Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4868, William Wood, N.C.
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(8–1776) 

SERVICE 
N.C.

Wood, William
Sarah 

NUMBER 
W. 4868

Born in N.C.
CONTENTS
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6417
N. Carolina
Sarah Wood
widow of William Wood Sr.
who was a Pri.
in the N. C. Line
21 mos 28 days

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
73 Dollars 11
Cents per annum, to commence on 
The 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
26 day of Nov. 1844
and sent to
Hon. J. R. J. Daniel
[crossed out] Littleton D
Present

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2 Page 162

2 Certs:
1838
1843} rep

J. E. Kerr June
9, 1857
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North Carolina 23.534
William Wood
of Halifax in the State of NC—
who was a Pri in the [blank] commanded
By Captain ___ of the Regt commanded
By Col. Eaton in the N. Car
line for 21 mo: 28 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 73 Dollars 11— Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28- day of July . 34
and [illegible] Mark H. 
Pettway Halifax C.H. N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept “33
Semi-anl. Allowance ending on Md. 34

182.78
36.55
219.33
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nath Rice — Clerk,
Book E Vol. 67 - Page 79

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6, April 1838 from 4th
March 14th July 1840. Agent
Notified 26, May 1841.
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5827
8 May 1843 May 8. 1843
Sarah Wood,
Act 4 July 1836.

Wm. 32

Littleton Depot No. C
May 3rd - 1843.}

Pension Papers. 
Free

J. L. Edwards - Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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(Depot)
Littleton Halifax County N.C.
May 3, 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Herein you will [illegible]
Mrs. Sarah Wood,s Declaration for a Pension
Please attend to it, &, Send her
Certificate to the Hon. J. R. J. Daniel at
Littleton, P.O. to the [illegible] of W. W. Daniel
Esqr. —

If you find she is not
Entitled to a pension under the act 1836
she is willing to take under the act of
June 7th 1838, &, the act. of March 3rd, 1843.
Yours, [illegible] c. —Wm. Wood, —
the son of the applicant
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5827
Declaration of
Sarah Wood of
Healifax County
N. Ca
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } ss
On this 5th day of April eighteen hundred & forty three
personly appeard before me Isham Mathews an
acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State
aforesaid, Sarah Wood, a resident of the County and
State aforesaid, aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of
Congress, passed July 4th 1836: That she is the wid
-ow of William Wood senr, who was a soldier of the
Revolutionary war, & a pensioner; that he was pensi-
-oned in the year 18 hundred & thirty four, & received a
pension yearly from that time during his life.
She further declared, that she was married to the said
William Wood, on the 15th day of March in the year
seventeen hundred & eighty three & before the last
period of his service; that she has no family rec-
ord of her intermarriage with the said William
Wood, & does not know, that any record of the 
same was ever kept; That her husband the aforesaid
William Wood, died on the 14th day of July in the
year 18 hundred & forty; & that she has remained:
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a widow ever since that period, as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. __
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day & year above written, before
Isham Matthews JP

} her 
Sarah x Wood
mark

State of North Carolina
Halifax County }
I Isham Mathews of the Cou
-nty & State aforesaid; as hereby certify, that
I am well acquainted with Sarah Wood, who [crossed out] has
subscribed & made oath to the foregoing declaration
before me, an acting Justice of the Peace in & for
the County & State aforesaid on the 5th day of April
18 hundred & forty three: I have known her for sixty
years, & know her to be the widow of William Wood
Senr, as stated in the foregoing declaration; I was at
the marriage of the said William & Sarah Wood, &
know her to have been legally married to the said
William Wood, some time in the year seventeen hund
-red & eighty three, by my Father James Mathews, as
who at that time was an acting Justice of the peace
in & for the County & State aforesaid, & that she has re
mained a widow ever since the death of her husba
-nd the aforesaid William Wood, who died on the
14th day of July in the year 18 hundred & forty: I beli
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-eve that the said Sarah Wood, is by reason of bodi
-ly infirmity unable to attend Court & that full
faith & credit is due to her oath. ___
Sworn to & subscribed before
me Mark H. Pettway   an acting
Justice of the peace for the County
aforesaid this 8th day of April A.D. 1843

J Matthews

M. H. Pettway [illegible]
State of North Carolina
Halifax County }
I, James Simmons Clerk of the
Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Court) of
the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isham
Mathews & Mark H. Pettway, [crossed out], and, and were at the
time of witnessing the foregoing declaration and
affidvit acting justices of the peace in & for
the County aforesaid & that full faith & credit
ought to be given to their official acts as such.
This 24th day of April A.D. 1843
In Simmons Clk

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I Rice B Pierce Chair
man of the Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions (County
Court) for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that,
James Simmons whose signature appears above is
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& was at the [crossed out] date of said signature Clerk of
Said Court, and that full faith & credit is due 
to his certificate as such & that the same is in
due form of law. This 25th day of April AD 1843—
Rice B. Pierce Chair.

