Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,333, Moses Wooster, Conn. Continental
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Wooster, Moses

SERVICE
Conn.
Continental 

NUMBER
S. 46.333
BL.Wt.1806___100
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State of Vermont}
Addison District ss}
Office of the Probate Court, February  4th 1832

[     ] that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me that Dorastus Wooster, George W. Wooster, Hinman R Wooster, and Laura A Baldwin are the only children and the only heirs at law to Moses Wooster, late of Cornwall in said District, deceased and late a soldier in the Corps of Dragoons called Armanda's Corps in the Army of the Revolution, who died in said Cornwall in August 1829.

Given under my hand and seal of office this 4th day of February 1832.
Saml Swift, Judge of the Probate
Court for said District of Addison
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Middlebury Vermont  March 15th 1832
Hon Secretary of War

Sir,   I embrace the opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of your favor of the 14th [  ] per Wm Gordon Eqs enclosing a land warrant No. 1806, given to me and the other heirs of Moses Wooster, who was a revolutionary soldier belonging to Armands Corps; for one hundred areas of Land, setting forth the act of Congress under which it issued.  I return you Sir my most grateful thanks for you prompt attention to my humble request.  It [           ] my reflections that in this age of degeneracy and demoralization of principles, When the [     ]  
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[      ] & are [         ].  The services of the soldiers of the revolution are not forgotten.  I remain Sir your friend and humble servant.

Dorastus Wooster
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Moses Wooster enlisted 29 May 1777 for 3 years
Noted - "Prisoner Jan 16 1780 - joined & Discharged Dec. 19, 1780"

See rolls in Pension Office
Priv of Woodbridge's Comp Colr H. Swift's Regt
Conte Line

Moses Wooster - Batowin  Comp Swift's - Regt
enlisted 1 Jan 1781 for "three years" --

See rolls - arrangement  1781

No 41.466, Moses Wooster - Jan 1, 1783  $58.10
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Department of War

Regulations for heirs of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who were slain by the enemy or who have died since the war and have not received land from the United States.

State of Vermont}
Addison County ss}

We, Dorastus Wooster and Alvin Wooster of Middlebury in said County and George Whitefield Wooster and Hinman R Wooster of Cornwall in the County aforesaid and Laura Baldwin of Crownpoint County of Essex and State of New York, heirs at Law of Moses Wooster late of Cornwall deceased, upon oath testify and declare to the best of our knowledge & belief that Moses Wooster did enlist in 1781 and did serve in a regiment commanded by Col Herman Swift until detached from thence and then served
in a Corps of Dragoons under the command of Col Armand, a French officer, in the Continental line and was returned as a soldier enlisted for the Term of during the war and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war in 1783.

We further declare that we have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Moses Wooster on the part of the United States, nor do we believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore  know all men by these present that We, Dorastus Wooster, Alvin Wooster, George W Wooster, Hinman R Wooster, and Laura Baldwin and John Baldwin, husband to said Laura Baldwin aforesaid, to hereby constitute and appoint Horatio Seymour to be our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a Warrant  for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid. And our attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one attorney under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Middlebury  January 5th 1832
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Middlebury
January 13th 1832

Hon Secretary of war

Sir, 
       I enclose the papers relative to the obtaining of a tract of bounty land supposed to be due Moses Wooster, a revolutionary soldier, late of Cornwall in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, deceased. If the papers enclosed are deemed sufficient for the purpose and the said Wooster was entitled to the land claimed. The Secretary will please to direct to warrant to the subscriber at Middlebury, who is the eldest son and executor of the said Wooster. This Moses received a pension from the United States, previous to his death, as a soldier who enlisted during the war.
I remain, Sir, you friend and humble servant.
Dorastus  Wooster

name not found on the Ohio, Maine, R Isand, Mass, Vermont, N Hampshire, N York , or Connt pension rolls
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Moses Wooster
No. 1806

Certificate N. 833 issued to Moses Wooster from the Treas of Dept admitting his claim for pay under the Act of 15th May 1828.
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OWI
#46 333

Hon. Secretary of Treasury
United States                   Free
D C
Washington

Revolutionary Claim
MIDDLEBURY.  VT.
NOV
25
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1287
No of Assigned Payments - 800

REVOLUTIONARY  CLAIMS
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Allowed act 1828

