Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 1957, Samuel Hudgeons, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                       NUMBER
Va.          Hudgeons, Samuel        S1957.
               Hudgins
carded
CONTENTS
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West  1036
Tennessee
Samuel Hudgeons
of Robertson  Tennessee
[Illegible] Company
Lucas Regt
Gen. Lafayette  Virginia
5 years from 1776
Tennessee
100 per ann.
4th March, 1831
25 October
1832 [illegible]
Springfield Tenn. [illegible]
4th of September 1832   150.00
50
March 1833  $200.00
Nathan Rice
D 9 150
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3541
Samuel Hudgeons
Tennessee
from 1778 2 years
Private of Cavalry
$100
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3541
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Hudgeons
of Robertson Co_ty in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  76 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.  |  Duration of Service.	 | Rank.  |	Names of General and Field Officers 
                Years, Month, Days.                 under whom he served.
		                                   As a      Gen.
He thinks     2   
the 9th of		                   Private	 Gen LaFayette
of March     3                                            Col Robt Sawson
in 1776			                                 Cap Thos Lucas
						                      Gen Scotts Brigade
			                                         Col Baylor
			                                         Col Washington
			                                         Capt Church

5.  In what battles was he engaged:  Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, 
     at Slono, at Herrington, Senew Ferry at [illegible] & others ---- Battles & 
     Skirmishes

6.  Where did he reside when he entered service?

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary 
     evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  living witness & traditionary evidence

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

     Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  

                                                                    Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee Robertson County August Term 1832
} Personally - appeared Sammuel Hudgeons resident of  County and State aforesaid in Open Court now in session and aged seventy six years [illegible] the 8th of May [illegible] being first duly sworn according to the do and his Oath Make the following Declarations In Order to claim the Benefits of the provision Made by the Act of Congress dated June the 7th 1832 that he Enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of seventy six [illegible] the 9th day of march under the Company of Captain James Lucas of Brumsee County Virginia in the [illegible] line of the fourth Regimental and Commanded by the following officers Robert
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at Lewes ferry on [illegible] at Quibbletown and Others And I further declare that I have never received and pension nor ben[sic] placed on any pension role[sic] at any angency in the State heretofore [illegible] to and [illegible] in oppen Court.
Just W. Seal, Clk
His + Mark Saml. Hudgins

State of Tennessee
Robertson County (s.s.)
Sterling Clark a [illegible] resident of Sumner County and state personally appeared in open court at the August [illegible] 1832 of the county court of Robertson & makes oath, that he is personally acquainted with Samuel Hudgins the applicant for a pension that he knew him in the County of Brunswick State of Virginia where S. Hudgins was raised before the revolutionary war that he & Clark both enlisted in the service at the same time & enlisted with him in the service near two years during all which time he was personally acquainted with him at the end of near two years service, the services of this deponent [illegible] in the militia for their instruction & upon such representation being made to Col. Baylor this deponent was discharged, having S. Hudgins in the public service that I always understood that said Hudgins performed the balance of his service faithfully & has always been so regarded - this deponent knew nothing further of his service personally so this deponent moved shortly after the war into N. Carolina then to Georgia and again to North Carolina the to Tennessee and then to Kentucky where I for the first time met with Mr Hudgins after the Revolutionary War between two and three years ago - I did not at first sight recognize Mr Hutchins but upon acquaintance & conversation have no doubt that he is the same man with whom often served - 
Yr
Sevt
W. Seal Clk

Sterling Clark
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State of Tennessee
Robertson County S.S.
Thomas Gunn a clergyman resident of the County of Robertson and James Doff a citizen resident of said county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Saml Hudgins who subscribed & sworn to the preceeding declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood in which he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur that opinion sworn to & [illegible] in open court on the day and year aforesaid - Sworn to Just W Seal Clk
Thomans Gunn M G
[illegible signature]

and the said Court to hereby declare there opinion after the investigation  of the matter and after puling[sic] the intergarories[?] precribed[sic] by the ware[sic] department that the above named applicant Samuel Hudgeons was a Revolution Soldier and served as the as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the man Gunn who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman and resident in Robertson County and that James Doss who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and is a Creditable person and their statement is in [illegible] to credit - and that Sterling Clark the [illegible] who testified on behalf of the applicant  in a citizen resident of Sumner & is a credible person & that he and the others were duly sworn according to law. 
Per P[?]
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I William Seal clerk of the county court 
of Robertson certify that the [illegible]
contains the original statement[crossed out] proceedings 
in the matter of the application of Samuel
Hudgeons for a pension
The testimony where of I have hereto 
[illegible] my hand affixed the seal of 
my office of Springfield [illegible] 
county the 14th of August 1832
W. Seal
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Rev. War       1957

1957
Samuel Hudgeons
Pvt. Va. line

June 7, 1832

[illegible]  183
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[Text to left side]  Pension Papers of Saml Hudgins 3541

Springfield Te                    Free
Augt 16

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretart of War
Washington City

[Text to Right] P.O. Aug 29 '33
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[Text to Left] Pension papers of Saml Hudgins 3541

Springfield Te
Aug 16                                      Free

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

[Text to Right] P.O. Aug 29 '33