Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5083, Nathan Hodgman, Mass. N.H.
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SERVICE Mass.  N.H.

Hodgman, Nathan
or Hodgeman
Lydia


NUMBER  R.5083
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24,203
New York
Nathan Hodgeman
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walden of the Regt commanded by Col Reed in the N H line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov 1833 and sent to J P Putnam Cambridge

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 - - - -  $150
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. '34 - 30
[total] $180

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E  Vol.4 Page104
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.
Town Clerk's Office
Chester Sept 29 1840
I hereby certify, that the following is a true transcript taken from the ancient Records of Chester Book first, page 140.
Nathan Hodgman and Lydia Atwood was Joined in Marriage the Eleventh of November one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty four. That the same is there recorded in fair and ledgible words and figures Thus, "Nathan Hodgman and Lydia Atwood was Joined in Marriage the 11 of November 1784.
Recorded by Daniel Heald Town Clerk"
A True Copy of Record in this Office
Attest [signed] Amos Heald Town Clerk

I Amos Heald of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, Testify and say, that I now hold the Office of Clerk for the Town of Chester aforesaid legally Chosen and qualified on the Second day of March 1840. and hold said Office untill the month of March 1841.  That the above is a true Extract taken from the records of said Chester Book first page 140.
[signed] Amos Heald Clerk of the Town of Chester

State of Vermont
Windsor County}   At Chester in said County, on the 6th day of October A.D. 1840. Then personally
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Appeared Amos Heald Town Clerk of Chester, and made Oath that the above deposition or affidavit by him subscribed is true; and I hereby certify, that the said Amos Heald is known to me to be a man of truth and a credible Witness.
[signed] Benjn. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Hudson County ss} I Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Smith is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified that his commission was dated on the twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine and will expire on the 30th day of November instant, and that his signature above is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this third day of November A.D. 1840
[signed] N. Williams, Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Wayne ⎬ ss
On this Twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the County Courts of the County of Wayne and State aforesaid (being a Court of Record), Lydia Hodgeman, a resident of the town of Macedon in the County of Wayne aforesaid aged seventy five 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That she is the widow of Nathan Hodgeman, who was a private in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served as such in the said War, the particular periods and length of the service she cannot now state, but she relies for the proof of services of her said husband upon the declaration and proofs now in the Pension office or War Department at the City of Washington made by the said Nathan Hodgeman her said husband, upon which a Pension Certificate was granted to him, and which Certificate is dated at the War office of the United States the 8th day of November one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, and to which said Declaration and proofs she refers
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Hodgman on the Eleventh day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty four; that her husband the aforesaid Nathan Hodgman, died on the twenty third day of
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April in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty, at the town of Ogden, Monroe County State of New York; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. viz: at the time above stated
N.B. The word "Eight" obliterated & the word "seven" interlined in its stead also interlined "one" & "third" & "fourth" erased
Lydia Hodgeman X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me in open Court
[signed] Edm A Griswold Dep Clerk

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 28th day of January 1841
[signed] James Hawley Clerk
Wayne County
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State of New York
Wayne County } ss   Aaron Gilmore of the town of Macedon in the said County being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Lydia Hodgman, widow of Nathan Hodgeman deceased, who is now applying for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7th 1838, that she now resides in the town of Macedon aforesaid, that he was also well acquainted with her husband the aforesaid Nathan Hodgman in his lifetime; that the said Nathan Hodgman died on the twenty third day of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty, at the town of Ogden in the County of Monroe in the State of New York; that the said Lydia Hodgman has not been married since the decease of the said Nathan Hodgman, but has ever since remained a widow and is now the widow of the said Nathan Hodgman.  Note the words "he" & "not" interlined before execution, "third" written on a erasure
[signed] Aaron Gilmore
Subscribed & sworn to this 27th day of January 1841 before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with Aaron Gilmore the above deponent & that he is a credible witness
[signed] Hiram R. Jerome
First Judge of Wayne County Courts
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State of New York
Wayne County Clerks Office } ss.  I James. Hawley Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Hiram K Jerome Esqr whose name appears to the within Certificate or affidavit was on the day and date thereof a Judge of the Courts in and for the County of Wayne and his signature as subscribed to the within Certificate of affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 28th day of January 1841
[signed] James. Hawley Clerk

[lower left side]
7687
[Wid?]  11 Nov 1884
Husband  23d April 1840
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No 21882
Nathan Hodgeman
Washington Co
N Y
Adm. 1 year and 6 months 
$60


John P. Putman
Cambridge
Washington Co
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
18 June 1833 
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim. under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margins with a brace, ( thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Nathan Hodgeman Washington Co. N.Y
last of April or May [to] October 1775 - 8 months - Private - Capt Mann - Col Reeds Regt
Jany 76[to] March 76 - 2 months - Capt Goodale, Col Walden
Entered March 77 - 2 months - Capt Goss
Drafted July 77 - 2 months - General Stark
Entered March 78 - 3 months - Capt Woods, Col Reed
Vol Sept 78 - 1 month - Capt Mann

