Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 12,791, Thomas Bridgeman, Va.
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VA.
Bridgeman, Thomas 
Mary
R. 12,791
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No. 15.513
Mary Bridgeman, wife of 
Thomas 
Ill.
RM Henry,  Jany 27 [unable to read]
ACh 7th July 1838
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Additional Evidence
Pension Act 183-3 
2nd Section for Review
Mary  Bridgeman widow of Thomas
Va. Infantry or Flute Troops
[ unable to read] of Revolution
[unable to read] from Illinois
Please report the condition of this claim
Respectfully, P. M. Henry [unable to read]
[unable to read] 24/60
There is also a circle stamp Pension Office Jan 25
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State of Illinois
Hardin County SS.
On this day the [date is missing] of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine
personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid. Mary Bridgeman aged now about ninety years a resident of Hardin County in the state of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Bridgeman deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel or Richard Booker under Col. Moody or Morgan (of which she cannot speak definitely) of the Virginia State troops, in the Revolutionary War ; she cannot say at what point he went to into the service or when he was discharged (she has often heard him say but cannot now recollect); that he served something like thirty months in said war. say from 1779 - 1782, she further states that she was married to the said Thomas Bridgeman on or near the line between North and  South Carolina and she is and has been under the impression that it was in Book District South Carolina; But it might have been in North Carolina; that she had been acquainted with the said Thomas Bridgeman about six months prior to their marriage; that she understood from him that he had been from Virginia at the time of their marriage about 61 years, that he had some relatives there living in Din=
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orddin County in the state of Virginia; that he was born and raised there, and when he left. his father was living and perhaps some brothers; but I understood from him some time before his death that his father had died [unable to read] he left there, and that there was some little estate would be caring for him; she does not recollect his fathers given name; that at the time of their marriage he had some of the clothes he said he wore while in the service, and had the appearance of of soldiers dress; that she thinks perhaps some of the clothing remains about the house up to the time of his death, as to this she cannot speak with certainty. That after the death of her said husband Thomas Bridgeman say about the year 1819 she with her family moved to the County of Inedel State of North Carolina, where she lived until the year 1852 when she moved to the County of Harsin and State of Illinois where she now lives. That she has continued and now is the widow of Thomas Bridgeman decedent and that she is unmarried. 
There is a signature of Mary Bridgeman at the end.
State of Illinois 
Hardin County SS
Mr. Anderson Brown and Nimrod Jenkins
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Resident of Hardin County in the State of Illinois; upon our oaths and declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the within named Mary Bridgeman; by making her mark in our presence; that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant; that she is the identified person she represents herself to be, and state is a widow.
Anderson Brown
Nimrod Jinkins
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and embossed before me on this the 1st day of August 1859 and I certify that I know the applicant to be a credible persons; that the claimant is the person as the person she represents herself to be and is still a widow; and that I have no contest in this claim.
Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of August 1859.
Samuel H. Young
State of Illinois
Hardin county SS
I James M Farlan clerk of the county court within and for said county certify that Samuel H. Young whose signature [cant read] appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of the  [cant read] thereof am acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and [cant read] and that all his office and acts as such and [cant read]  to full faith and conduct. 
Given under my hand and seal of affair at Elizabethton the 14th day of August 1859
James M Farlan Co Clk
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
Revy  12791

P.O. Mary Wid
Thomas Bridgeman
Enlisted Ill.