Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14967 1/2, Jesse Woodard, Conn. Vt.
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(3 - 1776) SERVICE Conn Vt. CONTENTS Woodard, Jesse NUMBER S. 14967 ½ carded
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8840 New York [Jesse] Woodard [Cayuga Co.] in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded Captain --- of the regiment, commanded Col [Ledgard] in the [Vt:ma] for [6 mo.]?   
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April 1833 and Sent to M [Elllingam] C.C. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00 Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 10.00 dated March 21 1844  = $50.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.]
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 4 Page 36
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July 1 '35. The 3rd [auditor? ] enquired whether authority had been given to the Pension Agent to pay the unclaimed amount accruing between 4 March '33 & 4 March '35 & answered by an endorsement on the vouchers that it did not appear that such authority was given - 

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of [   ]  April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1859  [ Agent Notified]  16 Dec 1839. Letter to 3d    [  ] April 19th 1848. Let(ter) to 3rd And. Mar 20. 1849 18 let(ter) to Hon. H.S. Conger March 21. '49  2 [   ] 3rd [  ] Jan 22nd 1850
[ ] letter to I. W. Oledt 4 Dec 1835 - Do to Same April 13. 1836. Order to pay 17 Oct 1837.  Paid at the Treasury under the [  ]  April 6th 1838 from 4 September 1839 to March 4th 1841.  Agent Notified May 7th 1842.

Paid the above from 4th March to 4th September 1841.  Agent Notified June 29th 1842.
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July 1, 1835, the 3rd Auditor enquired whether authority had been given to the Pension Agent to pay the unclaimed amount accruing between 4 March 1833 and 4 March 1835. And answered by an endorsement on the vouchers that it did not appear that such authority was given.

same as previous
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12.061 Jesse Woodard admitted 6 mo. private. 
M. S. Myers Clk Cayuga Co. N.Y.
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Brief in the case of Jesse Woodard County of Cayuga in the State of N York (Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [M. W Curton] 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 68 years - 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period. In Sept 1779 March 1781 --- Duration of Service. Years Months 3 as Private - 3. 
5. In what battles was he engaged? none 
Days. 
Rank as a private 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. Capt. Rust, Col. Leygard, [ ] Wright, Col Walbridge 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windham Co. Connecticut. 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Probationary. 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[Nichird] Cutts Examining Clerk.
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In the matter of the application of Jesse Woodard for a pension 
12.061 
admitted 
6 mo. Private
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State of New York Cayuga County} 
p. (presenting) on this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared Mr Gerdham Morte Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common,  Pleas of Said County of Cayuga --- Jesse Woodard a resident of the town of Summer Hill in the Said County of Cayuga and State of New York  Aged sixty-eight years the fifteenth of January last past, 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 named officers & served as herein stated. That he first enlisted as a volunteer been for the term of three months as a militiaman at the town of Windham in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut where he then resided, about the first of September in the year 1779 being then in the Six tenth year of his age, into the company of Capt. Rust (Christian name not known) that he joined the company of Capt. Rust soon after he enlisted at Windham town & marched directly to Norwich landing That he together with Capt. Rust & the rest of his company there went on board of a Sloop which conveyed them to New London, when they all landed at the town about a mile above fort Trumbull when he with Capt. Rust & his company remained about one week & then they roped over the River Thames to Gaton & were stationed at Fort Griswold for the remainder of the term for which he enlisted. That at that time Col. Ledyard of the regular troops was stationed at Fort Griswold & had the command of it, But who was the Colonel of the regiment of Militia to which Capt Rust Company belonged he is not now able to state as the whole regiment was not then stationed at Fort Griswold as he believes, & being young he attended to nothing but his duty as a Soldier & he is now unable to State any more of the Company or field officers under whom he served at that time that there were no battles fought when he was stationed during the period for which he enlisted & that having served for the months at the end of the time he was duly discharged & left the service & returned to Windham the former place of his residence, but the name of the Colonel who discharged him, he cannot now nor does know what has become of his discharge it is not to be found And the said Jesse Woodard further says that in the month of March 1781 he came to reside with his father in the town of Cambridge now in the County of Washington & State of New York, but which was then claimed as a part of Vermont of the New Hampshire Grants - That about the middle of the month of September thereafter
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(that is in the year 1781) he again enlisted as a ^ volunteer Militia Man for the term of three months at Cambridge in Said County of Washington, that while he was with the Company into which he, at that time enlisted, it was commanded by Lieutenant Wright the Captain being sick and less able to attend to duty & he is therefore unable to state the Captain’s name that he marched with the Said Company under the Command of Lieutenant Wright through Salem in Said County of Washington to the town of Black Creek where they stopt about one week after which he with the Company marched to Skenesborough (now called White Hall) where they remained until the end of his term of Service. That there were ^ then no regular troops & but one Regiment of Militia which was commanded by Col. Walbridge of Bennington. The Major’s name was Cowdin & the adjutant John Dale both of Cambridge aforesaid. That while he was at Skenesborough or White Hall they built a Picket fort about two & an half miles from the landing where they were afterwards Stationed during his Stay. There were no battles fought at that place during the time he was Stationed there & that he continued in the Service until the end of the Said three months when he was duly discharged by Col. Walbridge, that is about the middle of December 1781 at Skenesborough making in all Six Months service. He is unable to Say what became of his discharge given him by Col. Walbridge except that he had not Seen it for many years & cannot find it now & that he has now no documentary evidence to prove his Service & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 

