Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38852, James Hudson, N.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N C 
Hudson, James
NUMBER
S. 38852
CONTENTS
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2q, [illegible] 17522
17522
West Tennessee

James Hudson, of Wilson Co in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Buncomb of the North Carolina line, for the term of one year - 
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of August 1818 - 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of June 1820 and sent to John McNairy Nashville Tennessee-
Arrears to 4th of March 1870 151.48
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1870 48.00=
$199.48
18 mo 29/31

[Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continental

Con'd. Nov. 18. 1822  Sent to John Allcorn Esq. Lebanon, Tenn. -

Date of death
not on AB

31
6 =
25
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Free
Lebanon Tenn.
Sept. 2nd

The Hon'able JC. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City

536
Tennessee
Rec'd 21 Sept. 1822
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Schedule.
Wilson County} June Sessions A.D. 1822.
State of Tennessee}

James Hudson on this 28th day of June 1822, personally apopeared in open court, it being a court of record and the court of please & Quarater Sessions for the County aforesaid, aged sixty four years rsident in the county of Wilson aforesaid in the district of West Tennessee, who being first duy sworn according to Law, doth on his oth declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted under Peter Simon, who shortly after resigned and that he wsa commanded by Captain Henry Darnold, that he did enlist in the month of May, 1776 in Martin County in the State of North Carolina for the Service of the Continental troops, commanded by Colonel Edward Buncomb for the term of one year. And that he is the same James Hudson who has hereto for recieved a pension from the 7th of August 1818 to the 4th March 1820, and that his pensin certificate is numbered 17.552. And I do solomnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself withing the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or security intrests or debts , due and nor have I any income whatever or property of any description, other than  a moderate supply of clothing
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And one horse, saddle & bride. I habe no famil of my own, but live with my son-in-law who is unable to support me, and do justice to his family - I followed farming & then making, till I grew too old to support myself by it, and now scarecely abe to do any thing.
[Signature] James Hudson

Sworn to in open court the 28th day of June 1822.
[Signature]
John Allcorn Clk

Whereupon it is considered by the court that the property mentioned in the above schedule is of the value of one hundred dollars & no more which is ordered to be certified.

State of Tennessee} June term 1822
Wilson County Court}

I John Allcorn clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions of said county of Wilson do hereby certify that the foregoing is correctly transcribed from the records of said court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal there being no seal of office the 29th day of June 1822.
[Signature] John Allcorn Clk.
[seal]
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James Hudson
Private
Col. Ed. Buncomb's Reg't.
North Carolina line
17767 - 1 year

Admitted

The deposition of two credible disinterested witnesses to prove services of applicant duly to be taken & authenticated as required - 

The Certificate of the Judge as to residence in circumstances of applicant is wanting - 

John McNairy Esq'r. 
Judge of the District
West Tennessee
one case
Received 25 August 1818
(Nashville)
James Hudson, not on the Rolls
W. Hill

16.993
Free
The Honorable Jno. McNairy
Judge
Nashville Tenn.

Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City.

Mail
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James Hudson
Private
Col. Ed. Buncomb's Reg't.
North Carolina line
17767 - 1 year

Admitted

The deposition of two credible disinterested witnesses to prove services of applicant duly to be taken & authenticated as required -

The Certificate of the Judge as to residence in circumstances of applicant is wanting -

John McNairy Esq'r.
Judge of the District
West Tennessee
one case
Received 25 August 1818
(Nashville)
James Hudson, not on the Rolls
W. Hill

16.993
Free
The Honorable Jno. McNairy
Judge
Nashville Tenn.

Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City.

Mail
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District of West Tennessee

James Hudson a citizen of Wilson county in said District came before me and claimed to be placed on the pension list list of the United States in consequence of his services in the revolutinoary war and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he enlsited in the service of the United States in May 1776 in the North Carolina continental line under the command of Captain peter Simons who soon resigned and was succeeded by Captain Henry Daniel in teh 5th North Carolina Continental Reg. commanded by Col. Edward Buncomb, the Brigade was commanded by Gen'l Nash that he enlisted for twelve months and served said time faithfully and was discharged and that when he moved from North Carolina about twelve years ago he threw his discharge away with many other useless (as he thought) old papers. That he is old and very infirm and that he is in very reduced circumstances and stnds much in need of the aid of Government. That he never had any pension from the United States or any State.
[Signature] James Hudson
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 7th day of Aug't. 1818.
[Signature] John McNairy
District Judge

