Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38037, Abednego Hodges, Va.

SERVICE
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Va.
Hodges, Abednego
S. 38037
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19.903
Virginia
Abdnego Hodges
of Franklin in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buford in the Virginia line, for the term of 18 months, from 1789 to 1791
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 18th day of March 1828,
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st of March 1828 and sent to Hon. N. H. Claiborne, H. R.
Arrears to 4th of September 1828 $44.67 semi-ann. all'ce ending
$44.67
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
Letter to H. A. Watts. 24. Jan'y 1843.
I Dead " Same per son. 27. Jan'y 1843. C.W.R.

Franklin County S.S.
On this 28 th day of February 1828 personally appeared in open Court being the Superior Court of Law for the said County and a Court of record, Abednego Hodges resident in the County aforesaid aged about seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820. That the said Abednego Hodges enlisted for the term of Eighteen months, the date of his enlistment not recalled, in the Company commanded by Cap t Woodson, in the Regiment commanded by Col o Abraham Buford in the State of Virginia on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps until sometime after Buford's defeat when he was sent as one of the guard with the prisoners taken in the battle at the Crossroads to the City of Richmond in Virginia, where after the capitulation of his army of service, he was discharged. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and that the foregoing is his reason for not making earlier application for a pension. That until within a few years past he has been blessed with health and felt no unwillingness to further the Government so long as he could procure a comfortable subsistence by his labour.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of May 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 18 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for and 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.
One tract of Land containing about five hundred Acres conveyed to Thomas F. Rian and Robert Innes in trust to secure the payment of a debt due to Pleasant Dickenson, amounting to one hundred and thirty four dollars & 87 1/2 cents

cents. With interest from the 9 th March 1822 which said Deed is of record in the Clerks Office of the County Court of Franklin a copy whereof accompanies this Declaration marked N o 1. That he has paid to the said Dickinson at various times the sum of $70 64 Cents leaving a balance due of $111 48 as per Statement marked N o 2. That sometime after the conveyance aforesaid he was imprisoned in the jail of the County aforesaid by virtue of a writ of Capias ad satisfaciendum which issued from the clerks Office of the County Court of Franklin upon a judgement obtained in the said Court by Josiah W Dickinson as trustee for Robert N Dickinson for the sum of $50 38 with interest thereon from the 23 rd day of December 1819 and $18 45 Costs. That in order to avail himself of the provisions of the act of the general Assembly entitled an act concerning executions and for the relief of insolvent debtors, he conveyed to John Forbes then Sheriff of Franklin the said tract of land, which deed is of record in the said Office, and a copy thereof accompanies this Declaration marked N o 3. The said tract of land in both the Deeds before mentioned was estimated at two hundred and seventy eight acres, but which by a recent survey by the County Surveyor has been ascertained to be about two hundred acres. That he has paid to the said Josiah W Dickinson the sum of $73 00 and is still due him the sum of $15 67 as per Statement marked N o 4. That both of the debts before named were contracted with the Messrs Dickinsons for goods and necessaries for his family, they having been merchants in his neighborhood. That the said tract of Land is worth about $200 00. see affidavit marked N o 5
His Medury L Hodges Mark
And the Court being satisfied that the property is not misrepresented in the foregoing schedule and being further of opinion that Josiah W m Samuel H m Woods and Samuel Smith who have testified as to the value of the Land mentioned in the said schedule are worthy of credit, and should be believed upon oath and declining to give any opinion with regard to the services in the foregoing Declaration mentioned, doth order the same to be Certified to the war department. Henry Sisco Caleb Sale C lerk

