Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5083, Nathan Hodgman, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
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Mass. N 16
Hodgman, Nathan or Hodgeman Lydia
P. 5083
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24. 203
New York Nathan Wedgeman
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. command by Captain Waldo of the Regt. command by Col. Reed in the New York line for 18 months N.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 00 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov 1833 and sent to J. Putnam Cambridge
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $150 Semi-annual allowance ending 11 Mo. 34 30 $180
5 Revolutionary Claim, Recd June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book 6 Vol. 4. Page 104

State of Vermont } Windsor County ss. }
Town Clerk's Office Chester Sept 29 1840
I hereby certify, that the following is a true transcript taken from the ancient Records of Chester Book first page 140. Nathan Hodgman and Lydia Steood was joined in Marriage the Eleventh of November one thousand Seven Hundred & eighty four. That the same is there Recorded in fair and legible words and figures Thus. — "Nathan Hodgman and Lydia Steood was "joined in Marriage the 11- of November 1784." "Recorded by Daniel Heald Town Clerk" A True copy of Record in this Office. Attest Amos Heald Town Clerk.
I Amos Heald of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, Testify and say, that I now hold the Office of Clerk for the Town of Chester aforesaid legally chosen and qualified on the Second day of March 1840. and hold said Office until the Month of March 1841. that the above is a true Extract taken from the records of said Chester Book first page 140.
Amos Heald Clerk of the Town of Chester
State of Vermont } At Chester in said County, on the 6 th Windsor County ss. } day of October A.D. 1840. Personally

Appeared Amos Heald Town Clerk of Chester, and made Oath that the Above disposition or Affidavit by him subscribed is true; and I hereby certify, that the said Amos Heald is known to me to be a man of truth and a credible Witness.
Benj n . Smith Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I Norman Williams, Clerk of the county Windsor County ss } Court of the County of Windsor aforesaid do hereby certify, that Benjamin Smith is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & Qualified that his Commission was dated on the twenty =seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine and will expire on the 30 th day of November instans  next ; and that his signature above is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this third day of November A.D. 1840.
N. Williams, Clerk

State of New York } County of Wayne } ss.
On this Twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one forty personally appeared before the County Courts of the County of Wayne and State aforesaid (being a Court of Record) Lydia Hodgeman, a resident of the town of Macedon in the County of Wayne aforesaid aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Nathan Hodgeman, who was a private in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served as such in the said War, the particular periods and length of the service she cannot now state, but she relies for the proof of services of her said husband, upon the declaration and proofs now in the Pension office, or War Department at the City of Washington made by the said Nathan Hodgeman her said husband, upon which a Pension certificate was granted to him, and which Certificate is dated at the War Office of the United States the 8th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and to which said declaration and proofs she refers.
She further declares that she was married to the said Nathan Hodgeman on the eleventh day of November in the year one thousand seven  eight hundred and eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Nathan Hodgeman, died on the twenty third  fourth day of

April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, at the town of Ogden, Monroe County State of New York; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four: viz: at the time above stated
NB. The word "Eight" obliterated & the word "Seven" inter- lined in its stead also interlined "one" & "third" & "fourth" erased Lydia the Hodgman Sworn to and subscribed on the 14 th day and year above written, before me, in open court
Edm. Griswold Dep. Clerk.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 28 th day of January 1844.
James Hawley Clerk Wayne County

State of New York
Wayne County ss; Aaron Gilmore of the town of Macedon in the said county being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Lydia Hodgman, widow of Nathan Hodg- man deceased, who is now applying for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7th. 1838, that she now resides in the town of Macedon aforesaid, that he was also well acquainted with her her hus- band the aforesaid Nathan Hodgman in his life time; that the said Nathan Hodgman died on the twenty third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, at the town of Og- den in the County of Monroe in the State of New York; that the said Lydia Hodgman has not been married since the decease of the said Nathan Hodgman, but has ever since remain- ed a widow and is now the widow of the said Nathan Hodgman. Note the words " he " & " not " in- terlined before execution. " third " written on a napkin Subscribed & sworn to this 27 th day of January 1841 before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with Aaron Gilmore the above deponent & that he is a credible witness Hiram P. Serme First Judge Wayne County Court. Aaron Gilmore

State of New York
Wayne County Clerks Office } ss James Hawley Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify That Hiram H Jerome Esqr whose name appears to the within Certificate or affidavit was on the day and date thereof a Judge of the Court in and for the County of Wayne And his signature as subscribed to the within Certificate or affidavit is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County this 28 th day of January 1821 James Hawley Clerk
7687
Nov 11 1824 New Land Office 1824

No 21882
Nathan Goodwin Washington N.Y.
Adm. 1. year and 6. Months
$ 60.
John P. Putnam Cambridge Washington N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjóined 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.
Co-1837-
A Statement, shewing the Service of Sethon Rodgermon Washington
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     last April Private Capt Munn 71 years Traditional evidence but   at May applicant not statime   Entered 1795 8 Col Reed born able. The   Jan'y 76 Capt Goodale born traditional evidence   March 76 2 Col Walden born credible by the Court   Entered March 77 2 Capt Grop Mason   left July 77 2 Genl Starke Cott   Entered March 78 3 Capt Wood   left Aug 78 1 Col Reed   Capt Munn  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Rev. D. L. Lawrie
It cannot readily be admitted that the above service is insufficient proof, and the regulations require applicants to furnish the best in their power.