State of North Carolina
Halifax County}
I, James Simmons Clerk of the
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Court) do hereby
Certify that Rice B Pierce, is and was at the time
of signing the foregoing cirtificate, to which his
signature is attached, chairman of & presiding
Justice of the Court aforesaid, & that full faith
& credit is due to the same, & that it is in due
form of law. —
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
& affixed the seal of my office.
This 26th day of April A. D. 1843..   Ja Simmons Clk
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28053
William Wood

Hon Hill
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } SS
On this 19th day of August 1833, personally appeared
in open Court, before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
now sitting, William Wood, a resident of Halifax County
& State of North Carolina, aged 82 years, who being
first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7: 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as herein
stated: In the year the British took Charleston,
in the month of October, he was drafted as a
militia-man in Bute County, North Carolina,
& went into service under Gen Asher, Col Eaton in
Capt Charles Allen's company & marched to Charles
ton, up Savannah River to Augusta, crossed at
Augusta & marched down to Brier Creek & there
fought the British, & was discharged there after
serving six months - he received a written dis=
charge but does not know what became of it.
In February 1781 he was drafted in Halifax
County ^N. C. in the three months militia service
under Capt Taylor & marched to Guilford & joined
Green's army (Gen Green of the Continental army)
& was in the battle of Guilford Court House
& after the battle came home without a dis-
charge being out in service about 4 weeks.
In August of the same year (1781) he was
returned in the twelve months service of
the Continental Army, in Halifax County, N.
Carolina under Capt Armstrong & did duty
at Halifax town guarding prisoners & the
magazine about two months, when he was
taken by Col Nicholas Long & worked under his
directions as an artisan upon waggons &
carts belonging to the service about 8 months
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& then marched under Capt Robert Fenner, in
pursuit of tories & a part of the time in per
suit of one [illegible] a robber belonging to
what was called the Florida Scout, through
Hillsboro, Salisbury, Camden, Drowning Creek
to near Water Springs where Green's army lay
& returned through that place after the fight
to Halifax & dismissed until further orders
but was never called on again— the compa=
ny never joined any other company or regi=
ment during the whole town & never received
any discharge being under Capt Fenner
three months - in this tour he was in actual
service in all thirteen months. He has no
documentary evidence & knows of no person
whose testimony he can procure who can tes=
tify to his service. He was born in Bute County
in North Carolina in April 1757, as he is inform=
by a record of his age which he has in a bible
belonging to him, in his father's hand writing - he
now lives in Halifax County North Carolina.
& has done so ever since the Revolutionary War
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present,
& declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of the Agency of [illegible] state.
sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid} William Wood
Jno. H. Pettway Clk
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We Albrillain Jones, a clergyman, residing
in the County of Halifax & Isham Mathews
residing in the same hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with William Wood,
who has subscribed & sworn to the above dec-
laration; that we believe him to be 82 years
of age; that he is reputed & believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier
of the Revolution, & that we concur in that
opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid } 
Alb” Jones 
J Matthews

J. H. Dannell
And the [crossed out] Court said Court do hereby declare
their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that 
the above named applicant was a revo=
lutionary soldier & served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it
appears to them that Albrittain Jones
[crossed out] who has [crossed out] also signed
the [crossed out] same proceeding certificate is a clergy=
man resident in the county of Halifax &
that Isham Mathews who has also signed
the same is a resident in the county of
Halifax & is a credible person & that their
statement is entitled to credit.
Walter Ashton
Cary Whitaker
The Cusby
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State of North Carolina
I Mark H. Pettway Clerk of the Court
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county of
Halifax do hereby that the foregoing contains
the regiment proceedings of the said court in
the matter of the application of William
Wood for a pension
In testimony whereof I
Have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office this
11th day of September
1833. 
Mark H. Pettway Clk
By J. H. Dannell [illegible]
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10886 - 
Sarah Wood
N. C.
Act 7th July 38
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I send you the declara
tion &c of Sarah Wood under the
Acts of 1838 & 1843 enclosed to me a 
few days ago. You will please advise
us of the disposition made of it, as
soon as acted on. 

