Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37124, Robert Holdridge, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER *
Leon
Holdridge, Robert
S. 37/24
B.L.Wt. 12720-160-55
CONTENTS

3067. 4
Connecticut Roll
Robert Holdridge
Private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8— Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to Sylvester Gilbert Esq r Hebron Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sept r — 1818 38.13 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 4 mo 23/30 $86.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years war
Continued
from Holland 69
Let. to J. S. Broome. 27. June 1844.
Information such July 20 th 1846 John H. H. H. H.

101.513 - Ack March 3/55- Apf 26/55
Robert Holdridge Pvt
Private Jun - Court Sine
Revolutionary War
Kurn Mar 19
Ad. 160 acs Dec 12/55
Dodge
Will
Claimant Mobern Conn
Vol. No. 52. 100

Robert Horridge Dolan Affidavit
Not on rolls
Admitted

Robert Holdridge of Hebron in the County of Tolland in Connecticut a resident citizen of the United States Testifies & declares on Oath, that in the year 1780 he enlisted into the Continental Army in Captain Betts Company Colonel Ebenezer Huntington's Reg- ment in the Connecticut Line of the Army in the war of the Revolution — The 3 d Comp y & Regm t were the 3 rd in the Connec t Line — He enlisted for three years, and continued in service till after the Troops enlisted during the war had been disbanded & discharged, and some time in Novem r A.D. 1783 he was regularly & honourably discharged — He declares that his discharge was of the printed form & signed by General Knox but is lost & gone out of his possession & knowledge That he was wounded by a Musket ball in a Skirmish at Kingsbridge, and served his Country faithfully during the whole term against the common Enemy — He further says that he is & ever has been a resident citizen of the United States & resides in Hebron. Always was poor, & now is, poor and reduced in his circumstances of life and needs assistance from his Country for support his Robert X Holdridge Hebron April 12 th 1818 mark
County of Tolland ss Hebron April 12 th 1818 Personally appeared Robert Holdridge & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding Declaration by him subscribed, before me Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of County Court

Zenas Strong of Colchester in the County of New- London in Connecticut, Physician, Testifies that he has always has been acquainted with Robert Hold- ridge of Hebron - That he was acquainted with his going into the Continental Army in the war of the Revolution, & understood that he engaged & served three years, & that he was not discharged till the close of the revolutionary war - That he was at home within his three years service on furlough & has  saw  him  his face though , & knew as much about him as I could know about any of our Soldiers - The sd Strong also says that he saw sd Roberts printed discharge signed by Genl. and he read sd Discharge: M c Donough after he came home from the army in 1783, Said Robert is poor & needy & infirm & is in need of Assistance for support - and has no doubt of his being very fairly entitled to a Pension
Hebron April 12 th 1818
Zenas Strong
Tolland County ss Hebron April 12 th 1818
Personally appeared Doct r Zenas Strong and made solemn oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of the County Court

9 This may Certify that I. Joseph Thinney was in the Continental Service with Robert Holdridge. for 3 Years, and was the greatest part of the time, in the same Company and Regiment. Under the Command of Col. Coln. Huntington, and Capt. Batts.
Lebanon Windham County April the 10 th 1748. Joseph his Thinney
Personally appeared Joseph Thinney to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Certificate. before me
Dea. Thomas J. Justice

I Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of the County Court in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Holdridge did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the com- mon Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me to the Hon. Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of an act of Congress in this behalf made & provided
Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid Hartford April 12 th 1818

State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss.
On this 5 th day of April A D 1855 before me Ralph Gilbert a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths within said County personally appeared Robert Holdridge aged Ninety seven years, a resident of Hebron in said County and State and made Oath in due form of Law that he is the identical Robert Holdridge named in an original Certificate in his possession and also in a Letter addressed him from the War Department of which the following are true Copies
"War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 Robert Holdridge late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of eight dollars - and - per month to commence on the 12 th day of April One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
(3067)
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty eighth day of September One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen J. C. Calhoun Secy of War

