Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13483, Samuel Hudson, N.H.
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N.U. Hudson, Samuel S 13488
carded
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[Left column, handwritten]:
Mch 15 1885
J.P. Jackson (town committee) with personal history.

[Right column upside down form with handwriting; transcribed from bottom to top]:
 
5035.
New Hampshire
Samuel Hudson
of Littleton in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [?] commanded
by Col. Scammel in the N.H. 
line for 1 year.

Inscribed on the Roll of N.H.
at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Feb
1833 and suit Elisha Hinds Glynville N.H.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $60--
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  20--
[2 lines above totaled in column] $80--

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J. H. Mc Blair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1st Page 161.
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5035
New Hampshire
Samuel Hudson
of Littleton in the State of N.H.
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ---- of the company commanded by Col Scammel in the N. H. line for 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. H. at the rate of 40 dollars -- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Feby 1833 and --- Elisha Hinds, Glynville, N.H.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $40.
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 $20--
_____________________________________
$80--
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J. H. de Blair, Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1, Page 161

March 13, 1886
J.P. Jackson (Town Committee) with personal history
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No 8046
Samuel Hudson
Private
on Roll
1 year
admit
$40--

Elisha Hinds Esq
Glynville N.H.
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Brief in the case of Samuel Hudson
Littleton in the State of N.H.
Act 7th June, 1832
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period: 1n 1779 July or August
Duration of Service: 1 year
Rank: private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served: Gr. Ellis, Cap Beal, Col Scammel
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Walpole N.H.
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary not properly attached to the declaration.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct except as above
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Sam. J. Potter, Examining Clerk
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Samuel Hudson's
Application for a 
Pension
No. 8046
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Sworn Sept. 4.
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State of New Hampshire, County of Grafton, [?]
On this fourth day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said State of New Hampshire holders at Plymouth within & for said County of Grafton on the first Tuesday of September Anno Domini 1832 Samuel Hudson a resident of Littleton in said County of Grafton ages seventy years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June of the A.D. 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the month of July or August in the Town of Walpole in the State foresaid in the company commanded by Col. Benjamin Ellis of the third N. H. Regt. commanded by Col. Alexander Scammel, The Capt. of said company by the name of Beal was said to have been killed in a mutiny before said Hudson enlisted, that he said Hudson continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States one year being until the month of July of August A.D. 1780 when he was honorably discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York that on his enlistment aforesaid he marched to South Hadley in the State of Massachusetts, from there to Litchfield in the State of Connecticut & from there to Fishkill in the State of New York & thence to Danbury in Connecticut where he took up winter quarters & from there went to West Point aforesaid diving [?] which year he was not engaged in any battle & that he believes that the roles [?] of service of the New Hampshire line in the Department of war furnish furnish [strikethrough] the proper evidence of said Hudson's service, said Judson hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the
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present, as he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Hudson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Guy Ely & Wm. Burns who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in said town of Littleton and are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
Geo. Woodward Clerk
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Couty in the matter of the application of Samuel Hudson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Offices this fourth day of September 1832.
Geo Woodward Clerk
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Affidavit of Guy Ely, Esquire
and
William Burns, M.D.
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We, Guy Ely, Justice of the Peace, & William Burns M.D. residing in the Town of Littleton in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire hereby certify that we have been for many years well acquainted with Samuel Hudson, who has for many years resided in the same Littleton, who we understand is about making an application for a pension, we believe him to be about seventy years of age that we consider him a man of good character for truth and veracity, that said Hudson is reputed and believed in said Town of Littleton to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we have never know any other person of the same name in said Littleton. 
Littleton, County of Grafton, N.H.
Sept 1, 1832
Guy Ely; Wm Burns
State of New Hampshire
Grafton, September 1st A.D. 1832. The above
named Buy Ely and William Burns personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above certificate by them subscribed was just and true before me. Elisha Hinds, Justice of the Peace.
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Glynville, N.H. Sept. 11, 1832
To the Superintendant [sic] of the Pension Office, 
Sir, Mr. Samuel Hudson, the applicant named in the enclosed papers wishes me to state that he is in a poor state of health and desires that his case may be acted on and notice given him of the time and place where he may receive his firtst payment of his pension as soon as possible. Respectfully, M. Elisha Hinds.
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[handwritten note in upper left corner]: Rev War
[handwritten at top of page]: 13483
INVALID.
File No. 13,483 [handwritten]
Samuel Hudson [handwritten]
Priv. Rev. War [handwritten]
Act: June 7th 1832 [handwritten]
Index: --Vol. 1 [handwritten], Page 186 [handwritten]
[Typed Footnote in brackets]: [Arrangement of 1870.]
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no 8046
Sam Hudson
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Hudson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no clergyman, but two witnesses / .... not in proper form.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oat certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? except as to the tradition* evidence.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ____ ear ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____. For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. the use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.