N o 1 This Indenture made and entered into this 9 th day of March 1822 between Alpheus Hodges and Elisha Hodges of Franklin County and State of Virginia of the one part and Thomas Keen and Robert Innes of the other part aforesaid of the second part, and Stewart Dickenson of the third part. Witnesseth that the said Alpheus Hodges & Elisha Hodges for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid by the said Thomas Keen & Robert Innes the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and to the further purposes herein after expressed by this Indenture, hath bargained, sold and do by these presents bargain, sell, alien and confirm unto them the said Thomas Keen & Robert Innes their heirs and assigns forever two tracts of land lying & being in the County of Franklin and State of Virginia on Chestnut Creek, one wherein the said Alpheus Hodges now lives containing by estimation two hundred & seventy eight acres adjoining the lands of Pasley & Burford, Henry Neagles, Reuben Tinsley and others the other tract adjoining the above tract containing by estimation one hundred acres more or less adjoining the lands of William Tinsley & Reuben Tinsley & others also see head of cattle, livestock eight head of hogs, eight head of sheep and shot gun five feather beds & furniture and set knives and forks together with all our household & kitchen furniture, one bay mare, & all our plantation utensils and also one bay horse one corn mare 15 hogs & head cattle. To have hold & possess and enjoy the aforesaid two tracts of land and the property described as above and premises to them the said Thomas Keen & Robert Innes or the survivor of them their heirs &c. and the said Alpheus Hodges & Elisha Hodges will & as former warrant and defend to them a good and lawful right and title in the simple to the within described two tracts of land and property against the just claims or demands of all and every person or persons whomsoever, Upon trust nevertheless that whereas the said Alpheus Hodges and Elisha Hodges stands justly indebted to Stewart Dickenson in the sum of One hundred & thirty four dollars and sixty seven cents by bonds bearing even date herewith this Indenture and payable on demand but is made payable by this Indenture Sixty seven Dollars & 67 1/2 Cents

on the 25 th December next, the other sixty seven dollars & 33 3/4 Cents on the 25 th Dec r 1823 and the said Abner Hodge and Elisha Hodge being willing and desirous and willing more effectually to afford and secure to the said Pleasant Dickinson his debts with growing interest from this day the actual payment of the debts & interest (Now this Indenture witnesseth that in case the said Abner Hodge & Elisha Hodge shall refuse or fail to make the payments of the debts as before described in this Indenture or any part thereof on the 25 th day of December 1823, then and in that case it shall and may be lawful for the said Thomas S. Keen & Robert Innes or either of them to advertise by advertisement to be posted up at the front door of Franklin Courthouse for twenty days the time & place to proceed to sale by way of Public Auction for ready money at the dwelling house of the said Abner Hodge. On this Condition if the said Pleasant Dickinson shall require the said Thomas S. Keen & Robert Innes or either of them to execute the trust, and out of the proceeds of such sale made, in the first place pay for the drawing and recording of this Indenture and all other incidental expenses for carrying into full and complete effect this Indenture, and in the second place pay to Pleasant Dickinson the debts aforesaid or such as may appear due and unpaid, with growing interest from this day, and in the third place pay the surplus if any to the said Abner Hodge & Elisha Hodge, and upon such sale the deed and conveyance of the said Thomas S. Keen & Robert Innes or either of them to the purchaser or purchasers shall be sufficient to convey a full and complete title and to further quiet the possession of the purchaser or purchasers, the said Abner Hodge & Elisha Hodge doth agree to execute any other deed or instrument that may be thought proper and necessary, and also to deliver and render up possession immediately on the sale taking place in witness whereof the parties have hereunto set their hands and affixed their

38037
Rev.
INVALID.
1929 Mar. 18. Photos to Mrs. G.A. Pauly, Jr. & Fin. Liv. ntfd. a. Roy.
File No. 38037
Wednego Hoages Rev Her MD
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wootton & Sand Smith
affidavit.
no. 5

Franklin County To wit
This day Josiah Woods Samuel H Woods and Samuel Smith of lawful age personally appeared before me one of the common pleas justices of the peace for the county of aforesaid in the state of Virginia and made oath that at the request of Abner Hodge they have examined his tract of land containing about two Hundred Acres and that they consider the fair cash value of the same to be one thousand dollars ————— cents per acre amounting in the whole to Two Hundred ————— dollars and ————— cents given under my hand and Seal the 31 st day of January 1828
I certify that Robert Wood is a Justice of the Peace and that I believe Robert Wood's Seal the above is his signature March 29. 1828. Nathl H Claiborne

