Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,866, Azariah Woods, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Woods, Azariah
Jean
W. 11,866
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sept. apc 10. '39

Pittsburg Penn.  2. 4 89
Jean Woods 
widow of Azariah Woods dec.
Penn
who died on the 15th November 1837 
of Beaver Co. in the State of Penn. 
who was a Private in the compy. commanded by Captain Leon of the Regt. commanded 
by Col Jackson in the P.a 
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsbg pa. 
at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per ann 
to commence on the [4th day of March, 183] 15 November 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jan. 1839 and sent Hon. Thos. Henry Hse. of Reps. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $65.00 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar, 39 $40.00// $105.00
Revolutionary Claim,
As of July 4,1836,
Section the 3.
Recorded by D. D. Addition, clerk,
Book A Vol. 20. Page 148
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let. 5 April 1838
Hon. F. Henry

26.185
Pittsburgh Agency

Azariah Woods of [illegible] in the State of -- Pa who was a P-- in the Company commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Reg commanded by Col Jackson in the Penna lines for [illegible]

J P $80.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of March -- and Seventy -- 1834 Wm J Banke[?] HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834 240.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
-----
280.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J T Sprague-- Clerk,
Book C-- Vol. 5, Page 95
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4217

Jane Woods
Pa Pitt.

admitted
Pn 2 yr $80

see declaration under Act 7 June 32 for evidence of Marriage before [illegible] of services.

