Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,033, Caldwell Woods, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Woods, Caldwell or Wood
Nancy

NUMBER
W .9.0 33

CONTENTS
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1362
Kentucky
Caldwell Woods
of Lincoln in the state of Kentucky 
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain Gains of the Regt commanded
by Col Fleming in the Virginia
line for 6 months from 1778


Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20- dollars __ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Nov. 
1832 and Such to Inc L Ballinger. Stanford Ky:

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832    30-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4     10-
March 1833   $40

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 9 Page 66.
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56 [illegible} 4
Kentucky
Nancy Woods
Widow of Caldwell Woods
who served in the Revolutionary         
war, as a private                                     

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of May 1837
and sent to
W.J. McIntire
Stanford Ky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 268 Vol. 3

Date of death not on A.B. -ILL
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Caldwell Woods which require 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? No. Must state the precise time at which he entered on his last tour.

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? 
No Clergyman but 2 Citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No

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?  There are witnesses

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Yes

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?  Yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
2-7th


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.
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 adminis-
ter the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly au-
thenticated, as above directed.
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 im-
properly attached to the certificate.
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No 736
Nancy Woods
widow of Caldwell
Ky
Oct 24 July 1848
17 June 1844
Married 1785
Hus died 5 Sept 1845
[xxx] 6 months
[xxx] $20 per annum
com 5 Sept 1845
[xxx] 17 June 1844
" 2 Feb 1848
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State of Kentucky
County of Lincoln Sch
On this 19th day of June 1850 personally appeared
before the undersigned a justice of the peace for
the county afore, Nancy Woods a resident of
Lincoln County, aged 80 years, who, being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath,
made the following declaration, in order to obtain 
the benefit of the provisions made by the act of
Congress passed Mar 2nd 1829, June 17th 1844, February
2nd 1848 and July 27th 1848 making provision for the
payment of pensions to the widow or children of pensioners
in certain cases ie, "and granting half pay and 
pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war." That she is the widow of Cald-
well Woods, who was a private in Captain
Gaines Co & served in Viginia that her P. husband
Caldwell Woods was a pensioner and drew from the
United States a pension of Twenty dollars per annum
- that his certificate of pension No. 1362 was given at
the war office of the U. S. on the 2nd day of November
1832 and is signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War
- that at the time of his application for P. certif-
icate and until the time of his death he received
in Lincoln County Kentucky.
She further declares that she was married to
the P. Caldwell Woods on the 27th day of October 
in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five, that
but of which fact she has no record evidence - that 
her husband the afore Caldwell Woods died on
the 5th day of September 1845; that she was not
married to him prior to his leaving the service,
but the marriage took place previous to the first
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
[xx] at the time above stated. She further swears
that since her P. husbands death, she has been 
and is now a widow, and that she has never before
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With this, she makes application to 3rd Auditor for amt due her
husband at his death and before to proof there exhibited
of such is required for her getting certificate of pension etc
before made any application for the amount due her 
P. husband at his death, or for a pension.
Proven to and subscribed on Nancy x Woods
the day and year above writ- her mark
ten before me.
S. O. Middleton J.P.
I hereby certify that the above declarant Nancy Woods
is personally known to me, and that from bodily
infirmity she is unable to attend court to make
her declaration and that the [xxxx] were made
previous to affidavit.
S. O. Middleton J. P.
State of Kentucky
Lincoln County Sch 
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Court of
said County certify that S. O. Middleton is
a Magistrate as above, duly commissioned
and sworn and that the foregoing sig-
nature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I
have hereunto affixed my
seal of office and sub-
scribed my name, this
22nd day of June in the
year One Thousand Eight
hundred & fifty
Thomas Helm Clerk
of the Court of Lincoln County
by G. H. McKinney [xx]
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To
Charlotte C H Va Jan 30 PAID WR
W. J. McIntire esq
Stanford
Kentucky
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Married October 24th 1785 Caldwell Wood and
Nancy Sublett By Rev John Weatherford
State of Virginia Charlotte County Town
I Wincker Robinson Clerk of the County Court of the County
of Charlotte in the State of Virginia aforesaid do hereby Certify that
the foregoing is a true copy of the [xxx] of the said marriage
from the register of marriages recorded in my said office the date of
which is the twenty fourth day of October Seventeen hundred and
eighty five.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the Seal of my said Office this 
twenty ninth day of January AD One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Wincker Robinson C C
