Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,094, Benjamin Bridge, Continental (New Jersey)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (New Jersey) Bridge, Benjamin S. 42,094
CONTENTS

14467
Ohio
Benjamin Bodge
of Butler County in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Baldwin of the Compys R. line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 18 of May  1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Daniel Millikin & Hamilton Ohio
 Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819. 124. 67 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar. 1820. 48. 00 15 Mo \frac{14}{31}  \frac{4}{30} $172. 67 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
John D. Rockefeller
Date of death with an ab-
1752 67 1819

Benj. Bridge Private Baldwin Reg. 1776 to 1777. 18 May 1818
Middletown O f May the 20 th
Free
Hon John C Calhoun Esq Secretary of War Admitted Washington D o 6 a
18 May 1818
True His True

The State of Ohio Butler county ss
Be it remembered that before me Daniel Millikin one of the Associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid per- sonally appeared Benjamin Brugga a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six he the said Benjamin enlisted as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Joseph Sindley in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey for the term of one year which company was attached to the Regi- ment or party of men who were placed under the com- mand or direction of Colo Balding a Principal Engi- neer in the Army of the United States soon after the commencement of the American Revolution in which company the said Benjamin marched into Lower Canada and continued there from the Spring of the year to the next fall then returned to Morris town in New Jersey and was then attached to the Corps com- manded by General Lee with which Corps he marched to Easton in Pennsylvania then returned to the State of New Jersey where he was in the Battles fought by the American Army with the British forces at Trenton & at Princeton in New Jersey. he was then marched back to Morris town and remained in Quar- ter during the Winter and the next Spring his term of service of one year having expired he was Honably discharged. The discharge however from time and or casualty has got lost or mislaid so that the deponent cannot now lay his hands on the same This deponent further saith that he is now upwards of sixty six years of age and that from his re- ced circumstances he needs the assistance of his coun- try for support and further he saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me the 13th day of May 1818 - }
Danl Millikin
his Benjamin Brugga Mark

The State of Ohio Butler county ss I Daniel Millikin one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid do certify that I am well satisfied Benjamin Bridge the Deponent within named served in the Army of the United States during the American Revolution for the term of nine months once upwards -
Given under my hand at Hamilton the eighteenth day of May — One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Dan Millikin
The State of Ohio Butler county ss John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Daniel Millikin herein before whom the deposition within stated and the certificate above stated was once here taken and made was at the time of the taking and making thereof one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Butler and that to all his Official Acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Hamilton the eigh- teenth day of May One thousand eight hun- dred and eighteen
John Reily

State of Ohio Butler county ss
I Daniel Millikan One of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that as well from my own knowledge as from the information of others I am well satisfied that the within named Benjamin Bridge is in indigent circumstances and does stand in need of the assistance of his country for support
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of July 1819
Daniel Millikan
The State of Ohio Butler county ss
I John Reily Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Daniel Millikan Esquire before whom the certificate above stated was made was at the time of the making thereof one of the Associate Judges of the said court of Common Pleas and that to all his Official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the nineteenth day of July An thousand eight hundred and nineteen
John Reily

This case was sent from W. Wagner's office without any marks upon it - Apl 24-1821
Ohio - 405
Recd. 22. 6. 1821.
Mrs. Mary Pridge
14467.
Blank co AM J. L. B.

The State of Ohio
Preble County ss Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh Circuit within and for the county of Preble —
On this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty One. Personally appeared in open court being a court of Record expressly made and created a Court of Records by the Laws & ordinances of the State of Ohio; having Power to fine & imprison with jurisdiction unlimited in Point of Amount; and keeping a record of its proceedings; Benjamin Bridge Aged Sixty eight years, and by occupation a carpenter Resident of the County of Preble aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; I entered the service in March one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey for the term of one year, under Captain Joseph Puffey & artificers under the command of Colonel Walden Red Pigeon, and while under his command we marched from New York, to Lower Canada from thence we returned back to New Jersey I was in the Battle of Trenton and afterwards at Prince Town; from thence we marched back to Morris Town where I was discharged in the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven. at which time I received an honorable discharge but have since lost it; and I have no other evidence now in my power except the facts above stated, and as contained in my original declaration dated in May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen. My original Pension certificate is numbered fourteen thousand four hundred & Sixty Seven; I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States