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 days 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 the 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 the 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 _____ 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 [i] 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.
John Estlin

In the matter of Nathan Rodman x
21882
Dear
doon

State of New York Washington County ss
On this twenty ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas at the Court house in the Town of Salem in said County now sitting Nathan Hodgeman a resident of the Town of White Creek (formerly Cambridge) in the County of Washington and State of New York aged seventy one 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 seventh 1832 —
That he was born in the year 1761 in the town of Bellaria in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts —
That he has no record of his age and knows it only by information derived from his Parents —
That he lived when called into the service in the Town of Mason County of Hillsborough (he believes) in the State of New Hampshire — That since the revolution he has lived part of the time in the Town of Chester County of Windsor — and State of Vermont and part of the time in the said town of White Creek where he lives now —
That in the last days of April or first of May 1775 and immediately after the news of the Lexington battle he enlisted for eight months in the said Town of Mason in a company of State troops commanded by Captain Benjamin Allen was immediately called into service and marched by the most direct route from there to Charlestown near Boston, was there attached to Colonel James Reed's regiment in Gen Sullivan's Brigade he thinks and was stationed on Winter Hill in the Town of Charlestown to prevent the enemy from making incursions into the adjacent country. That he continued there in service through the eight months and

was then on some one of the first days of January 1776 paid and verbally discharged — That during the said campaign the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in sight of him and his captain was in it but had stationed him at Winter Hill in charge of baggage he being young — That Gen Washington was then part of the campaign Generals Putnam See and most of the principal officers of the army were also there and General Gage with the British army occupied Boston —
That early in the month of March 1776 he enlisted for two months into the State troops in Captain Goodale's company Col. Walden's regiment — The Colonel and Capt Goodale were both from the town of Temple New Hampshire — That he was soon called again to the said town of Charlestown and was again stationed on Winter Hill but near the Mystic river and for the aforesaid purpose That he was then when the British evacuated Boston and served to the end of the two months and was again paid and verbally discharged — General Washington remained there till the British left Boston and the same day took possession of the town —
That in the first part of March 1777 in the said town of Mason he again enlisted in the State troops for two months in Capt Jonas Bowman's company. The Colonel's name he does not remember was marched to Portsmouth New Hampshire and was stationed on an island called Great Island to keep off the enemy till the end of the two months and he was then verbally discharged — There were only two companies then under their respective captains and he does not recollect any higher officer —
That in the month of July 1777 in the said town of Mason he was drafted into service and assigned to Captain John Goss' company of the town of Hollis New Hampshire Moses Nichols Colonel & Gen John Stark commander of those forces — That he was

1. 10 immediately marched through N. Hampshire to & across Connecticut River at Charlestown thru over the Green mountain to Manchester Vermont where they found Gen Lincoln and some continental troops who soon left and went off towards the Hudson as he understood That after laying a short time at Manchester they were ordered to Bennington Vermont where they lay till the morning of the 16 th of August when he with his fellows were called into action fought the whole day and were successful - After the Battle he 2 continued there till the said two months expired and was then verbally discharged - That General Stark was the principal officer
That in the month of March 1778 he enlisted in the State troops in the town of Piperell Massachusetts for three months under the command of Capt Isaac Woods Colonel's name he does not recollect positively but thinks it was Reed - That he was marched immediately to Cambridge near Boston to help to guard General Burgaynes troops and was then stationed at barracks 3 N o 2 and continued there till the three months were out and was then paid and verbally discharged - That Genl Stark was there part of the time -
That early in August 1778 he volunteered in Capt Manns company in Mason N. Hampshire and was immediately marched across the state of Massachusetts to the island of Rhode Island and was sta- tioned there one month during Gen Sullivans Expedi- 1 tion and at the end of the month was verbally discharged
2. 8 There were many officers there & soldiers both continental and mili- tia but he does not remember particularly their names - That he has no documentary evidence of his services & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - That he cannot procure the certificate of a clergyman nor one having resided in his neighborhood more than one year -

