Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11883, Joseph Wooddell, Va.
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SERVICE
Va.

Wooddell, Joseph
or
Woodell 
or
Waddle

NUMBER
S. 11,883.

CONTENTS
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23.359
Virginia-

Joseph Woodell -
[Illegible] in the State of Va
who was a Pr. on the -- -- commanded
Captain -- of the Reg commanded
Col Dickinson in the Va
for 18 months
Dead

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
the rate of 90 - Dollars - Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of June 34
and sent pensioner
Greenbank P.O. Va

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834....................................$225
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 3 [illegible]... 45
..................................................................................................$270-

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 38

Dead. See letter
to J. Graham & P. Agt
June 11. 1835- do to P Agt &
Wadsworth, Williams & Co May
18, 1837
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Augusta County to wit
I John Wooddell of the County of Augusta and State of
Virginia after having been first sworn sayeth that I
recollects of my brother Joseph Wooddell, now of the
County of Pocahontes is having performed three tours of
service during the revolutionary war, & the indiana
war to gether
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His first tour of duty was against the Indians
the particuler of time and place not distinctly
recollected.
His second tour of service was for twelve months
somewhere to the north the place not not recollected,
nor can I recollect the officer that command or
that [illegible]
His third and last tour of service was [illegible] Richmond
the particular place not recollected: I think
that the term of service was for three months.
He was a Leutenant in John Dickeys Company
The superior officer not recollected and farther
this deponent sayeth not
John Wooddell

Augusta on to wit
This day the above signed John Woodell came
befor me a justice of the peace for the said county
Augusta and made oath to the
above salement according to law. Witness my hand
this eighth day of June 1833
James A McCue

I do further certify that John Woodell the subscribing witness to
above statement lives in my immediate neighbourhood that I
have been acquainted with him; that he is a credible person
that his statement may be relied on. Witness my hand &
seal this 16th day of November 1833
James A. McCue
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Virginia to wit:
I Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the County
Court of Augusta, do hereby certify that James A. McCue Esq
whose signatures appear to the within certificates is a Justice
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid - duly commissioned
[text obsured by the seal] to Law.
In Testimony
whereof I have hereto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name
this 6th day of December 1833 and in the 58th
year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney CAC
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State of Virginia Pocahontas County
At a Court held for Pocahontas County at the
Court house thereof on the 4th day of September
1832 before the Justices of the peace of the said
County Present Benjamin Tallman, William
Cushley, Robert H. Beale and Jacob Lightner
gentlemen Justices
State of Virginia Pocahontas County
On this 3rd day of September 1832, personally appeared
before the subscriber one of the Commonwealth Justices
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Joseph Wooddell
a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged
eighty 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 7th 1832
that he entered the service of the United States in the
year 1774 under Captain George Moffett and was
stationed at Clover Lick to defend the Frontier
settlements against the Indians for the Term of six
weeks being then a resident of & drafted from
the militia of Augusta County Virginia
That he again was drafted from the militia
as aforesaid & from the County aforesaid in the year
[inserted: month of September] 1777 under the command of Capt. George of
Moffett. Colonel J. Dickinson Commandant --  & taken
Point Pleasant on the Ohio River against the
Indians and stationed ththere a short [crossed out: times] period
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not precisely recollected But not to exceed ten months
from this time of entering service untill discharged
that he again was drafted from the Militia aforesaid 
and from the County as aforesaid in the year 1778 Commanded
by Captain Cooper Colonel Nevels Regiment General 
Woodafords Brigade and he was marched from his place of
Residence as aforesaid through the State of Pensylvania
New York & New Jersey against the English army and con
tinued in the service as a private soldier for the sum of
one year & discharged in the State of New Jersey and
all Brook in the month of February 1779-
that he again was drafted from the militia as aforesaid
and from the County aforesaid in the year 1781
under the command of Captain John Givens Colonel
William Bowyer. General Campbell & General Lafayette
Commanding & marched from his place of residence
to Richmond Va against the English Army who were
then laying in that place & from there following the
aforesaid English army to Williamsburg being in the
Battle at Hot water & James Town and continued in
the service for the term of three months being the first
Lieutenant in the Company aforesaid and then was
discharged and that he has no knowledge of any
Person now living who could testify to his services as
aforesaid stated-
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or
annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension of any State
Joseph Wooddell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and [part of page missing]
Jas More over certify that the said Joseph Wooddell
cannot from age and bodily infirmities attend the
court before the subscriber William Slaven
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We John S. Blain, a clergiman, residing in the County
of Pocahontas and Benjamin Tallman residing in
the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Joseph Woddell who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him to be
eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed
in the neighbourhood 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
John S. Blain
Benny Tallman

