Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,438, Eliphalet Hodges, Mass. R.I. Vt.
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(3–1776)

SERVICE
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont

Hodges, Eliphalet

NUMBER
S.13438

Carded

CONTENTS
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New York
20225
Eliphalet Hodges
of Genessee in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Bondish of the Regiment Commanded
by Colonel Crary in the Connecticut line for 2 years

Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont
Records corrected May 11/06 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to E. G. Spaulding Attica

Arrears ot the 4th of Ma 33  $160
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 September [18]33  $40
________
$200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by George C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Volume 4, Page 62

Let to Hon. A. P. Hascall
5 March 1853
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Eliphalet Hodges
Heir of ditto
Amos W. Muzzy

Power of Attorney

War 1776
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State of New York
County of Wyoming} Be it known that on 
the 8th day of February 1857 before me a Justice of 
the Peace in and for said county - personally 
appeared Oliver Hodges resident of Attica 
in said county and made oath according to 
law that he is a child and heir of Eliphalet 
Hodges - also sole executor - who was a soldier in the War of the 
Revolution and also a pensioner under Act of 1832 at the 
rate of $80 per annum.  That he is directly interested 
as a claimant in the arrears of pension, increase
of pension, and bounty land that may be due 
and makes this affidavit to be filed with 
such additional evidence or arguments that 
my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
And I hereby constitute and appoint Amos 
W. Muzzy of Panama my true and lawful attorney 
to prosecute the claim of Eliphalet Hodges for 
any amount of arrears of pension, increase of pension,
or bounty land that may be due.  And I 
hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine 
all papers or documents relative to said claim at 
the Department at Washington or elsewhere 
to file additional evidence or arguments - 
to appoint one or more substitutes under 
him for the purpose herewith expressed - and
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any amount of arrears of pension, increase of 
pension or bounty land that may be due. And I
hereby authorize my said Attorney, to examine
all papers or documents relating to said claimant 
the Department at Washington or elsewhere - 
to file additional evidence or arguments - 
to appoint one or more substitutes under 
him for the purposes [illegible] expressed and 
to do all things that I might or could do 
were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying 
all that my said Attorney and 
Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Oliver Hodges Executor 
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me 
the day and year above written. And I hereby 
certify that I believe the said Oliver Hodges to 
be directly interested in said claims as set forth 
and to be the identical party therein alleged -
R. H. Farnham, Justice of the Peace
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Eliphalet Hodges
application for
a pension
3 years 3 months
service
10166
Please send certificate to
E.G. Spaulding Attica
Genesee County N.Y.

[aom d ?]
24 mo pri
80 $
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Declaration of Eliphalet Hodges

State of New York}
County of Genesee}  S.S.:

On this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Eliphalet Hodges a resident of Attica in the County of Genesee and State of New York aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  That he resided in the town of Pomfret, in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut at the time he first enlisted into the service - that in April in the year of our Lord, 1777, he enlisted into the three years service at Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island - that he enlisted as a recruit to fill up Col. Crary's regiment, and served under the following officers in a regiment commanded by Col. Crary and Major Barton, in Captain Boudish's company - 
That from Gloucester he marched to Providence in said State of Rhode Island, and from thence to Greenwich - That soon after he joined the army at Gloucester as aforesaid, he became waiter to Major Barton, and continued to serve as waiter to him until the next winter when he was again placed back into the ranks in Captain Boudish's Company - That during the summer of 1777, he thinks in the month of July while they were at Greenwich Major Barton, with one hundred volunteers, went on to Prudence Island, where they took between 30 and 40 prisoners, 3 barges, and 3 chests of arms, and returned again to Greenwich - That about this time Major Barton, with about 40 volunteers, went on to Rhode Island, and took General Prescott, the British General, Prisoner and returned again to Greenwich - That during this campaign he was at Greenwich, Providence and Tiverton as the occasion required, and was stationed at Providence during that winter - That according to the best of is recollection Major Burton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Col. in the summer of 1777
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That he continued to serve in said company and regiment during the summer of 1778. - That he was stationed at Tiverton the greater part of the time during the campaign of 1778, and continued to serve as such soldier until March or April in the year of our Lord 1779 in Col. Crary's regiment, Capt Boudish's Company [scratched out words] and General Cornwallis Brigade as aforesaid, and was discharged in the spring of 1779 after having served two years.