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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh C.M.B.
Nathan Hadgeman
We Daniel H. Pratt residing in the town of White Creek County of Washington and State of New York and John King of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Hadgeman who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration, That we believe him to be seventy one years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Rev- olution and that we concur in that opinion — Dan l H. Pratt John King
Sworn to & subscribed the 29 th day of August 1832 in Open Court
Henry Rice Justice of Peace J. S. Leigh C.M.B.
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 certifying that it appears to them that Daniel H. Pratt and John King who have severally signed the preceding certificate are both resident in the said town of White

books and an credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Joseph S. Leigh Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the said County of Washington do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Hodgman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 28 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. — J. S. Leigh CLERK
State of New York Washington County ss Nathan Hodgman being duly sworn saith that he is the same person who subscri- bed and swore to the preceding declaration. That in addi- tion to the fact therein stated " That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services " he herein further states that he has lived in the said Town of Washington and the same neighbourhood thirty years next autumn That he has been poor and barely able to support his family during all that time lived also obscurely and without the means of knowledge necessary for him to know at this time if any of his fellows in the war of the Revolution are still living and that he does not know if any among them all survive at this day. That if he could go to the part of the country where he was brought

up and served he might possibly find some survivors who would know him and his services but that the distance is about two hundred miles & he is without health or money necessary to undertake such a journey and has no one to go for kind and this deponent further with that then served with him in Captain Manns Company, Ensign Nathaniel Hosmer & privates Joseph Hodgman & Zachariah Hodgman in Capt Goodale's Company Lieut. Joseph (in thinking) Cutter Sergeant John Cutter - Corporal Ebenezer O'Neil & private John Thomas - in Captain Bowman's Company Lieut. — Ballard Drummer Henry Bell & privates Joseph Barrett & Josiah Hartcutt — in Capt Goss' Company Ebenezer Powers and privates & the O'Neills name was Bark elder and in Capt Wood's Company Lieut. Joshua Wood Brother to the Captain & Ensign Moses Doolittle which are all the names he now recollects — And further if the evidence now sent by him will not intitle the deponent to his pension if the Commissioners of pensions will be kind enough to furnish the deponent with the names and places of residence of any of the persons above named (if any of them are applying for pensions) this deponent will obtain their evidence if in his power.
Subscribed & sworn the 15 August 1833 before John P. Putnam Justice of the peace
And do also certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Hodgman who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration & affidavit that I have known him for at least fifteen years. That he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit
August 15 th 1833
John P. Putnam Justice of the peace

State of New York Washington County ss. We Leonard Wells James Richardson Alexander Bullions Gerrit Wendell Matthew Stevenson Nathan Culver Juniors William Stevenson & William Stevenson Junior all of the town of Cambridge County of Washington and State of New York and Motion Summons of the town of White Creek in said County of Washington
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Hodgman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing and annexed dec- laration and affidavit, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - And we do further certify that the said Nathan Hodgman is a man of unimpeachable veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit
Subscribed and sworn to by each of the persons above named the 15 th day of August 1833 before me John T. Putnam Justice of the peace
Leon Wells James Richardson Alex. Bullions G. Wendell M. Stevenson W. Stevenson Nathan Culver Jr.
And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with each of the persons who have subscribed & sworn to the last above certificate. That the Rev. Alexander Bullions D.D. is a minister of the gospel and that the said persons are credible persons and their state- ment is entitled to credit. And further that I am also well acquaint- ed with Daniel H Peck & John King both of White Creek aforesaid & who have subscribed & sworn to the first of the above certificates & that they are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit - August 15 th 1833 -
H. Stevenson William Stevenson Jr.
John T. Putnam Justice of the peace

State of New York Washington County
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John P. Putnam Esq. before whom the within affidavit and Certificate of credibility purport to have been sworn to made and before whom also the foregoing affidavit of Nathan Hodgman and the Certificate of his credibility also purport to have been sworn to made was at the time a Justice of the peace of said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavits & to the said Certificates is his proper hand writing and signature and I further certify that I have fastened or connated these five half sheets of paper at the top with red tape and placed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas thereupon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 29 th day of Augt. 1833. J. S. Leigh C.S.B.

REJECTED
5083
P. O.
Lydia Hodgeman Service widow of Nathan
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Sydia Hodgman 687 N. Y.
Let. to William Lipman March 27, 1821.
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v 7687 Feb 4. 1841. N.Y. July 7. 1838 Lydia Hodgeman
1839
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
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687 Lydia Hodgeman. N.Y. July 7. 1838
Edward Elyse unfowner of Farnam Washington City D.C.
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J. L. Edwards Esquire } Commr. of Pensions }
Dear Sir,
Inclosed I send to you the Declaration of Widow Lydia Hodgman & affidavits, for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7, 1838
You will please to advise me of the result as soon as convenient - The proofs appear to me conclusive of her right, - Should you find her entitled to a Certificate, please to forward it to me & much
Oblige your
Wm. Sisson
Lyons Wayne Co. N. York Jan'y 28. 1841