Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,396, William Brodrick, Continental New Jersey

SERVICE Continental New Jersey
Brodrick, William
NUMBER
S. 2396
carded.
CONTENTS

Ohio 13.264
William Brodric of Darke in the State of Ohio who was a privt. in the Comp y comman- by Captain Steward of the Regt commanded by Col Seward in the New Jersey line for 5 months & 15 days privt. 3 ————— " Sept
Died Feb. 11, 1835 (a B)
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of 1833 and sent to J. M. U. McNutt Eaton Preble Co Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 111.11 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 11.17
$83.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. W. Clagett Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 2

e V o 25274 William Brodrich Darke County Ohio
Four 8 months & 15 days 3 months thereof sergeant.
J. H. W. W. Nutt Esq.
Left at Mr. Gutt Eaton Puble County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those 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, showing the Service of William Darke County Ohio
   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.     Drafted Sept. 1776 - 2 - private Capt Steward 73 years Perth Traditionary evidence, certified credible - a reason given why no   Drafted June 1777 - 1 - " Capt Beckwith, Colonel Seward Amboy Clergymans certificate is obtained.   Drafted Sept. 1777 - 2 15 " Capt Hallert, Colonel Harknesson. New Jersey papers authenticated   Vol - Sept. 1778 - 3 - corporal sergeant Capt Bradrick Battle of German Town, Monmouth then wounded  
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 following 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 days 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

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. 
G. { 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 lives 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 enquiry 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.

The State of Ohio } Darke County } ss On this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three per- sonally appeared in open Court before the honor- able Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Darke County in the State aforesaid now sitting William Brodrick a resident of Harrison Township in the County of Darke and State of Ohio aged seventy three 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 th 1832. That he was born the 28 th day of February 1760 in the County of Orange in the State of New York. That about fifty years ago he found the record of his age in his father's family, at which time he took a copy thereof which he has preserved to this time. That he entered the service of the United States as a militia man under Captain Seward in the New Jersey line. He was drafted sometime about the first of September A.D. 1776 and remained in the service at Perth Amboy until about the first of November in the same year. That on this tour he served two months at the place aforesaid when he was discharged with all the company. At the time of his being drafted he resided in Hardystown Township Sussex County New Jersey. That in June A.D. 1777 he was drafted on a general call of the militia in the Company Commanded by Cyrus Beekwith in the regiment Commanded by Colonel John Seward and joined the company in Hardystown Township (at which place he still resides). That they marched to the Delaware at Minisink and remained there in actual service one month when he was discharged. That about the first of September A.D. 1777 he was drafted as a militia man in the Company Commanded by Captain John Halbert a Sussex County and marched to a place called Shamoy in the State of Pennsylvania opposite to Newton

New Jersey, where we joined a Regiment of New Jersey Militia commanded by Colonel Aaron Hankinson. That they marched from thence to Bristol Pennsylvania that sometime about the first of October ten men were taken from our Company and placed in a Com- pany of Regular Soldiers commanded by Captain James Borbrich in Colonel Oliver Spence's Ri- giment of New Jersey Soldiers of which number this applicant was one. That he joined said Com- pany and Regiment at a place called the Crooked Billet and was marched immediately to German- town. That he was in the battle of Germantown as a member of the Company last aforesaid. That after the battle was over he was marched back from Germantown through various parts of Pennsylvania until the tenth day of December A.D. 1777 when he was discharged at the time the sol- diers went into winter quarters (he thinks at Valley Forge) but cannot recollect distinctly. That on this last campaign he was in actual service as aforesaid two months and fifteen days. That on the first of April A.D. 1778 he volunteered as a private soldier in the said Captain James Borbrich's Company at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. That he served as aforesaid three months and performed the services of order- ly sergeant by the command of his Captain du- ring the whole time (the orderly sergeant being sick). That sometime in the last of May or first of June A.D. 1778 he marched with said Company and crossed the Delaware above Trenton State and from thence to Princeton in said battle took place between them and the British in which he was wounded by a bayonet stab in the right breast. That his wound was so severe that in the latter part of June he returned home with the consent of the officers of said Company. That he received a certificate of his good conduct & wound from Captain Borbrich which has long since been lost by accident. That in all he has served as

