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    1. [BRADSHAW-L] Va. Revolutionary Pensions
    2. ANNE B. MUSSER
    3. John BRADSHAW, Pocahontas Co., Va. contd. Part 2 He was again drafted in the latter part of the summer or early autumn of 1781 under Capt. Thomas HICKLIN and Col. Samuel VANCE and marched across the Blue Ridge at Rockfish Gap and then by Bowling Green and Page's Warehouse to Little York and was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis. The British Army was marched out between two lines of the American Army and laid down their arms and then returned through the same lines to their encampment in Yorktown. On the next day they were marched out with their knapsacks on and then took up their line of march under a strong escort or guard to the barracks at Winchester where he was discharged. 28 April 1833. Pocahontas Co., Va. John SLAVIN of said county declares he served three months at and near Portsmouth, Va., with John BRADSHAW in the winter and spring of 1781. BRADSHAW was a sergeant in the company of Capt. Thomas HICKLIN and regiment of Col. Sampson MATHEWS. In the latter part of the summer and fall of 1781 he again served in the company with BRADSHAW and was with him at the siege of York and marched with him to guard prisoners from Yorktown to Winchester. They were commanded by Capt. Thomas HICKLIN and Col. Samuel VANCE and were drafted both times. John BRADSHAW of Pocahontas Co., Va., Indian spy in the company of Capt. HENDERSON in the regiment of Col. MATHEWS in the Virginia Line for two years, was placed on the Virginia pension roll at $80 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 12977 was issued 21 June 1833. The capitalization of surnames except for the first one are mine. Everything else is exactly as written. Now we know for sure which John BRADSHAW was the Indian spy. Anne

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