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Charlotte County Ct Clerk office, Virginia
Jan 29 1851
W. J. McIntire esq
Stanford, Ky
Sir
According to your request I sent you on the first page
[xxx] of the registration of the marriage of Caldwell Wood
and Nancy Sublett, certified [xx] on a usual form, which you also found [xx]
page with the department without difficulty as such papers certified
with same every one [xxxxx] ended on them without objections.
Respectfully
[xx xx xx]
Wincker Robinson
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9095
Caldwell Woods
from 1778, private
six months.
$20.
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9095 BRIEF in the case of Caldwell Woods
County of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7 June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days As a Gen.
9 July in 1778 drft - 3 - Private Capt R. Gains
2nd tour July 1781 drft - 3 - Col. C. Fleming (He thinks
4th Regm. Va. Militia
2nd tour Cap. G. Spencer
5. In what battles was he engaged? York
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Charlotte County Va
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? two living witnesses
one his Capt & the other a fellow Soldier See H. Sublett papers
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
F Waugh Examining Clerk
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The declarations of Caldwell Woods in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress taken 7th of June 1832 
On the 30th Day of August 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before me John L Brid-
ges Circuit Judge of the Lincoln Circuit Court
in the state of Kentucky Caldwell Woods of
the said County of Lincoln & State of Kentucky
aged seventy eight years who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declarations in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pass-
ed 7th of June 1832 That he entered the
Service in the Militia of the State of Virginia
under the following officers and served as
hereinafter stated
That he entered the service of the state of
Virginia under the command of Captain
Richard Gains on the 9th day of January
1778. Major Bins Jones was the Major and Col
Charles Fleming was the Col & General Michlen-
burg was the commanding officers. he
thinks that he was in the fourth Regim-
ent as near as he can recollect of the
Virginia Militia and that he served
a Tour of Three Months and was dis-
charged on the 9th day of April 1778 as
near as he can recollect.
He states that he entered on a second tour
under Capt Gideon Spencer. does not rec-
ollect the Major. Col Tucker was the Col &
General Lawson was the general of the
Regiment or Brigade. he thinks that he
entered on his Second tour in the month
of July about the middle or latter part of July
1781 and that he entered on both occasions as a draft
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He states that he was at the siege of little York
when Lord Cornwallis was captured and
that he served throughout the whole of the
siege and did not leave the place until the
capitulation of the British army.
That he resided in the County of Charlotte
& State of Virginia about seven miles from
the Court house until he removed to the State of
Kentucky in year 1810 where he has resided ever since.
the Commanding officers in the Regular Army
and the continental troops were Generals
Washington LaFayette Count De Rocham
[xxx] Wayne & a number of others. he sates
that he marched from the County of Char-
lotte in the state of Virginia to Petersburg and
that they encamped on Old Town Creek.
That his company including himself then
marched to Cabin Point where they marched 
to Coopers Mills in the County of Isle of
Wight where they remained for some time
which was on his first tour of Duty. that
on his second Tour he proceed from Charlotte
County by nearly the same route to Little
York at which he was stationed until
after the capitulation of the British Army
and that he was discharged in the first part
of the month of November 1781 as near as he
can recollect.
He states that he has no Documentary
evidence of his claims of service - but states that
he can prove them by Richard Gains &
Abraham Sublett of Lincoln County
State of Kentucky
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He hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension
or annuity whatever except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension
Roll of the agency of any state
Caldwell Woods
Lincoln County & circuit [xx]
Mr. Richard Gains of the County of Lincoln
& State of Kentucky & Abraham Sublett of
the same County & State 
Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Caldwell Woods who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declarations and
we believe him to be seventy eight years
of age. And the Deponent Richard
Gains Doth hereby declare that he Knows
of the said Caldwell Woods having served
the first tour of Duty under me of Three mon-
ths in manner he has stated in the above
declaration. as he the said Woods served under
him the said Gains who was a Captain
And the deponent Abraham Sublett
declares that he served with the said Woods
in both Tours first under Gains & then under
Capt Spencer as stated by Woods in his 
declaration and there they were discharged
at the same time after the siege of York
Richard Gaines
Abraham Sublett
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State of Kentucky
Lincoln County & circuit to wit
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 soldier of the revolution and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Gains who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident of the County of Lincoln & State of Kentucky and that Abraham Sublett who has signed the same is also a resident of the same County & State, that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
John L. Bridges
Circuit Judge

Lincoln County & circuit sct
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln County Court Do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the application of Caldwell Woods for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 31st day of August 1832
Thomas Helm Clerk
Lincoln Circuit Court

