Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14895, Ephraim Wood, N. H. Vt.
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SERVICE 
N.H. Vt. | 

Wood, Ephraim or Ephriam |

NUMBER S. 14895 

carded
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CONTENTS
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5388

New Hampshire
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Ephraim Wood of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ---- of the regiment commanded by Col. Wait in the N.H. line for the 11 May and Vt. 

auv
June 25.07
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Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 3 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

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Arrears to the 4th of Sept, 1832.           $ 54.99
Semi-anl allow ending 4 Mar 33              18.33
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                                                            $   73.32

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832  }

Recorded by J.H. Blair  Clerk, 
Book D   Vol. 1  Page 194

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to T. Keaner

See letter  Oct 17, 183  d 9 February 33
let H. Hubbard and same
Request lump                       5 March 35
date                  d May
Let T. Kendrick

Hon. H. Hubbard g. 1836     April 21, 37
Cl. Timothy Kenrick
"  "  "                                  May 10,   37

-----  [  illegible  ] ------

Timothy Kenrick                  May 13, '37
Same                                  12 January 1838

Letter to 3rd Auditor          31 Oct. 1840

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6th April 1838 from the 4th Sep 1834 to 7th Dec 1836 the day of his death. Agent notified 10 Nov. 1840
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Ephraim Wood
Private
11 mos
admd


$ 36.66
Hon. H. Hubbard
H.R
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BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Wood of Lebanon County of Grafton in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Country 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 70 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed 

[table follows] 

Period | Duration of Service | Years, | Months, | Days. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served 
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[first line entry]

Enlisted in 1779 | 0 | 1 | 15 | Private | Capt. Timothy Rush, Vt. Troops

[2nd line entry ]

Ditto January 1781 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Private | Capt. Charles Nelson, N.H.

[3rd line entry]

Ditto April or May 1781 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Private | Col. Wait, Capt Charles Nelson

[4th line entry]
Jan. 1782  | 0 | 1 | 15 | Private | not recollected

11 months
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5. In what battles was he engaged? Not [illegible]

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon, New Hampshire 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness & traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Chas G. Wilcox, Examining Clerk

31 January 1833
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Lebanon, N.H.
May 2

In-at-May 8
Mr. Lyl

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
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Lebanon, N.H. May 1, 1837

Sir, your letter of the 21st April mentioning the cases of Ephraim and Joseph Wood was duly received. I have conversed with Joseph Wood who says that as he cannot obtain any more evidence in regard to the service under Capt. Paine, he is willing to receive a certificate for the same amount that was first allowed him, altho he hopes no deduction will be made for what he has received for the service under Capt. Paine he however submits it to you to do as you think proper.

The heirs of Ephraim Wood (who died since I wrote you) are also willing to receive the original sum for which their Father was placed on the pension list.

Very Respectfully your most obliged servant
Timothy Kenrick

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Ephraim Woods

H. Hubbard
H of [illegible]

T. Kenrick, Lebanon, N.Y.
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DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New Hampshire }
County of Grafton  }  s.s.

On this 21st day of December 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of Court of Probate for the County, now sitting, Ephraim Wood a resident Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State of N.H. aged 70 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 under the following officers, and served as herein stated --
In the year 1779, he served in Capt. Timothy Burk Company Lt. Smalley was stationed at Strafford Vermont. Served six weeks in January 1781. he served in Captain Charles Nelson's Company, Lt. Murch went to Newbury Vermont by oxen from Col. Chase was discharged in March 1781.  Served two months.  In April or May 1781 he enlisted into Capt. Charles Nelson's Company, Major Kingsbury and Col. Wait's Regiment. was stationed at Corinth, Vermont. there were two or three other Companies of the same Regiment Stationed at the same place one under Capt. Selah were employed in building fort and scouting. was discharged in December 1781 served six months.
Was also stationed in Junbridge at a placed called Storm Mills. The Mills had been bombed a few days before we arrived there by the Indians. This was in the year 1782 doe not recollect his officer's names. Served one month and one half.
He was born in Mamufeldhern [illegible] in the year 1762. Knows of no record of his age. was living at Lebanon NH when he went into the service, and has lived there to the present time. He believes he enlisted when he went into service.  does not recollect the names of any other officer than there mentioned above. Never had a written discharge, has no documentary evidence whatsoever.
He is well acquainted with the Phineas Cook and Timothy Kenrich, who will testify as to his character and belief in his services.

He hereby relinquished 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.
Ephraim Wood [signed]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above aforesaid. }

We, Phineas Cooke, residing in Lebanon and Timothy Kenrick also residing in Lebanon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Wood, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider of the Revolution, and concur in that opinion.
Phineas Cook [signed]
Timothy Kenwick [signed]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }

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 Solider and served as he states.  And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Phineas Cook and Timothy Kenwick who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Lebanon and a Justice of Peace are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webber, Judge of Probate [signed]

I, Moses Dow, Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Ephraim Wood, for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court this 21st day of December AD 1832
Moses Dow
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., _________. 19___

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In reply to your request of ______, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Wood a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Only Ephraim Wood found in Rev War Records of this Bu.

