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Thomas Henry Shay

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Thomas Henry Shay Veteran

Birth
Death
16 Mar 1871 (aged 80)
Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Newburg, Preston County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Thomas served in the war of 1812. His war pension application (#3181) states that he served in Capt. Samuel Wilson's Va. Militia, Col. Dudley Evans Regiment. He enlisted in Morgantown, [W]Va. on Sept. 19, 1812, and was discharged at Fort Mingo, Ohio on March 13, 1813. He received two warrents for 80 acres each. His was married to Phebe A. Sidwell on July 25, 1813, by Jesse Evans, a justice at Oliphant Iron Works, Fayette Co., Pa.
Thomas served in the war of 1812. His war pension application (#3181) states that he served in Capt. Samuel Wilson's Va. Militia, Col. Dudley Evans Regiment. He enlisted in Morgantown, [W]Va. on Sept. 19, 1812, and was discharged at Fort Mingo, Ohio on March 13, 1813. He received two warrents for 80 acres each. His was married to Phebe A. Sidwell on July 25, 1813, by Jesse Evans, a justice at Oliphant Iron Works, Fayette Co., Pa.

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