9095
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January 12, 1934.
Mr. Walter A Wood BA-J/ILL
1433-35 Junction Avenue Caldwell Woods
Racine, Wisconsin. W. 9033
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the records
of Ellis Wood and Caldwell Wood, Revolutionay War pensioners.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made
and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service
of Ellis Wood, or Woods. Such claims made to the United States
are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The record of Caldwell Woods is furnished herein as shown
in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9033, based upon his 
service in the Revolutionary War.
Caldwell Woods, while residing in Charlotte County,
Virginia, about seven miles from the Court House, enlisted January 9,
1778 and served three months as private in Captain Richard Gaines'
company, Colonel Charles Fleming's Virginia regiment; he enlisted
about the middle of July 1781, served as private in Captain Gideon
Spencer's company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia regiment, was at the
Siege of Yorktown and was discharged in the early part of November,
1781.
The soldier moved in 1810 to the State of Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
30, 1832, at which time he resided in Lincoln County, Kentucky. He
was then seventy-eight years of age, the date and place of his birth
and names of his parents not shown.
Elliott Wood
DeKalb Co
Ga open
in file
trans from
Tenn
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Caldwell Woods died September 5, 1845 in Lincoln County, 
Kentucky.
The soldier married October 24, 1785, in Charlotte County, 
Virginia, Nancy Sublett.
Nancy Woods, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her 
application executed June 19, 1850, at which time she resided in 
Lincoln County, Kentucky. She was then eighty years of age, the 
date and place of her birth not stated.
In 1850, reference was made to sons of Nancy Woods, the widow; 
they had moved away, the family of one was living in Missouri, but 
no names were stated.
At the time Caldwell Woods made application for pension in 1832, 
Abraham Sublett resided in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and stated then 
that he served with said Caldwell Woods in the Revolutionary War; no 
relationship between Abraham Sublett and Nancy was stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/HMM
October 4, 1929.
Mrs. Frederick B. Hinrichs
801 Monroe Street
Evanston
Illinois.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, W. 9033, it appears that Caldwell Woods, while residing in
Charlotte County, Virginia, seven miles from the Court House, enlist-
ed January 9, 1778, served as a private in Captain Richard Gaines'
Company, Colonel Charles Fleming's Virginia Regiment, and was dis-
charged April 9, 1778.
He enlisted about the middle of July 1781, served as a private in
Captain Gideon Spencer's Company, Colonel Tucker's Virginia Regiment,
was at the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged in November 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30,
1832, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and resided in
Lincoln County, Kentucky. He stated that he had moved to Kentucky
in 1810.
He died September 5, 1845 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
The soldier married October 24, or October 27, 1785, in
Charlotte County, Virginia, Nancy Sublett.
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She was allowed pension on her application executed June 19,
1850, at which time she was eighty years of age and resided in
Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Sons are referred to - the family of one of them lived in
Missouri in 1850 - no names are given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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reply to your request of, received
statement of the military history of Caldwell Woods or Wood.
Soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 9033
DATES OF LENGTH OF RANK OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS TENDERED STATE
ENLISTMENT OR SERVICE CAPTAIN COLONEL
APPOINTMENT
Jan 9 1778 3 mos. Private Richard Gains Charles Fleming Va.
July 1781 to Nov. 1781 Gideon Spencer Tucker
Battles engaged in, siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlotte Co, Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 31, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co, Kentucky
Age at date of application, seventy eight years.
Remarks: soldier married Charlotte Co, VA, Oct. 24, 1785 Nancy Sublett
He died Sept. 5, 1845 in Lincoln Co, Ky
& she was allowed pension on her application executed June 19, 1850 while
a resident of Lincoln Co, Ky, & 80 yrs of age. There is no further
family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
6-285C
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669
Kentucky
Nancy Woods
widow of Caldwell
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 5 of September 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of May 1837
and sent to
W. J. McIntire
Stanford 
Ky
[Act of JUNE17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2, Page 188
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Sep 1850
[xxx] can
Nancy Wood
[xx]
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Nov 8/50
Resp 8 can
Nancy Woods
widow Caldwell
Will you please
to see Snd it

FREE 

On pension business
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Nancy Woods, Wid
Caldwell Woods
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April 29 1851
Rel: to claim of Mrs. Nancy Woods
wid: of Caldwell
5654 - File
Triplett
W J McIntire
Stanford Ky:

