Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6579, Asa Woodward, Conn. Mass. Vt.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Woodward, Asa W.6579
Vt.
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Ohio 13.024
Asa Woodward of Licking County in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dana of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Allen in the Connecticut line for 11 months and 8 days.
$37.55

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 37 Dollars and 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May 183[?] and sent to J.D. Johnston, Martinsburg, Knox County Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 75.10
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September[?] 1833 18.77
93.87

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E[?] Volume 8 page 28
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76 J[?]
Ohio, Cincinnati 

Ruth Woodward
widow of Asa Woodward
who served in the Revolutionary
was as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
37 Dollars 53 
Cents er annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pensions issued the 
2[?] day of April 1851 and sent to
Israel [?] Galuslia
Mount Vernon Ohio

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a[?]
July 29, 1848, Page 170 Vol a.
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Asa Woodward 
Declaration
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State of Ohio Licking County
On this 29 day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two I[?] personally appeared before the Judges of the Court[?] of common pleas. Asa Woodward a resident of Burlington Township in the county of Licking and State of Ohio aged Seventy two years on the 15th day of February last who being Just 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 entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein states to wit in the month of may 1776 he volunteered and served ten days in carrying provisions for Colonel Allen to Ticonderoga and again in the same summer he served four or five weeks as a volunteer under Captain Duea and Lieutenant James Smith at Rutland in the state of Vermont guarding the frontier, and again about the first of August 1778 he entered the service as a substituted for a Mr Adams under Colonel Chapman (captains name not recollected) Lieutenant Adams. Resided when he entered the service in Canterbury in the county of Windsor in the state of Connecticut marched through Plainfield [and] Stonnington [sic] to Rhode Island and there found General Sullivan was in the Battle of Rhode Island, knew Gen[era]ls Sullivan and Green, and left the service about the first of Sept 1778 having served one month and again in September 1779 as a volunteer under Colonel Barns and Captain Raiment. Resided when he entered the service in Pittsfield Berkshire county Massachusetts. Marched to Albany staid [sic] one month and there Discharged in October same year. And again in the month of December 1780 about one week after he got home from a six months tour volunteered for three months under the following officers to wit Captain Ceely and Sergent Ellis. Resided when he entered the service in Poundwell [Pownal?], Bennington County, Vermont and marched to Castleton fort and staid there three months.
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... during which time he was out 7 days as an India Spy - and was Discharged about the last of March 1781

He also states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.

He states that he was born in Canterbury in the State of Connecticut in the year 1760 has no record of his age, he has resided since the revolutionary war in the State of Vermont until 1818 at which time he moved to the State of Ohio whare [sic] he now lives - he never recieved [sic] a written discharge. He also states that he is known in his present neighborhood to Reverend Saml Rose and Col Wait Wright who can testify as to his character for varacity [sic] and thus belief of his Services as a soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State

[signed] Asa Woodward
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
AH Coffee Ck

Mr Samuel Morse a clergyman residing in the County of Licking and State of Ohio and Hilan Mead residing in the county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Woodward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaraction that we believe him to be aged seventy two years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the ...
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... revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel W. Rose
Hilon Mead

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories [sic] 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 S. W. Rose who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Licking in the State of Ohio, and that Hilon Mead who has also signed the same is a resident in the county and state aforesaid and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -

A. H. Coffee, clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Licking do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the  original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Asa Woodward for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this [day? obscured by seal]

A.H. Coffee Ck
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The State of Ohio
Morrow County

On this Eleventh day of November AD 1850 personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the  associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Morrow, and State of Ohio, Ruth Woodward a now resident of Bennington Township in the said County of Morrow and State of Ohio ages eighty years, who being duly sworn according to  law, dost on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensions made by the act of Congress passed July 19 1848, that she is the widow of Asa Woodward who was a private in the [blank] Regiment of the Revolutionary army. That the said Asa Woodward was a pensioner of the United States. That the said Asa Woodward drew a pensions from the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank] until the fourth day of March 1837 just previous to his death, which took place at the time hereinafter mentioned. That the said Asa Woodward was at the time of his original application for such pension a resident of Licking County in the said state of Ohio, and that he continued to resign in said Licking County until his death. That the amount of the said Asa Woodward's pension due and unpaid at the time of his death was obtained after his decease by Walter Thrall of the City of Columbus, Ohio, who informs this applicant that on drawing said amount, or at the time the same was received the certificate given to said Asa and upon which this pension was drawn ...
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... was surrendered and given up to the proper department, and this applicant is unable from recollection of any (other) information now in her power to state in what Regiment the said Asa served, or the time or date from which he drew his pension, nor can she state the exact amount of  the pension drawn by her husband the said Asa Woodward, but from her best recollection and belief she states under oath the same to have been been thirty seven dollars and fifty four cents per annum, and that it commenced the fourth day of March AD 1836

