Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,807, for John Rhodes, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.
Rhodes, John
Nancy
NUMBER
W.18.807 [John]
B.L.W.1669-100 [Nancy]
CONTENTS
[blank]
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New York Roll.
1,360
John Rhodes,
Corporal, 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence, on the 10th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of June 1818, - and sent to Salmon Child, Esqr. Ballston Springs, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
[words crossed through]
4 months 25/30. $38.66
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
'77 War 
Angell
5 years
Continental
Hadley, Saratoga Co.
[on page to the right]
See let [letter] to pensioner 6th Oct 1834
[See let] to Hon. C. Ellis May 16, '44
Certification sent Oct 31 1820 to H. J. Palmer [illegible] New York
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John Rhodes
Affidavit
To
J. C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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The application of John Rhodes of Hadley in the County of Saratoga and State of New York to be put on the pension list pursuant to Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 Entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
State of New York
Saratoga County ss. April 10th 1818 Personally came before me Salmon Child first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Saratoga John Rhodes Who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that sometime in the month of January in the year 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Establishment under Captain William Allen in a Rhode Island Regiment then commanded by Colonel Israel Angell - That he immediately after he enlisted as aforesaid entered the Service in the revolutionary War in the company commanded by the said William Allen & continued in said Company untill the year 1779 when he was taken into Captain Olney's Company who was then attached to the [Marquis] De La Fayette's Brigade of Light Infantry - that he continued in the last mention Company as near as he can recollect untill the year 1782 When he was put into Captain Zephaniah Brown Company of the Rhode Island Regiment Where he continued untill the Close of the revolutionary War & then received an honorable discharge. And further this deponent saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life and in need of assistance from his Country for support having no property and being obliged to Work out by the day & for a livelihood
[signature] John his X mark Rhodes
Sworn & subscribed by making his mark
April 10th 1818 before me Salmon Child}
I Salmon Child Judge &c. as aforesaid do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Rhodes did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceeding and testimony (together with the Discharge of the said John) taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War Department pursuant to the direction of the aforesaid.
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Act of Congress And I further Certify that the said John Rhodes sustains a good character and is in very indigent circumstances
Greenfield May 4th 1818 Salmon Child
State of New York
Saratoga County } ss.
In testimony that the above named Salmon Child Is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York and that the above is his signature. I Subscribe my name and affix the County Seal this fourth day of May - 1818
Wm Stilwell} Clerk of the County of Saratoga
[seal affixed to the left]
John Rhodes
affidavit
To J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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John Rhodes
Copy
1360
Sept 1818
[initials illegible]
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State of New York,
County of Saratoga} ss.
On this 22nd day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the
Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County
proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping
a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Rhodes
aged Sixty years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that
on the first day of January 1777 he enlisted into Captain Allens company
Colonel Angel regiment of the Rhode Island line
that he continued to serve in said line from the time of his
enlistment untill June 1783 when he was discharged at Saratoga
in the County of Saratoga aforesaid that he belonged to Capt
Browns company of Colonel Olneys regiment at the time he was discharged.
That his original declaration was made on or about the tenth day of April 1818
and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 1.360
And I 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.

And I have no property whereof to make a schedule excepting my wearing apparel and beding
and I further declare that there is four of us in family myself and Nancy my wife nearly of my age. Stephen F.
Rhodes my son aged 23 year and Esquire Asplin aged 14 years a boy I took when an
infant that I partly [illegible] in  the blacksmith trade before I enlisted in 1777 but am infirm and unable to do but little of any kind of work my wife is also infirm and my said son has no property excepting a few articles of household furniture and implements of husbandry and depend on his daily labour for support; and further that were it not for my pension he must depend on other public or private charity for any support; I have no property to be inventoried.
[signature] John his X mark Rhodes
I Thomas Palmer -  Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do
hereby 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 no - dollars and
 no - cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
court, on this twenty second day of August
1820
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Saratoga.