as a soldier of the revolution eight months and fifteen days = to wit five months and fifteen days as a private and three months as orderly sergeant. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. That he is not known to a clergyman and that he lives remote from the residence of any clergyman. but that he is known to M c J Purviance and Ellis Thomas and John S Purviance. That 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 of agency of any state.
William Brodrick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Beers Clerk
We M c J Purviance Ellis Thomas and John S. Purviance residing in Harrison Township Darke County Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Brodrick who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age and that he is a man of truth & veracity in whose statements we have full confidence. 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
M c J Purviance Ellis Thomas John S Purviance
John Beers 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 M c J Purviance Ellis Thomas and John S. Purviance who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
by order of the court
John Beers Clerk

I John Beers clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Darke in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Bradrick for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of my office this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thou- sand eight hundred and thirty three (1833) — —
John Beers clerk
(William Bradrick)
25274

Parke Cowles Ohio
M rs Brodneck's Application for Pension
[Decorative flourish]

The State of Ohio Duke County & 3 District of Ohio 3/4 p. on this first day of November be one thousand eight hundred & twenty four personally appeared in open court of common pleas for the county of Duke & state of Ohio which is a court of record William Brodnick aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of con- gress of the eighteenth of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen and the tenth of May eighteen hundred and twenty That he the said William Brod- nick was attached to the United States Army sometime in September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the state of New Jersey in the company com- manded by Captain Bratton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Her- son Harrison who was attached to Col. Spencer (Col. Harrison went home after being dismissed at Crooked- bill in the state of Pennsylvania) in the line of the state of Pennsyl- vania on the continental establish- ment that he continued to serve at that time for more than three months for which time when he was discharged in the state of Pennsylvania that he served as much as ten times beside for short spaces in the militia

That while he was in the continental service he was in the Battle of Monmouth & Germantown And that he has no other evidence now in his power except his own oath of his said services that he never was in possession of any discharge other than a dismission by the officer aforesaid And that he knows of no other person near him who served with him or who knows of his being in the service
And in pursuance of the act of the first day of March aforesaid the said William Brodneck upon his oath aforesaid further saith that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States" passed on the 18 th March 1818. And that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or security contracts or debts due to him nor hath he any money other than that is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by him subscribed That his family including all his children who do not reside with him consists of a wife aged sixty five years & upwards that they have six children who are all of age & who have left the deponent & providing for themselves

except one daughter aged twenty years who is able to support herself. That deponent is by profession a farmer. That he is growing too infirm to support himself by that occupation that he is much enfeebled by age.
The following is a schedule and list above referred to as deponents property.
   One Cow value ten dollars — — — $ 10.00   Three sheep five dollars 5.00   Three small hogs value one dollar fifty each 1.50   One Cows One dollar & fifty cents 1.50   Bible & Hymn book fifty cents 50   Pot kettle & oven three dollars — — 3.00   One Bed Bedstead & Ten dollars 10.00   Cups & saucers & Ten kettle one dollar 1.00   Smoothing iron fifty cents 50   Four chairs — one dollar 1.00     $ 34.00  
And deponent further saith that he owes a bout thirty dollars that he owns no land and obtains his living by cultivating land which he holds upon lease. And that he is a resident of the county of Darke and state of Ohio and that he stands in need of aid in order to his comfortable maintenance. And further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed. William Brodhead in open court ————— Nov 1. 1824 Eastern Morris CLK

The state of Ohio 3 Darke County 33 Personally appeared in open court this third day of November 1824 for Jacob Miller who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is a near neighbor of the above named William Brodneck and that he is a man of good moral character & entitled to credit under oath & that he believes that the foregoing schedule & depo- sition signed and sworn to is correct & that he believes that the amount of his property does not exceed thirty four dol- lars in value And further this deponent saith not
Jacob Miller
Sworn to & subscribed in open court of com Pleas this 3 rd Nov. 1824
Easter Morris CR.
The state of Ohio 3 Darke County 33 Personally appeared Richard Miller who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is well acquainted with the within named William Brodneck and who is a man of good moral char- acter as far as he knows & entitled to credit under oath and that he believes that the schedule by him subscribed is correct and does not exceed in value thir- ty four dollars
And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open court of com Pleas Nov. 3. 1824
Easter Morris CR.