She further declared that she was married to the said Asa Woodward on the nineteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight, that her husband the aforesaid Asa Woodward died on the 30th day of August 1837. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the 2nd of January Eighteen hundred viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension

[signed] Ruth Woodward

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written before me
J. T. Cunard an associate Judge in
and for said County
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I the undersigned, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Morrow County Ohio, before whom the above named Ruth Woodward has made the foregoing declaration, do hereby certify that the said Ruth Woodward from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the said Court of Common Pleas of said Morrow County for the purpose of making the aforesaid declaration
 
Given under my hand officially this 11th day of November 1850
S. T. Cunard

The State of Ohio
Morrow County
I Wesley C Clark, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County
of Morrow and State of Ohio do hereby certify that S. T. Cunard, before whom the
foregoing declaration of Ruth Woodward was
made, was at the time of making said declaration and now is one of the associate Judges of said Marron County Common Pleas duly commissioned and qualified, and that his
signatures annexed to the said declaration
are genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Mt Gilead this 13th day of November 1850
W C Clark Clerk
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I Caleb Hendee of Pittsford in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont (and formerly a Justice of the Peace in and for said Town) do hereby certify that the above and forgoing is a true copy of the marriage of Asa Woodward & Ruth Joy now remaining of record in my said office with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows - 19th day of December  A.D. 1798
Given under my hand this 25th day of September 1850
Caleb Hendee
I Caleb Hendee above named depose and say that at the date of this forgoing certificate of the marriage of Asa Woodward and Ruth Joy which marriage was performed by me [towit] nineteenth day [of December] and seventeen Hundred and ninety eight.   I held the office of Justice of the Peace in the County Town and State aforsaid.  And that the above is a true [extract] from the words now remaining in my said office with
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the exception above named as certified by me
Caleb Hender
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th
day of September
A.D. 1850
Gordon Newell
Justice of the Peace
for the said Town of Pittsford
I the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in
and for the Town of Pittsford, County of Rutland
and State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Caleb Hender above named and who has given the above affidavit before me is a person of good character and standing in community
Gordon Newell

