Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,729, Moses Budlong, R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Budlong, Moses Mary A.
N. 23,729
CONTENTS

Rhode Island 1955
Mary A. Budlong
widow of Moses Budlong dec d .
who died on the 27th day of January 1824 of Kent Co. in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Arnold of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waterman in the R.I. line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of April 1838 and sent Hon. P. Sillinghurst Secy of War.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep r 30.00
$310.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk. Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 82

Mary Ann Budlong

State of Rhode Island
County of Kent
On this 29 th day of October A D 1836 personally appeared before me William Cardue one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County. Mary A Budlong a resident in Warwick in said County aged 83 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Moses Budlong late of said Warwick who was a soldier of the Revolution that he was enrolled as a private in Capt Thomas Rives Company & Col John Watermans regiment of militia as such served as many as twelve monthly tours of duty in that and other Companies but it is out of her power to specify time or place of his services except that they were all performed in the State of Rhode Island on

the shores of Naragansett Bay & during the time the British were in possession of Newport or principally during that time she therefore refers to the evidence hereto annexed. - And she further declares that she was married to the said Moses on the 11 th day of April 1773 in said Warwick by Thomas Rice Esquire But she has no record of her marriage or any certificate nor is it recorded as she knows, in any place whatever
And she further declares that her husband the said Moses died in said Warwick on the twenty second day of January 1814 & that she has remained unmarried ever since that period wherefore she re- =quests that the pension which would have belonged to her husband under the act of June 7 th 1832 if living may be granted to her -
Mary A. S. Budlong Mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 29 th day of October 1836 I personally came Mary A. Budlong & signed to the above instrument subscribed & made oath to the same according to Law Before me - And I further certify that from her advanced age & infirmities she is unable to appear in Court M c Caran Justice C.C. pleas

Mary Badley
Hon. J. L. Tillinghast M c

State of Rhode Island &c
County of Kent ss
Be it remembered that here cometh before me William Carder one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Mary Budlong Widow of Moses Budlong resident in Warwick in said County and maketh this further declaration in addition to her former declaration made to claim a pension under the late Act of Congress. She declares that she was married at the time specified in her first declaration but she has no family record of it nor is it recorded any where as she knows but living witnesses testified to the time and she well remembers that her husband was absent a great part of the time and in the service of his country as a private. He served a month at a time but she cannot call to mind the particular months of each year for several years he served four months at least in each year. These years were according to her best recollection 1777. 1778. & 1779. while the enemy had possession of Newport her husband served in Captain Thomas Tice's company and in Squire Miller's company and generally one month in each season of the year during his absence she had frequently to attend to his business as well as her own the men being all gone. She avers that her husband served over twelve months and requests to have her pension for that time at least.
Warwick October 28. A.D. 1837.
Signed
Mary A. Budlong
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written according to Law Before me Wm Carder Justice of the Court of Common Pleas County of Kent

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Over
File No. 23729
Mary A Budlong Widow of Moses Budlong Prin R. I. Inst
Act: July 25 1886
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended. V see let. to B. Lowell, Oct. 12, '37.

Mary Budlong
1866-1883

Mary Remington of Cranston in the County of Providence being now 78 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mary Budlong of Warwick. The widow of Moses Budlong formerly of said Warwick. deceased. I was well acquainted with her before her marriage with said Moses. I remember well when they were mar- ried I was present & saw them married & was one of the Bride maids. They were married by Thomas Rice Esquire a Justice of The Peace. in said Warwick. They were married before the revolu- tionary war about two years & according to my best recollection in April 1773. I have a perfect recollection of the fact & it was about that time. I then resided in said Warwick. They were married at the house of my Grand father.
Attest Benjamin Lowell. Providence
Mary
In Cranston Oct 29 1836
Sworn to & subscribed before me and I further certify said Mary is a credible witness
Benjamin Lowell C 366 Plain

I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the County of Kent, State of Rhode Island & being now Eighty five Years of Age on oath do testify and say That I was well acquainted with Moses Badlam formerly of Warwick R.I. from his Youth upto the time of his Death. I well remember his having served in the War of the Revolu- -on in the Militia of Rhode Island and was in said Service most of the time while the Militia of Rhode Island was in actual service and soon his regular tours in the same. He served his first tour in Capt. Thomas Rice's Company and Col. John Waterman's Regiment in the Month of April 1775 commencing I think on the 19th day which was at the breaking out of the War. The Militia of Warwick were all mustered at Caleb Arnold's in said Town, and were ordered to Lynn ton Massachusetts but marched no farther than Providence R.I. and returned and were discharged after being on duty seven or eight days. He next in the month of June following served one week in the same company. in alarm in consequence of the destruction of McCorlis' Brig at Rocky Point in said Warwick. From this to the Month of August he served in as many as six or eight alarms a number of days at a time, but cannot state the exact number. Also at Warwick Neck at the time of a small Schoop being driven ashore at that place. He served one week or more in P Company In the Month of August or September also in an alarm in con- -sequence of Judge Allen's House being burnt by the Tories. He served eighteen or twenty days in the same Company in North Kingston. In the Year 1777 he served four months at least in the same Company & Stationed at Old Warwick & Quartered at the Old Castle in said Town which I very well remember. one Month in February. one in April or May. one in August and one in the fall in Sept. I think - and in Spencer's Expedition. In the Year 1778 he served in P Company four months at least. Stationed at the same Place - and as near as I can specify them one in the Winter in January or February. one in Spring in May. one in August in Sullivan's Expedition, and one in the autumn afterwards. - he served four months I distinctly recollect in the same

