Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,628, John Bloodgood, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Bloodgood, John Elizabeth
NUMBER
W 23,628
CONTENTS

Seth L. Jenkins, Sep. 1 '42
New York N o 28,589
John Bloodgood of Herkimer Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crow in the N. Jersey Troops line for 21 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of April 1834 and sent to J. B. Hunt Herkimer N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 210.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1 st Sep. " 35.00
$245.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 4 Page 116

4505. New York
Elizabeth Bloodgood widow of John Bloodgood who was a private in the New-Jersey line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 10 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of January 1844 and sent to C. E. Jenkins Albany N. Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 — Page 259
Instructions under the Act of 1841 sent to Elizabeth Bloodgood, Albany, N.Y. C. E. Jenkins Aug. 3. 44.
Lucius Pillsbury Aug 21/80

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York Ashtin County
On the Eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ashtin, now sitting, John Blood good a resident of the town of Goldsboro in the County of Ashtin and State of New York, aged seventy years on the fourteenth day of August last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and said as herein stated that in the month of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty this Department by virtue of a resolution of the Government of the State of New York was called to defend the lines against the enemy together with the inhabitants of that part of the state who were enabled to do military duty that this department was encamped as a part in Captain Robert Ross company in Colonel Samuel Cross's regiment of militia that which said Cross was alleged but this deponent cannot recollect the names of the other officers, that he resided at that time in the town of Woodbridge in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey and deponent resided within some miles of the British lines, that in the month of March 1780 deponent's company was called suddenly but about two miles distant from his place of residence in said town of Woodbridge and stationed there to watch the movements of the enemy that they were in actual view in actual view out two months at this time doing duty regularly; that in the early part of the month of June in the same year the whole regiment was called out to Elizabethton to be opposed General Knyphausen who had advanced with

about five thousand men that they arrived at Elizabeth town about ten or eleven o'clock, in the forenoon a distance of ten miles from Woodbridge where the Regiment arrived the enemy & the American Continental troops were engaged and the regiment were ordered to march to the field of battle which they did and engaged with the enemy that Depew's regiment took thirty two prisoners whom they found concealed behind a fence with their guns loaded & cocked that the enemy were driven back to the roads here that as Woodbridge was left unprotected the regiment was ordered back the next day to that place and went together at that place for twelve days where the enemy was reinforced from New York and again advanced ten miles towards Springfield in Essex county. Depew's regiment was again ordered out to meet the enemy at that place that when they arrived within four miles of the place they discovered that the enemy had not five to the town of Springfield & were retreating towards Elizabeth town that two horsemen met color bearer's regiment & informed them of the retreat of the enemy the color then ordered Capt Pike's company to which company this Depew belonged to march through the woods as an advance guard that they came up with the rear guard of the enemy & fired several shots with them, the enemy, & pursued them to Elizabeth town. The next day the enemy left the neigh- bourhood for New York that in the two engagements one life was estimated at about eighty men killed, the enemy it was supposed lost more; Capt Randall of the Bangor was killed in this last action; that the regiment was marched back to Woodbridge and were discharged after being out as near as Depew can now recollect one month that immediately after Depew's company was again called out for one month, that only part of each company was cal- led out for the that when this Depew did not go for himself he went as a substitute for one Isaac Freeman who belonged to the same company that this Depew was out six months after the month of June in the year 1780. stationed in the town of Woodbridge. at the end of each month that part of the company was discharged that had been out & the other part of the company returned but this Depew was out the