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Albany 8324
New York
Nancy Rhodes, dec^d
widow of John Rhodes R.I.
who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died [30 April 1843 crossed through] in 1842
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & [illegible] 30th April, 1843 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb. 1848 and sent to Hon. H. White,
[illegible] of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843, [and June 17, 1844. crossed through]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 84
[on page to the right]
Reported
Let. [letter] to Hon. H. White
[word crossed through] April 3 '48
let to same May 31 '48
let to same July 8 '48

Payable to Stephen F. Rhodes, Simon Rhodes, Mary Jones, Elsey Rhodes, John Rhodes, Wm Rhodes only surviving children
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[duplicate]
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9798
The Children of Nancy Rhodes widow (dec^d) of John Rhodes for a pension under the Act of July 7 1838 before the Court of Chancery Sept 28th 1843
husb^d died 42
Claim^t [died] 30 Apr. 43.
Married before 1794
[illegible] 1838
husband died 1842

Aaron Nash
Attorney for the Children of John & Nancy Rhodes, deceased.
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State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss. Be it known that before me John Morehouse, Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Nancy Jones and Stephen F. Rhodes, of Greenfield, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, who being duly sworn, according to law - the said Stephen F. deposes and saith that he is the [word crossed through] seventh born of the said John and Nancy Rhodes and his age is fifty last April and the said Nancy is the fourth born and is aged 59 years ^last August^ And they both testify and say that their father the said John Rhodes, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month - and died at the town of Corinth in the county of Saratoga and state aforesaid on the fifteenth day  of February, 1842 leaving deponents mother, Nancy Rhodes his widow - and that she continued to be his widow until the day of her death and died at Greenfield aforesaid on the 30th day of April, 1843. For the proof of the marriage of their Father and Mother, the said John Rhodes, and their Mother, Nancy Field, the pension department is referred to the affidavit of Lilpha Pergua, late of Corinth in the county of Saratoga & state aforesaid as presented to the department with the original papers in October, 1845 as deponents are informed & verily believe, and from diligent enquiry it would seem improbable to procure any additional proof in support of said marriage The said Lilpha Pergua is now dead
[signature] Stephen F. Rhodes
Nancy Jones
Subscribed and Sworn before me
December 7th 1867
John Morehouse Justice of the Peace
[words crossed out at the bottom]
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Saratoga ss. And I the said Justice do hereby certify that the said Stephen F. Rhodes and Nancy Jones are known to me to be the identical persons described in the within affidavit and are credible witnesses.
N.B. Between the 9th & 10 lines the word "seven" is inserted and "sixth" below it is erased. Between the 12th & 13th lines "last August", inserted, before Sworn
[signature] John Morehouse
Justice of the Peace
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[form pasted over the former certification by John Morehouse]
State of New York,
Saratoga County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, James J. Horton, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that John Morehouse before whom the annexed Affidavits were taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 17th day of January 1848
James Horton Clerk.
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no (2)
State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss. Be it known that before me Edward Edwards a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Zilphia Pergua [possibly Perqua] of Corinth in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York aged about Eighty Years; who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that John Rhodes late of Corinth in the County and State aforesaid deceased was her brother, and during the period of the Revolutionary war deponent and her said Brother John Rhodes resided in Johnston in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and that at the same time Nancy Field resided in the same Town of Johnston with whom deponent was well acquainted and that deponent was present and heard and saw the said John Rhodes and Nancy Fields united together in the solemn covenant of marriage which said marriage was performed by Andrew Harris Esquire a Justice of the Peace of the said town of Johnston in County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being their place of Residence, deponent does not recollect the precise day when the said marriage took place but does recollect that said marriage took place in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty three in the month of September,
And she also further testifies and says that the said John & Nancy resided together - as husband and wife from the time of said marriage until the day of the death of the said John Rhodes who died at the town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga and State of New York in the winter of 1841 and left him surviving the said Nancy his lawful widow and that she also died in the winter or spring of 1843
[signature] Zilphia her X mark Pergua
Sworn and subscribed before me the 20th day of September 1843 }
[signature] Edward Edwards Justice of the Peace
Reuben Abel } I certify that Zilpha Pergua above named is to me known to be a credible witness & that She is unable to write her name by reason of the infirmity of old age
Edward Edwards Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss: I Horace Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga aforesaid Do Certify that Edward Edwards before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to be sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that his Signatures "Edward Edwards" within written are genuine
Witness my hand and Seal of office the 27th day of September AD 1843
[signature] Horace Goodrich
Clerk.
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Town Clerk's Office Johnston R. I.
