>From "Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications Volume Nine" Abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman, Washington D.C. 1964 BRADSHAW, Benjamin (Fanny). W.894. 10 Dec. 1834. Jefferson Co., Tenn. Benjamin BRADSHAW, aged 77, declares he was drafted in 1776 or 1777 in Fluvanna Co., Va., and enrolled in Capt. Richard NAPIER'S company commanded by Col. EARNEST and Gen. NELSON. He marched to Richmond where he drew arms and then to Williamsburg where he was stationed until his term of three months expired. In 1777 he was drafted in Capt. Daniel TILLMAN'S company commanded by Col. TAYLOR, rendezvoused at Charlottesville, and was marched to Albemarle Barracks where he was stationed four months. On March 1, 1781 he was drafted in Fluvanna County in Capt. TILMAN'S company commanded by Gen. EARNEST and marched to Richmond where he was stationed some time, then to a large swamp called the Chicken Swamp in persuit of ARNOLD, and back to the Four Mile Creek below Richmond where he was discharged on 2 June 1781. On 15 Aug. 1781 he was drafted into Capt. Joseph HATON'S company under Col. EARNEST and Gen. WEEDON, rendezvoused at Fluvanna Court House and marched to Gloucester County where he was stationed when CORNWALLIS was taken. He was discharged there on 19 October. He was born in Albemarle County in 1757 (record in Bible at home). He lived in Fluvanna County and after the war moved to Montgomery Co., Va., and then to Jefferson Co., Tenn. 29 July 1843. Jefferson Co., Tenn. Fanny (X) BRADSHAW of said county, aged 74, declares she is the widow of Benjamin BRADSHAW. She was Fanny MELTON and was married in Fluvanna County 22 Jan. 1788 by Phillip WEBBER, a Protestant preacher who resided in Goochland County. Her husband died 12 Jan. 1841. 29 July 1843. Jefferson Co., Tenn. Larner BRADSHAW, aged 44, declares the Bible is the correct register of the family: "Benjamin BRADSHAW was born May 28th A.D. 1758 Was married to Fanny MELTON January the 22nd 1787 Nancy BRADSHAW Born January the 28th 1788 Mary BRADSHAW Born May the 1st 1791 Betsy BRADSHAW Born December 9th 1793 Patsy BRADSHAW was born January the 8th 1795 Larner BRADSHAW was born March the 22nd 1799 Pierce W. BRADSHAW was born July the 22nd 1803 Alfred B. SPARKS was born Oct. 2nd A.D. 1817 Daniel C. MARTIN was born Sept. 28th 1818 George CLEVENGER departed this life Octr. 14th 1837 Polly DENNISTON Departed this life August 23rd 1820." Marriage bond, Fluvanna Co., Va. 21 Jan. 1788. Benjamin BRADSHAW to Fanny MELTON. Security, William BRADSHAW. 2 March 1849. Jefferson Co., Tenn. Fanny (X) BRADSHAW applies for continuance of pension. Benjamin BRADSHAW of Jefferson Co., Tenn., private in the company of Capt. NAPIER in the regiment of Col. EARNEST in the Virginia militia for eleven months, was placed on the East Tennessee pension roll at $36.66 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 29668 was issued 26 Jan. 1835. Fanny BRADSHAW of Jefferson Co., Tenn., widow of Benjamin BRADSHAW who died 12 Jan. 1841, private in the company of Capt. NAPIER in the regiment of Col. EARNEST in the Virginia militia for eleven months, was placed on the Knoxville, Tenn. pension roll at $36.66 per annum. Certificate 8738 under the Act of 1838 and 6147 under the Act of 1843 were issued 20 Sept. 1844 and 4466 under the Act of 1848 was issued 27 March 1849. The name capitalizations, except for the first one, are mine. Everything else is exactly as written. Anne