Richmond 19 th Jany 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I now enclose you the power of atty. of Chloë Stegal, Mary Richards & Elisha Hodge Children of Abednego Hodge deceased to me to draw the balance of the pension of S d Hodge dec'd, which the agent here declines paying in consequence of the Certificate of the Magistrate, (in which he certifies to the truth of the Copy of the Original in the power of atty,) being dated on the 9 th day of Dec r 1842 & on the said 9 th day of Dec r 1842 Making Oath that the Original Certificate was given him to draw up the power of attorney to enable the attorney to receive the Amt. coming from the United States, & that the said Certificate is lost & cannot be found he Considering that the one Certificate contradicts the other I requested me to forward the power of atty. to you for your decision upon the same. —
This is the second time the power of atty has been sent to this office, it was returned the first time for some informality, and between the time the papers were first made out & the 9 th Dec r last, the Original was lost. The Copy of the original now in the power of atty.

was copied from the Copy in the first power of atty. — which was certified to by a Magistrate as a true Copy of the original
Yours Very Respectfully
Hugh Watt
One of the firm of Wilson Watt

Seals the day and date first written
Witness John Cook Thomas Wingfield Buya Cook
His Abner Hodges mark His Elisha Hodges mark
At the Clerks Office of Franklin County the first day of Apr. 2 1822
This Deed of Trust from Abner Hodges and Elisha Hodges to Thomas S. Keen and Robert Jones to secure the payment of a debt due Pleasant Dickinson was acknowledged by the said Abner Hodges And at the said Clerks Office the 10 th day of May 1822 The said Deed of Trust was acknowledged by the said Elisha Hodges and admitted to record
Teste: Caleb Stiles (clerk)
No 2 Mr. Abner Hodges
1822 In case with P Dickinson
March 5 To note on demand wherein your said property is incumbered to me pay 25 th Dec r 1827 with interest from this day $67.33 3/4
To Note on Demand wherein your said property is incumbered with Int- erest from this day and payable the the 25 th Dec r 1823 67.33 3/4
To Interest on both notes up to 11 th April 1824 Cr $134.67 16.75 $151.42
1824 April 11 By 134.41 Solace $53.64 By 350 very common Solos @ $2 7.00 60.64 Dr $90.78
To Interest on $90.78 from the 11 th day of 1824 to the 3 rd day of July 1828 20.70 $111.48
Due me with interest from this date till paid, wherein his land and property is incumbered to secure the payment
P Dickinson July 3 rd 1828

This Indenture made this 18 th day of August 1823 between Abner Hodges of the County of Franklin and state of Virginia of the one part and John Forbes sheriff of the County of Franklin and State aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that whereas a writ of Capias ad satisfaciendum issued from the clerks Office of Franklin County Court, bearing date in the 8 th day of August 1823 against the body of the said Abner Hodges in favour of Josiah W Dickenson Trustee for Robert N Dickenson for the sum of Sixty dollars and thirty eight cents, with Interest therefrom the 25 th day of December 1819 with Eigh- teen dollars and forty five Cents costs, And by virtue of the said Writ, the said Abner Hodges has been committed to the jail of the County of Franklin, and who desires to avail himself of the benefits of the Act of the General Assembly for the relief of insolvent Debtors, (Now) in consideration of the premises, the said Abner Hodges, doth grant bargain and sell by these presents, all his right, title, and interest in and to and certain tract or parcel of Land, lying and being in the County of Franklin, on Cheswatt creek, being the tract wherein the said Abner Hodges now lives containing by estimation two hundred and seventy eight acres, adjoining the lands of Pasley & Darnell, Henry Heazlip, Reuben Finley, and others. Which said tract of lands the said Abner Hodges hath conveyed to Thomas S Reun and Robert Innes in trust to secure the payment of certain debts due Pleasant Dickenson, as per deed bearing date the 9 th day of March 1822, and of record in the clerks Office of the County Court of Franklin. And the said Abner Hodges, doth by this Indenture convey to the said John Forbes sheriff as aforesaid, all his right, title and interest, which he now hath or hereafter may have in and to the said tract of land by reversion or otherwise, after the said debts in the trust deed shall be fully satisfied and discharged to the said Pleasant Dickenson or his representatives. Which tract of land aforesaid, or the reversion or remainder thereof the said John Forbes sheriff and his successors sheriffs shall dispose of and account for to the said Josiah W Dickenson, trustee as aforesaid to the full amount

