Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,883, William Wood, Continental (Va.)
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(3–1776) 

SERVICE 
Continental (Va.)

Wood, William
Jincy

NUMBER 
W. 11,883
B.L. Wt. 57-60-55
B. L. Wt. 298-60-55 Cancelled

Wt. 12646-100-
No papers

CONTENTS
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C H to J. H. Kirkham, Aug’, 24’ 155
“ “   Feb: 16 756

NC
Selg: 53— no 1249

Cont A N March 3, 1835
40719 M. April 5/35
Jincy Wood
Jincy Wood and of
William Wood, Pri:

Va: Contt. Line,
ELO: Eo Acy Sept: 4”/55,
Boynton

Pensioner
Certif no 1249 — Aug. 11, 1853

Rdms
Boynton - Clk.
Va. Cont. Line —

J. N. Kirkham
Raleigh Wake Co
N.C—

[Horizontal]
Np A No 57 235d Sept 29 of [illegible]
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Contl M [illegible] Mar 3
22 1021 Nov. 2/30

Jincy Wood wid
of William Wood
Priv

Wt. No: 12, 646, priv, Aug:
20/91 for wood, as a [illegible].
in Va: Contl line
Wt. to soldier
Revoly War

Pensd [crossed out] Airniar 2n 1833
No 1249 hes 53
Ad: 60 acr Aug: 19.56
Boynton.

Co

James Taylor
Sumterville 
N. Car

[Horizontal]
Court Pleas
for overissue

/No. 2,98
Of Aug 2/57 JP

for 60 acres
Rec 35

R. G.
[illegible]
1856
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Sept. 7/56. Set to Agt. enclosing [illegible], - not entitled
To increase _____ L. P. P. 
Oct. 9/50 - Sent: to Agent - warrant nightly issued valued \ warranted
has received this County under same act. 
Nov 7/56 - Caveat filed, & letter to Agent recalling   RD.6.
Warrant see Wt No 57, for 60 Act 55 —
Decor. 12/56 - Sent: to Comr. Genl. Land Officer. ___ R.D.C. JM
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Duplicate pension cer=
terificate issued 4 May 1825,
and sent to Hon: J. Culpepper,
Lawrenceville, N.C. —
Hon W Montgomery 10 Mar 1840
see letter 11 March 1842 to Hon.
R. M. Saunders H.R.
Letter to Pen Agt 12 Decr ‘45

16436.
North Carolina.
William Wood, (R) 
of Nash Co: in the state of N. Carol.a,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Harrison, of the Virginia
line, for the term of 3 years, — Feb: 180.
to Augt. 183.

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carol.a
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
The 20. Of Septr. 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of Feb. 4 1820
and sent to hon: W. N. Edwards
Member of Congress for N.C.

Arrears to 4th of
Proportion of
Semi-anl. All’ce ending 4. March 43.96
5 mos: 11/30 1820. }  $43.96
& 4/31.

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued Jany 13’
Commencing [illegible]
24, & Sent to Hon;
Culpepper 
H. Rep -
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Date of widow’s death
Not in A. B.

Restoration 1249
North Carolina, (Raleigh)
Jincy Wood
widow of 
⌄a William Wood
Who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Private of calvary

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
Of 100 dollars
cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out] 3d February, 1853. 
4th March 1861

Certificate of Pension issued
18th day of May 1866
and sent to
J H Kirkham
Raleigh N.C

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 220 Vol. 26,
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Declaration &c.
Jincy Wood. 
For Bounty Land under act
3 March 1855
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State of North Carolina
Wake County } S.S.
On this 27th day of September A.D: 1855 personally ~
appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid
Jincy Wood, aged about 50 years a resident of Wake County No Carolina
who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of
William Wood deceased a Revolutionary Soldier and the identical Jincy
Wood a pensioner of the United States under Certificate No. 249 that she has not
again married, but continues the Widow of said William Wood.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County
land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 - 1855.
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under
this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefore

her
Jincey x Wood
mark 

We Brinkley Barker & John Bennett, residents of Wake
County North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the above de=
=claration was signed and acknowledged by Jincy Wood in our presence
and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be. We further de
=clare that we know the said Jincy Wood continues the Widow of the
Said William Wood never having again married
Brinkley Barker
John Bennett

State of North Carolina
Wake County } 
Know all men by these presents that I Jincy
Wood of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint
James Taylor of Sumterville So. Ca. my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, the Bounty
Land warrant to which I may be entitled under the act approved 3 March 1855
as
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as particularly Set forth in the within Declaration hereby
confirming whatever my Said attorney may do [illegible] of
these presents:   Declaring this my power of Attorney
to be irrevocable and all previous ones hereby revoked.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sub=
Scribed my name and Set my seal this
27th day of September A.D.: 1855
Attest Brinkley Barker, her Jincey x Wood mark … seal

☞ The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were Sworn to
and Subscribed before me on the day and year within written; and
I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that 
the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and having
exhibited to me her pension Certificate No 1249 referred to
in her declaration; I do further certify that on the day and
year above Mentioned Jincy Wood Subscriber to the above
power of Attorney, personally appeared before me and acknowledged
the Signing, sealing and delivery of the Same to be her own
voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set
forth, and that I have no interest in Said claim.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed
my name
R. M. Brown A. B.

State of North Carolina
Wake County } S.S.
I Thomas J. Utley Clerk of the Court of
pleas and Quarter Sessions, in and for Said County do hereby certify
that R M Brown whose genuine Signature
appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the date thereof
a Justice of the Peace in and for Said county, duly commissioned
and qualified: I further certify that I have no interest in the claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of said Court this 27th day of Sept. 1855
Thomas J. Utley Clerk
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On this 8th day of December 1824, personally
appeared in open court of the County Court of pleas and
quarter Session for Cumberland County William Wood
resident in Said County aged sixty six years who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818, the
first of May 1820 and first of March 1823, that on the
Said William Wood enlisted for the term of the [illegible] on
the [blank] day of Feby in the year 1780 in the State of
Virginia at Williamsburg in the company commanded
by Captain Anthony Singleton in the regiment com=
-manded by Col. Charles Harrison in the line of
the said late Virginia in the continental establishment,
That he continued to serve in the corps untill
day of August 1784 when he was discharged from
Said service in Richmond in the State of Virginia
and I do solemnly sware that I was a resident
Citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March
eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since
the time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my
property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to
diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the
United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th
of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person
for me or in trust for me any property or sureties,
contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other
than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed
and by me subscribed, that since the period at which the
Law required a schedule and which provision the undersigned
not being informed that it become his duty to comply with
his
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his property is the same now as then or at most the change
therein not exceeding a difference of a dozen dollars of his
than at said period a schedule of which is as follow

to wit
One bed and bedding worth — $15.00
One Cart & Horse — 35.00
One Iron Pots and an oven — 3.00
5 head Hogs (Low & shorts) — 6.00
6 pewter plates & one dish 234 Kines Yorks 25/100 2.25
2 mending hoes, one old ax and Plough — 2.00
the whole ant. of the before described $63 25

property amounting to an aggregate value of Sixty three dolla
& twenty five Cents