Paid
by [illegible]
Jas. E. Heath Esq.
Washington
City

[stamp]
STANFORD Ky.
APR 1
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April 7 1851
A. M. Farquhar
wishes to know what
evidence is reqd in
case of Nancy Woods
James E. Heath esq
Commissioner of 
Pensions
case J. L. Edwards esq cc
Present
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Sent to W. J. McIntire
Dec 2, 1850.
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Stanford June 26, 1850
Dear Sir
At the request of my
old friend, Mrs. Nancy Woods, I
have prepared the enclosed declaration 
for her. I am advised that if 
her case is made out, that an order
for the back pension and a certif-
icate for continuing one will be sent
her, and also, that if there be a want
of proof or informality you will write
her of it.
I am just now informed that Mrs. Greenwood,
a pensioner of this Co, was present at her mar-
riage to Caldwell Woods, but with her appli-
cation to the 3rd Auditors is a certificate that
it was proven to the satisfaction of the Court
of this Co, that she was the wife or - She 
was left his widow; which I am told, has 
been decided by the Attorney Genl to be
satisfactory proof to the departments.
Her poverty and the smallness of the
pension has prevented her having the assistance
of an expert here in her case.
To
J. L. Edwards Esq Very Respectfully
Com. of Pensions W. J McIntire
Washington 
City
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Sept 5 1850
Addl evd case
Nancy Woods

Free
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
City,
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Stanford Aug 29/50
Dear Sir
In June last, I sent
you the declaration of Nancy Woods for
a certificate of and for back Pension.
At the same time an application with
proof, as made to the third Auditor
for the amt due her husband Caldwell
Woods, at the time of his death. The amt
due her husband at his death has been
recd by Nancy Woods and her receipt
for the same returned to the Auditor. On
her application to you, reference was made 
to the proof before the 3rd Auditor, which it
was considered would be taken as suffic-
ient, by you. I enclose certificate of proof
before County Court of her being the widow 
of Caldwell Woods and of his death, this was
by the oath of S. O. Midleton, whom you
will perceive is the Magistrate, before whom
her declaration was made, and who knows
her well. Should the proof not be suf-
ficient or there be any informality in 
her application which hinders the sending
of an order for amt due, see her certificate.
Please write to her or myself at your earliest
convenience to oblige.
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Yours Respectfully
Com. of Pensions W. J. McIntire
Washington City
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Washington April 9 1850
To the Commissioner of
Pension J. E. Heath Esq
for
W. J. McIntire Esq my
associate in business requests me to ascertain
is any, what additional proof is required in 
the case of Nancy Woods, widow of
Woods a Revolutionary soldier - the case sent
from Stanford Lincoln County Kentucky.
Mr. McIntire seems to think that the addi-
tional proof forwarded about three months
since covers all the defects in the case.
Application is of long standing I should sup-
pose from his letters McI. however has been
lately employed. Very Respectfully
A M Farquhar
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Stanford Nov. 1 1850
Dear Sir
I have a letter from the Hon. G.A.
Caldwell of 23rd [xx] enclosing one to him, from you, 
of the 4th [xx]. These letters relate to the claim of
Nancy Woods widow of Caldwell Woods who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War and are in an-
swer to a letter which my friend Mr. J. G. Purdom
wrote him (Caldwell M. C.) and which was handed to
you. In yours of 4th [xx] above referred to, you say 
"I respectfully request that the date of his service and the
regiment and company to which he belonged may be given.
it cannot be discovered that any papers in the case of
a widow bearing the above name, have been received
whose husband died during the late Mexican War."
From this quotation you will see that there has been a
mistake as to the grounds on which Mrs. Woods found
her claim. The true state of fact, in relation to
the papers of her claim, are that her declaration and 
proof of her identity as the widow of Caldwell Woods was
sent you as Commissioner of Pensions about the 15th of June
last at the same time, a declaration with proof of her
identity and the original certificate for a pension to
Caldwell Woods was sent to the third Auditor to
which proof, and certificate of pension to her husband, you
was deferred for your better satisfaction of the justness of her
claim. And again about the first of September last I
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Dec 11/50
W. J. McIntire
Triplett
Relative to claim
of Nancy Woods

