Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Shaw, Neill October 8, 1832
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The Carolina Observer,  Oct 16, 1832
Neill Shaw

   Died, at his residence in Robeson County, on the 8th inst., NEILL SHAW, 
Major of the 2nd regiment, in the 42nd year of his age, leaving an affectionate 
Companion and two infant children, with numerous relatives and friends to 
lament his death as a sad breach in the circle of their society.
   The officers of the Regiment being assembled for purposes preparatory to the 
Regimental Parade, which was to take place on the following day, when the 
intelligence of the death of Major Shaw was received: a meeting was called to 
take the subject of his death into consideration, and the following Preamble 
and Resolutions were unanimously adopted:
   Whereas, by the dispensation of Divine Providence, we have suffered the 
privation of an Officer, whose manly principles and genuine patriotism promised 
much usefulness to the community, and that we feel called uppon to pay this 
last tribute of respect of his memory---Therefore,
   Resolved, That each, and all of us, do sincerely deplore his dissolution as 
a sad and melancholy circumstance; and that we will cherish feelings of 
sympathy and attachment to the memory of our deceased brother.
   Resolved, That as a token of profound sorrow for the death of one the 
members of our quorum, we will wear, on the left arm, a badge of mourning for 
thirty days.
   Resolved, That a select committe be appointed to present to the consort of 
the deceased, a copy of the above proceedings, and to forward to the Editor of 
the Observer a copy of the same, with a request for publication.

A;EX'R McMILLAN, Sec'y
October 8, 1832

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