October 7 - 1843
No 4,
I, Robert Wilson of Johnston in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island, do Certify that I am Town Clerk of said Town and have by virtue of my office, the custody of the records of the Births & Marriages which have taken place in said town and I further Certify that I have examined the records of said Town between the years 1776 & 1800 and I cannot find any record of the marriage of John Rhodes to Nancy Field. And I further Certify that I have reason to believe that many Marriages have taken place in said Town both before and since the War of the Revolution which have never been brought to the Town Clerk's office to be recorded
Robert Wilson
Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island sc
County of Providence
In Providence Oct. 7th 1843
Personally appeared before me the above named Robert Wilson known to me as the Town Clerk of Johnston, and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed
Gamaliel L. Dwight
Justice of the Peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc.} I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Gamaliel Lyman Dwight, who has signed the foregoing Certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within & for said City, duly elected.
In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 10th day of October A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk.
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No.
3
State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss. Be it known that before me John Morehouse a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Nancy Jones (wife of Phineas Jones) of Greenfield in the County and State aforesaid aged fifty four years; who being duly sworn according to law deposes & says, that she is one of the children of John Rhodes and Nancy Rhodes late of the County of Saratoga deceased. That the said John Rhodes her Father was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight dollars per month, was a resident of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York & died, at the town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid on the 15th day of February 1842. That he left him surviving the said Nancy Rhodes his lawful widow, that she continued to reside in the said County of Saratoga, and died at the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York on the 30th day of April 1843, that she did not intermarry but continued to be the widow of the said John Rhodes until the day of her death, that she died aged eighty-three years (lacking less than one month) that she  left her surviving six children to wit five children besides deponent named as, Stephen F. Rhodes, Simeon Rhodes, John Rhodes, Elsey Place and William Rhodes, all residing in the State of New York except John Rhodes when last heard from resided in the State of Pennsylvania about five years ago, she dont know the name of the Town or County, Deponent further testifies and says that to the best of her knowledge or belief, her Father the said John Rhodes deceased never kept any Family record or any other documentary proof showing the date of their marriage, to wit, the marriage of himself to my said Mother Nancy Rhodes, who died in deponents presence and at her Family residence in Greenfield and left no Family record, nor does deponent know or believe that her Father left any such record at the time of his death.
[signature] Nancy Jones
Subscribed and Sworn before me (after being examined & cautioned) the ninth day of October 1843 }
John Morehouse Justice of the Peace
Witness [Gervanes J Session?]
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And I the aforesaid Justice do hereby Certify that Nancy Jones, the deponent, within named is to me known to be a credible witness
[signature] John Morehouse Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Saratoga } ss. I Horace Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga aforesaid Do Certify that John Morehouse before whom the within affidavit purported to be sworn was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and sworn and that his signature (John Morehouse) subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate are genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office the 12th day of October 1843
George Satterlee [?] Dep Clk
[at bottom] No. (3)
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No
(1)
At a Court of Chancery held at the Village of Saratoga Springs in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York, the most satisfactory evidence was addressed to prove that John Rhodes was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, was a resident of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York and died, at the Town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York on the 15th day of February 1842
That in the time of the Revolutionary War he resided in Johnston in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island; where he resided when he entered into the service of the United States and served as a soldier under Capt. Allen in Colonel Angel's Regiment of a Rhode Island line of troops, and served as stated in his declaration made before the County Courts of the County of Saratoga in 1818 & 1820 on which his Certificate of Pension was issued
And it further appears to the said Court that the said John Rhodes was married to Nancy Fields (late widow of the said John Rhodes) in the month of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, by Andrew Harris Esquire a Justice of the Peace at Johnston in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, all of Providence in the state and town aforesaid, That at the time of the death of the said John Rhodes deceased he left him surviving the aforesaid Nancy Rhodes his lawful widow, that after the death of the husband the said Nancy Rhodes Continued to reside in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York and died in the town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga in the State aforesaid on the 30th day of April 1843, leaving her surviving the following named Children who are the only legitimate heirs at Law and next of kin of said deceased, and are of lawful age,