EASTIN Morris, Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Darke in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the fore- going oath and the schedule thereto an- nexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further cer- tify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty four dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 15th day of December 1824
EASTIN Morris, Clerk Court of Common Pleas for Darke County Ohio

August 28, 1935
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Mr. T. H. Bradrick 36 Maplewood Avenue Dayton, Ohio
WILLIAM BRODRICK S. 2396 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Broderick who served from New Jersey.
You are furnished below the record of the only soldier named William Brodrick, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2396, based upon his service in the Revolution.
William Brodrick was born February 25 or 26, 1760, in Orange County, New York; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted about September 1, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Seward's New Jersey company. He enlisted in June, 1777, and served one month as private in Captain Cyrus Beckwith's company, Colonel John Seward's New Jersey regiment. He enlisted about September 1, 1777, served as private in Captain John Halbert's company, Colonel Aaron Hankinson's New Jersey regiment; about the first of October, he was detached from his company at a place called Crooked Billet, placed in Captain James Brodrick's company, Colonel Oliver Spencer's Continental regiment, was immediately marched to Germantown, was in the battle at that place and was discharged December 10, 1777. No relationship was shown between the soldier and his captain, James Brodrick. He volunteered April 1, 1778, at Valley Forge, and served three months as orderly sergeant in Captain James Brodrick's company, by the command of his captain (the orderly sergeant being ill); sometime about the last of May or first of June, 1778, he marched with his company across the Delaware above Trenton, New Jersey, was in the battle of Monmouth, in which he was wounded by a bayonet stab in his right breast, compelling him to return home the latter part of June, 1778.

William Brodrick was allowed pension on his application executed May 17, 1833, while a resident of Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio. The soldier signed William Brodrick .
The soldier died February 11, 1835.
In 1824, William Brodrick referred to his family then consisting of his wife "aged sixty-five years and upwards", and six children, none of which children were living at home except one daughter aged twenty years (names of wife and children not stated).
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator C

1934 Mar. 14. Had to Mary M. Hoggins 1935 Aug. 28. Had to J. H. Brodrick mrs
Rev War
2396 INVALID.
File No. 2396
William Brodrick
Sgt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Eaton O W Free - 21. May 1833
Revolutionary Pension Claim from Secretary of War Washington City

Eaton, Ohio 20 th May 1833
Sir:
Enclosed you will receive the declaration of William Brodrick of Darke County, Ohio. When you have disposed of it, please communicate the result to me at Eaton. Sincerely,
Yours &c respectfully, J. Hall. McQuade
J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions

19,520
Wm Brodridge Ohio
Easton Morris Greenville Ohio Rec'd Jan 1825
Rejected Feb 1825 8 March 1825 to Easton Morris Esq
ad 32-13269
Clare
Greenville Ohio Nov 16. 1824
see file 110

C O P Y
War Department Pension Office March 9, 1825
Easton Morris, Esq., Greenville Ohio
Sir:
The claim of William Brodrick for a pension on account of Revolutionary War service has been examined. As the law under which he claims provides for those only who served nine months under one period of enlistment on the Continental Establishment; and his service he performed was under shorter periods of enlistment, and not in Reg. on that enlistment, the pension can not be granted. The papers in his case will remain in our Files agreeably to the Regulations of the Department.
I. L. E.