[Table]
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Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. | Length of Service.  |  Rank.  |  Officers Under whom Service Was Rendered. Captain.  |  Colonel.  | State.
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[First Entry]
1779 |  6 weeks  | Pvt.  | Timothy Bush  |  (check mark)  | Vt.  |

[Second Entry]
Jan 1781  | 2 mos.  | (blank)  | Charles Nelson  | Chase Moray  | Vt.

[Third Entry]
Apr 1781  |  6 mos  |  (blank)  | Charles Nelson  | Wait  | Vt.  |

[Fourth Entry]
1782  |  1 1/2 mos  | (blank)  |  Officers not stated; stationed at Janbridge  | Vt.  |

[Fifth Entry}
1781 or 1782  |  6 mons  |  (blank)  | Samuel Paine  |  (check mark)  |  N.H.
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Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of solider at enlistment, Lebanon, Grafton Co. N.H.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 21, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Lebanon, N.H.
Age at date of application, born in 1762 at Mansfield, Conn.
Remarks:  He died Dec. 7, 1836. There is no data on file as to family. 

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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April 22, 1918

Miss E.L. Moffatt,
106 Chester Street,
Allston, Massachusetts.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the sixteenth instant, you are advised that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fails to afford information in regard to any Ephraim Wood who lived in Massachusetts or served from that State.  The only Revolutionary War soldier named Ephraim Wood found on said records, was born in 1764, at Mansfield, Connecticut, and resided in Lebanon, New Hampshire, at the date of his enlistment and in 1838.

Very respectfully,
(signature, blurred)
Commissioner.
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1914 Aug. 25: history to Mrs. Ruthie Bliss.  MBR
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1916, Apr. 22 Partial Hist to Miss E.L. Moffatt.  F.W.
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1922 Nov. 21. Hist. to Geo M. Wood, R.S. Greenville, Mich (see his letter in Daniel Wood S. 14898, Conn. & Vt.)  are

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14895
Invalid  
Rev. War

File No. 14,895
Ephraim Wood
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: __ Vol. 1, Page 416

[Arrangement of 1870]
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I, Josiah Goodrich, aged 70 years, do depose and say that in the year 1779, I was a soldier in Capt. Timothy Bush's Company & was stationed at Strafford, Vermont for two months.  Ephraim Wood of Lebanon was a soldier in the same company with me during that time.  Also in the year 1781, I was a soldier in Capt. Silah's Company, Colonel Wait's Regiment stationed at Corinth Vermont that said Ephraim Wood was also a soldier in Captain Nelson's Company in the same Regiment, stationed at the same place and he was there according to the best of my recollection six months.  I am well acquainted with him and know him to be this same person, his age is about 70 years. 
Josiah Goodrich.

State of New Hampshire  )
Grafton, s.s.  Dec. 21 1832  }

Sworn and subscribed before me 
Timothy Kenrick, Justice of Peace.

I certify that the above deponent is a credible person.
Timothy Kenrick, Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton, s.s. 

I, Moses Dow, Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Timothy Kenwick within names is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his doings as such that his signature to the wherein certificates are genuine.

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of December AD 1832.

Moses Dow
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I, Joseph Downer, aged 73 years do depose and say that in the year 1781 in the month of January and February.  i was a soldier in Capt. Nelson's Company, Colonel Merry's Regiment. We were stationed at Newbury, Vermont. Ephraim Wood of Lebanon was a soldier in the same company with me, and was there at least two months.  Said Wood is now present and I know him to be the same person. His age is 70 years.
Joseph Downer

State of New Hampshire }
Grafton s.s. }
Dec. 21, 1832

Sworn and subscribed before me Timothy Kenwick, Justice of Peace and certify that the above deponent is a credible person.
Timothy Kenwick, Justice of Peace


State of New Hampshire
Grafton, s.s.

I, Moses Dow, Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the above named Timothy Kenwick is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith herewith may  and ought to be given to his doings as such and that his signatures to the above certificates are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of December AD 1832.
Moses Dow
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Ephraim Wood
Application for [illegible] of pension


Sent to Timothy Kenwick, Esq
Lebanon, N.H.
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I, Ephraim Wood of Lebanon, N.H. a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do depose and say that in the month of December 1832, I made a declaration of services by me performed in the war of the Revolution, and was in consequence of said declaration placed on the Pension Roll of the New Hampshire Agency as will appear by the enclosed certificate No. 5388 but from the want of recollection I omitted to state in said declaration six months service, which I performed in the year 1781 or 1782, in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Paine, as will appear by the enclosed depositions of Joseph Downer and Martin Davey who served in the same company with me, and I now request to have my pension increased so as to include said six months service.
Ephraim Wood.

