REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AFFIDAVIT - WILLIAM SHEPHERD

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


Shepherd, William              Pen. 380                     1787-1816    
Soldier-Chesterfield County Militia  
Chesterfield County--Buckingham County             

Widow: Mary(Hackett)  
Orphan: Anne 

Also See: Bradston, William--Boush, Goodrich

Chesterfield County October Court 1787: It appearing to the Court that Anne 
Shepherd, now residing in this County is a poor orphan child of Wm. Shepherd who 
died in the service of this State as a soldier from this County.  Ordered that 
the same be certified.
  Copy teste: B. Watkins Clk.

  I  do with the advice of Council hereby certify that Anne Shepherd orphan of 
William Shepherd late a private in the Chesterfield Militia and who died in the 
service of the United States and that she is entitled to the sum of five pounds 
yearly; which allowance is accordingly made her to commence from the first day 
of January 1786.  Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, at Richmond, this 9th day of May 1788. 
T. Meriwether                              Signed:  Edm: Randolph

August 12 1793--Mary Shepherd petitioned the court of Chesterfield to say that 
the amount of Anne Shepherd's five pounds was insuffiecient to raise Ann and the 
court raised the sum to 15 pounds yearly.

Jan. 1, 1816-last payment recorded.