State of Vermont
Rutland County
I Fredrick W. Hopkins Clerk
of the County Court for the County
of Rutland and State of Vermont
do certify that Caleb Hender Jr Esq
was at the date of the certificate to which
this is attached [ ] 19th December
AD 1798 - I a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified and I do further certify that
Gordon Newell before whom the foregoing affi
davit of said Caleb Hender was taken was at the
date of taking said affidavit a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County of Rutland duly commissioned and qualified that I verily believe his signature thereto is genuine and
 I do further certify full faith and credit
are due to their official acts as such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said (Cont) Court, at Rutland
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in said County this 28th day of September
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred
and fifty
J. W. Hopkins, Clerk
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The State of Ohio. Knox County S.S
Sir Levi M. Morton of the County of Morrow
and State aforesaid makes oath and
says that he was well acquainted with
the late Asa Woodward, a revolutionary
pensioner, who departed this
life some time in the fall of Eighteen
Hundred and thirty
at his
residence in the Town of Homer in the
County of Licking and State aforesaid
in and near which place said Asa
had resided ever since he removed
to the State of Ohio, which was about the
year
1818 during which time except
about one year prior to his death the
said Asa was engaged in agricultural persuits.
---
Affidavit further
states that he is acquainted with Ruth
Woodward widow of the said Asa Woodward of
who now makes application for a pension,
and as evidence to be used in said
application this statement is made)
who now resides in Bennington Township
in Marion County, Ohio, and who moved
at the same time and with her husband
and the said Asa Woodward to the
State of Ohio, and continued to him with
him as his wife at and near said
Town of Homer from the time they and
to the State of Ohio, [ ] to the period of
his death, at which time or shortly
thereafter she removed to her present
place of residence in said Bennington Township where she has contained to
live ever since
that the said 
Ruth has never married since the
death of her said husband the
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said Asa, and is now an unmarried
woman: and as near as this affidavit
now recollect the and
Ruth is upwards of seventy or eighty years of age
that the said Ruth seldom leaves her
house she being quite infirm. This
affiant further states that he has
know the said Ruth and the said Asa
almost ever since they removed to the
State of Ohio, having became acquainted with
them shortly after they settled in
said Licking County
the most of the time since-- this affidavit has
resided within a few miles of said
Asa & Ruth, and at no time [ ] about
twenty or thirty miles from them-- that the
said Asa & Ruth have always been
known as sustaining the relation of
man and wife, nor did this affidavit
ever head, know, or suspect any thing to
the Contrary affidavit
has always understood that the said Asa & Ruth
moved to the State of Ohio from the State of
Vermont- that the family of the
said Asa & Ruth consisted of Eight
children-- six boys and two girls, all
the children of said Ruth and the
parts of her marriage with said Asa
as near as this affiant now recollect
the said Asa was about seventy years
old when he died. Affiant is fifty
two years of age, and resides in the said
Township of Bennington in [ ] County &
State of Ohio and has lived in the State of
Ohio since 1815
Levi M Morton
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Subscribed and sworn to before the undersign
a Notary Public within and for said County
of Knox and State of Ohio - this twentyith day of September AD 1850
Saml Israel
Notary Public Knox
Co Ohio
The undersigned herby certifies that he
is acquainted with the above named Levi
Morton, and that the said Levi M
Morton is a man of good character &
standing - Sept 20. 1850
Saml Small
Notary Public Knox
Co. Ohio
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23582 13.024
Asa Woodward
Licking Co
Ohio
look on Mass Roll
5 months
Adm
for 11 months &
days from 1776
1M. 36.66
6 1/5. .67
22
37.55
J D Johnston agt
Martinsburg Knox Co Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew 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 Asa Woodward Licking, Ohio
Period when the service was rendered.
[ ]1776
[ ] "
Due for 1778
Mr Adams
[ ] 1779
[ ] 1780
Enlisted 1780
Duration of the
claimant's service
Years
Months Days
1
1
3
6
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under
whom he served
 Col Allen
 Cap Duea
Col Chapman
Gen Sullivan
Col Barnes
Cap Raiment
Cap Ceely
[ ] Continental line
Gen Patterson
Col Marshall
Maj Winslow
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
72
Canterbury
[ ]
Con.
Berkshire Co Mass

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 served 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 application 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
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 first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he 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 offices:
[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 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 certifies, 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.
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 corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected. 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 of 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 giv-en, 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 the 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
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 confirming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer of 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 grade 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 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 - month 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 her held, as the law direct 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 int he 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; the he was either In the field or in a 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 C;erk 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 it he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying office, 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 offices, under his seal.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases fo Militia med, 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 declarations.
Geo B Whiting
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County SQ⎬ I James R Newall of the said County of Rutland being first
duly sworn depose and say that at the instance
of E. G. Woodward of Knox County Ohio
supposed to be the son of Ruth Woodward formerly
of Pittsford County of Rutland I having Examined
the Records of marriage together with the Town
Clerk of Pittsford in said County of Rutland and
after full and careful examination I can find
no such Record of the marriage of the said Ruth
Woodward who is represented to have been married Asa Woodward prior to the year 1800 in said
Town Pittsford the Record neither before not since
that time furnish any proof such Marriage
By the late Law of this State there in force it was
made the duty of the Minister a Justice of the Peace
who are by law authorized to [ ] Marriages
to make a Record of the same and return the Record
into the Town Clerks Office where the same was
made the duty of the same Clerk to send the same
under a penalty but at that early day
such officers of the law were negligent and
my many more new returned in to the Town
Clerks Office and the minister a Justice
Record has always been in this State a
certified copy of said Record has bee taken
and demand evidence of such marriage in all
Judicial Proceedings in this State
James R Newell Atty at Law
State of Vermont Rutland County
Rutland Sept 56th 1840
SowrnRutland County Sum and subscribed before me
Gordon Newell Justice
of the Peace
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September 9, 1932
Mrs. F. N. Becker
93 Guy Park Avenue
Amsterdam
New York


