Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11842, John Woodard, Vt.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Vt

Woodard, John
or
Woodward

NUMBER
R. 11842

CONTENTS
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State of Vermont
Windham County
I Titus Woodard of Halifax in said County
aged Sixty Six years
in April 1837 being duly sworn depose
and say - That in the spring of the year
1780 then residing at said Halifax my
oldest brother John Woodard (he then residing
with me at my father’s in said Halifax)
enlisted into the army of the revolution and
as I understood from him and others on his
return home that he had served out the
time for which he enlisted.
Titus Woodard

Halifax February 3d 1838 then personally
appeared Titus Woodard and made oath to
the truth by him above subscribed before me
and I further certify that I am well
acquainted with said deponent and that he
is a man of truth and veracity
Sanford Plumb Justice of peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Fane February A.D. 1838
I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said County
Court, do hereby certify, that Sanford
Plumb is a Justice of the Peace, within
and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified, and that his signature
above written is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand
and affix the Seal of the said County Court,
the day and year above written -
Attest Marshall Miller Clerk
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County ss
One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
On this 13th day of April personally appeared in open
court before the Court of Court of Common Pleas
now sitting, John Woodard, a resident of Spring Township,
 in Crawford County & State of Pennsylvania, aged
Seventy five 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 7th 1832.-
That he the said John Woodard was born the
Twenty Ninth day of October, One Thousand Seven
 Hundred & Sixty Two in the Township of Canterbury County
of Windham State of Connecticut. That his father, James
Woodard, moved to Halifax State of Vermont, when deponent
 was in his seventh year. That he, the said
deponent, was enlisted in April 1780, by Capt. Hubbell
Wells to serve for the term of nine months, in the Vermont
State Troops - that he went from Halifax above
mentioned & the place where he enlisted to Bennington
thence to Pawlet thence to Pittsford, at which last
place mentioned he joined the company of Capt. Jess
Sawyer of Col. Ebenezer Allen's regiment of which company
 John Hall was first Lieutenant.  That he the
said deponent remained with Capt. Sawyer's Company
at Pittsford till the following October, engaged
in building a fort & scouting in the vicinity at which
time he marched with eleven others to Castleton, in
Vermont to keep the fort at that place in which fort
he remained till the time of his enlistment expired,
which was in January following. Deponent was then
discharged & returned home. About the year 1807
deponent moved from the State of Vermont to Jerico
in the State of New York. In the year 1818 he moved
from the State of New York, to Spring Township, Crawford
County, State of Pennsylvania when he has ever
since resided & still resides. Deponent further says
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he has no documentary evidence of his discharge,
or of his age, the Bible in which he had his age
recorded having been long since destroyed by use
in the family,-- but he annexes the affidavits of
Titus Woodard & James Pratt showing his service
as before mentioned. He also annexes the affidavit
 of his son John as to the identity of his person,
 & of Daniel W. Sturtevant, as to his veracity
&c. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever
to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any State.
John Woodard

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Cochran Proth’y

John Woodard Jr. on his solemn oath duly administered
says he is the son of John Woodard who
has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration.
That he deponent is forty two years old; that the
[foregoing] applicant John Woodard is the same John
Woodard named in the affidavits of Titus Woodard &
James Pratt.
John Woodard Jr.
Sworn Subscribed in
open Court this 13th of April 1838
James Cochran Proth’y
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Daniel Sturtevant, on his solemn oath duly administered
says he is & has been acquainted with
the foregoing applicant John Woodard for Twenty
years last past in Spring Township aforesaid.  That he
has always been an unimpeachable character
for truth & has always been represented in the
neighborhood, as having been a soldier of the
Revolutionary war, & also with his son John
Woodard for the same length of time & that
he is a man of good character for truth.
D. W. Sturtevant
Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 13th day
of April A D 1838
James Cochran
 Proth’y

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the
within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John
Woodard and D. W. Sturtevant are credible persons and that their statements
 are entitled to credit.

Henry Shippen
Pres’t of South District

Crawford County ss. I James Cochran Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
 the original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application of John Woodard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this thirteenth day of April
thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.

