Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45457, John Woodruff, New Jersey New York
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(8-776)

Service [heading on far left]

New Jersey
New York

Woodruff, John [written in middle of form]

Number [heading written on far right of form]

S. 45457
BLWA 600-100

Contents [heading on far left of form; no information]
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8299 Y

New York

John Woodruff
private
Ogdens New Jersey Regt 6 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 18th of April 1818

Certificate of pension issued the 26th of March 1819
and sent to Joshua Ferris Esq
Judge Spencer Tioga Co. New York

Arrears to 4th of March 1819.   13/30 & 4/31 mos
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819

[written to the right of these two lines is an account of the pension]

$84.49
$48 #
&132,49

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act of 18th March,1818}

Continued

Dead
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Notifn sent Dec. 7th. 1820 to Tho. Maxwell
Spencer, Tioga Co.
N. Y.
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No. 600

John Woodruff
Private

New Jersey Line

Warrant issued in the name
of the original Grantee, dated the
7th Decen.  1812 and deliv
Samuel Moot the same day.
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[written in column on far left of paper]

John woodruff Private
Ogdens New Jersey Reg
1776 to 1783

See Rolls
entered Feb 1777 [illegible]
Col. Stanten's Regt.
Capt Morrells Comp

Adm.@

[written in column at far right of paper]

John Woodruffs Evidence 
of Revolutionary Service


The Judge's certificate as
to circumstances is
wanting
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One Case
Judge RFerris N. York
Spencer

Recd 4th June 1818
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State of Ne York

Toga County ss.

On the eighteenth of April 1818
before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga & State of
New York personally appeared John Woodruff aged
fifty seven Years Resident in the town of Spencer in
the County of Tioga and State of New York, who being
by me first 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 &
naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War."  That the said John Woodreuff [begin insert] 1in 1775 [end insert] inlisted for the term
of six months at a place called Elizabeth Town in the
State of New Jersey in the Company Commanded by Captain
Garsham Mott in the 2 New York Regiment and continued
in said Corps for the term of six months and in the
year 1776 at a place Called Elizabeth Town in the State of
New Jersey he inlisted in the Company Commanded
by Captain Thomas Morrill in Col.  [word stricken out] Cortlandt Regement
in the service of the United States in said 
Company nine months.  And he the said John Woodruff
inlisted in a place called Turkey near Elizabeth ^ town
in the State of New Jersey in the year 1776 in Col. Ephraim
Martins Regiment of the Jersey line for  during the
war in the Service of the United States and continued
in the Service till peace but was in Col Ogdens Regiment
by some arrangement before the taking of Cornwalliis
being the 1st Regiment in the Jersey line, that he ^ was in [end insert] the
Battle of Long Island, Brandawine and at the taking
of Cornwallis.  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 evidence now in 
his power of his said services.

[signed]  John Woodruff
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Sworn to declared & Subscribed before me on the
day and year aforesaid.
John Ferris one of
the Judges in and for said 
County of Tioga

Tioga County ss

I John Ferris Judge as aforesaid do certify that
it appears to my full satisfaction that the said John
Woodruff did serve in the war of the revolution
as Stated in the preceding declaration against 
the common Enemy:  and I now transmit the
proceedings and testimony taken and had before
me to the Secretary for the department of war
pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned
act of Congress.  [to the left of the paragraph a faint round seal can be seen].

April 18th 1818  Joshua Ferris one of the
Judges of in and for the said
County of Tioga
I Joshua Ferris Judge as aforesaid Do
further Certify that I am personally acquainted
with the said John Woodruff and believe him to be
in ^ such [end insert] very indigent & Reduced Circumstances, as to stand 
in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Dated at Spencer December 10th 1818.

[signed] Joshua Lewis
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State of New York
Tioga County 
Clerk’s Office }  ss

I certify that the within named
Joshua Ferris Esq has been duly appointed 
and Qualified and now is and was at the time
of signing the within an acting Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of said County
and that full faith and credit ought to be
given to his official act as Such –

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Seal
of the said County to be hereunto
affixed this 18th day of December 1818.

[signed]  Matta Carpenter Clk
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Know all men by these presents that I John Woodruff, late of
for many years past, resident of the State of New York, but now
an inhabitant of Elizabethtown in New Jersey, do make, constitute
& appoint [signed] Samual Hook
my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to demand
& receive at the War or other proper office of the United States,
the Military land warrant for One hundred acres due to me
for my services as a soldier in the New Jersey line of the Army
during the Revolutionary war, & a full discharge & receipt
for the same thereupon to make & execute & to do all lawful
acts required for effecting the premises, hereby satisfying
& confirming all that my said Attorney may do herein in
virtue of these presents.  In testimony whereof I have here
unto  put my hand & seal this Third day of December
One thousand eight hundred & twelve.
Signed, sealed &
in presence of }        [signed} John Woodruff
[signed] Shepard Kollock
[signed] Jona: Dayton


Eliz [inserted] th [end insert] …town Essex County New Jersey ss Before me Shepard Kollock
one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas, in & for said county,
came John Woodruff the above named grantor, & acknowledged
the above Power of Attorney to be his voluntary act done & given
for the uses therein mentioned.  In testimony whereof I have here
unto affixed my signature this third day of December One
thousand and eight hundred & twelve.
[signed] Shepard Kollock
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Essex County New Jersey ss.  Before me Shepard Kollock one of the
Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for the said county, came
Jonathan Dayton, formerly a Captain in the New Jersey Brigade
during the Revolutionary war, who being duly sworn did depose
& say that he has for many years been well acquainted with the
within named John Woodruff, the grantor of the within Power
of Attorney, & knows him to be the identical person therein represented,
& to have been a soldier in the New Jersey line during
the Revolutionary war, & entitled of course to the donation of One
hundred acres of land granted by Acts of Congress.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature
this third day of December Eighteen hundred & twelve.

