Person:John Hudson (89)

Military Service

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HUDSON, John, 1st Lieut. 2 Va. State Reg. Sept., 1777; Captain Oct. 1, 1778; served to Jan., 1781. Awarded 4,000 acres.

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JOHN HUDSON, Captain.

Exec.. Dec. 30, 1851. The heirs of John Hudson are allowed L. B. for his services as a Captain in the State line from Oct. 17 until the close of the war. John Floyd, Gov.

John Hudson: - Half pay allowed from 6 Feb., 1782 to death of testator (Hudson(, on the 12 Apl., 1790; amount, $1964.

John Hudson named Mary, daughter of William Smith; willed his real property to her two sons, William Smith Hudson, John Irby Hudson and Elizabeth Bressie Hudson; Wm Smith Hudson and Eliza B. Hudson died without issue and left their mother Mary Hudson and John Irby Hudson.

John Irby Hudson married Catherine Lanier and had a child, called William Smith Hudson, Jr. Said Catherine Hudson married John Harper.

Mary Hudson, widow of Captain John Hudson left her grandson, William Smith Hudson, Jr., as her sole heir at law; that William Smith, Jr left his mother Catherine Harper, and Marshall and Emmaline Harper, the brother and sister of the half blood, his heirs at law; that the said Marshall Harper left his mother, Catherine Harper and Emmaline and his father, John Harper.

The said Catherine died leaving her husband John Harper and daughter Emmaline.

John Harper is entitled to 85/108 and Emeline is entitled to 23/108. See Chapman Johnson's opinion pled in the case of Hudson's Admstr. in the Aud. Office.

Note. The above is evidently memoranda of the Register, who was calculating how much land each of the heirs was entitled to. The name Emaline is variously spelled here.

Warrant 9353 for 482 acres and 9354 for 241 acres issued 10 Mar., 1852 to John Harmaline Harper, heirs at law of Captain John Hudson, late in the war of the Revolution.

The Register of the land office is hereby authorized to issue Ex. warrant to Edwin L. Parker as our Assignee of land office Mil. Warrants Nos. 9353 and 9354 which were issued for the services of John Hudson who was a Capt. in the State line in the Rev. war. Signed John Harper and Emeline Harper, Oct. 26, 1852. Teste, George Thornes, and John D. Harper. Warrant 587 for 482 acres was issued in exchange. Recorded Book 3, page 548.

Source: Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, pub. 1938, by John H. Gwathmey

Records in Virginia

1782 - First Census, Heads of Families

John Hudson - 5 whites, 10 blacks - Norfolk County, Virginia

[The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary, by Edward Wilson James, Volume 5, pg. 136]

John Hudson wrote his will on 10 October 1787, proved on 18 October 1790, in which he mentioned his wife Mary Hudson, the daughter of William Smith, sisters Mary and Ann, sons William Smith Hudson and John Irby Hudson, and daughter Elizabth Bressie Hudson. The Bracey's of Virginia

JUDGEMENTS

John Hudson, Captain second State Regiment, $240 from February 6, 1782 to April 12, 1790

John Harper, adm'r de bonus non. Letters granted Dec'r. 26, 1829 by Norfolk County Court.

John Q. Richardson, security, in the penalty of $4,000.

Thos. Green, Attorney.

Amount of Judgement - $1,964.00

Remarks: Capt. Hudson was reported by the Board of 1782 as a supernumerary officer. The affidavit of James Cherry states, that Capt. Hudson died in 1790 or 1791, and that he was a Revolutionary officer, but is silent as to the particular service or regiment. He left three children, but there is no living descendant. John Harper, the administrator, intermarried with the widow of one of Capt. Hudson's sons, John Irby Hudson, and Emmeline Harper, the plaintiff, claims the half pay, as heir at law of William Smith Hudson, Jr., her brother of the half blood, and grandson of Capt. John Hudson. There is no evidence of title filed, except the affidavit of Matthew Manning.

Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Virginia General Assembly House of Delegates, Pg. 3]

1.   Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.

   Pension Application of John Hudson R15350 Mary Hudson VA Half Pay
   Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris. Revised 20 Apr 2015.
   
   [From Library of Virginia Legislative Petitions Digital Collection/ Norfolk County – Officers of the Virginia State Line]
   The Hon’ble Speaker & Members of the General Assembly
   The Petition of the Officers of the Virginia State Line now residing in the County of Norfolk We your Petitioners having served with the Officers belonging to the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment in the Army of the United States, during the War, with Great Brittain. And as State Officers during that time ware deprived of our Rank, according to the dates of our several Commissions, Which of itself was sufficient to have disgusted us with the Service, had not the Glorious cause exited us to have continued. And shall you Gentlemen add to this great mortification, by depriving us of those Emoluments that have been granted to the Officers of the Virginia Line of Continental Establishment Notwithstanding we ware promised every Emolument, that they received, That is the five years full pay, or the half pay during Life
   [undeciphered] Boush [apparently erased] Lieu’t [possibly Goodrich Boush R19365]
   William Hoffler Cap’n 1st V. S. Reg’t [pension application S38047]
   Thos Armistead D’o D’o D’o [Thomas Armistead R12157]
   James Harper Lt. D’o D’o [BLWt2148-200 and R14859]
   Jno. Quarles Capt, Lt. State Artil’y. [John Quarles R17250]
   John Hudson Capt 2d V. S. Regt
   Chas S. Boush Lieut. State Navy [R12]
   
   16th Nov’r. 1789 Ref’d. to prop[osition]s/ rejected/ rep[orte]d
   [The following is from bounty-land records in the Library of Virginia]
   To His Excellency John B. Floyd, Governor of Virginia.
   Your Petitioner is heir at law of John Hudson dc, a Captain in the Virginia State Line, during the Revolutionary war, begs leave most respectfully to represent to your Excellency the following facts, to wit, That the said John Hudson on the 15 of July 1783 did receive a warrant for 4000 acres as for 3 years service and that his adm’r, to wit, yr. Petitioner did receive £1964[?] due him as his half pay. By reference to the papers on file in the 1st Auditor’s Office, in the case of John Hudson’s Adm’r vs. the Commonwealth it will be found that the said John Hudson was on Commission till the close of the war – that having been entitled to half pay during life, as full appears by the Judgment of the Court, that even as supernumerary, he would be entitled to Bounty Land, for services during the war. It is evident as supernumerary that being entitled to half pay for life that he served as Captain to the close of the war,
   otherwise he could not have been entitled to half pay. To sustain this opinion your Petitioner will refer your Excellency to the 6 Chap’r of Henning’s Statues [sic: statutes] at large Vol. 10 Pa. 25. Your Petitioner will also refer yr. Excellency to Com’r Smith’s [Commissioner J. H. Smith’s] report in Journals of H. of Delegates for 1835 & 36 Doc. 6th Pa. 91. He entered the service (according to a memorandum in his Prayer Book) on the 17 Oct. 1776. Your Petitioner relying on the Justice of his claim, requests yr Excellency to allow him additional Bounty Land & as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
   Richmond, Dec 4th 1851. John Harper
   [The following are from the federal pension file]
   To the Honorable Wm. Beschenbrough Judge of the Superior Court of Law for Henrico County [VA]
   The petition of John Harper administrator de bonus non with the will annexed of John Hudson respectfully states — That the said John Hudson was an Officer of the Virginia State Line from an early period of the Revolution until the close of the war. He was a Captain in the second Virginia State Regiment and at the reduction thereof became a supernumerary and remained as such until the close of the war without being required to reenter into actual service. He never received the half pay or commutation due him, and your petitioner has applied to the Auditor therefore, but he refused to issue any warrant for it, and from that refusal Yr. Petitioner prays an appeal to this Court, and that Judgement may be entered for the half pay from the reduction of the regiment in 1781 to the 12 day of April 1790 at which latter period the said Hudson died, or for the commutation & interest thereon in lieu the half pay aforesaid
   [18 May 1850] John Harper, adm. de bonus non with the will annexed of John Hudson
   Whereas I John Hudson of the County of Norfolk & Town of Portsmouth did as Officer in the Army of America & then unmarried, make a will and give what property I was then possessed of to my Sisters May & Ann, both then living, and their heirs forever, and as I do not know where that will is & being since married to Mary daughter of William Smith of the aforesaid County & having received of said William Smith sundry negroes: which negroes I will to be equally divided amongst my wife Mary & the child she is now pregnant with & my two sons William Smith Hudson, John Irby Hudson & my daughter Elizabeth Bressie Hudson together with whatever real estate that that may be remaining after paying my just debts, & it is my will & desire that the real property may be first sold by my Executors & I so appoint my wife Mary Hudson Executrix & William Smith Executor of this my last will & testament.
   altho this may not be in due form of law, I hope that it will be received and recorded, as may be customary with wills in like cases it being my own hand write & I make all other wills heretofore made,
   null & void. Witness my hand and seal J. Hudson
   Witnesses Paul D. Luke, Amos Shepherd, John Donald
   [Proved 18 Oct 1792.]
   The deposition of Matthew Manning Esq (of lawful age) who being first duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he knew Capt. John Hudson. That Capt. John Hudson was always considered an Officer in the Revolutionary war. That said Capt Hudson married Mary Smith and had several children by her, and died sometime about the year 1790 leaving his widow Mary Hudson and three children, to wit: Wm. Smith Hudson, Elizabeth Bressie Hudson and Jno Irby Hudson. This deponent further deposes that the said Wm. Smith Hudson and Elizabeth Bressie Hudson died many years ago without issue, leaving their mother Mary Hudson and their brother John Irby Hudson. This deponent further saith that the said John I. Hudson married Catharine Lanier and had a child called Wm. Smith Hudson Jr, and died leaving is mother Mary Hudson and his widow Catharine Hudson, and his son Wm. Smith Hudson Jr. That said Catharine Hudson, and his son Wm. Smith Hudson Jr. that said Catharine Hudson afterwards married John Harper and had two children, to wit: Marshall Harper and Emaline Harper. this deponent further saith that Mary Hudson the widow of Capt. John Hudson departed this life leaving her grandson Wm. Smith Hudson Jr. her sole heir at law, and that said Wm. Smith Hudson Jr. died in the your 1824 leaving his mother Catharine Harper, and Marshall and Emaline Harper, the brother & sister of the half blood, his heirs at law. That said Marshall Harper in the year 1825 died leaving his mother Catharine Harper and his sister Emmaline Harper and his father the said John Harper. That in the year 1827 the said Catharine Harper died leaving her husband the said John Harper & her daughter the said Emmaline Harper. Further this deponent saith not.
   M. Manning [8 Jan 1830]
   I, James Chany Sr. of Norfolk County in the state of Virg’a, sixty three years of age, do hereby certify that I was well [one or more pages evidently missing] continued his command untill peace, and after peace he was a Captain of the Militia Company which I was first attache to. That he died sometime about the year 1790 or 1791, the precise time I do not recollect.
   As witness my hand this twenty fourth day of April 1830. James Cheny sen.
   
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