Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5082, Asa Hedge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hedge, Asa Miriam
P 5082
CONTENTS

14348
1817 3 New York
Hasa Wedge
of Stenters Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dexter of the Regt commanded by Col Leonard in the Mass? m line for Vermont .
Assigned on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1833 and sent to W. G. Master . Bath .
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $106.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 26.66
$133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 10

Martha 49/78
Born May 1780
Husband died 16 Dec 1838
Maria Brown Agt Utica N.Y.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 entitled An Act granting half pay Pension, to certain Widows
State of New York Steuben County } ss
on this 5 th day of February 1839. personally appeared before the Magistrate of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Steuben now sitting at Bath in said County, H being a court opened. Miriam Hodge a resident of the town of Hume in said County aged 78 years last August who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled An act granting half pay Pension to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Ola Hodge who was a Revolutionary Soldier & drew a pension of $53.33 per annum the certificate of which is now in her possession No 14348. Recorded in the pension office in Book E Vol 4 page 60 by W J Williams Clerk under the act of 7th March 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Hodge in the Month of May 1780, in the town of Hordwick Massachusetts by Esquire Mendenhall but she cannot say whether there is or ever was any record of the same that her husband the aforesaid Ola Hodge died on the 26 day of December 1838 at Hume aforesaid That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time of her notice

Mento Halsey's on the day of your deed written before me
J. Hamilton Clerk
Sturminster Newton
Michael Ridge
In Witness whereof I hereunto offixed the seal of the seal of the widow of Thomas P. & of my office this 5th day of January 1839.
J. Hamilton Clerk Sturminster Newton

18173
Asa Hedge
Steuben county New York
Emitted 10 mo / pr $53.33
Joseph G. Master Bath, Steuben New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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. Those 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 Asa Hodge, Steuben co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 2 Private Capt. Dexter Colonel Leonard Swift Col. Keys Roxbury 76 Wooster Co. Mass. tradition   do 1776 5 Capt. Warner Col. Holman Long Island New Haven New York   d. 1779 3 Capt. Moulton Col. Morris Clarmack Albany   do 1780 Continued 6 Capt. B. Warren Col. Brooks Tappan West Point   Found on rolls for Comm.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[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 day 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 he 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 [j] 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.
J. G. Bradburn

Asa Hedges in the matter of his application for a pension—
18173
This sheet must have been divided accidentally in the office as all the others are attached at the corner. W. P. G. will any
Continental 6 months charities — 10 months
Write to J. G. Masters Battie Street Co. N.Y.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } County of Steuben }
On this fifteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Steuben County aforesaid now sitting. Asa Hedge of the town of Ithaca in said County of Steuben aged seventy six 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 th 1832.
That he entered the United States service under the following names & Offices and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the town of Hardwicke County of Worcester State of Massachusetts on the ninth day of June in the year 1756. he has no records of his age - but was always informed of his age as above stated by his parents - that he was residing in the said town of Hardwicke when on about the 20 th day of December in the year 1775 he enlisted for two months in Captain Samuel Dexters company that said company marched to Roxbury and joined Colonel Leonard's Regi- ment in which one Keyes was Lt Colonel and Spout, Major. that they were stationed at Roxbury in the houses where they staid two months when they were dismissed & he returned home -
That in June 1776 he enlisted from the said town of Hardwicke for five months in Captain David Warner's Company

that said company marched by land to New Haven where they went aboard a sloop, and sailed to New York City where they joined Colonel Jonathan Holman's Regiment of General Leonard's Brigade - they were stationed in New York about two weeks where they were encamped in board barracks about three miles above New York on the Hudson River, where they laid until after the battle with Howe on Long Island when they retreated to Harlem heights where they made a short halt from thence they retreated to White plains where they encamped on high ground and began to make intrenchments that on or about the morning of the 25 th day of October in the year 1776 the enemy appeared on an opposite hill and began a cannonade - that this applicant was with General Mc Dougall on a hill a little way from the main army - that they were attacked by the Hessians - a battle ensued and the Americans retreated to the main army - that said main army retreated to very high grounds at four miles from the battle ground where they encamped and the part of the army to which he belonged staid until the time of his company had expired when they were dismissed - he received no certificate Generals Washington Putnam was with said army - General Washington left them after they had encamped & General Lee had then the command -
In October 1779 he was residing in the town of Greenwich in Massachusetts when he enlisted for three months in Captain Moses Moulton's company in

Colonel Chapins Regiment - said Regiment marched to Claverack on the Hudson River, staid at Claverack 5 or 6 weeks from thence marched to Albany where they were stationed in barracks on the hills west of the City until the three months had expired when they received a verbal dismissal & returned home
That in June he was residing in the town of Hardwicke aforesaid when in the latter part of June 1780 he enlisted in the United States Regular Troops and went to West Point where he joined (in the first part of the month of July in said year) Captain Benjamin Warrens Company of the 7 th Massachusetts Regiment com- manded by Col Brooks - and after he had been a few days at West Point he in said Regiment crossed to the east side of the River marched down to Kings Ferry where they crossed into New Jersey and encamped at Toppan for sometime thinks two months then marched to a place called called English neighborhood where they staid until they returned to their winter quarters at West Point - while crossing at Kings Ferry on their return a scow sank with 13 wagons - at the expi- ration of said six months he was discharged from West Point by Captain Warren and received a certificate which he has lost that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testi- mony he can procure of his services - that the services set forth in this application amount to sixteen months - in Steuben County that after they were in said Hardwicke the last 15 years He hereby relinquishes every claim

whatsoever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Subscribed this day & year aforesaid M. S. Runnels Dep AG                      As a Hedge Tipton County
We David Smith a Surgeon & William Swanthout residents of said County of Stark hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Hedges who has subscribed the and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is respected & beloved in the neighbor hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to this day year aforesaid M. S. Ramsey Sec. AR                      David Smith Steuben County                              Wm. Swarthout
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states -
And the Court further certifies that it appears that to them that David Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Steubenville County State of New York, and that William Swan Hunt who also signed the same is a resident of said County of Steubenville and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit—

clergyman resident in the Steubenville County State of New York and that William Swan Mount who also signed the same is a resident of said County of Steubenville and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit
Geo. C. Emmerick
Paul G. Cook
Ezra Chapin
I David Rumsley Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steubenville do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Hedges for a pardon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court & County this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1862
D. Rumsley Clk Steubenville County By McJ. Rumsley Dep. Clk