Very respectfully
J R J Daniel
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Solisbury, N.C.
Mar. 13, 1851

Wood, William
1776

Kerr, James E.
Inquirer.

Respectfully referred
to the 3rd Auditor of the
Treasury, and writer so
informed.
By order:
E D Townsend
A. G. Office
Mar. 19, 1851} A. A. Genl.

Recd Mar. 19/57.
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I write to you at the request of an
old lady by the name of Woods. Her husband
William Woods was a soldier in the revo-
lution, & she is now seeking to establish
his service, with the view of applying for
a pension. She informs me that her husband
enlisted under Capt Martin Phiper, then re-
siding in this County, Rowan, and went
to the north, probably, under the command
of Genl. Nash - that he was in the battle of
Brandy wine, & other engagements at the North.
She further states that he was taken prisoner
in Charleston, S.C., at the time of the capit-
ulation of Genl. Lincoln; that after his
release, he joined the army as a transfer under
Capt William Polk, General Greens com-
mand, and was in the battle of Camden
ninety six, and Eutaw & continued in the
service until the lumination of the war.
If Mrs Woods is not mistaken as to the service
of her husband, I should suppose his name
would appear upon the army rolls of the revolution
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Will you do me the favor to inform me,
whether the name of William Woods, appears
among the North Carolina troops, upon the
Revolutionary muster rolls; & any facts which
the records of your office may furnish as to
his records?

Very respectfully,
Your Obt Svt,
James E. Kerr

R. Jones,
Adjt. Genl, U. S. A.
Washington City
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Wm Wood
N.C.

Cap. from Mr. Hill

Admit as private
21 mo 28 days
$73.11
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the
musterrolls of the Continental lie of this State
in the revolutionary war, that William Wood
A private in Capt. Jones’s Company of the 10th
Regiment intend the service on the 6th. Of
March 1782 for 12 months and that nothing
more is said of him on said rolls. It appears
he was allowed by a Board of Commissioners as
one of the 12 months drafts the sum of thirty-
two dollars and twenty cents. ($32.20.).
Given under my hand this 25th
November 1833. 
W. Hill

Does not refer to this pensioner
he never served in 1782
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10886
Sarah Wood
N.C
Act 7th July 38
Aud
21 mn. 28 d’
priv

$73.11 per an.
To commence July 14th ‘40.
also
Act Mar. 3rd ‘43
No. 6687

J. R. J. Daniels Esq - 
Littleton Depot
Halifax
N. C.
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5827
Sarah Wood - 
N.C.
Act 4 July '36.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4868
Sarah Wood.
Wid.
Wm Wood Sr.
Priv. N.C. line

Act: Moch, 3,723
Index:—M, Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Halifax Oct 2nd, 1844.
Dr. Sir.
I here with return the declaration of Sarah Wood, approved by the
Court, with the Clerk’s certificate, and the affidavit of Col. Mathews a man
of Strict veracity, and high respectability, which is the best evidence of the
date of the marriage, that can be procured in the case; and which we
hope, will be satisfactory. No family document, either of a private, or
public nature, which would go to prove the date of the marriage, can be
produced. The old lady is in a very needy situation, and would be pleased
to hear, at your earliest convenience, the result of her case; and if entitled to
pension, you will please enclose, her certificate to me at Littleton Depot
Halifax N.Ca. or to her son William Wood.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Wm. W. Daniel Senr.

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C. —
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller’s Office,
May 0 1st 1841.

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,” The widow of William Wood, decd.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Seventy three Dollars and 11 Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March,
To the 14th July 1840.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County }
The affidavit of James Simmons
Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid
made before me Charles N. Webb an acting
Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid
in the case of Sarah Wood, widow of William
Wood sent upon an application for a pension.
The said Sarah Wood, is known to this 
to be a very old woman and she & William Wood
were reputed to be man & wife, & this affiant
has no doubt they were legally married. He has
upon application made search of the records
of his office from the year 1794 for several years
(To wit) twelve years backward and can find
no entry of a license having issued for the marriage,
of the said Sarah & William Wood, it not being us-
-ual or required by law to keep a record of the
lisenses issued for marriages
Sworn to & subscribed before me
Charles N Webb an acting
Justice of the peace for the County
aforesaid this 1st day of April 1843
Charles W. Webb J.P.

