Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R., for Mathew Pitman, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.6.
Pitman, Mathew
R _____
Pittman
Keziah
CONTENTS
See this woman's claim as former widow of her other husband, Benjamin Rodden, Va., R. 8272.

no 8199
Mariah Pittman, decd formerly widow of Benjamin Gabriel Rodden, North Carolina
Ltr. A. S. Wallace Oct 12/57 " Hon. Beerton Craige, February 15/58.
Ad July 4. 1836.

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared before me Geo. C. Cathy an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Mecklenburg State of North Carolina authorized by law to ad- minister oaths Lewis Rodden and after being duly sworn according to Law declareth that he was born in Essex County in the State of Vir- ginia on the Rappahannock River and that Captain Benjamin Rodden was his half brother and that he Lewis Rodden is now 82 years old and distinctly recollects to have heard Benja- min Rodden say that he was in the Revolutionary war for two or three years part of the time a Captain & the other part a Commissary of Spurs that while the remainder in Essex County State of Virginia he always heard his half brother Benjamin Rodden called Captain and heard him say he was in service in or near Cannady and that he was at Gloucester Virginia where Cornwallis surrendered all the time he was in service was in the Troops from Virginia State he further declares that his half brother married Keziah Williamson and raised a large family of children of whom two as he believes are now living (viz) Gabriel Rodden and Lucy Hankes that his brother Benjamin Rodden left virgin- ia and moved to Mecklenburg County State of North Carolina about 1788 or 1789 that his brother died some 50 years ago and left a widow who after- wards married a Revolutionary Soldier by the name of Mathew Pittman that as he believes she died two or three years ago and he is certain that Gabriel Rodden is the son of the said

Captain Benjamin Rodden and his wife Kesia Rodden (alias) Pittman and he further declares that his brother Benjamin Rodden fre- quently showed him the sword or cutlass that he carried in the war and also a bayonet that he used in said war to show when they Benjamin Rodden & Kesia Williamson were married he declares that he heard the said Ke- sia say when the British invaded the State of Virginia that she picked up her two children and put out to a place of safety she also states that he had two other half brothers who served in said war but believe not in the same Regiment with Benjamin Rodden Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18 th day of February 1856
G. C. Cather, J. D.
mark Lewis X Rodden, man

State of South Carolina Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared before me Geo. C. Cuthy an acting Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County of Mecklenburg State of South Carolina Gabriel Rodden who after being sworn according to law makes the following declaration that he is the son of Resiah Pittman who was married to a Revolutionary Soldier by the name of Matthew Pittman who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war that said Matthew Pittman and his wife Resiah were married about 60 years ago that has frequently heard said Matthew Pittman say he was in said war two or three years and at the battle at Guilford Court House he said he was wounded and left for dead his General officer was Genl. Greene said Gabriel Rodden declares that he examined said wounds that they were severe and one on the back of his head was such that it would have killed a boy's arm where the wound was he had several cuts which were severe said Matthew Pittman died about 35 or 40 years ago and left his wife Resiah a widow who died 25th day of October 1853 in the State of Alabama having moved from Mecklenburg County State of South Carolina some years since said Gabriel Rodden is now & has been for 50 years or more a Resident of Mecklenburg

County State of South Carolina He Gabriel Rodden makes this declaration that he may obtain what was due his mother at her death from the department sworn to & subscribed this 18 th day of Feb y 1856 G. C. Cotten J.P. Gabriel Rodden
State of South Carolina Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared to me an acting justice of the peace authorized by Law to administer oaths in and for the County of Mecklenburg State of South Carolina Lewis Rodden who after being duly sworn according to Law declareth that he is now and has been a citizen of Mecklenburg County about 70 years that he is 82 years old and he knows that Gabriel Rodden mother married Matthew Pittman about 40 years ago that his mother name was first Risaiah Williamson she first married my half brother Benjamin Rodden and who has been dead about 60 years she then after the death of her first husband married Matthew Pittman I know said Pittman will and I have examined the declara- tion of Gabriel Rodden and believe it to be correct as I have seen the will of Matthew Pittman & heard him speak often of his service in the war he also told me he was living on Raw River in Northern Ohio at the commencement of said war sworn to & subscribed this 18 th day of Feb y 1856 G. C. Cotten J.P. Lewis Rodden mark

State of South Carolina Mecklenburg County
Personally appeared before me George C. Gathy an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County of Mecklenburg State of South Carolina authorized by law to administer Oaths) Gabriel Rodden a highly respectable citizen of our County and after being duly sworn according to law declareth that he is about 60 years old and that he was as he believes the son of Captain Benjamin Rodden and Fesiah Rodden who he is in form a was married in and about 1776 that he and a sister Judy Hankes are the only sur- viving children of said Benjamin and Fesiah Rodden that his Father Benjamin Rodden as he believes was at one time a Captain in the Revolutionary war and was also a com- missary for some time in said war and as he has been inform d was in commission for the greater part of said war he recollects to hear his Father say that he was in the expedition in or near Canady & also that he was in the Virginia army at Gloucester at the time of Cornwallis's Surrender he declares further that his Father died a number of years ago that his Mother mar- ried afterwards a man Mathew Pittman a Rev- olutionary Soldier Pittman died about 30 years ago and his Widow Fesiah survived him untill 25 th day of October 1853 said Fesiah before her marriage being the widow of my Father Benjamin Rodden he further declares that his Father and Mother were married in Essex County Virginia and that his Father served all the time he did serve in the Troops of the State of Virginia

He Gabriel Roddon further declares that sometime ago he applied to Wm Davidson Esqr to assist him in getting what was his mother's due from the department but disagreeing about fees it was not done and he now makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining from the department what was due the said Hiram Roddon (alias) Hiram Pittman at his death sworn to and subscribed before me this 18 th day of February 1852 G. C. Cuthbert J.P. Gabriel Roddon

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County } J. W. S. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for said County, do certify, that G. C. Barker before whom the foregoing declarations and affidavits were made, is and was at the date of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within, and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and Sworn, And that the signature, purporting to be his is genuine,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Office in Charlotte this the 9 th day of May AD 1856
J. W. S. Reid Clerk of Mecklenburg County Court