Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,374, Thomas Wood, Mass. Vt.
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SERVICE         NUMBER
Mass    Wood, Thomas  W18.374
Vt    Amity
CONTENTS
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20.239
New York ┃
Thos Wood
of Tompkins in the State of N York
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Stevens of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Easter in the Mass & Vt
line for 14 mo 20 d

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 48 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Aug.
1833 and sent to Millard Locke

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. $96.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 24.16
=
$120.82

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 29
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Albany 3486
Amity Wood
widow of Thomas Wood
Pension act 1832
who died on the 7. May 1840
of Thompkins co in the State of N. York
was a Private in the company commanded
Captain Stewart of the regt, commanded
Col. Easton in the Mass. Militia
for 9 months & 21 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N. York
rate of 32 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 8 May 1840

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Decr
1840 and sent to A. C. March
Groton N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 10.40
Semi=annual allowance ending March 41. 16.16
$26.56

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book C. Vol. 1. Page 134

[right side]
Date of death
not on AB
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State of New York
Tompkins County
On this tenth day of September in
the year Eighteen hundred & forty personally
appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of Tompkins County Courts
Amity Wood a resident of Groton in said County of Tompkins
State of New York aged Eighty two years and upwards
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 1834 - that the is the widow of
Thomas Wood  who was a private in the Revolutionary War
That he served under Capt Lemuel Stewart of Williamston
Massachusetts thinks he served under a Colonel Seth Warner he
also served under a Capt John Warner, that he was engaged in
battle this deponent thinks at Diamond Island that
he enlisted each time. That he enlisted in the year 1778.
for six months under Capt Stewart and served his time out and then
enlisted for six months under Capt Warner & served his time out
and that he was in the service at other times during the
war that she has no documentary evidence in support 
of her claim to that her husband the said Thomas
Wood was a pensioner of the United States at the time of
his death that he obtained a pension under the act of
Congress of June 7th 1832 his pension certificate is dated
August 29th 1832. She further declares that she was married
to the said Thomas Wood on the 13th day of August in the
year Seventeen hundred and seventy Eight in the town of Pownal
Bennington Co. Vermont at the house of her Father by Elder
Garner that her husband the said Thomas Wood had enlisted
few days before we were married that he was warned by
Josiah Wright his Sergeant the same evening we were married
and that he went & found the Regiment the next day, and came
back and stayed about one week and then left and was gone
unto the service six months the time he had enlisted for. he
enlisted again in that time for six months more and served
that time out. that this deponent knows of no person now
living that was present at her marriage that there were
present Brother & Sisters and parents but so far as this deponent
now knows or believes they are all dead that it is
impossible for her to prove her marriage by any person
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that was present. that her husband the aforesaid Thomas
Wood died at the town of Summerhill in the County
of Cayuga New York on the 7th day of May in the year
Eighteen hundred and forty that she has remained a
Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear
by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Amity Wood
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written before me
John Boynton a Judge
of Tompkins County Court

State of New York
Tompkins County ⎬ I hereby certify that Amity Wood
the above affiant by reason of age
and infirmity is unable to appear before the
Court of record of Tompkins County and I also
certify that I know the said affiant to be a
person of truth and veracity and one whose
Statements are to be relied on fully and that the
she is remarkably intelligent for a person of her
age
Groton N.Y. Sept 10th 1849. John Boynton a Judge
of Tompkins County Courts

State of New York
Tompkins County
I, Wait T. Huntington Clerk of
said County and of the County Courts therein do hereby
certify that John Boynton Esquire whose name
is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate
was, at the date thereof a Judge of Thompkins
County Court, duly commissioned and sworn, and,
that the signatures purporting to be his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my Official seal and subscribed
my name this 15th day of September 1840
W. Huntington, Clerk&c
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State of New York
Tompkins County
On this twelfth day of September 1840 before
Augustus March a Justice of the peace in and
for same County personally appeared David Wood, who first being
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and
say that he was forty four years of age the 14th April last
he is a son of Thomas and Amity Wood that he has always
lived at home with them or near them that he has always
suppose they were lawfully married having never heard
any thing to the contrary that they have always in
the remembrance of this deponent and in harmony as
husband & wife that this deponent suppose he has
brothers and sister being older there himself that they
were living when this deponent heard from the last
this deponent further saith that leaf hereto annexed
Was taken from the family
bible which has been in
possession of the family
of this deponents Father
ever since his remembrance
that the record here with
ws written by the this deponents
father that this deponent 
thinks it is his hand
writing as near as he can
recollect although it was
written he supposes before
this deponent was born
but has frequently seen his Father write & supposes he wrote it he
know it has not been written since this deponent remembrance
that he believes it to be a true record of the facts there
Stated. that his Father the aforesaid Thomas Wood died
at the town of Summerhill in the County of Cayuga
and State of New York on the 7th day of May in the
year 1841. that this deponent was present at his death
and funeral that he drew a pension at the time of
his death that his mother the aforesaid Amity
Wood remains the widow of the said Thomas Wood