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
71 years, Hillsborough New Hampshire, Mason Coty

Proof: Traditional witness but applicant not stated credible. . .the traditional witness credible by the Court 

Rev. Doit Lawrie

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

It cannot readily be admitted that the above service is insusceptible of proof, and the regulations require applicant to furnish the best in their power.
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2   REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops." "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers. &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
 Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
 As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
 State, Territory, or District of_____} County of_____ } ss. On this_____day of_____personally appeared (a) before_____A.B. a resident (b) of_____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of_____aged (c)_____years, who being first duly 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____, with _____and served in the _____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: 
[in brackets:] Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (L.) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [end of brackets] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency for the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I_____of the Court of _____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____day of_____&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
 Sworn to and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[in brackets:] And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
 I,_____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this _____day of_____&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his [end of page]
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alleged service, as they are known at the department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the county in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State Troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State Troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons---one of whom should be the nearest clergymen, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergymen, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
 Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authorized before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____ year _____months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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 [in italics: about three or four months,] in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 

Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's 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. [double brackets] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 
[signed] John N Ashton
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In the matter of
Nathan Hodgman
Xd
21882
[Dour?  I am?]]
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State of New York
Washington County ss
On this twenty ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the Court house in the Town of Salem in said County now sitting Nathan Hodgeman a resident of the Town of White Creek (formerly Cambridge) in the County of Washington and State of New York aged seventy one years 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 seventh 1832-
That he was born in the year 1761 in the town of Bellirica in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts.
That he has no record of his age and knows it only by information derived from his parents-
That he lived when called into the service in the Town of Mason[,] County of Hillsborough (he believes) in the State of New Hampshire- that since the revolution he has lived part of the time in the Town of Chester[,] County of Windsor - and State of Vermont and part of the time in the said town of White Creek where he lives now -
That in the last days of April or first of Mary 1775 and immediately after the news of the Lexington battle he enlisted for Eight months in the said Town of Mason in a company of State troops commanded by Captain Benjamin Mann was immediately called into service and marched by the most direct route from thence to Charlestown near Boston, was there attached to Colonel James Reeds regiment in Gen Sullivans Brigade he thinks and was stationed on  Winter Hill in the Town of Charlestown to prevent the enemy from making excursions into the adjount country, That he continued there in service through the eight months and
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was then on some one of the first days of January 1776 paid and verbally discharged - That during the said campaign the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in sight of him and his captain was in it but had stationed him at Winter Hill in charge of baggage he being young-
That Gen Washington was there part of the campaign Generals Putnam Lee and most of the principal officers of the army were also three and General Gage with the British army occupied Boston -
That early in the month of March 1776 he enlisted for two months into the State troops in Captain Goodales Company Col. Waldens regiment - The Colonel and Capt Goodale were both from the town of Temple New Hampshire- That he was soon called again to the said town of Charlestown and was again stationed on Winter Hill but near the Mystic river and for the aforesaid purpose
That he was there when the British evacuated Boston and served to the end of the two months and was again paid and verbally discharged - General Washington remained there till the British left Boston and the same day took possession of the Town -
That in the forepart of March 1777 in the said Town of Mason he again enlisted in the State troops for two months in Capt Jonas Bowmans Company the Colonels name he does not remember was marched to Portsmouth New Hampshire and was station on an island called great Island to keep off the enemy till the end of the two months and he was then verbally discharged. There were only two companies then under these respective captains and he does not recollect  any higher officer -
That in the month of July 1777 in the said town of Mason he was drafted into service and assigned to Captain John Goss' company of the Town of Hollis N. Hampshire Moses Nichols Colonel & Gen John Stark commander of those forces- That he was
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1  immediately marched through N. Hampshire to & across Connecticut River at Charlestown thence over the Green mountains to Manchester Vermont were [where] they found Gen Lincoln and some continental troops who soon left and went off towards the Hudson as he understood-
That after laying a short time at Manchester they were ordered to Bennington Vermont where they lay till the morning of the 16th of August when he with his fellows were called into action fought the whole day and were successful - After the Battle he continued there till the said two months expired and was then verbally discharged - That General Stark was the principal officer
2  That in the month of March 1778 he enlisted in the State troops in the town of Pepperell Massachusetts for three months under the command of Capt Isaac Woods Colonels name he does not recollect positively but thinks it was Reed. That he was marched immediately to Cambridge near Boston to help to guard Burgoynes troops and was there stationed at barracks No.2 and continued there till the three months were out and was then paid and verbally discharged - Thinks General Heath was there part of the time.
3  That early in August 1778 he volunteered in Capt Manns Company in Mason N. Hampshire and was immediately marched across the State of Massachusetts to the island of Rhode island and was stationed there one month during Gen Sullivans Expedition and at the end of the month was verbally discharged
1/1 yr 6 mo
There were many officers there & soldiers both continental and militia but he does not remember particularly their names
That he has no documentary evidence of his service & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - that he cannot procure the certificate of a clergyman no one having resided in his neighborhood more than one year
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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
[signed] Nathan Hodgman
Sworn & subscribed theday and year aforesaid
[signed] J. S. Leigh Clk