Sworn to & Subscribed 
the day and year aforesaid 
before me Gershom Morse
a judge 
of Cayuga County Common Pleas 

Jesse Woodard
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Cayuga County ss
We William Williams a clergyman residing in the town of Summer Hill in the County of Cayuga & State of New York & Solomon Stewart of the town County and State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Woodard, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinon.

Wm Williams
Solomon Stewart
Sworn and subscribed the date and year aforesaid before me.
Gershom Morse Judge
of Cayuga County Common Pleas

and that the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 soldier and served as he states.   And I the said Judge further certify that it appears to me that William Williams who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Summer Hill in the County of Cayuga and State of New York and that Solomon Stewart, who has also signed the same is a resident of the town county & state aforesaid, is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.  and I also certify that the said applicant Jesse Woodard cannot from bodily infirmity attend the said court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County.
Gershom Morse
a judge of Cayuga County Common Pleas

State of New York
Cayuga County ss

I Michael S Myers of said county do certify that Gersham Morse Esq before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn and by whom the preceding certificate purpose to have been made was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in an dfor said county and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily beliee his name subscribed to said affidavits and to the said certificates to be his proper handwriting and signature.

Witness my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of September AD 1833.

M S Myers
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March 19, 1934
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Miss Jessie E. Woodard             BA-J/EEL
R. F. D. 2                                    Jesse Woodard - S.14967 1/2
Moravia, New York                    Daniel Woodard - W.22682

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you
have received the history of Jesse Woodard and ask if there was no
record of his discharge. You also request the records of Amos and
Daniel Woodard, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Jesse
Woodard (S. 14967), whose record was furnished you on December 20,
1933, stated in his claim for pension that he was unable to say what
had become of his discharge "except that he had not seen it for many
years and cannot find it now." Said discharge is not filed in this
office.

The Revolutionary War records have been searched and no record
found of an Amos Woodard, or similar spelling. The record of Daniel
Woodard has been found and his history is furnished you herein, the
data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim,
W.23682, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Daniel Woodard are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

While residing at Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,
Daniel Woodard volunteered sometime in 1779, served six or nine months
in Captain Lord's Company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment
and was discharged sometime in 1780; the exact dates of his service
were not stated.

He died July 24, 1814, place not stated.

The soldier married January 20, 1785, at Windsor, Massachusetts,
Olive Brown. The date of her birth and names of her parents are not
stated.
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Daniel Woodard's widow, Olive, was allowed pension on her application
executed February 16, 1839, while residing in Troy, New York,
and aged seventy-two years.

In 1839, son Lewis Woodard was aged forty-three years and resided
in Troy, New York. No reference was made to any other children.