Jan 22

Hon
Thos. Henry
[?]R
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State of Pennsylvania Beaver County On this 9th day of January A.D. 1839 Personally appeared before David Gordon a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid. Jean Wooden (Widow of Azariah Woods, deceased) a resident of Green Township in the said County of Beaver, aged about eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress papered July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Azariah Woods who was a private in the Revolutionary War. and a Pensioner from the 4th of March 1831 as appears by the original certificate now in her possession. which the now exhibits. which is in the following words viz. War Department. Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Azariah Woods of the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annus during his natural life commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. Given at the War office of the United States this 28th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. Lewis Cass Secretary of War. Examined and countersigned J L  Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. No. 26.183 The further declares that she was marreid to the said Azariah Woods on the 9th day of February 1773 by a preacher of the gospel by the name of benjamin Woodrought in the town of Westfield about 10 miles from Elizabeth town in the State of New Jersey and that her second child was born while her husband Azariah Woods was in the army of the Untied States about the year 1776 that she bore to her said husband 7 sons and 3 Daughters and that after her husband returned from the army they moved to Shemokin Valley and afterwards to Beaver county Green Township where hey have lived for more than 25 years before the Death of her said husband which took place on the 15th day of November 1837 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. She further says that by reasons of age and infirmity of body and swelling of her legs and feet she is unable to appear in court to make the foregoing application. She further says that she knows of no record of their marriage and the distance so great from where they were married to where she now lives that she has in her power no other evidence of their marriage than what is herewith amassed She further says that she is entirely dependent for her support from her son Samuel who is in indigent circumstances and has a family of small children to support and further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me. Jean Woods. X her mark. David Gordon Justice of the Peace Beaver Co.
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State of Pennsylvania Beaver County Seal I David Gordon the Justice of the Peace within named on the ninth day of January 1839 went to the Residence of Jean Wood, the applicant within named in order to take her deposition. I found her sitting in the corner for shoes she had old stocking feet and the family where she lives and her both stated that for three months past she was unable to wear her shoes by reason of a swelling in her feet and legs. and I fully believe from her statement and her appearance and advanced age that she is unable to appear in court to make application to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress which she so much needs: and from all the information I have obtained from her neighbors that she is entitled to full credit as a woman of truth and veracity. Also Samuel Patton the witness whose deposition I hereto attach I have known for many years he is a man of respectable standing in society and entitled to full credit as a man of truth and veracity. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of January A.D. 1839. David Gordon
Beaver County The commonwealth of Pennsylvania I John A Scroggs Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the Said county of Beaver do hereby certify that the above mentioned David Gordon is and was at the time of signing the above a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Beaver duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is [illegible] ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that signature to the above statement is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Beaver the 16th day of January 1839. John A Scroggs Prothonotary
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Pennsylvania Beaver County On this 12th day of January 1839 personally appeared Samuel Patton a creditable witness, a citizen of Hanover Township in the county of Beaver and being first sworn according to law do professes and saith that he has been acquainted with Azariah Wood a Revolutionary pensioner (now deceased) and Jane his wife for more than twenty years, that they lived in the neighborhood with him, and that they were always esteemed as husband and wife and so admired by their neighbors and the fact of their marriage never called in question and that he has heard that said Azariah Woods and Jean his wife in conversation and both stated that they were married before the said Azariah went into the army. She also stated that she had heard the guns fired when her husband was out and she expecting he might be killed and she said Azariah stated he got home but seldom to see the said from his wife during the time he was in the Revolutionary army and further says that he has been long acquainted with the said Jean Woods widow of the said Azariah Wood and that he believes her entitled to full credit and further said not. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. Saml Patton. David Gordon. Beaver County The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I John A Scroggs Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Beaver do hereby certify that the above named David Gordon is and was at the time of signing the forgoing deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Beaver duly commissioned and sworn and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that his signature to the above deposition is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Beaver the 16th day of January AD 1839 John A Scroggs Prothonotary
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Declaration of Azariah Woods in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress papered June 7 1832. State of Pennsylvania Beaver County On this tenth day of March 1834 personally appeared before the subscribe on the the associate Judges of the county court of Common Pleas in and for Beaver County Azariah Woods a resident of Green township in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aged 81 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 papered June 7 1832. That he Entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served herein state that first marched as a militiaman (by draft) from the state of New Jersey to New York about the 15. July 1776 about that time a large detachment of the British forces landed on Staten Island and was removed from New York to ElizabethTown point about 15th August if my recollection served me and my terms of service (one month) having expired immediately hired as a substituted in teh draft that was make to supply the place of the militia now discharged. Still continuing at ElisabethTown point. I served the month and was again drafted for one month on or about the 20 September. We were employed in building a fort at Elisabeth Town point. But in the meantime the Battle of Long Island had been fought sometime late in August the evacuation of