in actual service whole six months for himself and as such sub- stitute and the latter part of December they all returned home and went into winter quarters. That during those six months the defendant was not more than two miles from home and about three from the British lines. That defendant did not receive a written discharge, nor did he ever hear of any of the militia men receiving such discharge. — And this defendant further says that in the month of April & May, (as he thinks) in the year 1781 he was a substitute for one Isaac Freeman that he was under the command of Capt. Manning and served two months as a private in the same company the same regiment, & was stationed about three miles from Dutchess Co. above that place & towards New Brunswick and left guard along the shore to prevent the enemy from crossing or going up the river to Brunswick that defendant was not called out again until the latter part of August or first of September of the same year when he was arrested and served with Capt. Dyer, Lieutenant Brown and Ensign Bloomfield that defendant was out two months at this time and was stationed near Poughkeepsie near the town of Woodstock about three miles from the enemies lines; that while they lay at this place de- fendant and six of the men went out as a scouting par- ty to Sandy Point; three miles above Arutog, to be in wait for a gun boat coming down the river; in the night time and that about day light they dis- covered & fired upon her and prevented her landing, that this British gun boat had a small cannon aboard from which they let us have a number of shots, together with a number of volleys of musket balls. That defendant himself discharged his piece thirteen times upon her, when she rowed off down the river. And that, at that time, defendant continued in the service about two more months when he and the rest of his company were discharged. And this de- fendant further says that in the month of March 1782 he engaged as a substitute for one James Harvey in

210 211 212 Capt James Patton's company in the same regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brown and Brig. Genl Herd that one Brown was lieutenant in one company that they were stationed near Brandy wine within three miles of the lines and about six miles from Elizabethtown and done duty at that place for himself and as a substitute for said James Patton, six months serving, during the six months, a month upon his own draught, and one month as such substitute alternately, when he was discharged sometime in the month of August of the same year. And that in the month of September was relisted in the same year dependent was again called out, & served two months under Capt. Freeman Lieutenant Brown & Brig. Genl Brown, said that
in consequence of only part of a company's being called out at a time the same officers did not com- mand the whole time, so that he sometimes was commanded by one & sometimes by another, but served the whole time under the same general officers who at that time commanded his regiment, which regiment was out, in body but once during dependent's service all the officers are dead.
Q. When and in what year were you born?
A. At Woodbridge, Sussex, & County of Middlesex in the state of New Jersey on the 14th day of August in the year 1783.
Q. Have you any record of your age; if so where is it?
A. I have, and it is in my Bible at home.
Q. Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you live?
A. When called out, I lived in the town of Woodbridge above mentioned, since the war I have lived in the town of Woodbridge till 1801, since that time in the town of Glo- ucaster in the county of Northumberland where I now re- side.

2. At our muster you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute with whom?
3. I was drafted. I have been a volunteer & a substitute for Isaac Freeman and James Kinney.
4. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with whom you served; such continuous and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
5. Major General Nathaniel Woodcock, Samuel Lewis, Major Clarkin, Colyer, Captain Potter. The regiment was designated by the name of the Colonel, known as Lewis's regiment; Cook's regiment of Phippen; other circumstances are above related.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? If so, when was it given & what has become of it?
7. I have never received a written discharge or heard of one having been given to any man. Except continuous troops.
8. With the names of persons to whom you are now living present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Debt Merchant. George Bruns, Charles Youngs, Simon Remington. Lawrence Clapsaddle, Jonas Billings. John Miller
John Miller and this Deponent has no connection in the town I can not get one that can attest to his character. and this Deponent further says that from his best recollection the whole amount of time that he has served is one year and nine months as a pirate, and for such service this Deponent claims a pension. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Bloodgood Julius & Nelson Clerk

We James Daniel Andrews and Thomas Thomas Young residing in the town of Barnes Richfield in the county of Herk  Co and State of New York, and Respectfully of Columbia & Dutchess County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Bloodgood who has subscribed and sworn to the above de- claration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, and that he is upright and believed, in the neighborhood, within he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion — Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Daniel Andrews Thomas Young Julius C Nelson Clerk
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 Abraham Daniel Andrews and Thomas Young who have signed the proceeding Certificate, are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to full credit
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bloodgood for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of October 1833 Julius C Nelson Clerk
28.132 Bloodgood

