Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 16928, Nathaniel Wood, Conn Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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(8--1776)
SERVICE: Coun., Green Mt. Boys, Vt.
Wood, Nathaniel; Collins, Lois (Former widow)
NUMBER: W16928
CONTENTS: [blank]
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No 3997
New York
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Lois Collins, formerly the widow of Nathaniel Wood who died on the 7th September 1798 of St Lawrence in the State of N.Y who was a private and sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Hopkins of the Regt. commanded by Col. Warner in the N. York line for 13 mo 25 pr:  26 days corpl:  & 7 mo 22 Srgt

Increased from $59.73 - per annum
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 87 Dollars 93 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of October 1844 and sent to H. H. Sylvester, Charlestown N.H -
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept '44- $1187.05
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar - 43.96
(total) $1231.01
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(Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd

Recorded by EU Stewart, Clerk
Book C, Vol 1, Page 109
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Ref'd: by letter to [illegible] agt: 12 Oct 1844
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In matter of the application of Lois Collins, widow of Nathaniel Wood for a pension
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Testimony of Eunice Butler, sister of applicant
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I Eunice Butler of North Hero County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont aged 75 years being duly sworn do
depose, testify & say that I am sister of Lois Collins; that I was present at Bennington when Lois Kinsley
(Then was) was duly Joined in marriage to Nathaniel Wood by Judge Moses Roberson the year after the taking of Burgoyne's army. I think in Dec I further state that Nathaniel Wood was out in the service of 1776
& Brought home sick the fall of that year in 77. he was in Col Herrick's Regiment; in 81 he was in Capt Wm Hutchins Company and further this deponent say not

Eunice Butler

State of Vermont 
Grand Isle County

North Hero Feb 14th AD 1842

Then Eunice Butler of North Hero in the County of Grand Isle personally apearring.  & after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath, that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed contains the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

Before me John Knight Justice of the Peace

I certify that I have been acquainted with Eunice Butler the Deponent some forty years & upwards & I say that she is a credible witness

John Knight J Peace
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County

Clerks office North Hero
February 14th AD 1843

I Joel Allen Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Grand Isle, do hereby certify that John Knight before whom the within deposition purports to have been been sworn is a Justice of the Peace in and for said Grand Isle County duly commissioned and qualified, that his term sevice commenced on the first day of December 1842 & will expire on the last day of November 1843. and that I know his signature within written is genuine-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court the day and year above written

Joel Allen Clerk
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: 

On this 16th day of September AD 1842, personally appeared before me Josiah F. Sanders a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, Lois Collins aged eighty four years, a resident of the Town of Lawrence in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York, who being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836, and the several acts and resolutions
Congress supplementary thereto;  That she is the widow of Nathaniel Wood, who was a private and a sergeant in the Army of the revolution. That the said Nathaniel Wood served upwards of Two years in the revolutionary war as a sergeant and a private. The circumstances of which service, according to the best of her knowledge remembrance and belief, are as follows:

The applicant till her marriage with the said Nathaniel Wood was a single woman and lived with her father whose farm in Bennington State of Vermont, joined the farm of Deacon John Wood, the father of the said Nathaniel Wood, and she was well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Wood from her childhood. In the Summer of the year 1795, He inlisted in Col. Warner's Regiment for three months and marched to join the Northern army under General Montgomery.  Captain Hopkins commanded the Company. He returned from Canada in the fall after his term of service expired and she has no doubt, faithfully performed his duty for the term of his inlistment. He resided at Bennington at his first, and all his subsequent engagements, and services during the war, except when absent on duty.

In the year 1776 the said Nathaniel Wood served six months. In the fore part of the summer of 1776, about the time the troops from Connecticut and Massachusetts marched to the North through Vermont, he enlisted in Col. Swifts Regiment, Capt. Rowley Company for six months and served his time in said company and Regiment at and near Ticonderoga. For several months after he was sick
of a disease taken during this service.

About the middle of the summer of 1777, he again inlisted for six months in Col. Herrick's Regiment of Rangers, in
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Captain Allens Company, and served his term in such company and Regiment near the Hudson River and the head of Lake Champlain. During this service he was engaged in the Bennington battle, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. He returned home to Bennington, and did not serve for any long period until about two years after his marriage with this declarant. The applicant knows that for short periods at a time he was of the engaged in the militia service during the year 1778, 1779 and 1780 but his tours of duty were so short and  so various during these years that she cannot specify these particularly.

In the winter of 1781 the said Nathaniel Wood inlisted at Bennington for nine months in Colonel Fletcher's Regiment of Vermont Troops, Capt Hutchins Company and served his full term, as Sergeant in said company and regiment, and was discharged the first of December 1781 when he returned home. During this service he was stationed, most of the time at and near Castleton Vermont and was engaged often in scouts, and once went to Canada with a flag of truce, as guard to Col. Allen.

The applicant says she has no documentary proof of the services of her said husband. During his life time he had many papers relating to his revolutionary service, but the family has so long been scattered that they must have been lost or destroyed; and that she has no record of her marriage. 
She further says that she was married to the said Nathaniel Wood on the last day of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight at her father's house in Bennington; that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Wood, died on the seventh day of September Seventeen hundred and ninety eight at Albrugh in Vermont; that on the 15th day of September in the year 1810 the
applicant was again married to Charles Collins; that the said Collins died at the Town of Plattsburgh
in the State of New York on the 14th day of March in the year 1827; and that she has a since that
period remained a widow as will more fully appear by the proofs  hereunto annexed

Lois Collins

Sworn to and subscribed the day
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No 5749

Declaration & Proofs
of Lois Collins, applicant for pension as widow of Nathaniel Wood, sergeant and private.

No 5749

Act 4 July 36
admitted 

4.  25.  pri
-  26.  corp
7.  22  Sergt

$57.93

Hon Silas Wright
Senate U.S.
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and year above written before me
Josiah F. Sanders
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss. 

