Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 443, Thomas Baldridge, Penn

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Service                                 Number

Penns.    Baldridge, Thomas  R.443
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Thomas Baldridge
Kentucky
Rejected
See let 9 Nov 1838
J. Ficklin
443
did not serve six months

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(An addressed envelope)

                                        Free
            J.L. EDWARDS Esq.
                  Commissioner of Pen,
                         Washington City.

(Date stamp)
LEXINTON
      NOV
         3
        KY

Rec, Nov 9
(illegible) at
Ken.

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Lexington, Ky 2nd Nov. 1828

Sir,

    The enclosed is from one of the representatives of Barren Co. a respectable man & if you wish, enclose your reply to me.  It shall be given to him before he leaves home for the Legislature.

                                       Your obt. sevnt.
                                                   //s//
                                            Joseph Ficklin

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V 34,647
Thomas Baldridge
Kentucky

                                    Free
             
  Hon. Secretary of War
              Washington City

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State of Kentucky Barren County Set

    On this 22nd day of October 1838 personally appeared before James Jameson a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Barren and State of Kentucky Thomas Baldridge resident in the county of Barren, state of Kentucky aged eighty-six years in September last past - late a resident of the county of Adair and state of Kentucky up to February last past who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath say and makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
    That he entered the service in the United States in the fall of 17__ under Captain Noah Abram as a Militiaman.  The he joined the Army in the Path Valley in the state of Pennsylvania and marched from there to Bedford town; stayed there three of four days then marched to old Frankstown and acted as one of the guards of the pacl horses.  Stayed there next two months during which time he was in the service of the pack-horse guard.  That while there a battle was fought by about thirty on the side of the American troops with the Indians at the Alleghany and the head spring of Juniata River & all the whites were killed but two; one escaped the other was taken prisoner by the Indians.  That he was discharged at the end of two months service and marched home through (illegible)-town through heavy snow.  
    That the next spring he again joined the service under Captain Young in the same valley and on the march (cross the) Juniata River at  Drake's Ferry and was stationed again near Franktown and again was one of the pack-horse guards.  That provisions for the troops were procured at (Lyttle's) Fort passing through Lowry's Fort to the station, at the end of two months (next page)

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service he was again discharged, his term of service having expired & having served in the two tours four months - That he has no documentary evidence to prove his service & that there is no person now living by whom he can prove it known to him & that he never received any written discharge.

    He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to an annuity or pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state or territory and that he would not now apply for any pension if he had become unable to labor.

    Subscribed and sworn to this day and year first written.

    And I James Jameson a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that it is my opinion, after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Thomas Baldridge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states. 

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Blue Spring Grove, Ky October 22nd 1838.

Sir,

    On the other side you will see that I have commenced writing out a declaration for Thomas Baldridge in order to procure a pension.  I thought it necessary to have some corroborating statements by persons who has known him and were somewhat acquainted with him in earlier life to support the declaration and it seems that there is no persons in this county who have a former acquaintance so that I have thought proper to forward his statement to you, and ask you to advise me what additional evidence will be required and how that he shall provide (illegible) to procure a pension.  He is old and unable to labor which seems to be his present reason for applying for a pension.
    You will forgive a worthy old man, so far as my acquaintance with him will enable me to speak by conferring the favor asked - If you so please address me at Frankfort, Ky as I shall be there after the first of December (to) next winter toward the 1st Feby.

                      Your obt. servant
                                //s//
                        Jas. G. Harvey

Hon. Sec. of War

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No. 440
REJECTED

Thomas Baldridge

P.O. ______
Service: _______
Enlisted: ______, 18 __
Discharged: _____, 18 __

Application Filed: ____, 18 __

Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: ____

Attorney: ____
P.O. ____