The changes in my property since May 1818
are as follows -

[Table]
Names to whom sold
Sent in company
with a neighbours
drove of hogs
to Virginia— }
=
Sent also to Virga.

time given
in the year 1820
in the year 1820

Description of property
[crossed out] -
4 hogs Sold
5 head cattle - 

Amt. of Nell proceeds
and then applied
sold for $25
Sold for $30
$55.00

This applied to payment to
my debts to enable me to
Remove from Nash Co.
to my present place of
residence in Cumberlan
County N. Carolina

Property Lost,
two cows brought with
me from Nash died in the
Winter of 1821—

his
William x Wood
Mark

Dec. 10th 1824
Sworn to in open Court
Jno Armstrong Clk.
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North Carolina
Cumberland County. December Term 1824.
I John Armstrong Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter Sessions for the County of Cumberland aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and
schedule annexed with the Signature and mark of
William Wood a resident of this county was duly sworn
to in open court at the term above mentioned and that 
the said declaration & schedule annexed a true copy of
which is filed in My office and further that it is the
opinion of said Court that the Schedule aforesaid
exhibits a fair valuation of the property therein
contained and described amounting to Sixty three
dollars twenty five cents. In testimony
whereof I the said John Armstrong Esqr
Clerk of said Court at office have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of Said Court on this
31st day of December AD 1824 and
in the 49 year of American Independence
Jno. Armstrong Clk
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William Wood, priv
Nash county, No. Carol
Colo. Harrisons artillery,
Virginia. 
Feb’y, 1780. to Augt. 1783.
20, Sept: 1819.
Admd.

12,646, and 20,1791
Va line

~
Hon W. N. Edwards, H. R.
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State of N. Carolina
Before me John R Donnell one of the
Judges of the Superior Courts of Law for the State 
of No. Carolina this 20th day of September 1819 personally
appeared William Wood aged sixty-three years
resident in the County of Nash, State aforesaid,
who being duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the Courts
of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States during the revolutionary war”.
That he this said William Wood enlisted in
Williamsburg Virginia on the 12th February 1780
for during the war in Capt Anthony Singleton's
company of the regiment of Artillery commanded
by Col. Charles Harrison in the Virginia line
on Continental establishment. That he continued
to serve in said corps or in the service of the
United States untill the end of the war, when
he was discharged about the last of August 1783
in the City of Richmond Virginia. That he was
in the battle of Gates’ defeat, Guilford, Eutaw
Springs, Camden, Briar Creek-- That he was
wounded in the arm at Gates defeat, and had
the thumb of his left hand broke at Camden,
by the bursting of his musket. That he is in
reduced circumstances in life and stands in
need of the assistance of his Country for support.
That he has lost his discharge and has no other
evidence of his said service but that which
accompanies this declaration. 
His
William x Wood
mark 

Sworn to before me
this 20th day of September 1819
J R Donnell J. S. S. &. E.
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John Taylor maketh oath that he has seen in
the possession of William Wood a clear and
full discharge to him as a soldier in the
Continental army in the revolutionary war.
Sworn to before me
this 20th day of September 1819.
J R Donnell J. S. L. & E.
J. Taylor

John Taylor maketh oath that he is well
acquainted with William Wood and verily
believes from his poverty and reduced
circumstances in life he stands in need of
the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to before me
this 20th day of September 1819
J R Donnell J. S. L. & E.
J. Taylor

I John R Donnell Judge of the Superior Courts
of Law for the State of No. Carolina hereby certify
that it appears to my satisfaction that William
Wood did serve for the term of nine months at
one time on continental establishment in
the war of the revolution against the common
Enemy. It also appears to my satisfaction that the
said William Wood is in reduced circumstances
in life and stands in need of the assistance of
his country for support and I now transmit
the proof & proceedings had before me to the
secretary for the Department of war according
to the provisions of the said Act of Congress.
J R Donnell J. S. L. & E.
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North Carolina
Nash County } 
I Jno R Donnell clerk of the Superior 
Court for the County aforesaid, Do hereby
certify that the Hon. Jno. B. Donnell esquire
whose name is prefixed in different places
to this Instrument of writing, is one of the
acting Judges of the Superior Court of Law
and Equity for this state: and that due
faith and credit ought to be given to
his signature as such.
Given under my hand and seal
at office the 3rd Monday of September
[illegible] 1819.
Jno H Drake CNSC.
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Mrs Jincy Wood
Widow— of Wm Wood
A pensioner of the US
from Wake County N.C.
At $96 - per annum
Application for pension
Act 3 Feb. 1853
extending provision
of the act 1848 &
1849

From
JH Kirkham
Attorney [illegible]
Roley
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State of North Carolina
Wake County }  Know all men by these presents
that we William Wood & Henry Jones, are held and
firmly bound unto the State of North Carolina in the
full sum of five hundred pounds, current money, to be paid
to the said State, for the which payment well & truly to be
made and done we bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and
administrators, Jointly & severally, firmly by these presents,
Sealed with our Seals and dated this 3rd day of October A.D.
1842: The Condition of the above obligation is such,
That whereas, the above founder William Wood hath made
application for a Licence for marriage to be celebrated
between him and Jincy Wood of the County aforesaid:
Now, in case it shall not appear hereafter, that there
is any lawful cause or impediment to obstruct the said
Marriage, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to
remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
James T. Marriott. }
William Wood Seal
By Henry Jones.
Henry Jones Seal