State of New York, Otsego County ss. On this Twelfth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three personally appeared before a Ancient Court held in and for the County of Otsego (the said Court being a Court of record) Elizabeth Bloodgood a resident of the town of Richfield in said County aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Bloodgood who was a soldier in the revolutionary Army and a pensioner under act of 7 June 1832 at $70 per annum - She further declares that she was married to the said John Bloodgood on the sixth day of September Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight, that her husband the aforesaid John Bloodgood died on the tenth day of July in the year Eighteen hundred & forty one, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four orig, at the time above stated - She further states that her surname previous to her marriage was Morris and that she was married in Woodbridge Essex County New Jersey but she believes there is no church record or record of any kind of her marriage in existence except the annexed leaf or memorandum cut out of her family Bible which contains a true record of the time of her marriage & of the births of her children - She further declares that said record is in the handwriting of her son Ezra Bloodgood and was transcribed by him sometime in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty from an older Bible which has been destroyed - She recollects that it was made in that year because it was shortly after she joined the Baptist Church which was in Eighteen hundred & nineteen -
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written in open Court
Witness the seal of said Court & the signature of the Clerk thereof -
Samuel Russell Clerk
Elizabeth Bloodgood

State of New York?
Otsego County ss: Isaac Bloodgood of the town of Richfield in said County being duly sworn deposes & says that he is aged forty one years, that he is the son of the within named declarant Elizabeth Bloodgood, that his Father John Bloodgood died on the tenth day of July Eighteen hundred forty one and that his mother has remained a widow ever since the death of the said John Bloodgood. He further states that the annexed leaf or memorandum is one cut out of a family Bible belonging to his mother and is in the handwriting of his brother Ezra Bloodgood and was written by him in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty -
Sworn to & subscribed on the
12 day of September 1843
in open Court - Mettup the seal of said Court & the signature of the Clerk thereof -
Isaac Bloodgood
Samuel Russell Clerk
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named deponent & that he is a credible witness -
J. C. Wathearth Judge of Otsego County Court

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
John Bloodgood was Born August the 11 th 1763
Phebe Bloodgood was Born February 16 th 1770
Elizabeth Bloodgood was Born January 23 rd 1772
Phebe Bloodgood was ~ Born the 6 th day of Dec r 1789
Samuel Bloodgood was ~ Born January 26 th A.D. 1791
Josiah Bloodgood was ~ Born November 30 th 1792
Henry C. Bloodgood was Born November 6 th 1794
Emra Bloodgood was Born August 19 th 1796
Oliver Bloodgood was Born August 2 nd 1798
John M. Bloodgood was Born June 26 th ~ 1800
Isaac Bloodgood was Born June 7 th 1802
BIRTHS.
Eliza Bloodgood was Born August 1 st 1804
Lydia Bloodgood was Born Jan. 14 th 1806
Lydia Bloodgood was Born September 3 rd 1807
Cyrenus Bloodgood was Born June 7 th 1810
Marinda Bloodgood was Born July 25 th 1814

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
John Bloodgood was
Nov 2 1789
John Bloodgood was
Married to his wife
Elizabeth Morris Sept
6 th 1788

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
aw aw January 15, 1925.
Mr. John W. Bloodgood, Bankers Trust Company, New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension, or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show but one claim on file for a soldier named Bloodgood, as follows:
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23828 , it appears that JOHN BLOODGOOD was born August 14, 1763, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey and while living there, enlisted in March 1780 and served until the fall of 1783, at various times, amounting in all to one year and nine months, as a private, in the companies of Captains Robert Ross, Manning, James Patten and Matthew Freeman, in Colonel Samuel Crow's Regiment of New Jersey Militia. He was in a battle at Elizabethtown and in several skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1833, while living in Columbia, Herkimer Co., New York, where he had moved in 1801, from Woodbridge,

New Jersey. He died June 10, 1841.
He married September 6, 1788 at Woodbridge, N. J., Elizabeth Morris, who was born January 23, 1772. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 12, 1843, while living at Richfield, Otsego County, New York, and she died August 14, 1846.
Their children were:
Phebe Bloodgood born October 6, 1789. Samuel " January 26, 1791. Joshua " November 30, 1792. Henry C. " November 6, 1794. Ezra " August 19, 1796. Ollive " August 3, 1798. John M. " June 26, 1800. Isaac " June 7, 1802. Eliza " August 1, 1804. Lydia " June 14, 1806. Lydia " September 3, 1807. Cyrenus " June 7, 1810. Marinda " July 25, 1814.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

1851 Elizabeth Bloodgood
N.Y.
Act 7. July '38
7107- 1780. Capt. Freeman 6- 1 mo for each tour - 6- 12
adm'd 12 mo pri 40 $
Samuel Jenkins Albany N.Y.

