Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,950, Benoney Hudson, Continental R.I.
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(8 1776) SERVICE Continental  R.I. NUMBER S 44,950  Hudson, Benoney or Benoni
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18.687
New
in York
Benoney.  Benoni Hudson  (63 yrs) of Moors {Mooers} in the State of N. York
who was a Corp. in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Greene of the R. Island me, for the term of 3 -- (1777)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 4th of April 1818.-
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of June 182 [illegible]
and sent to J.C. Hubbell, Esq. Chazy N.Y. Arrears to 4th of March 1822. 376.23 Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1822. 48.00 ┃
3 yr 10 M -
$424:23
. Jany 28. 1827
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
& 1st May 1820.
Clinton County
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Benoni Hudson
Revy. Pension
Oath & Schedule
Benoni Hudson
(63 yrs.)  Corpl.
Col. Greene's  R. Island regt.
1777- 3yrs   4 April 1818
on Roll Admitted
Moors
Clinton Co.
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court House in Plattsburgh in and for the County of Clinton, and State of New-York, on the second  Tuesday of May 1822.     Present: Caleb Nichols, Samuel Hicks, Nathan Carver & Levi [Fleett]?  Judges of the said Court.
COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this fourteenth day of May 1822 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping
record of their proceedings in and for the County of Clinton, Benoni Hudson aged sixty three years resident in the town of Mooers
in the said County of Clinton, who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath declare
that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he the said Benoni Hudson enlisted for the term of one year on the 24th day of December 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt John Dexter in the Regiment by Colo. Varnum
that he served said term of enlistment and that he again enlisted for the term of three years on the 1st January 1777
in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt John Dexter in the regiment commanded by Colonel Green in the line of the State of Rhode Island in the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until [illegible]
1780 when he was discharged from the service in Morristown
New Jersey - that he was in the battle of Rhode Island, Trenton, Princeton and Redbank & was a corporal the better part of the time & has no other [illegible] except what accompanies this [illegible] that his original declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was made the fourth day of April 1818 that he has received a pension certificate numbered  [blank] - and dated the day of  [blank]  18--
And I do solemnly swear ------ that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of 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 within 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 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed,
and by me subscribed.
Real Estate None.
Personal estate excepting necessary bedding
clothing-
1 Cow & one Calf worth $20.00, 1 old ax $1,
1 old [illegible] $0.25, one set Harrow teeth  $0.75--2.00
6 old chairs $1, one pot broken $0.50 --$1.50
two Kettle $1.50 - 1 tea Kettle $0.75-- 2.25
1 Spider $0.75 4 knives & forks $1 -- $1.75
4 Spoons $0.30 2 old Wheels $0.75, 1 loom $6 --$6.85  total $34.35
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I am by occupation a farmer.  I am subject to the Rheumatism & unable to labor, but very little - the members of my family including myself are four depending upon me for support.  [illegible]  My wife Mercy Hudson age sixty three who is infirm and unable to [illegible] anything - My daughter Eunice Hudson age twenty six is a weakly child.  I have one orphan Grandson age fifteen months.

(Signed)    Benoney Hudson
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Sworn to and declared on the
fourteenth day of May 1822 before the afore mentioned Judge - I Charles Platt, Clerk of the Court of the Court of Common pleas - held in and for the County of Clinton; do certify that the foregoing oath -- ------ 
and the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is
the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid schedule is thirty four Dollars and thirty four cents - 
 L. S.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fourteenth day of May 1822

Chas Platt
Clerk of the Court for the County of Clinton,

L. S.
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Let the applicant
setforth in his declaration
whether he did not
belong to some other Cy {company}?
some other regt. beside
those mentioned  - let him
advert, again, to the year
in which he was dischd. 
& to his rank during the
3 years service.