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I, James T. Marriott, Clerk of
the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake
aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true &
Correct Copy of the marriage bond of William Wood to
Jincey Wood as appears from the original filed
in my office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
fixed the Seal of said Court & Subscribed
name at office in Raleigh this
23rd May 1853.
James T. Marriott, Clk
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Jincy Widow of
Wm Wood
Revolutionary pensioner
Wake County N.C
Application for pensions
Act 3 Feb 1853
Extending act
1848, & 1849
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State of North Carolina
County of Wake 14 May 1853
Mrs Jincy Wood widow of Wm Wood
this day personally appeared before me the undersigned
an acting Justice of the peace and of the Court of pleas
and quarter Session in & for said County who
being first duly sworn according to law depose as
follows, in order to receive the benefits of the act
of Congress 3 Feb 1853 extend my provision of the act
[illegible] 1849. She declares that she is the
widow of William Wood who was a pensioner
of the United States at $96 per annum
from the County of Wake in which County he died
about seven or 8 years ago, leaving me the declarent
his widow who has remained his widow ever since
his death. She declares that she was married to the
said William Wood by one W William Dupell
a minister of the gospel 3 day of October 1842
and her maiden name before her said marriage
to said Wm Wood was Jincy Wood she makes
this application in order to receive a pension & by
further reference to the proof on file in Support
of her claim, she declares that her Said husbands pension
certificate was surrendered when, his administrator made the
last draw, and as I [illegible] offer a letter annexed from
J L Edwards dated Jany 19 1825 to my said Husband she
declares that she was married in Wake County N. Carolina to said Wm
Wood. Subscribed & sworn to before
me day & date above
R. M. Brown JP

her 
Jincy x Wood
mark
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State of North Carolina County of Wake
May 14 the 1853   I the undersigned
a Justice of the peace & of the Court of
please & quarter Session in & for
said County do hereby certify [illegible]
that Mrs Jincy Wood this day
made the foregoing declaration in due
form of law in order to obtain a pension
who is the widow of, William Wood of
Wake County N. Carolina a pensioner of the
United States who died about 7 or 8 years ago
and she has remained his widow ever since
his death, and from her bodily infermity
she is unable to attend Court, in order to
make this her application for a pension
as witness my hand officially this the
day & date above
R. M. Brown JP

State of North Carolina 
Wake County }
Court of of Plea, & Quarter Session,
May Sessions 1853. —
I James T. Marriott Clerk of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake aforesaid, do hereby
Certify that the foregoing Declaration &c [illegible]
in open Court, and examined by the court, and it appear-
ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Jincey
Wood is the widow of Wm Wood decd. a Pensioner of
the United States, the Court orders the same to
be Certified to the war department.
I further certify that R. M. Brown before
whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an acting
Justice of the peace in & for said County
and that his signature, thereto attached
are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have here
unto affixed my official Seal & Subscribed my name
this 23rd May 1853.   Jas. T. Marriott Clk
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Jincy Wood, madam wood, married to William Wood
about, [illegible] years ago. he died about, 7 years ago

[illegible]
Wood
[illegible] War

1818-19
20
1835 = [crossed out]
pensioners

Wm [illegible]
[illegible]
Wake N.C.
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War Department,
PENSION OFFICE, Jany 13th 1825.

SIR:
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property
has been examined, and the Secretary of War has directed your name
to be continued on the Pension Roll.
You will be paid, at the ensuing semi-annual payment in March
next, the sum that may be then due from the 31st December 1824,
Agreeably to the Act of the 1st March, 1823.

I am respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards

To Mr. William Wood.

U.S. Pensioner,
Cumberland County, N. C.
Care of Hon”ble
J. Culpepper,
House of Representatives
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Application for
Restoration
to the pension Rolls
& under Act 4 Feb 1865

By Mrs Jincy Wood
Pensioner of the US
from Wake Co N.C
certificate No 1249
Here surrendered &
recorded in the Pension
office on the roles of—
pensioners, page 140
Vol A at $100

J.H. Kirkham
~ N.C
Attorney

[Stamp]
[illegible]
OF THE 
INTERIOR
Apr 6 1866
PENSION OFFICE
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Roles
whose names have affixed under the act of Feb 41862
State of North Carolina
County of Wake } On this 2 day of April
AND one thousand eight hundred and sixty six personally
appeared before me C. M. Farriss J P of one of the acting
Justices of the Court of please and quarter Session in and
for said County   the same being a Court of Record
Mrs Jincy Wood aged about Sixty one years
a resident of Wake County N. Carolina who being
first duly sworn according to law declares that she is
the Identical widow of William Wood deced the
was a Soldier in the old war of the Revolution and
is now his widow & never married since his death
and I was a pensioner of the United States and on the
rolls of the agency at Fayetteville in the State
of North Carolina and whose pension certificate is
her annexed [illegible] No 1249 dated 18 day of
March 1856 at $100 per annum She declares that she
has [illegible] since the 1 day of January 1861 in the
County of Wake North Carolina she declares that
during this period her means of subsistance have
been entirely dependent on her Brother for Support
from old age and bodily infermity being unable
to make a living and that she has not been [illegible]
against the [illegible] of the United States or She
has not in any manner encouraged the rebels or
manifested a ‘Simpathy with their Cause and that
She was but paid her pension about the 4 of March
1860 which She respectfully refers to the roles in
Fayetteville N.C. or Washington City D.C. this application
is made for the purpose of securing a relocation of
her name to the pension roles and of obtaining
a new pension certificate such as she
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may be entitled to  under the existing laws reference being
Made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to
Substantiate her original claim and I hereby appoint
J H Kirkham of Raleigh N. Carolina my attorney
to present this my application and perform all
that is necessary therein without revocation as such
as to receive my pension certificate when Issued
Witness   C. W. Farriss J. P. 
her 
Jincy x Wood 
mark

Also personally appeared undersigned Alfred Wood
a resident of Wake County N. Carolina and the undersigned
B H Howell formerly of Wake now a Resident of Franklin County
North Carolina [illegible], whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to Credit and who being by me duly
Sworn say that they were present and saw Mrs
Jincy Wood make her mark to the foregoing
declaration and they further swear that they have
every reason to believe from the appearance of the
applicant and their acquaintance with her that
she is the identical person she represents herself
to be and they further swear that they have
no interest in the prosecution of this Claim
Witness }
C. W. Farris J.P.   B. H. Howell
[illegible] 

Sworn to and Subscribed by me
this 2 day of April 1866
and I hereby certify that I have no
interest direct or indirect in the
prosecution of this Claim
C. W. Farriss J P
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Oath of Allegiance
I the undersigned Jincy Wood
do Solemnly Swear in the presence of Almighty
God that I will henceforth faithfully support
protect and defend the Constitution of the Us State
and the union of the State, thereunder
that I will in like manner abide by and faith
-fully support all laws and proclamations which
have been made during the existing rebellion
with reference to the emancipation of Slaves
keep me a Son and Subscribed
before me this 2 day of the 1866
C H Farriss J P
her
Jincy x Wood
mark

Witness
The State of North Carolina County of Wake
I J. J. Ferrell Clerk of the Court of pleas
and further Session in and for said County being a
Court do certify that C M Farris before whom
the foregoing declaration affidavits and acknowled
gements [illegible] made was at the time of taking the 
Same and still is an acting Justice of the peace
within and for Said County duly commissioned and
Sworn and that the several signatures purporting
to be his which are appended to said declaration
affidavits and acknowledgement, are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and [illegible] 
the seal of said Court at Raleigh this 27th day
Of April 1866.
J. J. Ferrell [illegible]
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October 2, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. Walter A. Wood
1433-35 Junction Avenue
Racine, Wisconsin

William Wood, S. 7971
William Wood, W. 11883
RA-J/MLB
[illegible]

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request of September 18, for the
Revolutionary War records of two soldiers named William Wood,
one of whom was pensioned in Anson County, North Carolina, and
the other in Nash County, North Carolina.