That in the month of June or July in the year of our Lord 1779, he again enlisted at Wilbraham in the State of Massachusetts for three months and served under the command of Capt. King (having forgotten the names of the other officers under whom he served at this time), and marched to Albany in the State of New York, where he joined the army under the command of General Schuyler, and from thence to Sarratoga in the said State where he served his time out - That his business while here was to go up to the North, to Fort Edward and other places in scouting parties. That he served his time out and was discharged the last of September of the first of October 1779. 

That in the month of November in the
year of our Lord 1779 he again volunteered his
services for one year at Pomfret in the State of
Vermont and served under the command of Col. House, and Capt. Edmund Hodges, and marched to Bethel in the State of Vermont, where he was stationed during the following winter and the next summer at the garrison at that place - That while he was stationed at the said Garrison, the Indians took and burnt the town of Royalton - that he arrived at the town in a short time after it was burnt, and followed the Indians two or three days and got back some of the horses and baggage which they took away and returned again to the garrison where he remained until his time was out and was discharged the last of November or the first of December in the year of our
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Lord 1780.  That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state 
Sworn to and subscribed the day}
and year aforesaid, in open Court}   [signed:] Eliphalet Hodges
Timothy Fitch Clerk

We Rufus Cheney a clergyman, residing in the
town of Attica, County of Genesee and State of New York, and Reuben Patrick residing in the same Place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Eliphalet Hodges, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Rufus Cheney
Reuben Patrick

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rufus Cheney - who has signed the preceding
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certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of
Attica, County of Genesee and State of New York
and that Reuben Patrick who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a
credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Judges of Genesee
Common Pleas

Isaac Wilson
James Taggart [or Faggett ?]
Robert Earl [or Earll ?]
William Mitchell

I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County of Genesee, hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Eliphalet Hodges for a pension. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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State of New York}
County of Genesee}  SS:
Joel Maxson of Bennington in the
County of Genesee and State of New York, being duly
sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, says that he first
became acquainted with Eliphalet Hodges, at Tiverton in
the State of Rhode Island in the summer in the year of our Lord 1778 -
that the said Eliphalet Hodges was then a Soldier in the
Revolutionary War, and was stationed at Tiverton in said
State of Rhode Island. That the said Eliphalet Hodges was
there in Captain Bandish's [or Bondish?] Company, in Col. Crary's regiment -
that he this deponent, and the said Eliphalet Hodges both
belonged to General Cornwall's Brigade-- that he, this
deponent, was at this time in Captain Joseph Springer's
company, in Col. Taupin's regiment - That Col. Crary had
the command of the first regiment, and Col. Taupin the command
of the second in General Cornwall's Brigade as aforesaid. That 
the said Eliphalet Hodges continued to serve as a soldier
of the Revolutionary war in said company and regiment
until the next March, when they were separated in such
a manner as not to see each other again in the service-
That he this deponent has been acquainted with the said
Eliphalet Hodges since the Revolutionary war, and is now
well acquainted with him and knows him to be the same
person described in the annexed Declaration, and that he
now lives in the town of Attica in the County of Genesee and
State of New York
Sworn to, and subscribed the 6th day of October in the
year of our Lord 1832 before me Harvey Putnam  I. P[illegible]

Joel Maxson X his mark

I, Timothy Fitch clerk of the court of Common Pleas
of the County of Genesee and State of New York, hereby certify
that Harvey Putnam, whose signature appears
above affidavit of Joel Maxson, was at the date of
the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in said
County of Genesee; and that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily
belive [sic] the said signature, is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of the said court this 18th day of October
in the year of our Lord 1832    Timothy Fitch Clerk
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16166
Eliphalet Hodges
Genesee County
New York
Adm
E.G. Spaulding
Attica
Genesee Co NY
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Eliphalet Hodges, Genesee County
[Table with nine columns labelled:]
Period when the service was rendered || Duration of claimant’s services || Rank of the claimant || Names and Ranks of officers under whom he served || Names and ranks of the general and field officers || Battles in which the applicant was engaged || Country through which he marched || Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period || Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Enlisted 1777 || 9 years || waiter and private || Captain Bondish || Colonel Crary Major Barton ||__|| Providence || Windham Connecticut ||__
Enlisted 1777 || about 3 months || waiter and private || Captain King || __ || __ Tiverton || __ || __
Volunteered 1780 || X || Private || Captain Hodges ||Colonel House || __ ||Bethel, Royalton || __ || Tradition and living witnesses.
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
X mistake-is 1 [one] year not 1 month.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or is
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
with
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C.D. residing in (the same)
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principals
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
{To a Soldier, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it give were
receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for
conforming to the rule.
The cane county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a suficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention
the period or periods of the war when he served.
very continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
days, I served as a . Forlet
he sored not less than the order or any other pension
months and - days, I served as a
months, anddirects
the pension
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
questionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement.
the services performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent pursuit
 that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public papers
 seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contain
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
who are required to set for
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his
ties to all applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
see mended
 Declarant
See Certificate
of credibility
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. 
In reply to your request of  [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Eliphalet Hodges 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension 
on file in this Bureau. 8. 13. 438 
[Table with six columns headed as follows, separated by “||”:] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT || LENGTH OF SERVICE || Rank || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED || STATE 
April 1777 || 2 years ||Private || Captain Boudish or Bondish || Colonel Crary || RI 
June or July 1779 || 3 months || __ || King || __ || Mass. 
November 1779 || 1 year || __ || Edmund Hodges || House || Vt 

Battles engaged in, none stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pomfret, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16. 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Attica, Genesee Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, 71 years. 
Remarks: Son Oliver, res. of Attica N. Y. in 1857, 
There is no further family data on file 
The only E H found on the Rev War records. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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Revolutionary War
13.438
Eliphalet Hodges
Private Revolutionary War
Act:
June 7 1832
Index: -- Volume 1
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Arrangement of 1870.}

1915 Feb 1:: History to Mrs. J.W. Iseman
M.B.H.
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Amended Declaration of
Eliphalet Hodges
3 years 3 months
positive
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Amended Declaration of
Eliphalet Hodges
and Certificate of credibility etc.
State of New York Ss:
County of Genesee
Personally appeared
before me, the undersigned, a justice of the
Peace in and for said County, Eliphalet Hodges
of the town of Attica, in said County and state
to me well known, who being duly sworn, deposed
and saith, that he entered the service as mentioned
in the declaration herewith returned, in April
in the year of our Lord 1777, as a private
soldier, and served in Colonel Crary's regiment and
Captain Boudish's Company, that soon after his enlistment
in said company and regiment he became waiter
to Major Barton and served as such waiter until
winter when he was replaced again in the ranks
in Captain Boudish's Company and Colonel Crary's
regiment where he continued to serve as a private
soldier the full term of two years from the
time of his first enlistment, until the in the spring
of 1779.- during the said period of two years, this
deponent, (as near as he can recollect) served as waiter
to Major Barton nine months, and the remainder
of the said two years as a private soldier as
aforesaid - and was not engaged in any civil pursuit
This deponent further saith he served, as
mentioned in the declaration herewith returned, in
the summer and fall of 1779 and at one time not
less than three months as a private soldier in
the State troops of Massachusetts, and was not
during said term of three months engaged in any
Civil pursuit
This deponent further saith that in November 1779, he volunteered as a private soldier
in the militia of the State of Vermont, and
served as mentioned in the declaration herewith
returned, the full term of one year as such
soldier and was discharged the last of November
or first of December 1780. This deponent further
saith that during each period as mentioned above, and
as mentioned in the declaration herewith returned
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he served with an embodied [?unbodied] corps
called into
service by competent authority, and that he 
was not engaged in any civil pursuit during such service
Eliphalet Hodges
subscribed and sworn to this
23rd day of May 1833 before me
Harvey Putnam Justice of the Peace.
Genesee County ss. I. Harvey Putnam a Justice of
the Peace in and for said County, hereby certify
That I am well acquainted with Joel Maxson
the person who has subscribed and sworn to
an affidavit annexed to the declaration herewith
returned, which affidavit bears date the 6th day
of October 1832 and which was marked and
my presence, and sworn to before me; that
at the time the said affidavit bears date the
said Joel Maxson sustained a good character
for truth and veracity, and is a credible person
and that the said affidavit is entitled to credit
Dated May 23d 1833
Harvey Putnam Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Genesee
Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of Harvey Putnam Esquire whose name appears to the above
certificate and affidavit and verily believe the
signature Harvey Putnam, subscribed to the same
are genuine; and that the said Harvey Putnam is a
justice of the Peace in said County-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas
this 25th day of
May
A.D. 1833
Timothy Fitch Clerk
B. Pringle Deputy Clerk
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Sioux City, Iowa
Jan 21, 1915
Bureau of pensions
Wahington DC
Dear Sir
Eliphalet Hodges an officer in the revolutionary War enlisted from one of the three states, New York, Rhode Island or Connecticut. it is very probable he applied for pension
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from the state of New York. 
It is said that he was a seaman
If from these few facts
any information could be given, or copy of his application for pension could be sent, it would be appreciated
Thanking you for any attention you may give this matter, I am 
Mrs. J W Iseman
907 12th St
Sioux City Iowa