Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2160 - 300, Gerard Wood, Md
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(3-1776)

SERVICE [black stamped star] NUMBER
Md Wood, Gerard or Woods. B.L.Wt 2160-300

CONTENTS

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Land Office, Annapolis, January 27th 1836,
I Certify, that it appears by a return made by the
Commissioners agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at November Session, 1788, that
Gerrard Wood (Surgeons Mate) of the Maryland Line,
is entitled to the following Lots, viz. Nos. 2148, 2149, 2150, & 2151,
lying to the westward of Fort Cumberland, in Allegany county,
and containing fifty acres each, making in all two hundred
acres of Land.
Test. George G. Brewer
Reg. Land Office, W.S. Md.
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Power of attorney
Doctor Craine & wife

Recd. Novr. 9th 1835
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Know all men by these presents that we Robert 
Crane and [illegible] his wife late Mary Woods
of Charles County and state of Maryland do hereby constitute 
and appoint Henry Northup our true and
Lawfull attorney with power of Intestination for us and
in our names to prepare the papers and collect the
proofs from any of the departments at Washington
City Annapolis or from any other source whence the
same may be found and present the source and ask
demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the
United States a land warrant for the proportion of
Bounty land due us and to heirs in right of
services of our late father Gerard Woods for his
services as a surgeons mate of the Maryland line
of the army of the Revolution and to deposite the
said warrant when so received with the Commissioner
of the General Land office and ask demand
receive and present & fare the certificates
[illegible] due thereon and to endorse and assign the
same but not to make a sale of the same and to do
and perform all things necessary to be done in
and about the business Witness our hands and seals
this seventh of November 1835
Robert Crain [hand drawn cloud]
Mary Crain [hand drawn cloud]
Witness
Jno Crismond
Emeline Dyson
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State of Maryland
Charles County Ss}
Personally appeared before
me the subscriber a Justice
of the peace in and for said
County Robert Crane and Mary
his wife signers and sealers to the within power of
attorney and acknowledged the same to be their
[illegible] act and deed for the purposes therein
named also the said Mary Crane being
duly sworn according to Law saith that to the
best of her knowledge and belief her late father
Gerard Woods was a surgeons mate of the Maryland
line of the army of the Revolution and served as such
to the close of the war or as long as his services were
wanted. She says that she has never received a warrant
from the United States for the Bounty land due
her late father nor does she believe that he received
the same or transferred his right to it in any
manner whatsoever. Sworn subscribed and acknowledged 
before me this 4th of November [illegible]
Jno Crismond

State of Maryland
Charles County Ss}
Personally appeared before me
the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County
Mrs Sophia Speake Miss Emaline Dyson ladys of known [illegible]
who being duly sworn according to Law says
that they were personally acquainted with Doctor Gerard
Woods late of said County Deceased and reputed to 
have been a Surgeons Mate of the Maryland line of
the army of the Revolution that he departed this life
about twelve or fifteen years ago intestate and that
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Evelina (Deceased) wife of Josias Young of
Prince George County Juliett Hungueforn (Widow)
and Mary wife of Doctor Robert Crain are his Children
and only heirs at Law. Also that Evelina now
of Lawfull age Robert J and Albert minors
under twenty one years of age are the children
and only heirs at Law of the said Evelina Young
deceased and further they saith not
Sophia Speake
Emeline Dyson
Sworn and subscribed 
this fourth of November1835
Jno Crismond

Note the interlineations of "Miss Emeline Dyson" between the
third and fourth line and "they" near the close of the foregoing
affidavit were done before swearing and signing
Jno Crismond

Maryland Charles County Sct
I Hereby certify that John Crismond who has signed
the foregoing acknowledgement and affidavit and
before whom the same appears to have been made
was at the time of taking & signing the same and
still is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the
Peace for Charles County duly commissioned
and sworn
In Testimony whereof I do
here to subscribe my name and affix
the seal of Charles County Court this
fifth day of November 1835
John Barns Clk
Charles County Court
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Gerrard Wood
No. 2160.
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Case of Gerrard Wood, a Surgeons Mate, Maryland line
It appears by the Army Books in the 3d Auditors Office that Doct Gerrard
Wood was paid from 1st Aug 1781 to 1st April 1783 $862.
Dr. Gerrard Wood's receipt (dated in 1785 and Signed by himself) for $459.07
being for balance of pay due him is on record in the 3d Audr. Office

Lots Nos. 2148, 2149, 2150 & 2151 for 50 acres were granted by the State of
Maryland agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly of that State
passed at Novembr. Session 1788 to Gerrard Wood Surgeons Mate

The name of Gerrard Wood does not appear on the list of Officers - Why it
was omitted on that list, is unknown to this office. The certain knowledge
that terms of Peace had been agreed upon by the Commiss at Paris on the 30th Novem
1782, and the proclamation of the 11th April 1783 declaring the Captain of arms
between the U. States & his Brittanie Magesty, render it wholly improbable that
any officer would have resigned his Commission so late as April 1783.
Nothing appears on the records in this office or on the army Books in the
3d Auditors Office, to Shew that Gerrard Wood resigned after the 1st April 1783, it is
considered reasonable therefore to infer, that he had no duty to perform
at that period, and was allowed to retire from service. If he had
resigned his commission, he would not have been entitled to the land bounty
which was granted him by the State of Maryland, under the provisions
of the Act of the Genr Assembly of that State, granting such bounty
Bounty Land office
Augt 30th 1836

The case above referred to, was submitted to the Secretary of War
who decided that the claim to land bounty in right of Doctr Gerrard
Wood, decd, Should be allowed -
Wm Gordon Clk
30th Augt 1836