Extract from the Records of the Town of Haverwick, taken from Book first, page 650 of said Records.
"Ara Hodge and Meriam Dexter Both of Haverwick. Married May" "thirty first one thousand sevenhundred and eighty!"
State of Massachusetts } ss. Town Clerks office Worcester County — } Haverwick Feby 19 th 1839.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of, the Record, from the Record of marriages in said Office, now in my custody as Town Clerk of said Haverwick with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, "May 31 st 1780."
Attest, Joseph Stone, Clerk of said Town of Haverwick for the current year
I, Joseph Stone above named, depose and say; that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Haverwick in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of Marriages in said Haverwick, with the exception above named as certified by me, Joseph Stone, Clerk of said Town of Haverwick.
Haverwick Feby 10 th 1839.
Subscribed and sworn to, this 1 st day of March A.D. 1839. Before me, Gardner Ruggles Jus. Peace for the County of Worcester
I further certify, that the said Joseph Stone, Town Clerk for the said Town of Haverwick is reputable for truth and veracity. Gardner Ruggles Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that Daniel Ruggles Gendner Ruggles is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that the two signatures of his his name within written are true and genuine.
In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hands and the seal of said Court this Second day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Rev War
8698
✓ INVALID.
File No. 8698
Asa Hodge Rev War
Act: June 7 th '82
Index:—Vol. Set , Page 169
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
50 R
P. O. Miriam Hedge
Service: ara 074 348 Asa Hedge
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

V N. York Miriam Hedge widasa lit. to Maria Brown 13. July 1839
5082
Act July 1838.

The rej d jacket has been changed from Hodge to Hedge & the same change should be made on the Index book of rej d cases & also placed under the Combination of He referring to rej d n o 5082—

In the matter of Asa Hedges, a Revolutionary Soldier -
his Declaration -

1599 I do hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved on the fifteenth of May 1828," I Asa Brdge of Tazewell in the county of Shenandoah and state of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution in Captain Samuel Dexters company in Colonel Sarnes Regiment at Bardswick, Massachusetts and served as a private soldier at Roxbury in said state of Massachusetts - the term of two months At the close of the time I again enlisted for one year under Captain Daniel Warner, in Colonel Jonathan Holmans Regiment, in Brigadier General Sarnes Brigade - and served five months and was then discharged on account of ill health - That I again enlisted in said Army, at Greenwich, Massachusetts about the year 1778 or 1779. Under Captain Moses Montague, in Colonel Chapins Regiment for three months - and was discharged - And I do further declare that I enlisted in the said continental line of the army of the Revolution about the first of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three

according to my best recollection and belief, and continued in its service until the termination of the war, at which period I was a private soldier in Captain Benjamin Warren's company in the Seventh Regiment in the Massachusetts line of said Army (stationed at West Point in the State of New York) Commanded by Colonel Brooks who was afterwards Governor of Massachusetts as I have been informed - That I was discharged by my captain about the month of November in the year 1783 - That about the month of December or January next thereafter I handed my discharge to the Select men of the town of Haverwick in the State of Massachusetts, in order that I might be entitled to receive my wages for said service and that I have never seen the said discharge since that time - I suppose it was destroyed -
And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States - And that I have never received any pension from the United States, whatsoever -

And I further declare that I have not been able to obtain any other or further testimony of the truth of this my declaration besides the proof herunto attached - Witness my hand this fifth (52) day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine - Asa Hodge
Before me John O. Cook a jus- tice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the county of Saratoga and state of New York Personally appeared this day Brainerd Ellis and Cyrus Hult to me personally known, who did severally make oath that Asa Hodge by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in Manner as therein stated - Subscribed and sworn to Brainerd Ellis This fifth day of March ~ Cyrus Hult 1829. Before me. Witness ~ my hand - John O. Cook J.P.

I Abraham H. Bennett, Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Yates in the State of New York do hereby certify that John B. Cook, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths - that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and do verily believe that the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavits is in the proper hand writing of the said Justice -
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this seventeenth day of March in the year 1829 -
A. H. Bennett, Clerk.
In the matter of Asa Hedges, & Revolutionary Soldier.
vs Declaration.
1599

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 April 1829.
Asa Hedge of Tyrone in the County of Steuben in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Warren's company, in the Seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, T. H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
14 th April 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Asa Hedge in the
It further appears that Asa Hedge - not - is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
It appears from the Register of Masters of the Massachusetts line, that Asa Hedge enlisted in the 7 th Regiment of that line, on the 8 th July 1780, for only six months -
John Hagner And

4978 M ch 28 7 July 38
J L Edmonds Esq. Court of Prerogative Washington
1838

Urbana N.Y. March 12 1839.
Sir England I send papers in support of Mrs Hodge's claim to a pension which will explain themselves.
Will you have the goodness to send me an answer to Mrs Martha Howes claim which has been many months under consideration.
Respectfully G. H. H. H.
Minis Thomas
H. Edwards Esq
Conner St