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New York soon followed, my term of service one month faving expired, I again engaged as a substitute and served until about the first December (one month) when as large portion of the Jersey and Maryland Militia were discharged their term of service having expired about this time General Washington was retreating through New Jersey pursued by the british Forces, during this service the officers were Captain Moses Jaquish and Benjamin Lane alternately Colonel Jackamiah Smith and General Wind. Early in December Gel Washington crossed the Delaware to Philadelphia. I was now with my family near ElisabethTown (N.J.) the distress of the Country at this time was very great many of the inhabitants taking "British Protection” My landlord (a Tory) required me to do the same and when I refused threatened me with an armed force to compel me to do it. And to escape I went to ElizabethTown and enlisted for three months in the Company of Captain Isaac Crane. New Jersey line General Wind commanding. I cannot give the precise time of my enlistment but believe it was in January 1777 it was soon after the battle of Princeton was fought and immediately after Genl. Washington drove the British force from Elizabeth Town to Amboy. I was regularly discharged having served three months. I then returned to my family, during this three months service we lay in Elisabeth Town watching the motions of the enemy who lay at Amboy. In April 1777 I was again drafted and served one and at the end of the time fired as a substitute for one month in the succeeding draft.
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which time I served and was discharged. If my memory served me, it was about this time that the British forces evacuated Amboy. I now engaged in the Waggon Service in July 1777 and drove a team supplying the army with forage frequently hauling hay from Woodbridge, Rahway, Westfield and provisions from Trenton, Christopher Mash was my waggon master and Daniel Mash Contractor. I continued in this service one year and was discharged at the end of that time. Immediately before the battle of Monmouth my name again came forward as a draft (June) but sickness in my family prevented me from leaving home. Consequently I hired a substitute who was in said battle from this time until the battle of Springfield I was  almost constantly in service as a draft or substitute. But to name the precise time the drafts were make is not possible, however, I feel that I can safely say that in that time I made two years constant service and am satisfied that it would extend to more that two years could I recollect the precise time. I was still in service when the battle of Springfield took place sometime in June 1780 and was in that battle I received a bullet through my hand and was slightly wounded in the thigh we were defeated and the town was burnt. General Green commanded (the American forces & Genl. Kniphausen the English. this was the only severe engagement I was in during the war but have frequently been in slight skirmishes from this time (June 1780). I continued in service the greater part of the time until the close of the
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Revolution in the character of a militia man but am unable to refer to dates. I feel safe in saying that I performed eighteen months constant service from June 1780 to the close of the War. I in fact papered very little of my time with my family . They were in a helpless condition dependent entirely on my efforts for their support and my pay as a soldier afforded them a competent and more certain living than I could in any other way obtain for them in these troubled times. I am now an old and infirm man and never having been taught to read or write therefore every thing depends on memory. I have no other record of the times of which I now give a history. It must therefore be very imperfect. I made an application for a pension some time ago. This I am enabled to make more full in consequence of having my memory refreshed by some reference to history and by referring to my wife. She is now an old woman within three years of my own age, but her recollection is more vivid than my own. And having lived in the neighborhood in which considerable portion of my service was performed she is able to recall many circumstances to my recollection that I had entirely forgot. But when reference is made to history many things appear more like a dream than reality and are brought so indistinctly to my mind that I cannot now venture to make my declaration more perfect from that source. [illegible] it now is in the names of persons fro whom I hired as a substitute I cannot now recollect. Neither can I give the names of many officers But those names
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whom I served are Captains Moses Jaquish, Benjamin Lane, -Wood. Jacob Crane, Colonels Jackamiah Smith and Samuel Potter. General Winds. I can recollect the names of General Dickinson, Genl Maxwell and Colonel Dayton. I am not now inpossession of any papers connected with my service. I had several discharges but they are all lost. By reason of old age and the consequent lapse of memory I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of my service; but according to the best of my recollection no less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grade. I served as a militia man 4 months; by enlistment a private 3 mo as a militia man 2 years , 3 months. Ditto 1 year, 6 months [totalling] 4 years 1 month Service as  Waggoner 1 yr [grand total] 5 years one month. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension rolls of any agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. X his makr Azariah Woods. Thos. Henry.
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Answers to Interrogatories Int 1. Where and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born 24 March 1752 the place of birth I cannot inform. Int 2. Have you any records of your age and if so where is it. Ans. My father made a record of my age in the family bible. it is now in possession of one of my brothers at Jamesville Ohio. I have not seen it for fifteen years. Int.3.Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Ans. I had a family and was living with them near Elisabeth town New Jersey. Since the Revolutionary War I have lived in different places in the State of Virginia, Ohio, & Pennsylvania. I am now living in Green Township Beaver County Penna. Int 4. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? Ans. The principal part of my services was by draft. I enlisted & served three months and was detailed into the waggon service and drove a waggon for one year. I also served as a substitute but for whom I cannot now recollect during the war I had a family & my service was their principal dependence for support.
