Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,238, Ludin Blodget, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Blodget, Ludin or Ludim
S 12.238
carded
CONTENTS

2859 New York
Ludin Blodgett of Ontario in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commande by Captain Carpenter of the Reg t commande by Col. Dwyer in the Naps time for 1 Year — — — — —
✓
Inscribed on the Roll of NEW YORK at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Decr. 1832 — and sent to E. Lewis's Rushville
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $ 60 Semi-ann. allowance ending A.D. 33 20 $ 80
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Stiles Clerk Book D. Vol. 5 Page 146

Ludim Blodget Declaration 10/93.
C. Loonis Agent Rushville N.Y.
found on Rolls admitted 12 mo 40$.
Passel

State of New York - Ontario County ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario aforesaid, Sudine Blodget a resident of the town of Gorham in the said County, aged sixty-eight 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 7. 1832.
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1770 with Lieut. Burnham, Ensign Mitchell Orderly Sergeant Edson and Sergeant Bliss, and served in the Third Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, under the following named officers viz The Company in which he was enrolled was commanded by the said Lieut. Burnham , Ensign Mitchell and Orderly Sergeant Edson , and belonged to Col. Grayton Regiment in Gen. Nickson's Brigade.
He enlisted at Brimfield in the state of Massachusetts on or about the 10 th day of July, and immediately proceeded to Springfield in the said State where he was mustered as a soldier, and forthwith marched to Fishkill in the state of New York, where he was enrolled in the said Company and Regiment aforesaid. He continued to do duty as a soldier in the said Company and Regiment nine months. During most of the said period he was stationed at Fishkill, at Peekskill and at other points.

in the Highlands along the Hudson River. In the month of February of the year 1780 he was one of a detachment of about 300 men who marched to White Plains, and remained there twenty days at the expiration of which the said detachment was relieved and returned to their Winter quarters Peekskill where deponent remained in service till the 10 th day of April 1780 - on which day the period of his enlistment having expired he was regularly discharged: his enlistment having been for the term of nine months
He further saith that in the summer of the year 1778 but in what month he cannot now recollect he enlisted in a Company of Militia of the State of Massachusetts. Then ordered into actual service to guard the Military Stores at Springfield in the said State, under the command of Capt. John Carpenter. The said deponent remained in service in the said Company, stationed at Springfield aforesaid three months, being the period for which he so enlisted, when he was discharged and returned home -
The said Deponent further saith
1 st That he was born at Brimfield in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1764 2 nd That he has no record of his age except an entry or Memorandum in his family Bible

3 rd That he lived at Brimfield aforesaid when called into service as above stated, that since the revolutionary war he removed to Paris in the County of Oneida and State of New York & thence to the town of Gorham in the County of Ontario aforesaid at which latter place he has lived the last twenty six years and now resides 4 th That for his first term of service being three months at Springfield aforesaid he enlisted - For the last term being nine months in the regular service he was hired by a Class of Militia of the town of Brimfield aforesaid, (they having been required to furnish a soldier) 6 th That on the 10 th of April 1780 he received a regular discharge from service, in writing, that he has forgotten the name of the Officer by whom it was signed - That said discharge has been lost for many years and that he knows not how or in what manner the same was so lost 7 th That John Morgan of Lima in the County of Livingston and State of New York and Solomon Blodget of the town of Gorham aforesaid are the only persons known to the deponent to be living who have personal knowledge of his said services as a soldier - That Jonathan Pratt and Timothy Mower are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can as he believes, testify as to his character

for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution
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 and subscribed, the day and year afore- said - in open court
Ludlow Blodgett
State of New York Ontario County
Solomon Blodgett of the town of Gorham in the County of Ontario, aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has personal knowledge that his brother Ludlow Blodgett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, was a soldier in actual service of the United States in the war of the revolution; that he recollects to have seen him while in service as aforesaid near West Point, that he then understood that he had

West Point, that he then understood that he had
enlisted for the term of nine months, and that he has no doubt whatever that he did render such services as are set forth in his said declaration. And further the said deponent saith not -
Subscribed and sworn to this 27 th day of August 1832. Before me Chester Loomis
Solomon Blodget
Judge of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid
We Timothy Mower Esquire a Justice of the Peace of the town of Gorham, and residing in the said town of Gorham in the County of Ontario and State of New York, and Jonathan Pratt of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ludum Blodget who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Timothy Mower Jonathan Pratt
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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 Timothy Mower who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace as they say thereof, and that he the said Timothy and Jonathan Pratt, who has also signed the same, are both residents in the town of Litchfield, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Justin Blodgett for a pension.
And I further certify that Chester Loomis, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of the affidavit of Solomon Blodgett, was at the date thereof, and now is, a Judge of the court aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of him the said Chester, and verily believe the said name, so subscribed, to be his proper hand and signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of September A. D. 1832.
Charles Crane

