Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42084, Charles Wood, N. C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
CONTENTS
of
Wood, Charles


NUMBER
S. 42084
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4535
North Carolina Roll
Charles Wood
Capt. Taylor
private
North Carolina line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 9th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Novr 1818
and delivered to the Hon J. S. Smith H. of R
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818            $ 30.99
Semi-anl, all'ce ending   
                                                          48.00  
 4/30  23 /11                                  $ 78.99                            
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

16 till 83
 7 years to death    July 31 - 1837-
A.B.C.
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Correct

Hon. J.S Smith
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North Carolina District To wit
On this 9th day of May AD 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law & Court of Equity of the State of North Carolina personally appeared Charles Wood, aged sixty-eight years or upwards, 
resident in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States to be in the Revolutionary War, That he the said Charles enlisted in the Sixth Regiment of the North Carolina line in the company commanded by Captain Philip Taylor of the said Regiment, that the said enlistment was made at Wake County in said county in May AD 1776, before the Declaration of Independence & that he continued  in the service of the United States on the continental establishment until the Peace in 1783, when he was discharged from service at a place, near Charleston in South Carolina by Captain William Lyttle.
That he was in the Battle of Brandywine, Germanton, Monmouth Court House besides many skirmishes in the North, to at the siege 
Charleston, where he was made & remained a prisoner of War for fourteen months & upwards; of that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country.
                                                  (x) his mark
                                                   Charles Wood
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid
                         Thomas Ruffin JP


Richard Davis being duly sworn on his oath
declares that he is well acquainted with the
above named affiant Charles Wood, & that
he hath known him ever since the year
1778- That he marched from West part with
said Wood to Charleston S.C. where both
said Wood & himself were taken prisoner, that
he has reason to believe that the above
declaration is true
                                                (x)  his mark
                                             Richard Davis

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Sworn to subscriber for me the day & year aforesaid
                                  Thomas Ruffin JP
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Moses Lathers after being duly sworn
on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with the said affiant Charles Wood & that
he has been acquainted with said Wood ever
since the year 1776, that he acted as a 
Sargeant in the Sixth Regiment of N.C., the said Wood served under him in the same company that they went together from Bellone to Wilmington in said State & from thence to Charleston S.C. & from there to Philadelphia, that he has good reason to believe that the above declaration of said Wood is true.
                           Moses Leathers

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above
                          Thomas Ruffin JP
North Carolina
Ralph Fausett maketh Oath that he well his oath declares that he is well acquainted with the above named Charles Wood & now resides near to him, & that said Woods circumstances are so reduced that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. His is
now old, is generally reputed not to possess property sufficient to discharge his debts.
                           Ralph Fausset

Sworn & subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Thomas Ruffin JP
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State of North Carolina
Granville County           ⎬ 
 This day came before me, Edward Bullock, one of the Justices of the peace for said County, 
John Washington and maketh oath that he was a Seargent in the sixth North Carolina battalion
in Continental service in Captain Phillip Taylor's
company, that Charles Wood was a soldier in
said Captain Taylors Company, that he knew
the said Wood was in the army of the United States from the month of June 1776 till August 1777.
                              John Washington             
Sworn to and subscribed on this 9th day of
September 1818. 
                    Edward Bullock JP


I hereby certify that this Deponent, John Washington is in titled to credit.
                Edward Bullock JP


State of N. Carolina

I Stephen Sneed, Clerk of the Court
of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County
of Greenville, do certify that Edward
Bullock whose signature appears above
is an acting Justice of the Peace for the
County of Granville aforesaid, and
that all due faith and credit ought to be
paid to his signature as such.

Given under my hand and seal of Office
at Office at Oxford, this 9th day September AD. 1818
Stephen Sneed
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North Carolina
I, Thomas Ruffin, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law Courts of Equity of North Carolina as aforesaid do certify 
 that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Charles Wood did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration affidavits, against the common enemy for the term of nine month upwards of the Continental establishment, and on this and the proceeding testimony
had taken before me to the Pension Department of War was pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned
Testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the Court an Orange County the same being
one of the Court in which I reside here unto. 
I here unto put my hand on this 9th day of May AD 1818
Orange aforesaid
Thomas Ruffin JP

I the said Thomas Ruffin Judge as aforesaid do now further certify that the said Charles Wood in is in reduced circumstances & eeds the assistance of his country for support & that the aforementioned Richard Davis, Moses Leathers, Ralph Fancett, John Washington which said Fort Washing
ton, are well known by me personally are credible persons on their oath - Given under
hand this 5th day of November 1818
Thomas Ruffin
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Charles Woods
4535



John Taylor
Hillsborough, N.C.
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State of North Carolina
Orange County
Court of Common Pleas and quarter
Sessions May Term A.D. 1822 being
the Court of Record for said County