BA-J/MCS
Asa Woodward
W. 6579

September 9, 1932
Dear Madam:


Reference is made to your letter requesting information
in regard to Asa Woodward who served in the Revolution,
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on
file in the pension claim, W. 6579, based upon the military
service of Asa Woodward,
He was born February 15, 1760, in Canterbury, Connecticut.
He enlisted in May, 1776, and served ten days and was engaged
in carrying provisions to Ticonderoga for Colonel Allen. In the summer
of 1776 he served four or five weeks under Captain Duea and was
engaged in guarding the frontier at Rutland, Vermont. While living in
Canterbury, Windsor County, Connecticut, he enlisted about August
1, 1778, and served one month as private in Colonel Chapman's Connecticut
Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island, while living in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in September
, 1779, and served one month in Captain Raymond's Company in Colonel
Barnes' Massachusetts Regiment. While living in Lanesborough, Berkshire
County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in June, 1780, and served six
months in Colonel Marshall's Massachusetts Regiment. While living in
Poundwell, Bennington County, Vermont, he enlisted in December, 1780, and
and served three months in Captain Seeley's Vermont Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 29,
1832, at which time he was living at Burlington, Licking County, Ohio,
having moved there about 1818 from Vermont.
The soldier died August 30, 1837, at Homer, Ohio.
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While living at Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont, he
married December 19, 1798, at Pittsford, Vermont, Ruth Joy
of Leicester, Addison County, Vermont.
She was allowed pension on her application executed
November 11, 1850, while living in Bennington Township, Morrow
County, Ohio, aged eighty years.
Asa and Ruth Woodward had six sons and two daughters but
the only name given was that of a son, E. G. Woodward, who was
living in Knox County, Ohio, in 1850.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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informa as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension file in this Bureau. Asa Woodward Wid. File 6579
ATES OF
STMENT OR
POINTMENT.
May 1776
Summer 1774
Aug. 1778
Sept 1779
Summer 1780
Dec 1780

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
10 days
4 or 5 weeks
1 Mo
1
Mo
6 Mos
3 Mos

RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
carrying provisions to Ticonderoga for Col. Allen
under Capt Duea guarding fortier at Rutland Vt Pvt Chapman Conn
Raymond Barnes Mass.
- Marshall Mass.
Seeley  Vt

Battles engaged in Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at 1st enlistment Canterbury Windsor Co Conn
Date of application for pension, Oct 29 1832 his [ ]
Residence at date of application, Burlington Licking Co Ohio
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1832 
72 
1760 
Age at date of application, b Feby 15 1760 Canterbury Conn died Aug 20 1837 at Homer Ohio
Remarks: Soldier married at Pittsford Rutland Co. Vt. Dec. 19, 1798
Ruth Ivy or Joy She was allowed pension on an application executed
Nov. 11. 1850 while a resident of Bennington Twishp Morrow Co. Ohio aged 80 yrs
 Children, There were six sons and two daughters, no names are stated
Very respectfully,
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Ruth Woodward, wid
of Asa
Ohio
Act 29 July 1848
Act 11 mos or 8d per
$37.55 per annum
from 4 Mch 1848-
Cert went to
Israel & Galusha
Mount Vernon
Ohio
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Mt Vernon O
Decr 12, 1850
Dr Sir
Enclosed you will find papers
in application of Ruth Woodward for a pension  [ ].
In the 7th line from top on first page
of Woodward application, the word 'now'
was written by mistake we have not struck
it out but thrown it in brackets indicating that
it is not to be regarded the
paper was sent to the apt Judge who it would
appear erased, the word "Septemter" and
wrote over it the word 'March 'in the
20 line-
We are acquainted with
the Judge and can vouch for the integrity of
the transaction. we
trust these matters will not
be considered as [ ] the papers
Truly
Israel Galusha
atty of rec
Commissioners of
Pensions
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August 31, 1932
BA-J/MCS
Asa Woodward
W. 6579
Mrs. Donald K. Moore
25 South Broad Street
Hillsdale
Michigan


Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in
regard to Asa Woodward who served in the Revolution,
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, W. 6579, based upon the military service of
Asa Woodward.