Their records follow as found in pension claims based upon
their service in the Revolutionary War.

William Wood
S. 7971

William Wood was born July 15, 1751, in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina,
he volunteered and served in the North Carolina troops, as follows:
from December, 1775, in Captain Alfred Moore's company, Colonel
Thomas Clark's regiment, was in the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
and was discharged in December, 1776, after having served twelve
months for which he enlisted; from August, 1778, in Captains
Mannaweather's and Peter O'Neal's companies, Colonel Ramsey's
regiment, and was in a Cherokee expedition, length of tour four
months; from February, 1779, in Captain William Lytle's company,
Colonel Archibald Lytle's and Hugh Kennon's regiments, length
of tour nine months; from September, 1780, three months in Captain
William Douglas' company of light horse; from February, 1781, in
Captain William Lytle's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's regiment,
was in the battle of Guilford, and was discharged in May, 1781.

The soldier resided in Orange County, North Carolina, until
March, 1783, when he moved to Anson County, same state.
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William Wood was allowed pension on his application executed
October 10, 1832, while a resident of Anson County, North Carolina.

In 1836, the soldier was living in Halifax County, North 
Carolina.

It was stated that William Wood was elected and served five
or six years as a representative in the North Carolina State
Legislature from Anson County, in that state; also that he acted
one of the Justices of the Court for “upwards of twenty years”.

He died September 1, 1837. (A. B)

There are no family data in the claim.

**********************

William Wood
W. 11883

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file
in pension claim, W. 11883, based upon the Revolutionary War service
of William Wood.

The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his
parents are not stated.

He enlisted in Williamsburg, Virginia, February 12, 1780, for
the war, served as private in Captain Anthony Singleton's company,
Colonel Charles Harrison's regiment of artillery, was in the
battles of Gates' Defeat in which he was wounded in the arm, Guilford,
Camden in which he had the thumb of his right hand broken by the
bursting of his musket, also in the battle of Eutaw Springs, and
was discharged at the close of the war in 1783. The soldier
stated, also, that he was in the battle of Brier Creek, but gave no
details of any service prior to 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
20, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and a
resident of Nash County, North Carolina.

The soldier moved in 1820 from Nash to Cumberland County,
North Carolina, where he was still living in 1824.

He died October 24, 1844, in Wake County, North Carolina.

- 2 -
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William Wood married October 3, 1842, in Wake County, North
Carolina, Jincy or Jincey Wood (her relationship to soldier not
stated); she was born in said Wake County, North Carolina, date
of her birth not shown.

Soldier’s widow, Jincy or Jincey, was allowed pension on
her application executed May 14, 1853, while a resident of Wake
County, North Carolina. In 1866 she was still living there and
stated she was about sixty-one years of age.

No reference was made in the claim to children. 

In 1866, one Alfred Wood was living in Wake County, North
Carolina; his relationship to soldier or his wife was not stated.
In 1866, soldier’s widow referred to her brother, but did not 
state his name nor place of residence. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
Page 31

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3—525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. 4.7971 Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]

In reply to  your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of William Wood
A soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pen-
sion on file in the Bureau. 

[Table]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 1775
Aug. 1778
Feby. 1779
Sept. 1780
Feby. 1781

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 year
4 mos.
9 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.

RANK.
Prl.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Alfred Moore
Mauna Weather?
Robert O’Neal
William Lytle
William Douglass
Willian Lytle
COLONEL. 
Thomas Clark
Ramsey
{Archibald Lytle
Hugh Kenne 
Light Horse
Archibald Lytle

STATE.
S. C.

Battles engaged in, Moores Creek Bridge Cherokee Expeditions
Guilford Co. H.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hillsborough, Orange Co N.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 10, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Anson Co, N. C. and [illegible] 1783.
Age at date of application, {6, July 1751 in Lancaster Co. Tenne,
& Sept. 1, 1837.   (from A. B.)
Remarks: [Illegible] stated that he was a [illegible] of Anson Co. in
the N. C. Legislature.
There is no data as to his family. 

6—285G
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
Page 32

Payment to be made at Fayetteville
James Huston Esqr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of 
North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 140 Vol. A.

A. J. F. Gettys Clerk.

Jincy Wood

Wood, Wm.
Cont W11883
Page 33

Jincy Wood

Claimed and paid
In to 4 March 57 & to 4 Sept 57 &
Page 34

To 4 March 1857 & 4 Sept 1857
paid to 4 March 1860

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853.
Jincy Wood,
widow of William Wood,
who was a private of Calvary, in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of One Hundred,
dollars and ___ cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time
of such marriage. Deducting former payments at the rate of $96 ~
per annum.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
This Eighteenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and fifty six

R M Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.

[crossed out]

How to 4 March 1860
Page 35

1933, Oct 2 Hist. to Walter A. [illegible]=MLB

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11,883
Jincy Wood
Wid. of
William Wood
Pr. of Cav.
Act: Feb. 3rd 33
Index:—Vol. M, Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 36

Let 2. Bus bie — Dec. 9. 1857
J. H. Kirkham Apl. 3 7066   Court. Bank
3.—Aud; May, 10th 1866,

221021
Clfr.

1249.
North Carolina
Jincy Wood,
widow of William
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Priv: of Cavalry,
Increased from $96.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 100 dollars 00.
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
18th day of March 185
and sent to
E. C. Ames,
Present.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 170 Vol. A
Page 37

Rev Sec
Washington D. C.
Feby. 2, [illegible]64

G. M. Saltzgaber, Com.
[illegible]
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I wrote you last
Oct, asking for information
about Col Hon. Wood, and you
answered saying you could
find no such name on your
records. You also stated if 
I would give you the name of
his widow you would
make another search —
I cannot give her given
Page 38

name, but her last name
was Boggan.
I do not know any of the officers
names under whom he served
but presents it is a matter
of history, think it is recorded
in [illegible] history of N.C. but
I [illegible] a [illegible] of it.
I think we hope he came from
N.C. but think he lived in
Wadesboro, Anson Co. of his his
retirement from service.
I think I do know one of the
officers, Col. Thos. Wade.
I thank you for making the
previous search, and is this
little information can give
on any possible [illegible] will
thank you   most sincerly
Page 39

if you will try again.
Very truly
(Mrs.) Warren Smith Whitehead
212 Orange St.
He was Col. of the minute
men I have been told.
I see in an old history of N.C.
that he served in the Legislature
or House of Commons from Anson
County during the year 1785.
Perhaps this date will help for
I will thank you so much for
an early reply, as possible.
Page 40

[Stamp] 
GLENCOE, ILL. 1933
SEP 19
1230PM

[Stamp]
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

[Stamp]
U.S. POSTAL CARD
ONE CENT
1 JEFFERSON 1

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

[Stamp]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
RECEIVED
SEP 22 1933
[illegible] 26
Page 41

Racine, Wis. Sept. 18, 1933.
Dear Sir:
   Please send family and war records of
the following Rev. War Pensioners:
_ _ _
✓✓ William Wood, Nash Co., N.Carolina, 9-10-1819.
✓✓ William Wood, Anson Co., N.C., 3-4-1831.