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
1 Dec 1828

Moses Wooster of Cornwall in the County of Addison in the State of Vermont has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain ________________'s company, in [       ] Armand's Corps line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
F. A. Dickins


TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
4th December 1828

     It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Moses Wooster in Col Armand's Corps.
     It further appears that Moses Wooster is not now on the pension list of any  agency,  and has not been so since the 3d March 1826.
Peter Hagner

No record
LDS
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Service
Conn. Wooster, Moses Number S. 46333
Continental  B.L.Wt. 1806-100
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Conn. Wooster, Moses S.46,333
Continental B.L. Wt. 1806_100
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State of Vermont}
Addison County ss}

I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do certify that Joel Doolittle, before whom the forgoing  affidavits were sworn,  was at the time a Justice of the peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 21st day of November in the year of our Lord 1828.
Saml Swift Clerk

Please to direct to Middlebury Post Office 
Addison County Vermont
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St. Louis, April 9th 1897.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,--
                I take the liberty of addressing you concerning my great grandfather, Moses Wooster, said to be a Connecticut Soldier in the Revolutionary War.  I ask that you kindly furnish me with a copy of his military history.  Do your records show that he drew a pension?  If so, for what period of time?

                  He was a resident of Guildhall, Vt. in 1817.  This is shown in the records of the Masonic Order of N. H.  In after years it is said that he moved Newark, Vt.

                     Do your records show that his wife, Susannah Wooster drew a pension?  She was a resident of the places just mentioned.

                       If there is any charge for furnishing a copy of the records I shall be glad to have you advise me. 

Awaiting your reply, I am,
Very truly,
Frederick G. Wooster
c/o  [                ] Hdw Co.
9th & Spruce Sts
St. Louis, Mo.
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L. W. B.
I.  46333.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. .
April 28, 1897

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY

         This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
            Such of the original muster and pay 
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the 
War of 1812 as are now in the possession 
of the Government are on file in the Record  
and Pension Office, War Department.
Original rolls and other records pertaining to the service in the  Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the the archives of many of the original States.

Sir:- 
            Replying to your request for information concerning Moses Wooster, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on November 21, 1828, at which time he was residing in Addison County, Vermont, (age not stated), and his pension was allowed for five years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Woodbridge and Col. Swift.  Place of his enlistment not stated.
             There is no mention made of his widow having received a pension.

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.


Mr. Frederick G. Wooster,
St. Louis, Mo.
9th and Spruce Sts.
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Attest        Dorastus Wooster
                  Alvin Wooster
                   John Baldwin
                          her
               Louisa   X  Baldwin
                         mark
                     Geo W Wooster
                      Hinman R Wooster

State of Vermont
Addison County ss

Personally appeared Dorastus Wooster and Alvin Wooster subscribing to the foregoing declaration  and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned. Dated at Middlebury this 5th day of January AD 1832.  Subscribed, sworn and acknowledged, before me    Joel Doolittle  Justice Peace

Personally appeared the above name George W Wooster and Hinman R Wooster subscribing to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned. Dated at Cornwall this 11 day of January AD 1832 and subscribed and swore to the above declaration before me.
Attest                 Jesse Elsworth   Justice Peace

Personally appeared the above named Laura Baldwin and John Baldwin subscribing to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.  Dated at Bridport this 10th day of January AD 1832 and swore to and subscribed the above declaration before me.
         Joseph C. Eldridge   Justice Peace
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State of Vermont}
Addison County ss}

I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that the within named Joel Doolittle, whom the within power of Attorney , was acknowledged by Dorastus Wooster & Alvin Wooster, and before who they were sworn, and the said Jesse Ellsworth before whom the said power of Attorney was acknowledged by George W Wooster & Hinman R. Wooster, before whom they were sworn, and the said Joseph C Eldridge, before who the said power of Attorney was acknowledged by the within named Laura Baldwin & John Baldwin, and before whom they were sworn, were, at the respective dates of their certificates, Justices of the peace for said County of Addison and duly authorized to take acknowledgements, and administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Middlebury this 12th day of January A.D. 1832
Saml. Swift   Clerk
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Apr. 28, 1894 - History to Mr. Frederick G. Wooster
St Louis, Mo. 9th & Spruce Str.

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46.333 ( Down the side of the page)

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Cert
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Reissues. {Revy.
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Name:  Moses Woster.
Rank:    Pri       Comp'y:
Reg't:    Col Armands Corps
Conn Continental
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