1 to wit, Stephen F. Rhodes, residing in Corinth in the County of Saratoga & State of New York
2 Simeon Rhodes of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga and State of New York
3 Nancy Jones wife of Phineas Jones of Greenfield in the County & State aforesaid
4 Elsey Place wife of James Place of Corinth in the County and State aforesaid
5 John Rhodes a resident of the State of Pennsylvania
6 William Rhodes resides in Milford, Otsego County in the State of New York
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And further the Children of the aforesaid Nancy Rhodes deceased, claim the amount of Pension due their said Mother at the time of her dease [decease?] under the Act of July 7 1838
In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the Seal of the Court of Chancery of said State, this 28th day of September, 1843
G. M. Davidson
Clerk in Chancery
4th Circuit
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Greenville Green Co N Y
September 9th 1830 }
Sir
I have received Land Warrant No 1669 issued to John Rhodes who was a Private in the Rhode Island line of the army of the American Revolution
Very respectfully yours
Lewis Wakeley
To W^m Gordon Esquire
Bounty Land Office
Washington City }
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State of New York
County of Saratoga }
I John Rhodes aged sixty-nine years, do upon oath or affirmation testify and declare that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted for the term of "during the war" and served in the Rhode Island line and regiment under the command of Colonel Israel Angel of the same regiment and line and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the said regiment commanded by Colonel Oney [Olney]; I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised  to me on the part of the United States; nor have ever assigned or deeded my claim to any person. Therefore, know all men by these presents that I John Rhodes aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis Wakely of Greene County to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint, one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose above expressed - 
And I do further testify and declare that on or about the year 1797 I sold to Aaron Man a memorandum or certificate which I received from Col. Oney stating that I was entitled to one hundred acres of land from the United States - and further that I was at Providence [in] 1805, and saw the aforesaid Man and Col Oney, and further that said Man stated to Col Oney and myself that he could not get the land with that paper and wished the Col. to assist him, the Col. replied that he (the said Man) was speculating upon the Soldiers lands and that he should have nothing more to do with it - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand and seal this 7th day of August 1830
[signature] John his X mark Rhodes
[seal affixed to the right]
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I John Comstock aged sixty years do upon affirmation declare that I have been long acquainted with John Rhodes who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I [word crossed through] do believe that he did perform the military service therein stated - 
[signature] John Comstock
Before me, Gideon Comstock Commissioner &c. personally appeared the above named John Rhodes subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my person acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared John Comstock who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed this seventh day of August 1830
[signature] Gideon Comstock Commissioner &c.
In testimony that the above written Gideon Comstock was a Commissioner authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements &c in the State of New York the above date and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature. I have hereunto affixed the County seal and subscribed my name and [quality?] at Ballston [illegible] this ninth day of August 1830
[signature] [illegible] Palmer
Clerk
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August 12, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF
Mr. C. E. Gibson
Warren
Ohio.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18807, that
John Rhodes, while a resident of Johnston, Providence
County, Rhode Island, enlisted January 1, 1777 and
served as a private in Captain William Allen's
company, Colonel Israel Angel's Rhode Island regiment
until in 1779, when he was transferred to Captain
Olney's company and served until in 1783, when transferred
to Captain Zephaniah Brown's company, Colonel
Olney's regiment, and was discharged June 15, 1783,
at which time he was a corporal.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 10, 1818, then a resident of Hadley, Saratoga County, New York and aged about fifty-eight years.
He died February 15, 1842 at Corinth, New York.
The soldier married in September 1783 in Johnston,
Rhode Island, Nancy Fields, they were both then of said
Johnston.
His widow, Nancy, died April 30, 1843 in Green
field, New York, aged nearly eighty-three years.
The pension due their mother was allowed the following
children Stephen F. Rhodes, living in Corinth,
New York; Simson Rhodes, aged fifty years in 1847 and
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Living in Edinburgh, New York; Nancy, wife of Phineas Jones, she was fifty-four years old in 1843 and living Greenfield, New York; Elsey, wife of James Place, living in Corinth, New York; John Rhodes, living in the state of Pennsylvania; William Rhodes, living in Milford, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[illegible]
No 9798
Nancy Rhodes dec^d [deceased]
Wd [widow] of John Rhodes
N Y
Act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband
died 1842
[illegible] Act 3 March 1843
2 years [service?]
$80.00 per annum from 4 March to 20th April 1843 the day of the death, Payable to Stephen [letter crossed through] Rhodes, Simeon Rhodes, Nancy Jones, Elsey Place, John Rhodes and William Rhodes only surviving children of Nancy Rhodes.
