Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,781, William Hood, N.C.
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3-1776
SERVICE      NUMBER

[handwritten]N.C. Hood, William  W.25781 [/handwritten]
[handwritten] Catharine  B.L.Wt. 26978-160-55 [/handwritten]
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4,994
Indiana Roll

William Hood
privateNorth Carolina Line 4

in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
nscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Indiana
at the rate of [handwritten] 8 [typed] Dollars per month, to commence on
the [handwritten] 23d of June 1818

[typed] 
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 21 of Dec 2 1818
[typed] and [handwritten] Sent to the Honorable William
Hendricks House of Representatives

[typed]
Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] Sept. 1818. 2 mos 12/30	19.20
[typed] 
Semi-anl. all’ce ending [handwritten] 4 March 1819.		48.~
                                                                                                         ___________
                                  [handwritten]                                                          $67.20
                                                                                                        ______________

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

[handwritten at bottom of form]
1 yr 6 mo Continued
Jefferson Co
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[form, some in typeset and some handwritten]

5453

[handwritten]
Indiana, Mo
Catharine Hood

[typed]
widow of

[handwritten]
N C William [written in pencil over last name] Hood
[written off to side] Date of widow’s death not 
on AB

[typed]
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a [handwritten] Private.

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

[typed]
Certificate of Pension issued
[handwritten] 31st [typed] day of [handwritten] Aug., 1855
[typed] and sent to
[handwritten] Jeremiah Bundy.
Vernon, Ind.
[typed]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 191 Vol. A

113194
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[handwritten] Notification sent June 13th 1821 to Hon. W Hendricks
[handwritten] H.R. - Madison, Indiana
[handwritten] 1830
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[paper folded in half. transcript of left half follows]
113.190 Act March 3 / 53 –
May 2 "

Catharine Hood widow of William Hood [illegible]

War of the Revolution + mail'd Pensioner Indiana Agency

[diagonally written across above text] No 26978 [illegible, possibly May] 28156

Inda he[illegible] 53-5453

AD: 160[illegible] May, 23' 23756
Boynton

R

Jeremiah Bundy
Vernon Ind

[paper folded in half. transcript of right half follows]

[illegible] J Bundy [illegible, possibly Jany] 9 / 56
" same " " 24 "

Vol H2 page 61.
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State of Indiana
Jennings County
On this tenth day of April A.D. in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William [] H[unreadable] a notary Public of said county duly administers oaths within and for the County of Jennings and State of Indiana Catharine Hood aged sixty eight years and a resident of the county of Jennings and State of Indiana who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of William Hood deceased who was a [left blank] in the company commanded by [left blank] in the war of the Revolution and was during his lifetime placed on the pension rolls of the United States and drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum at Corydon in the State of Indiana
She does not know the names of the officers under whom he  served nor the length of time nor whether he was drafted volunteered or enlisted but she refers to the proof establishing the services of her late husband Willliam Hood in his lifetime
She further states that she was married to the said William Hood in Jefferson county and State of Indiana on the [blank]  day of A.D. [blank] by one Vowter a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Catharine Frances that her late husband died the county of Jennings and State of Indiana on the [blank] day of A.D.  one thousand eight hundred and [blank] and that she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband
She further states that she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which
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she may be entitled under the "act approved of March 3 1855 she also declares that she has never received nor applyed for bounty land under this  or any other act of Congress except as above stated
Catherine her mark Hood
Attest J. Bundy
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; I and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim
Wm B Hagins
Notary Public

State of Indiana
Jennings County
On this tenth day of April A.D. in the year of our lord one thousand eight and fifty five personally appeared before me William B Hagins a Notary Public William A Bullock and Richard Stoll residents of the State of Indiana and County of Jennings who being duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Catherine Hood who saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration and that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and than she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband who died at the county of Jennings and State of Indiana about [blank] years since
William A Bullock
Richard Stoll
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that William A Bullock and credible and respected witnesses and citizens of said county
Wm B Hagins
Notary Public
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State of Indiana
Jennings County SS

