Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 741-100, Robert Gudgeon, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 9
Judgeon, Robert. Elizabeth
B.L. Mt. 741-100
CONTENTS

No 741
Robert Gudgeon - deed
paid:
R. Island line —————
John Gudgeon son & heir
Warrant issued Feby. 10 th 1879
Hon. James Burrill

Enclosed are the Depositions of Uriel Wilbur and Elizabeth Gudgeon.
Taken and sealed up by me Nahum Randall Justice of the Peace.

I Elizabeth Gudgeon Widow of the late Robert Gudgeon of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, of Lawful Age and engaged according to Law do testify and say, that I was lawfully married to Robert Gudgeon of Providence by the late Rev. Doctor James Manning, in the Month of August, A.D. 1743, and that John Gudgeon of Providence in the State aforesaid is my son by, and the only surviving Heir at Law to the said Robert Gudgeon, my late Husband, who died at Surinam about Twenty Years since.
Elizabeth Gudgeon
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence ss. In Providence this Twentieth day of January A.D. 1818. The aforesaid Deponent being duly examined and sworn made solemn Oath to the truth of said Deposition, by me in her presence, reduced to writing and by her in my presence subscribed.
Taken at the request of John Gudgeon
Noah Prout Justice of the Peace.

At a Court of Probate holden within and for the Town of Providence on the 21 st Day of December A D . 1818 —
Whereas, from the Evidence adduced to this Court, it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court, That John Gudgeon of this Town is the Son and only heir at law of his Father Robert Gudgeon for- merly of said Town deceased, who served in the time of American Revolution as a Private in Captain Holden's Company, Col. Olney's Regiment in the Continental Service —
State of Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions
I Nathan W. Jackson Clerk of the Court of Probate of the Town of Providence, in the County of Prov- idence in said State, do hereby certify that the above is a true Copy from the Records of said Court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto in said Providence subscribed my name this 28 th day of December A D 1818
Nathan W. Jackson
Be it remembered that I William Richmond Esquire President of the above named Court do hereby certify that Nathan W. Jackson before named is

Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and qualified to act in his said Office; that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to the foregoing Act and attestation of the said Clerk and that this and the foregoing attestation are in due form of law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto in said Providence subscribed my name and caused the seal of said Court to be set this twenty eighth day of December A D 1818.
Wm. Brummond

July 12. 1819
Mr Cutting
Bounty Land Office
— 17th of July
Yrs J. M. ... for Rec'd ... for ... for ... for ...

Mid Green Island Road post
Robt Judson's Land for Rickey Brant Land
146 N. 7th St Bost
Mr. G. B. L.
Jan 12 1819

Sir
I inclose proof of the heirship of John Gudgeon whose claim for the re- versionary Land warrants of his father was sometime since exhibited.
The proof is from the regular court of Probate according to the laws of the State of Rhode Island & will prove I trust satisfactory. I am very respectfully
Yours obed t Serv t .
James Brown M c
3

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof, Robert L. Ludgeon, soldier in the Rhode Island — Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States six years, three months & twenty four days — and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
15 th June 1783
G. Washington

BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Command,
Sturtevant Lunt
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
Rhode Island
Greenman Adjutant.
THE above
Robert Gudgeon
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Years faithful Service.
Six
Jeremiah Olney Lieut. Col. Comd. Rhode Island Regt.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 15. 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. copy no. 10

Monroe
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Robert Judgeon B.Y.M. 744-100. RR
Robert Judgeon B.Y.M. 744-100. RR

PAID
Hon. James Burrill Jr. Sen. in Congress Washington,

Providence Jan y 2 nd 1819
Dr Sir,
I enclose you a Certificate of Membership in favour of John Gudgeon & an order for his Transcript. If you will have the goodness to forward the same or resue it until you shall return home as best suits your convenience, you will much oblige
Your obed t Serv t Thos. Jones Pitts

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secy of War
Columbia, December 20 th 1840
Sir,
If a warrant shall be granted in my favor, please deliver the same to the Hon ble James Burn Jr, Senator in Congress, and you will oblige
Your obed t Serv t ,
John Gudgeon

I, Wm Wilbur of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of lawful age and engaged according to Law do testify and say that Robert Gudgeon, a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and in the Rhode- Island Regiment, was Lawfully married by the late Rev. Doctor James Manning, to Miss Elizabeth Thurral; and that I the Deponent was present and acted as Bridesman on the occasion. That their Marriage took place soon after the close of the War, and this Deponent believes, in the Month of August A.D. 1783. This Deponent further states that he was then intimately acquainted with the Family ever since said Marriage, and that John Gudgeon of Providence in the State of Rhode Island is the only surviving heir at Law, of the late Robert Gudgeon, who died at Surinam about Twenty Years since.
Wm Wilbur
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Providence ss. In presence this Seventeenth day of January A.D. 1818, the aforesaid Deponent being duly cautioned and examined made solemn Oath to the truth of said Deposition, by me in his presence reduced to writing and by him in my presence subscribed.
Taken at the request of John Gudgeon
Joshua Farnsworth Justice of the Peace.