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Int. 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 service. Ans. The names of the officers I cannot now designate as regular or militia But I believe General Winds, General Green(at Springfield), Colonel Samuel Meeker, Captain Jacob Crane belonged to the regular services. I cannot now recollect the names of any of the Continental or Militia Regiments but can recollect that during part of my service I was associated with New England troops. I was generally called out for one month at a time and served entirely in New Jersey except once that we were take to New York. The part of the country indeed the whole state was very generally exposed and the calls made on me were generally for the purpose of acting on the defensive. Int 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Ans. I have received more than one discharge but they have been lost long since. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Azariah Woods. X his mark. Tho. Henry.
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We George Scott a clergyman and Joseph McFerran residing in the county of Beaver do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Azariah Woods who has subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid declaration that we believe him to be Eighty One years of age and 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 day and year aforesaid. George Scott Joseph McFerran . Thos. Henry.  I Thomas Henry one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Beaver County do hereby certify and declare it to be my opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant Azariah Woods was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he state, and I do further certify that the Revd. George Scott who has signed the above certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Beaver, and that Joseph McFerran Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and I do further certify that said Azariah Woods is so old and infirm that he is not able to attend court, and that I had to travel a distance of twelve miles to take his declaration. [illegible]my hand the day and year aforesaid. Thomas Henry
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30.184 Adm 2 years $80.00 Hon. J. Banks
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Beaver county State of Pennsylvania. I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county do hereby certify that Thomas Henry, Esq. before who the foregoing, declaration was made, and also the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking said depositions, and now is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Beaver, and I also certify that the signature of the said Thomas Henry, Esq to the foregoing declaration deposition and. certificate is in his proper handwriting in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the eleventh day of March AD One thousand eight hundred and thirty four. James Logan Prothonotary.
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State of Pennsylvania Beaver County.   On the third day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the county court of Common Pleas now sitting. Azariah Woods, a resident of Green township in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aged 80 years. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress papered June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and service as herein stated. I first marched as a volunteer or militia man from the sate of New Jersey to New York about the time the British forces landed on Staton Island. At this time I served a tour of one month under Capt. Moses Jaquish. In the Regiment Commanded by Col Jacka miah Smith under General Winds. I was again out frequently in consequence of living in an exposed part of the country sometimes as a militia man and at others as a substitute and served several times in this way- of a month at a time. Serving, one month for myself and then firing as a substitute to fill the place of a private in a succeeding draft. But in consequence
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of age and loss of memory and not having any record of my service never having been taught to read or write. I cannot remember more particular. I cannot recollect for whom I served as a substitute neither can I specify the particular officers under whom I served a particular tour But among the officers under whom I served at particular time were General Wind, Col Jackamiah Smith, col Samuel Potter, Capt. Moses Jaquish, Capt Wood, Capt. Bej Land and in different parts of New Jersey. the place of said service a considerable portion of it was spent in assisting to build the fort at Elizabeth Town point. I again enlisted under Capt. Jacob Crain in the New Jersey lin at Elizabeth Town New Jersey. General Winds commanding service out the time but never received a discharge. I was again in the militia service at the attack of General Kniphausen on Morristown defeated at teh battle of Springfield east New Jersey received a slight wound on my thigh and a bullet through my hat. I was then under the command of General Winds, Col. Samuel Potter, and Capt Woods  if memory serves me, I was in the service from the landing of the British on Staten Island to the close of the war. In all not less than six years to the best of my recollection but cannot now specify more particularly, the nature of the service
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performed or circumstances connected withit in consequence of the failure of memory. Deponent relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Deponent further saith that he has no knowledge of any person now living that has a personal knowledge of his services in the Revolutionary War. Question 1. Where and in what year was you born. Ans. I was born 24th March 1752 the place of my birth was near New Brunswick State of New Jersey. Quest. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it. Ans. My father made a record of my age in the family Bible. It is now in possession of my brother in Zanesville Ohio and I have not [illegible] fro 14 years.  Qust. When were you living when called into service. where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you live now. Ans. In New Jersey near Elizabeth Town, Since the Revolution, has lived in different places. In Ohio, virginia, and Penna. and am now living in Beaver County, Penna.
