Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19815, Leonard Hodges, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Hodges, Leonard Sarah
W. 19815- B.L.Wt 11092-160-55
CONTENTS

Date of death not anas
Vermont 17.275
Leonard Woodges
of Chittenden Co in the State of Vermont, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Vt. Mtn. line for 13 1/2 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 45 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to
M. B. Harwell Burlington
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1 22.50
$112.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 3 Page 19

2438
Vermont Poultry Sarah Hodges widow of Lemard Hodges who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Dec: 1848 and sent to
Hon Geo. P. Marsh Hof C
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 55 Vol. 3.
163 5 m 55-96198
Repealed Dec: 16/48
Died Feb 5, 1856

W. Weston & Shaw, Nov. 23/55,
76198 Act Mar 3
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Apr 18
Sarah Hodges wid. Leonard Hodges. Priv.
A. Hoop
Ent. Lois.
{ Conn Mile
Rev d war
Rev d pensioner Dt. Feb 48-2438
(ID: 160 aen Nov. 23/55,
B. Fulton
(Large stylized signature or initials)
Vol. No. 51.
Weston & Shaw
Burlington

Leo 2 Rodgers
No 6458.
Second Rodgers Station
Crime 2 years since

State of Vermont Chittenden County
I hereby certify that the papers hereto attached and marked in Red Ink A & B. are the same documents which were originally forwarded to the Pension office to substantiate the Declaration of Leonard Hodges of Williston, and that since their return from the Pension Office
the additional documents marked NO 1. has been added
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chittenden County Court this 31 st day of June AD 1833
Nathan B. Mearns Clerk

State of Vermont Chittenden County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Chittenden County. Leonard Hodges of Stittstown. To me known as the same person who appeared before the Honorable Chittenden County Court on the 17 th day of August, 1832 and who then made his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear more 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 seven months and 15 days in the year 1775 as a private
In 1776 (exclusive of my enlistment for during the war and procuring a substitute, by consent) I served three months as a private
In 1777. I served three months as a private. — all my services were in the Militia of Connecticut my whole services were thirteen thirteen and half months for which I claim a Pension, I further testify and say that it is not in my power to procure any living witnesses or documentary proof of my services

I further testify and say that I was born at Woodstock in Connecticut August 11. 1759 (a mistake having been made in my first declaration which states 1779)
Leonard Hodges
I have read and subscribed this third day of June A.D. 1833. and I hereby certify that the above named Leonard Hodges is a credible person
Nathan Beman
Nathan Beman well. Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan Beman Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Nathan Beman Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration is taken is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified according under the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 3 rd day of June A.D. 1833
Nathan Beman

A Revolutionary Claims.
STATE OF VERMONT, } Chittenden County, ss. }
On this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable County Court for the County of Chittenden, now sitting, Leonard Hodges a resident of Milliston in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, 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, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I volunteered in 1775 to go to Boston at the time of Lexington Battle, did march as far as Cambridge and arrived at Cambridge just after the Battle, was on this duty two weeks .
In May 1775 I enlisted into Captain Perkins Company in Col. Williams Regiment of Connecticut Troops for five months , and served out the full time of my enlistment and think we were discharged at Norwich — soon after this, and the time not recollected I enlisted under Lieutenant Sharp of Pomfret the Captain's name I do not recollect, nor the name of the Colonel, — we marched to Boston and were stationed in Cambridge College I served two months and was discharged at Roxbury
In the Spring of 1776 I enlisted at Cambridge for during the War, had permission to return home and my Parents being dissatisfied at my enlistment I procured a substitute who was accepted — The name of this substitute I do not recollect, nor do I recollect the name of the Captain under whom I enlisted
In the fall of the year 1776 I enlisted for three months at Woodstock Conn, — The name of the Captain I do not recollect, — think it was in Col. Douglass Regiment, — one Wade was Lieutenant Colonel, we marched to Providence Rhode Island, I was there when the British were on the Island I served my three months and was discharged at Rhode Island

In the summer of 1777 I enlisted and held myself in readiness as a minute man under Captain Daniel Lyon of Woodstock, — we were styled Grenadiers or minute men my actual service or the time I did duty was three months I marched to New York while the British were there, and from thence to the Jerseys, — I was dismissed at what was called Powder Hook I however stood as a minute man, and ready to be called at a moments warning, (including this service) upwards of two years — I do not recollect that I ever received a written discharge — I was born at Woodstock Connecticut August 11 th 1779 — I have no record of my age, except the one in my Bible — at the time I joined the service I lived in Woodstock Conn — since the Revolution I have lived in Newton Massachusetts — twenty five years in Richmond Vermont, and for the last fourteen years I have lived in Wallingford Vermont
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 agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed } the day and year aforesaid, }
Leonard Hodge
Before
Nathan Mearnsell 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 certify, that it appears to them, that Josiah F Goodhue who is a Minister , and Merton Chittenden  Nathan Allen and Solomon Miller
who have signed the annexed certificate and who are residents of the town of Willington are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest
Eliz Drownson } Judges of Chittenden John Mansfield } County Court
STATE OF VERMONT, Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan Mearnsell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Leonard Hodge for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17 th day of August
A. D. 1832.
Nathan Mearnsell

State of Vermont } Chittenden County ss. }
B
We the undersigned, inhabitants of Williston in the county of Chittenden and state of Vermont, do hereby certify that Leonard Hodges who lives in said Williston is a person with whom we have been acquainted for a number of years, that we believe he is seventy three years of age and that from his statement we have no doubt he was a soldier of the revolution.
M. Strittmatter
Nathan Allen
Sol c Miller
Josiah F. Goodhue } Minister of the gospel } in said Williston }
Sworn and subscribed this 10 th day of August A. 1832
Before me Geo. B. Mansur Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponents are credible witnesses
Geo. B. Mansur
Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont District of Chittenden ss }
On this twenty first day of June, A. D. 1843, personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden and State of Vermont, Sarah Hodges of Williston in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged Seventy six 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 and pensions to certain widows", and the acts amendatory thereof; — That she is the widow of Leonard Hodges, late of said Williston, who was, as she believes, a private in the Connecticut Militia during the war of the revolution ; but she is unable to state the officers names under whom he served, not having personal knowledge of his services; — that her said husband was a pensioner under the law of Congress passed June 7. 1832, and she refers to his declaration, made to obtain said pension, and the proofs accompanying it, which she believes to be now on file in the pension office, for proof of her late husband's services in the revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married to the said Leonard Hodges on the twentieth — day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Leonard Hodges, died at said Williston, on the fifteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two; 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 and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated; that her maiden name was Spafford and the marriage was celebrated at Clarendon, in the State of Vermont, by Elisha Smith Esq, then a justice of the Peace, but now deceased.
Sarah Hodge
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the said Sarah Hodge is personally known to me and is a person of truth and veracity. I also certify that on the first page, the words 'during the war of the revolution' were interlined before signing.
Charles Russell Judge of Probate.
State of Vermont District of Chittenden ss. }
I, William Weston, Register of the Probate Court in and for the district of Chittenden, do hereby certify that Charles Russell before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to was at the time of taking the same and still is Judge of said Probate Court, and that the signature to the certificate thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name at Burlington in said district this second day of January A. D. 1844.
W m Weston Register

10360
Sarah Hodges Jt
act 7 July 38
adm.
13mo 15d pri
$45.
10360
Hon. G. H. Marsh H. R.

State of Vermont } Chittenden County } ss - }
I, Hannibal Hodges, of Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, of full age, testify and say that I am a grandson of Leonard Hodges, deceased, and of Sarah Hodges, widow of the said Leonard; that the said Leonard died at said Williston in the month of March, 1842: I was present when he died, but do not recollect the day of the month when he died. I then resided and now reside in my grandmother's family. I further testify that the said Sarah Hodges, who has made the foregoing declaration, has never intermarried since the death of the said Leonard, and is still his widow.
Hannibal Hodges
Sworn to and subscribed on the twentieth day of June 1843. before me, and I certify that the affiant is a person of truth and veracity, and that the word "resided" was interlined in the above affidavit before signing.
Wm Weston Justice Peace.

State of Vermont, Chittenden County, ss.
I, Edward A. Standbury, Deputy Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Chittenden, do hereby certify that William Weston, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and sworn to was at the time of taking the same and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County of Chittenden, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name at Burlington in said County this third day of January, 1844.
E. A. Standbury
Hon. H. H. Marsh
H. H.
10360
Sarah H. Ledges Jt.
Oct 7 July 38
adm. 12mo 15 81 p er m
$45

6458
Leonard Hadges
13½ months Pp 4
43.33 1.66
44
WB Hamill Burlington

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 April 1833
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 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 Leonard Hodges of Milliston VT
   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.     1775 7 15 private Field officers not mentioned 73 years old - when I entered the service I lived in Woodstock Conn -   1776 - 3 or   1777 - 3 or   1 1 15   noting thirteen months for which I claim a pension  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
W Leonard Hodges

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 A. B.
Sworn to 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 (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) 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.  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 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.

Sarah Hodges
76198

Sarah Hodges
76198

State of Vermont County of Chittenden ss
On this 29 th day of March A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Chittenden aforesaid Sarah Hodges aged Eighty seven years a resident of Williston in the State of Vermont who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Leonard Hodges deceased who was a private in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolution- ary War, who was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of Forty Five Dollars per annum - inscribed on the Vermont Roll -
She further states that she was married to the said Leonard Hodges in Clarendon Vermont on the 20 th day of September A.D. 1784 or 1785 by one Elisha Smith a justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Spofford; that her said husband died at Williston Vermont on the 25 th day of March A.D. 1841, and that she is now a Widow, and is a Pensioner under the act of February 2 nd 1848 at the rate of Forty Five Dollars per annum inscribed on the Burlington Vermont Roll -
For further proof of her marriage to and the death of said Leonard Hodges she refers to her declarations for Pension under the acts of Mar. 3 1843, 17 June 1844 and 2 February 1848, and the proofs sent therewith now on file in the Pension Office at Washington D.C.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855 -
Sarah Hodges her mark

We Jacob Hodges and Ralph N. Hodges residents of Williston in the State of Vermont, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Hodges in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we know that she is now a widow - Jacob Hodges Ralph N. Hodges
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim -
Wm Brown Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT.
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, April 15 th 1853.
I Certify that William Brown Esq., whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand-writing, to the foregoing Certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Chittenden duly elected and qualified, with full power and authority under and by virtue of the laws of said State to administer Oaths and take Depositions, and Acknowledgments of Deeds, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are, and ought to be given.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, this 13 th day of April A. D. 1853.
Richd. Thompson, Deputy Secretary of State.

September 14, 1937
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BA-5/EBL Leonard Hodges-W.19815
Mrs. Clarence West Hodges 51 Sherman Place Ridgewood, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Leonard Hodges, who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Woodstock, Connecticut, in 1775, and whose widow, Sarah, received bounty land on account of his services.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.19815, based upon the military service in that war of Leonard Hodges.
Leonard Hodges was born August 11, 1759, at Woodstock, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of said Woodstock, Leonard Hodges volunteered and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows: in 1775, at the time of the Lexington battle, served two weeks at Cambridge, names of officers not stated: from May, 1775, five or seven months in Captain Perkins' Company, Colonel Williams' Regiment: from soon after the termination of this service, two months under Lieutenant Sharp and was stationed at Cambridge, Massachusetts: from the fall of 1776, three months under Colonel Douglass, service rendered at Providence, Rhode Island: from the summer of 1777, three months in Captain Daniel Lyon's Company: soldier stated that from this time until the close of the war, he served as a grenadier or minute man, holding himself in constant readiness to be called out in the service of his country. Could not identify sol. in any of these services - except under Capt Lyon. Found officers with those names in Conn but could not identify positively without Christian names
After the Revolution, he resided at Weston, Massachusetts, in Richmond and Williston, Vermont.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, while residing in Williston, Vermont, where he had lived fourteen years.

Leonard Hodges died at Williston, Vermont, March 25, 1841, or March 15, 1842. The widow gave both dates.
The soldier married September 20, 1784, at Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, Sarah or Sally Spafford, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not stated.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1843, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Williston, Vermont.
March 29, 1855, Sarah Hodges, then a resident of Williston, Vermont, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Leonard Hodges, in the War of the Revolution. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 11092 under the Act of March 3, 1855.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the bounty land, noted above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued.
From AB Sarah Hodges died February 5, 1856, place not stated.
In 1843, a grandson, Hannibal Hodges, lived in Williston, Vermont. He did not give his age or the names of his parents. In 1855, Jacob and Ralph Hodges were residents of Williston, Vermont: their relationship to the family was not shown. No names of any children of the soldier and his wife are given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1937-Sept 14-List to Mrs. Clarence L. Hodges 88
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19.815-
Sarah Hodges Wid of Leonard Hodges Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd  1/48
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 349
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 76198
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 18, 1855
Leonard Hodges Rev. War
Warrant 11092-160-55
Weston & Shaw Burlington VT

5159
Durlington, Y o
Sarah Hodges widow of Leonard Hodges who was a Private in the Connecticut Line
Repo. 23. March 1844.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of March 1844 and sent to
Am Geo. P. Marko Ho. of Rep.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 27

8123
Burlington Vermont
Sarah Hodges widow of Leonard Hodges
Rep 20 Feb 44
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15. Mar. 1842 of Chittenden in the State of Vermont who was a Pri. in the Comp. commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg. commanded by Col _____ in the Connect. line for 13 Mos. 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 45 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Feby. 1844 and sent to Hon. G. P. Marsh. H. R.
Whole amount due $ 225.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Mann Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 Page 29

Pen: Oct 2 nd Feb 6: 48. Pt:
[Handwritten signature: R. P. B.]

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Hon. J. Minot Comm tee of Pensions Washington D.C.
76198 Sarah wid Dodge Leonard Poynter Additional Evidence

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford Nov. 14 th 1857
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Leonard Hodges in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and find the name of Leonard Hodges on a Pay Roll under the following heading, viz. "A Pay Roll of the 7 th Company 8 th Regt. rais d by order of General Assembly Conn t 1775, when the said Hodges is credited with service as a private from July 10 th to Dec. 14 th 1775 = 5 months 4 days. Said 7 th Company was commanded by Capt. Daniel Lyon, and said 8 th Regt. by Israel Huntington as Colonel.
Alex Merrill Compt. by Geo. Robinson Clk

Burlington Vt Nov. 16 th 1855-
Hon. J. Minot Comm te of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir,
• We send you herewith a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut, in regard to the Revolutionary service of Leonard Hodges, which is to be used as additional evidence for the claim of his widow Sarah Hodges for Bounty Land under the Act of March 3 d 1855, N o . 76 198 -
We hope that this will comply with the requirements of the Office in regard to record evidence -
Yours Respectfully
Weston & Shaw

5327
March 18 1844
101
Sarah Davis
March 1843
To the
$45 per
Commissioner of Pensions
Hon. G.P. March
Name of Repy

Sarah Hodge
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5/59

State of Vermont, Chittenden County } ss. }
On this sixth day of September, A. D. 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Sarah Hodges, a resident of Williston in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged eighty 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 2nd day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Leonard Hodges, who was as she believes a private in the Connecticut, or Vermont Militia, or both, but she cannot state the particulars of his services, nor the officers under whom he served. That she was inscribed on the pension roll under the acts of July 7, 1838, and June 17, 1844, at the rate of Forty five dollars per annum, and she further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Hodges
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the declarant, and that she is a person of truth.
Phineas Lyman
Justice Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County }
Secretary of State's Office Burlington Sept d 9. 1848.
I, James M c Clusky Shafter, Secretary of State for the State of Vermont, do certify that Phineas Lyman Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to, was, at the time of taking the same, and now is, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Chittenden, and that the signature to the certificate thereto is his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix my official Seal and subscribe my name at Burlington on the day and year above written.
J. M c Clusky Shafter

Washington Mch 16 1844 To the Commr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose you certain papers in behalf of Sarah Hodges, received from William Norton Esq of Burlington Vermont. I am desired to ask the early attention of the office to the case.
I am, Sir, respectfully yours Geo. P. Mench

5527

State of Vermont Chittenden County } }
On this fifth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Chittenden, Sarah Hodges, a resident of Williston in said County of Chittenden, aged seventy six 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 third day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; - That she is the widow of Leonard Hodges, who was a private in the Connecticut Militia during the revolutionary war, but she is unable to state the corps in which he served; that he was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of forty five dollars per annum; that she has received a pension at the same rate per annum, for five years, under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Hodges
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Sarah Hodges, and that she is a person of truth and veracity.
Wm Weston Justice Peace

State of Vermont Chittenden County
I, Edward A. Stansbury, Deputy Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William Weston, before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to, was at the time of taking the same and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County of Chittenden, duly commissioned, and that the signature to the certificate thereto, purport- ing to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the seal of said court and subscribe my name at Burlington, in said county this Eighth day of March A.D. 1844.
E. A. Stansbury

Ad. aw

Washington Jany 25 1844
Sir
I am requested, by William Weston Esq., of Burlington Vermont. to transmit you the accompanying application of Sarah Hodges, and to ask that the decision may be communicated to me when made.
I am, in respectfully yours George P. Marsh

I Polly Rice of Clarendon County of Rutland and State of Vermont being of Lawful age do depose testify and say that at Clarendon aforesaid sometime in the month of September A D 1784 I was present and witness the Solemnization of Marriage by Elisha Smith Esqr then a Justice of the peace, of Mr Leonard Hodges and Sally Spafford I further testify that I have been acquainted with the S d Leonard Hodges and his wife from that time to the death of Mr Leonard Hodges sometime in March A D 1842, and they resided in the Town of Williston Chittenden County Vermont several years previous to the death of Mr Hodges and I further say that Mrs Sarah Hodges of S d Williston is the identical person which I saw Married to Mr Leonard Hodges in September A D 1784
Polly Rice
State of Vermont Rutland County ss Clarendon December 27 A D 1843 then personally appeared the above named Polly Rice before me and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition to which she subscribed her name was according to truth
Silas W Hodges Justice of peace
I certify that the above named Polly Rice is an old Lady with whom I have been long acquainted and is a person fully entitled to the confidence of the Publick for truth and veracity - Silas W Hodges Justice of peace
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believe his signat.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in said County, this 29 th day of December, eight hundred and forty three.
S. M. C.

I Polly Rice of Clarendon County of Rutland and State of Vermont being of Lawful age do depose testify and say that at Clarendon aforesaid sometime in the month of September A D 1784 I was present and witness the Solemnization of Marriage, by Elisha Smith Esq re then a Justice of the peace, of Mr Leonard Hodges and Sally Spafford I further testify that I have been acquainted with the S d Leonard Hodges and his wife from that time to the death of the S d Leonard Hodges sometime in March A D 1842, and they resided in the Town of Williston Chittenden County Vermont several years previous to the death of the S d Hodges and I further say that Mrs Sarah Hodges of S d Williston is the identical person which I saw Married to the S d Leonard Hodges in September A D 1784
Polly Rice
State of Vermont Rutland County ss Clarendon December 27 A D 1843 then personally appeared the above named Polly Rice before me and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition to which she subscribed her name was according to truth Silas W. Hodges Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Polly Rice is an old Lady with whom I have been long acquainted and is a person fully entitled
STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that Silas W. Hodges Esquire, was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified to take Depositions and that I verily believe his signature to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Court, at Rutland in said County, this 29 th day of December Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
F. W. Hopkins

I Joseph Hovey do depose testify and say that I am, and do hold the Office of Town Clerk for the Town of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont. That the Records of sd Town are in My keeping and Custody and I further say that I have Examined the Records of said Town and do Not find the Marriage of Leonard Hodges and Sarah - his Wife there Recorded and I think that they were not Recorded as the records as far back as 1783 were very imperfect and but few Marriages were then Recorded at that early period
Clarendon June 27 th A.D. 1843
Joseph Hovey } Town Clerk of the Town } of Clarendon
Sworn to before me this 28 th day of June A.D. 1843
Silas W. Hodges Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Rutland County Clerk's Office
S F. M. Hopkins
Clerk of the County Court for the county of Rutland do certify that Silas M. Hodges was, at the date of the certificate to which this is attached a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and that his signature to the same is genuine.
(Sealed at Rutland under the seal of Court this 30 th June 1843
F. M. Hopkins

Mrs. Clarence West Hodges 51 SHERMAN PLACE RIDGEWOOD, N. J.
August 27, 1957
Bureau of Pensions- Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
I wish to get record of service of-
Leonard Hodges , widow Sarah, Bounty Land Warrant 11092-160-55 enlisted July 10, 1775 discharged Dec 14, 1 7th. Company, Capt. Daniel Lyon-Woodstock, Connecticut Huntington's 8th. Regiment
Some of this information is from- Connecticut men in the Revolution and from Conn. Records p 207-App. A.
How do I get a guaranteed statement of his service?
Can I find out where his land grant was?
Very truly-
Anne DuBois Hodges Anne DuBois Hodges Mrs. C. W.