Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21823, Benjamin Hodges, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Hodges, Benjamin
S. 21823
CONTENTS

6745
Rhode Island
Benjamin Hodges
of Providence in the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thayer of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the R. Island line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Mar. 1833  and sent to Mrs. Burgh Providence R.I.
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 —  $160.00    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 33  40.00     200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Bromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 Page 116

We Gideon Palmer and Benjamin Low both residing in the Town of Providence hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Hodges who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Gideon Palmer
Benjamin Low

Grey Hedges

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. County of Providence ss -
On this 28 th day of July A D 1832 personally was present before me William Aplin one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, being a Court of record Benjamin Hodges a resident of Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 79 years who from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open Court who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 viz That he was born May 31 st 1753 in Norton Massachusetts which is there recorded & lived in Providence when he en- tered the service & nearly all the time since the war - and the applicant further states that in April or May 1775 he enlisted in Capt Thayers company John Spurr Lieutenant and Wm Potter now of Cranston ensign & Col Hitchcock's regiment of Rhode Island Troops for eight months & was stationed at Roxbury & Prospect Hill near Boston and the applicant further states that in the winter of 1777 he again enlisted for 4 months in Capt Silas Cobb's company & Col Daggetts regiment of Massachusetts Militia and was stationed at Howland's Ferry & on Rhode Island and the applicant further states that in the Spring of 1778 he again enlisted for 4 months in Capt Halls company Col Daggetts regiment of Massachusetts Militia & was stationed at Howland's Ferry &c and the applicant further states that in the winter of 1778 he again enlisted for 4 months in Capt Clapp's company & he thinks Col Daggetts regiment of Massachusetts Militia and was stationed at Howland's Ferry &c

and the applicant further states that in the winter of 1778 he again enlisted for 4 months in Capt. Clapp's company of the 6th Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and was stationed at Howland's Ferry &c. and the applicant further states that in the Spring & Summer of 1779 he served four months as a substitute in Capt. Dales company & the Colonel's name he has forgot - Massachusetts Militia was stationed at Howland's Ferry -
In all the above he was a private and served his time out & was honorably discharged -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me W. Aplin J. P. C. Pleas
Benja 4/25/98
And I the said judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that Benjamin Low and Gideon Palmer who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents in the Town of Providence and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I also certify that Isaac Hodge and William Potter who have subscribed and sworn to the accompanying depositions are both persons fully entitled to credit for truth and I further certify that the said Benjamin cannot, from bodily infirmity as aforesaid, attend court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of July A. D. 1832
W. Aplin Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in said County

I William Potter of Cranston in the State of Rhode Island, On solemn Oath depose and say that I am acquainted with Benjamin Hodges of Providence, in said State. I remember very well that said Hodges, belonged to our Company during the eight months service, in the year 1775, in the Revolutionary war, and when we were stationed near Boston, on Prospect Hill, and in Col. M'Intosh's regiment of Rhode Island State Troops - Said Hodges was a private in said Company. I was an Ensign, during the first four months of said term and a Lieutenant for the remainder of the time. Said Hodges served faithfully during said term and was then honorably discharged.
William Potter
Providence county ss: In Providence Oct. 11. 1872 Then subscribed and sworn to before me
W. H. Allen Justice of the Peace

1 + 2 + 3 Benj. Abodes
Providence
17020
10m ce
2 years pri
80 ¢
M. Burgess

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the witnesses of Claimants service & that they are credible men
William Burgess
Henry Chapman
Providence
17020
Item C
2 years fee
$10.00
Mr. Burgess

I Isaac Hodges of Boston in the county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, on solemn oath before and say that I well remember Benjamin Hodges now residing in Providence, in the State of Rhode Island & C. at the time he lived in said Town of Boston. I know that in the Revolutionary war, of the United States, he enlisted for eight months, in a company commanded by Capt. Phayer which company were attached to Col. Hitchcock's Regiment. That said Hodges, served in said company the whole of said term the defunct cannot positively testify, but that he enlisted and served part of the time and returned to said Town of Boston, at the expiration of said time, I now well recalled. It was always understood by me and others in the neighborhood at the time that he served faithfully and was then honorably discharged. I have frequently heard him say since the war, that he served on other tours of duty as a soldier, soon after and at various times, the expiration of said first eight months. Mr. Hodges was always considered by all persons in my neighborhood to be a person of strict veracity. Isaac Hodges
Providence county ss. In Providence July 28 1872 Then subscribed and sworn to before me M. A. Alphin Justice of the P. C. Pleas

Providence county ss In Providence July 28 1872 Then subscribed and sworn to before me M. Aplin Justice of the C. C. Pleas
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that William Aplin _____ is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore- said, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said William Aplin ; and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Aplin
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this Sixth day of November — in the year of our Lord 183 2
Wm R Watson

Revolution
21823 INVALID.
File No. 21,823
Benjamin Hodges
Brd Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]