The testimony of the witnesses in this case, is vague as to the service brought to view 
in Crary's regiment it is not continental & the
3 years [illegible] general service this
noticed in the affidavits is not proved - without proof or corroboration of the
declaration it will not avail
anything unless more light is thrown on the subject by the {applicants explanatory}?  declaration may [illegible]
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State of New York Clinton County ⎬ ss

Bennone Hudson of Champlain Fifty seven years of age being
duly sworn deposeth & saith. That he Inlisted as a private soldier in
Capt John Dexter Company Col Varnums Regiment United State Troops at Prospect Hill near Boston on the 25th December in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy
six for a year that at the expiration of this term he immediately reinlisted in Col Angell 
Regiment Capt William Humphrey, Company for three years it being a Regiment in
the Rhode Island line in which Regiment he continued to serve untill January in
the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one when he was discharged at Morristown New Jersey & the Regiment then was commanded by Jeremiah Olney & belonged
to General Starks Brigade - That by reason of reduced circumstances in life he
is in need of assistance from his country for support - That no pension has
heretofore been allowed him and that he hereby Relinquishes all claim to any
Pension by any laws of the United States other than the law on which he now
applies passed the 18th of March last that he now is & has been for many years
a resident of the Town of Champlain in the County & State aforesaid - that
he does not at present know of any person living who served with him or who he
could produce as a witness to prove the above services & that his discharge is lost

Benoney Hudson

Sworn before me at Champlain this 4th day of April 1818 - }
Pliny Moore First Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for the
County of Clinton


State of New York County of Clinton} ss
I hereby certify that it does appear to me satisfactorily that Benoney
Hudson the above named applicant Did serve in the Revolutionary War
against the Common Enemy agreeable to the facts set forth in his affidavit
above and that he needs the assistance contemplated by the Law -  Given under
my hand at Champlain this 4th day of April 1818 -
Pliny Moore First Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for Clinton County
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State of New York Clinton County SS: I Charles Platt Clerk of said
County do certify that Pliny Moore Esquire is the
first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said
County of Clinton duly commissioned & sworn
according to law and acting under the authority
of this State In witness whereof I have hereto affixed the
seal of said County & Set my name this 13t day of November 1818
Chas. Platt Clerk of Clinton County
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State of Michigan, }SS.
COUNTY OF Ingham
I, Peter Low Clerk of said County, and of the Circuit Court for said County, do hereby certify, that William Woodhouse the Officer before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn to & before whom the annexed Power of attorney was acknowledged and whose name is subscribed to the Certificates attached thereto, was, at the time of administering such oath, a Notary Public in and for said County; duly, commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds & other instruments And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said, William Woodhouse and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for said County, this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1851.
P. Low. Clerk
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Know all men by these presents, that I, John Hudson
of the County of Ingham and State of Michigan, do hereby
constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington City, 
my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, to
prosecute the claim of Benony Hudson for any amount of
Revolutionary Pension, increase, or arrears of Pensions, that may
be due. And my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized
to examine all papers in relation to said claim on file in
the Departments at Washington, or elsewhere; and to do all
lawful things in relation to said claim that I myself might or
could do were I personally present

Witness my hand and seal this 19th day
of September A.D. 1851 - 

John Hudson

In presence of Peter Low Wm Woodhouse

State of Michigan County of Ingham ⎬Ss
On this 19th
day of September A.D. 1851.
personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Notary Public
in and for the County and State aforesaid John Hudson who acknowledged
the foregoing power of Attorney to be his free act and
deed for the purposes therein mentioned

Wm Woodhouse Notary Public

State of Michigan County of Ingham ⎬ SS:
Be it known, that on this 19th
day of September 
A.D. 1851, before the undersigned, a Notary
Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally
appeared John Hudson a resident of Alaiedon in said
County and State, and made oath according to law, that he is a
son and heir of Benony Hudson who was a Revolutionary pensioner
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at the rate off Ninety Six dollars per annum - that he is directly interested as a Claimant in said pension, and makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence as his said attorney above mentioned may use in the prosecution of said claim
Sworn to and subscribed be me the day and year first above written
WM Woodhouse Notary Public
John Hudson
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
S.F. 44,950  Washington, D.C.,..................., 19....

In reply to your request of ............, received .............
for a statement of the military history of Benoney Hudson 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.

DATES OF                   LENGTH OF       RANK        OFFICER UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED       STATE
ENLISTMENT                SERVICE                                  CAPTAIN                  COLONEL
OR APPOINTMENT
   
   Spring 1775                   ---                  ---                       No officers stated                                                   R.I.  
  
 Dec 25, 1775                 1 year             Pvt.               Hawkins                         Crary
                                                                                  Dexter                           Varnum  
   
 Jan'y 1,  1777                3  '                  Pvt.               Wm. Humphreys           Angle   
                                                             Corp'l            John Dexter                  Green
                                                                                                                        Jeremiah Olney

Battles engaged in,  Rhode Island, Trenton, Princeton, Redbank.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warwick, R.I.

Date of application for pension, Apr. 4, 1818 His et.al.

Residence at date of application, Chaplain Clinton Co. N.Y.

Age at date of application, 57 years.  He died Jan'y28, 1827  {A.B.

Remarks: In 1822 his wife Mercy was 63 years old, daughter Eunice 26 years and orphan grand-son 15 months and in 1857 son John was a resident of Ingham Co. Michigan

Respectfully,        Commissioner.
6-285G
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44950
INVALID
Revy 
---
File No. 44,950
Benoni Hudson
Corpl Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818 & 1st 
May 1820


Index:--Vol. 3, Page 244

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1920 Feby 20th Hist. to Nelle G 
Hudson.
1920 Sept. 14 Hist. to E.P. Hudson
1921 Jan 29. Hist. to
James W. Bradford. aw.
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Rev.

Chicago, Ill., Dec. 17th, 1920.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

I would like to obtain the Pension record of the soldiers named below.

1st Benoni Hudson, who served in the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment, and was discharged at Morristown, N. J. in 1781. HE  afterward moved to New York.

2nd William Hudson, of Rhode Island, who served in the war of 1812.

3rd Joshua Bradford, of Friendship, Maine, who I think served in a Connecticut Regiment. He was born at Kingston, Mass. Apr. 2, 1746, and died at Maduncook, (now Friendship) Maine, on May 9, 1827.

Thanking you in advance for any information you may give, 
I remain,

Respectfully, 
James W Bradford
10255 S. Elizabeth St.,
Chicago, Ill.

[stamped:] U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 20 1920
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Chicago, Ill., Dec. 17th, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

I would like to obtain the Pension record of the soldiers named below.
1st Benoni Hudson, who served in the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment and was discharged at Morristown, N. J. in 1781.  HE afterward moved to New York.
2nd William Hudson, of Rhode Island who served in the war of 1812.
3rd Joshua Bradford, of Friendship, Maine, who I think served in a Connecticut Regiment.  He was born at Kingston, Mass. Apr. 2, 1746, and died at Maduncook, (now Friendship) Maine, on May 9, 1827.
Thank you in advance for any information you may give,
I remain,
Respectfully, 
James W Bradford
10255 S. Elizabeth St.
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Stamped encl rec'd & send

Rev Sec [illegible]

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
CAPE GIRARDEAU

W. S. DEARMONT PRESIDENT

Feb. 12, 1920

United States Com. of Pension
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
I wish to find out as to
whether you have on your pension roll, 
Revolutionary soldiers,
One Stukly Hudson,
Rhode Island; Benoni Hudson, New York
or Rhode Island; Enos Hudson, Massachusetts.
I am particularly
anxious to establish
the Revolutionary
lineage in an authentic form, 
The first mentioned was some sort of [illegible] officer
in the army division from Rhode Island. Tradition has
it captain

I am willing to pay for any trouble you take
with regard to it

Very sincerely,
Nelle G. Hudson.

Cape Girardeau
Mo.