Hon H White
House of Rep
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Sent to Hon C Ellis May 16 '44
Nancy Rhodes dec^d 9798
7th July 1838
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No 9798
Nancy Rhodes dec^d
NY
Sent to Hon C. Ellis May 16 '44
Sent to L Booth Sept 20 '49
Sent to Wm. H. White Jany 18 '48
Act 7 July 1838
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Rev
Widow, &c.
File No. 18807
Nancy Rhodes
Widow of 
John Rhodes
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index: - Vol. M, Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[writing to the left of page]
8/80 Blank sent to Rhodes
White
1928 Mch 8 - Hist to Lucy E. Brown [illegible initials] Letter sent to Rec Div. for reply to Civil War inquiry [illegible initials]
1931 - Aug 12 - Hist to C. E. Gib[obscured] [illegible initials]
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John Rhodes N. Y. Act 18 March 1818 $96.00 per an [annum]
To what time was he last paid?
G. C. A.
Pension Office
Feby 12 48}
Paid to the 15th Feby 1842 when he died - I. B. P.
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[illegible initials]
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
March 8, 1928
Lucy E. Brown
21 Munro Court
Troy, N. Y.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim W. 18807, it appears that John Rhodes,
while a resident of Johnston, Providence County, Rhode
Island, enlisted January 1, 1777 and served as a private
in Captain William Allen's Company, Colonel Israel
Angel's Rhode Island Regiment until in 1779 when he was
transferred to Captain Olney's Company and served until
in 1782, when transferred to Captain Zephaniah Brown's
Company, Colonel Olney's Rhode Island Regiment, and was
discharged June 15, 1783, at which time he was a corporal.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 10, 1818, while a resident of Hadley, Saratoga County, New York, aged about fifty-eight years. He
died February 15, 1842 at Corinth, Saratoga County, New York.
Soldier married in September 1783 at Johnston, Rhode
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Island, Nancy Fields, they were both then of said
Johnston.
She died April 30, 1843 at Greenfield, Saratoga
County, New York, aged nearly eighty-three years.
The pension due their mother was allowed the
following children
Stephen F. Rhodes, living in Corinth, New York;
Simeon Rhodes, aged fifty years in 1847 and living in
Edinburgh, New York; Nancy, wife of Phineas Jones, she
was fifty-four years in 1843 and living in Greenfield,
New York; Elsey, wife of James Place, living in Corinth,
New York; John Rhodes, living in the state of Pennsylvania; and William Rhodes, living in Milford, New York.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail
to afford any information in regard to any Peleg Rhodes,
nor do the War of 1812 records of this Bureau afford any
data in regard to pension having been claimed on account
of the services of any James Simeon (Simon) Rhodes, all
spellings of the name Rhodes searched.
Your letter has this day been forwarded to the proper
division for reply relative to the Civil War soldier William H. Rhodes.
Letter sent
to Rec Div.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Warren Ohio
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D/C.
Gentlemen; - I will appreciate any data you [your] records may offer on Elijah Rose pensioned for service in the Mass. line while a resident of Ontario County NY. Also on another soldier of the Revolution John Rhodes Corp in the Rhode Island Line, pensioned as a resident of Saratoga Co. N. Y. 1818.
Very respectfully
C. E. Gibson.
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Head-Quarters, June 15th, 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATION shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Paris; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
John Rhodes
M F 18807
R.I.
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[printed document with handwritten entries in { braces} ]
By His Excellency [partially obscured]
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof {John Rhodes Corporal} -in the {Rhode Island} - Regiment, having faithfully served the United States, {six years five months and thirteen days -} and being inlisted for the War, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at Head - Quarters the {15th June of 83.}
[signature] {G^o Washington}
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
[signature] {J Trumball Jr}

REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, {Rhode Island}
[signature] {J Greenman?} Adjutant,

THE above {John Rhodes}
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for {six} Years faithful Service.
[signature] {Jere^h [Jeremiah] Olney Lieut. Col., [Continental] [Rhode] Island Regmt.}
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Washington 22d Jany 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Herewith I return the papers of Stephen F Rhodes & Nancy Jones, with the required certificate, also the letter of Mr Booth, all of which I hope will prove satisfactory
Respectfully Yours &c
Hugh White
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House of Representatives 3rd July 1849
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
By the enclosed letter you may perceive that our friend Booth, is not so well contented with the decision upon the case of Nancy Rhodes, as he would have been, had you given a more [illegible] construction to the case, or rather what I am inclined to think was the fact, that the application made before the pension act was repealed, was overlooked by you. If this is the case, you will no doubt, rectify the matter, and issue a certificate.
