Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21401, Joseph Hood, Continental Mass.
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Continental Mass.
Wood, Joseph
Dorcas
W 21,401
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1105
Rhode Island
Dorcas Wood
widow of Joseph Wood decd
Mass.
who died in December 1795
of Providence in the state of R. Isle.
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Baker of the regt commanded
by Col. Little in the Mass.
line for 17 months and 26 days.
Inscribed on the roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 66 dollars 22 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued this 5th day of July
1837 and sent to Benj.
Cowell, Providence, R. Isld.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $397.22
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept $33.11
$430.33
{Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 3d}
Recorded by DD Addison, Clerk
Book A,Vol 1, Page 105
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence

On this 18 day of April AD 1837 personally appeared before me Benjamin Cowell chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county Dorcas Hood now resident in the city of Providence aged 87 years of age who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Joseph Hood formerly of Topsfield in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the war of the revolution that before the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 he enlisted for eight months
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in a company commanded by Capt. John Baker & Col Little's regiment as a private & served out his time at Prospect Hill near Boston - that in January 1776 he again enlisted for a year in Capt. Baker's company & Col Moses Little's regiment as a private & served out his time and by the lakes as she believes her said lived in said Topsfield when he enlisted and she further declares that she was married to her said husband the said Joseph Hood on the 13th day of October AD 1767 at said Topsfield as will appear by the records of said Town & that her said husband died the last of December 1795 & that she has remained a widow & unmarried ever since that time therefore she requests that the same
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pension which her said husband was entitled to under the act of June 7, 1832may be granted to her. Attest Benja Cowell 

Dorcas Hood
Her x Mark

Providence
In City of Providence

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify said Dorcas Hood from old age & infirmity is unable to attend court.

Benja Cowell
C J C C Pleas

I Susan Doyle of the city of Providence wife of William J Doyle being now 56 years of age on oath do testify & say that Dorcas Hood who has signed the
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the preceding declaration is my mother and the said Joseph Hood was my father. My father died in December in 1795. I was with him when he died. He died in Milford in the [illegible]. Since his death my mother has remained unmarried & is now my father's widow & for the last [illegible] years she has resided with me in Providence.

Susan Doyle

Providence

In city of Providence April 8, 1837 

Sworn to & subscribed before me & I further testify said Susan is a credible witness.

Benja Cowell
C J C C Pleas
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I Isaac B [illegible] of Melford in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire seventy nine years of age, depose and testify that I was well acquainted with Joseph Hood as early as the years 1775 and 1776.  He then lived in Sopsfield, in the state of Massachusetts, not more than two miles from my place of residence, then in Ipswich.  I was then not quite eighteen  years of age, he was older than myself, he then had a family consisting of a wife and several children.  I do not now recollect the number of his children, but was well acquainted with his family. I knew his wife before she was married to him, her name was Dorcas Hovey.  I further testify that I was well acquainted with the family of said Hood, up to the time of his death which according to the best of my recollection took place some time  in the year 1795 and I know that he left his wife living at the time of his death and I further say that his widow Dorcas Hood, till within fifteen or sixteen years last [illegible] lived in the town of Milford, N. H. near me, and I was well acquainted with her till within the time above mentioned, when she moved to the state of Rhode Island, where I now understand and believe she is still living in the family of her son-in-law, whose name is William Doyle.
I further testify and say that said Joseph Hood enlisted into the service of the United States as a minute man for eight months, into the company commanded by Capt. John Baker, then of said Sopsfield, and I know that he served the term of eight months. The company to which he belonged was of the regiment commanded by Colonel little, his Christian name I do not now recollect.  He served the eight months above mentioned at Prospect Hill in Massachusetts, and in the vicinity of that place, he was in the battle of Bunker's Hill
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as I have ever understood, and believe, but cannot testify to that part of my own knowledge, as I did not join the company till a few days after that battle.  The reason why I am able to recollect the facts above testified to by me, is that I enlisted into the same company with said Joseph Hood, a few days only, after he did, and served with him till a few days before the expiration of said eight months, when he was taken sick and saw him no more until the term expired.  The enlistment of said Joseph Hood and my own took place as early, if I recollect right, as the year 1777, at any rate, I know it was the same season with the battle of Bunker's Hill. 
Isaac (his mark) Burpee
Witness William Peacock

