Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11820, Jonathan Woodruff, Penn. Sea Service
Page 1

(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn. Sea Service
CONTENTS
Woodruff, Jonathan
NUMBER
R. 11820
Page 2

8215
Jonathan Woodruff
Ohio
Page 3

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County ⎬ss
Personally appeared before me Thomas J Henderson a Notary Public in and for the City of Cincinnati in the County and State aforesaid Jonathan Woodruff who being duly sworn deposeth [deposes] and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length 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 seven months I served as a sailor on Board the Jibralter - under the command of Charles Allen - For four months service as a marine on Board the United States Schooner Hawk under the command of Captain John Snider and for such service I claim a pension-
Jonathan Woodruff
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of June 1835-
Given under my hand and Notarial seal the day and year aforesaid
Thomas J. Henderson
Notary Public
Page 4

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 1832
The State of Ohio} Sct
Hamilton County}
On this thirtieth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common pleas within and for said County now sitting Jonathan Woodruff a resident of Crosby township in the County and State aforesaid aged sixty eight 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 7. 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States as a sailor and served as herein stated:::
under Captain Charles Allen Commander of a look out Boat, at Philadelphia, and cruised up and down the Delaware Bay for the purpose of keeping the Refugees and disaffected from plundering the trading vessels engaged in the carrying
trade to and from Philadelphia and remained on the said Boat until she was captured by three Refugee Boats opposite a creek called Muskmelon the crew having abandoned her and run her ashore before she was taken possession of
the time which he served on this Boat was about seven months and again in the fall of 1781 or 2 he enter the service as an able bodied Marine
Page 5

on Board the United States Schooner Hawk Captain John Snider at Philadelphia equiped [equipped] and fitted out for the purpose of protecting the carrying trade in the Delaware bay as aforesaid and continued on said Schooner until peace was declared and was then discharged having served about four months - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows
of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
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 & yr afsd [aforesaid] in open Court
Jonathan Woodruff
Danl [Daniel] Gano P T
We David Woodruff and Oliver Hayes residing in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Woodruff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a marine in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
"Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Danl [Daniel] Gano Clk [Clerk] P T
David Woodruff
Oliver Hays
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the applicant
1 Where and in what year were you born
Ans In Cumberland County New Jersey in the yr 1764
2 Have you any Record of your age if so were is it
Ans None that I know of
Page 6

3.  Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Ans.  In Cumberland County, New Jersey and removed from there Pennsylvania and from that state to this county where I have resided about 10 years.

4.  How were you called into the service?

Ans.  Enlisted.

5.  Did you ever receive a discharge for the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

Ans. None other than a verbal one from my officers.

6.  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 in the War of the Revolution.

Ans.  Col. William Wakefield, Doctor James Cumbstock Esqr, John Campbell, Judge Othniel  Sooker.

    Sworn and subscribe the day & year aforesaid in open court.        //s//
                                  Jonathan Woodruff
//s//P.J.

    And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a Marine in the War of the Revolution & served as he states and the court further certifies that David Woodruff and Oliver Hayes who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  (next page)
Page 7

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County} ss.

    I Daniel Gano, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Woodruff for a pension.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Cincinnati this 30 August 1832.

                                    //s//
                            Daniel Gano
                                             Clk P.J.
Page 8

Cincinnati, June 29th 1835

Sir:

   I herewith enclose you the application for Jonathan Woodruff amended together with the affidavit of Noah Ayers, proving seven months of his service - the remaining four he is unable to prove every exertion has been made to find some one who served with him on board the schooner Hawk but to no purposes.  The old man has been to considerable pains and expense in procuring the proof he has obtained after the affidavit had been obtained - on examination found that the magistrate had not certified to the credibility of the witness.  I therefore as you will perceive, made a certificate and sent it on for his signature.  You will have the goodness to take his case under consideration and allow him for such time as you may think him entitled to a (pension).
                                        Very respectfully,
                                            Your obt. Svt.
                                                   //s//
                                         Thomas J. Henderson
     J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Page 9

REJECTED
11,820
P. O. 
Jonathan Woodruff
Service:
Enlisted:  , 18  .
Discharged:  , 18  .
Application filed:   , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
B. O.
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for  , 18  .
Page 10

Suspended

See letter 7 July 35 
to T. J. Henderson
Cincinnati.

11820
Page 11

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County} ss.

    Noah Ayars of full age being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says, that he is will acquainted with Jonathan Woodruff who is about applying for a pension, that in the year of 1779 or 1780 the said Jonathan Woodruff enlisted in the Naval Service onboard an armed vessel called the Febralten commanded by Captain Allen, the vessel cruised in the Delaware Bay near and off the Capes during the time said Woodruff was in the service onboard of said vessel.  The said Jonathan Woodruff onboard said vessel under Captain Charles Allen the full period of seven months, when he was honorably discharged, the vessel had three masts and carried two six pounders, one fore and ne aft, four swivels two on each side - two howitzers one on each side and manned by twenty five men.  This Deponent is very certain that Jonathan Woodruff served on board of said armed vessel under Captain Allen the period above stated because this deponent was enlisted and joined on board the same time said Jonathan Woodfruff was in the service onboard said vessel.  This deponent recollects that the said vessel sailed up the river as far as Trenton from which place he was discharged with a wagon to Princeton for the purpose of procuring ammunition from the public arsenal.  This deponent recollects of obtaining cartridges from Princeton which was the same taken from the British at the battle of Princeton, they being English cartridges - and was brought on board the said vessel, when the said vessel sailed (next page)
Page 12

sailed from Trento down the river to protect the river from the enemy and after we were discharged.  We received a certificate on the pay mater for the time we served onboard said vessel.
                                        //s//
                                Noah Ayars
Sworn & subscribed
April 10th, 1835

Before me a Justice of the
Peace of Cumberland County.
      //s//
 John Garrison


State of New Jersey
Cumberland County} ss.

   I Samuel Seeley, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland, do hereby certify that John Garrison Esquire before whom the above affidavit of Noah Ayars was taken and who has attested thereunto under his own genuine hand writing and signature, was at the time of taking the same and attesting thereunto, and now is a justice of the peace of said county and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said court & that full credit should be given to his official acts as such.

    In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the tenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty five.

                                   //s//
                           Samuel Seely Clerk

The State of New Jersey
Cumberland County} ss.

    I Jonathan Garrison a Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that  Noah Ayars who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a resident of said County that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a man of truth & veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.

    Given under my hand & seal on this 15th day of June eighteen hundred & thirty-five.

                                                     //s//
                                            John Garrison