[overlaid sideways on the right side]
Thomas Wood and Amity Welch was married in 1778
[illegible] 21st year of his age
[illegible] in the  20 year of her age on August 13th
[illegible] was born in
[illegible] 1779
Lusa was born February
the 3rd of 1780
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That he now resides in Groton Tompkins County
New York all which this deponent believes to
be true and further saith not
David Wood
Sworn to and subscribed the day
& year above written before me
Augustus March Justice of the peace

State of New York
Tompkins County ⎬ I hereby certify that I am personally well
acquainted with the above affiant David Wood
and know that he is a man of truth & veracity and
whose statements are to be implicitly relied on
A March Justice
Groton Sept 12th 1840

State of New York
Tompkins County W.T. Huntington Clerk of
said County and of the County Courts therein do hereby
certify that Augustus C March Esq whose name
is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate
was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County, duly qualified; and that the signatures
thereto are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name
this 15th day of September 1840
W T Huntington
Clerk
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Thomas Woods Return
No. 3364
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York
Tompkins County
On this 28th day of July 1832 before
the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas
in & for said County, personally appeared Thomas Wood, a resident
of Groton in the County aforesaid, aged seventy six
years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers & served as herein stated
He enlisted as a volunteer, at Williamstown, Massachusetts
in the year 1775, he thinks in the month of June, under
Capt Samuel Steward, Sergeant Childs, in Col. Eastons regiment ,
served six months and was regularly discharged
Marched from Williamstown to Crownpoint through 
Bennington & Whitehall. His duty was garrison duty. His residence
at the time of enlisting was at Pownal in Vermont.

Next, enlisted as a volunteer in July AD. 1777, at Bennington 
Vermont for six months, under Capt. John Warner
Lieut Easton; served as a Ranger, marched from Bennington
via Manchester & Rutland to Castleton where they 
remained three days from thence to cold spring through the
woods on Lake Champlain, from thence the company consisting
of five hundred men, were conveyed in boats on said
lake to the west side, and from thence to Lake George where
they had an engagement with the British & succeeded in
capturing them & retook the American prisoner previously
captured by the British at Hubbardtown - was afterwards
in a battle at Diamond Island on Lake George, was defeated
& retreated to Pawlet Vt. where he was regularly discharged
after having served his time out.

Again volunteered at Bennington aforesaid in a company
of Rangers under Capt. Seely & was three weeks on duty,
principally in marching. Went from Bennington to Saratoga
& thence to Fort Edward & then to [illegible] where he was
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regularly discharged.

Was afterwards engaged in defending the military stores at
Pownal aforesaid & in watching the Tories was frequently
called out on duty, at which he served, as nearly as he can
recollect about three months

Again volunteered to go to Ticonderoga under Capt Seely
- is not able to state the date, but was according to the
best of his recollection two months on duty, he thinks this service
was in 1777

He has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person living
whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his
service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present & declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Thomas Wood
Sworn & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid before me
Cyrus Powers
Judge of Tompkins County Court
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We William Williams a Clergyman, residing in the town of
Summerhill County of Cayuga & State of New York
and Jesse Millerd residing in Locke in the County
of Cayuga and State of New York hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Thomas Wood who has subscribed
& sworn the preceding certificate of declaration: that we believe
him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed & believed
in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier
the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Wm Williams
J Millerd
Sworn & subscribed the day
year aforesaid before me
Cyrus Powers
Judge of Tompkins County Courts