State of New York Livingston County } 3
I John Morgan, residing in the town of Lima in the county of Livingston and State of New York hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Ludin Blodgett who resides in the town of Gorham in the county of Ontario and state aforesaid; that I believe him to be sixty eight years of age - I know him to have been a soldier of the revolution; I was attached to the same company to which he belonged commanded by Captain John Carpenter in the year 1778 or 1779 - that the said company was stationed at Springfield in Massachusetts as a guard over the arsenal and arms deposited in that place; that the said Ludin continued in the service of the United States at that time in the company aforesaid, of the militia of Massachusetts for the term of three months - that the said Ludin then resided in Brimfield in Massachusetts which was also the residence of Captain Carpenter - that I resided at that time in Springfield aforesaid - that I was acquainted with the said Ludin before he entered the service of the United States and have known him ever since -
John Morgan
Sworn & Subscribed this 22 d day of August 1832 before me.
Melanchton W. Brown a Justice of the peace of the County of Livingston } 3 State of New York

State of New York Livingston County
ss I Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of said county do certify that Melancton W. Brown Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also whose signature appears to the same, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County legally auth- orized to act as such. And that I am well acquir- -ted with his hand writing and verily believe that
his name as subscribed to said affidavit is his own proper hand writing
Signature
Witness My hand and seal of office at Geneseo
this 22 nd day of August 1832
C. R. Bond Clerk (absent) by S. G. Haven Dep Clerk

1 st Brief
No 10793.
Ludum Blodget.
admitted

No 10793.
BRIEF in the case of  Ludum Blodget, of Gaham, County of Ontario,  in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?   3. How old is he?  68 Years.  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.     July 10 In 1779. 9. As a Gen. Stuyvesant   Summer 1778. 3. St Brimsfield Col. Grayton Capt John Paspayter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?   6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Brimfield, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By two living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ad
Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ludin Blodgett * a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. * pensioned as Ludin Blodgett
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1778 3 mos. Pvt. John Carpenter Mass.   July 10, 1779 9 mos. Lieut. Burnham Greaton  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brimfield Mass. Date of application for pension, Nov. 27 1832 Residence at date of application, Lebanon, Ontario Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 68 at Brimfield Mass. in 1834
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. Newcomb
12238 INVALID.
Aug 1 98
E B Newcomb,
Keokuk Iowa
1912 Dec. 13 Hist. to Mrs. Wm A. Williamson V.P.M.
1914 Nov. 6 Hist. to Mrs. D. L. Merrill
File No. 12,238
Ludin Blodget Rev Peter War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]

299 Maple Street Battle Creek, Michigan
W. L. Purvis Dept
Washington D.C.
Can you give me any information regarding a prisoner of the Revolutionary war named Ludius Blodgett. Dates of birth marriage and death, also date of enlistment and discharge
Respectfully
Mrs. A. L. Merrill 299 Maple St
Battle Creek Mich
Nov. 2 d - 1914

Established 1870.
Williamson Law Book Co.,
Law Booksellers, and Publishers, Stationers
Rochester, N.Y.
December 7th,
1913.
U. S. Pension Office,
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send statement of Revolutionary service of Ludim Blodgett, pensioner, to Mrs. Wm A. Williamson, #567 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y., and greatly oblige the same.
Respectfully,
Isabel Bassett Williamson.

First Westminster Presbyterian Church, Keokuk, Iowa.
Ezra Butler Newcomb, D. D., Pastor.
May 7, 1898.
B
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly inform me whether the records of your office show a pension granted to Ludim Blodgett for services in the Revolutionary War, and if so can you inform me also what troops he was associated with and the term and character of service. He was probably enlisted in Massachusetts, and I am told was for many years a pensioner because of his services.
Yours truly,
E. B. Newcomb

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 12238.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 1st, 1898.
Sir:--
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Ludin Blodget made an application for pension on August 27th, 1832, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Ontario County, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Carpenter and Col. Greaton. He enlisted at Brimfield, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Rev. E. B. Newcomb,
Keokuk, Iowa.