On this 24th day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William K Bantz a Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths William A Bullock who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he has been acquainted with Catharine Hood widow of William Hood that he was acquainted with said William Hood in his lifetime and know that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United State at the rate of $96.00 per annum for several years a previous to his death that he [illegible] the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned That said William Hood died about twenty five years since at the County of Jennings and State of Indiana That said Catharine Hood is now his widow and has been ever since his death about 25 years since That she has not married since the time of his death aforesaid The he knows said Catharine Hood to be the widow of William Hood who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States That said Catharine Hood resides in Jennings County Indiana

[signed] William A Bullock
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Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written: and I hereby certify that the said deponent William A Bullock is a credible witness, and that I have no interest in the claim of the applicant for pension
Witness my hand and seal
[signed] William K Bantz J P [handwritten seal]

State of Indiana
Jennings County SS
I, James M. Hill Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County of Jennings do hereby certify that William K Bantz esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and certified was on the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Jennings duly elected commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures within and above written are genuine, in his own hand writing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Jennings Circuit Court at Vernon this 24th day of August 1855.
[signed] James M. Hill Clerk
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Vernon Jennings County
Indiana August 24th 1855

Coms. of Pensions

Dear Sir: I send you the marriage certificate of Catharine Hood and William Hood as evidence in the case of Catharine Hood for a pension I also send you the affidavits of two witnesses that you said was required in your letter of the 15th inst. I can get an hundred more if necessary. She is poor and a speedy examination of the matter is solicited– Yours respectfully
Jeremiah Bundy
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County [illegible]

I John G Sering Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certify that William Hood and Keitty Dephens was married by Jesse Vawter on the Ninth Day of August in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twelve as appears from the record of Marriage [illegible] in my office

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand [illegible] the Seal of said Court at Madison this 22d Day of August AD 1855
[signed] John G Sering
Clerk


[illegible] fee for above $1.00
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State of Indiana
Jennings County

On this day 24th day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William K Bantz a Justice of the peace of Said County [added text "Smith Vawter"] who being duly sworn according law on oath deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Catharine Hood widow of William Hood for about forty years  That he was well acquainted with William Hood her husband in his lifetime and Know that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96.00 per annum That he [illegible, likely drew] a pension for several years previous to his death for services as a revolutionary soldier [crossed out text "at [illegible]"]  That said William Hood aforesaid did about twenty five years since at the county of Jennings and State of Indiana that Catharine Hood aforesaid was his legal wife that she was married to him in Jefferson County Indiana about the year of 1812 That said William Hood and Catharine Hood aforesaid lived together as husband and wife from the time they were married untill his death. [crossed out text "That the said William Hood died"] about twenty five years since  That said Catharine Hood is now his widow and has been ever since his death that she has not married since that time
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State of Indiana
Jennings County

On this day 24th day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me William K Bantz a Justice of the peace of Said County [added text "Smith Vawter"] who being duly sworn according law on oath deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Catharine Hood widow of William Hood for about forty years  That he was well acquainted with William Hood her husband in his lifetime and Know that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96.00 per annum That he [illegible, likely drew] a pension for several years previous to his death for services as a revolutionary soldier [crossed out text "at [illegible]"]  That said William Hood aforesaid did about twenty five years since at the county of Jennings and State of Indiana that Catharine Hood aforesaid was his legal wife that she was married to him in Jefferson County Indiana about the year of 1812 That said William Hood and Catharine Hood aforesaid lived together as husband and wife from the time they were married untill his death. [crossed out text "That the said William Hood died"] about twenty five years since  That said Catharine Hood is now his widow and has been ever since his death that she has not married since that time
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that he knows her to be the widow of William Hood who was a Revolutionary Pensioner as aforesaid
[signed] Smith Vawter

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that said Smith Vawter is a credible witness and that I have no interest in the caim [claim] of the applicant for pension
Witness my hand and seal
[signed] William K Bantz J P [handwritten seal]
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Additional declaration on case of Catharine Hood for Bounty Land No 113190

State of Indiana
Jennings County
SS
On this third day of March 1856 before me William B Hagins a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Catharine Hood aged about seventy years a resident of Jennings County in the State of Indiana who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Catharine Hood to whom under the provisions of the act of 3rd February 1853 a pension of ninety six dollars per annum has been allowed for the Services of her late husband William Hood a Soldier Private of the Revolutionary War, and late of Jennings County Indiana. She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 3 February 1853 is Numbered 5453 bears date the thirty first day of August 1855 and is made payable at the office of the Pension Agent at Madison in the State of Indiana  She further declares that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of 3rd March 1855 never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted

That since being placed on the list
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of Revolutionary Pensions she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said William Hood That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of March 3rd 1835
Catharine Hood [her x mark [signed]
Attest.
George Bundy [signed]
Alanson Andrews [signed]

Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written. And I certify hereby that I know the aforesaid Catharine Hood to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a pensioner of the United States. And at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent Attorney or otherwise

State of Indiana 
Jennings County
SS
On this third day of March 1856 before me the undersigned a [words crossed out, illegible] Pubic duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared William A Bullock and Alanson Andrews residents of the County of Jennings and State of Indiana known to me as credible persons. who made oat, in due form of law that Catharine Hood who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the Act of 3rd [blotted, February] 1853 a pension of ninety six dollars per annum
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3 has been granted for the services of her late husband William Hood deceased, a private soldier of the Revolutionary War

That since being placed on the Roll of Pensioners she the said Catharine Hood has not intermarried but remains and now is a widow That they have known her for thirty years and derive their knowledge of the fact herein named from the following circumstances

To with that they have examined the certificate of pension now in her possession and that they have been acquainted with said Catharine Hood [potential illegible word] thirty years and lived in the same neighborhood with her and was acquainted with William Hood her husband in his lifetime

They further state that they are disinterested witnesses
Alanson Andrews [signed]
William A Bullock [signed]

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Wm B Hagins [signed]
Notary Public
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State of Indiana
Jennings County

On this 12th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty fife personally appeared before the Court of Common Please held in and for the County of Jennings and State of Indiana in open court Catharine Hood a resident of Jennings County Indiana aged about seventy years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath [blotted, likely make] the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States passed the 3rd day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the revolutionary war — That she is the widow of William Hood deceased who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of [rest of line left blank] at the rate of 96 dollars per annum, and whose name was inscribed on the Rolls of the State of Indiana

She further states that she was married to the said William Hood on the [blank] day of [blank] about the year [messy, likely 1830] That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated that there is a public record of her marriage but that there is no private record of her marriage. She further states that she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her [illegible] husband aforesaid

Catharine Hood [her x mark]
Attest J. Bundy
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Subscribed and sworn to in open court on the day and year first above written before me Judge of Said Court
Ezra F. Pabody
Judge

State of Indiana
Jennings County
On this 12th day of July AD 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county William A. Bullock and Rile Roster, who are to me well known [ink obscuring word] who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Catharine Hood the above applicant for a pension that they have known her for about thirty years [----] That they were acquainted with William Hood her late husband having known him for about three or four years previous to his death, that they [illegible] said William Hood and Catharine Hood lived together as husband and wife were reputed so to be that deponants never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned - that the said William Hood died about the year 1830
and that the said Catharine Hood has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow which deponants believe to be the fact that she has never married since her husband's death and is still his widow and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in his [illegible] above and that deponants are disinterested
[signed] William A. Bullock 
Riley Foster [signed]
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and certify that I am not interested herein
William K Bantz J P [signed] [handwritten seal]
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State of Indiana
Jennings County
I James M Hill Clerk of Court of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County of Jennings do hereby certify that the Hon. Ezra F. Pabody before whom the foregoing declaration was made was at the time of so doing a Judge of said Court duly qualified and that William K Bantz Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures of both are genuine
Witness my hand and seal [illegible] said Court [illegible] this 12th day of July 1855
James M Hill
Clerk
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The State of Indiana
Jefferson County
[text to the right of above location information and continuing below] On this 23d day of June 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Jefferson County Circuit Court, personally appears William Hood aged 65 years, resident in Jefferson County State of Indiana, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That the said William Hood enlisted sometime previous to the battle of Guilford in the State of North Carolina in the Company Commanded by Captain Bravard of the 4th N. Carolina Regiment in the continental service, that he continued to serve in the land corps, or in the service of the United States for the term of eighteen months or two years. that he was in the battles of Santee & Ashley River SC and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other [illegible] now in his power of his said services.