And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after
the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories 
prescribed by the War Department, that the above
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named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as
he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that
William Williams who has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resident in Summerhill aforesaid, and
that Jesse Millerd who has also signed the same is a
resident of Locke aforesaid, & is a credible person, and
that their statement is entitled to full credit.
And I further certify that in my opinion, the above named
applicant is unable, on account of bodily infirmity to attend
Court
Cyrus Powers
Judge of Tompkins County South
State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's office ss I Samuel Love Clerk
of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County
do hereby certify that Cyrus Powers Esquire before
whom the foregoing declaration, and affidavits
purport to have been sworn, and also by whom the
foregoing certificate purports to have been given was
at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County
Court in & for said County which being a court of record and that I am well
acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe
his name subscribed to the said declaration, 
affidavit & certificate to be in his
own proper hand writing & signature
Witness my hand and official seal
this 8th of August 1832
Saml Love Clk
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Thomas Wood's affidavit
alwd
14.20 as pri
$48.33

Capt Warner 3 mo 21 days
[illegible] 6
9.21
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of New York
Tompkins County
On this 29th day of April 1833 before the subscriber a Judge of
the court of Common pleas in and for the said county personally appeared Thomas Wood
a resident of Groton in said county, aged seventy seven years, who being 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 7th June 1832

That he entered the service of the United States and served as hereinafter stated
under the following named officers
He enlisted at Williamstown in the State of Massachusetts, in June 1775 as a
volunteer in the Massachusetts line under Captain Samuel Stewart Sergeant Child does 
not recollect the names of his other company office, in Col. Easton's regiment, as a
private for the term of six months and served his term out. He marched with the company 
immediately after enlisting to Crown point on Lake Champlain, passed through Bennington
Manchester, to Stansborough (now Whitehall) at the head of Sd lake Champlain. Then the company
took boats and went by water to said Crown point. This place had a short time previous been taken
by our Troops from the enemy. The upper part of the fort had been burnt the magazine blown up
he says our people took a great quantity of lead out of the magazine. His duty while here
was garrison duty. Towards the latter part of this six months, some part of the troops at
the said station of Crownpoint, were ordered including the company to which he belonged
to Ticonderoga on said lake, when they were stationed in the fort here his duty as before 
was garrison duly. When his said term expired he was regularly discharged and
returned immediately home to Pownal in the State of Vermont