Free
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington,
City.
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Stanford Dec. 4/50
Dear Sir
I wrote you on the 20th
[xx] in relation to the Claim of
Mrs Nancy Woods for a pension on
account of her husband Caldwell Woods
services in the revolutionary war.
I sent you last June her application
with proof of her husbands death. at
the same time I sent to 2 Auditor appli-
cation for amt. due at his death, and en-
closed to 2 Auditor his original certificate of
Pension to which I referred you. In
July I sent you the affidavit of Mrs Nancy
Greenwood of the marriage of Nancy
Woods to Caldwell Woods (there being no
documentary proof) Since her first applica-
tion till now some 7 months I nor she have recd no
communication on the subject except which
you wrote Hon. G. A. Caldwell, in which you mis-
took her case for a Mexican claim. She is very 
anxious to hear from you.
To Com. of Pensions Respty. Yours
W.J. McIntire
for Nancy Woods
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Stanford March 24 1851
Dear Sir
On the 13th of
Feb. I enclosed to you for Mrs
Wood a certificate from the clk
of the County Court of Charlotte Co,
Va of her marriage to Caldwell
Wood. Which certificate you 
informed me in yours of 2nd Dec 1850
was all that was wanted to get
her a continuance of her husbands pen-
sion.
Mrs Nancy Wood, as I
informed you in my last, is
now very old and poor, and
has great anxiety to get her
pension.
Hoping to have an early
answer
I Am
Very Respecty.
Your Friend
W. J. McIntire
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Feb 28th 1851
Certificate of Nancy
Sublett's Marriage
to Caldwell woods
[stamp] STANFORD KY FEB 14
W G McIntire
Stamford 
Ky
To The 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
Free
addl proof
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Stanford Feb. 13th 1851
Dear Sir
On the receipt of yours of Dec.
2nd/50 I wrote to the Clk. of the Charlotte
Co. Court, to send me a copy & certificate
of the marriage of Nancy Sublett to
Caldwell Wood - if such a marriage
was recorded in his office, and, I have
just recd the enclosed Copy, Certificate 
& letter; which, I believe complies with the
requisitions of your department, as to the
registration VC.
From the indigent circumstances of 
Mrs. Nancy Wood, it is very desirable, 
to have an answer regarding her claim
at your earliest convenience. Hoping
this proof of her marriage completes the
evidence required in her application.
I am very Respy.
Your Obd. Svt.
W. J McIntire
Jas E. Heath, Com. Pen.
Washington City
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Stanford Nov. 1 1850
Dear Sir
On the first msh I
wrote you in relation to the case 
of Mrs Nancy Woods' Claim for
a pension on acct of her husbands
Services in the revolutionary war,
and by that of 1st [xx] answered
yours of Oct. 4th to our representative
in Congress (G. A. Caldwell) in which 
you had mistaken her claim and 
taken it to be for her husbands
Service in the Mexican war.
The facts of her case I will again
state. Mrs Nancy Woods' husband
Caldwell Woods was a soldier 
in the revolutionary war and
drawed a pension from the Gov-
ernment for said services of
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Twenty Dollars a years, the
original certificate for which
pension the writer sent for her
to the 2nd Auditor last June
and on the 24th of July she
received the amt. which was com-
ing to him at the time of his decease.
At the same time her claim on
the 2nd Auditor was made, she
made of you (Commissioner of
Pensions) an application for a 
pension according to the acts
of Congress and made proof
of her marriage and referance
to the original Certificate sent
to the 2nd Auditor. She nor the writer
of this has never received any
communication from the
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department respecting her
claim for a pension since.
You will please address
her, or the writer of this, and
state the condition of her claim
and what proof if any has
been omitted; her sons have
moved away and left her in
a most necesitous condition
To Most Respectfully
Commissioner Yours etc
of Pensions W. J. McIntire
Washington City
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Stanford Ky. Apr 21/51
Dear Sir
On the 24th [xx] I wrote you
again in relation to the Revolutionary claim
of Mrs Nancy Woods widow of Caldwell
Woods who was a pensioner. On the 13th of
February last I sent you her marriage cer-
tificate from the Clerk of the Charlotte Co. Court
Va, which proof in yours of Dec. 2 1850 you 
say was all that was wanting to complete 
her claim. Since then I've not heard from you.
I am aware of the heavy amt of business
now in your charge; but her long application
(Declaration filed in June last) and her ex-
treme poverty makes her extremely urgent
that you should give an early decision
in her case. There is now record & personal
evidence of her marriage - Hoping you will
give this case your attention and early reply
I am very Respectfully
Yours
W. J. McIntire
Jas. E. Heath Esq.
Washington City
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Sec 2 Page over Lincoln County
State of Kentucky [xx]