1925 Jan. 15. Hist. to John W. Bloodgood. aw
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23628
Elizabeth Bloodgood wid. of John Bloodgood Rev. Rev. war
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1843.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]
V N. York Betsey Bloomfield lit. Hon. H. A. Foster 30. March '39. to B. P. Johnson 25. Oct 1839. to same 20. Jan. 1840 to Hon. J. G. Floyd 13. March 1840
Act July 1838

3 d Auditor's Office Aug: 20/60.
Sir: John Bloodgood ad at 32. N. Y. roll, died 10 July 1841, & his pension has been paid in full to that date. Elizth Blood- good, his widow, same roll ad 1844, died Aug: 4. 1846. Her pension has been paid in full to that date.
Very Resp'y J. D. Simmons Genl C. Whiting Esq } Auditor Comm'r of Pensions }
He 3 d Secy
Chas. Smith
Very respectfully J. D. Simmons
None here.
The 3 d Auditor's note states with the act to which John Bloodgood, New York Roll, ad June 7. 1832, and Elizth Bloodgood, same Roll, ad '38. 43 3/4 pct
Swann Office, August 18. 1860.

Rep?
New York 7927
Elizabeth Bloodgood
widow of John Bloodgood
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 10 th July 1841 of Otsego Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ reg't, commanded by Col. Crow _____ in the N. Jersey _____ line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 — Dollars — Costs per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of November 1843 and sent to Lemuel Jenkins, Albany, N.Y.
Total amount, $ 200 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 149

Mr J Le G. Edwards Commission of pensions
For the reason of my note sending back my writings for a pension sooner is that I had word of one living - witness 250 miles from where I now live that was out with me in the war of 76 and under some of the same officers - and in the same company with me you will see by his affidavit I hope my writings will soon give satisfaction that I help gain the liberty we now enjoy and as my claims has come at so late an hour I hope your honor will let me hear from you soon as I shall not want the help of man long John Bloodgood

Col. L. Edwards Esq.
Perkinian (St. Y.) Chapel 28. 1834 —
Dr. Sir,
I enclose the additional affidavit of Mr. Bloodgood and such other evidence as he has been able to obtain; he heard that one of his former associates still lived at New Jersey. He has written & obtained his affidavit of his services. I hope the claim is now sufficiently supported to entitle him to a pension.
Respectfully yours &c.
Chas. B. Sturges

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County 3 d ss. On this eighteenth day of March - - - - -
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, personally appeared before me Ichabod Patten one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Matthew Freeman who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that he is now in the sixty ninth years of his age and has a distinct recollection of many of the events of the Revolutionary War, that he was personally acquainted with John Bloodgood now of the Town of Columbia in the County of Broome, as this Deponent is informed and believes, that said Bloodgood resided at that time in the town of Middlesex aforesaid, and that Deponent was a Militia Man and done duty at that time under different officers, that he recollects the said John Bloodgood was also out on duty as a Soldier in the Regiment of Militia at that time under the Command of Col. Lewis Bravo Regiment of Middlesex aforesaid; that this Deponent recollects that said Bloodgood was out under Capt. Ross, Captain David Dunham & Capt. Matthew Freeman, that this Deponent was out with said Bloodgood in different tours under said Officers, and distinctly recollects that he was out with said Bloodgood in the battle at Elizabethtown in the year 1780. & in some other engagements, that he recollects that in two different tours of duty this Deponent and said Bloodgood were in the same Company under Capt. David Dunham and once under Capt. Matthew Freeman - that this Deponent is the only surviving person in this town according to his best knowledge & belief that was in said