of the debt, interest, and costs aforesaid, and all other incidental charges attending the execution of the same. And the balance if any then should be to account for according to law. The title of the said land, I the said Abner Hodges, do warrant and forever defend unto the said Sheriff and his successors, for the purposes aforesaid, free from the claims or claims of any person or persons whomsoever. Except the reversion of the deed of trust aforesaid, from him the said Abner Hodges and his heirs and assigns, the tract of land aforesaid and the appurtenances. In witness whereof, the said Abner Hodges hereunto set his hand and seal the day and date aforesaid.
Signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of Abner Hodges (mark)
At the Clerks Office of Franklin county the 8 th day of August 1823. This Deed of conveyance from Abner Hodges to John Forbes Sheriff of Franklin county for the purposes herein expressed, was acknowledged by the said Abner Hodges and admitted to record.
Teste Caleb Sale Clerk
No 4 Josiah W Dickinson Trustee for Robert N Dickinson against Abner Hodges Judgment $30:38 Interest from 25 th Dec r 1819 until 25 th March 1825 15 87 Costs of suit 18 45 Recording Deed from Hodges to the Sheriff 1 75 86 45 Cr 73:00 13:115 Int until 1 st Feby 1828 2 22 $15:67 Josiah W Dickinson Feby 1828

N o 5. Franklin County to All
This day Joseph Woods, Samuel H. Woods, and Samuel Smith of lawful age personally appeared before me one of the Common Pleas the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and made oath that at the request of Abner Hodges they have examined this tract of Land, Containing about two hundred acres, and that they consider the fair Cash value of the same to be one dollar per acre Amounting in the whole to two hundred Dollars Given under my hand and Seal this 31 st day of January 1828
Robert McOats (S ic )
Hon. M. H. Claiborne
Virginia S ic
I Caleb Sale clerk of the County Court of Franklin in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct transcript or copy of the Declaration made in the Court by Abner Hodges for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the Government of the United States and the accompanying documents with the schedule of his property from the records of the said Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at the Office this 18 th day of March 1828 in the 52 nd year of the Common Wealth
C. Sale clerk

Jan 27 1843 RICHMO JAN 27 1843
Mr. Edwards
Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Revenue Washington City W.C.
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Richmond Jan'y 25 th 1843
Dear Sir
Your favor of yesterday is to hand but there was an error in enclosing me a power of atty. from Col Thompson to Lewis H. Dunn & W. Linn's letter to you in place of the vouchers of the children of Abner D. Hodges dec'd. which I now re- enclose to you & will thank you to forward the proper vouchers.
Yours Respectfully
Hughes Watt
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington City W.C.

CH 3 Jan 21. 1843 19
W. L. Evans
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Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City W. C.

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March 11, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I desire photostat copies of five pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Abednego Hodges, S. 38037.
Mrs. G. A. Pauly, Jr. 931 Laurel St., St. Louis Missouri
Recd. payment
75 cents
Antonia H. Ford Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

List of papers selected by Mrs. Paultz:
Deer's appl. Feb. 28 - 1828 - 2 p His cert. - jacket 1 p
Counsel of Atty. for arrears - with Phil. names Jan. 19 - 1843 7 p