REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACT OF APPLICATION - CLAIBORNE BRADSHAW

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Name: BRADSHAW, CLAIBORNE
Pension #: W8394
State: VA
Age: 73
Ap. Date: 9 Jul 1832
Enlisted at Goochland Court House..was taken prisoner at the Battle of 
Brandywine and was imprisioned 8 months 11 days

Widow: ELIZABETH CLEMENTS
Sp Age: 81
Sp Ap. Date: N/A
No date. Mrs. Elizabeth Bradshaw, resident of Mercer Co, aged nearly 81 states 
her husband died 3 May 1842 they were married sometime in the year 1781. Part of 
a Bible: Sally Bradshaw, daughter of Claiborne Bradshaw Elizabeth his wife was 
born Ocotober 24, 1782

Affiant 1: Barsheba Bradshaw
Mrs. Barsheba Bradshaw states she is the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Bradshaw who 
is the widow of Claiborne Bradshaw. She is now living in the house of Elizabeth 
Bradshaw in which Claiborne Bradshaw lived prior to his death. Said widow cannot 
leave her room, in her house about 4 miles from Harrodsburg.

Affiant 2: Nancy Houchins
Mrs. Nancy Houchins of Mercer Co., Ky states she is the sister of Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bradshaw she was at the marriage of Elizabeth to Claiborne Bradshaw thinks it 
was in 1780 they were married by Parson Douglas. On the same day William Bowman 
Mary Cosby were married. The maiden name of Elizabeth Bradshaw was Clements.

Affiant 3: Edward Houchins
He states that he knows both Claiborne Bradshaw Elizabeth h/w, and had lived 
from the days of his childhood in the immediate neighborhood until they moved to 
Ky. When he moved to Ky he came directly to their house they have been his 
neighbors ever since, down to the death of Claiborn Bradshaw. He married the 
sister of Elizabeth Bradshaw she is now living. He was also present at the 
marriage of Claiborne Elizabeth remembers to have slept in the same bed with 
Parson Douglas the night he married them. He is also a AWR pensioner.

Affiant 4: George Robards
No date. He is in his 73rd year knew Claiborne Bradshaw in both Va Ky.