Companies of militia, that John Griffin of said town, was also one of said militia men, but said Griffin departed this life in the Spring of the year 1833. that the Depo- nant's Company & Regiment were called mini- ute men, and were repeatedly called out to do duty at Statue Island and other places; that they were called upon by the State Authority as he was informed and believe, and done duty when- ever required by their officers, and that they were generally out one month at a time. And further the Deponent says not —
Sworn and subscribed before me Jonathan Freeman Ichabod Potter
I hereby certify, that I am personally ac- quainted with the above named Jonathan Freeman and that he is a respectable man of a good moral character & is a man of truth and veracity & that his statements are entitled to credit.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 18 day of March 1834. Ichabod Potter
State of New Jersey, I, Nicholas Booraeu Clerk of the Inferior Court of Middlesex County, do hereby certify that Ichabod Potter before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time a Judge of said Court of common pleas duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature above attested here is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at New Brunswick this 18 th day of March AD 1834 N Booraeu Clerk

State of New York
Atkinson County N.Y.; Simson Rannington of the town of Columbia in said county being sworn says, that he has been acquainted with John Bloodgood of the town of Columbia aforesaid, an applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832. for Sixteen years last past, that during all that time the said John Bloodgood has been a man of good moral character and good habits, that in the neighborhood where he resides he has had the reputation of being a Revolutionary Soldier, that the facts set forth in his declaration and affidavit may be relied on as being true and that Deponent believes that he served as he has stated in said declaration & affidavit & further says not - Simson Rannington
Sworn & Subscribed
this 28 day of March
1834. before me
Joseph L. Hatch Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Atkinson County N.Y.; Moses Thompson of the town of Columbia in said county being sworn says, that he has been acquainted with John Bloodgood of the town of Columbia aforesaid an applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832. for thirty years last past, that I now live in his immediate neighborhood, and that, during all that time the said John Bloodgood has had the reputation of being a man of truth and veracity, that he is a man of good moral character, and that in the neighborhood where he resides he has had the reputation of being a revolutionary Soldier & that the facts set forth in his affidavit are to be depended on and he believes he serves as he states - I further says not
Sworn & Subscribed before me Moses Thompson mark this 28 day of March 1834 Joseph L. Hatch Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally ac- -quainted with Simon Pennigton and Moses Thompson and that they are men of good moral character and that their statements are entitled to faith and credibility — Joseph L. Heath

5044
Elizabeth Bloodgood
A40.
C. E. Jenkins
Albany
N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Otsego
On this 8 th day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- three before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in for the County aforesaid
personally appeared Elizabeth Bloodgood a resident of the town of Herkfield in said county, aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of John Bloodgood who was a pensioner under the act of June 1832 and she refers for proof of the regiments in which he served to the papers sent on by him when he applied for his pension under said act
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was forty Dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Elizabeth Bloodgood
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written.
William Hennahs Justice of the peace
X Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me.
William Hennahs Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Otsego
I, Samuel Russell clerk of said county, do hereby certify that William Hennahs was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this Nineteenth day of December 184 3 .
Samuel Russell Clerk

1196
July 20 44
Callison Office
ny.
Mar 3 rd 1843
Eliz Bloodgood

State of New York } ss County of Otsego }
On this 6 day of July in the year of one thousand eight hundred and forty four before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Bloodgood a resident of the town of Richfield in said County aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d March eighteen hundred and forty three and reviving of said act the seventeenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty four granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of John Bloodgood who was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June eighteen hundred and thirty two and she refers for proof of the regiment in which he served to the papers sent on by him when he applied for his pension under said act
She further declares that she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and that the amount annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was forty dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the } Elizabeth Bloodgood day and year first above written }
William Harmer's Justice I certify that the above declaration is personally known to me William Harmer's Justice