He next enlisted as a Ranger in July 1777 at Bennington, in the State of Vermont, for six months
under Capt. John Warner & Lieut. Easton, the company as was then said consisted of three hundred Rangers
which was soon augmented by two hundred Militia, from Stockbridge in Massachusetts.
Under the said Capt. & Liut. last named they marched from Bennington aforesaid through Manchester 
Rutland to Castleton, when the company halted three days, from thence they marched by the
direction of a pilot thro the woods to cold spring on the east side of Sd lake. during this march
Col James Herrick took the command of the troops, & while they lay at Castleton, Col. Herrick sent
to Skeensborough a number of the soldiers, who made arrangements for a number of boats to meet the
Company at cold spring; & then resumed to Castleton loaded with pork for the use of the company
Each soldier was then furnished with nine days provisions; when they arrived at cold spring it was
about three o Clock in the morning-- the route was very rough & fatiguing, they halted at a little distance
have from Cold spring in a hollow, while the men were cooking some victuals, the officers went down
to the spring to drink, after which they concealed themselves in ambush near the shore of the
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Lake, & while so lying they discovered a boat with fivee of the British regulars coming on
the lake-they came ashore & made directly for the spring, & after drinking, & when returning
to their boats, our offices arose upon them & captured them, & their boat. These regulars, as
they certified were going to Skeensborough to get the pork which our troops had just
obtained & then had in their knapsacks as above stated. This was while it was yet dark
& soon after the boats expected from Skeensborough arrived, while the troops were busily engaged in eating,
they were ordered to march; they were accordingly immediately embarked on board the boat, and by
9 A. M. were all safely landed on the west side of S. Lake & immediately marched up the lake in the
woods; during this march they were ordered to make no unnecessary noise, & at night forbid to make any fire
or to speak a loud wood. They were two days and two nights on this march, and halted at fort George
landing; this was at break of day. Col. Herrick ordered an immediate attack upon the enemy fortification
they captured them without resistance-- consisting of five hundred. They were immediately ordered to attack the
enemy at Mount Hope, & in the mean time Capt. Allen one of the American officers was ordered by Col. Herrick
to attack a Captains guard stationed on Mount Defiance & who had charge of a brass eighteen pounder
a part of whom he captured, & part escaped & fled to Fort Ticonderoga. The troops marched up and came upon
the enemy at Mount Hope on surprise and captured the block house and a grist mill, both of which were
occupied by the enemy as fortification. Also at this time our troops captured a number of Cattle and horses
At the landing aforesaid, were five hundred men prisoners, previously captured by the British at Hubbardton ,
were recaptured by our men. The sum was now reversed, the 300 British in this time became prisoners
disarmed & put under the care of the aforesaid 500 American prisoners & ordered to march on for Bennington
aforesaid. Immediately our troops were ordered to crop the bridge over the outlet of Lake George; This was promptly done & our troops marched up & captured a house & a barn with troops within which was surrounded with tents and filled with the enemy - with the enemy- they then marched directly into the breast work of Fort Ticonderoga - then they found our Cannon which had been left by our troops where they retreated, which they found spiked. Our Commanding Office, and these cannon put in order which being done, they, together the aforesaid eighteen pounder, were turned on the enemy within the said fort at this time the enemy held possession of Fort Ticonderoga. Independence & also had a number of vessels on the lake. On the shore of Champlain near the fort was a house in which our troops discovered a large quantity of European goods which we captured, and loaded the Boats therewith & in the night were sent to Skeensborough every precaution was taken to guard against giving alarm, a guard was sent along shore of which this deponent was one, to defend the boat, but they passed in safety to the place of their destination. And he further saith that our troops captured a sloop and a number of boats from the enemy at the landing aforesaid the remaining a short time at fort Ticonderoga Col Herrick ordered the troops to take the aforesaid cannon from Fort Ticonderoga, & the S. eighteen pounder on Mount Defiance, put on board the S. sloop, which being done, the troops embarked for Diamonds island when it was reported Burgoyne had deposited large sums of money designed for the payment of the British troops: this island is in lake George-
They moved up the lake to s. island and made an attack upon the enemy; this engagement was with cannon
& very severe one a considerable number of our men were killed, & the sd Col. ordered a retreat, the sloop
being very much disabled by the shots of the enemy. Our vessels moved down the outlet of lake
George into a bay, on the south side, when they were burnt. They then marched through the woods to Fort Ann
and from time to Skeensborough, from thence to Pawlet in Vermont. The aforesaid goods were sent from 
Skeensborough to Pawlet & deposited in a house owned by one William, here deponent was discharged.
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n the month of June 1776 he again entered the service at Bennington aforesaid, as a Range, under Capt.
Seely, Ensign Daniel Welch & sergeant Wight-do not recollect any other Company officers name, they marched
under said offices to Saratoga & from there to Ft. Edward & from there to [illegible] this service was three weeks, & was then discharged
In the month of July 1778 he volunteered under the Capt. Seeley & Lieut Solomon Wright, to guard the military 
stores at Pownal Vermont, this service was two months according to the best of his recollection

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present days that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state. And he further states in answer to the seven interrogators posed by The war department as follows, to wit

1st When & in what year were you born-- Answer- In Rehobeth, Massachusetts. On the 19 day of August 1756
2nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? Answer.  I have-- in my family Bible.
3 Where were you living when called into services where have you lived since since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? Answerin Pownal Vermont-- after the war moved into Ballston N. York- thence to Royal Grant- then Locke, & now Groton aforesaid Groton
4 How were you called into service; were you draughted. did you volunteer or were you a substitute and a
substitute for whom? Answer I entered & served throughout the above-named terms as a volunteer
5 was acquainted with Seth Warner, a Continental office-- recollects Col. Easton-- a Militia officer
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? Answer never received
The following persons are well acquainted with deponent, living in his present neighborhood & can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. Nov. Jefferson Bowker Jonathan
Bowker Joseph Berry. Burath Southworth, Adam Morton, & Levi Sears, & Joseph Peck
and this deponent further testifies that by reason of old age & the 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 them than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grade.
For one year & two months & three weeks I served as a private, for which I claim a pension.
And further that he has no documentary evidence & that he know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to his service; & he further says that he is confident that during the war. he served at least two years, tho not able to state positively as to periods
Thomas X Wood his mark
Sworn and subscribed the day year aforesaid
Cyrus Powers
Judge of Tompkins County Court

I Noah Hanford residing in Groton & Jacob Powers residing in sd Groton
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Wood who has subscribed sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
Noah Hanford
Jacob Powers
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Cyrus Powers
Judge of Tompkins County Courts
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I hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the within named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And I further certify that it appears to me that Noah Hanford who has signed the proceeding
Certificate and a resident in Groton, and that Jacob Powers who has also
signed the same is a resident in S. Groton and are credible persons and that their statement
is entitled to credit. And I further certify that the said Thomas Wood is unable to attend court by
reason of bodily infirmity; he is a cripple in his legs, exceedingly lame, which torments and is very painful
occasioned by Rheumatism and cramps.
Cyrus Power 
Judge of Tompkins County Courts

State of New York
County of Tompkins

I Samuel Love Clerk of the court of common pleas in & for
the said county do certify that Cyrus Powers Esq. before whom
the within declaration & the foregoing affidavits purports
to have been sworn, & also by whom the foregoing Certificate
purports to have been given, was at the date of the same
a Judge of the county court of the said county, which are
Courts of record: and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing and verily
believe that his name subscribed to the said declaration, affidavit & certificate
is his hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of the court of common
pleas of said county at Ithaca May 1 1833 Samuel Love Clerk
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December 8, 1932
BA-J/L
Thomas Wood-W.18374

Mr. Lyman Wood
1433 - 35 Junction Avenue
Racine, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in regard to Ebenezer Wood,
Massachusetts Troops, a pensioner in 1820, and one with surname
Wood, of Tompkins County, New York, private New York Militia, on
roll 8-29-33.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your
behalf. It has not been possible to identify the Ebenezer Wood,
in whom you might be interested. Please furnish as much as possible
of the following data in regard to him: approximate dates of birth
and death, place of residence at enlistment and county and state
he resided in at the time he received the pension, and given name of
widow.

In regard to the other soldier, the record of one Thomas Wood
has been found of Tompkins County, New York, on roll 8-29-33. However,
his service was not in the New York Militia as reported in a
a printed list. His record is given below.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18374, based upon the military
service of Thomas Wood in that war.

Thomas Wood was born August 19, 1756, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
In 1773, his home was in Pownal, Vermont, but he volunteered sat in
at Williamstown, Massachusetts, served as private in Captain Lemuel 
Stewart's Company, Colonel Easton's Massachusetts Regiment, marched 
to Crown Point on Lake Champlain, did garrison duty at that place as under
and at Ticonderoga, and served six months.
[in right margin at bottom]
Found sol. in Mass Sol & Sailors [illegible]
his captain Col. Easton is [illegible]  in Mass. [illegible]
{illegible] & also in Conn. [illegible]
credits him to Conn
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He again volunteered at Bennington, Vermont, in June 1775, and
served two months in Captain Seely's Company of Rangers in the Vermont 
Troops; he enlisted in July, 1777, served in Captain John 
Warner's Company of Rangers, Colonel James Herrick's Vermont Regiment
and was in several engagements on Lake George, in one of which they
captured five hundred British prisoners and retook the Americans who
had been captured at Hubbardton; in 1778, he served two months under
Captain Seely in the Vermont Troops: he was also engaged at different
times, dates and officers' names not given, in guarding the military
stores at Pownal, Vermont, and in tours against the Tories, all of
which service amounted to about three months.

After the Revolution, he moved to Ballston, New York; then to
Royal Grant, and then to Locke, state not given for the last two
named towns; then to Groton, New York. About 1790, he was living
in Stillwater, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 8,
1832, while residing in Groton, Tompkins County, New York.

He died May 7, 1840, in Sumner Hill, Cayuga County, New York

Soldier married August 13, 1778, Amity Welch. They were married
at the home of her father, whose name is not given, in Pownal,
Vermont.  
Soldier's widow, Amity, was allowed pension on her application
executed September 10, 1840, at which time she was aged eighty-two
years and resided in Groton, New York.
[handwritten in left margin]
Date of her death not on AB

It was stated that they had twelve children; the only names
given are Elisha or Elisher, the oldest, born April 11, 1779; he
was living in 1840, place of his residence not stated; and David.
born April 14, 1796, living in Tompkins County, New York in 1840.
The following also appears in the claims Susa, born February 3, 1780.
[handwritten in right margin]
Presume Susa was a child but it is not stated

In 1910, the widow referred to her brothers and sisters as all was an
deceased.
There are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[handwritten in upper right margin]
Found Capt Seely in Vt. book
found soldier under Capt John Nash & Col James Herrick in Vt book
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Stamp:
Racine, Wisc
Sep
6-PM
1932

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau,
Rev. War Section,
Washington, D.C.
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Racine, Wis., Sept. 29, 1932.
Dear Sir:
Please send Rev. War record and family
date on the following Rev. War soldiers.
Ebenezer Wood, Pvt. Mass. On 1820 list.
He lived N.Y., Pvt. N.Y., Militia.
On roll 8-29-1833.
List I have does not give his name.
Address,  Yours truly,
1433-35  Junction Ave.
Lyman Wood.
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5181
Amity Wood
Act July 4 1836
Married 13 Aug 1778
Husband died 7 May 1840
Col Easten
Capt Stewart (illegible)
Capt Warner Vermont
Admitted
Private 9 mo & 21 days
$32.33
A.C. Marsh Esq
(illegible)
NY
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N. York
Amity Wood
let to AC Marsh 30 Sep. 1860
to same 20. Nov. 1840

Act July 1836
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18374
Amity Wood
Widow of
Thomas Wood
Pri Rev War
Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol. M, Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Facing page:
1932 - Dec 8-Hist
to Lyman Wood
EEL
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War Department
Pension Office
July 26. 1833
Sir:
The claim of Thomas Wood, has been again
examined and disallowed.  He alleges to have been enlisted
for 6 months service to garrison Williamstown in Massa-
chusetts in '75. There was no such enlistment or service
at that period, which necessarily throws a distrust over
his whole statement, which can only be rebutted by satis-
factory evidence of the service for which he may claim.
His papers are placed on file
I am Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
JL Edwards
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Locke Cayuga Co. N.Y. 15th Aug. 1833
Mr J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir your letter of July 26th last
in relation to Thomas Wood's claim for a pension was duly rcd
and which is enclosed.
I am apprehensive of a mistake at the time he appeared before 
me (as my custom is) I proceeded to sketch down in short,
account of his services; which is before me which says he
enlisted at Williamstown Mass in 1775 he thinks in June under
Capt Lemuel Stewart- 1st Sergeants name was Childs in Col
Easton's Regt recollects no other officers names for 6 months; served
his time out & was regularly discharged was a volunteer- marched
Williamstown to Crown Point on Lake Champlain, via
Bennington N.J. & White Hall-- his duty was garrison duty

