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From: "Desoto Joe" <>
Subject: [MO-CW] Re: Phillip Shay
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 04:20:15 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Brooks" <>
To: "Desoto Joe" <>; <>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:21 PM
Subject: Phillip Shay


> I am looking for information on Phillip Shay was born October 8, 1842 near
> St. Louis, or in St. Louis- orphaned before 1850 census-
> Am I reading this correctly, that he would have received Bounty paid by
> Missouri and not the US-
> Is it possible to find the original enlistment papers and if so, what
type
> of information, other than what is belong, would they contain?
> Phillip Shay was in the War Between the States: information taken from
> original disharge, and hard to read due to extreme fading-
>
> Discharge information follows: "Know ye, that Phillip Shay, Private of
> Captain Robert McElroy, Company D, 3rd regiment of Mssm?? Calvary
volunteers
> who was enrolled on the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and
> 62, to serve 3 years or during the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the
> service of the United States, this Twenty Fifth day of March 1865, at
Macon,
> Missouri, by reason of expiration of term of service. [No objection to his
> being re=enlisted[sic] is known] Said Phillip Shay was born in St Lous in
> the state of Missouri, is 19 years of age, 5 feet, 6 inches high, light
> complection, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a
> farmer. Given at Macon, Missouri this 25th day of March 1865. Signed by
Ben
> Sharp, Capt. Co. "D" 9th Calvary mgm back of document: Bounty paid 200-
paid
> by certificate MO 536229 Aug. 1869 ?? Mcofhome 26.80 Bon'd- by certificate
> No 526575 May 5 1870
>
> Thank you in advance for any assistance.
>
> Betty Brooks
>
>

Go here:
Missouri State Archives
Resources
http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/rec-man/archives/resources/military.html

This is a listing of what they have in their possession.

Burials of Civil War Vets in Elmwood Cemetery in Audrain County, Mexico
Missouri list a Shay, Phillip Union
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/countyA.html

Desoto Joe/The Record Man


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