New York August 7th 1860 Hon. George L. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions &c. Sir
I enclose you a power of attorney and affidavit of M c Cyrenus Bloodgood of this city executed as you will note in July, but not certified by the Clerk until today, but which I prefer sending as then taken for the following reasons; since that affidavit and power was made, upon application to M c Isaac Bloodgood of Hinghampton, but formerly of Richfield (a brother of the Applicant through me), for additional proofs to accompany the enclosed, he has admitted that he has drawn something on these claims, but how much, when and how, he gives no information, which fact had never before been imparted to this highly respectable brother.
Such being the circumstances, I deem it but proper to stop the accumulation of proofs as contemplated, when I drew the enclosed and respectfully ask from your department whether these Claims have in whole or part been drawn, and if so, when, by whom, and upon what proofs, as to heirship.
Be assured that it is not the wish of my client, who

is a gentleman of our city, and who placed this matter in my hands in good faith, or myself, to give your Department unnecessary trouble, but this surprise has left us no other remedy.
An early reply with such information and particulars as may be deemed by you proper, and can be furnished without too much trouble, will confer a great favor.
I am Very Respectfully Your most Ob t Servt
Lucius Pittman No 133 Nassau St

Know all men by these Presents, that I Cyrenus Bloodgood of the City, County and State of New York, a party interested in the claim herein mentioned do hereby constitute and appoint Lucius Pitkin of the same place my true and lawful agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim of Elizabeth Bloodgood widow of John Bloodgood, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and afterwards a Revolutionary Pensioner, for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of pension that might have been due said widow at the time of her death, or that may now be due; also all claims for arrears of pension and I hereby author- ize my said Agent and Attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to a claim alleged to be due to the heirs of the said Elizabeth Bloodgood, by reason of the services of the said John Bloodgood and the widowhood of the said Eliz- abeth, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, and to do all other acts and things which I might do, if personally present, here- by ratifying the same.
Witness my hand and Seal this Fifteenth day of July A.D. 1860.
Cyrenus Bloodgood
State of New York City & County of New York ss.
On this Fifteenth day of July A.D. 1860, before me, personally came Cyrenus

Bloodgood to me known, and acknowledged the foregoing Letters of Attorney to be his free and volun- tary act and deed.
D. H. Crosby Com te of Deeds.
State of New York City and County of New York ss.
Cyrenus Bloodgood of said City and County, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he resides at No 230 Eighth Avenue in the City of New York, and now is of the age of Fifty years, that he is the son of John Bloodgood, who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and who drew a pension from the United States Government prior to July 10 th 1841, at which time he died, leaving a widow Eliza- beth Bloodgood to whom he was married as this deponent is informed and believes to be true on the Sixth day of September 1788, that said Elizabeth continued a widow until the time of her death, which occurred August 14 th 1846, up to which time this deponent has no knowledge that the said Elizabeth ever applied for or received any pension on account of the Revolutionary Services of her said husband, and deponent further says, that he has no knowledge of any payment having been made to his mother

or the children of the deceased Pensioner, due from the Fourth day of March 1841 & up to the time of his death; and Deponent further says, that he makes this Affidavit to be annexed to others with fuller proofs of the marriage &c. of his said mother for the purpose of obtaining as one of the children the amount that may be due them, by reason of the services of his father, the marriage and widowhood of his mother, by reason of any acts of Congress here- fore passed.            Cyrenus Bloodgood Sworn to before me this Fifteenth day of July A.D. 1860 and I certify that I know the affiant to be a gentleman en- titled to full credit.
D. H. Hensby,
Com d of Dept.

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, JOHN CLANCY, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for said City and County, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That
D. G. Crosby
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 7 day Aug 186 0
John Clancy Clerk.

Albany June 23 d 1843.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commiss r of Pensions,
Sir,
I herewith transmit the decla- -ration of Mrs Elizabeth Blendgood, Widow of John, with proofs in support of her claim for a Pension under the act of July 7. 1838.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
Levi Jenkins.