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
Be it known that on the eleventh day of April AD 1834 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hillsborough personally appeared Isaac Burpee the above deponent and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed in the presence of William Pearson as a witness is true.
And I further hereby certify that the character of the abovenamed Isaac Burpee for truth is good and unimpeachable.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year abovementioned. Before me,
Hubbard Newton, Jus. Peace

This is a mistake.  Bunker Hill Battle was in 1775 and Mr. Burpee has corrected it in his second affidavit taken [illegible].  B C
and annexed
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I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the county of Hillsborough in the state of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hillsborough aforesaid as before mentioned, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court and subscribed my name this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1837.
A. Wallace, Clerk
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB

January 9, 1931
Mrs. H P Blodgett
150 Talbot Avenue
Rockland, Maine
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 21401, that Joseph Hood, while residing in Topsfield, Massachusetts, was in the battle of Lexington, after which he enlisted and served eight months as a private in  Captain John Baker's company, Colonel Little's Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.  He enlisted in January, 1776 and served one year in Captain John Baker's company, Colonel Moses Little's regiment.
He died the last of December, 1795 in Milford, New Hampshire.
The soldier married October 13, 1767 in Topsfield, Dorcas Hovey.  They were both then of said Topsfield.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 18, 1837, at which time she was residing in Providence, Rhode Island and was aged eighty seven years.
She was residing in 1837 with her daughter Susan Doyle, the wife of William J. Doyle.  At this time Susan Doyle was aged fifty six years.
Other children were referred to, but names not stated.
Very truly yours,
E W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,401
Dorcas Hood
widow of
Joseph Hood
Priv Rev War
Act July 4 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 350

1931 June 9 - Hist to Mrs. H P Blodgett
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Jos. Hood
'75 Cp Jn Baker, Col. [illegible] 8 mos.
'76  "                    "                    12
married Oct 1767
[illegible] May 4th
Vol 14, page 22
3 mo 5 day to the 1st August
7.26
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office  May 2, 1837

I hereby certify that Benjamin C. Perkins is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex in this state, and has been such for more than three months last past.
Witness my hand and seal of the Commonwealth.
John P. Bigelow
Sec'y of the Comm'th
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I Timothy Rose of Topsfield in the county of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now eighty five years of age on oath do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Hood, formerly of Topsfield, before he entered the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War.  He was married and had a family at that time and I further testify that in the year 1776 in the early part of the year, I enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Gideon Parker for one year and served as a sergeant in said company during said year.  That in the early part of the same year (1776) the said Joseph Hood enlisted into the company commanded by Captain John Baker for one year and served as a private in said company during said year.  That both our companies belonged to the same regiment which regiment was commanded by Col. Moses Little of the Massachusetts Troops.
Timothy Rose

Essex ss
In  Topsfield April 28th 1837
The above deosition was sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify said Timothy Rose is a credible witness in the premises.  
Witness B C Perkins, Justice of the Peace
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Town Clerks Office Topsfield April 28, 1837
I J P Towne, Town Clerk of said Topsfield do certify that it appears by the records of said town that Joseph Hood and Dorcas Hovey, both of said Topsfield were married by the Rev. John Emerson on the 13th day of October 1767.
Witness J P Towne, Town Clerk

Essex ss in Topsfield, April 28, 1837
Personally appeared before me the above named J P Towne, known to me as the Town Clerk of Topsfield and made oath that the above certificate is correct.
B C  Perkins, Justice of Peace
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Dorcas Hood
1973
widow of Joseph
R I
Adm for 19 mo 26 day
$66.22 per ann.
Commencing 4 March 1831

Mass. State Troops
Capt Baker
Col Little

Benj Cowell Esq
Providence R I
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State of Rhode Island
Providence
I Dexter Randall, Clerk of the courts of Common Pleas with aforesaid county do hereby certify that Benhamin Cowell Esq. before whom the affidavit of Dorcas Hood and Susan Doyle were sworn, is Chief Justice of said courts, that by law, he is duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths and take depositions, and that his signatures before written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts at Providence this ninth day of May AD 1837.
Dexter Randall, Clerk
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To Mr.
William
Doyiel
Providence
R  I
221 Benefit St
12-1/2