Company in the Year 1779 Stationed at Warwick and Quarters the Old Castle and was attached to the Rowing Guard a part of the time which as near as I can Specify was one month in Spring in March one in June one September one in the fall or four part of Winter afterwards. He also served as a Volunteer in Col. Squillies company a month at least during the Summer of 1779 Stationed on the Rowing Guard and guarding the Shores in East Green- wich. He also served one month in the first mentioned Company in the Year 1780 after the Enemy evacuated New Port and was Stationed a part of the time at Old Warwick and a part at Newport which was in the Months of July or August or part of both. Besides the services already described, and which were marked by some particular occurrence which enables me to state positively as to the period(s) He performed other services During the War which at this late day it is impossible for me to exactly Specify; but from all the service I have seen him perform During the War, I should think it could not fall short of two Years.
Warwick March 25 th 1834
Signed
Nathan Miller
Deed B
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year above written before me. And I further Certify Nathan Miller Signer to the above is a credible Witness.
Mr. Carder Justice Court Common Pleas County of Kent.

V 2419 Mary Badlong widow of Moses Badlong.
R. J. D.
Marryed 1773 died 1814
Allen 12 mo pr $40 per ann. comf 40 Mar. 1 1831
R. Melia Coast Road Col. Williams
Her J. S. Williams H. R.

I Stukley Wood of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island & being now Sixty three Years of Age on oath do testify and say that I was well acqu- -ainted with Moses Budlong formerly of War- -ick (Dec d ). And also with Mary A. Budlong now Widow of the said Moses Budlong from my early Youth up to the time of the Death of said Moses, and with the said Mary A. up to this date. And that the said Moses Budlong (Died on 27 th day of January A D 1814) I was present at the time and assisted in burying him out. And that the common report is in this neigh- -borhood that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he performed a considerable service in the Rhode Island Militia I have often heard my Father who was also a Revolutionary Soldier convers- -upon this subject with the said Moses and others in their life time. I also understood from the same source that he served in Col. John Watermans Regiment and Col. Rices Company and did a great deal duty in the same. And that the said Mary A. Budlong is now and has remained since the Death of her said husband Moses Budlong a Widow up to this date.
Warwick Jan 21. 1837
Stukley Wood
Sworn to and subscribed before me, And I further certify that the said Stukley Wood is a credible witness. M c Carder Justice C. C. Kent County of Kent

State of Rhode Island County of Kent se
Town Clerk's Office Warwick July 3 1837
I George A. Brayton town clerk of said town of Warwick do hereby certify that I have diligent- ly and carefully examined the records of Marriages in this office and that I do not find any record of the Marriage of Moses Birdsong to Mary A Berry and I do further certify that I have reason to believe that very many marriages took place in said town during the revolution and prior which were never recorded.
Geo. A. Brayton Town Clerk
State of Rhode Island Kent County se } In Warwick the 4 th July 1837 Personally appeared George A. Brayton known to me as Town Clerk of the town of Warwick and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me and I further certify that he is a credible person Wm Garrison Justice of the Peace.

I Hannah Warmf Warwick In the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Kent being now Twenty four Years of Age on Oath do testify and Say That I am now well acquainted with Mary A. Budlong of said Warwick the Widow of Moses Budlong formerly of Warwick aforesaid. I was well acquainted with both of them both before & after their Marriage I lived a near Neighbor to them - at the time of their Marriage and many Years before & afterwards. I was invited to the wedding but was not present at their Marriage I remember well when they were married they were Married in the four part of the Month of April - 1773, The maiden name of the said Mary A. Budlong was Mary A. Berry she was bound out as a servant to Moses Budlong so n father of her s d husband and served him until her s d Marriage when moved into a House called the high house and lived in the same until her husband went into the service. She then came back to her father in Law Moses Budlong s d and lived with him during the first campaign of her s d husband. After his return they moved into the Cole Grove House where she and her child named Joseph and a colored woman named Betty lived until what was then called the cessation of arms and the return of her husband when they again moved into the

Sister Hannah so called and there resided until the death of her husband. I was at the funeral of her said husband Moses Budlong which I very well remember took place on the 29th day of January. and I was at the house when he died which was on the 27th day January 1814. She has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband
(Signed) _____
Hannah Warner
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 29th day of November A D 1836 according to Law
And I do hereby certify that the above named Hannah Warner is a credible witness. M c Cardle Justice C.C.P. _____

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name, " HENRY BOWEN; " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who at the time of subscribing the same was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law: Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this first  first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- seven and of Independence the sixty- second
John Brown Francis
By His Excellency's Command.
Henry Bowen Secy

In at April 17
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office, Washington D.C.
J. H. Tappan Mr. C. H. L. Fillmore H. L.
[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through]

House of Representatives Washington Ap. 16. 1898
Dear Sir,
I am requested to ascertain from you the situation of the application of Mrs. Mary Budlong, widow of Moses Budlong, for a pension, & to send you the enclosed Declaration which it seems was overlooked by Judge Cowell until he found it amongst his papers a few days ago. Her application was made in August last, & the enclosed is a supple- mental Declaration from her which I hope will prove satisfactory; as to which, please inform me & oblige
Yours with high respect
Joseph L. Tillinghast,
Hon. Jas. L. Edwards? Com. on Pensions?