We Daniel H. Pratt residing in the town of White Creek County of Washington and State of New York and John King of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Hodgman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  That we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
[signed] Danl H. Pratt   John King
Sworn to & subscribed the 29th day of August 1832 in open Court
[signed]  J. S. Leigh Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Daniel H Pratt and John King who have severally signed the preceding certificate are both resident in the said town of White
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Creek and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Hodgman for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 28th day of August  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[signed] J.S. Leigh Clk

State of New York Washington County ss Nathan Hodgman being duly sworn saith that he is the same person who subscribed and swore to the preceding declaration - That in addition to the fact therein stated "That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service" he herein further states that he has lived in the said Town of White Creek and the same neighbourhood thirty years next autumn.  That he has been poor and barely able to support his family during all that time, lived also obscurely and without the means of knowledge nessary [necessary] for him to know at this time if any of his fellows in the war of the Revolution are still living and that he does not know of any among them all survives at this day That if he
could go to the part of the County where he was brought
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up and served he might possibly find some survivors who would know him and his services but that the distance is about two hundred miles & he is without health or money necessary to undertake such a journey and has no one to go for him.  And this deponent further saith that they served with him in Captain Manns Company, Ensign Nathaniel Hosmen & privates Joseph Hodgman & Zacheus Hodgman in Capt Goodales Company Lieut. Joseph (he thinks) Cutter Sergeant John Cutter - Corporal Ebenezer Odell & private John Thomas in Captain Bowmans Company Lieut.____Ballard Drummer Henry Bell & privates Joseph Barrett & Josiah Hurlbut in capt Goss' Company Ebenezer Townsend private & the orderly's name was Bachelder and in Capt Woods company Lieut- Joshua Wood Brother to the Captain & Ensign Moses Longley which are all the names he now recollects And further if the evidence now sent by him will not entitle this deponent to his pension of the Commissioner of pensions will [you] be kind enough to furnish the deponent with the names and places of residence of any of the persons above named (if any of them are applying for pensions) this deponent will obtain their evidence if in his power
[signed] Nathan Hodgman
Subscribed & sworn the 15 August 1833 before 
[signed] John P Putnam Justice of the peace

And I do also certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Hodgman who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration or affidavit  That I have known him for at least fifteen years, that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit
[signed] John P Putnam Justice of the peace
August 15th 1833
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State of New York
Washington County ss
We Leonard Wills James Richardson Alexander Bullions Gerrit Wendell Mathew Stevenson Nathan Culver Junior William Stevenson & William Stevenson Junior all of the Town of Cambridge County of Washington and State of New York and [Wotran?] Summer of the town of White Creek in said County of Washington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Hodgman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing and annexed declaration and affidavit, that we believe him to be seventy [two?] years of age, 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 - And we do further certify that the said Nathan Hodgman is a man of unimpeachable veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit
[signed] Leon Wells
James Richardson
Alex Bullions
G. Wendell
M. Stevenson
W Summer
Nathan Culver Jr.
Wm Stevenson
Wm Stevenson Jr.
Subscribed and sworn to by each of the persons above named the 15th day of August 1833 before me [signed] John P. Putnam  Justice of the peace

And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with each of the persons who have subscribed & sworn to the last above certificate. That the Rev.  Alexander Bullions DD. is a minister of the Gospel and that the said persons are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit. And further that I am also well acquanted with Daniel H Pratt & John King both of White Creek aforesaid & who have subscribed & sworn to the first of the above certificates & that they are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit. August 15th 1833-
[signed] John P. Putham Justice of the peace
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State of New To
Washington County}  I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John P. Putnam Esq. before whom the within affidavit and certificate of credibility purport to have been sworn & made and before whom also the foregoing affidavit of Nathan Hodgman and the certificate of his credibility also purport to have been sworn & made was at the time a Justice of the peace of said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits & to the said Certificates is his proper hand writing and signature and I further certify that I have fastened or connected these five half sheets of paper at the top with red tape and placed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas thereupon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 29th day of Augt 1833.
[signed] J. S. Leigh Clk
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REJECTED
5083
Lydia Hodgeman
widow of Nathan
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Lydia Hodgeman  7687
N. Y.
Let. to William Sissons
March 27, 1841

5083
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7687  Feb 4. 1841
N.Y.
Lyd. Hodgeman

1832


FR[EE]
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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687
Lydia Hodgeman
N.Y.
July 7, 1838

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FR[EE]
[J L Ed]wards
[Co]mmissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Comr of Pensions}
Dear Sir,
Inclosed I send to you the Declaration of Widow Lydia Hodgman, & affidavits, for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838
You will please to advise me of the result as soon as convenient. The proofs appear to me conclusive of her right.-- should you find her entitled to a certificate, please to forward it to me & much
Oblige your
Obt Ser 
[signed] Wm Sisson
Lyons Wayne Co. N. York Jany 28 1841