Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14898, Daniel Wood, Conn. Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE   Conn.
                   Vt.

Wood, Daniel

NUMBER  S. 14898

CONTENTS

carded
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20.372
New York
Daniel Wood 
Delaman in the state of N York who was a sergeant my in the company commanded by capt Rawly of the Regt commanded by Col Swift in the Mass line for 12 mos priv $4666
7 sgt 50
3 seg ny $96.66
*conn & vt service WDG Sept 24 1908
Issued on the roll of N York at the rate of 96 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of August three and six mon N P Tyler Bleahim
1832
Arrears to the 4th Mar $193.32
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Sept 33  48.32
$241.66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by G C Stiles clerk
Book E Vol 4 Page 39
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
 Sept. 23, 1844.

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The childn of Daniel Wood, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars -- and - 66 - Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 28th May 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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State of New York
County of Delaware SS. } I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do certify that annexed Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wood for a pension - And further that Anthony M. Paine before whom the annexed affidavit of Daniel Wood purports to have been Sworn on the 28th day of May 1833 was at the date of the Same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Said justice and verily believe his name Subscribed to the Said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court this Twenty Eighth day of May 1833.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
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State of New York
County of Delaware}Ss
On this eighth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said county now sitting Daniel Wood a resident of the town of Roxbury in the county of Delaware aforesaid aged seventy six 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 the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That he inlisted at Bennington state of Vermont in the month of July 1776 for five months & served in the company commanded by captain Abjah Rawley in Col Hermon Swifts Regiment was stationed at Skinsboro two months & at Mount Independence three months was discharged on the 18th day of November on account of sickness col Motts & Col Wyncoops regimt lay there at the same time
In August 1777 was drafted & served two months in capt Nathaniel Fillmore was stationed at Bennington In October following became a substitute for Daniel Harmon & served fourteen days under capt Samuel Robinsons & in Col Robinsons Regmt marched from Bennington to Saratoga & was at the taking of General
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Burgoyne. In May 1778 was drafted & served two months dont recollect the name of the capt was attached to a Rutland regiment thinks col Rudds was stationed at Rutland often employed on security was discharged at Rutland the same year was drafted & served six weeks in col Rohisons Regt cont recollect the name of the capt Lieut Spencer was second in command of the company marched to Manchester Vermont where the Regmt lay till time expired. In the winter 1779 enlisted & served three months and was employed under capt Ebenezer Wood in transporting forage wood & c from Bennington to Manchester Volunteered at the Battle of Bennington under capt Elijah Dewey was in two battles in one day was on duty five days volunteered & went from Bennington to Charleston Mapahesells to carry flour absent eight days
In 1780 in February enlisted for ten months & served under captain William Hutchins in col Ebsmyer Allens regimt as a joint sergeant seven months & sergeant major three months marched from Bennington (where he enlisted) on the 14th day of February to Pittsford where assisted in erecting a fort & garrison it a the regmt lay there till sometime in September when was detached to Fort Warren in Castleton where remained till the term of his enlistment expired The Regmt was called Rangers & raised by the state of Vermont that he has served in the Revolutionary War at different times as aforesaid at
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least two years & twelve days  was born in the town of Norwich county of Windham state of Connecticut in the year 1756.  Resided in the town of Bennington Vermont when he entered the service & during the war & since has resided in the towns of Argyle & Cambridge county of Washington state of New York & for the last twenty years in the town of Roxburg county of Delaware that he has no record of his age that he never received any written discharge as he remembers that John T More James Gleason John A Hubbel & Robert L More personas residing in his personal neighborhood & to him personally known who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his serving as a soldier of the Revolution that he has no documentary except what is hereunto appended & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Daniel Wood
sworn & subscribed in open court this 8th day of October 1832 G B Sheldon clerk
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he states and the court further certifies that the applicant could not produce in court without considerable expense & inconvenience the persons who has sworn and subscribed to the annexed certificate and if also appears to the said court that no clergyman resides in the vicinity of the said applicant and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John A Hubbell & Joes Graves who have signed the annexed certificate are tresidents of the town of Roxbury in the county of Delaware aforeesaid and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit 
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department
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Daniel Wood's
Pension papers

all letters or communications to be made To --
N. P. Tyler
Blenheim
N.Y.
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Del County Ss State of New York
We Otis Preston & John T More of the town of Roxbury & county of Delaware residing in said town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
sworn & subscribed this eighth day of Oct 1832 before me in open court 
CB Sheldon clerk
Otis Preston
John T More
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interagatires prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Otis Preston and John T More who have signed the above certificate are residents of the town of Roxbury in the county of Delaware are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit & they do further declare that it appears that at the present time no Clergyman resides in the viccety of said Daniel Wood 
I Crawford B Sheldon clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wood for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this eighth day of October 1832. GB Sheldon clerk
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State of New York Delaware County 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace afsaid county Daniel Wood who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service in every particular instance of duty but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned hetaro with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority and in the following grades For one year two months & twelve days I served as a private. For seven months I served as a first sergeant & for three months I served as a sergeant major and for such service I claim a pension and I further say that I was discharged the 18th day of Novr 1776 on an amt of sickness fourteen days previous to the expiration of the term of his enlistment that I need pay for the full period of said enlistment (viz) five months that his sickness was contracted by fatigue & exposure in the army and that he since not recover from such sickness in upwards of four months after being discharged as aforesaid Daniel Wood 
sworn & subscribed to this 28 day of May 1833
Before me Auth M Paine
Justice of the Peace
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No 14891 [?]
Daniel Wood NY

e. I.

Admd
14 mo.  pri
7 mo. Sergt.
3 mo. Sergt. major

N. P. Tyler
Blenheim NY
agent
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
28h May 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Wood of Delaware Co New York

Period when the service was rendered /
Duration of the claimants service Years/months/days/ Rank of the claimant /
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served /
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service / Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Enlisted 1776/5 months / Private/ Capt Rawley Capt Nathaniel Fill Capt Samuel Robison / Colo Heman Swift Colo Robison / Taking of Burgoyne / To Shenesbow from Bennington to Saratoga / Bennington Vermont about 76 / Documentary & Traditionary 

Drafted 1777 / 2 months / Leit Spencer
Subst 1777 14 days / Capt Ebenezer Wood Capt Elijah Dudly / Colo Ruddle / to March in Vermont 
Drafted 1778 2 months/ Capt Wm Hutchins / Colo Robinson/ Battle of Bennington 
Drafted 1778 42 days  / Colo Ebenizer Allen 
Enlisted 1779 3 months 
Volunt 1779 / 13 days / To che / to Charserton Massachusetts
Enlisted 1780 3 months / sargeant major
Enlisted 1780 7 months / First sergeant

about 2 years in all 


I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who serviced on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will in the first instance, make applications by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)      years who being 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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                             A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of      for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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."
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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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October 24, 1932
Daniel Wood S.14898
BA-J/EEL
Mrs S E Wood 
1433-35 Junction Avenue 
Racine, Wisconsin

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your communication on which you request the histories of Daniel Wood of Genesee County, New York, private Massachusetts Line, placed on pension roll February 5, 1820, and Daniel Wood, of Schoharie County, New York, sergeant Massachusetts Militia, placed on pension roll August 30, 1833.

The records of Daniel Wood, who was placed on the pension roll February 5, 1820, and applied for pension from Seneca County, New York, and Daniel Wood, placed on pension roll August 30, 1833, who applied for pension from Delaware County, New York are furnished herewith.  They were misquoted as of Genessee and Scholaris Counties, New York in the report of the secretary of war, printed in 1835, and the service of Daniel Wood, of Delaware county, New York was misquoted as of Massachusetts.  It should have been Connecticut and Vermont as shown below.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim S.14898, based upon the military service of Daniel Wood in that war.

Daniel Wood was born in 1756 in Norwich, Connecticut and was reared in Bennington, Vermont.

While residing in Bennington Vermont he enlisted in July 1776, served as a private in Captain Abijah Rowley's company colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged November 18, 1776.

[handwritten in right margin
This regt was in serv are the north all comm hook]

He again enlisted and served with the Vermont troops as follows:  from August 1777 two months in Captain Nathaniel Fillmore's company; and was stationed at Bennington; was in the battle of Bennington under command of Captain Elijah Dewey; at the time of the battle of Stillwater,
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[hand written left margin
could not identify col Russ or Lt Spencer]

fourteen days in Captain Samuel Robinson's company, Colonel Robinson's regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne: from May 1778, two months under colonel Rudd:  and again in same year, six weeks under Lieutenant Spencer, Colonel Robinson's regiment: from sometime in the winder of 1779, three months in captain Ebenezer Wood's (no relationship to soldier shown) company; from February 1780 ten months in Captain William Hutchins company colonel Ebenezer Allen's regiment of rangers; seven months of this last service, he was first sergeant and three months, sergeant major.

After the revolution, he resided in Argyle and Cambridge, Washington County, New York, and in Roxbury, Delaware county, New York, of which latter place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832.
He died May 28, 1842.
Children survived the soldier; their names and the name of their mother are not given and there are no further family date.
Very truly yours
AD HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C.  19

SF 14898

In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Daniel Wood a soldier of the REVEOLUTIONARY 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 - July 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE - Nov 18 1776
RANK -Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - Abijah Rowley
COLONEL - Fleman Swift
STATE - Conn

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Aug 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 2 mos
RANK -Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN -Nathaniel Fillmore, Elijah Dewey
COLONEL.
STATE - Vt

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - October 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 2 weeks
RANK -Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - Samuel Robinson
COLONEL - Robinson
STATE - Vt

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - May 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 2 mos
RANK -Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - 
COLONEL - Rudd
STATE - Vt

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - Winter 1778 - 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 6 weeks, 3 mos 
RANK -Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - Ebenezer Wood
COLONEL - Robinson
STATE - Vt

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - February 1780 
LENGTH OF SERVICE - 10 mos 
RANK -1st sgt, sgt major
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN - William Hutchins
COLONEL - Ebenezer Allen Rangers
STATE - Vt

Battles engaged in Bennington, Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment Bennington Vt
Date of application for pension Oct 8 1832 His cl was ac
Residence at date of application Roxbury Delaware Co NY
Age at date of application, born at Norwich Windham Co Conn in 1756
He died May 28 1842
Remarks Children survived soldier but no names are stated and there is no further family data
Date of death
not on AB

Respectfully,
1832
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Commissioner.
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Dec 14 98
Fred Carlisle Detroit Mich
Jany 16 "99 EW Meddaugh Detroit Mich
1914 Aug 21 Hist to U AA Christy ULM 
1922 Nov 21 Hist to Geo M Wood aw
1932 Oct 24 Hist to Murs SE Wood Lee correspondence in Daniel Wood S44108
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Rev War
14.898
INVALID
File No 14898
Daniel Wood
Maj
Sergt Rev War
Act June 7th 1832
Index Vol 1, Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Daniel Wood
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Ebenezer Allen Esq Maj Command of the Detachment of Rangers 
Raised by the state of Vermont
To Daniel Wood Greeting
You are hereby appointed a first sergeant in in Captain William Hutchins Company in my Detachment:  You are therefore carefully and dilligently to discharge the duty of a first sergeant in said Company and I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under you to be obedient to you as a sergeant and you are to obey and observe such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from me or others your superior officers according to the Rules and discipline of of war for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant given under my hand at Headquarters Pittsford 14th Feb 1780
William Hutchins Capt
Eber Allen Maj Commander
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[upper right corner] W [/upper right corner]

#505 Commonwealth Avenue
Detroit Michigan.  December 1st 1898

Sir-
Daniel Wood - as I am informed - was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution serving as from Vermont for which service he drew a person - He died at [illegible] Delaware Co N.Y. about 1840 - and I have the honor, to request such information  - as the records of your office may furnish as to his service - the date when pension was granted - and when its payment ceased - together with such other particulars in reference to him as appears on your files -
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
Fred Carlisle

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[stamped] [information covered over] Div. 
Action _____
JAN 3 1899
COMMISSIONER [/stamped]

Grand Trunk Railway System
Office of General Solicitor.

Detroit, Dec 30 - 1898

My dear Sir -
Mrs. Frederick Carlisle has handed your letter of the 14th inst to me in reference to the records of your office respecting Daniel Wood - a soldier of the Revolution.
Will you kindly inform me whether or not in his application for pension there is anything showing his age at the time he enlisted or the name of his father & place of residence.

Very respectfully yours -
E. W. Meddaugh
95 Edmund Place

Hon H. Olney Elsworth
Commissioner
Washington, D.C.
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S. 14,898

[stamped with some handwriting] TO CHF GW&N DIV
ACTION consideration and reply
JAN 3 1899
COMMISSIONER [/stamped with some handwriting]
M

[stamped] U. S. P. B. OLD WAR NAVY. FILES JAN 4 1899 [/stamped]
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Greenville, R², Mich
Nov 17, 1922

Dept of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,

Dear Sirs,-
Thanks for your reply of Nov 14, 1922 which am returning as per your request.
Wrote you afterwards and tried to correct [underlined] my mistake about Thomas Wood. [/underlined] [pencilled handwriting] see cor re Enos Wood [/pencilled handwriting]
The name of the Wood who lived in Malone, N.Y. in 1840 was [underlined] Enos, [/underlined] born in 1761. (perhaps in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, where my Charles Wood was born) [pencilled handwriting] sent Nov. 18, 1922 [/pencilled handwriting]
My Charles Wood enlisted in 1777 from Mansfield, Ct.
Other brothers and sisters of my Charles Wood, all born between 1752-1758 in Mansfield, Ct. were Ephraim, Desier, Elizabeth, Daniel.
Above were children of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Hovey Wood.
Nehemiah Wood had no more children born in Mansfield, Ct. but the above four that we know of.  He was granted one- share of land in Falmouth, N.S. in 1761.
Would be glad to know about [underlined] Enos [/underlined], [pencilled handwriting under Enos] sent Nov 18. 1922 [/pencilled handwriting under Enos] also Ephraim, [pencilled handwriting under Ephraim] S. 14895 [pencilled handwriting under Ephraim] and Daniel [pencilled handwriting under Daniel] S. 14898 [/pencilled handwriting under Daniel] above.
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My letter of Oct 10, 1922 to which you replied Nov 14, 1922, is also returned to you with your reply.
All statements made in my letter of Oct 10 are correct except that concerning [underlined] Thomas Wood. [/underlined] which should have been [underlined] Enos Wood. [/underlined]
The photograph album mentioned in ^my^ letter of Oct 10, 1922, had five (5) pictures of Rev. Army soldiers, with flint lock muskets by their sides.
Thanking you for the consideration you have given this subject, and I won't forget to enclose the envelope this time.
Please return all this data.

Very Truly Yours,
Geo. M. Wood.

[stamped]  U. S. PENSION OFFICE O NOV 20 1922 [/stamped]
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Maple Grove Farm
Silver Creek, N. Y.

[underlined] Daniel Wood [/underlined]
[underlined] Revolutionary War [/underlined]

Silver Creek, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1914
R.R. #2, Chautauqua Co.,

The Hon. Commissioner of pensions,
Washington, D.C.

What information can you furnish me as to 1 [underlined] military history [/underlined], 2) family data, 3) personal mention or data of [underlined] Daniel Wood, Revolutionary [/underlined] soldier, in [underlined] Capt. Ebenezer Wood's Co., [/underlined] in Col. [underlined]  Ebenezer Walbridg[e]'s Regt. [/underlined] of Vermont militia,
[underlined] Daniel Wood [/underlined] who was a [underlined] Corp. [/underlined] in [underlined] Capt. Samuel Robinson's [/underlined] Co. of Vermont Militia in 1778? It [underlined] may be [/underlined] that this same Daniel Wood served in companies under command [underlined] of Col.s Brush [/underlined] and [underlined] Brown [/underlined] also in the Regts commanded by the two last named colonels.
4) Was this [underlined] Daniel Wood in [/underlined] the Battle of Bennington?

Yours respectfully,
(Miss) Ella A. Christy