Dayton, Ohio.
August 20, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would like to get any and all information that your files might give on William Broderick , who, from what few facts I have, enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Monmouth County, New Jersey, on April 3, 1777. I would also like especially to get his birth place and date.
If there is any information available from your records, I would like to receive a certified copy of the same.
May I hear from you as soon as possible as to the procedure necessary to obtain this record.
Sincerely,
T. H. Bradrick
T. H. Bradrick 36 Maplewood Ave.
THB:DR

St. Clairsville, Ohio. November 5, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
only one Will you kindly give me information regarding two Revolutionary Soldiers, Absalom Brodrick and William Brodrick, both enlisted in 1777 Monmouth N.J. as stated in General Stryker's Report of Officers and men of the Revolution.
only one William Brodrick was a Private, also in Continental Army, Enlisted 1777 Monmouth County, N.J.. Wounded in Battle of Trenton, N.J. was made mail carrier between the armies, and was at the Surrender of Cornwallis. For his services he received a Land-warrant covering a part of what is now Cincinnati, Ohio, but he never located it, and it lapsed. Did he receive a pension? What was his Wife's name? Where did he die?
Absalom Brodrick enlisted as a Private at Monmouth County, N.J. 1777. Did he receive a Pension? What was his wife's name? Where did he die? Would your records show whether he was a Son of Thomas Brodrick of Burlington, New Jersey?
Very truly yours
Mary M. Hoge
Mary M. Hoge, 174 Marietta St., St. Clairsville, Ohio.

November 14, 1934
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Mary M. Hoge 174 Marietta Street Saint Clairsville, Ohio
Absalom Broderick, R. 1236 William Brodrick, S. 2396
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 5, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Absalom and William Brodrick who served from Monmouth County, New Jersey.
You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War records of the only soldiers named Absalom Broderick and William Brodrick, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Absalom Broderick R. 1236
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 1236, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Absalom Broderick, the spelling under which his name appears.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given. He moved from the State of New Jersey to the State of Ohio about twenty-five years after he left the service.
On May 17, 1852, Absalom Broderick applied for pension, at which time he was aged ninety-three years and a resident of Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio. He had then been a resident of Morgan County, Ohio, nineteen or twenty years. He alleged that while residing in Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in December, 1776, at Newton, in that county, that he served as private in Captain Jonathan Pitman's company, Colonel John Black's New Jersey regiment, that he marched to Monmouth Court House, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where his company took charge of Tory prisoners, and that the length of his service was between six and nine months.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.

In 1852, Absalom Broderick referred to his brother, William Broderick, who also served in the Revolutionary War, but gave no other details in regard to him. No further family data are shown in the claim.
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William Brodrick S. 2396
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2396, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Brodrick.
He was born February 25 or 26, 1760, in Orange County, New York; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, he enlisted about September 1, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Seward's New Jersey company. He enlisted in June, 1777, and served one month as private in Captain Cyrus Beckwith's company, Colonel John Seward's New Jersey regiment. He enlisted about September 1, 1777, served as private in Captain John Halbert's company, Colonel Aaron Hankinson's New Jersey regiment; about the first of October, he was detached from his company at a place called Crooked Billet, placed in Captain James Brodrick's company, Colonel Oliver Spencer's Continental regiment, was immediately marched to Germantown, was in the battle at that place and was discharged December 10, 1777. No relationship was shown between the soldier and his captain, James Brodrick. He volunteered April 1, 1778, at Valley Forge, and served three months as orderly sergeant in Captain James Brodrick's company, by the command of his captain (the orderly sergeant being ill); sometime about the last of May or first of June, 1778, he marched with his company across the Delaware above Trenton, New Jersey, was in the battle of Monmouth, in which he was wounded by a bayonet stab in his right breast, compelling him to return home the latter part of June, 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 17, 1833, while a resident of Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio. The soldier signed William Brodrick .
William Brodrick died February 11, 1835.

In 1824, William Brodrick referred to his family then consisting of his wife, "aged sixty-five years and upwards", and six children, none of which children were living at home except one daughter aged twenty years (names of wife and children not stated).
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator