Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11147, for Francis Norwood, New Hampshire
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Norwood, Francis NUMBER S.11147 Carded CONTENTS
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24,043
New York
Francis Norwood
of Allegany Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
Cappan of the Regt commanded
by
Col. Scammel in the New York
line
for 7 months--
N.H. Line. Apr. 17/05
Records corrected.R.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 23
Dollars 33 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct
1833
and sent A.J. Chew
Angelica

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33
$5833
Semi-an. allowance ending
11.66 
$69.99

{Revolutionary Claim
June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by  Geo C Stiles Clerk
Book. E Vol. 4 Page 107
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No. 18243
Frances Norwood Allegany County New York
L.J.
On rolls of Col Scammel
Admitted
Private 8 months
Anthony S. Chev. Angelica Allegany County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Francis Norwood Allegany County New York

[Chart]

Period when the
service was
rendered
Entd pt. 1776

Duration of the
claimant's service
Years.
Months.
8
Days.

Rank of
the
claimant.

Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Cap Capron
Cap Coburn

Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.
Col Scammel

Battles in which
 the applicant was 
engaged.
Still Water

Country through
which he marched.
 Marched to
Keene & Walpole
New Hampshire
to Vermont to
New York

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age 
at the present
period.
76 years
 Richmond Cheshire County New Hampshire

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence witness not certified
credible & no clergyman nor any reason 
papers not properly attached.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
of
On this
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territo
County of
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
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Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become or
you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
conforming to the rule.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant:
must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount
of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --Fordays
, I served as a -. For - months and --- days, I served as ayear
months, andand
for such service I claim a pension."
is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
cording to the grade of the pension
the chain of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
night dectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
pride of place where the service was performed that the applica
ed corps called into service by competent unthority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached there
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being attached the corneath ends of which must
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may admit
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable
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militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Allegany Com. Pleas.
In the matter of the application of Francis Norwood for a pension
18243
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Moses Reed of the Town of
Caroline in the said County being
duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Francis Norwood who
now resides in the Town of Cuba in
Allegany County in the said State
and who until the month of January
last resided in the Town of Caroline
above mentioned - That this deponent
was acquainted with him in the
year 1777. That he then resided in the
Town of Richmond in the State of
New Hampshire- that deponent then
lived in the same neighborhood with
the said Francis Norwood-- That in
that year previous to the capture of
Burgoyne, the precise time deponent
cannot recollect the said Francis
Norwood left home and deponent
understood and it was understood
and believed in the neighborhood that
he had gone into the army and had
enlisted in the Militia of New Hampshire
for three months deponent does not
remember in what Regiment or company-- Deponent does not know have
long he remained absent but on
return understood that he had been
with the army and had been sick
after the return of the said Frances deponent frequently heard him speak of his
been in the army, and of having been
in the Fort at Ticonderoga and deponent
 verily believes that he was in
the army as a soldier
sworn and subscribed
[signature] Moses Reed
(over)
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the 26th day of September in the year 1832
[signature] Nicoll Halsey
one of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of the
County
of Tompkins

I do further certify that Moses Read who swore to and
subscribed the preceding affidavit is a credible person and
that his statement is entitled to full confidence July 29th 1833
[signature] Nicoll Halsey
a Judge of Tompkins County
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 State of New York
County of Allegany
Personally appeared before
me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County Francis Norwood, who
being duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith, that by reason of old age and
consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear
positively as to the precise length of his
service; but according to the best of his
recollection he served not less than the period
mentioned below, and in the following grades
For Eight months I served as a private during the
year 1776, and for such service I claim
a pensionter
And this deponent
further states that
there is no Clergyman residing in the Town of
Cuba where this deponent resides so
that this deponent could not procure the
Certificate of a Clergyman as to his Character and reputed service
And further on this deponent saith 
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 5th day of July 1833.
[signature] Harry Miller J.P.
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State of New York
County of Allegany
Clerks Office
I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of said
County do certify that Henry Miller before whom
the preceding affidavit purports to have been subscribed and sworn was at the time when the same
purports to have been done a Justice of
the peace in and for said County and further
that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Henry Miller and verily believe his name
subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper
hand writing and signature - Given under my hand
and seal of Office this Second day of August 1833
[signature] E W Sherman

In the matter of the application of Francis Norwood for a pension.
Amended declaration

Anthony J Chew Atty Angelica Allegany New York
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State of New York. 
Allegany County ss.
On this thirtieth day of October
in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty
two personally appeared before the Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
Francis Norwood a resident of Cuba in said
County & State aforesaid aged Seventy Six 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 provision made by the
act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the
United States in the year one thousand seven
hundred & seventy six
on the first day of
April of that year that he enlisted under Capt.
Oliver Capron who was the Enlisting Officer at
the town of Richmond in the County of Cheshire
in the State of New Hampshire, where declarant
then lived - that Capt. Capron took declarant
to Number Four, which he thinks was in the State of
New Hampshire & delivered him over to Captain
Coburn in whose company he then as
long as he remained in the army-- Moses Belden
was Lieutenant of this Company, & Fay
was Ensign Ensign Fay was wounded at the
battle of Stillwater & died in consequence of the wound
Scammel was Colonel of the Regiment
that after declarant enlisted he was marched this
Keene & Walpole in New Hampshire to Vermont & the
Bellows falls & Darby in that State to New York State
& through Granville to South Bay which is near
Whitehall & from thence to Mount Independence
where declarant was stationed with his company
that the enemy took possession of Mount
Defiance opposite Mount Independence which commanded the latter place sometime in the autumn
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of 1776.
declarant thinks in October & the Americasn evacuated Mount Independence-- & retreated
before the enemy as far as Stillwater this was about a fortnight before the battle of Stillwater as he thinks
declarant was at that time on the sick list & in
consequence of his sickness declarant, one month before
the expiration of his service hired a substitute who answered to his declarant's name until the expiration
of his time - Declarant was in the service eight
months himself & appeared by substitute one month
more making nine months & at the expiration of
that time declarant substitute received a regular
discharge for declarant which discharge said substitute
never delivered over to declarant. This substitute was named David Barney he was from
Rehoboth in Massachusetts originally but at the
time he went for declarant as substitute, lived in
Richmond New Hampshire-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension except the present & he declare that
his name is not on the pension roll of any
State agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signature] Frances Norwood
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: We Levi Slater
Samuel Gates & Milo Heath of the Town of
Caroline in said County
hereby certify that we are acquainted with
Francis Norwood, who has been
for several years, and until January
last a resident of the Town of Caroline
in said County, and who now resides
in the Town of Cuba, County of Allegany, State of New York. That we
believe him to be about seventy
four or five years of age. That he
was reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resided in
the said Town of Caroline to have
been a soldier of the Revolution
and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the 26 day
of September 1832
[signature] Levi Slater
[signature] Lemuel Yates
[signature] Milo Heath
[signature] Nicoll Halsey
One of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County

I do further certify that Levi Slater Samuel Yates and
Mil Heath who have subscribed and sworn to the
preceding affidavit are credible persons and that their statement
is entitled to full confidence July 29th 1833
[signature] Nicoll Halsey
a Judge of Tompkins County
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State of New York
County of Tompkins
Clerks Office
I Samuel Love
Clerk of said County do certify that
Nicole Halsey before whom the preceding
affidavit sworn to by Mose Read and
the one sworn to Lemuel States and
others was at the time the same purports
to have been done, one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly
authorized by law to take the same; and further this
I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Nicole Halsy and verily believe his signature
to the said affidavits and the certificate thereto
annexed to be genuine - Witness my hand and
Seal of Office this 29th
day of July - 1833
[signature] Samuel Love Clerk
By Geo. G. Five
Deputy Clerk
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Caroline Decr 6th 1832
Dear Brother

I am  this day called upon by Jonathan Norwood
Esqr of our town with a petition in favour of his father Frances
Norwood which I have chearfully signed and as an act of Justice 
towards a worthy the unfortunate fellow Citizens, whom I have
been acquainted with for twenty seven years past without
ever having one human being aledge any thing against him
& for myself have were considered him an honest upright and
deserving man who has forwarded papers to the war office to
strive to get some compensation for services rendered during the
Revolutionary war, the persons Viz Moss Read, Levi Slaton
Samuel Gates & Milo Heath who have made affidavits in
favour of the petitioner (Frances Norwood and well known
to me to be men of the first rate character for integrity &
uprightness this letter will be forwarded you, with other &
on the rest of which you will greatly serve a desiring an
by cutting my private opinion of the petition & the
those who have qualified to their belief of his having been a
Revolutinary soldier
your everr aftr of Brother
[signature] Augustin Boyer
[signature] Mr R.M. Boyer
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Mr. Richard M Boyer
War Office
City
Washington
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Allegany County
Martin T. Knapp of Cuba in the County of
Allegany and State of New York being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Francis
Norwood a reputed Revolutionary Soldier and Believes him to be
a man of strict varacity and further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day
of October 1832 before me
[signature] M T Knapp

[signature] John Griffin
first Judge of Allen County
Com Pleas
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We the subscribers citizens of the Town of
Caroline certify that we are acquainted with Frances Norwood, lately
resident of the said Town, and now
a resident of the Town of Cuba
in the County of Allegany State of
New York. and that in this
town he is [illegible]  as a man
of truth and veracity -
Dated town of Carolina County of
The State of New York
September 22nd 1832

James Brainard
Jacob Higgins
Reuben Higgins
William Jackson
N.A. Hyde
Joseph Speed
Levi Leonard of the town of [illegible]
James Robison
William Booth
Ansel Brainard
Nathaniel Tobey
Wm Freeman
F Pattillo
Daniel Hodges
Bale Shire
[illegible]
Thomas McLees
Henry Quick
David Sales
George S. Carter
Isaac L Busa
Jacob Trees
Cornelius Still
David Mulks
Romes Sanford
Augustin Bogers
Thomas Slater
Jos Heath
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And the said Court hereby declare their
opinion that the above named Francis Norwood
was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
& that the several papers accompanying this declaration such as Moses Read's affidavit. M. T. Knapp
affidavit. Levi State, Lemuel Gates & Mils Heath
affidavit & Augustus Boyers letter to Richard
M. Boyer were produced in Court as was also
the certificate of several Citizens of the town of
Caroline headed by James Brainard & Jacob
Higgins as to this applicant's character for
truth & veracity-
 [signature] John Griffin 
[signature] Jonah Utter
[signature] Asa Allen  Judges of the
 the Court of
Com Pleas

I, Judson W. Sherman, Clerk of the County 
of Allegany do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings
in the said Court in the
matter of the application
of Francis Norwood for
a pension 
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this
30" day of October 1832
[signature] J W Sherman
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1892 Apr 6 Hist to
L M Norwood
New
D
1916 Apr. 3: history to Julia
Mayo Pegram
M.B.H.
Rev War


11147
INVALID.
File No. 11147
Francis Norton
Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 277
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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tow or 1C stamps received
Rev Sec
Lincoln Ill
March 21-1916
To the Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary Service of Francis Norwood who was born in 1754 or 55 and died in 1842?
Can you tell me where he was born?
Any information you may be able to give me will be appreciated
Yours truly
Julia Mayo Fegraw
Lincoln Ill
230 N. Logan St.

[stamp] U.S.PENSION OFFICE A MAR 24 1916
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Rev. Sec. 1. C.B.H.

Lincoln Ill
Apr. 2 1916
To the Pension Bureau,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: some time since I wrote you inquiring for information regarding the birthplace and Revolutionary service of Francis Norwood. So far the only reply I have received was the return of the postage I inclosed for reply.
If you have any information on the subject an early reply will be appreciated.
Yours very respectfully
Julia Mayo Pegraw
230 N. Logan St.,
Lincoln Ill.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.
In reply to your request of
received
a statement of the military history of Francis Norwood a
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
E.O. 11 147.
[Chart]

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apr 17

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
8 mos

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Coburn
COLONEL.
Scammel

STATE.
NH

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Richmond, Cheshire NH
Date of application for pension, Oct 30, 1832. his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Allegany Cuba Allegany Co NY
Age at date of application, 76 years
Remarks: There is no family data on file
Only [illegible] of the Rev War  
Respectfully,
Commissioner

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service couldn't have been in 1776. Book [illegible] 1777
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Washington D.C. Mch 9/92
Bureau of Pensions
Gentlemen
Will you kindly furnish me with all information you can find of all persons by the name of Norwood (surname) giving Christian name in full, having served in the Revolution, either in the Continental Army or any capacity.
Please mention what states either New York or New Jersey (only) the parties were from. Also please city pages and books of such references you furnish
t+ oblige
yours truly
Lewis M Norwood
135 Broadway
New York City

[stamp] OLD WAR DEPARTMENT MAR 9 1892 FILES