On the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land & Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any Property Securities Contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by subscribers; I am by occupation a Carpenter but by age and infirmity I am unable to support myself or to work at my occupation. My Family consists of my wife; my house consists of a yearling Cattle worth twenty five dollars, one Bed and Bedding worth eighteen dollars, and two beehives worth four dollars.
Sworn to and declared on the fourth day of April eighteen hundred and twenty one in Open Court
Joseph C. Hawkins } Benjamin his Bridge Clerk P.C.P. } mark
Preble County Court of Common Pleas } Joseph C. Hawkins clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Preble County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that that Total

Amount in value of the Property described in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty Seven Dollars —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Boston on the Seventh day of April in the year A.D. one Thousand eight hundred & Twenty one
Geo. C. Hawkins Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Bridge a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 42094
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Uch. 76 1 year Pri. Joseph Lindley attached to Col. Baldwin's Continental arty. artif.                              
Battles engaged in, Trenton & Princeton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, at Morristown Morris Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, May 18, 1818. Monm.
Residence at date of application, Butler Co. Ohio. 1821 Piqua, Ohio.
Age at date of application, upwards of 66 years.
Remarks: No family data.
Only Ben Bridge Rev War.
(office note: John Lindley Capt Eastern Div. Morris Co. N.J. (Baldwin Capt Uch. 76 - Col. Sept. 76)

42094 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42,094
Benjamin Bridge Pa New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓
1909 Oct. 25. Hist. to Mrs. C. M. Peckham
1928 Jan 26. Hist. to Mrs. S. C. Hall - See letter in Rev. cl. any W. 10734 George Deeds
1929 Aug. 1 - Hist. to Chas. N. Snider any
1935 June 23. Hist. to Mrs. Frank Turner any

Warsaw, Illinois June 8, 1938
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am seeking information concerning the service records of some of my ancestors.
Captain John Potter of New Jersey - Captain 1 st Regiment Essex Co. - in Col. Moses Jaquish's regiment - was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware, D. Fayette Co. Pa. 1826 Did he draw a pension - and do you have the names of his children or grandchildren?
C. June 24, 1798 D. May 25, 1870
✓ Enoch Scudder , served in war of 1812, but probably served under the name of his brother Benjamin. Is there any
service record for Jesse Scudder, father of these two boys, or for Benjamin Scudder, the grandfather. All were originally located at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the grandfather evidently died, but the grandsons were located in (Middleton) Butler Co. Ohio - (in 1814) Enoch finally coming to Industry Illinois, about the middle of the century, D 1870.
Please send the service record of Benjamin the brother who served during 1814 I think

2 1872 3 ✓ ✓ Benjamin Bridge , served in both Revolutionary and War of 1812. Pensioned in 1818 from Green Co., Ohio - D. April 17, 1843. add: It is not shown that he rec. in 1812
✓ John Cordell - Leesburg, Virginia, Chaplain and Captain in Revolutionary War,
✓ John Cordell Jr. , his son - and Richard Cordell another son are believed to have served also.
Yours Sincerely
Eula C. Rarner;
Mrs. Frank Rarner, Box 37 Warsaw, Illinois

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by George M. Moore
Claim No. Oct. 20, 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Benjamin Bridge
Service _____ Rev.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No Q.H. S.H. or Rj. as above except I.F. No 42094.

Bellefontaine, Ohio, April 22, 1979.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:-
I would like to know if your pension records of Benjamin Bridge , Revolutionary war soldier, of Col. Baldwin's regiment, in Capt. Lindley's company, listed under National No. 89329, gives the date of his marriage to Mary Hathaway. He was a pensioner in 1818 from Greene Co., Ohio, but I am not able to find anyone that can locate this record.
This information will be much appreciated if your record gives it.
Yours truly, Chas. L. Snider

Troy, Ohio, Oct 16, 1909.
Pension Bureau:-
Will you please give me all the information possible regarding the service of Benjamin Bridge in the Revolutionary War? I desire to join the Daughters of the American Revolution and any information you can send me regarding his service

will be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,
Yours very truly
Mrs. C.M. Peckham

June 27, 1938
Mrs. Frank Larner Box 37 Warsaw, Illinois
BA-J/AWF Benjamin Bridge S. 42094 John Cordell W. 9814
Dear Madam:
The Revolutionary War records of Benjamin Bridge and John Cordell follow as found in pension claims.
Benjamin Bridge-S.42094
The data furnished herein concerning Benjamin Bridge were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 42094, based on his military service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Benjamin Bridge were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
Benjamin Bridge enlisted in Morristown, New Jersey, sometime in March, 1776, served as a private in Captain Joseph Lindley's company, and in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, marched to Canada was there until in the fall, returned to Morristown, and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and was discharged in Morristown after having served one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-six years, and a resident of Butler