} Ja Simmons Clk
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County} 

I James Simmons Clerk of the 
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Courts) of
The County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles
N. Webb, is and was at the time of witnessing the
foregoing affidavit an acting justice of the peace
for the County aforesaid & that full faith and credit
ought to be given to his official acts as said. This
1st day of April A.D. 1843   In testimony whereof I
hereto set my hand & affix
my seal of office
Ja Simmons Clk

State of North Carolina
Halifax County}
I Rice B Pierce Chairman
of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Court)
for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that James
Simmons whose signature appears above, is and was
at the date of said signature Clerk of said Court, and
that full faith & credit is due to his certificate as
such & that the same is in due form of Law. This
25th day of April A.D. 1843. Three
Rice B Pierce chairmn
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County}
I James Simmons Clerk of the Court
of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Court) do hereby
certify that Rice B Pierce is and was
at the time of signing the foregoing certificate, to
which his signature is attached, Chairman of
& presiding Justice of the Court aforesaid, & that
Full faith & credit is due to the same, & that it is
in due form of law.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my
hand & affirmed the seal of my office, this 
26th, day of April A. D. 1843
Ja Simmons Clk
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Hon R M Saunders
HR
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } SS
On this 10th day of October
eighteen hundred and forty three personly appeared before
me Henry M. Purnell an acting Justice of the Peace in &
for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Wood, a resident of
said County and State, aged seventy seven years, and certifies, upon
Oath, That she is the widow of William Wood, who, was a soldier of
the Revolutionary War, and a pensioner, at the rate of 73 11/100 per annum
That she was legally married, to the aforesaid William Wood, on the
(15)th fifteenth day of March in the year (1783) Seventeen hundred and
eighty three, and before the last period of his service. That James
Mathews who was an acting magistrate, at that time, in and for the
aforesaid County, solemnized, the rites of Matrimony, between, the
aforesaid Wm Wood, and herself; And that she, and the said Wm Wood,
lived together as husband and wife (except when he was [crossed out] in the
service of the US ) from the time of her intermarriage with him
the said Wm Wood, as above stated, until the 14th day of July (1840)
eighteen hundred and forty, when her husband the aforesaid Wm.
Wood, departed this life; and that she has remained a widow
ever since that period.
That she has no written document, or family record, by
which she can prove, her intermarriage, with the said Wm. Wood,
and that she knows of no person, now living, by whom she can
prove the same, except Colonel Isham Mathews (whose affida
-vit heretofore accompanied her declaration;) That he was prese
-nt, and witnessed, the solemnization of the Rites of matrimony
between the aforesaid Wm. Wood, and herself. She further [crossed out]
certifies, that within a few days after her intermarriage with the
said Wm. Wood, he left home for the Town of Halifax; and
told her that he was bound to return to Halifax Town, to stan
-d guard, but that he did not expect to be gone long; how
long her husband the aforesaid Wm. Wood, was [crossed out] in the
service of the United States, after her intermarriage with him; 
(from old age, and want, of memory) she does not
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recollect; but thinks that he was not absent more, than
two or three, weeks.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Henry M Parnell JP
her
Sarah x Wood
mark

I Henry A. Pernell of the County of Halifax State of North Caroli
-na, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Sarah Wood
who has subscribed & made oath before me to the foregoing affidavit;
I know that she is the widow of Wm. Wood [illegible] who was a Sold
-ier of the Revolution and pensioner, that she has remained a
widow ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid
Wm Wood; that she is a woman of truth & that full faith
and credit is due to an oath; given under my hand
and seal this 18th day of October 1843.
Henry M Pernell JP

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I Isham Mathews of the County and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify upon oath, that I am
well acquainted with the above named Sarah Wood;
I have known her upwards of sixty years, and know her
to be the widow of William Wood Senr. who was a Revolution
-ary soldier and a pensioner. I witnessed the marriage &
know that she was legally married to the aforesaid Wm.
Wood, sometime in the year seventeen hundred and
eighty three; my Father James Mathews who was an
acting magistrate at that time in and for the aforesaid
County solemnized the Rites of matrimony between
her and the aforesaid William Wood, and I believe the
marriage took place at the time stated in the foregoing
affidavit. I further certify that her husband the aforesaid
Wm Wood died on the 14th day of July eighteen hundr
-ed and forty; and that Sarah Wood, his wife has
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has remained a widow ever since that period; That
she is a woman of truth, and that full faith and
credit is due to her oath.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
On this 16th day of October 1843
Henry M Purnell JP } J Matthews

I Henry M. Purnell of the County of Halifax and
State of North Carolina do hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with Colonel Isham Mathews, who hath
subscribed and made oath before me, to the foregoing
affidavit; I know him to be a man of high character
and reputation, of undoubted veracity, and that full
faith and credit is due to his oath; given under my
hand and seal this 11th day of November 1843.