Address: 
1433-35 Junction Ave. 

Yours truly,
Walter A. Wood.
—
signature?
Page 42

Congress Hall, January 12th 1825
Dear Sir:
I enclose you the Declaration of the Wm Wood applicant
for a pension, I presume he has been on the pension
roll & be striken off please examine his case as
soon as convenient & advise me of the result. 
JL Edwards Esqr Yours &c   J Culpepper
Page 43

Washington March 9th 1856
Hon J Minot
Sir
Enclosed you will find
the application of Jincy Wood widow
of William Wood for arrears of Pension
under the act of 7 June 1832 and also
for an increase of her pension under 
The act of 3 Feby 1853.

William Wood was
pensioned under the act of 18 March 1818
at $96- ¢ annum and his widow has
been allowed at that rate under 3 Feb
1853. He was a [illegible] and served
nine than 2 years in Capt Singleton
Company of Col Harrison Artillery
and is entitled to a pension at the
rate of $100, p.ann. deducting what
has been received at $96~ &c ann.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Geo C. Ames
Page 44

(Copy)
State of North Carolina, County of Wake, March 6th 1836
Mrs Jincy Wood of Wake County and State of North
Carolina a pensioner of the United States at $96 per
annum, this day personally appeared before me the un-
dersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, who being first duly sworn according to law, depose
as follows, to wit, that she is the identical widow of William
Wood of Wake County, N. Carolina who was a pen-
sioner of the United States at $96 per annum

She now makes this her application for arrears of
pension due herein behalf of her said deces’d husband
under the act 7 June 1832 claiming a pension as a private
of Artillery at ($100) One hundred dollars per annum
deducting what he has received under act 18 of March 1818
at $06 also under act 3d Feby 1853. She declares to the
best of her belief her said husband died 24 Oct 1844 in the
County of Wake N. Carolina and she is now a widow
and receives a pension at $96 per annum and the
No of her pension certificate is No 1249, and she was
married to her said husband in Wake County, N
Carolina about thirteen years ago, and her name before
her said marriage was Jincy Wood and is now
Page 45

a widow

Her
Jincy x Wood
Mark

Subscribed & sworn to before me day and date
above 
O. L. Burch J. P. 

State of North Carolina
Wake County } 
I, Thomas J Utley, Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County
of Wake aforesaid, hereby certify that O.L. Burch
whose name appears signed to the foregoing dec-
laration is now and was at the time of signing
the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, that his acts as such are
entitled to full faith & credit, and that the
signature purporting to be his genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of said Court at office in
Raleigh, this 6th day of March 1856
Thomas J Utley Clerk
By James A. Moore [illegible]

seal
Page 46

State of North Carolina County of Wake March 6, the 1856
Mrs Jincy Wood of Wake County and State of North Carolina a
Pensioner of the United States at $96 per annum this day personally
appeard before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County who being first duly Sworn
according to Law depose as follows to wit, that she is the Identical
widow of William Wood of Wake County N. Carolina who was
a pensioner of the United States at $96 per annum
She now makes this her application for arears of pension
due her in behalf of her said deced husband under the
act 7 June 1832 Claiming a pension as a private of artilery
at ($100) One Hundred Dollars per annum deducting what
he has reced. under act 18 of March 1818, at $96
also under act. 3 Feb 1853. She declares to the
best of her belief her said Husband died 24 Oct. 1844 in the
County of Wake N. Carolina and She is now a widow
and receives a pension at $96 per annum and the No of
her pension certificate is No 1249 and she was married
to her said Husband in Wake County N. Carolina about thir
teen years ago & her name before her said marriage was
Jincy Wood & is now a widow
Subscribed & Sworn
to before me day & date above
O.L. Burch JP

her
Jincy x Wood
mark
Page 47

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I, Thomas S Utley, Clerk of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County
of Wake aforesaid, hereby certify that A. L. Burch
whose name appears signed to the foregoing de-
claration is now and was at the same of signing
the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said
County, that his acts as such are entitled to full
faith & credit, and that the signature purporting to be
his genuine -
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name & affix the seal of
said Court, at office in Raleigh this
6th day of March 1836.
Thomas S. Utley, Clerk.
by James A. Moore, Acp.Clk
Page 48

Raleigh Feb 5th 1856
Sir
Some short time since I reced 3 land warrants
and it is my impression a mistake has been made
first a warrant for only 60 acres was Sent
me for Mrs Jincy Wood widow of William
Wood deced of Wake County a pensioner of the
United States at $96. Per annum: is She not
entitled to, 160 acres instead of 60 acres which
She has sold, & her pension Certificate is No 1249.
at $96 per annum and the No of her said 60 acre warrant
was 57

Again I received 2 Land warrants,
under act 3 March 1855 for 8 minor children
of John Sneed & Sally Sneed his wife of
Wake County N. Carolina one for
80 acres No 17151   and one for
120 acres No 48001

Have I not reced one
warrant more than our share which I will
return if requested. both of them is Issued to the
8 minor heirs of John Sneed, their names are to wit
James H. Sneed 1, Emily Sneed 2, Sylvester Sneed 3
Stephen Sneed 4, Ransom Sneed 5 Catharine Jane Sneed 6
James Sneed 7 and Lucy Susan Sneed 8.
Your attention is 
requested
Very respectfully
J H Kirkham
Commissioner of
Pensions }
Page 49

Payment to be made at
Fayetteville by
James Huske [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of
No. Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 140 Vol. A.

Clerk.
H. A. Weightman
Page 50

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW’S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb-
ruary 8, 1853,
Jincy Wood
widow of William Wood
who was a private in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six ~
dollars and [blank] cents per annum, commencing on the
3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such
Marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Eleventh day of August
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R M Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.

L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

Born & lived in Wake all his life. 