He was born February 15, 1760, in Canterbury, Connecticut.
He enlisted in May, 1776, and served ten days and was engaged in carrying provisions to Ticonderoga for Colonel Allen.
In the summer of 1776 he served four or five weeks under Captain Duea and was engaged in guarding the frontier at Rutland, Vermont.
While living in Canterbury, Windson County, Connecticut, he enlisted about August 1, 1778, and served one month as private in Colonel
Chapman's Connecticut Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island. While living in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,
he enlisted in September, 1779, and served one month in Captain
Raymond's Company in Colonel Barnes' Massachusetts Regiment, while
living in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted
in June, 1780, and served six months in Colonel Marshall's Massachusetts
Regiment. While living in Poundwell, Bennington County, Vermont, he enlisted in December, 1780, and served three months in
Captain Seeley's Vermont Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 29,
1832, at which time he was living at Burlington, Licking County, Ohio,
having moved there about 1818 from Vermont.
The soldier died August 30, 1837, at Homer, Ohio.
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While living at Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont, he
married December 19, 1798, at Pittsford, Vermont, Ruth Joy of Leicester,
Addison County, Vermont.

She was allowed pension on her application
November 11,1850, while living in Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio, aged
eighty years.

Asa and Ruth Woodward had six sons and two daughters but the
only name given was that of a son, H. G. Woodward, who was living in
Knox County, Ohio, in 1850.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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February 5, 1912.
Hon. William A. Ashbrook,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Ashbrook:
In reply to your letter dated the 24nd
and received the 3rd instant, I have the honor to advise you
that from the papers in the claim of Asa Woodward, Wid. File
No. 6,579, Rev. War, it appears that the soldier was born in
Canterbury, Connecticut, February 15, 1760, and while residing there, entered the service in May, 1776, and served ten
days carrying provisions to Ticonderoga for Colonel Allen, and
in the summer of 1776, he volunteered under Captain Duea and
guarded the frontier of Rutland, Vermont; four or five weeks.
August 1, 1778, re enlisted as a private under Colonel
Chapman, Connecticut troops, was in the battle of Rhode Island
and served one month. In September, 1779, he enlisted at
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, under Captain Raymond and Colonel
Barnes, and served one month, In June, 1780, he enlisted in
Colonel Marshall's 10th Massachusetts regiment, and served
six months. In December, 1780, he volunteered in Poundwell,
Bennington County, Vermont, under Captain Seeley, and served
three months.
He married at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, December
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ENLI
APT
File No. 6,579 -- 2
19, 1798, Ruth Ivy or Joy. There were six sons and two daughters, no names are stated.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 29, 1832, while he was a resident of Burlington, Licking
County, Ohio. He died August 30, 1837, at Homer, Ohio.
His widow Ruth was allowed pension on an application executed
November 11, 1850, while she was a resident of Bennington, Morrow County, Ohio, aged eighty years.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Asa Woodward
Declaration
23582
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State of Ohio Licking County
On the 29 day of October
one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty two personally appeared
before the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas for County
Asa Woodward a resident
of Burlington Township in the County of Licking
in the State of Ohio aged Seventy two years
on the 15th day of February last who being first
Duly Sworn as the law directs 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 that Major
Andre was Executed aplicant thinks it was 1780
with Leutenint Hines and served in the tenth Regiment of the
continantel line under the following named officers to wit General Patterson Colonel Marshall, Major Winslow Adjutant Taylor, Leiut Himes, Sargent Conant, entered the service in the month of June served six months and left the service in the month of December same year resided when he entered the
service in the Town Lanesborough in the County Berkshire and State of Massachusetts rendesvoused at Stockbridge Marched from thence to West Point then Totaway in the State of New Jersey then to Orange Town then back to West point and there
Discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or an anuity except the present
and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Asa Woodward
A C. Coffee Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States
-
I A. H. Caffee 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 Asa Woodward for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this
1st day of Dec 1832
A.H Coffee
clk
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No 884
Ruth Woodward widow of Asa
Ohio
Act of 29th July 1848
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6579

