Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,239, for William Ledwidge, Virginia

SERVICE
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Ledridge William Rebekah
R. 6.239
Va. residence in 1812.
CONTENTS

No 6725
Rebecca Ledridge Widow of William Kentucky
Lor. Bury 6. Wood May 5/57
6259
Not Heby 3. 1853

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
65139 P. Q. Robert L. Edwards Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Kentucky County of Fayette
on this the 25 day of April A.D. 1857 Personally appeared before me Benjamin Combs Notary Public In and for said county - David Chevis and Mrs. Melisa A. Chevis who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses - and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Melisa A. Sedridge the widow of William Sedridge Deceased - who is now about to make application for pension - That they have known her for 25 years last past - That when they first knew her she was Mrs. Melisa A. Berriman - That she first married William Drake - Then David Thomas Allen and about the year 1814 she married William Sedridge - They all three were residents of the state of Virginia and Spotsylvania County That they were personally and well acquainted with Mr. Sedridge during the life time of her said husband William Sedridge That the said William Sedridge and the said Mrs. Melisa A. Berriman lived together as husband and wife and were respected so to be that affidavits never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned by any person that knew them - That the said William Sedridge was a Quaker they left Virginia to come to Kentucky which was about the year 1816 - That about the year 1833 Mrs. Sedridge came to Fayette County Kentucky and has remained her ever since - and is a widow at this date - That they are now interested in her claim for pension - and they are citizens of Fayette County Kentucky at this time -
Harriet Chevis
David Chevis Melisa Chevis
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written Before me - and I certify that I am in no manner interested - in the claim of Mrs. Sedridge for Pension
State of Kentucky - County of Fayette ss. I hereby certify that Benjamin Combs Esq before whom the affidavits were sworn and acknowledged - and who has the name subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Notary Public in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures thereto are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the county court aforesaid - this 28. Apr. 1857 James A. Stuart

Benj C. Wood Lexington, Ky

State of Kentucky County of Fayette - 4 S.S -
on this the 25 day of April In the year one Thousand eight hundred and fifty seven - - Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county personally appeared Mrs. Rebekah Sedwidge aged eighty three years a resident of the county of Fayette and state of Kentucky - who being By me duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February 1853 - - or under any other act or acts of Con- gress to which she may be legally entitled - granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolution- war - That she is the widow of William Sedwidge deceased who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and knows Information that she received from William Sedwidge her said husband during his life that he served under Captain Blagden who was an officer in the revolution war - and that her said husband William Sedwidge made application for pension for his service in said war - under act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 - - which application was rejected on the ground that he had sufficient property for his support - under act of Congress passed first day of May 1820 - - That his application and proof were laid out and held a bout the year 1819 - That she had no other evidence of her said husband service in said war - but refers to the evidence of his application to be placed on the pension roll at the time a fore stated - and that her husband William Sedwidge resided in the state of Virginia and county of Spotsylvania - at the time he made application for pension - she further declares and says that she was married to the said William Sedwidge in the state of Virginia and in the county of Spotsylvania in the month of September 1814 - - That her name before marriage was Mrs. Rebekah Oliver the widow of Thomas Oliver deceased - she was married By Rev. Mr. Kelley - a Baptist preacher -

That there is no publick record of her Marriage nor has she any private record of her Marriage - That she has been informed by Mr Thomas Sticks of Spotsylvania County Virginia - By Letter - That a Diligent search of the publick records By the clerk of the County Court of Spotsylvania County Virginia - and there is no record to be found of her Marriage - and that the Family Bible of William Sedwidge her late husband was sent to his Daughter who resides in the State of Missouri - That she has to the best of her recollection as to her Marriage and the death of her husband - That her best recollection is that he died on the day of October 1827 - in the county of Spotsylvania and state of Virginia - That she has to the best of her knowledge no other evidence as to her Marriage and the death of her husband - which will appear by reference to the proof in the case with said child - and she further declares that she emigrated from the state of Virginia to the state of Kentucky in the year of 1833 - To Fayette County and that she is a widow at the time of making this her declaration - and further declares that from old age and bodily infirmity that she is unable to attend court to make this her declaration - She hereby appoints Benjamin Wood of the City of Lexington and state of Kentucky - her true and lawful attorney with full power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises -
Tho s Christian
Rebekah Sedwidge
Benjamin Wood
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned - and I hereby certify that I have known the said applicant Mrs Rebekah Sedwidge for 20 years and believe her to be the identical person that she has represented herself to be in her declaration - and I hereby certify that from old age and bodily infirmity that said Mrs Rebekah Sedwidge is not able at this time to attend court to make her declaration in open court - given under my hand this 25 day of April 1859
Robert Featherston Justice of the Peace for Fayette County

State of Kentucky — — — County of Fayette — ss on this the 25 day of April 1857 — personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Thomas Christian and Mrs Harriet W Christian — two credible witnesses who is well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit who being by me first duly sworn according to Law declares and says that they were personally and well acquainted with Mrs Rebekah Sedwidge — and saw her sign her name to the above Declaration and Power of attorney and that we have been well and personally acquainted with Mrs Rebekah Sedwidge ever since the year 1833 — That she is a boarding with us at this time and has been for 20 years and we believe that she is the iden- tical person that she has represented her self to be in her declaration for pension — and that we are not interested in her claim and we further declare from a old age and bodily infirmity that she is not able to attend court at this time — witness
B. L. Wood
Thos Christian Harriet W Christian
sworn to and subscribed by Thomas Christian and Mrs Harriet W Christian Two credible witnesses who are well known to me as such — Given under my hand this the 25 day of April 1857
Robert Featherston Justice of The Peace in and for Fayette county
State of Kentucky — — — County of Fayette ss I hereby certify that Robert Featherston Esq before whom the Declaration Power of attorney and affidavits were made and acknowledged — and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for this county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto are genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the county court aforesaid —
This the 28 day of April 1857
At James A. Tranterhead Clerk