Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1194, John Bridges, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Bridges, John
R. 1194
CONTENTS

21033. John Bridges Indiana - Rev.
Rejected. See letter 26 Nov. 1829 to A. H. Talbott.
1194

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1194
RECEIVED
P. O. John Bridges
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Pension Office 25th Nov. 1829.
Pension
Greenough, Esq. Nov. 14.
Secretary of War Washington City U.S.
Recd.

The State of Indiana & Set. Decatur County
On this 28 th day of September 1829, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the county of Decatur, so made and created by the constitution and laws of said State, John Bridges, resident in said county, aged ninety four years on the 24 th of March next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st of May 1820. That he the said John Bridges enlisted for the term of three years, sometime in the spring of the year 1776. (the day and month he hath forgotten) in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by captain Richard Brown, in the Regiment commanded by colonel George Woods in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, on the Pennsylvania continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the latter part of the summer of 1779. When he was discharged from the service in Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the pension roll of any State except the State of Pennsylvania; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that he thought that with what property he had, and by his labour he could procure a living, and did not want to call upon the country for assistance. And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March

1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818.; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed:
Schedule.
Real estate, none.
one old pot, skittle & tea kettle (one bed excepted) Value $1.00
That since the 18 th of March 1818. the following changes have been made in my property.
Schedule.
2. Horses. 3. cows 14. Hogs. (or thereabouts)
Some House hold furniture.
I never was the owner of real estate.
The above Horses are dead and the cattle & hogs I have used for the purpose of supporting myself; I am entirely unable to labour and live with with a son in law, and depend on his charity for a support.
John his Brudyn mark
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of September 1829. in Open Court.
Henry H. Talbott. Clerk.

I Henry H Talbot clerk of the Decatur circuit court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said John Bridges did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one dollar.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 10 th day of November 1829.
H. H. Talbot, Clerk of the court of the County of Decatur