Taken & acknowledged this     }  [signed] Jona: Dayton
day of December 1812 before me
[signed] Shepard Kollock
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I certify that it appears by the Record of
Final testament certificate issued that
John Woodruff of the New Jersey Line
enlisted for and Served to the end of
the War.

Dep. of War
Aa. Office
Decm 7 1812

[signature is illegible]
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Copy of oath and Schedule 
of
John Woodruff

8299 26 Mar '19

$0.75
Spencer
Tioga Co
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Copy

State of New York
Toga County Ss}  On this sixth day of September 1820 personally appeared
in open court, being a Court of Common Pleas holden in and
for the said County in said State, [crossed out text:  with power to hear try & determine]
constituted a Court of Record by the laws of said State, with powers
to hear, try and determine, all actions, real, personal & mixed
arising in the said county and also all transitory actions, 
although the same may not have arisen within the said County
and with other powers, John Woodruff aged sixty one years,
resident in the Town of Spencer in the said County who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare
that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  That he
enlisted in a place called Elizabeth Town in the State of New
Jersey, in the year 1775 for six months that he served the term
of his enlistment and was discharged at a place called
Ticonderoga that he enlisted again at Elisabeth aforesaid for five
or six months in 1776: served the term of said enlistment and
was discharged at a place called Trenton in the State of
New Jersey:  That he enlisted at  a place called Turkey in the
State of New Jersey in the month of January 1777, during the War
in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Martin in the
4th Regiment commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin in the
New Jersey line – and was discharged near a place called Newburgh
in the State of Newyork on the 5th day of June 1783.-
That he made his application to obtain his pension on the 18th day
of April 1818: his certificate is numbered 8,299 and dated 26th
day of March 1819~  (signed) John Woodruff

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have
not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed
of my property or of any part thereof, with intent thereby so
to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an
act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval services of the United Staes in
the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th day of March 1818;
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and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any
property or securities, contracts or debts due me: nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed & by me subscribed -.  That he is a laborer: that he
has no family living with him except his wife, who is not able
to labor much, being upwards of Sixty years of age – That he
is entirely unable to support himself and his wife by labour,
being lame in one of his legs, hurt in the war;------
That he has no Property, Real or Personal, except an old 
[added In the left margin is $5.00] brass cased watch and a poor Feather Bed -----

Sworn to and declared in open Court
This 6th day of September 1820 before     (signed) John Woodruff
one (signed) Gamaliel H. Barstow First Judge

Tioga Court Ss.  I Thomas Maxwell, Clerk of the Court of
[a faint round seal can be seen to the left of the following paragraph]
Common pleas as above mentioned do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath & Schedule are truly copied
from the Record of said Court: and that it is
the opinion of the said Court that the total 
amount in value of the property exhibited
in the foregoing Schedule of the above named John Woodruff
is Five Dollars.  Witness of my hand and the Seal of the
said Court this Ninth day of September 1820---
[signed]  Tho. Maxwell Clerk
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O. W. and N. Division	
3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pension,
Washington, D. C
[written in the margin to left of letterhead]  
J. S. C. [illegible]
In. File 45,457
Rev. War. [end]

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history 
pf John Woodruff, a soldier of the RVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out (or his widow’s)] 
application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings :  Date of Enlistment or Appointment; Length of Service; Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered: Captain Colonel;  State.]

Elizabethtown, N.J. 75.  6 mos. [blank]. Gersham Mott*. [blank] [crossed out: 2 N.J.]
76. 9 “. [blank]. Thomas Morell. Van Cortland. N.J.
Jany. 77. [blank]. [blank]. Jacob Martin. {Ephraim Martin, Ogden. 4 N.J.
dis June 5, 1783
at Newburgh, N.Y. [blank]. [blank]. [blank]. 

Battles engaged in, L. I., Brandy, Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]Date of application for pension, Ap;. 18, 1818 --  allowed.
Age at date of application, 57 yrs.

Remarks:  The only claim for pension under the name of John Woodruff
found on the ^ Rev  [end insert] rec of this B. are Wid File 16483, In. File 15,721&
the above cited et Very Respectfully , Commissioner

*Gershom Mott – Capt. 1 N.Y. 75 – Capt 2 Cont Act 77-
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45457
Rey INVAID.

File No. 45457
John Woodruff
Priv Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 574
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[written in right top of page]

1906 Oct. 25. Hist to
Marie S. Dupuis –
letter in Wid. File
#16,483 John Woodruff.
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Free [crossed out 17 or 18]

Hon. John C. Calhhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
Spencer Dec 21st 1818

[written down on left side of envelope]  Old case See Rolls