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Quest. How were you called into service. Ans. Went into service as a volunteer and part of the time as a substitute. Azariah Woods. X his mark. Sworn and subscribed in open court this 3rd day of September 1832. James Logan, Prothonotary. We George Scott, a clergyman residing in the County of Beaver and Joseph McFerran of the same place do certify that we are well acquainted with Azariah Woods who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and concur in that opinion. George Scott, Joseph McFerran Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court. James Logan, Prothonotary
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Azariah Woods
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Beaver County Personally appeared before Thomas Henry one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said county Azariah Woods who being sworn saith that by reason for old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot wear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served the time specified in his declaration. that he served from the time the British landed at Staten Island until the end of the war with the exception of one month, part of the time as a drafted militia man and part of the time as a substitute, and three months of the time as a regular soldier. That in all his service it was in the capacity of a private that the whole period of his service was not less than six years. It is impossible for him now from his impaired memory to be more particular. than he has been. Azariah Woods. X his mark. Sworn and subscribed before me the 30th day of Nov. 1832 Thos. Henry. Beaver County. I James Logan Prothonotary for Beaver County do certify the foregoing to contain the original proceedings fo the Court in the case of the application of Azariah Woods for a pension, and that Thomas Henry Esq who took the above deposition is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas for said county. witness my and seal of office. the 30h day of November 1832
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after teh investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the before named applicant Azariah Woods was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that the Revd. George Scott who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the county of Beaver, and Joseph McFerran Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in said County of Beaver and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Beaver county. I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the application of Azariah Woods for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said county the 4th day of September A. D. 1832. James Logan Pro.
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To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War. the petition of a number of the inhabitants of Beaver County respectfully represents That we have for a number of years been acquainted with Azariah Woods an applicant for a pension under the pension Law of 1832. That he is now an old and infirm man and that he is unable to labor for support of himself and family. that his family consists of a wife an aged woman and one son an idiot that is necessarily a heavy charge to his parents. That he is not possessed of any property other than is absolutely necessary for the use of his family, that he is a man of good repute for truth and that there is not any doubt of his having served in the Revolutionary War as he states and that if he [illegible] in making the necessary proof in detail it is to be attributed entirely to want of memory feeling satisfied from statements we have heard him make that he served during the principal part of the War. We would therefore respectfully request that a pension may be granted to him. Robert McFerran Bejamin Hooke James Trimble M. Lawrence Joseph McFerran James Boyd Matthew Glass
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Haz Wallace James Bryan Thos Hanske Andrew Sweeney Robert Wright Alexander Nash Thomas Laughlin A. Stewart William Miller Thomas Stephenson George [illegible] L m Ferrand Alexander Miller W. m. Harg John Thompson Rezin Bains Josin Gamble Robt Pott John Mathewson Benjamin butler James McCready Mathias Hooke John Bunting Wm. Harske Tho. Swaney Henry Singelton Wm. Mason Joseph McFerran Benj Stewart john Bell James Mackall George Scott John Ewing James Miller At the bequest of Azariah Woods named in the above petition, I do certify that I hav a knowledge of most of the above signers, that they are citizens of respectable character whose statement is worth of credit and belief. Thomas Henry.
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June 8, 1935 Azariah Woods W. 11855 BA-J/MLB Mr Walter A Wood 1433-35 Junction Avenue Racine, Wisconsin. Dear Sir: The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim W 11866 based upon the Revolutionary War service of Azariah Woods. He was born March 24, 1752 near New Brunswick, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not shown. While residing with his family near Elizabethtown, New Jersey, he volunteered about July 15, 1776, and served at various times until the close of the war, on tours of varying length, amounting in all to about five years, under Captains Moses Jaquish, Benjamin Lane, Wood or Woods (relationship to soldier not stated), Jacob Crane and Colonels J. Smith and Samuel Potter and as a teamster under Wagonmaster Christopher Mash, all in the New Jersey troops; during his service he was in frequent slight skirmishes and in the battle of Springfield in which he received a slight wound in his thigh. After the Revolutionary War the soldier lived in Virginia and “Shemoken Valley” , then moved to the State of Ohio, from which he moved to Green Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed a pension on his application executed March 10, 1834, while a resident of said Green Township, Pennsylvania. Azariah Woods died November 15, 1837 in Green Townshiop Pennsylvania, where he had lived more than twenty-five years. The soldier married February 9, 1773, in Westfield New Jersey, Jean——(maiden name not given
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Soldier’s widow, Jean Woods, was allowed pension on her application executed January 9, 1839, at which time she was aged about eighty-three years and residing in Green Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Reference was made to seven sons and three daughters of Azariah Woods and his wife, Jean, but no names were given other than Samuel who had a family of small children in 1839. The widow stated that the second child (name not given) was born about 1776. Very truy yours. A.D. Hillar Assistant to Administrator
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1933 June 8- Hist to Mr. Walter A Wood (rec ltr in clin. 11875 of John Wood. MLB. Revy Widow, &c. File No. 11866 Jean Woods Wid of Azariah Wood Privt Rev War. Act July 4th 1836. Index: Vol. [illegible] Page 353 [arrangement of 1870]
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.[line crossed out]