Stamped: America N Y
Apr 28

Dorcas Hood
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I Isaac Burpee of Milford in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, seventy nine years of age and upwards, testify and say that in the year 1775, I lived in Ipswich in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts  and was well acquainted with Joseph Hood, then of Topsfield, in said state, and know that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a minuteman in the spring of the year 1775 into the company commanded by Capt. John Baker of said Topsfield, he was called into actual service as early, I think, as the month of May and was at the battle of Lexington, and after, at the battle of Bunkers Hill in the same year.  He enlisted for eight months and served out his time.  The reason of my knowledge is that I enlisted soon after the battle of Bunkers Hill into the same company, with him, which company belonged to Col. Little's regiment.  I served six and half months in the said company with said Hood, he was same time in the company before I joined it and I left him there in the same  company, in the month of December, when I left the company and returned home.  And I have no doubt he served the term of eight months for which he enlisted.
Isaac (his mark) Burpee
Witness H Newton
Solomon G Stearns

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County 
Be it known that on the 28th day of April AD 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county personally appeared the above Isaac Burpee and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. And I further certify that the said Isaac Burpee's character for truth is good and unempeach.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid. Before me, Hubbard Newton, Just. Peace
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Date stamped: U S Pension Office, Dec 11 1930

Mrs. H P Blodgett
150 Talbot Avenue
Rockland, Maine
Dec. 9 1930

The Pension Bureau
Washington, DC
Gentlemen:
I would very much appreciate it if I could be informed if one Joseph Hood, who served in the Revolutionary War, first as a private in Capt. John Baker's company, Col. Moses Little's regt., later as a corporal in Capt. Dodge's co., Col. Pickering's regt., also in Col. Gerrish' regt, then as a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Cumming's co. Col. Gerrish regt., the regiment detached from militia of Essex and Suffolk counties, to replace army under General Washington.
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His service records is taken from Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the War of the Revolution, Page 216.

Thanking you in advance for this information, I remain
Yours very truly,
Maude E Blodgett
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SC Lazarus Hood  BL Reg. 87482-1855
Revolutionary War

The National Archives
County Land Files
Act of 1855 Rejected 87482
Rev War Grade Private
Service South Carolina Mil Capt M. Watson, Col. P. Waters
Can No 1700 Bundle No. 151
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87482 Act 3 March Apl 21 1855
Hood
Private
Capt. M. Watson
Col. P.  Waters
S. Car Mil
1780-1
Revolutionary War
N C  No papers

H G Faut
Present

His H G Faut Nov 17/55
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No. 87482
Claim of Lazrus Hood
Act of 3 March 1855

Bounty Lane
Revolutionary Soldier

Hamilton G Faut
Washington DC
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DECLARATION OF A SOLDIER WHO HAS NEVER RECEIVED A LAND WARRANT

State of North Carolina
County of Cherokee
On this 6th day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five (1855) personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Lazarus Hood aged 89 years, a resident of Cherokee, in the state of North Carolina. who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Lazarus Hood [illegible] who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Michael Watson in the S. Carolina regiment of volunteers commanded by Col. Phillip Waters in the war of the Revolution, that he was a volunteer at [illegible] on or about the _____ day _____AD 1780 or 81 for the term of six months, and continued in actual service in said War for the term of fouteen days, and was honorably discharged at Orangeburgh S C on the ____ day o f_____ AD 1780 or 81.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Lane to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.  He also declares that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Lane under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Lazarus (his mark) Hood

We,  Richard Jones and Thos Cockerham residents of  Cherokee County, in the state of North Carolina, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lazarus Hood [illegible] in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Richard Jones
Thomas Cockerham

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J R Dyche, J P

State of North Carolina
County of Cherokee
I, clerk of the County Court in and for the aforesaid County, a Court of Record, &c., do hereby certify that J R Dyche Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified by law to administer oaths, &c, and that the above is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix my Seal of office on this 7th day of April AD 1855.
Drury Weeks, Clerk