[Horizontal]
Cancelled
Page 51

Jincy Wood
298-60

✓
J. Minot Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

[Stamp] 
FREE

[Stamp]
SUMTER S.C.
SEP
26
1856
Page 52

Sumter So. Ca Sept. 26, 1856

J Minot Esqr.
Commr of Pensions

Sir
In the case of Jincy
Wood a Revolutionary Pensioner for whom I recd a land
warrant No 298, for Sixty acres of land, which I forwarded
to my agent to be delivered to the Warranted, but I have
just received information that she had previously
received one, and in consequence I have requested
my agent to return me Warrant No 298. in order that 
the matter should be property explained before making
use of it -- I presume however the warrant said to be
received by Mrs Wood is No 12646 for One hundred acres
as stated in your letter to me of the 9th Inst
Yours Respectfully
James Taylor
for W. J. N. Hammet
Page 53

Jincy Wood
29860

✓
George C Whiting Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D: of C:
Page 54

Geo: C Whiting Esquire
Comr. of Pensions &c.’ } Sumter So Ca November 13th / 1856.
Sir
Mr Rhetts letter of the postmarked 10th
reached me this morning asking Jincy Woods warrant No. 298 - 6o acres to
be returned in consequence of our being previously issued Say No 57:
29th Sept 33. So soon as I learned of the irregularity attending
Jinsey Woods warrant I notified your predecessor and requested the man
in No. Ca at Raleigh who Sent me widow Woods application for
I never saw her to return me the warrant to be Surrendered, but he has
not done So: I [illegible] by this Mail again call he attention to it and So Soon
as the Warrant reaches me it shall be forwarded to you.

[Illegible] not to call your
attention to my letter of 22d April last to your predecessor in relation to the
application of Wiley Fort No. 32,264 dated 30 March 1855 for
additional 80 acres of Bounty Land - having received a warrant for 80 acres
under the act Sept 1850 for Services in Capt [crossed out] Levis company of
So Ca Militia war 1812.   Forthaving Subsequent to my application it 
is alledged made another application which from old age and loss of
Memory he recollects nothing about the Second application: The fact is
now doubt as be represents, but in consequence of the delay in reaching
applications for Bounty Land in regular rotation owing to the immense
number - many persons got dissatisfied with me and employed others
and in some instances   June apprehensive subsequent authority to misuse
had
Page 55

had been given and presented to the department and may have Superseded by
powers of Attorney and thereby mius alors of my fee and expenses.
but in justice, my powers ought not to be revoked, without Satisfactory
cause being proved, and I do know, no man & attends to his
clients business were devoted and attentive than myself
I would also call your attention to
my letter of 27th September last to the application of Mary L. Jones —
No. 167,373 which for a length of time had been mislaid in the pension
office of which I was notified and called onto furnish the numbers / after
having frequently wrote about it / which I did but have not yet 
received his warrant, who is annoying me about it.

On 15th July 1855 I sent Mary Matilda Wilders
application No. 189,658 for Bounty Land but I have not
yet received her Warrant   I am with respect your ob: Servant
— James Taylor:
Page 56

Sunday June 20/86
Augt. 14 “
Page 57

Enclosing Land Warrant No. 298

✓
Geo: C. Whiting Esquire,
Com.” of Pensions &c.
Page 58

Enclosing Land Warrant No. 298

✓
Geo: C. Whiting Esquire,
Com.” of Pensions &c.

Page 58
Geo. C Whiting Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions } Sumter So Ca. 27 November 1856.
Sir,
Inclosed you have land warrant No. 298
issued to Jincy Wood for 60 acres Bounty land which you requested
Me to return, there being one previously issued to her reported by
you.   Respectfully yours
= James Taylor:

NR. The application of
Jinsy Wood for this land
Warrant now — Sent to me from
Raleigh, having no Agency
whatever in its procurement
For I never Saw her nor at
All acquainted with her
Page 59

298-60
Wm Wood - 
M.C. [illegible]

Land warrant inclosed.

[Stamp]
SUMTER S. C.
SEP
1[illegible]
1856

[Stamp]
Free

= J: Minot Esquire
Commr. Of Pensions

Washington City
D of C.
Page 60

J. Minot Esquire     -11
Commr. &c. } Sumter So Ca: September 4/56

Sir
You have Sent me the 60 acre Warrant for
Jincy Wood instead of 160 to which she is entitled -
I therefore return herewith the 60 acre warrant No 298.
Yours respectfully
= James Taylor.
Page 61

Brief in the case of Wm Wood decd and his widow [crossed out] Elizabeth
County and State of N Carolina
act 3 June 71831 & 3d Feb 1853

Claim, [crossed out] (“original,” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

It is documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls: If either, state the substance.
[crossed out] Wm Wood was pensioned unde the Acts of 1818 & 1870 at
$96 a year, which was the highest rate of pension allowed
under those Acts for war service in the grade of Private,
The new pensioner under the Act of 1853 at the [illegible] rate
of pension allowed to him,

[crossed out] (If for increase.)
[crossed out] (Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

[crossed out] He was a private of Cavalry which entitled
him under the Act of 1832 to $100 a year, and the
Act of 1853 entitled her to the same amount he was
entitled to under existing laws, — The claim for $100 a
year is, therefore, allowed from 4 Mch 1831 to 24 Oct. 1844 later
he died, and from 3,7,51853 ☞ in both cases deductions
$56 a year — Certificate returned herewith appears to
other reputations

Name and residence of Agent
G C Arro [illegible]
Present

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
Page 62

Wood
J.W.
Page 63

Brief in the case of Jincy Wood Widow of William
Wake County and State of North Carolina
Act of Feb 3rd 1853

Claim, (“original,” [crossed out] or “for increase.”)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of Mar 18, 1818
Marriage proven by public record

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity shown by certificate of Court

Name and residence of Agent
J. H. Kirkham
Raleigh
N. Carolina

Examining Clerk.
J L Gray
Page 64

Brief in the case of Jincy Wood, widow of William, Raleigh 1249
for Restoration.
Wake County and State of N. Carolina,
Act 3d Feby: 1853, the 2d Section.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioned On the Fayetteville, N.C. roll,
at the rate of #100~ per An:
Widowhood, identity and
loyalty is shown by two Credible affiants. The
Original Certificate of Pension is surrendered,
She [illegible]
reports the pension paid to March 4" 1861.

Claim is Allowed
at the rate of #100 per An: to Commence the 4"
March 1861, and to continue during widowhood.

May 17" 1866.

Name and residence of Agent.
J. H. Kirkham Esqr.
Raleigh, N. C.

