Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,291, Israel Woodbury, N.H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Woodbury, Israel NUMBER S18291
B.L.M. 11152-164-55 CONTENTS
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Vol W2, page 100
84688.
Not March 87
April 21/50
Israel Woodbury
Israel Woodby
Co
at Robinson
Hart Contl. line
Pensioner
D
Rev. War
160 Acres Nov. 29" 1885,
H. June the
Claimer Solemn
N. H.
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830
New Hampshire 
Isreal Woodbury
of Rockingham in the State of NH
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain
of the Regt commanded
by Col Hale in the
line for 3 yrs from 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of
80 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of October
1832 and sent Peter Chadwick Exeter NH

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40
$160
 
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by the J H McBlair Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1st Page 193.
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4425
Israel Woodbury
Private
Col Hale's Reg NH
Old case

Admd
JLE

Peter Chadwick Esq
Exeter NH
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BRIEF in the case of Israel Woodbury of the County
of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
How old is he? 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Chart]

Period.
In 1777 April
23rd

Duration of Service.
Years,
3
Months,
---
Days.
---

Rank.
As a
Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Nathan Hales Regt
Capt. Caleb Robinson Compy

5. In what battles was he engaged? none but was taken prisoner by the Indians
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem in the County
& State aforesaid
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? his affidavit and his Pension
Certificate returned annexed
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
All regular
above mentioned.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
{signature] Levin Bell
Examining Clerk.
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of March
next, in Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
at the States Branch bank
Recorded
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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States
, of the 18th March, 1848,
Israel Woodbury.
late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire
Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence
on the 9th day of August one thousand
eight hundred and Nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States
, this 29th day of
September one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen
[signature] J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Israel Woodbury
No 4. 425
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State of New-Hampshire
County of Rockingham, ss.
On this seventh
day of August AD 1832 personally
appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of
Judicature
now sitting at Exeter in said County
Israel Woodbury
a resident of Salem
in the County of Rockingham and State of
New-Hampshire, aged Seventy two 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States about the 23d day of April 1777 in the company commanded by
Caleb Robinson in Colonel Nathan Hales Regiment in
the New Hampshire line & enlisted for three years: that he
marched to Number 4 so called on Connecticut river
thence through Vermont to Ticonderoga, that on the
17th day of June the same year he with four others
fell into an ambush of Indians, two were killed
two were taken and one escaped; that he with William
Parson were the prisoners; that he remained a prisoner
about three months when he was retaken by a party
of militia at Ticonderoga, that he continued
the service in said Regiment until the month of
April 1780 when he was honorably discharged at
Reading he believes in Connecticut:- That his
discharge was forwarded to the War Office in
where he supposes it now is, that he has
been placed upon the Pension roll and struck
therefrom on account of property, his Pension
certificate was numbered 15.162:- that he resided
in Salem aforesaid when he entered the service
and has constantly resided there since he left
the service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and
he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Israel Woodbury
Attest [signature] P Chadwick Clerk
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and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the state aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application of Israel
Woodbury for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court this
seventh day of August himo Domini
1832.
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[signature] P Chadwick Clerk of the
Court Rockingham Court
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Israel Woodbury
94,688

86,088
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APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ss.
County of Hillsborough
On this Sixth
day of April A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County and State aforesaid, Israel Woodbury
aged
Ninety five years, resident of Salem
in the State of New Hampshire,
who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical Israel Woodbury who was a private
in the company commanded by Captain
Caleb Robinson
in the
Regiment of N.H. Militia
commanded by Colonel Alexander Hall in the war   of the American Revolution and is the identical Israel Woodbury who has a pension certificate for Revolutionary services which certificate is recorded in the records of the Pension office Book D. Vol. 1st. Page 193.
that he enlisted at Salem N.H. on or about the twelfth day of May A.D. 1777
for the term of three years
and continued in actual service
in said war for the term of  about three years, and was honorably
discharged at Danbury, Connecticut on or about the fifth
day of
May A.D. 1780 , as will appear by the muster rolls of said company.

That he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land to which he may be entitled under the ""act of March 3d, 1855, granting
bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States
." he also declares that he has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress
any Bounty Land Warrant  

[signature] Isreal his x mark Woodbury

We Nathan'l Stevens and W.S. Bradford residents ofSalem
in the
State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by a Woodbury, 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.
[signature] Nathan F. Stevens
[signature] William S Bradford

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.
[signature] Moody Hobbs JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR: -- Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled
according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to
of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire.
Signed in presence of me,
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State of New-Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss.
the
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Moody Hobbs
whose genuine signature appears alone, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace
for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the
third
of December
A. D. 1852, and will expire in five years
from that date had all his other acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid
Court of
Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 11th
day of April
A. D. 1855.
[signature] Perley Dodge
CLERK.
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In reply to your request of
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received
for a statement of the military history of Israel Woodbury
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
file 18.191
[Chart] 
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Apr 23 1777 to Apl 5, 1780

RANK.
Pri
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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Caleb Robinson
COLONEL
Nathan Hale
 He was captured by Indians June 17, 1777 & held a prisoner three months before he was retaken by the militia at Ticonderoga
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Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem, Rockingham Co NH
Date of application for pension,

Residence at date of application, Salem NH
Age at date of application, in his sixtieth year
Remarks:
no family on file
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4699
Case of Israel Woodbury
Silas Belton Agt.
Salem, N.Hamp.
rec'd Aug 30 1819.

Hon John C Calhoon
Secretary o fWar
Washington City

Woodbury, Israel
NH S18291
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Salem N.H. August 20 1819
To the Secretary at War
Dear sir Our chief Justice of our Superior
court has requested me to forward the enclosed
to your office-- should Mr Woodbury be placed
on the pension list, you will have
the goodness to forward his certificate
to me. I am Sir your most obt
humble servant
[signature] Silas Belton
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Israel Woodbury
S. F. 18291
N. H.
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This may
certify that Isreal Woodbury private in Hath faithfully Servd the United States in the 
[illegible] for the space of three years it being the time for which he
engage and he is hereby Honorably dismissed from service
Given under my hand this 5th Apl 1780-

 Whom it may concern Col Gisle Military

[signature] Geo Reed Col Comp
2nd Hamp Regiment