Person:George Ridley (3)

From George Ridley's Revolutionary War Pension file, accessed on Footnote.com 7 Jan 2010, his affidavit of service, signed 10 Apr 1818. His application was accepted and he received a pension of $8/month.

I George Ridley, aged fifty seven years, a citizen of the U. States, born in Harpswell in Maine, now resident in Bowdoin, Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in February 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the term of three years in Capt. John Read's company and Col. Alden's regiment. This period I fully served out and took my final and honorable discharge from the army at West Point Feb. 7, 1780. My discharge I have since lost, and it is not now to my knowledge in existence. I was in battle with the indians at _____, and was in battle with the enemy at Cherry Valley. From my reduced circumstance, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States if any; but I am not to my knowledge, borne upon any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ridley, George, in United States. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. (Washington D.C.)
   Pension Number: S 37,336.

   Publication Number: M804
   Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
   Service: Mass.
   Pension Number: S 37,336