The same being endorsed "Payable on the 4th of March and 4th of September of each year at the Branch Bank of the United States Middletown Connecticut" said Letter is as follows "War Department 3067
Pension Office July 22 nd 1820
Sir you are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll - I am respectfully your obedient servant J. S. Edwards
To Mr Robert Holdridge Hudson Conn..
For further proof of all which he respectfully refers to testimony heretofore recorded and now on file in the Pension Office upon which his said Pension Certificate was granted and continued
He makes this Statement, Oath and Declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act of the 3 rd of March A 1855. He also states that he has not applied for Bounty Land or received any under any prior act of Congress Robert his  X Holdridge mark
Attest Ralph Gifford - Seth B Dickinson

Sworn to subscribe and witness before me this 5th day of April A 1855 and I certify that I know the aforesaid Robert Holdridge to be the identical person he alleges himself to be at the date and inscription of his Declaration and that I am in no way interested in his claim or application. All erasures and interlineations if any before signing
Ralph Gilbert Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
County of Tolland ss. p.
On the 5th day of April A 1855 before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for the aforesaid County by law authorized to administer oaths in said County personally appeared Beth B. Dickinson & Abigail B. Dyer residents of Hartford in said County & State known to me as credible persons and made oath in due form of law that Robert Holdridge who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration is to their personal knowledge is the identical person to whom under the provisions of an act of Congress a Pension of eight Dollars per month has been granted

him for his services in the Revolutionary War - That they have known him and lived near him for more than fifteen years past, frequently conversed with him and have known that he, has drawn and received at Hartford at the Connecticut Agency monies on his Pension certificate at sundry times during said last mentioned time. They further state that they are disinterested Witnesses. Subscribed and sworn to this 5th day of April 1855. All erasures and interlineations before signing
Ralph Gilbert Justice of the Peace Seth B Dickinson John Amable
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of April A.D. 1855. All erasures and interlineations before signing. Before me Ralph Gilbert Justice of the Peace
101.5 State of Connecticut, } TOLLAND COUNTY, } ss. County Clerk's Office, }
I Wm Sumner Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify, that
Ralph Gilbert Esquire,
was on the 5 th day of April 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Tolland this 20 th day of April 1855.
Wm Sumner Clerk.

Robert Holdridge
Hebron
3067
March 1879

STATE OF CONNECTICUT , County of Tolland ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, held by order of the Judge of said Court, on the day of June 1820
ON this 21 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Robert Holdridge aged 58 years, resident in Hartford in the County of Tolland
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit In Capt Dwight's Company and Col Elmer's Huntington, Regt in the Cont. Line for three years as stated in his original declaration now on file in the office of the Secretary at War bearing date the 12 day of April 1818 and that he has received a pension and now holds a pension certificate No 3067
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, 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 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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."
Schedule
household goods, of the value of — 10.00
his Robert X Holdridge mark
Family - wife aged 52 years - occupation day labourer very infirm and incapable of supporting himself by labour.

Sworn to and declared by said Robert Holdridge on the 21 st day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
10 dollars and that the cont. declarant, circumstances and family are as stated herein Elisha Stearns
I, Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of June 1820
E Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tolland

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Holdridge 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.F. 37,124
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1780 3 years to Nov. 1783 Pri. Betts Ebenezer Huntington 3 Conn -   3 years -                                                          
q.s. at Kingsbridge
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron, Conn. Date of application for pension, Apr. 12. 1818. allowed - Residence at date of application, Hebron, Conn. Age at date of application, 56 yrs.
Remarks: _____ _____  7 yrs - 52 yrs in 1820 -

37124 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37124 Robert Holdridge Rev Rev 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 May 9. Hist. to F.C. Bissell - C 1909, Apr. 20. To Dr. Mr. Gen. U.S.A. For monument. F.M.