In 1839, one Jesse Woodard was aged seventy-five years and resided
in Summerhill, Cayuga County, New York; no relationship to the
soldier, Daniel Woodard, was shown.  In same year, one Abigail Brown
was aged seventy-two years and resided in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
and one Alpheus Brown, Junior, was a Justice of the Peace for
said Berkshire County; no relationship of either Abigail or Alphous
Brown, Junior, to the widow, Olive Brown Woodard, was shown.

There are no further data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War
pensioner, Olive Woodard, widow of Daniel Woodard (w.22682)
you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

Olive Woodard, widow of Daniel Woodard, Certificate No. 2360,
issued October 23, 1843, rate $21.11 per annum, commenced March 4
1843, Act of March 3, 1843, New York (Albany) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

See letter in case of Daniel Woodard
in regard to a Daniel Woodard
who served from Conn
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December 20, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
Jesse Woodard - S.14967 1/2

Miss Jessie E. Woodard
R.F.D. #3
Moravia, New York

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14967 1/2, based upon the military
service in that war of Jesse Woodard.

Jesse Woodard was born January 15, 1764. The place of his birth
and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension

While residing in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, he volunteered
about September 1, 1779, served three months as a private in
Captain Rust's Connecticut Company and was stationed the greater part of
the time at Fort Griswold, then commanded by Colonel Ledyard: in
March, 1781, he went to reside with his father in Cambridge (then claimed
by the state of Vermont, later Washington County, New York); enlisted
there about the middle of September, 1781, and served under Lieutenant
Wright and Colonel Walbridge in the Vermont Troops; length of service
three months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while residing in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York.

He died March 21, 1844, place not shown.

There is no reference to wife or children.

There is no record that he ever received a warrant for bounty land.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[written by hand on left side of page - could not identify Capt Rust, [illegible] service in [illegible] page 580]
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December 20, 1933
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BA-J/EEL

Miss Jessie E. Woodard
R.D. #3
Moravia, New York

Dear Madam?

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Jesse Woodard (S. 14967 1/2; also the records of Daniel and Nathaniel Woodard, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.

As a means of identifying the particular records of Daniel and Nathaniel Woodard, in which you might be interested, should they be on file, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. It will expedite the matter if you will return this letter, should you reply.

The history of Jesse Woodard (S. 14967½) is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C., __________________, 19_____

S.F. 14967 1/2

In reply to  your request of _______________, received __________________ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Woodard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. - Sept 1 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE. - 3 mos
RANK. - Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. - Rust
COLONEL. - Ledyard
STATE. - Conn

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. - Sept 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. - 3 mos
RANK. - 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. - Lieut. Wright
COLONEL. - Walbridge
STATE. - Vt

Discharged Dec. 1781 at [illegible]borough

Battles engaged in, ________________________
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept 6, 1832. [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, born Jany 15, 1764, died {illegible] 21, 1844
Remarks:  Soldier enlisted at Windham Conn in 1781.  then went to Cambridge, Washngton Co. N. Y. to leave with his father.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

For 2nd service see pages 5-80 Vermont records.
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pension
[illegible]
City of Washington
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Merchs & Farmer’s Bank
Albany Pension Agency
April 6. 1836

James L. Edwards, Esquire
Certif. of Pensions

Sir,
In your letter of the 4th of December last, you state in relation to the cases of Jesse Woodard & others, that “this letter does not however, authorize any future payments in the four last mentioned cases -“

Permit me to inquire whether in the cases referred to it will be simply when they call for their pensions ^ that this voucher must be forwarded to you before payment -

Very respectfully
Your ob. Serv.
Tho W Olcott
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller’s Office,
December 2d, 1839.

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,” Jesse Woodard, _ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1838, to the 4th March, 1839.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
April 21st, 1842.

Sir:
Under the date 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,” Jesse Woodard, _ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at the rate of Twenty _ Dollars and _ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1839, to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.  

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
June 11th, 1842.

Sir:
Under the date 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,” Jesse Woodard, _ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty _ Dollars and _ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.  

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Jesse Woodard N. Y. Albany $20 June
To What time last paid

Pension Office to the [illegible] March 1836
17 Oct 1837 
JH [initials]
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Jesse Woodward
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jesse Woodland Cayuga N York
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? 