On the 27th day of May A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court Charles Wood aged Seventy-two years, 
resident in the County of Orange aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That
he served in the sixth Regiment in the Company commanded in Capt Taylor as will more fully appear by reference to his former declaration bearing date the 9th day
of May 1818 and numbered 453.
 I Charles Wood do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1878, that I have not since that time by gift sale or and
other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled
an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service during the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, or any other person for me sold any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than that contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule of Charles Woods' property
Mare
Sow & five pigs pair years
Chest
2 Chains-
1 Axe
2 Hoes
1 Kettle
1 Oven
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Charles Woods states that he is 73 years of age & that his strength is so impaired by age that he cannot perform manual labour to an extent sufficient to support himself. That he has a wife aged 65 years and infirm, and that he has a daughter aged 29 years living with him at this time who has two small children.
 Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
this 27th of May 1820                            
                              Charles Woods
                                 (x) His Mark 




We do hereby certify that the property set forth in the Schedule above is of the value of $56.80 - fifty six Dollars & eighty cents
Thomas Whitted J.P.
C. Campbell J. P.
Wm Lockhart J. P

State of North Carolina
I, John Taylor, Clerk of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the   foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original
the records of the said Court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of that property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty six dollars and eighty cents.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court
on this 8th day of August A.D. 1820.

John Taylor Clk
of the said Court
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September 5, 1933.
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BA-J/ILL.
Charles Wood-S.42034
Sampson Wood - S.42079.

Mr. Walter A. Wood
Racine
Wisconsin.
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
records of Charles Wood and Sampson Wood, Revolutionary War soldiers, both pensioners.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished herein.
CHARLES WOOD  
The data given below are obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim, S. 42084, based upon the service of Charles Wood in the Revolutionary War.
Charles Wood enlisted sometime in May, 1776, in Wake County, North Carolina, served as private in Captain Philip Taylor's company, 6TH North Carolina regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, German town, Monmouth, in many skirmishes in the north, and in the siege of Charleston, during which he was taken prisoner and was held fourteen months, and was discharged at the conclusion of peace in 1783 by Captain William Lytle.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, at which time he resided in Orange County, North Carolina.
In 1820, the soldier was about seventy-two years of age, and
his wife, whose name is not stated, was sixty-five years of age; the dates of birth of the places of birth, of neither the soldier nor his wife are shown. His daughter, then twenty-nine years old, and her two small children lived with him, their names not stated.
Charles Wood died July 31, 1837.
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Known by these present that that I, Charles Wood, of Orange County State of North Carolina have appointed James J. Smith of the County & State aforesaid as my lawful attorney for me & in my name
ask to for & receive from the aforementioned department of War of the United States such sun or sum as may be allotted me as a person under the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War. And I as further empower and try to give the receipts as may be required in the case.
Given under my hand this 12th day of May
1818
                                    (x) his mark
                                Charles Wood

I Thomas Clancy, Chairman of Orange County Court of pleas & quarter Sessions do Certify that the above power of attorney was duly executed and acknowledged before me this 12th May 1818
            Thomas Clancy, Chairman
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State of North Carolina
I, John Taylor, Clerk of Orange County Court
of pleas & quarter Sessions do hereby certify that Thomas Clancy Esq. whose signature appears to the certificate of acknowledgement of the within Power of Attorney was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace & Chairman of said Court and that full faith & credit ought to be given to his official acts.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the seal of said County
the 12th day of May A.D. 1818.
J. Taylor, Clk.
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MRS. FREDERICK S. HENRICES
203 MONROE STREET
EVANSTON, LL.

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you please send me all data you have concerning the Revolutionary Soldier, Charles Wood or woods, a private of the North Carolina
Line who was placed on the pension roll Nov. 24. 1818 while living in Orange Co. North Carolina. Am
especially interested in the family date of this soldier
Respectfully
Mabel W. Henrichs
(Mrs. F.B.)
Oct. 14. 1931
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Revy
File No. 42084
INVALID.
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42.084
Charles Wood
Private Rev. War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 574
Arrangement of 1870.}



1931 1 Nov. J. Hist to Mrs.
B. Henricks 
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1933 Sept 5- Hist to Willis Wood. See letter in
Rev. War. Sampson Wood
┃ 42079-I
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November 3, 1931.

                                                BA-J/ILL

Mrs. Frederick B. Hinrichs
801 Monroe Street
Evanston, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Charles Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4304, based upon his military service in that war.
Charles Wood enlisted in Wake County, North Carolina, in May,1775, served as private in Captain Philip Taylor's Company, North Carolina
Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, , many skirmishes in the North, and in the Siege of Charleston,
during which he was taken prisoner and held for more than fourteen months, and was discharged at the conclusion of peace in 1798 by Captain William Lytle.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.
In 1820, the soldier was about seventy-two years of age and his wife, whose name was not given, was sixty-five years of age. His daughter, then twenty-nine years of age, and her two small children lived with him, their names were not stated.
He died July 31, 1837.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.