I Josiah F. Sanders a justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid County, before whom the foregoing declaration of Lois Collins was sworn to, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Lois Collins, and that she is a person of veracity, whose
statement is intitled to full credit; and I do further certify that the said Lois Collins resides at the distance of about Thirty miles from the place where Courts of Record for St Lawrence County are held; that she is aged and infirm in body; and that by reason of such age and bodily infirmity, she cannot safely or prudently travel to the place for holding the courts of record for the aforesaid County

September 16th 1842
Josiah F. Sanders
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County

I Alvin Low, Cleark of the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that Josiah F
Sanders was on the day of the date of the preceding certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and Sworn, and that the foregoing and within
signatures purporting to be his are genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 30th day of December 1842
A Low Clk
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Lois Collins

Declaration
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I, Abisha Kinsley of Bennington, in the County of Bennington, and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Six and three fourth years, testify and say, that I was present at the house of my uncle Daniel Kinsley, in Bennington, at the wedding of his daughter Lois Kinsley,
and saw her united in marriage to Nathaniel
Wood, of the same Bennington, some time in the winter previous to my attaining the age of twelve years but cannot positively say what month. I think the marriage was solemnized by the late Hon, Moses Robinson
.- And further saith not Abisha Kinsley
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of December, A.D. 1842.
Before me John S Robinson Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a credible person John S Robinson Justice of Peace. I, Wm Haswell, of Bennington, in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State
aforesaid, and by virtue of said office have the custody of the Records of said Town, - And I further say that I have made diligent search for a record of the marriage of Nathaniel Wood and Lois Kinsley, but cannot find one - I further say that the Record of Marriages from the year
1763 to the year 1800 is very imperfect,
Wm Haswell, Town Clerk,
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of December, A.D. 1842, before me
John S Robinson Justice of Peace
State of Vermont Benning Probate District
Wm Haswell, Register of the Probate Court
for said District, certify that John S. Robinson
is a Magistrate as above, and that the fore
going signatures purporting to be his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office, and subscribed
my name this 26th day of December, A.D. 1842.
Wm. Haswell
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In the matter of the application of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood for a pension
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Testimony of Nathan Wood
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State of New York  } 
Franklin County      }ss Be it known that before me the under signed Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County of Franklin and authorized to administer oath to on this tenth day of February AD 1843 personally appeared Nathan Wood of the Town of Chalone in the said County of Franklin who being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that he was seventy three years of age last August that he was born as he believes at the Town of Bennington in the State of Vermont in the year 1769 that he resided at the said Town of Bennington till he was thirty years of age. The said Deponent further saith that he is a brother of Nathaniel Wood deceased who was a soldier in the Vermont troops in the war of the Revolution, and with that he well remembers the battle of Bennington in the year 1777, and knows that his brother the said Nathaniel Wood was in that engagement and that he knows also afterwards in service at the time of the capture of Burgoyne; and this deponent further saith that he believes his brother the said Nathaniel Wood was engaged in the service of his country as a soldier in the war of the Revolution two or three years that when not employed in said war, his brother the said Nathaniel Wood resided in the said town of Bennington, and this deponent further saith that he knows that his brother, the said Nathaniel Wood & Lois  Kingsley then of Bennington now Lois Collins, were reputed to have been married some time during the war of the Revolution and lived together as husband & wife several years previous to the close of the war.
Nathan [X - his mark] Wood
Subscribed and drawn this 10th Day of February 1843
Before me Asa Hascall Supreme
Court Commissioner and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nathan Wood that he
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is a credible person and a man of good character and that his right arm is so much paralised that he is now unable to write
Asa Hascall Supreme Court Com