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?
no

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

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

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 than 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 to determine with precision the period for which each 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. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 ends 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Rev War
149671/2
Invalid

File No. 14 9671/2
Jesse Woodard
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7” 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870]

1917 May 23 Hist. to Jay H. Bowker
1927 Mar. 29. L. E. Bowker info.
no names of parents or sisters or brothers // no claim for a Daniel (old enough to be his father) [illegible] W
1933 - Dec 20 - Hist. to Miss Jesse E. Woodard - [illegible]
1934 - Mar 19 - Ad. Jesse E. Woodard no discharge in claim [illegible]
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127 Rock Creek Church Road, N.W., Washington, D. C.
May 18, 1917

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
In a book entitled “Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services,” published in 1841 under authority of Congress, is recorded the name of Jesse Woodard, who, on June 1, 1840, was residing in the town of Summerhill, Cayuga County, New York.
I desire the following information as to the military service of this pensioner:
Place of enlistment (town, county and state).
Company and regiment in which he served.
Length of service.
Date of enlistment.
Date of discharge from service.

Yours truly,
Jay H. Bowker
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Newark State School
Newark, New York,
February 7, 1927.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records Division,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
I am trying to obtain information relative to the father of one Jesse Woodard a Revolutionary War ancestor. I believe the father’s name to be Daniel Woodard a Private in Co. Reed. Ct. - 1781.
Records say that Jesse Woodard discharged in December 1781 at Skenesborough and went to live with his father in Cambridge, Washington County, New York State.
I want to get the name of the father of Jesse Woodard and the names of brothers and sisters if any of Jesse
nothing about -b & s-
name of father not [illegible]
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2
Woodard who lived with him in Cambridge, New York.
I believe Jesse Woodard’s father was one Daniel Woodard and his war record, if he was allowed a pension, would no doubt give the names of his children, besides Jesse the one I have.
I want to establish the fact that both Jesse Woodard and his father Daniel Woodard fought in the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you in advance I am
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Lula E. Bowker.
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Moravia, N.Y. RD2
Jan. 22, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs,

I received the history of Jesse Woodard.  Was there no record of his discharge?

The Daniel Woodard in whom I am interested was born May 10, 1762 married Olive Brown at Canterbury Conn, died at Cambridge Wash Co. N.Y. July 14, 1814.  Enlisted at Windham Conn.

I find on further research the Nathaniel is not of interest.

Instead I would like the record of one Amos Woodard or Woodward who enlisted at Windham, Conn.  I believe he married Anna Patten and later lived in Cambridge Wash. Co. New York where he died in 1818.

Very truly yours
Jessie E. Woodard
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON  December 20, 1933
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IN REPLY REFER TO:  BA-J/EEL

Miss Jessie E. Woodard
R.D.#3
Moravia, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension
record of Jesse Woodard (S. 14967 1/2); also the records of Daniel and
Nathaniel Woodard, all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based
upon military service of soldiers of that war.

As a means of identifying the particular records of Daniel and
Nathaniel Woodard, in which you might be interested, should they be
on file, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the
following data pertaining to each: approximate dates of birth and
death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given
name of widow. It will expedite the matter if you will return this
letter, should you reply.

The history of Jesse Woodard (S. 14967½) is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Moravia, N.Y. R.D.
Nov. 25, 1933
U.S. Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

I am anxious to secure the Revolutionary war record of Jesse Woodard born
in Canterbury, Conn. Jan. 15, 1764.  I believe his pension claim of Sept. 6, 1832 to be S14967 1/2.  also, the records of Daniel Woodard and Nathaniel Woodard.

Are there any records of grants of public lands to these men for war service? If there is any fee for copies of these records I shall be glad to pay them

Very truly yours
(Miss) Jessie E. Woodard
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.

March 29, 1927.

Miss Lula E. Bowker,
Newark State School,
Newark, New York.

Madam;

I have to advise you, that in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 149671/2 of Jesse Woodard the names of his
parents are not on record, nor is it stated whether he had
any brothers and sisters.   Said records fail to afford information
in regard to a Daniel Woodard, under any spelling of
that name who might have been the father of said Jesse Woodard.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

[written by hand at bottom of page - no Daniel old enough
to be Jesse's father]