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories [crossed out: possible] by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states. And the Court further
certify that it appears to them that John S. Blain
who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergiman
resident in the County aforesaid, and that
Benjamin Tallman, who has also signed the same
is a resident in the said County and is a credible
person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Henry M. Moffett Clerk of the Court of Pocahontas County
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Joseph Wooddell for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of the County office
this 4th day of September 1832
H. M. Moffet
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January 11, 1913.

Hon. James A. O'Gorman,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your communication dated the
ninth and received the tenth instant, I have the honor to advise
you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau
fail to afford any information in regard to John [crossed out, illegible]
variously spelled) who was a captain in the Revolution and
to furnish the following record concerning Joseph Wooddell.

Sur. File 11,383, Rev. War. Joseph Wooddell was allowed
pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, while
a resident of Pocahontas County, Virginia, and eighty years
of age.
He stated that he resided in Augusta County, Virginia,
when he entered the service in 1774, under Captain George
Moffett to defend the frontiers against Indians, six weeks.
Drafted in September 1777, under Captain George Moffett, Colonel
J. Dickinson, and served three months. Drafted in 1778,
under Captain Cooper, Colonel Neville, served one year and was
discharged in February 1779, at Middlebrook, New Jersey.
Drafted in 1781, and served as First Lieutenant under Captains
John Givens and John Dickey, Colonel William Bowyer; 3 months.
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sur le No. 11,883. - 2

He was in the battles of Hot Water and Jamestown.
In 1833, soldier's younger brother John Wooddell of
Augusta County, Virginia, testified in the case, but did not
claim to have rendered any military service himself.
For the date of soldier's death and name of person to
whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should
be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S.
Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
"Joseph Wooddell, Certificate No. 23,389,
issued January 17, 1834, under the Act of
June 7, 1832, at the Virginia Agency."
Very respectfully,
J & Davenport
Commissioner.
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O. W. and N. Division. 3 -- 525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., ____ 190_.

In reply to your request of ____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Wooddell
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. File 11,883

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Sept. 1777
1778
disch July 1779
at Middlebrook, N. J.
1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
1 year

3 mos.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
George Moffitt
Cooper

John Givens
John Dickey
COLONEL.
J. Dickinson
Nevill

William Bowyer

STATE. Va.

Battles engaged in, Hot Water & Jamestown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Augusta Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 3, 1832. Alld.
Residence at date of application, Pocahontas Co., Va.
Age at date of application, 80 yrs.
Remarks: He died July 26, 1834.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Rev War
11.883

INVALID.
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File No. 11883
Joseph Woodell
Lt. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 415

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1910 Nov. 9. Hist to J. A. Wooddell
1913 Jan. 11. To Hon. Jas. A. O'Gorman
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THE PENNSBORO NEWS
ONLY DEMOCRAVIC PAPER IN RITCHIE COUNTY.
J. A. WOODDELL
PENNSBORO, W. VA., Nov. 2, 1910.

Gentlemen: -- Please advise me whether John Warwick [inserted by hand: see ?dept], John Slaven [inserted by hand: 8 file 6110] or Joseph
Wooddell [inserted by hand: S file 11,888] according to your records saw any service in the Revolution.
The last two named probably enlisted in Augusta or Highland County
Virginia, and Warwick from what is now Pocahontas County, [crossed out: Virginia],
West Virginia, and both Warwick and Slaven died in Pocahontas County.
Also whether Absalon Knotts or Edward Knotts, of Delaware seen any
such service.
Yours very truly,
JA Wooddell
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United States Senate,

Washington, Jan. 9, 1913

The Honorable,
The Commissioner
of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir: --
I have the honor to
submit the following 
communication for your 
consideration, and to ask that 
therequest made therein
be complied with if possible.
When the matter is
disposed of, will you
kindly have the letter returned
to my office, and
oblige
Yours truly,
Jas A Gorman
U. S. S.
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John Wooddell Pen,

[Illegible]

Dead _
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John Woodell servd18 mos $270.