State of North Carolina   Henry M Purnell JP
Halifax County } I James Simmons Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Session of said County Certify that Henry
Purnell Esqr whose signatures appears to the foregoing
affidavit is a magistrate duly commissioned and qualified
and that the above signatures purporting to be his are his genuine
signatures. Therefore full faith and credit is due and should
be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of Office & at
Office that the Town of Halifax this 22nd
day of November 1843
Ja Simmons Clk
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } The affidavit of Col. Isham Mathews) in the
case of Sarah Wood, upon an application for a pension.
The above named Sarah Wood (whose maiden name was Sarah Hull,
and who is still a widow) is well known to this affiant to be the widow of
William Wood Senr, who was a revolutionary pensioner; he was present and witness
=ed the marriage, and knows that the aforesaid Sarah was lawfully married
to the aforesaid William Wood, in the County aforesaid, [crossed out] County, on the 15th day
of March (1783) seventeen hundred and eighty three, by [crossed out] my his Father James Mathews who
was an acting magistrate in and for the aforesaid County at that time.
Sworn to and subscribed on the 25 day of August 1844
J. Matthews

before me Henry M Parnell JP
State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I the said Justice of the peace do hereby certify that
I know Col. Isham Mathews, who has this day sworn to, and subscribed,
the above affidavit before me, to be a man of undoubted veracity, and that,
full faith, and credit, is due to his oath. Given under my hand and seal
this 25th day of August 1844.   Henry M Parnell J P.

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I William W. Daniel Clerk of the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certi
=fy that Henry M. Purnell whose genuine signature appears
to the foregoing affidavit, and certificate, is and was, when he sign
=ed the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for our
said County and that full faith and credit is given to his
acts as such. Given under my hand & seal this 12th September
1844
W W Daniel Clk
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County }
I Rice B. Pierce Chairman of the Court of Pleas,
and Quarter Sessions (County Court) for the County aforesaid, do hereby
certify that William W. Daniel whose genuine signature appears to
the foregoing certificate, is and was, at the date of said signature,
Clerk of said Court, and that full faith, and credit, is due to his certific
=ate as such; and that the same is in due form of law. Given
under my hand and seal this 12th day of September 1844.
Rice B. Pierce Chair

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I William. W. Daniel Clerk of the Court of Pleas, and
Quarter Sessions, for said County do hereby certify that Rice B. Pierce
is and was at the time of signing the foregoing certificates to which
his genuine signature is attached; Chairman of and presiding Jus-
=tice of the Court aforesaid, and that full faith and credit is due
to the same, and that it is in due form of law. In testimony whereof
I hereto set my hand and affix my seal of office. This 13 day of
September 1844
W W Daniel Clk
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Certificate of the Clerk in the case of Sarah Wood upon an applic
-ation for a pension.—
State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I James Simmons Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, certify
that, I know, Sarah Wood to be a very old woman, and she, and
William Wood, who was a revolutionary pensioner, were reputed
to be man and wife, they lived together as such, and I have
no doubt, they were lawfully married. I further certify that
I have, upon application, made diligent search of my office,
it being the place, where, license bonds for marriages in the aforesaid
County, are required to be deposited by law; and can not find, any
marriage bond, or bond for license issued for the marriage of the
aforesaid William and Sarah Wood (whose maiden name I
understand was Sarah Hull) - In testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and affix my seal of
office this 21st day of August 1844.
Ja Simmons Clk

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } I Rice B. Pierce  Chairmn of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that James
Simmons whose genuine signature appears to the certificate above, was
at the date of said signature, Clerk of said Court, and that full faith, and
credit is due to his certificate as such, and that the same is in due form of law. Given under
my hand and seal, this 12th day of September 1844 (four) Recd, 13 [illegible]
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8884
N. Carolina
Sarah Wood
widow of William Wood Sr.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14, July, 1840,
Of Halifax in the State of NC
who was a Privt. In the Co
commanded by Captain [blank] of the
reg commanded by Col. Eaton in
the N C line for 21 mos. 28 ds.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 73 Dollars 11
Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day
of [crossed out] March, 1836. July 1840.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of
November 1844 and sent to Hon. J. R. J. 
Daniel, [crossed out] Littleton Depot, Halifax
Present N.C.
Total amount, $ [blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by F. S. Swann, Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 303
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5827
V
Sarah Wood
N.C
Wid. of 
William

Rejected
let to W. Wood July 11 1843 - 
To Hon. R. M. Saunders
8th March 1844.

