribed by: Constance S. Springs
State of
On this 29th September
1832 personally ap
peared in open Court before the Honorable Edward
Scott Judge now holding the Circuit Court for
said
County. John Shaffer a resident citizen
of the County
of
six
years past who having first duly sworn according
to
Law doth on his oath make the following declara
tion in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress
passed
June 7th 1832. That he entered the
Service of the
served
as herein stated. That at the time he
entered the
service
he was a citizen of
in
the State of
before
Cornwallis surrendered.the precise time not rec-
collected
and placed under the command of Captain
Jacob Benewit and was marched to
town
in said county and state, and verbally discharged
after
being in the service about two months After ward again
drafted
in the same county and state and during the same
year
and marched under Captain Lawrence Snapp to
of
Captain Joseph Hawkins. He remained in
burg
nearly three months, and was discharged, but had
lost
his discharge. That he was again drafted
for three
months,
while he was still a resident of said county
and
state can not remember the year or month
so
precisely as to state it with any degree of correct-
ness. He was,
on this occasion, placed under the com-
mand
of Captain All, whose company joined the army
under
the command of General Stephens, near Williams
burg
/and with his/ army went to
val at
dangerously
ill that in about two weeks after his arr
ival at
and
received a discharge from the Physician of the Hos
pital a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis,
This discharge was
also lost Affiant
served in actually
on
this occasion about five months and the
whole
period of his service was about ten months.
His age is such that
his recollection has become
so
deficient as to render him unable to state names
and dates with
that accuracy he would desire.
He was born in
10th June 1755 and
emigrated to
He lived in Shenandoah
until after peace was made
and
then moved to Wythe, where he lived about twenty
years
and then came to
one
mile of Sullivan County, Tennessee where he has resided
Insert:(His
reason for making this declaration in
Court is that
he is acquainted here that Blountville
13 miles
nearer to him than Abingdon in
ever since,
afficiant has a record of his age at home
but
did not know that any inquiry would be made
concerning
it.
He had no docummentary evidence by
which
to establish the truth of his claim and knows
of
no person whose testimony he can procure; who
can
testify to his service. He believes that
his
name
is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any
state to his knowledge.
Sworn to and subscribed in
open
Court the day & year aforesaid -----------Jo
(illigible) Shaffer
Wm Anderson Clk.