Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14962, George Bledso, [BLANK]
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SERVICE (check mark) Bledso, George  NUMBER S. 14962  Bledsoe   N.C. Agency    carded
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1937 Sept . 13 Hist.  to Miss Maud Mc Lure Kelly MLB (initials)   1938 - Nov 26, Miss Maud Mc Lure Kelly informed further where, she referred to American State Papers as per her letter in Benj. Bledsoe, R.938 - MNJ (initials)(right page) 14.962 INVALID.  File No. 14,962 George Bledsoe  Pri Rev War Act : ----- Index: - Vol/ 1 , Page 36   [Arrangement of 1870.]
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May 1896 Ex by Miss Desha  LB (initials)
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No. 768 Sarah Bledsoe                                      
wid of Benjamin                                               
Geo.                                                                   Les W. Newton  ... (illegible) 19/02                   938                                                                   June 17 . 1844
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North Carolina (underscored)  George Bledsoe Private In the army U. States - Numbered on roll of North Carolina @ $5 (?) (old )pension is increased to $8 by law of 24th Apl. 1876 ----Certif. issued 12th Feby . 1890 & sent to Hon: John Culpepper House of Reps.- GA. (underscored with ? mark) ( upside down on page ) (? found) Issue a Certificate for  Hon . Jno Culpepper H.Q.
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State of North Carolina Montgomery County February 1st day 1820 This day George Bledsoe a  Pensioner of the United States made oath in due form before me Edmund Deberry one of the acting Justices of the peace for said County that he never has obtained from the  Pension office of the United state a certificate of his being a Pensioner and that he had no knowledge until lately of its being necessary for him to obtain such certificate. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day above mentioned Geo Bledso (signed)  Edm.d Deberry ( signed) . Jp. I certify that Edmund Deberry is a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths; and that the above is his signature. Jn Culpeper (signed) M (illegible )
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COPIED FROM AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, PAGE164 (underscored)     " A statement of certificates transmitted by the War Office of the United States by the Judge of the District Court for the District of North Carolina , of invalid pension applicants examined by him." Applicant - George Bledsoe Rank - Sergeant, Georgia Dragoons Disability - Wounded in his left leg by a musket ball, which disables him from making a livelihood by labor. When & where disabled - March 19,1779 Residence - Franklin County To what pension entitled - Full Remarks - No rolls in this office (1) " (1) Evidence Complete     MVHF
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILLARY       
DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA                           1436 SOUTH 10TH  PLACE              
BIRMINGHAM, ALA (post mark)[ RECEIVED AUG 27 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. LEADER No. 16] MISS MAUD Mc LURE KELLY  Aug 26,1937.  The Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. Dear Sirs: I am trying to complete my Bledsoe ancestral line, and desire further information of George Bledsoe ( checked and underscored) who drew a pension in North Carolina as a soldier in the Revolution. I shall greatly  appreciate your giving me the data from his file, birth, marriage, children, place of residence, and relationship to others of the same name. The reason for the last is that my great grandfather was named for his uncle , Benjamin Bledsoe, of Georgia, who served in the N.C. troops. My great grandfather was born in Franklin Co., N.C. after the Revolution . and was related (degree uncertain) to a George Bledsoe.  
Thanking you, I am, Very truly yours, Maud Mc Lure Kelly
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November 26, 1938
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BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Miss Maud McLure Kelly
1436 South 10th Place
Birmingham, Alabama

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to an unsigned letter from your address, dated November 4, 1938, in which information is desired as to whether or not the George Bledso, Revolutionary War soldier, whose record was furnished you September 13, 1937, and the one recorded in The American State papers, were identical, also whether or not George Bledsoe, Captain Lewis Bledsoe, of North Carolina, and Benjamin Bledsoe, of Campbell County, Georgia, were brothers.

This office has no means by which to determine whether or not the two George Bledso(e) records cited above pertain to the same man, though such identity might be assumed as the American State Papers show that the evidence in the case of that George Bledsoe was complete, indicating that his name could be placed on the United States pension rolls.

The records of Benjamin and Lewis Bledsoe are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
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A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[handwritten note in top margin]
See Page 164___ And, State Papers copy herewith attached
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September 13, 1937
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GEORGE BLEDSO
S. 14962
BA-J/MLB

Miss Maud McLure Kelly
American Legion Auxiliary
1436  South 10th Place
Birmingham, Alabama

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of George Bledsoe who drew a pension in North Carolina for service in the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that George Bledso served as a private in that war.

Because of disability resulting from wounds or exposure during service in the Revolutionary War, this soldier was pensioned at the rate of $60 per annum from September 4, 1794, under the Act of April 20, 1796. His name was placed on the North Carolina pension roll. The papers in his early application for pension were destroyed by fire when the War Office was burned in 1800, hence, this office has no details of his wounds or service, or place of residence at enlistment, or information in regard to his family.

February 1, 1820, this soldier made application for a formal pension certificate. He was then a resident of Montgomery County, North Carolina. His pension was continued under the Acts of April 24, 1816, and March 3, 1819. He died July 1, 1831. His age, place of birth and names of parents are not shown. The soldier signed George Bledso but his name was borne on the pension rolls as George Bledsoe.

No other ["record" crossed out] claim for pen. of a George Bledso has been found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, under any spelling of the name.
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Very truly yours
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A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[hand written note]
Next time send amended history which has been prepared & is attached herewith.
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NEXT TIME SEND THIS AMENDED HISTORY

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GEORGE BLEDSO
S. 14962
BA-J/MLB

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Dear ________:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of George Bledsoe, etc.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that George Bledso served as a private in that war.

Because of disability resulting from wounds or exposure during service in the Revolutionary War, this soldier was pensioned at the rate of $60 per annum from September 4, 1794, under the Act of April 20, 1796. His name was placed on the North Carolina pension roll. The papers in his early application for pension were destroyed by fire when the War office was burned in 1800, hence, this office has no details of his wounds or service, or place of residence at enlistment, or information in regard to his family.

February 1, 1820, this soldier made application for a formal pension certificate. He was then a resident of Montgomery County, Nort Carolina. His pension was continued under the Acts of April 24, 1816, and March 3, 1819. He died July 1, 1831. His age, place of birth and names of parents are not shown. The soldier signed George Bledso but his name was borne on the pension rolls as George Bledsoe.

No other claim for pension of a George Bledso has been found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, under any spelling of the name.

In the American State Papers, Class 9, page 164, under the caption, "A statement of certificates transmitted to the War Office of the United States by the Judge of the District Court for the District of North Carolina, of invalid pension applicants examined by him", it is recorded that George Bledsoe served as sergeant in the Georgia Dragoons, was wounded in his left leg by a musket ball March 19, 1779, which disabled him from making a livelihood by labor, that his residence was Franklin County (state not named), that he was entitled to full pension, and that no rolls were in this office (meaning War Office). It is shown, also, that the "evidence was complete", upon the basis of which it might be
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assumed that the George Bledso who received the pension from 1794 was identical with the George Bledsoe recorded in the American State Papers. This office has no proof, however, upon which to make the definite statement that they were one and the same man.

Very truly yours
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A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator


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