FREE
Hon. S. P. Waldo ————— Com. Pensions. Washington
101.572

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12720
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Howard

July 28 44
Brother at June 26 heard (1834)
Mr. John Edwards Auditor at the Pension Office
Washington D. C.

Mr. Edwards.
Hebron June 22. 1844
Sir.
The object of this communication is to acquaint you with some facts in relation to one Robert Holdridge, a Rev. Pen. who has no relatives to assist him, & has by the sickness of his Wife, his own age, (86 yrs.) his improvidence, intemperance, & incompetence to transact business, has become a charge to the Town of Hebron.
Last winter Mr. Norton out of our Select Men, called at the Pension Office in Hartford to ascertain whether if they, (the Select Men) should appoint an Overseer to Robert Holdridge, he, (the Overseer) could draw the money & lay it out for the use & benefit of the aforesaid Pensioner. Mr. N. was told that an Overseer thus appointed, & bringing with him the old original Pension Certificate, could draw the money. The Select Men thereupon appointed me to be his Overseer for three yrs. But it appears that evil minded persons to whom the sd. Holdridge was in debt, advised him to withhold his Certificate, & now these same persons have employed an Atty. in Hartford who has demanded of Mr. Goodwin (Pres. of the deposit Bank) to pay the Pension to the sd. Holdridge, or his Counsel. Mr. Goodwin told me yesterday that the Lawyer was quite crusty, because he would not pay the money to him, & told him he would yet "be obliged to do so." Mr. G. said to me that he told the Lawyer that he should pay the money to no one until he could pay it so as to have his account allowed at Washington. Mr. Goodwin at the same time told me in relation to a Pensioner in Hartford who had an Overseer.

and who pawned his Certificate to a landlord to pay for a tavern-spun. His overseer immediately wrote on to Washington, that the original certificate was withheld, at the same time requesting a new one. An order was sent cancelling the old one, & giving a new one to the Overseer with directions to the Bank to pay the money to the Pensioner Overseer at Hartford. Perhaps the object of Mr. Goodwin in relating in substance, the above, was to suggest an idea to me, that I might take a similar course. I would therefore respectfully desire you to take the subject into consideration, and if in accordance with your views enclose to me, an order for Mr. Goodwin to pay to me the Pension of Robert Holdridge, that the benevolent intentions of the Select Men may be realized by the aforesaid Revolutionary Pensioner.
very respectfully yours
Hebron Tolland County Ct
Thomas L. Brown
Overseer to Robert Holdridge.
Mr Edwards
Sir, The above statement made by Mr. Thomas L. Brown as contained in the above we fully concur & respectfully solicit your aid so far as is consistent with the duties of your office in having the matter so arranged that Mr Thomas L. Brown may draw his money & apply it to the support of Mr Holdridge & wife. We have three Select Men only in which all concur two present whose signatures you have
Yours Respectfully
Orrin C. White Select Men
T. L. Brown Gilead Tolland County Ct Solomon Norton

We should also have stated that the said Robert Holdridge has prior to the appointment of Mr Brown had an Overseer who drew his Pension Mr H consented to it..
And would also let the present Overseer had it not been for one or two individuals, for in whose house he resides.. for he the said Holdri- dge agreed to let Brown draw his Pension & the day was set for Brown to carry Mr H to Hartford & get the money &c
Garns with Prospect Orrin C White } Select Men Solomon Norton }

To the Honorable JOHN QUINCY ADAMS President of the United States Washington D.C. Sir: In accordance with the provisions of the act "to provide for a census of the United States," passed March 3, 1839, I have the honor to submit the following report on the progress of my duties during the past season.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT. COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HARTFORD.
May 2. 1908
U.S. Pension Office
Pls - give me record of military service (as per form in application) of Robert Holdridge, Revolutionary Pension, Hebron, Conn. 18240. Sept 22, 1877
The purpely J. C. Bissell. Drp. Compt.