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Davis Floyd Presiding
Second Circuit
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I Davis Floyd presiding judge as aforeseaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction , that the said William Hood did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
1818
Davis Floyd President
Second Circuit

The State of Indiana
Jefferson County Ss.
[to the right of the location information] I Richard C Talbott Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court do certify that Davis Floyd who has taken & certified the foregoing oath was at the time thereof and now are the acting [several words crossed out and illegible] presiding Judge of the Second Circuit duly qualified as such & that full faith + credit are due + ought to be given to all his official acts as such [illegible] in Courts of Justice or there[illegible]
[crumpled affixed seal]
[to right of seal] Given under my hand and the seal of our said court at Madison this 7th day of October 1818
Rh. C. Talbott [illegible]
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[paper folded in thirds. top third oriented "right side up"]
State of N. Carolina Secretary's Office 9th Der. 1818
I hereby certify that it appears from the muster roll of the N Carolina Continental Line, that Wm. Hood enlisted under Capt Brevard of the 10th Regt. for the term of 18 months, but the roll is silent as to the time he served.
Given under my hand the date above
Wm. Hill Secretary of State

[middle third, text oriented toward right margin]
Wm. Hood,
Depd. by the Honble Wm. Hendricks,
Send to Wm Hill Esq
1 Dec. 1818

Admitted, [rest of text crossed out] if Wm H[illegible] certify as to the [illegible] cir court [illegible]

[bottom third, oriented "right side up"]
I hereby certify that (knowing Wm Hood) he is in low circumstances -- is very poor
18th Decr 1818
William Hendricks
Mem. Cong rep
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District of Indiana
Jennings County   S:S:
Jennings Circuit Court
[curly bracket to right of three-line header] February Term 1821

On this 5th day of February Eighteen Hundred and Twenty am Personally appeared in open Court (Being a Court of Record of the said District to wit. the Jennings Circuit Court in the third Judicicicial [Judicial] Circuit of the State of Indiana) William Hood aged sixty six years Resided in said Count of Jennings and State of Indiana who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath Declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as following that (he) Listed under Capt. Alexander Bravard in Colonel Archibald Lytles Regiment [four words crossed out] it being the 4th North Carolina Regiment and his Original Certificate is dated the 21st day of December 1818 and numbered 4..994.

And do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby to diminish it or 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 Service of the United States
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in the Revolutionary War passed the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in Trust for me any property or Securities Contracts or Debts Due to me nor have I any Income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed I have no Real Estate Personal property I have one little shovel plow one Grind-stone one sow and Eight small [illegible, likely 'shotes'] one Heifer one falling ax one weeding Hoe and one Grubbing Hoe I have no occupation Except Farming and am not able to pursue that in consequence of Being much afflicted with the Rheumatism  I have four children residing with me Hannibal Eight years old the 19th of this inst, Jesse six years old the 9th of March next Sally four years old the 5th May next and Ellenor one year old the 9th Sept last past Neither of whom are able to support themselves sworn to and Declared on the 5th Day of February 1821
Wm Hood his mark
Before the Honorables
Wm Prather + Jonathan Barrett Judges of said Court
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Mrs Hood [illegible]
[illegible]
4994
Sent to
Hon. Wm. Hendricks, H.R.
June 13, 1821
Madison, Indian
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The State of Indiana Jennings County

James Stott Clerk of the Jennings Circuit Court in the third judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana Do Hereby Certify that the forgoing Oath and the Schedule Hereto amassed are truly copied from the Records of said court And I Do further Certify that it is the Opinion of said Court that the Total Amount of the Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is [smudged]$ Eighteen Dollars and - cents

[Seal; been damaged]

In testimony whereof I have Hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Vernon on the 3rd Day of February 1821
James Stott Clerk of the Jennings Cir Court for the State of Indiana
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                                                                                                              September 12, 1938

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                                                                                                              WILLIAM HOOD
                                                                                                              W.  25781
                                                                                                              BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Myrtle Gaultney
456 Beech Avenue
Macon, Georgia

Dear Madam:

            The data which follow in regard to William Hood were obtained from the claims for pension and bounty land under File No. W. 25781, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

             The date and place of birth of William Hood and names of his parents are not shown.

             William Hood enlisted in the state of North Carolina sometime prior to the battle of Guilford, exact date not given, for the term of eighteen months, served as a private in Captain Alexander Brevard's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in the battles of Santee and Ashley River, and others not designated, and was discharged after having served eighteen months or two years.