Sworn and subscribed before me, Oct. 9th 1834. [seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my notarial seal at Lebanon in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire this 9th day of October 1834.
Timothy Kenwick, Notary Public.

I certify that the above deponent is a credible person.
Timothy Kenwick, Notary Public.
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Joseph Downer & Martin Dewey
Deposition for Ephraim Wood
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I, Joseph Downer of Lebanon NH a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States do depose and say that in the years 1781 or 1782, I was a soldier in Captain Samuel Paine's Company of New Hampshire Militia, we were stationed some of the time at a guard house near the Continental Line, and as a frontier guard, and also to guard the [illegible] and said river. we even sometimes sent out on scouts after Indians.  We served at this time according to the best of my recollection six months Ephraim Wood then and now of said Lebanon, was a soldier in the same company, and done the same services that I did.  I am well acquainted with him and know him to be the same person. 
(signed) Joseph Downer.

I, Martin Dewey of Lebanon NH, a Revolutionary pensioner do depose and say that I also served as a soldier in the above mentioned company with Mr. Downer during the six months, and fully agree with him as to the service of Ephraim Wood. He served with us during the whole time above mentioned.  I am well acquainted with them and know him to be the same person.
(signed)  Martin Dewey

Sworn and subscribed to by the above mentioned Joseph Downer and Martin Dewey this 9th day of October AD 1834. [seal]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at Lebanon County of Grafton and state of New Hampshire this 9th day of October AD 1834.
(signed) Timothy Kenwick, Notary Public.

I further certify that the above deponents are credible persons.  
(signed) Timothy Kenwick, Notary Public
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Ephraim Wood
& 
L. Huntington

53.88
[illegible initials]


Hon. H. Hubbard
HR
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Lebanon NH November 8, 1834

Hon. J.L. Edward, Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Herewith I send the application of the Hon. Ziba Huntington for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832. Mr. Huntington has served as he states nine months and while under Capt. Nelson done the duty of a Sargeant.  Mr. Huntington is one of our most reputable and has been a senator in our state Legislature and is a man of undoubted veracity.

I received a few days since from the Pension Officer a communication in answer to the application of Ephraim Wood for increase of pension. You say that his stipend cannot be increased because he already receives pay for 7 1/2 months service performed in 1781 but reference to his declaration and you will see that the service he was there allowed for was under Captain Charles Nelson at Corinth & Newbury, while the service for which he now claims pay for (and which was omitted in his first declaration for want of memory) was under Captain Samuel Paine and was performed at Lebanon, Royalton his witnesses have probably mistaken the year (having no guide to go by only memory) but are not mistaken as to the service for neither of the last witnesses served with him in Capt. Nelson's Company, while they both state positively that they served with him in Capt. Paine's Company, I have  seen both Mr. Dewey and Mr. Downer since  and received your communication, they say the service in Capt. Paine's Company may have been earlier than they stated.  Men as old as they are may mistake as to dates while they remember services.  That Mr. Wood has served six months more than he has been allowed for, I have not doubt. I have again sent his certificate and believe on a reinvestigation of his case you will forward him a new certificate with the additional pension.
Very Respectfully your most obliged servant
Timothy Kenrick
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BRIEF objections to the admissions of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ephraim Wood which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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?  Yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes.
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  

XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Yes

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?  

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EXPLANATORY NOTES
*QUERE V.  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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For _____ year _________  ______ months and ____ days, I served as a _______. For ____ months and _____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases of determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  To use the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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 administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated as above directed.

QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Report the cases of Ephraim Wood and Ziba Huntington to Hon. H.H. Hubbard, B.R.

Re: Capt Pains  rdl 178 in large square back
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 3rd, 1840

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Administrator of Ephraim Wood, deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and sixty-six Cents per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th Sept. 1834 to the 7th December 1836, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris (signed)
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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106 Chester St.
Allston, Massachusetts
April 16, 1918.

The Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Can you give me any information in regard to Ephraim Wood who served as soldier from Saunton in the Revolutionary War?  I do not know where he
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afterwards lived, but if it would not be too much trouble, I would like to have the Military Records of all Ephraim Woods who may have been in the Revolutionary War, particularly their places and dates of birth.

Yours truly,
(Miss)  E.L. Moffatt


[stamp]
Pension Office, US
April 18 1918
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Sheboygan, Wis.
Aug. 19th 1914

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir - would you please let me know if there is any record on the Pension Rolls, of one Ephraim Wood who served in the Revolutionary War, and enlisted I think from the State of Vermont.

Thanking you in advance.

I remain respectfully yours,
Mrs. Nettie Bliss
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans'

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME    Wood, Ezra
GRADE   Private
LINE       Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER  5275
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED      Oct. 1, 1791
to--- not shown -----

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776 and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 2800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.