Albany Sept 14. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Sir,
Enclosed I forward you new papers in the case of Elizabeth Bloodgood - I presume she has not lost her turn -
Yours &c Nat E. Jenkins

28.132
John Bloodgood
Admitted Paroled 21 months
J. B. Hunt Esq. Herkimer New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
Nov 19 33
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Bloodgood
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
There are numerous applicants for pensions who served at the same period under the same officers, alleged by the declarants it cannot therefore be admitted that service in question is not as of the

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one live in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Will of proof

Albany Dec 13. 1843
Sir
Enclosed I transmit to you the application of Elizabeth Bloodgood under the Act of 3 March 1843.
Respectfully Yours M c G. Jenkins
J. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Revenues

Richville Ky Oct 25 1844 for
Oct 25 1844 Hon. J. L. Edwards Treasurer of Pensions
Eliz Bloodgood Amy Ladd Washington
Ans o on Co- Pmt Oct 1844 S.W. Oct 26 1844

Sir I sent two declarations for Pensions wone for Elizabeth Bloodgood and wone for Amy Badd directed to the Secretary of War in July last and have not heard from them since I want to know if they have been received or not and if they have how soon they certificates will be re-sent. Please write with out delay and oblige Yours
Isaac Bloodgood
Richfield Otsego County State of New York

State of New York
Franklin County ss;
John Bloodgood of the town of Columbia in the County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn deposes and says that the annexed declaration made by him on the eleventh day of October last has been returned to him by his Attorney accompanied with the objections made by the Commissioner of Pensions to the same - that the Deponent in said declaration made in Court as aforesaid stated that there was no clergyman residing in his town or neighborhood at the time of making said declaration; and the former clergyman had removed out of the County the year before, and he could not then obtain and can not now obtain the affidavit or declaration of said clergyman without much trouble and expense - And the Deponent further says that in addition to the testimony in relation to his character as required in court and to which he had obtained the certificates as to Battle of Dannel & Snodgrass Gap and Thomas V. Young, he can obtain many others and intends to obtain the affidavits of Simon Remington and Moses Thompson both of the town of Columbia in said County - And the Deponent further says, that he now resides a great distance from the place where he served during the Revolutionary War, that the Deponent does not know of a single living person that he can call on to prove his service in the Militia in the State of New Jersey as set forth in his declaration - that the two last persons that he can recollect as having knowledge of his service were Isaac Freeman and Jonathan Bloomfield that said Freeman died about five years ago and said Bloomfield about four years ago, and that they both resided in the town of Warren in said County at the time of their death, that the Deponent now resides about two hundred and fifty miles from said place where said service was performed that the Deponent since the passage of the act of June 7. 1832 has made frequent inquiries from his old associates & particularly of a sister of his who now resides in the State of New Jersey, and who can not

give this Deponent any information on the subject or find any person in the neighborhood on whom he can call for proof; that these inquiries have taken up much time and prevented him from applying at first when the other applicants in the County attended to make their declarations in the fall of the year 1832.
And this Deponent further says, that all the service performed by this Deponent, in the service was in the Regiment and under the command of Col. Samuel Crow, that Clarkson Edger was one of the the Majors but this deponent does not recollect the name of the other. That he was a private during all the time and that the service was rendered in a Military Capacity and under the order of his Officers who he was informed and believed acted under the authority of the State. That his first service after he was sixteen years of age was under Captain Robert Ross at the town of Woodbridge, when he done duty as a private in a Military capacity, two months, that he believes the Lieutenant's name was Greene, but is not certain, and cannot recollect the name of the Ensign. That the service was in the Spring of the year 1780. (in the months of March and April of that year) - that this Deponent was also out with the Company and the whole Regiment in the Month of June in that year under his Officers for the purpose of op- posing the Enemy under a Captain, that they had two or three skirmishes with the Enemy and were out in the whole before they were discharged one month. That this Deponent was then again called out, one half of the Company only being obliged to be out at a time. That this Deponent went as a substitute for one Isaac Freeman so that during his own duty and also the duty of said Freeman, he was out the whole time from June until the latter part of Decem- ber, being in all six months, three months on his own account, and three months as substitute for Freeman. That Ross was Captain of the Company during that year. That in the year 1780. this Deponent served nine months as a Private in Captain Ross company in Col Crow's Regiment of Militia in the State