           The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed June 23, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana. In 1821, he was living in Jennings County, Indiana, and died there April 6, 1829.

William Hood married August 9, 1818, in Jefferson County, Indiana, Catharine Frances or Kitty Dephens. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown. Their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office of Jefferson County, Indiana.

Catharine Hood was allowed pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, William Hood, on her application executed July 13, 1855, at which time she was aged about seventy years and a resident of Jennings County, Indiana, and still living there the following year.

Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed Warrant 26978, for one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, under the Act of March 3, 1855, also,
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on account of the service of her husband.  She was then a resident of Jennings County, Indiana.

The following names of children of William Hood and his wife, Catharine, are shown as living with the soldier in 1821 in Jennings County, Indiana, and no reference was made to any other children:
Hannibal, born February 19, 1813
Jesse, " March 9, 1815
Sally, " May 4, 1817
Ellenor, "    September 9, 1819

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, Catharine, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Catharine Hood, widow of William, certificate #5453, issued August 31, 1855, rate $96 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act February 3, 1853, Indiana Agency.

If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted soldier's widow, Catharine Hood, you should apply to the Commissioner of the general Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.

Very Truly Yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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1935, Oct 23 -Hist. to- B. R. Matthew
Rec ltr in claim of Geo Guess #4770 MLB
1937, May 21 -Hist. to E L Trainer MLB
1938, Sept 12- Hist. to Mrs. Myrtle Gaultney MLB

Revy Widow, &c. 

File No. 25,781
Catharine Hoode wid. of William Hoode Priv Rev, nan
Act: Feb 3rd, 1853 
Index:--Vol. A, Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870]
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[Crossed out] Jeremiah Bundy June 9 1856 Same April 8 1857 Same " 29 "

5453
Indiana, M
Catharine Hood widow of William who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued 31st day of August 1855 and sent to Jeremiah Bundy Vernion Inda
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners Under act [torn at bottom]

[number on lower right] Rez [illegible] m 55-113194
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26,978 
Rev War
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Judith Young of Robert Kentucky Rejected see letter 22nd Feb 41 [illegible] L.W. Andrews letter to dr 3rd March 41married after her husband left the army
 let: 3rd June 1841 Hon L. W. Andrews let to do 10 June 41 Act 4 July 1836
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No 5954
Catherine Hood widow of William
Jennings Co. Ind
Jeremiah Bundy Aug 15 1855
3 Feby 1883
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Pen Off. Aug 14 1855
[ in pencil] 6 Apr 29

Sir
Please oblige me by informing me when William Hood of Inv Act, 1818 & 1820 at $96 a year was last paid.
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
C. C.

RJ Atkinson Esq
[illegible] Auditor

Triplett
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William Hood died 6 Apr 1829 pd in full

Aug 15/55 | W. F. S. Taylor Acting Auditor
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Vernon Jennings County
Indiana June 11th 1856

Hon. J. Minot
Coms. of Pens.

Dear Sir, I herewith send you the claim of Catharine Hood for arrears of pension from the 4th March 1848 to the 3rd February 1853. I think she is entitled to it under the act of Feb. 3rd 1853. You will please correspond with me in regard to it at "Vernon Ind."

Yours Respectfully
Jeremiah Bundy
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Vernon Indiana Jun. 15th 1856
Hon J. Minot
Coms. of Pens.
Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir: Your communication of the 9th inst. in regard to the application of Catharine Hood no. 193.180 widow of William Hood deceased, for bounty land under the act of March 3rd 1853 for services of her husband in the war of the revolution has been received. You inform me that the record evidence of his William Hood's services is in the Controller's office N.C. There may be record evidence there but if you intend to convey the idea that there is no record evidence in the Pension office I am inclined to think that you are mistaken. She
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made application last summer for a pension and obtained upon evidence then on file in the pension office For which she if I mistakn [sic] not refered [sic] in her application for bounty land. If it requires any additional evidence I will try and procure it though I did not think it would require more or other testimony than that upon which she obtained a pension

I have heard nothing from the application of Thomas Smith number 99.649
Margaret Phelps No. 111.116
William T Slott number 81.734
The numbers are not so high as some that have been examined
Yours Respectfully Jeremiah Bundy
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Vernon Jennings County
Indiana May 30. 1856

Hon. J Minot
Com. of Pens.