Be it known that personally appeared before me
this 3rd day of September 1850 Nancy Greenwood who
being first duly sworn, doth depose and swear, that
she was personally present at the marriage of
Nancy Sublet to Caldwell Woods. that said mar-
riage took place on the 27th day of October in
the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty five, and 
the ceremony of marriage was performed by the min-
ister who regularly preached in that county, which
was Charlotte County Virginia. The said Nancy
Sublet lived with Caldwell Woods as his wife until
his death which took place on the 5th of September
1845. The said Nancy Sublet now Nancy Woods is the
identical Nancy Woods who is now applying for a
pension, and who is now living in this county, and
whose husband was a pensioner of the United States
at the time of his death. Said Nancy Woods has not
married since her said husband Caldwell Woods death
her
Nancy Greenwood
mark
Sworn and subscribed to before
me on the day & year above written
Henry Myers J.P.
I hereby certify that the above deposant is a
person of respectability and entitled to full
belief.
Henry Myers J.P.
I Thomas Helm hereby certify that Henry
Myers is a magistrate of this county duly commis-
sioned and Sworn, and that the above Signature
purporting to be his is genuine. In
Testimony whereof I hereunto sign my
name & affix the Seal of the Court
of which I am clerk
Thomas Helm Clerk
Lincoln County Court
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Stanford Sept 4/50
Dear Sir
Mrs Nancy Woods' late
intention of moving with her son's family
to Missouri has induced me to make
this additional proof to what has been 
before offered 
Very Respectfully
W. J. McIntire
To J. L. Edwards
Com for V.
Washington City
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Kentucky Lincoln County Court [xx]
at a County Court held for Lincoln County
at the Courthouse in Stanford on Monday
the 5th Day of June in the year 1830.
Ordered that it be certified to all whom
it may concern that it was found to the
satisfaction of the Court by the Oath of
Jame O Middleton that Caldwell Woods was
a Pensioner of the Un States at the rate
of $20 per annum commencing on the 4th
Day of March 1831 as per certificate
of Lewis Cass Secretary of War No 1362
that he was a resident citizen of Lincoln
County in the state of Kentucky & that he died in the County
& State afs on the 5th Day of September
in the year 1845 & that he left a widow 
who is still living & whose name is Nancy 
Woods
Kentucky Lincoln County to wit
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the County
Court for the County aforesaid do certify
that the above is a true copy of the order
of the Lincoln County Court touching the
proof of the Death of Caldwell Woods so
transcribed from the Records of my office
In testimony whereof I have herewith
subscribed my name & affixed
the seal of this office this 29th
Day of August 1850
Thomas Helm Clerk
Lincoln County Court
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Nov 29/50
Nov 29/50
Resp can
Nancy Woods
STANFORD
NOV
KY
Mr. Triplett [xx]
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
City
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1918 June 18. History to
Florence Shields [x]
1920 Nov. 19 Hist. to Mrs. Myrtle
W. Moss. Letter in Wid. aft.
2 1821 War 1812. Rebecca
wid. of John Wood
1929 - Oct 4, Hist to Mrs. 
Frederick B. Hinrichs, MEE
1934 - Jan. 12 - Hist to Mr. Walter A.
Wood - ILL
Revolution.
Virginia.
Widow, &c.
File No. 9033
Nancy Woods
Wid. of
Caldwell Woods
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2nd/48
Indes: - Vol. M, Page 353
[Arrangement of 1870]
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MRS. FREDERICK B. HINRICHS
801 MONROE STREET
EVANSTON, ILL.
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
JUL 16 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Would you kindly send
me the Pension Record of the following
Revolutionary Soldiers, am especially
anxious for all family data given
Caldwell Woods, Lincoln Co. Kentucky
Lieut. Samuel Woods, Mercer Co. "   "
Respectfully
Mabel Woods Hinrichs
(Mrs. F. B.)
July 1st 1929
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EVANSTON
OCT16
12 M
1933
ILL
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
RECEIVED
OCT 18 1933
MAIL DIVISION
VETS ADM
[XXX] 27
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Racine, Wis., Oct 14, 1933
Dear Sir:
Please send family and war records of 
the following Rev. War Pensioners:
There is an Elliott
Ellis Wood, Giles Co., Tenn.
Caldwell Wood, Lincoln Co., Kentucky OK
Address: Yours truly
1433-35 Junction Ave.
Walter A. Wood
signature?
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Chicago, June 12th. 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Would you be kind enough to give me the service and all
other information given by Caldwell Wood of Va. who served in the Rev. en-
listing I think from Charlotte Co. but died in Lincoln Co. Kentucky prob-
ably in 1845. I should like to have any family information given in his ap-
plication or other affidavits.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours truly,
Florence Shields
855 Eastwood Ave.
Chicago.