Boynton
Examining Clerk.
Page 65

Raleigh N. C. 31st January 1859

Geo. C. Whittling Esqr
Comm’r of Pensions.
Washington City,

Sir - 
I herewith inclose an affidavit
signed by Jincy Wood, widow of William Wood,
heretofore sent to me, for the purpose of inves-
tigating whether or not there was any thing
wrong or fraudulent therein. I have been
unable to discover any evidence tending
to criminate any one, as most of the parties
are either dead or removed -   Thinking that
your office was the proper place for the paper,
and having resigned any place as U. S. Com-
missioner, I return it.
Your obed’t servant
Quent. Busber
Page 66

Jincey Wood,

[Stamp] 
Mar 9
PENSION OFFICE
Page 67

State of North Carolina County of Wake
May the 4th, 1866 This day Mr R. T. Freeman
and Mr H. M. Marcom undersigned two Credable acting
as both resident of Wake County North Carolina appeared
this day before me the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace
and of the Court of Please and Quarter Session in and for
said County who being first duly sworn according to law
declares that they were verry Intimately acquainted 
with Mrs Jincy Wood before and during the late war
and lived near neighbours to her during the
war that she did not in any manner encourage
the rebel, or manifested a simpathy with their
Cause we further declare that we have not
any interest in this claim subscribed and
sworn to before
me. D. H. Gardner, JP.
R T Freeman
H; M, Marcom

I the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for
Said County before whom the above affidavits were
made certify that I have no Interest in the
prosecution of this Claim either direct or indirect
May the 4th 1866.
D.H. Gardner JP.
Page 68

State of North Carolina
County of Wake May 7th 1866
I the Undersigned C
M. Ferris, a Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Wake
and State of North Carolina
Certify that Mrs Jincy Wood
who made her declaration
before me for restoration to the
pension roles a short time since
was distinctly red to her in the
presents of the witnesses and the
Contents made Known before
signing the same by Mrs Wood
making her mark
C. M. Ferris J P
Page 69

Department of the Interior
Pension Office.
April 27th 1866

Sir
I [illegible] claim for
Restoration of Mrs. Jincy Wood.
The Magistrate before
whom he [illegible] was made, should Certify
that its contents were [illegible]to her [illegible]
Signing this Certificate is necessary, [illegible]
as the Signs by Mark.

The affidavits of of at least
two credible Witnesses should be [illegible] 
that the Claimant is not in any manner
with [illegible]
[illegible] Respectfully
Jos. H. Barrett.
Comr of Pensions

J. H. Kirkham, Esqr.
Raleigh, 
N. C.
Page 70

Clerks office - Court of
Please & Quarter Sessions
Wake County May 7th 1867
I hereby certify that D H Gardner and
Farriss whose names an signed [illegible]
forgoing certificate and affidavit,
an acting Justices of the peace in
and for Wake County as appears
of [illegible] in my office
Witness my hand and seal of
office, at office in the City
of Raleigh this 7th day of May
1866.   J. J. Morell CCC
Page 71

widow Jincy Wood
N. C.
Revy
File 11883

[Stamp] 
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
Ma 161865
PENSION OFFICE
Page 72

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor’s Office,
May 14” 1866.

Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the
10" inst. I have to inform you that
the pension of Mrs Jincey Wood (on the
Fayetteville N.C. roll, under 2” sec. of act
3" Feby 53), appears by the books of this
office, to have been last paid to
4 March 1861.

Very Respectfully
A M Gangewer
Acting Auditor

Hon Jos. H. Barrett
Comr of Pensions

J.H.    W. R. R.
Page 73

40719
Jincy Wood
Pension of the U.S.
under act 3 march
1855 for Bounty
Land from
Wake County N. C.
at $96 per annum
Pension Certificate
1249
From J H Kirkham
Raleigh
N.C
Page 74

State of North Carolina Wake
County 15 March 1855
Mrs Jincy Wood of Said County, this day
personally appeared before me the undersigned
and acting Justice of the peace in & for
said County who being first duly sworn according 
to law depose as follows in order to obtain
Bounty land under act 3 day of March Eighteen hundred
and fifty five She declares that she is the widow
William Wood who was a Pensioner of
the United States at $96 per annum and
that she is now his widow & has not moved
since his death & further declares that she
now draws the said amount of Pension of
$96 per annum & her Pension Certificate is
No 1249, and dated 11 day of August 1853
& said Certificate is [illegible] under 2d section
of the act, Feb 3, 1853, & signed by R Mc-
Clelland Secretary of the Interior. (and she
is the Identical widow as above and see to me
before her said marriage was Jincy Wood & refers to evidence on file
in Washington. Subscribed & Sworn to before
me Ira Beckwith, J. P.
Jut J H Kirkham

her
Jincy x Wood
mark
Page 75

State of North Carolina
Wake County 15 March 1855
I the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace
in & for said County do hereby certify that Mrs
Jincy Wood who has this day aforesaid appeared
before me & made the foregoing Declaration
she is the Identical Widow of William Wood
& is the Identical person who is mentioned
in said certificate exhibited before me
No 1249. dated 11 Aug 1853 at $96 per
annum this the day & date aforesaid and
is now his widow
Ira Beckwith J.P.
Page 76

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I Thomas J Utley Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions for the County of Wake
aforesaid certify that Ira Beckwith whose name appears
to the foregoing Declaration and Certified was at the time
of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County duly commissioned and sworn and that
the signatures purporting to be his are Genuine

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of said Court
at office in Raleigh this 29th day of
March 1855
Thomas J Utley Clerk
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Jincy Wood widow
of Wm Wood a Pensioner
of the U.S. from Wake
N. C at $96 per annum
& her certificate is No [crossed out] 1249
1249 and the
receipt of her claim
under act 3 March 1855
is No 40719 Sent
off the same time with
Mrs Brasfields & Mrs
Brasfeld is
No 40709 under the
Same act. 

[Horizontal]
J. H. Kirkham Esqr.
✓ Raleigh
Wake Co: N. C.
Considered upon her proving by two
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Pension Office
August, 24" 1855.
Sir:
The claim of Mrs. Jincey Wood,
for bounty land will be favorably
Considered upon her proving by two
Credible witnesses her present widowhood
& her identity as the widow of the Soldier
under whom she claims.
Yours Respectfully
S. Cole
for Commissioner.
Page 79

State of North Carolina Wake County.
August, 30 the 1855.