Ruth Woodward
Wid.
Asa Woodward
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Pvt. Rev. War
Act: July 29 '48
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 35
[ Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 7- 1903- His to
Mrs Dale Collins
Omaha Nebr
1909 July 3 Hist to
John C. Woodward VLM
1912 Jan 29 Short hist to Hon
Wm A Ashbrook see letters
in S.141371, and
1912 Feby 5 Hist to Hon to
Wm Ashbrook 1
1912 Mch 9 Hist to Mr H E Woodward
V. L. M.
1932 Aug. 31. Hist to 
Mrs Donald K. Moore [ ] 
1932 Sept 9 hist to [ ] F U Becker [ ]
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13.024
Omaha Oct. 26 - 1903.
Commission of Pensions
I know that my great
Grand father - Asa Woodward
who served in the war of
the Revolution from Vermont
and who died of Homer
Licking Co. Ohio -[ ]
a pension. Will you
please send me a copy
of his pension papers &
I wish to use the data to
make out my papers for the
D. A. R.
Yours
Mrs Dale Collins-
2124 Criming St. Omaha Neb-
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J33954
OLD WAR NAVY FILES
OCT 30 1903

PENSION OFFICE
U.S. OCT 28 1903
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON 
August 9, 1932

RECEIVED AUG 27 1932
[ ] US VA [ ] 13

IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/EEL
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:

Mrs. F. H. Becker
93 Guy Park Avenue
Amsterdam, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Asa Woodward and Samuel French, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The data given by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search for a soldier named Asa Woodward:
In order to identify the particular record of Asa Woodward, in whom you may be interested, should it be on file, in addition to the
full name of the soldier, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: 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 with your reply.
The history of Samuel French is furnished herewith.
8 /26 /32
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

Asa born Canterbury County
2 - 15 - 1760
was in Castleton VT in Revolution
in Cornwall Vt. 1790 and 1806.
had alba, Mabel Jorepta, Luman - Polly, Sally-Margaret
Major Joy. Bradford - Ebenezer Arunah Hiram
have been unable to ascertain wife's name or his death date or residence at death. Perhaps above data will be sufficient.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MICHIGAN

MRS. DONALD K. MOORE
STATE CHAIRMAN
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE
25 S BROAD ST
HILLSDALE MICHIGAN

RECEIVED AUG 19 1932 [ ]
August 16, 1932.

Veterans' Administration
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me a transcript
of the pension record -- if you have it -- of one
Asa Woodward (called Captain), who is said to have enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Burlington, Vermont, at the age of seventeen, to have served throughout the war, and to have drawn a pension until the time of his death, which occurred at Homer, Licking Co., Ohio,
about 1837. His wife's name was Ruth Joy and they had nine children: Sally, Margaret, Masury, Asa B., Ebenezer, Arunah, Hiram, John Mason, and Sam.
Thank you for an early reply.
Yours very truly,
Vivian Lyon Moore
Mrs. Donald K. Moore.
I especially want the military service of the man,
and also any family data that is on file.
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SIZES OF BOLTS USED ON ALL BINDERS AND MOWERS MANUFACTURED BY THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
Marshalltown. Iowa, U.S.A.
Hawkeye Wrench Co.

Feb. 29, 1912

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send to the writer, in care of the
above company, copy of the military history and pension papersof my great great grandfather, Asa Woodward. OK
For your information would state that he fought in the Revolutionary War and although he lived at Rutland, Vt. I believe that he enlisted in Connecticut.
Your compliance with this request will greatly oblige.
Very respectfully yours,
H.E. Woodward
HEW/FZ

W. 6579
"the one in Rutland Co. Vt."
.
PENSION
MAR 2 1912
U.S. OFFICE

Ack
MAR 6 -1912 W. R.
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SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS
WILLIAM A ASESWOON, OHIO, CHAIRMAN
JOSHUA WALEXANDER, MO. 
WILLIAM CREDFIELD, N. Y. 
WALTER McCOY, N. J.
RICHAROW AUSTIN, TENN.
 C. BASCOM SLEMP, VA.
HORACE M TOWNER, IOWA
ERNEST CORNELL CLERK.
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House of Representatives A. S.
Committee On
Expenditures in the Post Office Department
Washington, D. C.
February 2, 1912.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -

Referring further to your of the 29th,
I will be glad to have you give further information regarding, Wid. File No. Guswid 6579-Asa Woodward.
EC / S
Very respectfully,
William Ashburn

CHIEFS DESK
ARMY and NAVY
FEB 3 1912
Division
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
IOWA.
August 3rd 1909
Bureau of Pensions War and Pension
Office Washington D.C.
Please send me a copy of the pension
papers of Asa Woodward who served in the
Revolutionary War. Born in Vermont Died in
Homer Ohio
John C. Woodward
Architect
1282 Canning St.
Council Bluffs
Iowa