[stamped:] U.S. PENSION OFFICE FEB 9 1920
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Rend [illegible]
R. L. HUDSON

E.P. HUDSON

HUDSON & HUDSON
LAWYERS

POCAHONTAS, IOWA
August 11, 1920

United States Pension Department
Revolutionary Section.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen; - 

Am intered in the Revolutionary Record of
Benoni Hudson. His name appears in the Vital Records of Rhode Island,
Vol. 12, page 199, wherein he is described as a corporal in
Capt. Humphries Company, Col. Angells Regiment, 1779.

Will you kindly give me his Revolutionary Record, and any
other information you may have concerning him, and greatly oblige.

Very Sincerely Yours,
E. P. Hudson
Pocahontas, Iowa.

[stamped:] U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 14 1920
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The witness being
well acquainted with
applicant at
the expiration of
the 3 years is not
sufficient proof
of Service
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Clinton County
State of New York} Ss
Be it Remembred that on the Ninth day
of November 1819 Came before me
Samuel Hicks one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Clinton Jeremiah Stone of Middlefield in the County of Otsego State of New York and being sworn saith on his oath that he was himself a soldier in the Revolution and was
personally acquainted with Benoni Hudson now of Champlain State of Newyork Clinton County that he enlisted in Captain Hawkins Company Col Crary Regiment Gen Varnum Brigade that Benoni Hudson had enlisted in the same Company some time previous that the said Benoni Hudson served one year in that Company, and he then Enlisted in the army for three years and was well aquainted with him from at the Expiration of the three years when he the said Benona Returned home from the Army and further this Deponent understood that a few days 
previous &  he enlisting which was the first
day of March 1776 Capt Dexter Commanded the Company in which the said Benona Enlisted and was transfered
to Captain Hawkins Company - 

Jeremiah Stone

Sworn and Subscribed this 9th day of November 1819
before me
Samuel Hicks  Judge
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Benoni Hudson
Clinton Co N. York
Pensioned under act
of 1818
Dec 18-- 1837
[illegible]
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State of Vermont Rutland County Ss ⎬ I Stukely Stone of Whiting in the County of Addison and State of Vermont of Lawful age Depose and say that in the spring of the year 1775 I lived in the town of Warwick in the State of
Rhode Island and was well acquainted with Benony Hudson of the town of Champlain in the County of  Clinton and State of New York the said Benony then lived in said Warwick and not more than one half mile from my Dwelling I was well knowing to his
enlisting into the Continental army in the spring of the year 1775 for the first campain and joined the Army at Boston and in the fall of the year 1775 I was at  Boston and see the said Benony Hudson in the army and [he then belonged to] at the close of the Campain of 1775 the said Benony as I understood
again enlisted for one year and in the summer of 1776 I see the the said Benony with the troops as they marched through Warwick from Boston to New York he then belonged to Capt. Hawkins Company Col Crarys Regiment and General Varnums Brigade he served out his time as I understood and Believe which expired at the close of the year 1776
and again Enlisted for three years and I understood Served out his time faithfully I frequently see letters he wrote from the army home to his Parents and further this Deponant saith not
Stukely Stone

Subscribed and sworn in due form Before me at Orwell in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont this 15th Day of November AD 1819
Pliny Smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court-

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with
the above named Stukely Stone Esq the subscribing witness for more than twenty years he is now
a Magistrate in the County of Addison and has been for many year he is a Gentleman of unblemished
Character and one whose testimony may be safely
Relied in any case where he may be call'd to testify

attest Pliny Smith Chief Judge of Rutland
County Court
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State of Vermont
Rutland Ss} -

I Robert Temple Clerk of Rutland 
County Court do certify, that the hon Pliny Smith  before whom the foregoing
affidavit was taken is one of the Judges
of said Court duly commissioned and
that the annexed is his signature in 
testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Rutland this 17 Nov 1819

R. Temple
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Benoney Hudson