Respectfully yours
Hugh White
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Washington 3rd January 1848
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Enclosed are papers of the heirs of John & Nancy Rhodes, claiming the pension which they allege to be due them, through their mother, which please examine and if correct, you will of course furnish the means of obtaining the money, but if not sufficient, please state what further is required
and oblige Yours &c
H. White
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Saratoga Co N.Y.
Ballston sc. Oct 14 1843
Sir:
Inclosed [enclosed] herein you will receive the papers of the Children of Nancy Rhodes widow of John Rhodes (both deceased) for a Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, which please inspect and make returns to me at Ballston P. O. Early as convenient
I am
Very Respectfully your mo. Humble obt sert.
Aaron Nash
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Ballston Spa Jany 18 '48
Hon. H. White
My dear friend I send again the application of the heirs of Nancy Rhodes for the pension due their Mother at the time of her decease.
The omission of the Clerk's certificate was a great oversight - I think it is now all right - The names of all the heirs will probably have to be inserted in the certificate as there is no sufficient proof of the death of any of them - 
Your friend
L. Booth
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Washington 16 March 1848
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Herewith I send you some remarks, by Mr Booth relating to the case of Nancy Rhodes, & others, which appear to me to be entitled to some consideration. I have not time to examine the laws, neither am I conversant with the [illegible] of the case. therefore must leave the matter in your hands, not doubting you will decide correctly. I send the Certificate, but do not surrender unless a new one is made out to cover the same time as well as the time which is sought to be included.
I have the honor to be
Sincerely Yours &c.
Hugh White
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Midway, Texas
April 25, 1880
Hon John A Bentley
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Please tell me who are entille [entitled] to a pension: Mrs Nancy Rhodes husband fought in the war of 1812 she is a widow now and has remained so ever since Mr Rhodes death she can tell who was his Captain his general &c Mrs Rhodes is now nearly 80 years old & has to labor now: Please answer this & send me some information concerning pensions
Mrs Rhodes drew a pension in 1853 of about $300 I would send self addressed envelope if I thought necessary
[partial oval stamp over text is partially pension office: May 5 1880]
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if it is right for me to send self addressed envelope You furnish the necessary stamps & I send them to you by return mail Where she drew the pension before she proved every thing satisfactory to the official at that time Please answer & oblige
John L. Rhodes
Deputy Sheriff of [illegible]
Address 
Midway Madison County Texas
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Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comisr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
[fragments of text below crossed out]
[along margin to left] N Y Sept 9
[along margin to the right] John Rhodes
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To the Hon Secy of War of the United States
Sir
The undersigned a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States now in the receipt of a Pension of Eight Dollars per Month desires to obtain the benefit of the Pension Act of 1832 Entitled an Act supplementary to the "Act  for the relief of certain [illegible] officers & soldiers of the Revolution in [conformity?] to instructions of the War Department hereby apply for the same - 
That I served in the Army of the Revolution in Col Jeremiah Olneys Reg^t in a Company Commanded by Capt Jephiah Brown - by reference to the testimony [adduced?] into a File & my discharge which accompanied it on application for Pension under the Act of 1818 all of which is on File in the office of the War Department of the U States & also the certificate setting forth my Rank herewith (agreeable to instruction of the War Department) forwarded will be found the evidence of my present application
Agreeable to the 2nd Section of the Act of 1831 as aforesaid he hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or annuity Except in accordance with the Act of 1832 - 
The above is respectfully submitted - The Hon the Secy of War [bill Anders?] 
Return to [Benah?] P. Rogers [Pen?] Corinth N. Y.
Your Obt Sevt
John his X mark Rhodes
Witness to signature of John Rhodes
{Benah?] P. Rogers
Corinth Saratoga County N. Y. September 4th 1832
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In the matter of Nancy Rhodes
Widdow [widow] of John Rhodes a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased }
The following facts appear from a copy of the papers said to have been sent to the pension office at Washington.