In his supplemental statement. I spent much time in 
executing it. & intended to have been somewhat exact specific
he sat by me. & I spent a whole day in making it out
He is very illiterate, but gave a very clear account of his services 
and appeared extremely careful and guarded in his
relation of the facts. And I can no way account for his having
alledged to have enlisted for 6 month service to garrison 
Williams town in Massachusetts in 75", but that the mistake ment
have been mine in draughting the instrument, because there is
no such statement in the original as will be seen in the above
he is a man whose reputation for truth & veracity. stands, high
& not a doubt, as I am aware of its in community, here of
his having faithfully performed the service for which he claims
his circumstances are peculiarly indigent & trying. He is a
very helpless cripple; a very infirm in health unable to
labor his wife very feeble & no present means of support
but by the charity of the benevolent.
and I sincerely hope sir, that the poor old Veteran's small
tho (as is here universally considered) just claim for his little
Stipend from his Country, will not be withheld through a mistake
Plan accept sir my best respects
J. Millerd
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State of New York,
Tompkins County
On this 10th day of September in the year 1840 before
John Boynton one of the Judges of Tompkins County
Courts personally appeared Augustus Marsh who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well
acquainted with Thomas Wood in his life time that he died
at the town of Summerhill Cayuga County New York on the 7th day
of May 1840 that he was a pensioner of the United States at
the time of his death. that this deponent had known him about
ten years before his death, that this deponent drew his pension
for him for a number of years prior to his death. that he lived in
peace and harmony with his wife Amity Wood. who is now
his widow at this deponent has frequently heard Thomas Wood
during his life time speak of his marriage at his present
widow that they had lived together a great number of years
that they were married during the Revolutionary War and
this deponent further saith that Amity wood still remains
the widow of said Thomas Wood and that I fully believe
that they were married at the time stated by her in
her declaration, accompanying this affidavit from what I have
heard said Thomas Wood say while living and from what
I know of the character of them both. This deponent
further saith that he has written three several letters
to the Town of Pownall State of Vermont since the
death of said Thomas Wood the town in which they were
married to obtain record evidence of their marriage but that
I have received no answer either that there is no record to be
found or a copy of it. The reason why [illegible] has not
been received is more than I can tell. the above is the reason
Why no record evidence is furnished the department in
support of the claim of Mrs Wood and no living witness
can be found that was present at their marriage which
renders it impossible to furnish positive proof of their
Marriage 
Augustus C March
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year above written before me
John Boynton a Judge
of Tompkins County Courts
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State of New York
Tompkins County
This may certify that I am personally
well acquainted with the preceding affiant
Augustus C March and certify that he is a man of truth
and veracity whose statements are to be relied on
Groton September 10th 1840
John Boynton a Judge
of Tompkins County Court


State of New Yak
Tompkins County 
I, W T. Munson Clerk of
said County and also Clerk of County Court therein
do hereby certify that John Boynton Esquire whose
name is subscribed the foregoing affidavit and
certificate, was, at the date thereof, a Judge of
Tompkins County Court, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that the said signature purporting
to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my Official seal and subscribed
my name this 15th day of September 1840
W T Huntington
Clerk
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State of New York
Tompkins County ⎬ On this fourteenth day of September
in the year Eighteen hundred & forty
personally appeared before Augustus March a Justice
of the peace in and for said County William Wattles
a resident of the town of Locke in the County of
Cayuga aged Eighty three years and upwards who
first being duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath depose and say that he was personally well
acquainted with Thomas Wood and Amity Wood in
the town of Stillwater County of Saratoga and State of
New York in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety,
fifty years ago and that he has been acquainted with
them both from that time till the death of said
Thomas Wood last may that they always lived
together as husband & wife and this deponent always
supposed they were lawfully married having never
heard nothing to the contrary that they were always
respectable people and bore a good character, and
this deponent fully believes they were lawfully 
married and at or near the time now stated
by Amity Wood as they had children some eight or
ten years of age then this deponent first became
acquainted with them-- all which this deponent
believes to be true & further saith not-
W Wattles
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year 
above Written before me.
Augustus Marsh Justice of the peace
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Tompkins County
I  hereby certify that I am personally
Well acquainted with the aforesaid affiant William
Wattles and that he is a man of moral worth
and of truth & veracity one whose statements are
to be fully dependent on
A. C. Marsh Justice

Groton Sept. 14th 1840.

State of New York
Tompkins County 
I, W. T. Huntington Clerk of
said County and of the County Courts therewith hereby
certify the Augustus Marsh Esquire whose name
is subscribed to the within affidavit and foregoing
certificate, was at the date thereof a Justice of
the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified;
 and that the said signatures purporting to be
his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto affixed my official seal at
on my name the 15th day of September 1840
W.T. Huntington Clerk
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose you with this the application
and papers of Widow Amity Wood for a pension
under the act of July 4th 1836. You will discover by
my affidavit that we cannot obtain any record
evidence of her marriage nor any evidence that
there is no record. Why I cannot get an
answer to my letters from Vermont is of course
impossible for me to say it is the only instance
in all my letters to the Various New England States
but what I have been promptly answered. In
this can I enclosed $1.00 the amnt I have general
been charged for making the papers but I can
get no answer.-- Mrs Wood is in very indigent
circumstances she will have to be supported by
the town unless the obtains her pension which
Seems to make it peculiarly hard & next to impossible
for her to send some person to Vermont to obtain
evidence for her. When there is no manner of
doubt of the fact. I could furnish affidavits of
Every person acquainted them giving their opinion that
they were lawfully married and about the time stated
Although their circumstances have always been low
still Mr.Wood and his whole family have always
been called honest & respectable they have raised
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a large family. I believe twelve children Elisher
the oldest one who is now about 41 is living
we suppose but resides some fifty miles from
here his affidavit could be obtained if it
should be considered of any use by the
department. I know of no other evidence that
can be obtained in support of her claim
Respectfully yours
A. C. Marsh
Groton N.Y. Sept 16th 1840
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier Octo. 24. 1840
I hereby certify that there is on file in this office a
paper purporting to be ""A Pay Roll of Capt Zebadiah
Dewey's Company for their service in the alarm at Castleton
Oct 21st A.D. 1781 in obedience to order from Lieut. Col.
Clark, on which roll in the list of privates, is the name of
Thomas Wood" with an allowance for ten days service.

