Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11793, Jonathan Wood, Va.
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State of Virginia
County of Isle of wight
On this 6th day of January
eighteen hundred and thirty five personally
appeared before us Jordan Part & John Thomas
justices of the peace for the County of Isle of
right and state of Virginia Johnathan
Wood of the County and state aforesaid and
 on his oath make this addition declaration
 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June eighteen hundred and thirty two
That he entered the service of the United States
in the year 1776 and was regularly
drafted as a militiaman and served six
tours six weeks each being drafted on each ┃
occasion - that he performed these tours regularly
party when required according to his term
and he therefore thinks he must have
served a tour in each of the years to Wit
1776-77-8-79-80 & 81 - he may however have
served two tours in the same year as the service
was somewhat irregular according as
necessity required, when any danger was
apprehended from the British, - he bore
arms as a common soldier a part of the
time and at other times acted as a sergeant
for the officers at Bunnell Bay &
Smithfield Isle of Wight Cty. at Portsmouth
Norfolk Cty. Va Jericho & Shoulders Hill [illegible]
At Ver. he was called out on several other
occasions and served a few days at each
Jonathan Flood
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State of Virginia
County of Isle of Wight
To Wit
On this 1st day of September eighteen hundred
thirty four[?] personally appeared before the Court of
Isle of Wright County now sitting Johnathan
Wood, free negro, a resident of the County
of Isle of Wight and State of Virginia
aged Eighty four 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 7th 1832
He entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man the year 1776 and served six tours
which each [illegible] five tours under the command of Capt James Johnson one under Capt [illegible] one under Capt William Gay one under Hersen and one other but cannot recollect the commander
[cannot] recollect the particular period but was in the time of his service at Bennells Bay
Bell Roy Smithfield, Postmithforther
Shoulders, and left the ser
after the regt. That he
has no documentary unded at
James Chase de
procure will certify to his service
following question were as head
him by the Court
1st Where and in that you
Ina born in Maryland in the
year 1750
2 Have you any record of your