That the said John Rhodes was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and died on the 15 day of February 1842 leaving a Widow named Nancy who also died on the 30 of April 1843. The said John & Nancy left them surviving Children who made a declaration for the pension due their mother the said Nancy Rhodes under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. Sworn to and proved before John Willard Esq. Circuit Judge of the 4th Circuit on the [word crossed out] day of September 1843.
Their papers were deposited in the Ballston post office on the 14th October 1843. Addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. No reply or return was received until after the passage of the Act of the 30 April 1844 then it was stated that the act under which the Widdows claim had been presented was repealed on the 30 day of April 1844 and therefore the Claimants were not entitled to the pension claimed
The time between the depositing the papers in the post office and receiving the reply was over six months previous to the repeal of the said act.
By a Joint Resolution passed January 23 1845 at the second session of the 28th Congress it appears that if the application had been made and the papers were awaiting a decision of the Commissioner of Pensions the Claim was not affected by the Repeal act of 30 April 1844 - 
Therefore the said Heirs Claim the amount of the Widows pension from the 4th March 1836 [words crossed out] for 5 years.
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John Rhodes
No 1669
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Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olartt [?] Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Albany New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 84 by
[name illegible: Th Qum?] Clerk.
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War Department.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 3rd March, 1843, Nancy Rhodes, deceased, late of New York widow of John Rhodes, who was a Private in the Revolution, and who died [words crossed through: on the 30th April 1843] in 1842 is inscribed on the roll at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing 4th March, 1843, and terminating 30th April, 1843, the day of her death, which amount is due and payable to her surviving Children. see Envelope
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22 day of Feb on thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. } Commissioner of Pensions.
[no signatures]
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Free
On Official Business
J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
[written in left margin]
[illegible] 447
Enquiry response
War Widow of
John Rhodes.
[faint circular date stamp unreadable]
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Ballston Spa Augt 30th 1847
Jas. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir, John Rhodes late of the town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga died on the 15th day of Feby 1842. He was a Revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. He left a widow & children - The widow died April 30th, 1843 - Was she entitled to the pension of her husband from the day of his death to the day of her death? Will you please to answer this question at your convenience - 
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Svt.
L. Booth
P.S. On the 14th day of Octr. 1843 the heirs of the decd [deceased] presented their papers to the War Department claiming the amount of pension due their mother at the time of her death under the Act of July 7: 1838 - But ^while^ the same was pending, the Supplementary Act thereto was repealed by Congress - 
L.B.
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[ink on document is very faded]

At a [illegible] General Term of the Supreme Court held in & for the County of Saratoga in the State of New York at the Court House in the Village of Ballston Spa in the State aforesaid on the 7th day of [word crossed through] [illegible] 184[?] the most satisfactory widow was [illegible] to find [?] that John Rhodes was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, was a resident of the County of Saratoga in the State of New York and died at the town of Corinth in the County of Saratoga & State of New York aforesaid on the fifteenth day of February 1842 and he left surviving a Widow whose name was Nancy that she did not intermarry but continued to be the widow of the said John Rhodes until the day of her death and that she died in the town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York on the thirtieth day of April 1843. That she left her surviving children who are now living to wit
Stephen F. Rhodes of Corinth in the County of Saratoga & State of New York
Simeon Rhodes of Edinburgh in the County of Saratoga & State of New York
Nancy Jones of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga & State of New York
Elsey Place of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga & State of New York
John Rhodes and William Rhodes not heard from for more than four years past
And that the children of the aforesaid John Rhodes and Nancy Rhodes deceased claim the amount of Pension due their Mother the said Nancy Rhodes at the time of her death under the Act of Congress passed the seventh day of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" and also of the Act of Jan[?] 17th 1844.
State of New York
Saratoga County } ss.
I James W Horton Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court in relation to the pension [illegible] of the Children of John Rhodes & Nancy Rhodes deceased. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Village of Ballston Spa this 7th day of November 1847
[signature] James W Horton
Clerk
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And I [word "further" crossed out] the said Court do further certify that an erasure was made on the 5th line and December inserted above it, and the words John Rhodes and William Rhodes not heard from for more than four years past were inserted between the 18th and 19th line done before evidence was heard
James W Norton
Clerk of said Court
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The National Archives
Form VAM - 51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Name Rhodes, Joseph
Grade Private
Line New York
Warrant Number 7684
Acreage 100
Issued Dec 11, 1789 to Benjamin Brown, assignee
* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is volume 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under Congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.