Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29266, for Solomon Judson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Judson, Solomon
S. 29266
CONTENTS

3623 New York
Solomon Hudson of Tioga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ward — of the Key Stone Battery by Lieut. Chaudler in the Connecticut line for 6 Months —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — £ per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec r : 1832 — and sent to Hobbs in Albany
Arrears to 4th of Ap. 1832 $ 80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Mo. 32 10 $ 90
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832 }
Ingraham
Recorded by Ex L Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 rd Page 102

No 20,215
Solomon Judson
By No 32
16
James Robinson
Elmira
(New York)
P101.

No 10,215
BRIEF in the case of  Solomon Judson of Southport  County of Tioga  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Eighty one years, 81  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlist about 1 st June In 1776 — 6 — private Gen. Col. Chandler, Col. Hunt, Militia, Capt. Hunt, Lieut. Gen. Judson   Spring of 1777 was drafted — 3 —   For this service he was an orderly sergeant & personally to him a substitute was done the name of the order by the substitute both by order  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
at Bethlehem Litchfield Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
It is traditional & supported by the affidavits of a clergyman & another respectable citizen whose credibility is vouched by the court
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.

10.215 Solomon Judson Declaration
admitted -
6 mo
20
No allowance for procuring substitutes
Direct to the Care of James Robinson Agent Elmira Tioga Co N. York

at a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in the village of Coeymans in and for the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York commencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present - Hon Grant B. Baldwin first Judge John R. Deane Darius Bentley Joseph L. Darling and Elijah Shoemaker Esquires Judges State of New York
Rensselaer County ss On this 4th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of Record because made to buy the Constitution and Laws of the State having by Law a Clerk and Seal Now sitting Solomon Judson aged eighty one years the eighth day of December next a resident of the Town of Southport in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York 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 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein stated -
That he enlisted about the first of June 1776 for the term of six months under Lieutenant Noah Judson in the Company commanded by Captain Wait Ward in Col Chandler's Regiment - he served his time out and a few days over - Soon after his enlistment he was march'd on to Long Island where he was employed on an entrenchment from Brookfield Meeting house to the East River was with the Troops when they retreated from Long Island - then lay encamped below Kingsbridge; was in a skirmish at that place with the Enemy and at White Plains - The heat

Spring (1777) was drafted for three months to be stationed at least Point, he gave an Orderly Sergeant five pounds to hire a substitute which was done; but he cannot now remember the name of the Sergeant or the substitute — That he has no documentary evidence of his service Neither does know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to them. And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court he says that he was born in the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut on the 8th day of December 1751, that he has no record of his age but has kept it in his memory as it was handed down to him from his father and mother — that when he entered the service he lived in the Town of Bethlehem County of Litchfield aforesaid — After the close of the Revolutionary war he lived nine years in Greenville in the County of Green and State of New York, then removed to the waters of Seely Creek in the Town of Southport where he has lived to the present time — that he entered the service as a Volunteer except when he was drafted and hired a substitute as before stated. he was acquainted with Col Chandler and knew Gen. Sullivan but recalls but very little of the Troops under their command — that he had no written or printed discharge but a verbal dismission from the service — That he would refer to Simon R. Jones, Philo Jones Doct Edgates

white led. Solomon L. Smith and John Smith all of Southport aforesaid who are well acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration - 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 -
Sworn to & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid }
Green M Tuttle clk
Solomon L Smith
We Simeon R. Jones a clergy man residing in Southport and A. Gates white of the same place
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Judson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be nearly eighty one years of age; that he is generally 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 & subscribed - } the day & year aforesaid }
Green M Tuttle clk
Simeon R. Jones
A Gates White
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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy man resident in the Town of Southport and that Jas. White who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a Credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
J. B. Balcom (First Judge)
I Green M. Luthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Judson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 8th day of Sept r 1832.
Green M. Luthill

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Solomon Judson P.F. 29266
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1776 6 mos. Pvt. * Nathan Hurd Chandler Conn.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Retreat from Long Island. Sk. at Kingsbridge & White Plains.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bethlehem, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 4, 1832. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Southport, Tioga Co. N.Y.
1832 Age at date of application, born Dec. 8, 1751 at Woodbury, Litchfield Co. Conn.
1751 Remarks: After the close of the Rev. War. lived nine years in Greenville Green Co. N.Y. then moved to Seely Creek in Southport N.Y.
(* Conn. book gives the name as Nathan Hurd.)
Very respectfully,

29 266 Rev. INVALID.
1910 Nov. 1 Hist. to Mr. L. F. Shepherd V. L. M.
File No. 29,266
Solomon Judson
Dis Rev War
Act: James I st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 214
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ad.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Mac G. 27/10/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Res. N. Y. Claimant
Soldier Solomon Judson
Service Conti., (N. Y.)?
Additional Service Rev.
Lived at Greenville N.Y.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Inv., Wid., or Reg. of any service, except, Inv. 7. 29, 266 (Conn.) Lived at Greenville N.Y. (Res. N.Y.)

Whitby Farm
L. F. SHEPHERD
RAILROAD STATION BRACEY, VA.
INVERMAY, VA., Oct 25th, 191
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington,
Dear Sir:-
At the suggestion of the Adjutant General, I am writing you for information of Solomon Judson who served in the Continental army in the Revolution. As you will see by the enclosed correspondence, the Adjutant General has looked up the record of William Judson instead of Solomon Judson. Thanking you for any information you can give me I am
Yours Respectfully,
L. F. Shepherd
OCT 26 1910