This Pensioner died about 12 month since, I met
[left side of page damaged by water] one who knew any thing of his service _ 
[left side of page damaged by water] of this of when I made inquiry is in [illegible]

W. Garey
Feby. 15. 1835
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Jan 21
Jos. Wooddell
Va [illegible]
23389

FREE

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, 
D.C
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Richmond 18th Jany 1837

L Edwards Esqr

Dear Sir-- by direction
of the pension agent here we forward
you the entered claim for your order
of payment-as two of the legaties are not
applicants for payment and as their share
will be lost unless minded in this claim
on account of the smallness of the claim,
We suggest the propriety of paying the whole
amount -
Very Respiturty
Wadsworth & Williams
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January 6th 1834
Virginia
Returned
JoP Woodell

Admt
15 mos private 50
3 .. Lieut..............40
...............................90

Huntsville Va.
Decr 24th

Free

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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[See Doc. 16]
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Greenbank, Pocahontas Co Va Decr 24. 1833
Sir.
Agreeable with your instruction, which
accompanied these paper, requesting the
certifficate of the Clerk of the County in which
the Magistrate, Jas. A. McCue, reside; as also
the fourth certifficate of the magistrate
have been obtained. And again I present
them to your consideration
I am your most
obt & humble
Sert
Joseph Woodell

P.S. Your return may be made to Greenbank P.O.
Pocahontas Co Va.

J. W.
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Mar 3d
[Illegible, crossed out]

J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
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Richmond Va.
March 1st 1837
Dear Sir
Some time since we enclosed to you
a pension claim, which for some reason
the agent here declined paying without
first submitting it for your approval. _
but the name of the pensioner we have
forgotten (as we took no mem.) we have also
forgotton whither subscribed individually
by Orren Williams or by the firm
Please say if you have received any
such document from either
Very Respectfully &c
Yr obt Servts
Wadsworth Williams
By E Warren

J L Edwards Esq
Washington
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Huntsville Va
June 2

June 9

Free

Jos Wooddell
Va

J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Huntersville, Pocahontas Co. Va. May 29 1835

Sir.
Enclosed you have Joseph Wooddels' pension
certificate. It was handed me to be sent to the Dept
Mrs Wooddell being dead. She died on the 26th
of last July having draw regularly up to the 4th
of March 1834. The Executor of his estate wish to
know whether they can draw what he [crossed out, illegible] was
entitled to, up to the time of his death. You will
please inform me what will be necessary to be done in
the case; that I my let the execr know.
Your &c
J Graham

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Fayetteville Repose Post Office
Pocahontas County June 28 1833
Sir
In compliance with your instructions
under date April 2d returning my declarations
for amending _ the Department requires me to you as
I state to you [crossed out, illegible] as, in the declaration. that I now know of
no person living who served with me any [illegible] set fourth
as it respects the services of 78. I have stated as fully as I now
recollect. I was in no Engagement during the years services 
and at the end of the years was dismissed by a General
discharge. By Genl Washingtons commander of the Army_
I hereby enclose my Commishion showing that I [illegible]
as first Lieutenant in the services of 81 under competent
authority _ Also enclosed you will have the affidavit
of a younger brother who recollects of my different
Enlistings & my absence from my residence &c _
I am now laden with years  & 2 infirmities &
consequently unable to attend [crossed out, illegible] the court 
of the county to have a new Declaration [several words, illegible]
& will humbly rest my case. as the papers 
now appear before [crossed out, illegible] the Department
& remain your
Obedient & Humble Servt
Joseph Wooddell
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[Blanks do have some writing in them, but it is illegible]
To The Commonwealth of VIRGINIA
To ____ Gentleman, greeting:
KNOW YOU that our GOVERNOUR, on Recommendation from the
Court of the County of ____ hath constituted and
appointed you ____in a Company of Militia in the said
County. In Testimony whereof these our Letters are sealed, with the Seal
of the Commonwealth, and made Patent
Witness THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esquire, our said Governour, at
Richmond, the ____Day of ____ in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
[Presumably, Thomas Jefferson's signature, but too light to say for sure]
Signed 15th 178?
Sworn to in Court
Richard Madison [illegible]