>From the book "Virginia Revolutionary War Pension Applications Volume Nine" Abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman Washington, D.C. 1964 Pages 54, 55, 56 BRADSHAW, John. S.6738. 7 May 1833. Pocahontas Co., Va. John BRADSHAW of said county, aged 74 on 2 February last, declares he entered service in the spring of 1776 as an Indian spy. He was then just eighteen years of age. He served as private in the company of militia of Capt. John HENDERSON and resided in what is now Monroe County. He took the oath of fidelity and entered service 1 May 1776. On 1 Nov. 1776 when the fear of Indian depredations no longer existed, they retired to winter quarters. In the spring of 1777 he entered service as an Indian spy on 15 April and was discharged before 1 November. He again went into service as Indian spy on 15 April 1778 and served until 1 November. On 1 May 1779 he again commenced his expedition and served until 1 November 1779. The nature of his services was to leave Cooks Fort on Indian Creek, now in Monroe County, and be out three or four days each week and then return and others would go in their place. The practice was for two to go together. His companion was mostly James ELLIS. He sometimes went with the late Col. Samuel ESTILL of Kentucky. He performed these services in the gaps and low places in the chain of mountains between William LAFFERTY'S plantation on New River and the head waters of Laurel Creek where they met spies from BURNSIDE'S fort. They traversed the country which included the head waters of Big and Little Stony creeks, the head water's of the Indian Draft, a branch of Indian Creek, and the head waters of Wolf Creek. The distance was supposed to be upwards of thirty miles. In Jan. 1781 he was drafted as a soldier from Augusta County and marched in the company of Capt. Thomas HICKLIN, Lt. Joseph GIVIN and Ens. Thomas WRIGHT in the regiment of Col. Samuel MATHEWS. At that time he lived in Augusta County. He crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap and then marched to Richmond and down James River to Sandy Point where the company crossed the river and to Camp Carson in the Dismal Swamp near Portsmouth. He was stationed there the greater part of the winter and then marched with the army in the spring to Murdaugh's Mills nearer Portsmouth where he remained until 9 April 1781 when discharged. In one engagement in sight of Portsmouth, Capt. CUNNINGHAM from Rockbridge County was wounded in the groin. There was also a soldier wounded in the leg and placed in a carriage and borne off the field. He was several times engaged in routing the piquet guard of the enemy on this tour. He was a sergeant. CONTINUED