We Eaton Collins and Isham Collins two
credible witnesses residents of Wake County
North Carolina this day personally appeared before
me the Undersigned an acting of the peace
in & for said County, who being first duly
Sworn according to law depose as follows
to wit, that they live in the neighbourhood
of Mrs Jincy Wood, the widow of the
Late William Wood died a pensioner of the
United States. They declare that she is
now the widow of the Identical
William Wood, died, & has not married
Since his death.
Truly entitled & sworn to before
We
James T. Marriott J.P.
Eaton Collins
his
Isham x Collins
mark
Page 80

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I Thomas J Utley Clerk
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County
aforesaid Certify that James T Marriott whose name
requested to the foregoing restoration was at the time
of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in any for said
County duly commissioned and sworn and that [illegible]
purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix the seal of said Court
at office in Raleigh this 31st August
1855.   Thomas J Utley, Clerk
Page 81

For value received I Jincy Wood to whom [illegible] issued, do hereby sell
and assign unto [illegible] heirs and assigned for
over the Said Warrant and authorise [illegible] a patent therefor:
Attest ‘2 March [illegible] day of
X
X      L. S:

State of No Carolina
County } On this day of 1856 before me personally came Jincey
Wood to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to
be her act and deed and Certify that the said Jinsey Wood is the identical person to
whom the within warrant issued and who executed the foregoing assignment thereof

State of No. Carolina
County } I Clerk of the [crossed out] County of
in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that
whose genuine signature is affixed to the above acknowledgement was the time of Signing
the same a Justice of the Peace duly authorised by law to [illegible] knowledgement and
that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as hereby 
Given under my hand, or [illegible] said Court this
day of
Page 82

UNITED STATES OF
Department of t
60 ACRES
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED
that under the Act of March 3rd” 1855, entitled [illegible] in addition to certain Acts [illegible] Bounty Land
[illegible] Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.”
SIXTY ACRES
BOUNTY LAND
is entitled to locate Sixty Acres at any land office of the United S.
[illegible] body and inconformity to the legal subdivision
the public lands upon many of the public lands subjects
sale at either the minimum or lower graduated price

Given under my hand and [illegible] Seat of the Department this   20th
day of August 1826.
D. T. Jinks   No. 298
[Illegible]. Wright N. Co. Philade. & New York. 

S. Cole Seting
Commissione

[Handwriting]
Cancelled for Overissue for [illegible] For 60 acres Decr. 1836 [illegible]
Jincey Wood, widow of William Wood
Private, Revolutionary War.
Cancelled

Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land, [illegible] will be located for you by the General Land Officer on the return of it with your request
to that effect endorsed therein specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it fill up and sign the following application

To the Register of the Land Officer
at

{ Locate this certificate in the ___ quarter of section
In Township___of Range
Attest ___ Register
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Pension Office
August 4 / 53

Sir
Please report
the time of the last pay-
ment to, or time of the
death of the within
named pensioner

Respectfully &c
S. Cole
for Commr.

F Burt Esqr
3 Aud
Present
W Randall
(See other side.)
Page 84

William Wood, act 1818. —
$8. p. mo.: Died 24th October 1844.—
Paid to his death:

F Burt
Auditor.
Page 85

1249
North Carolina [illegible]:
Jincy Wood
widow of William
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 dollars 00.
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
11th day of Augt. 1833
and sent to
J. H. Kirkham
Raleigh
N. C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 140 Vol. A.

[Horizontal]
Reg. 3 m 88: 40719
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1,249
North Carolina [illegible]
Jincy Wood
w of William
served in the Revolutionary
Private
the rate of 
ce on
Page 87

Was War men & recd. 100 acres
Ao 60: -upon proof of } 1 30 of ton
Wid: did [illegible]
Page 88

buy

60 acres

Wake Co_
Page 89

12,646, Wm. Woods, Pri: final Aug: 20” 1791.
12,653, “   “   of: Robt: Means, July, 14th 1792.
One of these [illegible] have been in the Va Artillery
Page 90

William Wood N.C. Act March
18, 1818 when paid last.
H H J
29 Feb 40
Pen Off

2 War. Off
p7. 4 Sept 1839
J H
Page 91

Act of 1833 - 
221, 021

Jincy Wood, wid:
Of William Wood
Revy. War.
X —

Memorandum

Decr. 13/36
Warrant No.
298 for 60 acres Can-
celled [crossed out] for over
Issue - See No. 57 for
60 acres act of 53.
R. D. C.

M.
40.714
Page 92

33.341
North Carolina F
William Wood, decd.
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a Private of the Cavalry, commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution
line for Increased from $96.

Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & ending
24th October 1944.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of
March 1856 and Sent to
G. C. Ames. Present
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

Deduct for Fragments under
act 18 March 1818, at $96. Per
annum. —

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by G. T. Getty, Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 6 Page 80.
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P[illegible] 3d Feb: 53 N. C.
B D [illegible]
Page 94

William Wood decd NC.
Mod. Adm June 7 1832
$100 a year from 4 Mch
1831 to 24 Octo 1 1844 when
he died,

Jincy Wood, widow of
William, N. C.
Mo Act 3 Feby 1853 - 
☞ Deducting $96 a year
under the Act of 1832 and
Under the Act of 1853 - &
pay the widow in [illegible] cases,

Certr. J
G. C. Ames, Esq
Present
Page 95

Sir - The old pensioner, whose passes
In [illegible] there were 2 or 3
years in which he did not [illegible] 
his [illegible]
office he wishes to know, if she
[illegible] by [illegible] draw
from that — Let [illegible] &
return his papers —
201/09
R. Bc Lannes
J. L. Edwards Esqr
R.
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Pension Office
Fayetteville Dec 6th 1845.

James L Edwards Esqur.
Commissioner of Pensions - 
Sir
Please direct the payment
of William Wood. 
1818, 4 Sept 44 to 24th Oct 44, for —
voucher inclosed. 
I am Sir
very respectfully
your ObSevt.
Jno Huske
Agt.
Page 97

Dear Sir; -   Lawrencevill N Carolina. April 25th 1825
Mr W Wood having applied to me last Winter to procure
his name to be restored on the pension Roll.
I procured him the enclosed certificate, but have this
day been applied to to notify him in order to procure
a new certificate or to recover his old one; by the
enclosed you may assertoin the time when his papers
were deposited in the War office, I therefore send them
to you & request you to either send me the old one
or issue a new one & direct to me at this place
your Compliance will [illegible] 
yours
respectfully
J Culpepper
Page 98

Application for a Pension Certificate
Be it known that William Wood, this day came be
fore me J” Culpeper   a Justice of the peace in
& for Montgomery County N.C. and made oath that he
served in the army of the Revolution in the company
commanded by Captain A Singleton in the Regiment
of Colonel Charles Harrison, that he received a cer
tificate of Pension under the signature & Seal of
the Secretary of War, which certificate has been lost
or mislaid so that he cannot find it and makes
this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining one
Subscribed & from to before me
this 25th day of April 1825
J” Culpeper J.P.
of North Carolina

} his
William x Wood
Mark
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State of North Carolina
Montgomery County }
I John B Martin Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions of the county aforesaid
do hereby certify, that John Culpeper whose
signature appears to the within affidavit
was at the time of signing thereof an acting
Justice of the peace in and for the county
of Montgomery, duly appointed and
qualified that due faith and credit
are due his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
done at office 25th day of
April 1825   J B Martin clk