1780. This Deponent served in the year 1780 in the Ross company in Col. Cross Regiment of Militia in the State
of New Jersey. And this Deponent further says, in the year 1781. This Deponent was a Substitute for said Isaac Freeman in the months of April and May according to his best recollection and belief - that this Deponent during that time was under the command of one Captain Man- ning but Deponent can not recollect his Christian name, that he resided at that time in the town of Piscataway, that he died as this Deponent is informed several years ago - that he was near Perth Amboy during that time, and was called out with half of the company & placed under the com- mand of said Captain Manning who belonged to the same Regiment then under command of Col. Cross as in the year preceding - that part of the time they were towards New Brunswick - that in the latter part of the Summer or the first of the fall in the same year, and he thinks in the month of September he was called out again under Capt. Ross one half of the company, that the Lieutenants name was Brown & the Ensign Bloomfield that were with the company at that time although they did not belong to Deponent's company, that the company was stationed near Rahway Neck, and remained out at that time two months doing duty in that neighborhood - that in the year last aforesaid, this Deponent done duty four months as a Private, two months as a Substitute and two months for himself as above stated, in a Military capacity and by the command of his Superior officers -
And this Deponent further says, that in the year 1782. he was employed by one James Knisey as a Substitute in Captain Patten's company in the same Regiment, that they were stationed near the Rahway River, five or six miles from Elizabeth town that they were called out in March and served until the last of August, that one half of the above time this Deponent served as the Substitute for said Knisey and the other half of the time he served and done duty for himself, that he was out at this time six months, that in the months of September and October in the same year this Deponent done duty as a Private again under Captain Freeman, Lieutenant Brown & Ensign Bloomfield, and they were in the town of Woodbridge - making eight months actual military service rendered by this Deponent in the

year 1782 -
And this Deponent further says, that the Brigade was under command of Genl. Ward, and the Regiment was under the command of Col. Morris, and this Deponent done duty under their different Captains - That in the year 1780 - he done duty as a private nine months, in the year 1781. he done duty as a private four months, and in the year 1782 he done duty as a private eight months, being in all one year and nine months and for which services he claims a Pension - that this Deponent can not prove any evidence according to his best belief on the subject of the above services or any part thereof. and further says not -
John Brody
Sworn & subscribed
this 28 th day of March
1834. before me
Joseph L. North Justice of the Peace.
Arkimer County Clerks Office B 28
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Said County do certify that Joseph S. Hatch Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day they bear date a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County, and duly authorized by Law to act as such Justice, and that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the Said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the Said Affidavit is the proper hand writing of the Said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 28 th day of March 1834
Julius C Nelson Clerk

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY NEW YORK
January 8, 1925
Pension Office, Review Section Treasury Department Washington, D. C.
John is the only one on file referred to Conn  Attention Miss Wilson My dear Miss Wilson:
Recently, during a conversation I had with Mr. A. J. Wall of the New York Historical Society, I told him that I had been having some trouble in finding out which of my relatives by the name of Bloodgood served in the Revolutionary War. I am very anxious to make application for membership in the "Sons of the Revolution" and am able to get in that society through three of my grandparents, but to date have not been able to find which of my relatives by the name of Bloodgood served. If I can obtain this information I will be able to get in the society through all four branches of my family.
I have found that there are mentioned in various records some eight or ten men bearing the name of Bloodgood who served in the Revolutionary War, and I am anxious to find out when these men were born and when they died,

since if I had these dates I should be able to check up with my family tree and find to which ones I am related.
If you can give me this information without much trouble I shall certainly appreciate it. It is at Mr. Wall's suggestion that I am addressing you.
Cordially yours,
John W. Bloodgood