Sear Sir: I wish to know of you whether you do not think that Catharine Hood a [crossed out] widow of William Hood and a pensioner under the act of 3rd February 1853 is not entitled to a [illegible addition] pension of from the 4th of March 1848 to the 3rd of February 1853. I have been informed that such is the case, that all of those pensioners are entitled to it.

If such is the fact will you please [illegible].

Her land warrant has not yet been received. Her application is 113.180.

Yours [illegible] Jeremiah Bundy
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Vernon Indiana
May 14th 1856
Coms. of Pens.
Dear Sir: I sent you something since an additional declaration in the case of Catharine Hood No. 113.180 Application for bounty land, from which I have heard nothing. It has been about two months since I sent them.
They have got mislaid. Please inform me and oblige your obt. servt.
J. Bundy
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[underlined] J Bundy
[underlined] 113190
Catherine Hood
Ref to Mr Boynton
Dec/21 85
26978 [unreadable]
Vernon Ind
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[upside-down gray stamp] Received Aug 5 1938 Mail Sup Div Vet Admin [illegible] 15

Mason, GA
456 Beech Ave
Aug. 2, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
If you have a pension record of Rev. War of a William Hood from any where, please send me extracts of it + oblige.
Mrs Myrtle Gaultney
BH.J/ M. M. H. F.: MSB
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Vernon Indiana April 22nd 1857
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir: Your letter of the 8th inst. in regard to my inquiry in relation to the pension of Catharine Hood has been received. The Enquiry was. whether she was entitled to a pension from the 4th of March 1848 or only from the 3rd February 1853.

In my letter I referred to a decision of the Court of Claims in the case of James Smith vs. the United States. She was married subsequent to January 1st 1800 and presented her claim for a pension from the 4th March 1848 and that court decided that she was entitled to it from that date.

That the Second Section of the Act of Feb. 3rd 1853 "giving to widows of all officers non commissioned officers and privates of the Revolutionary army who were married subsequent to January 1800 pensions in the same manner as those who were married prior to that date, placed thus upon an equal footing with them as to the time when the pension should commence. Mrs. Hood was married
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subsequent to that date. And I cannot see why she is not entitled to the arrearages of pension from the 4th of March 1848 to the 3rd of February 1853 having received her pension from the 3rd February 1853.

I do not wish to be too inquisitive and troublesome to you in regards to it, but if she is entitled to it I wish to obtain it for her. I filed a power of attorney for her in the case about one year since or [illegible, sent?] it to the department of the interior to be filed.

I think, from the decision of the court of claims above alluded to, she is entitled.
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Jeremiah Bundy
April 29/57
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Pension Office,
April 29, 1857
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 22nd instant in relation to the case of Catharine Hood, you are informed that the occasion of the Court of Claims referred to by you cannot be binding upon this office until it receives the approval of Congress in the passage of a general law upon the subject.

Jeremiah Bundy Esq
Vernon,
Indiana
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Pension Office,
April 8, 1857

Sir,
Mrs Catharine Hood's pension can not be made to commence running at a date prior to the passage of the Act of 3 Feby 1853, unless congress shall so [illegible] by express legislation.

Jeremiah Bundy Esq
Vernon
Indiana
[illegible]
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Vernon Jennings County
Indiana March 31st 1857

Coms. of Pens.

Dear Sir: I wish to know of you, if you will be pleased to do so, whether or not a widow of a Revolutionary Soldier who was married subsequent to 1800 under the act of February 3rd 1853 is entitled to a pension from the 4th of March 1848 or only from the 3rd February 1853. I think there has been a decision of the Court of Claims to the effect that they are. I sent a power of attorney to the pension office in the Case of Catharine Hood some twelve months since in regard to it. I wish you would let me know if you please in regard to it and

Oblige yours
Jeremiah Bundy
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Vernon Jennings County Ind.
April 28th 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Coms. of Pens.
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will please find the application of Catharine Hood widow of William Hood for a Harris Warrant. She informs me that she has made application for a pension under Act of February 3rd 1853. If so a certified copy of the marriage record is on file if not one can be procured & forwarded. And if no application has been made she wishes to do.
She employed some person to make application [illegible] 18 months [illegible] But she has never heard any thing from it if a pension has been allowed she does not know it.
If you will let me know whether application for  a pension allowed or applied for on her behalf you will confer a favor on her and much oblige yourself.
Jeremiah Bundy
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Show when she was married
when he died
prove widow of the pensioner
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Vernon Indiana Aug. 8th 1855

Coms. of Pens.