County, Ohio.
The soldier, Benjamin Bridge, was living in 1821 in Preble County, Ohio.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of Benjamin Bridge.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Benjamin Bridge Certificate #14487 Issued September 18, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced May 18, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Ohio Agency.
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John Cordell-W.9814
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 9814, based on the service of John Cordell during the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of John Cordell were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, John Cordell was captain of Virginia troops, early in the Revolution, dates of this service not given. He was appointed, January 1, 1777, Chaplain in Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment, was captured at the battle of Brandywine, and held in

in prison in Philadelphia, until early in 1779, after which he served as Chaplain, until August 18, 1781.
John Cordell married June 19, 1779 in Fauquier County, Virginia, Judith, the widow of Burnet or Bennet Price, who she had married about 1769, he died about 1774; her maiden name was Blackwell, and she was born January 6, 1753, place not stated, nor were the names of her parents shown.
John Cordell and his wife, Judith, moved from Fauquier County, Virginia, to Frederick County, Virginia, to Louisville, Kentucky, to Vincennes, Indiana, and about 1798 to Saint Louis County, Missouri. He died there in the month of April, 1800.
The widow, Judith Cordell, was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, John Cordell, on her application executed October 20, 1837, then a resident of Saint Louis County, Missouri. She died in that county, August 21, 1842.
The names of the children of John Cordell and his wife, Judith, as shown in the claim-
   Stephen D.  born March  20, 1780    Arthur  " October  12, 1781    Harriet  " May  22, 1783    Hiram  " March  27, 1785.   
Son, Hiram Cordell, was living in Saint Louis County, Missouri in 1844.
Reference was made to "other children" of John Cordell and wife, Judith, names were not designated; their grandchildren were referred to, also, no names shown.
The widow, Judith Cordell, was the sister of Captain Thomas Blackwell, an officer of the Virginia troops, War of the Revolution.
Mrs. Catharine Cordell in 1837, eighty-six years

of age, and a resident of Saint Louis County, Missouri, with her son, Presley Cordell; she was the widow of George Edward Cordell, brother of Reverend John Cordell, and was born and reared in Northumberland County, Virginia, and was present at the marriage of Reverend John Cordell and Judith Price.
The above noted Presley Cordell was born March 5, 1779, and before moving to Saint Louis County, Missouri, had resided in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 24, 1938
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Benjamin Bridge, S. 42094 John Cordell, W. 9814 BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Frank Larner Box 37 Warsaw, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the records of the following named soldiers: John Cordell and his two sons, John, Jr. and Richard Cordell of Virginia; Captain John Potter of New Jersey; Jesse Scudder and his father, Benjamin Scudder, originally from Elizabeth, New Jersey, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War, also the War of 1812 records of Knoch Scudder and his brother, Benjamin Scudder, sons of Jesse named above, and Benjamin Bridge who, you state, served in both Revolutionary War and War of 1812 and was pensioned in 1818 and died April 17, 1845.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data , and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
You are furnished herewith the records of John Cordell and Benjamin Bridge, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War. It is not shown that Benjamin Bridge served in the War of 1812.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 and 1813 Wars Section Section. AWF/cel
August 1, 1929
Mr. Charles L. Snider 208 No. Main Bellefontaine, Ohio
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42094, it appears that Benjamin Bridge enlisted in Morristown, New Jersey, in March, 1776, and served one year as a private in Captain Joseph Lindley's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Continental Artillery Artificers, and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818, while a resident of Butler County, Ohio, aged about sixty-six years. In 1821, he was living in Preble County, Ohio.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted Benjamin Bridge or Bridges is the only soldier of that name, who was pensioned while a resident of the state of Ohio, on account of his service in the War of the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

January 26, 1928.
Mrs. S. O. Hale 128 W. Market St. Xenia, Ohio.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42094, it appears that Benjamin Bridge enlisted in Morristown, New Jersey in March 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Joseph Lindley's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Continental Artillery Artificers, and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818, while a resident of Butler County, Ohio, aged about sixty-six years. In 1821, he was living in Preble County, Ohio.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted Benjamin Bridge or Bridges is the only soldier of that name, who was pen-

sioned while a resident of the state of Ohio, on account of his services in the War of the Revolution.
Owing to lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.