State of New York  } 
Franklin County      } ss I Uriah D. Meeker Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Asa Hascall Esqr. whose name is subscribed to this foregoing certificate is a Commissioner of the Supreme Court duly commissioned and sworn and residing in the said County of Franklin, that I am well acquainted with the  hand writing of the said Commissioner and know his signature to the said foregoing Certificate is genuine.  Given under my hand and the seal of said county this 10 day of February 1843.
U. D. Meeker Clerk
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In the Matter of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood
Deposition of Enos Wood
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: MALONE NY OCT. 30]  10
John L. Russell Esquire
Canton
St Lawrence Co. N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss: On this 28th day of October ['1843' crossed out] 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County Enos Wood of Malone in the said county also being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he is Eighty three years of age; that he is a revolutionary pensioner of the United States; that Nathaniel Wood deceased, formerly of Bennington in the State of Vermont was the eldest brother of the deponent and was a soldier of the revolution; that he served as a soldier in the year 1775 in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment in Captain Wait Hopkins' Company, and was at the taking of St. Johns in that year; that in the next year he served by inlistment in Capt. Rowley's company in the regiment (as Deponent ['rember' crossed out] remembers) of Col. Swift, he believes Connecticut troops, but might have been Massachusetts Troops, having inlisted at Bennington, when the troops were marching North; that late in the season, at the close of this service the said Nathaniel Wood was brought home sick from Ticonderoga, by the deponent's father who went for him with a horse; that the deponent well remembers Capt. Rowley wrote to his father that the said Nathaniel was sick of Lake fever and as his inlistment was about expired advised the deponent's father, Deacon John Wood, then of Bennington aforesaid to come for his son the said Nathaniel; that Vermont was out then  recognized as a separate State and many of the new settlers there inlisted in troops commanded by officers from the states from which they had recently emigrated; that in the year 1777 the said Nathaniel inlisted for six months in Col. Samuel Herrick's corps of "Rangers" in Capt. Ebenezer Allen's Company and served, as deponent believes, the full period of his inlistment; that in 1781 he served, as sergeant, in Col. Samuel Fletcher's Regiment, in Capt. William Hutchins company for nine months the period of his inlistment; that the deponent served as Corporal ['private' crossed out] in the same company for the same term; they were stationed principally at Castleton in Vermont and in that neighborhood; that the said Nathaniel served at other times for short periods, as the militia were called out, but he cannot definitely state such other service; that the said Nathaniel Wood was married to Lois Kingsley
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then of Bennington aforesaid, now widow Lois Collins of the Town of Lawrence in St Lawrence County State of New York, on the last day of the year 1778, at the house of her father, which was near the residence of this deponent's father; that the deponent well remembers, the marriage took place in December of the year after Burgoyne's surrender; that it was before the service of the said Nathaniel & the deponent in the year 1781 as stated before in this deposition, the said marriage having taken place more than two years previous to the said service, and the said Nathaniel and the said Lois had for at least Two years previous, lived together as husband and wife and was so recognized by all their relatives and friends, that they continued to live together as husband and wife until the death of the said Nathaniel Wood and raised a large family of children; the deponent can state positively that the said Nathaniel was a married man at the time of his service in 1781 and his wife was the said Lois; that the deponent was present at the marriage; the ceremony was performed by Judge Moses Robinson, then of Bennington.
The Deponent has before made his deposition in relation to the said marriage and also to the service of the said Nathaniel Wood, 
/s/Enos Wood
Sworn before me this 29th day of October 1843}
/s/Rich'd G. Foote Justice of the Peace
I Richard G. Foote a justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county of Franklin do certify that I am well acquainted with Enos Wood the above named deponent; that the said deponent is a man of undoubted veracity, whose statement is entitled to full credit.
/s/Richard G. Foote Justice of the Peace
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State of New York,
Franklin County ss:} I, Francis T. Heath, Dep. Clerk of said County, do certify that Richard G. Foote Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment of this annexed deed, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, dwelling therein, duly qualified and courthouse by, law to take the proof and acknowledgement of deed &c: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county this 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. 
/s/Francis T. Heath, Dep. Clerk. 
[margin note: 21-]
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In matter of Lois Collins 
Supplemental Declaration
Sec. 77- pri 4.25 [margin note: 11?]
 -  80  Corpl. - 26
 1.  Corpl 7.22
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: On this 25th day of March 1843 personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace Lois Collins of the Town of Lawrence in the aforesaid County aged eight four years, who being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say upon oath, that she is an applicant for a widow's pension, as widow of Nathaniel Wood also was a private and sergeant in the army of the revolution; that she was married to the said Nathaniel Wood on the 31st day of December in the year one thousand ['eight' crossed out] seven hundred and seventy eight, being the last day of the year succeeding next after the surrender of Gen'l Burgoyne's army at Saratoga; that she was so married at her father's house in the Town of Bennington in the state of Vermont, Moses Robinson Esq. performing the marriage ceremony; that her husband's brother Enos Wood, who was also a revolutionary soldier, and the deponent's sister, Eunice Butler were present at the marriage, and also Abisha Kingsley her brother, who are the only persons living, to the knowledge of the deponent who were present at her marriage to the said Wood; that she had a bible many years, in which was recorded her said marriage to the said Wood, and also the births of her children; that the house in which the deponent resided, in the Town Plattsburgh in the State of New York was destroyed by fire in the year 1813 and the said bible was burned at that time in the said house; that the deponent has never known the existence of any other record of the said marriage; that she knows the said marriage took place several years before the close of the revolutionary war, and more than two years previous to her said husband's service, as sergeant in the year 1781. 
That the deponent has one son, John Wood, who was born at Bennington, Vermont, whose description and place of nativity she is informed must exist at the war office at Washington. Her said son, John Wood, inlisted as a private, in Capt. Duncan's Company, 17th Regiment U.S. Infantry in July or August 1812, for during the war;
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He was supposed, for many years, to have been killed at the Defeat of Gen. Winchester, near Frenchtown, in January 1813, but during the last summer returned home, after having served upwards of 24 years in Brittish India as an involuntary Brittish soldier, having been sentenced to service for life in India in commutation for sentences of death for attempting to escape service as an impressed sailor on board the Brittish Frigate Sea Horse; The deponent thinks the company returns of Captain Duncan of the inlistment of her son John wood, with his description, age and place of birth, as the same was made in 1812, will corroborate her statement of her marriage with the said Nathaniel Wood. 
/s/Lois Collins
Sworn before me this 25th day of March 1843}
/s/Josiah F. Sanders J.P.
State of New York
St. Lawrence County ss: I the undersigned Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing deposition of Lois Collins was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Lois Colins, and that she is a woman of good character and veracity and that her statement is intitled to full credit. Dated the 25th day of March 1843 - 
/s/Josiah G. Sanders Justice of the Peace
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In matter of the application of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood for a pension
Testimony of Solomon Wood
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State of Newyork
Clinton County ss Solomon Wood of the county aforesaid being duly sworn by me deposeth and says That this deponent was a Soldier of the revolutionary army of the United States That he served ten months in Col. Ebenezer Allen's regt of the Vermont troops
That deponent was well acquainted with Nathaniel Wood who was a Cousin of deponent that the said Nathaniel Wood did service as a Soldier in the same regt with deponent and in Capt William Hutchins Company that deponant saw the Said Nathaniel in the service in Castleton in the State of Vermont for the term of Nine months in the  year 1781
That deponant well recollects that the Said Nathaniel Enlisted at Bennington Vermont in Capt Ebenezer Allen's Company in the year 1777 as a soldier for the term of six months
That the Said Nathaniel lived with a Woman as his wife and was reputed to be his wife about the time of said service and for a long time after, whose name when a girl was Lois Kinsley (Kingsley) - and who now bears the name of Lois Collins. & further this deponent saith not
/s/Solomon Wood
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13th day of Feb 1843
William Hedding, a Judge of Clinton Courts I certify that the above named deponant is of good reputable character - 
/s/W. Hedding, a Judge &c
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I have been for some time acquainted with the within named William Hedding as one of the Judges of the County Court of Clinton County, in this State and noticed, not many weeks since, and during the present Session of the State Senate, the official announcement, in the State papers, of his appointment as First Judge of Clinton county. I have no doubt that the signature "William Hedding" within is in his proper hand writing, made before his promotion to the office of First Judge, but when he was, as he has long been, a Judge of the Clinton County Courts. 
Dated Canton, St Lawrence County, New York, 11 April 1843. 
/s/Silas Wright Jr.
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In matter of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood
Deposition of Eunice Butler
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss: On this first day of November 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county Eunice Butler of North Hero in said county who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that she  is twenty five years of age; that she is sister of Lois Collins of Lawrence in the County of St Lawrence State of New York, widow of Nathaniel Wood whose maiden name was Lois Kinsley (Kingsley); that her said sister was married to the said Nathaniel Wood at her father's house in the Town of Bennington in the state of Vermont the last of the year 1778 or ['77' crossed out] in the first part of the year 1779; that it was the next winter lest one after the Battle of Bennington; that she knows her said sister was married previous to the service of the said Nathaniel Wood in the years 1780 and 1781, because the deponent resided at her father's house and also her said sister Lois, whilst the said Nathaniel was in the service in those two years, and her said sister was there a married woman and made her said husband's clothing, and her said husband came home several times during his said service to see his wife. The marriage ceremony was performed by Judge Moses Robinson who is now dead; that the father of the deponent and also the father of the said Nathaniel were neighbors, their farms adjoining, and the deponent well knew the said Wood's family; that, with the exception of the period whilst the said Nathaniel was in the service, he and the said Lois lived together as man and wife, and raised a large family of children, until his death; that her said sister afterwards married a Mr. Collins, who has been dead many years; The deponent remembers well that when she was a child, in the fore part of the revolutionary war the said Nathaniel Wood was brought home sick from Ticonderoga by his father Deacon John Wood. He had been in the service in the Northern Army. The deponent well remembers that the said Nathaniel was in the service at the Battles of Bennington and Saratoga in the year 1777, and that about a year after he was married he again inlisted and served as a sol-
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dier a large part of the time during the years 1780 and 1781. 
This service the deponent knows was after his marriage to her said sister, and that her sister for a long time lived at her father's in Bennington after she was married for the reason that her said husband was in the service a long time after the marriage; that she always understood that the said Nathaniel in his service after his marriage, was stationed at Castleton in Vermont the most of the time. The said Nathaniel was the oldest son of the said, John Wood. His younger brother Enos Wood, was in the service with him after his marriage.
/s/X her mark Eunice Butler
Sworn before me this First day of November 1843 at North Hero}
/s/William H Russell Justice of the Peace
Witness /s/William H Russell
/s/Giles Harrington
I the above named Justice before whom the foregoing deposition of Eunice Butler was taken do certify that I am acquainted with the said deponent and that she is a person of good character and of sound mind, whose statement is entitled to full credit. Dated the First day of November 1843 at North Hero November 1st A.D. 1843. 
/s/William H Russell Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss} I Joel Allen Clerk of the County Court of Grand Isle do hereby certify that William H. Russell before whom the foregoing deposition was taken & sworn is a justice of the Peace duly commissioned & sworn, that his term of service commenced on the first day of December 1842 & will expire on the last day of November 1843. & that I know his signiture above written to be genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court the day and year above written.
/s/Joel Allen Clerk
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In Matter of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood
Deposition of Olive Hurd
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State of New York
Wyoming County,} ss
Be it known that on this 1st day of November 1843, personally appeared before me William Buxton a Justice of the peace of said County Olive Hurd to me well known who having been by me sworn according to law upon her oath deposeth and saith that she formerly resided at Bennington in the State of Vermont that she first went to that place in the Year 1779 in the fall of that year that she lived in the family of Nathaniel Kingsley until her own marriage which took place on the 31st day of May 1780 That on going to said Bennington She became acquainted with one Nathaniel Wood, who was a son of Deacon John Wood of said place, and Lois Wood the wife of said Nathaniel Wood who was the daughter of Daniel Kingsly (Kingsley) of said Bennington until the fall of the Year 1783 and that during most of the time after her marriage until she removed in a part of the house of the said Daniel Kingsly (Kingsley) and was well and intimately acquainted with them and their family and with the said Dea John Wood and family and with Nathaniel Wood and his wife Lois 
This deponent learned from the said Lois Wood & Lois Kingsly (Kingsley) had been married about one Year previous to the time when she went to Bennington. This deponent further saith that she well knows that from the time when she first went to Bennington in 1779 the said Nathaniel ['Kingsly' crossed out] Wood and Lois his wife lived as husband & wife This deponent further saith that in the Year 1780 and the summer of that Year the said Nathaniel Wood was gone from home in the Army for
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some time and this deponent thinks about two months This deponent further saith that in the Year 1781 the said Nathaniel Wood was again gone from home in the Army for several months and this deponent thinks some 8 or 10 months that during said time the said Nathaniel Wood used to visit his family and friends at Bennington when she saw him at such times 
This deponent further says that she well knew Col Herrick and Captain William Hutchins of said Bennington and thinks that she said Nathaniel Wood served a part as all of the time in said Hutchins Company
This deponent further saith that she was a near neighbor of the said Lois Wood and saw her almost daily during her residence at Bennington That some four Years after she had removed from Bennington and when she lived in the town of Shaftsburg she returned to Bennington to get a table and other articles which she had left at the house of the said David Kinsley (Kingsley) and this deponent well remembers that at that time the said Lois Wood was at her father's house and assisted her in putting up the articles which she wished to remove. This deponent further saith that she is now Eight Seven Years of age
/s/X her mark Olive Hurd
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1st day of November 1843}
/s/William Buxton Justice of the peace in and for Said County
I do hereby certify that the above named Olive Hurd is a person of unimpeachable moral character and that she retains her intellectual powers to an unusual degree for a person of her age
/s/William Buxton Justice
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State of New York
Wyoming County}
[court seal affixed] I Nelson Wolcott, clerk of said county, do hereby certify that William Buxton Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit of Olive Hurd purports to have been taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace, of said county, duly qualified and sworn and authorised by law to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Warsaw in said County, this 2d day of November 1843 - 
/s/Nelson Wolcott Clerk
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[verso]
3997
New York
Lois Collins formerly widow of Nath'l wood dec'd who died on the 7th Sept 1798, of St. Lawrence in the State of New York who was Pri Cap'n & Sergt in the company commanded by Captain Hopkins of the Reg't commanded by Col. Warner in the ['New York' crossed out] line for 4 mo 25 ds private 26 dys Capt 7 " 7/4 dys Sergt
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 59 Dollars 73 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of March, 1844. and sent to [name crossed out] H. H. Sylvester, present.
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi=annual allowance ending [blank]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd}
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk, 
Book C Vol. 1. Page 109

[recto]
Reported
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In the matter of Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood

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Deposition of Solomon Wood
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State of New York
Clinton County Ss On this thirtieth day of October 1843 personally appeared before me the subscriber a citizen of the town of Chazy, in said county to me well known who being by me duly sworn doth depose & say that he is eighty one years of age & that he is a pensioner of the United States for services in the war of the Revolution. That he is cousin of Nathaniel Wood deceased who was also a soldier of the revolution, that the deponent was well acquainted with the said Nathaniel West during the Revolutionary war; that in the fore part of the year in the expedition down lake Champlain under Gen. Montgomery deponent believes that the said Nathaniel Wood left his home in Bennington Vermont as a soldier in Col Seth Warners Regiment & now reputed to have served through that campaign; that in the year 1776 afterwards the said Nathaniel Wood was reputed to have service in the army stationed at Ticonderoga but in what corps deponent does not remember - That in 1779 the said Nathaniel Wood was reputed to have served in Col Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers in Cap Allen's Company 
The deponent knows that the said Nathaniel Wood was a married at the time of his service in the year 1781, that he was married to Louis (Lois) Kingsly (Kingsley) of Bennington V.T. about the first of January 1779 & before the year 1780 as was reputed & believed by all his acquaintances, that deponent knows that for many years after the Service in 1781 the
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the said Nathaniel & Lois lived together as man & wife & had a family of children, that the said Louis (Lois) ['married' crossed out] afterwards married a man by the name of Collins; both Wood & Collins are dead 
/s/Solomon Wood
Sworn before me this 30th day of Oct. 1843
/s/William Hedding First Judge of Clinton Co Courts 
I Certify the above named deponent Solomon Wood is a man of good reputable character and entitled to full credit
/s/William Hedding first Judge &c

Judge Hedding formerly took a deposition in this cause, & I presume a clerk's certificate will not be necessary - if so - Hon Littleton, member of house of representatives, a resident of Clinton co. will certify to his official character and signature.
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N.Y.
Let to Hon Silas Wright
6th[?] March 1844

Act 4 July 1836
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No 5749 [possibly 5149]
Hon. S. Wright Jany 11: 1843
to same April 19. 1843

Act 4 July 1836
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W16928
Nathaniel Wood 
En. 1775 Wait Hopkins Co. Col Seth Warner's Regt. 3 mo.
Summer 76 Cap Rowley, Col. Swift 6 mo.
July 77 Capt Ebenezer Allen, Col. Saml. Herrick 6 mo
Battle Bennington & Stillwater
Mar 1, 1781 Capt Wm Hutchins 
Serg't Col Sam'l Fletcher Vt. 9 mo.
married Lois Kinsley (Kingsley) Dec 31-1778
Died at Alburgh, Vt. Sept 7-1798
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[handwritten letter]
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. I AUG 14 1901]
[margin note: O.W. & N]
Cortland Aug 13, 1901

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I have a certifyed account from the Lieutenant General's office of the State of Vermont - that my great-grand father Nathaniel Wood was enrolled in Chas Perkins Company, in Col'n Samuel
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[handwritten letter]
Herrick's Reg't of Volunteers from Oct 12th to Nov 7th.
He was also enrolled in Capt Wm Hutchin's Company in the Battalion commanded by Samuel Fletcher Esq. Lt. Col. Cont in the service of the State of Vermont. 
He was in Wm. Hutchins Col. in Col Herrick's Reg't of militia, commencing Oct 11th 1780.
He was enrolled in Capt Eben'r Allen's com Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers, raised by the state of Vermont for the defence of the U.S. Have you any more about him
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[handwritten letter]
where he first enlisted &c:
Please answer soon
Yours
/s/Elizabeth Doubleday
Mrs. F. J. Doubleday
44 Port Watson St
Cortland N.Y. 
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. I AUG 14 1901]
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[verso]
Aug 21, 1901 ['Hist' crossed out] Mrs. F. J. Doubleday, Cortland, N.Y. 

[recto]
Rev WIDOW, &c. [margin note: own]
File No. 16,928
Lois Collins widow of Nathaniel Wood Pri. Sgt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th, 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 149
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten letter]
Canton 11 April 1843.

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Dear sir, 
Herewith I transmit additional testimony in the pension case of Lois Collins, transmitted by me to your office, at some time during the late session of Congress, and probably in January, as early in February. Your letter to me will exhibit the objections then taken, and here with you will find the new testimony taken to meet them. I refer you to the letter enclosed, from J. L. Russell Esq. to myself, as containing an abstract and brief of the Case. Mr. Russell is a member of the Bar of this place, of high standing, and am who has had extensive practice in preparing pension cases. In this case, however, he does not act as the retained lawyer, but as the friend and relative, Mrs. Collins being his Aunt, the Sister of his mother. 
I must hope that these proofs will be found satisfactory both as the Marriage and the Service. I shall be obliged for your advice as to the result, when the re-examination shall have been made. 
With Much Respect I am Your obed't Serv't
/s/Silas Wright Jr.
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Letter of John L. Russell Esq to Silas Wright Jr. }
Abstract and Brief of the Case
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[handwritten letter]
Canton St Lawrence Co N.Y.
April 6th 1843-

Hon. Silas Wright Jr.
Dear Sir
About the 1st of January last I forwarded to you at Washington, the papers of Lois Collins, of Laurence in this Co, an applicant for a pension as widow of her first husband Nathaniel Wood, who served near Three years in the revolutionary war. 
We suppose here that the resolution of the 2d session of the last Congress, entitles her to a pension under the act of 1836. 
No copies of the papers were retained here, but I believe the substance of them were as follows:
1st. The applicant's declaration, stating briefly the service her first husband, Nathaniel Wood, her marriage to him 31st Dec'r 1778, at her father's house in Bennington Vt., her maiden name Lois Kingsley, the marriage ceremony performed by Moses Robinson, a magistrate, afterwards known as, Judge Robinson & Wood's death 40 years ago; her marriage to Mr. Collins, & his death about 15 years ago, & that she has since remained a widow. 
2d. The testimony of Major Enos Wood of Malone Franklin Co, whom you know personally, a younger brother of Nathaniel Wood, also states that Nathaniel (his eldest brother) served in the Northern expedition 1775 at St Johns &c. in Capt Wait Hopkins' Co.; Col. Seth Warner's Regt. as private [margin note: 3 mo-] Four months - 
That in June 1776 he inlisted in a Corps of Mass. or Conn't Troops (which the wit. could not state) in Cap't Aaron Rowley's Co. Col. Swift's Regt. for six months and did actually serve, that at the close of this service in 1776, he was brought home sick from Ticonderoga. 
That he served in 1777 in Capt Ebenezer Allen's co. col. Herrick's Regiment Six months as private, during which time he was at the battles of Bennington & Saratoga.
That he served in 1781 as Sergeant Nine months in Capt. Hutchins' Company, Col. Fletcher's Regiment a battalion - Company, Col. Fletcher's Regiment a battalion - 
That he served at other times short periods not particularly stated.
3d. The testimony of Abisha Kingsley, brother of the applicant, who states Wood's service generally & that he was present at his father's house when his sister Lois was married;; the time he identifies by his own age, making it either in the year 1778 or 1779 -
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[handwritten letter]
4th The certificate on oath of the Town clerk of Bennington Vt. that no record of the marriage exists among the Town records & that records of the marriages were not regularly made during the revolutionary war. 
The ['firs' crossed out] above mentioned papers, were supposed by me, to be amply sufficient, to obtain the favorable decision of the Pension Department, notwithstanding the increased strictness in signing proofs, as the sources of proof are diminishing. But it seems I was mistaken. You obliged me by presenting the papers, which are now on file, and by returning me Mr. Edwards' note to yourself stating the objections to the proofs, as follows; 
1st the 6 mos. service in Con. Troops 1776 "must have been in some civil capacity" "as the officers on their march had no authority to inlist'd, & that the rest of the service being "Under authority of Vermont" could be established by the certificate of the Secretary of that state, 
2d That the proof of marriage before close of Wood's service is too indefinite. 
In relation to the first two periods of service in 1775 Col. Warner's Regt. & in 1776 Col. Swift's Regt. - neither could have been with authority of Vermont. That state was not regularly organized until 1777. altho' a sort of "council of safety" existed. 
It is well known that Col. Seth Warner, though com'd by Conn't, raised a large portion of his soldiers in 1775, within the Limits of Vermont. 
The territory where Bennington is, was then claimed by 2 or 3 other states. It was then settled chiefly from Connecticut & its inhabitants would naturally enter service under officers of that state and with old neighbors. The woods was shortly previous emigrated from Conn. 
I have searched, in vain, for record evidence of these two first periods of service. The Secretary of Vt. says no rolls of the service of 1775 & 1776 exist in his office, but he does fully corroborate the proof of the residence of the service claimed, as you you will perceive by his certificate. 
Of the further proofs I have obtained I beg to give a brief sketch. 
Certificate of Secretary of State of Vermont states;
That certain pay rolls exist in which allowance ever made which shew that Nathaniel Wood's name appears upon pay roll of Capt. Eben'r Allen's Co with allowance of 145 days service in 1777 - also on pay roll of Capt. Perkins Co. as corporal, twenty six days in 1780 -
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[handwritten letter]
also on "another paper - pay roll of Capt Hutchins' Co. in 1781 Wood's name appears with allowance, (at one time), as sergeant of 136 days service - also on "another paper" "purporting to be a List of (names & sums)" of service in same company from the "beginning of the campaign 1781 to the 30th June in said year, Wood's name appears as sergeant with an allowance of "£8-8-0" annexed [These two allowances I believe fully prove the Nine months service as Sergeant in 1781, all of which must have been after the marriage]
Solomon's Wood's testimony, taken before Judge Hedding, being Judge of Clinton co & recently appointed First Judge of that  County, also states that he was a revolutionary soldier, and is Cousin of Nathaniel Wood; that he know personally, N. Wood's service 9 mos in 1781 in Capt. Hutchins' Co.; also that about the time of this last service & long afterwards, N. Wood lived with the applicant as his reputed wife. 
Nathan Wood, brother of Nathaniel Wood deceased, testifies generally to the service as stated and that the marriage took place "several years previous to the close of the war."
Eunice Butler, of Grand Isle, a sister of the applicant aged 75 years, states she was present at the marriage, at her father's in Bennington; that it took place "the year after the taking of Burgoyne's Army" she thinks "in Dec'r" - [This sister, could not well be mistaken]
Also that Nathaniel Wood was "out in the service of the year 1776 and was brought home sick in the fall of that year" also that "in 77 he was in Col. Herrick's Regiment" also "in 81 he was in Capt. Hutchins' Co."
Supplemental declaration of Lois Collins, the applicant, who states that the only record of the marriage as existing, to her knowledge, was in her own bible, which was destroyed by fire at Plattsburgh when her house was burned in the Year. 1813.
It appears clearly to me that the new testimony fully substantiates the testimony of the former witness, Enos Wood, both as to facts, and as to the excellent memory of the old gentleman, & that the Com'r of Pensions will find all the objections removed - 
If. Mr. Wright, will again take the trouble of presenting the additional papers & asking a speedy decision, he will very much oblige an aged woman, whose claims upon her country must be short. 
Very Respectfully your obt servant
/s/Jno. Leslie Russell
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In the matter of the application of [underlined] Lois Collins [/underlined] widow of Nathaniel Wood for a Pension
______________
Certificate of Secretary of State of Vermont
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State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office, 
Montpelier, Feb. 22, 1843.}
I, Chauncey L. Knapp, Acting Secretary of said state, do hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper, purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Capt. Eben'r Allen's Company in Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers, raised by the State of Vermont for the Defence of the United States," in the year 1777: - I further certify that the name of Nathaniel Wood, a private, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance for one hundred and forty-five days' service annexed. 
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. Clarke(Charles) Parker's  Company in Col. Samuel Herrick's Regiment, of Volunteers, taking from the 12th of October till the 7th of November" in the year 1780. I further certify that the name of Nathaniel Wood, corporal, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance for twenty-six days' service annexed. 
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. William Hutchins' Company in the Battalion commanded by Samuel Fletcher, Esq. Lt. Col. Com'st, in the service of the State of Vermont, 1781." I further certify that the name of Nathaniel Wood, sergeant, appears upon said pay roll, with an allowance for one hundred and thirty-six days' service annexed.
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I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be a "True List of (the names and sums of) Capt. William Hutchins' Company's Pay Roll, for services in the State of Vermont, from the beginning of the campaign, 1784, to the 30th of June in said year, inclusive, taken from the original in the Paymaster's Office." I further certify that the name of Nathaniel Wood, Sergeant, [margin note: 2 mo 6ds] appears upon said list or pay roll, with an allowance of "£8.8.0" annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office another paper, purporting to be "A Pay Roll of Capt. William Hutchins' Company in Col. Herrick's Regiment of Militia in the service of the State of Vermont, commencing the 11th of October, 1780." I further certify that the name of Nathaniel Wood, a private, appears upon said pay roll with an allowance for eight days' service annexed. 
I further certify that the said pay rolls appear to have been examined, allowed and ordered to be paid, by a committee acting under the authority of this state, and that they were duly paid by the Treasurer. 
[seal 'SECRETARY OF STATE VERMONT' affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of this office, at Montpelier, this the twenty-second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. 
/s/C. L. Knapp, Acting Secretary of State.
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[handwritten letter]
Washington C Jan 7. 1843

James L. Edwards Comm'r of Pensions,
Dear Sir, 
Enclosed I send to you papers containing an application for a pension for Louis (Lois) Wood. I have not read the papers, but am requested to urge their examination at the earliest day which may be consistent with the pressing business of your office. I am so very imperfectly acquainted with these cases that I have confidence in my own judgement as to the sufficiency of testimony in them, but I perceive that these papers came drawn by a neighbor of mine, who is usually very accurate, and has been, so far as I know, very successful in his pension applications. I have also a general acquaintance with the parties' to this application and know them to be respectable people. I hope, for the sake of the very aged Lady who is the applicant that the testimony may be found to be satisfactory. 
I shall be obliged for information, as soon as an examination shall have been made, and for a specific statement of the objections, if insurmountable ones are met with. 
I am Very Respectfully Your obedt. Serv't
/s/Silas Wright Jr.
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State of New York
['Franklin' crossed out] St Lawrence County ss: 
On this sixteenth day of September 1842 personally appeared before me Enos Wood of the Town of Malone in the ['said' crossed out] county of Franklin state of New York a revolutionary pensioner to me well known, who being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is aged eighty one years; that he is a revolutionary pensioner for services in the Vermont Troops in the revolutionary war; that his oldest brother was Nathaniel Wood, now deceased who was Three years older than the deponent: That the said Nathaniel Wood, to the knowledge of the deponent, served in the revolutionary war, at different periods during the war upwards of Two years in the whole, the circumstances and character of said services, are, as nearly as the deponent can remember as follows: In the fore part of the summer of 1775, after the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point and immediately after Montgomery took command of the Northern Army the said Nathaniel Wood inlisted at Bennington Vermont in Capt Wait Hopkins' company in Col. Seth Warner's regiment for the Town of three months, and joined the troops who went down Lake Champlain, and was at the taking of St Johns. After his inlistment expired for this term of three months he returned home to Bennington, and the deponent well remembers bring sent by his father with a horse to meet his said brother Nathaniel. At the time of his first inlistment the deponent and the said Nathaniel were both residing at home in their father's family, Deacon John Wood, of Bennington Vermont, who was one of the men who took Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen. 
In the summer of 1776, the deponent believes in the month of June of that year, some Connecticut and Massachusetts Troops marched through Bennington to Skenesboro' and Ticonderoga to reinforce the Northern Army, and his said brother Nathaniel again inlisted for six months to served in Capt. Rowley's company in Colonel Swift's Regiment, whether Connecticut or Massachusetts Troops he cannot positively state, but believes they were Connecticut troops. The deponent knows that the dais Nathaniel Wood inlisted for six months and marched to
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Skenesboro' and Ticonderoga, and there served out the said period of his inlistment and was discharged at Mount Independence. The deponent well recollects that one of the officers of his brother's company, about the close of this service, wrote to his father the said Deacon Wood, that the said Nathaniel Wood was sick of the Lake fever, and would need assistance to be conveyed home, and he knows that his father did go and bring home the said Nathaniel Wood and the deponent met them at Shaftsbury on their return home to assist them. The said Nathaniel remained sick during the winter till the next spring, when he received his health and again inlisted.
In the month of July 1777, immediately after Ticonderoga was evacuated by the American Army, the said Nathaniel Wood again inlisted in a corps called the Vermont Rangers commanded by Col Samuel Herrick some time in the month of July 1777, in Capt Ebenezer Allen's company. One of the Lieutenants of the Company was Lieut. Isaac Clark, who was afterwards a Colonel in the late war. The inlisted at Bennington, and was engaged at the Battle of Bennington, in which action the deponent, and his father was also both engaged, and his father was said to have been the first name who entered the Brittish breastwork. 
The deponent was in the militia, who were at the battle of Bennington placed under Col. Herrick also led the assault against the ['entrenchments' crossed out] breastworks of the ['Herrick' crossed out] Brittish. 
After the battle of Bennington the said Nathaniel Wood marched with regiment to Stillwater and Saratoga and was at the taking of Burgoyne's army one circumstances the deponent well remembers. The deponent before the battle at Bennington had no gun but borrowed one of a neighbor who was sick, at the battle of Bennington the deponent captures for himself a Hessian's gun, and before Nathaniel went to Saratoga the said Nathaniel took the said Hessian gun because it has a bayonet, on his return in the winter the said Nathaniel brought back an English gun for the deponent and told him he had exchanges the dutch gun for it at Saratoga when Burgoyne surrendered. The said Nathaniel enlisted for six months in this service, and served the full term, and
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returned home in the month of January 1778. The deponent went to Pawlet to bring home his baggage for him after his discharge. 
In the years 1778, 1779, and 1780, the said Nathaniel Wood did not serve for any regular period by inlistment, but was often called out with the militia during those years, as also was the deponent, to serve on scouts and on alarms from the enemy which were frequent. The deponent cannot state the particulars fully of this militia service. 
In the winter of 1780 & 1781, the said Nathaniel Wood and this deponent both inlisted for nine months to serve from March 1st 1781 to December 1st 1781 in Col. Samuel Fletcher's regiment of Vermont state troops, Capt William Hutchins' company Lieut. Gideon Spencer. They both served in the same company for the whole term of nine months. The said Nathaniel served as Sergeant during this term of nine months, and the deponent as corporal, They both messed together and the deponent speaks from his own knowledge as to this service. They were stationed at Castleton and Pittsford during this term, one month of it the said Nathaniel and the deponent were employed as an escort for Gen. Ira Allen who went to Canada with a flag. A considerable portion of this service the said Nathaniel and the deponent were engaged in scouting parties. They were both regularly discharged at the close of the service Dec'r 1st 1781. 
The deponent further says that the said Nathaniel wood died at the Town of Alburgh in the state of Vermont on the 7th day of September 1798. The deponent attended his funeral on the next day after his death. 
The said Nathaniel Wood left a widow, Lois Wood, whose maiden name was Lois Kinsley (Kingsley). the said Nathaniel Wood and Lois Kinsley (Kingsley) were married at the Town of Bennington in Vermont on the 31st day of December 1778. being the last day of the year, as the deponent well rembers. The deponent attended the wedding and saw them married. They were married by Judge Moses Robinson at his father's (Daniel Kinsley's (Kingsley)) house. that she afterwards married a Mr. Collins at North Hero, Grand Isle Vermont. The said Collins, whose christian name the deponent does not recollect, died in the year 1828 or the year 1829, since which time the said Lois has remained, and still is, a widow. That she resides in the Town of Lawrence in the
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County St Lawrence state of New York with her son Reuben Wood. [the words "Franklin" and "said" erased, and the words "St Lawrence" "The" and "of Franklin State of New York" interlined before deposition being taken - also the words "entrenchments" and "Herrick" erased & "breastworks & Brittish" interlined 
/s/Enos Wood 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid}
/s/Horace Allen First Judge of St. Lawrence County Courts.}
State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: I, Horace Allen First Judge of the said County of St Lawrence before whom the foregoing deposition of the above named Enos. Wood was taken do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said deponent for many years, and that he is a man of undoubted probity and veracity whose statement is entitled to full credit. Dated September sixteenth in 1842. 
/s/Horace Allen first Judge of St. Lawrence County Courts
State of New York
St Lawrence County} ss. I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Horace Allen Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Enos Wood purports to have been made and whose name is subscribed to the preceding certificate was at the time of taking the affidavit was on the day of the date of the said certificate First Judge of the County Courts in  and for the County aforesaid commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the said affidavit: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavit and certificate purporting to be his are genuine
[county seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 30th day of November 1842
/s/A. C. Low clk
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State of New York
Franklin County ss} I Francis T Heath Dep clerk of said county do dertify that Richard G Foote Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time a Justice of the peace in said county duly commissioned according to law and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe it to be genuine
In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 30th day of October 1843
Francis T Heath dep clerk
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July 1, 1844
Ms
Lois Collins
Ad. 1836
App for increase
Hon Jas L. Edwards
Commr Pensions
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Washington June 28 '44
Sir
I recd a letter to day from J L Russell Esq of Canton NY, dated the 24th unit, in which he states that he had that day mailed to your address, the pension certificate of Lois Collins of N.Y.
When her claim was allowed, some few months since, she claims for her husbands service of 3 mos in 1775 in Captain Wait Hopkins Co; and of 6 mos in Capt Rowley's Co in 1776, was suspended, although supported by testimony, on the ground that such service was not performed by those officers.
I have now the pleasure to enclose to you, record proof that Capt Hopkins was commissioned on the 27 July 1775. and was in service from that time to Sept 1776.
Also, that Capt Rowley was in Camp at Chelsea on the 13th of Sept 1776 in Col Smiths Conn. Regt. from a [illegible] of Col Seth Warners Regt. July 27. 1775, in the American Archives of Peter Face, it appears that Saml Safford, was Maytr. Wright Hoplins; Oliver Potter; Jno Grant; Wm Fitch; Ged Bronson; Mich Vail & Heman Alllen were Captains. Vol 3 page 530.
I will thank you therefore to have the goodness to cause a new certificate to be [illegible] embracing their
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service of nine months in 1775 & 1776.

I am Respectfully
Henry H. Sylvester

Hon J. L. Edwards
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Lois Collins case
NY Adc Arl '36
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United States of America
Department of State
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
I Certify, That it appears from a Petition of Wait Hopkins & Gideon Brownson, addressed to the Continental Congress on September 10,1776, on file among the "Washington Papers": "That on the 28th of July 1775 your Petitioners were appointed Captains in the Regiment established by the Provincial Congress of New York under the command of Colonel Seth Warner."
In Testimony whereof, I John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State, of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Twelfth day of June A.D. 1844, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Sixty Eighth.
J. C. Calhoun
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Issue new Certificate 
13 mo 25 ds pri
 -- 26 Corp'l
7. 22 Serg't
$87.93
Deduct what has been paid
[margin notes: 10
3.6
87.93x13.6=263.79+8793=1143.09-113.96=1187.05]
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol. 1. Page 109 by Thos. Lumpkin, Clerk.
H. H. Sylvester, Charlestown N.H.
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Lois Collins of New York, formerly widow of Nathaniel Wood, who was a Private, Corporal, and Sergeant in the Revolution, is entitled to receive Fifty nine dollars and Seventy three cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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United States of America
Department of State
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
I Certify That the annexed is a correct Extract taken from the file of the Washington papers in this Department
In Testimony whereof, I John C. Calhoun Secretary of State, of the United States, Have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this Eighth day of June A.D. 1844 and of the Independence of the United States of America the Sixty Eighth
J. C. Calhoun
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Extract from "Return of the Regiment of Fort, in the service of the United Colonies, Commanded by Jonathan Smith Esqr"
"Capt. Rowley"
"Chelsea Camp Sept 13th 1776"
Jon.. Smith Coll"
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June 29 44
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Sec.
3997
Lois Collins
NY
July 4 1836
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Canton [deleted word] St. Lawrence County N.Y. June 24th 1844

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions

Sir:
Enclosed I return Mrs. Collins Pension Certificate, for a revised certificate for an increase in pension, which, I am informed by Col. Sylvester, is granted by the Department.  Please direct the new certificate to me.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Jno Leslie Russell
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Canton St Lawrence Co. N.Y.
November 9th 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions:
Sir:
In the case of Lois Collins, widow of Nathaniel Wood, applicant for a widow's pension, I send additional depositions, her claim having been suspended for further proof.
Some time last summer I had provided depositions from all the witnesses, with one exception, above my office at this place, with the papers, was consumed by fire.
The accident has occasioned the delay in transmitting the additional testimony.
The applicant claims that her husband Nathaniel Wood served upwards of 2 years as private & non-commissioned officer in the revolutionary war - the last period of which was 9 mos. as Sergeant in 1781 That she was married to him on the 31st December 1778 at Bennington Vermont.
I have made diligent search to find the rolls of Col. Seth Warner's Regiment, and also Col. Swifts regiment, in which Wood served in the years 1775 & 1776, but can find nothing of either.
I trust the department will find the evidence of this early service satisfactory, as it is proved by credible witnesses, whose statement, as to the later services can fully
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[illegible] by the certificate of the Secretary of State of Vermont
In [illegible] to the marriage the deporting of [illegible] brother - Enos Wood, and Olive Hurd, an [illegible] certificate [illegible] just [illegible] marriage before the service in 1780-1781- Abisha Kingsley testimony [illegible] on file is to [illegible] [illegible].

In the case of Millicent Conkey widow of Joshua Conkey, I some time since sent the additional proof signed by the department

Very Respectfully
Your obt Servant 
Jno Leslie Russell