Turn over
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Isaac Kennedy a citizen of Wilson county in the state of Tennessee came before me and made oath that he is well acquainted with the applicant James Hudson, that he served with him in the same company the time stated by him in his affidavit which precedes this and saw him discharged on the 13th day of May 1777. That the said service was performed in the North Carolina continental line as stated by him.
[Signature] Isaac Kennedy
Sworn to & Subscribed before me. 
[Signature] John McNairy
District Judge
[Seal]
This may certify that I am well satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing affidavits witness my hand this 7th day of  Aug't. 1818. [Signature] John McNairy
District Judge
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April 30, 1940
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JAMES HUDSON
S. 38852
BA-J/MLB

Ruth Maria Field
4765 Elmwood Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

The data which follow in regard to James Hudson were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 38852, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of James Hudson and namesof his parents were not given.
James Hudson enlisted in May, 1776, in Martin County, North Carolina, for the term of one year, served as private in Captains Peter Simon's and Henry Darnall's company, in Colonel Edward Buncombe's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged May 13, 1777.
About 1806, the soldier moved from North Carolina, to Wilson County, Tennessee, and while living there was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1818. In 1822, he was still living there, aged sixty-four years. The name of James Hudson's wife was not stated. In 1822, he stated that he had no family of his own but was living with a son-in-law. He did not give the name of his daughter or of his son-in-law. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of James Hudson, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: James Hudson, Certificate #17522 or 17552 ( both numbers shown), issued June 21, 1820, rate $8 per month,
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commenced 4 August 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, West Tennessee  Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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State of Tennessee to wit

This day personally appeared before me Thomas Stuart one of the Judges of the circuit court for the State of Tennessee William White a resident of Sumner county in said State whom I have long known and who is generally reputed  and believed by me to be a man of truth and worty of credit who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that in July in the year of 1776 he first knew the within named James Hudson at Wilmington in North Carolina said Hudson was than a soldier in the 5th regiment of the North carolina Continental line Commanded by Col. Edward Buncomb and in a Company commanded by  Captain Simons that he saw him frequently from that time until the beginning of the year 1777 and became well acquainted with him that this deponenet at that time was an orderly sergent in the 4th Regiment of the North Carolina Continental line commanded by Col. Thomas Polk & Lieut. Col. James Thaxton in a company commanded by Captain Jeremiah McClain that the 4th & 5th Regiments were at Wilmington together during said time & did duty together that he said Hudson served the United States as a soldier faithfully as he believes during said time that their regiments then marched to Charleston & this deponent was sent to recruit and had no more knowledge of James Hudson until long after the conclusion of the revolutionary war that he recollects to have heard said James Hudson say in the year 1776 that he enlisted for twelve months but he knows nothing more of
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his enlistment or services than is above stated this deponent after some time was appointed a commissioner officer in the North Carolina line and was a captain at the concusion of the revolution that severa years afterwards he again saw said James Hudson at Newbern in North Carolina and knew him to be the same man and about twelve years ago he again saw him in Tennessee and has been well acquainted with him ever since by seeing and conversing with him frequently and is certain he is the same man that he knew as a soldier as above related this deponent knows nothing of the circumstances of the said James Hudson except from his own statement he knows he is aged and infirm and disabled in one of his arms by a wound which he did not receive while a soldier and further siath that he believes said James Hudson to be worthy of credit so far as he knows. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of April 1820
[Sisgnatures] William White
Tho's. Stuart

State of Tennessee to wit.

This day personally appeared before me Thomas Stuart on of the Judges of the circuit court for the State of Tennessee Eli Harris & Fergus S. Harris and made oath that they are neighbours to and have been acquainted with the above named James Hudson thirteen years that he is a man of credit and worthy to be believed on his oath that he is aged and infirm and unable to procure a living by his labour he possess a horse and saddle and a two year old colt & his clothes worth about a hundred dollars or a little upwards he has been a poor man ever since they knew him that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for his support. Sworn to and subscribed before me this
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25th day of April 1820
[Signatures] Eli Harris
Fergus S. Harris
Tho's. Stuart.

State of Tennessee to wit.

This day personally appeared before me Thomas Stuart one of the Judges of the circuit courts for the State of Tennessee. Col. John Alcorn of Wilson County who is to me well known as a man of undoubted credit who made oth that he is acquainted with the within named Isaac Kennedy, that he is a capitious ill natured man but worth to be believed on his oath that he is well acquainted with the above named Eli Harris & Fergus S. Harris that each of them is a man of good reputation and worthy of credit on oath and further saith not. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th day of April 1820.
[Signatures]  John Allcorn
Tho's. Stuart.

State of Tennessee to wit.

This day again the above named Isaac Kennedy appeared before me and mae oaths that he is the same person who made the within affidavit before the honorable John McNairy that he is in no manner whatever interested in teh said James Hudson obtaining a pension nor will his interest be in any manner affected if said IJames Hudson should not obtain a pension and further he saith not sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th day of April 1820. [Signatures]
Isaac Kennedy
Tho's. Stuart a Judge of the Circuit Courts
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State of Tennessee to wit

I Thomas Sturt one of the Judges of the circuit courts for the State of Tennessee do certif that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the within named James Hudson was enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States, in the 5th Regiment of the North Carolina line upon continental establishment for the term of twelve months and that he served the United States continually as a soldier during said term in manner stated in the written declartion & also appears to my satisfaction that said James Hudson is in reduced cirumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for his support. In testimony whereof I have hereton set my hand and directed the clerk of the circuit ocurt of Wilson county in which I habe presided as Judge to affix the seal of said court to these presents this 27th day of April 1820. [Signature]
Tho's. Stuart

I, Harry L. Douglass Clerk of the circuit court of Wilson county in the State of Tennessee do certify that Thomas Stuart who has attested the taking of the above affidavits of William White and Eli Harris Fergus S Harris, John Allcorn and Isaac Kennedy and who has given the above certificate in relation to James Hudson is a Judge of the Circuit Courts for the state of Tennesssee now presiding in the circuit court of Wilson County and in pursuance of his directions I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court hwich is my private seal there being no public seal of office yet provided at office in Lebanon this 27th day of April 1820 
Harry L. Douglass Clk. by John Allcorn his Deputy
[Seal]
The result of this application may be communicated to me at Franklin Tennessee
[Signature] Tho's. Stuart
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March 31, 1903 - Hist. to
Mrs. susan Bosson
Gainesville Texas.
1940 Apr. 30 - Hist. to Ruth M. Field - MLD

38852 
Rev'y
INVALID.

File No. 38.852
James Hudson
Pri Rev. War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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RUTH MARIA FIELD
4763 Elmwood Avenue
Los Angeles, California

April 2, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me the Pension records of the following with names of children and parents if possible:

TENNESSEE PENSIDNSERS

NICHOLAS HALE -- 1832 -- age 82 yrs. N.C. line drew pension in Davidson County Tenn.
WILLIAM HALE 1832 age 82 - N.C. line -- drew pension in McMinn Co. Tenn.

Did he have a son Isaac?

JAMES HUDSON - age 71 years -- N.C. line -- drew pension in Wilson Co. Tenn.

Sincerely,
Ruth Field [Signature]
Ruth M. Field

one

[stamp - RECEIVED APR 4 1940 WAR. SUB-DIV
Reader No. 17 VETS ADM  3:00]
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April 1, 1940
MAIL, SUB_DIV
VETS ADM

Ruth Marie Field
4763 Elmwood Avenue
Los Angeles, California
March 30, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
What information do you have of  PETER HUDSON, Revolutionary War soldier who served from Halifax and Luenberg Co. Virginia with
Peter Rogers Co.?

Do you have the name of his wife and children? Did he have a child by the name of PETER HUDSON also one by the name of Chesly Y. Hudson?

Who were his parents?
I should also like to know if you have the same information of DANIEL PERDUE OR PERDEW. Did he have a daughter Mary that married
a Hudson?

Daniel Purdy of New Engl.

Very truly yours,
Ruth Field
Ruth M. Field
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53374

Mar 25, 1903
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own

United States Senate,
Gainesville Texa.
March 22, 1903.

Commissioner Pensions -
Washington D. C. 

Dear Sir -
Does the name of James Hudson appear on the pension record of the soldiers or sailors of the Revolutionary War?
I do not know positively what state he lived in Virgina, South Carolina, Maryland and possibly Penn.
Does the name of William Hudson appear in Revolutionary records? He served from Pennsylvania or Virginia or South Carolina. The two men were father and son or brothers and were my ancestors.
Please answer at your earliest convenience.
Yours Truly
Mrs. Susan Bosson
625 N. Dixon St.
Gainesville Texas
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April 30, 1940
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BA-J/MLB

Ruth Maria Field
4763 Elwood Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nicholas Hale, who served from North Carolina and was pensioned in Davidson County, Tennessee; William Hale, of the North Carolina line and pensioned in McMinn County, Tennessee; James Hudson, who served from North Carolina and drew pension in Wilson County, Tennessee; Peter Hudson, of Halifax and Lunenburg Counties, Virginia, also Daniel Perdue or Perdew. You desire to know
whether the last-named soldier had a daughter Mary who married a Hudson.
Because of the large number of requests for Revolutionary War data, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in
full with each request which requires so much time and research. The record of James Hudson (S. 38862) is furnished you
herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator