Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,423, Ezra Hodges, Continental Mass. R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Hodges, Ezra
S. 35, 423
Mass.
R.I.
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6033.
Maine. L
Ezra Hodges.
Capt. Major Private. FAW
Massachusetts line 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War & H. S. and Continental.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine.
at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Jany 1819 and del d
R. C. Vose, Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 5 mo 1/30 - 40. 26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819. 48. 00
$ 88. 26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Hallowell,
Continued
Date of death not on A.B.
copy
Copied for Law
(Faint vertical text on the right margin, likely bleed-through from the reverse side) Myriam... R. C. Vose copy

Ezra Hodges
Hallowell, Kennebec Co. private
Col. Putnam's. Mass. Reg.
1781. to 1784. 3 years
April 4. 1818
Admitted

I Ezra Hodges aged fifty seven years, born in Norton Massachusetts but now of Hallowell in the district of Maine, of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare, that as near as I can recollect in May A.D 1779 I enlisted as a private soldier in the continental service of the U. States for one year in the company commanded by Capt Olney and regiment commanded by Col. Townsend of the Rhode Island line. This year I fully served out and was honorably discharged at Newport in May 1780. In the month of August 1781 I again enlisted as a private in the continental service of the U. States as a in the company commanded by Capt Smith and regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam of the fifth regiment Massachusetts line, for the term of three years. After hostilities had ceased, I was one selected in a light infantry corps of four companies commanded by Col. Hall - my immediate captain in this service was Capt Mills. This corps was the last troops discharged. I took my honorable discharge from the army as near as I can recollect, in the city of New York in January 1784. This discharge was signed by General Hass . The discharge I have not preserved. Under my last enlistment I served two years and five months. I am indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government. And I do hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any. Ezra Hodges
April 4 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Kennebec Co.
On the fourth day of April A.D 1818, Ezra Hodges above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me,
Nathan Weston & Chief Justice Court Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Amos Nichols of Augusta, District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that I have been well acquainted with the within named Ezra Hodges for several years last past. He is very poor, and from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth, and I have every reason to believe that he said as he has stated in his declaration.
A. Nichols
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the twentieth day of April A.D 1818, Amos Nichols above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed — Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq. Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Twenty eight dollars and cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is nothing dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

Ezra Hodges
29
6033
28 Jan 1819.
Mar 1819
R. L. Vose, Augusta, Maine.
Attest
Arthur P. Jewell
Rathbone Weston Jr Chief Com

(Copy)
State of Maine.
To the Honorable the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset.
I, Ezra Hodges of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec aforesaid, a pensioner on the Maine roll, under the law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th March, 1818, do hereby exhibit the following schedule of my whole estate and income (my necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) viz;
One cow of the value of twenty dollars.
House hold Furniture, excepting my necessary bedding of the value of ten dollars.
One shovel and one axe of the value of two dollars.
Debts due to me, which are collectable, I have none; and I owe not far from one hundred dollars, which I am wholly unable to pay. —
I have no income derived from property, trade or profession; and from age and infirmity, am unable to labor more than one third part of my time. —
I have a large family who are wholly dependent upon my labor for their maintenance; —
Except the above I have no other property, besides my necessary clothing and bedding. —
Ezra Hodges
A true copy
Attest, Sam Davis flor.
Pension Certificate 1,033.

(Copy)
State of Maine.
I, Ezra Hodges within named do solemnly swear, that on the fourth day of April 1818, I made application, in pursuance of the within mentioned law of March 18, 1818, before Judge Weston, and was afterwards placed upon the pension list roll of the United States, for the District of Maine Agency. And I, the said Ezra Hodges, do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ezra Hodges
KENNEBEC, ss.
ON this sixteenth day of May 1820, Ezra Hodges before named, after being duly cautioned and examined, exhibited and subscribed the within schedule, and took and subscribed the foregoing oath, before me,
Nathan Weston Jr
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas.
A true copy
Attest John Davis Clerk.
H. L. Vose, Augusta.
Mar 1819
28 Jan 1819
6033
Ezra Hodges
29

October 7, 1931
BA-J/MB
Mrs. William J. Knight R. F. D. No. 1 Hallowell, Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Ezra Hodges, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 35423, based upon his military service in that war.
Ezra Hodges was born in Norton, Massachusetts, date not given.
He enlisted in May, 1779, served one year as a private in Captain Olney's company, Colonel Topham's Rhode Island regiment, and was discharged in May, 1780. He enlisted in August, 1781, served as a private a part of the time in Captain Smith's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts Regiment, and a part of the time in Captain Mills' Light Infantry Corps under Colonel Hall, and was discharged in January, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, while living in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (Maine), aged fifty-seven years.
In 1820 soldier was still residing in Hallowell, Maine, and referred to a large family dependent upon him, but gave no names or details and made no reference to his wife.
The above history is that of the only Ezra Hodges found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

35 423
Rev INVALID.
1907 Mar. 31. Hist. to Mrs. Abbie A. Merrill & 1931 Oct. 7 - Hist to Mrs. William J. Fugate - 100 L.B.
File No. 35-423
Osra Hodges Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 232
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Not.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. March 25, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Ezra Hodges
Service _____ Rev
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No W.I. War R as above except IF 35-423

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ezra Hodges Hallwell, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Maine, on the fourth day of April, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twelfth day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun C. Just C.C.C. Plead E East. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Th. Davis

John Freeman depot in the cafe Ella Hodges

I John Freeman of Farmington in the County of Kennebec of lawful age do testify and say that in January 1782 I belonged what was then called the Continental Army and was stationed at West point then I became acquainted with Ezra Hodges who was then a private soldier in the Continental Service. The way that I became particularly acquainted with him at that time was by having the care of him while he was sick with the small-pox. I saw him at sundry of times in said Service until I was discharged from said Service which was in June 1783.
Question. Have you any interest in the event of his obtaining a pension agreeable to the late act of Congress.
Answer. I have not said Hodges when I was acquainted with him in said Service belonged to the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Asaph Putnam. John Freeman
Kennebec. Novr 17 1818 Then personally appeared the above named John Freeman and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed Before me
Ebenezer D. Dyer Justice of the Peace
Ebenezer Dyer Esq is a Justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec; and I am satisfied that the document is credible and disinterested.
Nathan Weston Jur.

At the request of the within named Hodges I will state that I have lived in the neighborhood of John Freeman the within named respondent about nine years during which time he has always sustained a fair character for truth and veracity Elnathan Prop
John Freeman Atkins is the safe Elnathan Hodges

Anna Hodges

I Joseph Bray, aged fifty four years upon oath testify and declare, that being myself a soldier at the time, I know that Ezra Hodges, now of Hallowell in the District of Maine, served as a soldier in the war of the revolution in Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment, Massachusetts line, a considerable part of the year 1781 and all the year 1782 - afterwards he was detached into the light infantry and I do not certainly know how long he served there, but I am satisfied until after the war.
Joseph Bray
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hennepin Is.
On the sixteenth of October, A.D. 1810 Joseph Bray above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq.
C. Just. CCC P. 1810
2 d E. Circuit.

Hallowell Sept 17 1931,
Rev Pension Bureau,
I have been advised from the Office of the adjutant general of the state house of Augusta, to write you, I am looking up the name of, only one Ezra Hodges , a Soldier of the Revolution- ary War, please write me what you can,
Yours Very sincerely
Mr William Knight Hallowell
Postmark Hallowell Me

MAR 22 1910
THE NEW WILLARD WASHINGTON
Pension Bureau, Sirs,
Will it be possible for you to give me information concerning my grandfather and I think great grandfather who was in the Revolutionary War, I have made application to join the "Colonial Daughters" of the 17 th Century and as it is required to give the date of the time of service I apply to the Office of Pensions thinking it can be found there as I think

my grandfather had a pension The name was Ezra Hodge, both the same I think, but I think inherited from Waco as Maine was then part of that state, and it occurs to me now the town of Taunton,
I will be in the City for a few days and if you will kindly write me here, at the Willard I will receive it before I go East, Thanking you in advance
I remain truly Yours March sixteenth, Abbie A. Nornell,

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ezra Hodges 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 35,423
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 79 to May 80 Priv. Olney Topham R.I.   Aug. 81 2 yrs. 5 mo. " Smith Rufus Putnam 5" Mass.   disch Jan'y 84 Mills H. Inf. Co. Cont.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apl. 4, 1818. Hlls
Residence at date of application, Hallowell, Maine.
Age at date of application, 57 yrs. born Norton Mass.
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____