11,828
P. O. Azariah Woods

Service: [blank]

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REJECTED

Enlisted: [blank], 18
Discharged: [blank], 18

Application file: [blank], 18

Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]

Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]

[blank] Recognized.
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[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18
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June 8, 1933 Azariah Wood. W. 11866 John Wood, S. 11875 BA-J/MLB Mr. Walter A. Wood 1433-35 Junction Avenue Racine, Wicsonsin Dear Sir: Reference is made to your request of recent date for the records of Azariah Woods, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and of John Wood, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War pensioners. Their records are furnished herewith as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. Very truly yours A.D. Hiller Assistant to Administrator
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Merchants & Manufacturing Pittsburght April 8th, 1839 Sir: Jean Woods, widow of Azariah Woods recd, at 80 Dollars per annum Pension under the Act of 4 July 1836 & the Joint Resolution of July 18 1838 presented papers for her pension at this legacy. I have not yet received any [illegible]but be pleased to give the necessary respecting said pension. Very respectfully your obedient servant. Janath Kahl for the Pens. Agt. J. L Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City
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Revolutionary Pennsylvania Azariah Woods suspended [See letter to A. Woods 17 Sept 1833 [struck out] ] 11828 Act 7th June 1832
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Com. J. L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City. Allison Gen attended. April.4.
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Washington City Hall.R. 3 March 188 Dear Sir; Please take the trouble to inform me the kind of evidence required to meet the case referred to in the enclosed letter, to entitle the widow of A. Wood Decd. to the benefit of the Act of Congress of 4. July 1836. Your early attention will much oblige. Your Obt. Servant. Thomas Henry. Hon J.L. Edwards
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Hon John Banks Member of Congress Washington City Penion Penn Azariah Woods [illegible] March 24 1834 Hon J. Banks
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[illegible] 12 March 1834 Dear Sir I enclose you documents to procure a pension for a Revolutionary soldier named Azariah Woods, perhaps as need as any that has been pensioned and one whom I believe to be meritorious. I had to travel twelve miles to take his declaration and it was with difficulty he could travel two miles to meet me and bring with him the venerable Revd. Scott as a voucher. He made a previous application which was unsuccessful, from historical fact beingg brought to his recollection he has been enabled to give a more full detail. Please write to me the result, as soon as convenient. John Hage of our County has long since made all the proof necessary and has had no favorable answer. I am in haste your friend. Tho. Henry
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Pittg
Azariah Woods. P_ $80. Act of 7 June 1832.
to what time p?
Pen Office
Jany 22, 1839

pd to 4th Sep 1837
JH
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I. C. Septr. 17. 1833.
Azariah Woods
Beaver,
Pa

Revol. 107
Pa 170
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War Department
Pension Office
Sept. 14. 1833

Sir

The papers in support of your claim to a pension under the act of 7. June 1832, have been again examined, and placed on our files.

You have not complied with the rule of the Department, requiring from every applicant a full and particular account of each tour of his service during the war. The estimate you may have formed of the length of your engagement, will not be[crossed out and replaced with "is not"] deemed sufficient to authorise the allowance of a pension. Until you detail your tours of duty with the precision and separate account, demanded by the office, your claim will receive no further investigation

Mr. Azariah Woods
Beaver
pa