Act 4 July 1836
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Sarah Wood
wid. of William
N.C.

Suspended
let to Hon. J. R. J. Daniel June 14
1844

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Third auditor office
March 21/31

Respectfully referred
in James E Heath
Esq. Comr of Pensions
& unto so informed 
[illegible]
Jno. S. Gallagher
Auditor
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State of North Carolina
Halifax County } On this 3rd day of April (1844) eighteen hundred and forty four, personal
-ly appeared before me Jos. J. Daniel one of the acting Magistrates and a member of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (County Court) in and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah
Wood, a resident of said County and State, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, accor-
-ding to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provi
-sion made by the act of Congress; passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensi
-ons to certain widows:" Also, the act granting one year, & pay to certain widows, passed March 3rd 1843.
That she is the widow of William Wood Senr, who resided in the County of Halifax
North Carolina, and who, was a private soldier of the NC Militia, in the Revolutionary War, and a pension
-er at the rate of 73 11/100 dollars per Annum, who was placed on pension Roll in Febr, 1834, —
She further declares that she was married to the said William Wood pensioner,
on the 15th day of March (1783) seventeen hundred and eighty three, that her husband, the aforesaid William
Wood died on the 14th day of July (1840) eighteen hundred and forty; 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, viz at the time above stated, as will appear by refference to
the proof on file in the Pension Office; that she is now a widow and has never married since the
death of her husband, the aforesaid William Wood, as will also appear by refference to the proof
hereto annexed.—
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
her
Sarah Wood
mark

written before
as Jos. J. Daniel [illegible]

State of North Carolina
Halifax County }
I the said Justice of the peace, do hereby certify that Sarah Wood, who hath
this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me, is a woman of truth, and that
full faith and credit is due to her oath, that she is by reason of bodily infirmity unable to
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- attend Court to make her said declaration; And I further certify that she is the widow of the Identical
William Wood, who was a Revolutionary pensioner as stated by the declarant, that they lived togeth-
er as husband and wife, up to the time of the said William Wood’s death, and I have no doubt-
they were lawfully married at the time as expressed in the foregoing declaration; that she is
now a widow, and has never married since the death of her husband the aforesaid William Wood. —
Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of April A.D. 1844.—
Jas J Daniel Ho.

State of North Carolina
I James Simmons Clk of the Court
of pleas and Quarter sessions for the County of Halifax
do hereby certify that for J Daniel whose genuine
signature appears to the foregoing [crossed out] affidavit and
[illegible] declaration and certificate is and was when
he signed the same an acting Justice of the
peace in and for our said County and
that full faith and credit is given to his
acts as such
In testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and affix
my seal of office this
8th day of April 1844
Ja Simmons Clk
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State of N Carolina
Halifax County } I Rice B. Pierce Chairman of the Court of
pleas & Quarter Sessions (County Court, for the County aforesaid do
hereby certify that James Simmons whose [crossed out] signature genuine
signature appears above, is & was, at the date of said signa
=ture, Clerk of said Court, and that full faith, & credit, is due to
his certificate as such; and that the same is in due form
of law, this 10th day April eighteen hundred & forty four (1844)
Rice B. Pierce Chair

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } James Simmons Clerk of the Court of
Pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that Rice B Pearce
is & was at the time of signing the foregoing certificate to which
his genuine signature is attached. Chairman of & presiding
Justice of the Court aforesaid, and that full faith & credit is
due to the same, and that ^it is in due form of law. In testim
ony whereof I hereto set my hand affix my seal of office
this 10th day of April 1844   Ja Simmons Clk

State of North Carolina
Halifax County } Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, August Session
1844. The foregoing declaration of Sarah Wood having been exhibited in
Court this day, as being taken before Joseph J. Daniel an acting Magist-
=rate in said County. The Court confirm the same, to all intents=
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and purposes, as though the same was taken before this Court; and the Court
are of oppinion that the said Sarah Wood is the widow of William Wood, and
that she was lawfully married to him on the day, and year, as expressed
in the foregoing declaration. Therefore it is ordered by the Court, that
our Clerk certify the same to the War Department.
Rice B Pierce Clk.

State of North Carolina
Halifax County
August Session }
I James Simmons Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County
Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the Court in the matter of Sarah Wood upon an applicati
=on for a pension.
In testimony whereof I
unto set my hand and affix
my seal of office this 21st
day of August 1844
Ja Simmons Clk

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