Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6880, for Francis Pridgeon, North Carolina
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(1776)
SERVICE
of
N.C.
CONTENTS
of
Pridgeon, Francis
Number W.6880.
Pridgeon, Mary
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North Carolina 23.531
Francis Pridgeon
of New Hanover in the State of N.C.
who was a pr___ in the ___ commanded by Captain ___ of the Regn commanded by Col Lyette in the N. Car line for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 46 Dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feby 34.
and such Hon. A. J.
McKay H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833  100
Semi-ant.  allowance ending 24 Mar 34  20
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P 120-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. [illegible]  Page 69
Order to Pay July 21. 1837.
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State of North Carolina
New Hanover County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions December Term 1833
     On this the 10th day of December A.D. 1833 before the worshipful Justices of the Court aforesaid to wit, Edward B. Dudley, Thomas H. Wright, & William Corbett Esquires personally appeared Francis Pridgeon Gent a resident of New Hanover County in the State of North Carolina aged seventy three years the 15th inst 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 7th 1832. 
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
     He was returned a soldier and entered the continental service in December 1781 under Captain James Mills, Hardy Holmes Lieutenant, Curtis Ivey Adjutant, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Lytle, Griffith McKee Major, was attached to a brigade or division commanded by Genl Green and served twelve months as a private, having been discharged in December 1782, that he resided in Bladen County N.C. when he entered the service that he marched from Wilmington, N.C.  to Ashley River, S.C. at which place he joined Gen Green's army, at Bacon's Bridge, thence to Ashley Hill, where he remained till discharged; the regular officers he knew were those above mentioned & also Capt. Wilkeson, who was broke of his commission, that he has no documentary evidence but can prove his service by James Lee of New Hanover County and Jeremiah Simmons & Saunders Simmons of Sampson County N.C. if alive.
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Answers of Francis Pridgeon the aforesaid applicant to the questions propounded to him by the Court aforesaid as Prescribed by the War Department.
Ans to Ques. 1.  I was born in Duplin now Sampson County N.C. 15th Dec AD 1760.
2.   I have a record of my age at home in a Bible.
3.   When called into service I was living in Bladen County N.C.  Since  the Revolutionary war Ive lived in Bladen & New Hanover Counties NC and I now live in New Hanover County N.C.
4.   I suppose I Enlisted
5.   For the names of the regular officers with the troops where I served I refer to my declaration.  The continental regiments I remember were those of the Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania troops & the North Carolina & the South Carolina regiments who were in S.C. - and for further information I refer to my declaration.
6.   I recd a discharge dated the 3rd Decr. 1782 by whom given I have forgotten, which Ive lost.
7.   Simon Lewis, George Larkins, William Corbett Senr Esq, Benjamin Larkins, James L. Corbett, William Marshall Senr & Just James Flinn, William Scudder & many others I could mention.
    He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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.
     James Pridgeon [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
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4485
North Carolina
Mary Pridgeon
widow of Francis Pridgeon
NC
who served in the Revolutionary war as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Mch 1849 and sent to Patrick Murphy Wilmington N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848 230 Vol. 1.
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12526
Mary Pridgen
Rd Feb 12, 1846
N.C.
Act. 7 July '38
w go. d 44!
rejected
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State of North Carolina
New Hanover County 
ss
     On this the 6th day of February A.D. 1846, personally appeared before me Thomas J. Corbett a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Pridgeon or Pridgen a resident of Canetuck district in the County of New Hanover aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.  That she is the widow of Francis Pridgeon who was a private in the army of the Revolution and for an account of his service begs leave to refer to his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 on file in the Pension Office or War Department.
     She further declares that she was married to the said Francis Pridgeon on the 20th twentieth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and ninety; that her husband, the aforesaid Francis Pridgeon died on the 30th day of August 1 o'clock A.M. A.D. 1840; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
     She further maketh oath that the family record hereto annexed taken out of the family Bible has been in her
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possession since the year 1788 while at school; that said record in in the handwriting of her deceased hisband Francis Pridgeon; that the other family register or record hereunto appended is also in the handwriting of her said husband and that both are genuine; and that she remains a widow.
Mary Pridgen [signature]
Sworn and su
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Francis Pridgeon
[illegible]
Francis Pridgeon son of Francis [illegible]
[illegible] of his wife [illegible] born
August 28.. 1791
[illegible]
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[Entire page is printed]
The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK; and with the former TRANSLATIONS Diligently Compared and Revised By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by the ASSIGNS of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer;
MDCCLXXXIX.  [=In Roman numbers, 1789]
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[illegible - smudged and torn]
and marry his wife  [illegible]
the [illegible] 1791. Dipter Pridgen [illegible] born September the [illegible]
John pridgen was born [illegible] 1795.
Isiah pridgen was born November the [illegible]
Francis pridgen was born Decem 1797 bapzd the 16 1798 
Matthew pridgen was born January the 5 of 1801
Marey pridgen was born February the 8 1803
Anna pridgen was born October the 10 - 1805
Johnas pridgen was born on the January 14 1808
Elizabeth Pridgen was born October [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
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William pridgen was born 
[illegible]
Johanah Pridgen was born December  [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] was born in August [illegible]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section
March 4, 1927
Katie B. Pridgen
125 North Fourth St.,
Albemarle, N.C.
Madam:


I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim W. 8880 it appears that Francis Pridgen or Pridgeon, was born December 15, 1760 in Duplin
County (which was later Sampson County), North Carolina.

While a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina he
enlisted December 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain
James Mills' Company, Colonel Lytle's North Carolina Regiment
and was discharged December 3, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 10, 1833 while a resident of New Hanover County,
North Carolina. He died August 29, or 30, 1840.
Soldier married October 20, 1790, Mary Sikes. She was
allowed pension on her application executed February 6, 1846
while a resident of New Hanover County, North Carolina aged
seventy-two years.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
I omitted family record because it had been omitted in former history.
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Mary Pridgeon
widow of Francis
Private 1 year NC Continental line
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$40 per annum to commence August 30, 1840 and end March 4 1841 - under act 7 July 1838
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Issue another cert: under acts '43 and '44
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N. Carolina roll
9646.
545.
Cert: to the Honble
J.J. McKay
House of Repr.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6880
Mary Pridgeon
Wid.
Francis Pridgeon
Pvr. Rev: War
Act: Feby. 2 nd 48
Index: - Vol. M Page 140 [smudge]
1923 Aug. 1 Dist to L. C. Henry 
[blacked out - illegible]
Katie B. Pridgen
[illegible]
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Reg10,033.
North Carolina
Mary Pridgeon
Widow of Francis Pridgeon, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 30th August 1840, of New Hanover Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ___ of the regt. commanded by Col. Lytle in the N.C. ___ line for 1 year.
Inscribed in the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 40 dollars __ cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836 [date crossed out] 30th August 1840 & and 4th March 1841.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of May, 1846 and sent to Hon. J.J. McKay, House of Representatives.
Total amount [blank]
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 1, Page 297.
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Regd.
7765
North Carolina
Mary Pridgeon
widow of Francis Pridgeon
who was a Private
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of May, 1846, and sent to Hon. J. J. McKay, House of Representatives.
(Act of March 3, 1843) & June 17, 1844
Recorded in Book A., Vol. 2, Page 154.
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Wilmington, N.C.
Mar: 12. 1849
Sir
     Enclosed is the declaration of Mary Pridgeon widow of Francis Pridgeon for a Pension under the act of 2d Febry 1848.
     Please examine it & report to the undersigned "Taylor's Bridge P.O. Sampson Co: N.C." oblige
     Yr obt Servt
Patrick Murphy

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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House of Representatives
Feby 11th 1846
Dear Sir
     I enclose you the papers of Mrs Pridgeon who applies for a Pension.  
     i would be happy to hear at your earliest convenience the result of your examination and the suggestion of any defect if there is any - which can be supplied.
Respectfully
J C Dobbin
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To what time was Francis Pridgeon last paid?
3 On North Carolina Roll, Act 7 June 32
J. L. Edwards
28 May 1846
Died 29th Augt 1840 [illegible] to that [illegible]
J H
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State
aforesaid do certify that it appears from the muster
rolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Francis Pridegeon a private in
Capt Mills's Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted
on the 1st day of December 1781, for the term of twelve
(12) months, and that nothing more is said of him on
said rolls
Given under my hand (having no
seal of office) this 21st day of December 1833
W. Hill
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Jan. 17, 1927.
125 North 4 test
Albemarle N. C.
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
Kindly send me the Revolutionary
record of Francis Pridgen of North Carolina
Thanking you in advance, I am
Sincerely yours
Katie B. Pridgen

[stamp]
Pension
Jan 18 1927
U. S.
Office
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Canyon, Texas
June 22, 1923.

S8899
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Please send me what data you have on file concerning
James Moore, Sr., and Francis Pridgen ( or Pridgeon )
who served in the Revolutionary War. Both of these
drew pensions, and they were living about 1835 or 1840,
in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
Please let me hear from the above at the earliest possible
date. These records are desired for membership
in a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
which is to be organized in July following.
Very truly yours,
(Mr.) L. C. Henry,
Box 745
Canyon, Texas.

[stamp]
Pension
L
Jun
26
1923
U.S.
Office
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State of North Carolina
New Hanover County ⎬ ss
On this the 10th day of October 1848
personally appeared before the Subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Mary Pridgeon a resident of Canetuck
district in the County of New Hanover and
State aforesaid aged seventy four years
who being first duly sworn, according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d
February 1848, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war
. That she is the widow of Francis
Pridgeon who was a private in the army of
the Revolution and for an account of his
service begs leave to refer to his declaration
on file in the Pension Office, and that she
has been in the receipt of a pension for
the annual amount of forty dollars, under the
act of 17th June 1844
She further declares that she is still a widow,
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day & year above written before me
Jno. McAuslan
 Mary X Pridgeon her mark
Witness J. J. Pridgen
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I hereby certify that the foregoing applicant is well
known to me and that
that she is the identical
person which she represents herself to be
in the foregoing declaration
Jno. McAuslan J. P.
I, L. H. Marsteller Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of New Hanover County
certify that John McAuslan is a Magistrate
as above, and that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of Office
this the 12th day of
March
A.D. 1849 one thousand
Eight hundred & forty nine
L. H. Marsteller Clk.
of N. Hanover County Court
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3 -- 525
aw
W6880

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. _________192
In reply to your request of _________, 
for the history of
Francis Pridgeon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
the following is taken from the S & W
claim for pension.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT
Dec. 1, 81
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
12 mons.
RANK.
private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Mills
COLONEL.
Lytle
STATE.
N. C.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bladen Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 10 1833 His cl. was al-
Residence at date of application, New Hanover Co. N. C. 
Age at date of application born Dec. 15, 1760 in Duplin Co. N. C. 
Remarks: Sol. Mar Oct 20, 1790. Mary Sikes
He d. Aug 30, 1840
she was al pen on her ap ex. Feb 6. 1846, while living in New
Hanover Co. N.C. aged 72 yrs
omitted family record so illegible & confused
more than one son Francis
aw
Respectfully
Commissioner.
government printing office
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May 27 '46
[illegible]
M
Mary Pridgeon
N C
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Clinton N.C.
May 20, 1846
Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of
Wm H. Beatty Esquire in support of
the marriage of Mary Pidgeon, whose
declaration I sent on last winter
perhaps through Hon. J.C. Dobbin
Please examine the case & inform
me the result of her application
Address to Taylors Bridge
N.C.
I am very respectfully
yr obt servt
P. Murphy
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
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We Simon Lewis and James Flinn residents
in the County of New Hanover N.C. hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Francis Pridgen
who has sworn to & subscribed the preceding declaration; that we believe he will be seventy three
years of age the 15th inst; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the Revolution and that
we concur in that opinion
Sworn Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Simon Lewis
his
James Flinn
Mark

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier and served as he states; after having investigated the matter and put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department.
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And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that
Simon Lewis
and James Flinn who have
signed the preceding certificate are residents
in the County of New Hanover and credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit, and
that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity
of said applicant
Tho H.Wright. JP
Edw. B. Dudley J.P.
●
[illegible] Chairman of C.C. New Hanover 
I Thomas F. Davis Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for New Hanover County, certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Francis Pridgeon for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office & subscribed my name this
the 11th day of December 1833 & in the 58th year
of American Independence Thos. F Davis Clk.
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State of North Carolina
Bladen County
---
On this the 13th day of December 1833
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County
personally appeared James Lee a resident of New Hanover County
N.C. aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn
doth on his oath depose and say that he is acquainted with
Francis Pridgen the aforesaid applicant, knew him before
the Revolutionary War, and saw him in the continental
Service
of the United States in the fall of 1782 in Camp
at Ashley Hill in S.C. it being a twelve month tour, which
ended soon after this deponent arrived there; what Captain
said applicant was under, he does not know, but Gen. Green
was the chief commander. This deponent was also in service
then in the regular army of the United States in a company
commanded by Capt Robert Raiford
6
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid before me and I hereby certify
that James Lee said deponent is well
known to me & is entitled to full faith and
credit   James Lee
Wm. Sutton JP

Admit as a private
12 mon. $40.00
Hon. J. J. McKay
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Affidavit of
Wm H. Beatty Esq.
for Mary Pridgeon
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State of
North Carolina
Bladen County
On this the 30th
day of
April A.D. 1846 before the Subscribed
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
personally appeared William H. Beatty Esquire
a resident of said County of Bladen aged
seventy eight years the 19th of next December
who being first duly sworn according to
law, maketh oath that he was present and
witnessed the marriage between Francis
Pridgeon deceased and his widow Mary
Pridgen, before marriage Mary Sikes
now an applicant for a pension, that they
were
married a year or more before this affiant
that this affiant was married the 8th of January
1792 as appears from the record thereof in his
family Bible, which he is satisfied is correct that the
marriage ceremony was performed
by Thomas Devane Esq a Magistrate of
New Hanover County, that this affiant acted
as one of the Groomsmen upon the occasion and
that he has no doubt but that the time stated
by Mrs. Pridgeon in her declaration is the
20th October 1790 is the correct time or period
of their marriage. that he is acquainted with
said Mary Pridgeon and that her
husband is dead and that she remains a
widow   W.H. Beatty
Sworn to & subscribed the
30th day of April A.D. 1846
1846 before me and I hereby certify that said
William H. Beatty is well known to me, is a
highly respectable man & entitled to full faith
credit
Calvin J. Dickson
J.P.
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I, H. H. Robeson Clerk of the Court of
Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Bladen County
hereby certify that Calvin J. Dickson
whose signature appears to the foregoing
affidavit is a Magistrate in and for said
County duly commissioned and sworn, that
his said signature is genuine and that
full faith and credit are due his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office
this the 4th day of May 1846
H. H. Robinson Clerk
I certify that William H. Beatty the gentleman who has
made the foregoing affidavit, is a person of great
respectability and worth.
J. J. McKay