Dear Sir: Therewith find you the application of Catharine Hood, widow of William Hood decd. for a pension. The Certified Copy of the marriage record will be forwarded if it can be obtained in a few days. She made application sometime about two years since, or rather a man took her declaration, but what he's done with she dies not know. She has heard nothing from D Liner. You will please acknowledge the receipt of the papers herewith [illegible] and if any thing more is wanting to complete the claim corresponded with me at "Vernon Indiana" for the later and when a certificate is issued in her favor direct it to me.

Yours respectfully
Jeremiah Bundy
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Brief in the case of Catharine Hood widow of William
Jennings County and State of Indiana
act 3 Feby 1853
[printed] Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase."' crossed out]
[printed] Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[printed] Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Acts of 1818 = 1820 at $96 a year
Recent evidence of marriage
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, Identity as the widow of the pensioner, his death and her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses,

Name and Residence of Agent
Jeremiah Bunday Esq
Vernon
Ind

[Illegible] Triplett
Examining Clerk
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Catharine Hood
widow of William
Jennings Co Indiana
admd 3rd Feby 1853
$96 a year from the passage of the Act

Sent to
Jeremiah Bundy Esq
Vernon
Ind
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Pension Office
June 9 1836

Sir
Pensions under the Act of Feby [February] 3 1833, 2 Dec commence [illegible] from the date of the passage of the Act. [1853 written in letter margin] You perceive, therefore, that [1853 written in letter margin] Mrs Catharine Hood of Indiana has been properly allowed. 
Jeremiah Bundy Esq
Vernon
Indiana
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State of Indiana
Jennings County
[bracket to right of location labels] SS
On this 5th day of June A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me William K Bantz a Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly authorized to administer oaths within and for said County Catharine Hood widow of William Hood deceased who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and who was during his liftime [lifetime] placed on the pension list of The United States at the Rate of $96.00 per annum. That she said Catharine Hood is the identical Catharine Hood who was placed on the pension Rolls of the United States on [crossed out] under the act of February 3rd 1853 at the Rate of $96.00 per annum as apears by a certificate in her possession dated the 31st day of August 1853.
That she has not received nor applied for her arrears of pension from the 4th day of March 1848 to the 3rd day of February 1853. That her certificate above refered to granted her a pension from the 3rd day of February 1853 during her life or widowhood.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of pension to which she may be entitled under the act of February 3rd 1853 from the the 4th day of March 1848 to the 3rd February 1853. She further states that she is still a widow and resides
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in Jennings County and State of Indiana Catharine Hood [her X mark]
John Travis 
Henry Hudson

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and certify that the said Catharine Hood is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she is now a widow, and that I have no interest this claim William K. Bantz J.P. [written seal]

State of Indiana 
Jennings County|

I Benjamin F. Lewis Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Jennings and State of Indiana do hereby Certify that William K Bantz whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing certificates is and was at the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Circuit Court at Vernon in said county this 11th day of June 1836
Benjamin K. Lewis Clerk
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Know all men by these presents that I Catharine Hood of Jennings County Indiana Widow of William Hood diceased [sic]and a pensioner of the United States under the Second Section of the Act of 3rd February 1833 do hereby constitute and appoint Jeremiah Bundy my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my hand and behalf to prossecute [sic] in the United States Court of Claims, and before Congress and the Department of the Interior my claim for arrears of pension under the act aforesaid from the 4th day of March 1848 to the 3rd day of February 1833. This power of attorney to be irrevocable for the term of three years from date
Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of June 1836 Catharine Hood her mark [written seal]
Executed in presence of 
John Travis 
Henry Hudson

State of Indiana
Jennings County | On this 5th day of June 1836 before me a justice of the peace in and for said county, personally confirm the above named Catharine Hood and acknowledge the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed
William K. Bantz [written seal] Justice of the peace
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[Stamp] RECEIVED MAR 12 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV APRIL 26

March 10, 1937.

Commissioner
Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me all information you have concerning William Hood who served in the North Carolina line diring the War of the Revolution: Reference, page 20, Indiana Section, Jefferson County, Indiana Pension Roll. He died in 1829. 

Thanking you for this favor, 

Yours respectfully, 
[Handwritten] E. I. Tranter
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September 12, 1938

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Mrs. Myrtle Gaultney
456 Beach Avenue
Macon, Georgie

BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your further request for the record of William Hood who served in the Revolutionary War. 
You are furnished herewith the record of William Hood. If it is not the record of the soldier in whom you are interested, and you will furnish all the data you have in regard to him, such as date and place of birth, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow, another search of the records will be made in your behalf and a report furnished, 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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May 21, 1937

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Mr. E. I. Tranter
C/o Mid-West Food Packers
Fowlerton, Indiana

WILLIAM HOOD 
W. 25781
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Hood who served in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina, received pension while living in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died in 1829. 
The record of William Hood follows as found in pension claim, W. 25781, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and the place of birth and names of the parents of William Hood are not given. 
William Hood enlisted in the State of North Carolina sometime prior to the battle of Guilford, exact date not given, for a term of eighteen months, served as a private in Captain Alexander Brevard's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in the battles of Santee and Ashley River, and other not designated, and was discharged after having served eighteen months or two years. 
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed June 23, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana. In 1821, he was living in Jennings County, Indiana, and died there April 6, 1829. 
William Hood married august 9, 1812, in Jefferson County, Indiana, Catharine Frances or Kitty Dephens. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. Their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office of Jefferson County, Indiana. 
Soldier's widow, Catharine Hood, was allowed pension on her application executed July 12, 1855, at which time she was aged about seventy years and a resident of Jennings County, Indiana, and still living there the following year.
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The following of William Hood and his wife, Catharine, were living with the soldier in 1821 in Jennings County, Indiana, and no reference was made to any other children:

Hannibal, born February 19, 1813
Jesse, " March 9, 1815
Sally, " May 4, 1817
Ellenor, " September 9, 1819

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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October 23, 1935

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B. R. Matthews
204 West Third Street
Madison, Indiana

William Hood, W. 25781
George Guess, Ctf.4770
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to you letter in which you request the Revolutionary War pention records of George Guess, who served as a private in the Pennsylvania Line and was pensioned in 1818, and William Hood, who served as a private in the North Carolina Line, pensioned in 1818 and died April 6, 1829. 
The records of those soldiers are furnished you herein. 
WILLIAM HOOD
W. 25781
The papers in pension claim, W. 25781, show that William Hood enlisted in the State of North Carolina sometime prior to the battle of Guilford, exact date not given, for a term of eighteen months, served as a private in Captain Alexander Brevard's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in battles of Santee and Ashley River, and others not designated, and was discharged after having served eighteen months or two years. 
William Hood was allowed pension on his application executed June 23, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana. The sate and place of his birth and names of parents are not given. 
In 1821 the soldier was living in Jennings County, Indiana, and died there April 6, 1829. 
William Hood married August 9, 1812, in Jefferson County, Indiana, Catharine Frances or Kitty Dephens. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not stated. Their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office of Jefferson County, Indiana.
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Soldier's widow, Catharine Hood, was allowed pension on her application executed July 12, 1855, at which time she was aged about seventy years and a resident of Jennings County, Indiana, and was still living there the following year. 
The following children of William Hood and his wife, Catharine, were living with the soldier in 1821 in Jennings County, Indiana, and no reference was made to other children:

Hannibal, born February 19, 1813
Jesse, " March 9, 1815
Sally, " May 4, 1817
Ellenor, " September 9, 1819

GEORGE GUESS
Certificate 4770

The record show that George Guess served as a private in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution, Date and place of enlistment are no shown, nor names of officers. 
George Guess was allowed pension on his application executed December 5, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana, aged about fifty-eight years. 
There is no claim for pension on file by any one as the widow of this soldier. 
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of George Guess, you should apply to the Controller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
George Guess, Certificate 4770, issued December 5, 1818, rate $8.00 per month, commenced June 22, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Indiana Agency. 

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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