Also, "A Pay Roll of Capt Josiah Fisher's Company,
of foot in the 1st Regiment of Militia in General Fletcher
Brigade commanded by Stephen R. Bradley Col. performed
in the month of Septem 1782 assisting the sheriff in carrying
into execution the law &c. on which Roll, in the list of privates
is the name of "Thos Wood" with an allowance for four days
service.

Also "A Pay Roll of Capt John Warner's Compy
in Lieut. Col. Herrick's Regiment of Rangers for the advanced
pay that was engaged by the State of Vermont a 12 pr man
month, on which Roll, in the list of privates, is the name of
Thos Wood" with an allowance for my one hundred and eleven
days service commencing August 15 and ending December 3d
The dates of the certificate of said roll are Sept. 29. 1718.

Also "A Pay Roll of Capt Savage's Company, of
militia that marched the 16th day of March last by orders
from Gen. Bailey Esq. Windsor March 16. 1781
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which Roll is the name of Sergt Woods with an
allowance for three days service

All said Pay Rolls appear to have been duly
authenticated and paid,

I further certify that there is not on file in this
office any pay Roll of Capt Seely's Company for the years
1777 and 1778 nor of Capt John Warner's Company for
said years, except the one above written.

Given under my hand and the
seal of this office this 24th day
of October A.D. 1840
Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the Certificate
of services of Thomas Wood which I have recd from the
Secretary of State of Vermont, in relation to the
application of Mrs Amity Wood, for a pension. The
Deputy Secretary writes me as he certifies that the
records are incomplete in his office & that your
department are informed of that fact. I suppose
this with the evidence heretofore furnished will entitle her to
a pension-
Respectfully Yours
A. C. March
Groton N.Y. Oct 31st 1840.
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Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 20th last was duly
recd. It would seem that you have proper Evidence
of Thomas Woods service for only 9 months 21 days
paid it is impossible for us to make any
additional proof of his services himself being
gone. his widow knows of no person now
living that he can prove his srevices by

I understood from the Secretary of State of
Vermont. that the records on file in his office
were very imperfect & that the War department
were acquainted with that fact. & I am not
informed. Why any evidence under which he
obtained his Pension should now be rejected
I am well aware that the Department should be
very cautious & that frauds are attempted & probably
some times accomplished but here there is no
manner of doubt but what he had performed
all the services that he obtained a Pension for
& We see no good reason why his Widow should
not have the benefit of it. Still I am satisfied
that the department should live to their rules
& the Law of the Land & if one cannot come
in under them he must fail of course

Hundred of affidavits could be produced of the
Justice & propriety of this case but we cannot ask
you to bestow on the widow any thing as an act
of Charity. I take this view of it from the
Evidence he produced he drew a pension of $48 &
some cents I think which must have made something
over one years services now why should not the
Widow have the benefit of that-- I have no doubt
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but what the same proof might be made again
it the witnesses were living. The old Gentleman always
visited upon it that he did not get as much as
he ought to have had-- however if the department
think with what evidence they have that the widow
is entitled to but a pension for only 9 mos 21 days
services with that the must be satisfied of course
for as I have said before we know of no means
of making any additional proof
Very Respectfully yours
A. C. Marsh

Groton N.Y. Nov 27th 1840