I was thinking that the National Archives in Washington D.C. will have James Shay's pension record that Rebecca Peal filed. According to the website for the National Archives, pension application files usually provide the most genealogical information. These files often contain supporting documents such as: narratives of events during service, marriage certificates, birth records, death certificates, pages from family Bibles, letters received from the veteran while in service, depositions of witnesses, affidavits, discharge papers and other supporting papers.
Rebecca might have provided details of James' marriage to her, his previous marriage to Margaret Mayberry, his parents and his children. I will look into contacting the archives.
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I believe there's an application form that you download and submit.
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