James Cochran
Henry Shippen 
(This last name by mistake)

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V 34.476
[Jn ab]
John Woodard
Pension

Hon. A. Plumber
H R
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[crossed oout "Act of July 14, 1862 March 3, 1873 "]

11.842
John Woodward
Service:
Enlisted: REJECTED
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  
Searched for
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Feb 13
[Jn ab]
Woodward

Hon. A Plumer
H R
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm'r of Pensions
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H. Rep
Feby 12th 1839

Dear Sir
At the last Session I
left with you the application and
papers of a Mr Woodward for
a pension sent to me by D. Derrickson
of Meadville.  I think you addressed
a letter to me on the subject and I
sent it to Mr Derrickson.
He writes me that he has not
rec’d it.  Would you be so good
as to inform me again what proof
is necessary, in addition to what
is on file, that I may send it
to Mr. Derrickson
Respectfully yours
A. Plumer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford ss
Know all Men by these presents,
That I, Lucy Woodard of Spring Township in said County
& State do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Leander M. Drury
 of Canandaigua, State of New York
my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf all and singular claim or claims I may
have against the General Government of the United States on account of the services of my husband John Woodard deceased, in the war of the Revolution.
And the said Leander M. Henry is hereby authorized to take all
necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
day of Jan the 5 1819.  Lucy Woodard 
Signed in my presence.
Byron A Sergeant
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act 5 June 49 [illegible]
Drury

John Woodward
Pennsylvania
Rejected
[“Suspended”-crossed out]
See let 8 June
1838 to A. Wardner
Esq.  Treasurer State of
Vt. for proof & to Hon.
A Plumer, do. 31 July 1838,
 do. 3d Jany 1839,
 do.19 Feb 39
served less than
six months
118 & 12
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Canandaigua N.Y. May 1. 1849
Sir
I desire to call your attention to the
claim of John Woodard decd, late of Spring
Township Crawford Co. Penn. who made an application
 for a pension under the act of 7th June
1832 soon after its passage.
His claim was not allowed, for reasons not
now known to his widow. His papers in support
 of his claim are on the files of the Pension
office it is supposed. He died Dec. 19. 1844.
In behalf of his widow, whose power of attorney
is herewith transmitted, I would request to
be informed of the reasons which operated to
prevent the allowance of his claim, to the end
that if possible they may be removed-
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L.M. Drury.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm’r Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Letter
from Treasurer
State of Vermont
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State of Vermont
Treasurer's Office Windsor July 16. 1838
Sir
In answer to your application dated June 8 for any
evidence which the records of this office might afford of the Revolutionary
services of John Woodward, I have to say that I have inspected all
the Rolls known to exist in the office, & that I cannot find the name of
John Woodward upon but one of them. It appears that a John
Woodward served as a private in Capt Jesse Sawyer's Company from
14 Sept 1780 to 3d Jany 1781 and was allowed for three months & 21
days service. This Capt Sawyer; company belonged to Maj’r Ebenez’r
Allen's Detachment sometimes called a Regiment.
There is no Roll yet discovered in this office of Capt Hubbel Well's Company
Very Respectfully
Yr. Ob’t Svn’t
A. Wardner Treas of State of
Vermont

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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State of Vermont
Rutland County
James Pratt of Pawlet
in said County being duly sworn deposes
and says That he is seventy four years
of age. That early in the Spring, and according
to this deponents recollection about
the 15th Apl 1780, residing at that time
at Halifax, in the State of Vermont, he and
one John Woodard then of said Halifax
enlisted for the term of nine months
each in the Vermont State troops, and
went from that place, through the
towns of Bennington, Manchester,
Pawlet & Rutland, to Pittsford in Vermont
when this deponent joined a company
of Infantry commanded by Capt. Hutchins
 Bennington, and the said Woodard joined
one commanded by Capt. Sawyer. This
deponent and the said Woodard remained
at Pittsford, with the companies
aforesaid building a fort and scouting
in the vicinity, until the month of Sept.
or October, when this deponent was
marched in his company through Rutland
to Castleton, Vermont, when he
joined Col. Eb’r. Allen's regiment and
the said Woodard remained at Pittsford.
This deponent continued at Castleton and
parts adjacent, until January after, when
he was dismissed and returned home; and
about a week after his arrival, the said Woodard
returned. I did not see Woodard after
I left Pittsford until he called on me
after my return to Halifax, but I there
understood from him and others,
that he had served out the period
of his enlistment.
James Pratt
Sworn to by the said James Pratt, this
15th day of January AD. 1858 before me. And
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I further certify that I am well acquainted with
the said deponent, and that he is a
man of truth and veracity.
J. Randall Just. Peace

State of Vermont
Rutland County
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of the
County Court for the County
of Rutland certify that
Jonathan Randall is a
Justice of the peace for said
County and that I believe
his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Rutland this 18th day of
January AD 1838
Report

James Pratt
Affidavit

Expenses 75 cents.
Dep’t aff’t .25  “
1.00