Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6566, Aaron Wood, Md. N C.
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[printed in upper left corner] 8-1776

Service:
16d
N.C.

Wood, Aaron
            Matilda

Number:
W.6566
B. L Wt. 10008-160-55
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Vol. W2-99

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82.652
Apr 19/35
Act 55

Matilda Wood widow of private
Aaron Wood

So. Car.
Rev. Pensioner

Private
S. C. Line

S. C. [illegible] 53-3054

Ao. 160 ac's Nov 10/55

Dodge
Boytnton

[illegible]
Hon. W. W. Boyce
Winnsboro, So Carolina

[written diagonally from bottom left corner to upper right corner]
[illegible] No 10008 20d [illegible]
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Set. Agl. Aug 10-35 [illegible]
" G G Brewer [illegible]
" claimant 26 [illegible]

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5053 - 
South Carolina
Aaron Wood
of York District in the State of S. Carolina
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Newson of the Regt commanded 
by Col Eaton in the S. Carolina
Militia for 19 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Feb: 1833 and Sent to Hon. W. T. Nuckolls Haus of Rep's

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $94.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 31.66
$126.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by E. D. Bullock, Clerk, Book D Vol. 8 Page 101
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[left panel]
Letter to A. L. Wallace
Novr. 30th 1853
to same Jany 4/56
Hon W W Boyce Jany 28
Matilda Wood Aug 25 1856

Reg 3 M 55-82651
[illegible]

14 Nov 55 Warrt No 10,008 160 acs
Hon W W Boyce Winnsboro S. C.

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3053
South Carolina [illegible - runs off the page]
Matilda Wood
widow of Aaron Wood
M d
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of November 18[runs off the page]
and sent to A. L. Wallace
Yorkville S. C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 148. Vol. A

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[left panel]
Letter to A. L. Wallacer
Nov 30th 1853
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The State of South Carolina
York District } Is on the
seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record before Hon. Wm D Martin a judge of the land court of Gen Sessions & Com. pleas for said state being a Court of Record. Aaron Wood a resident of the state & district aforesaid who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

That he was born in Loudon County Virginia in the year 1757 as he thinks by his best recollection of a record in a book of his fathers which he has not now, but is destroyed that his parents removed from Virginia to Halifax South Carolina carrying him with them whilst a boy. That in June 1776 he entered the service of the United States in the state of Maryland where he enlisted for six months among the State troops called the Maryland Flying Camp: in a regiment commanded by Col Seock of Hagarstown. Captain Benj Sprakers company. That he had himself left North Carolina [Virginia has been marked through] and gone into Maryland among his [your has been marked through] relations in the latter state. That the detachment with which he was marched from Maryland to New York City where Gen Washington then commanded and in there remained for a short time then moved up the north river to Fort Washington. Below the fort they had an engagement with the British in which the American proceeded in driving the enemy back to their shipping. From there they moved to the White Plains. He [illegible] during a part of the time he was taken sick & so continued for about two months leave, taken into New Jersey & placed in hospital but was in the skirmish at York Island Fort Washington. He served out his term & was
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regularly discharged in Philadelphia after a service of six months.

He next came back to his parents in North Carolina and in the year 1778 went into service in the place of one who was drafted having changed places with him the applicant having enlisted or enrolled himself in a regiment of state troops - the marched from North Carolina under the command of Col Eaton, Cpt Shirlocks company to Georgia and there united with the forces of Gen Ash at Buan Creek. He was there when Gen Ash was defeated in March 1779. He swam the Savannah River & joined Gen Lincoln at Purysburgh So Carolina where he remained until his time was out & then returned home after a regular discharge & service of six months.

In the year 1780, he joined a company of Volunteers. Capt Lockart & marched from North Carolina & joined Gen Gates army near Rock Rover & marched on with him being placed under the command of Gen Porterfield until they came near Camden SoCa where Gen Gates was defeated in which engagement he was. After the defeat & retreat he redevouzed at Hills borough North Carolina & there remained until the term was nearly out & then returned home and after getting home he received a discharge as he thinks and having served about six months this duty of tour.

Afterwards in the year 1780 & 1781 he served in North Carolina about Drownng Creek as a volunteer as a light horseman under the command of Capt Newsom [Newman?] about two months that he has lost or mislaid his discharges and that he cannot procure any written evidence of his services. Nor can he procure the evidence of any person to prove his services as he is aware of. He removed from North Carolina
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after the Revolutionary War to York District South Carolina where he has resided ever since. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Aaron Wood [signature]

in open court [illegible signature of court official]

We George Wilkie a clergyman residing near the above named applicant and James B Fulton a resident of said district and a neighbor of the same do hereby declare and certify that we are well acquainted with the aforesaid Aaron Wood whose name appears subscribed to the above declaration & that we believe him to be seventy five years of age: that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of October 1852

George Wilkie [signature]
J. B. Fulton {signature]
[illegible signature of court official]

And the said court after due investigation & after [illegible] the interrogations prescribed by the war department does hereby declare it as the opinion of the court that the aforementioned Aaron Wood was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states: And the court further certifies that it appears that George Wilkie whose name is prescribed to the foregoing certificate is  a clergyman residing near the applicant and that [the has been crossed out] J. B. Fulton whose name also appears prescribed to the same is a neighbor also of the said applicant and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand 17th Oct. 1832 
Wm D Martin
Presiding Judge

[Two smudges at the bottom o the page may be wax seals.]
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Examination in open court of Aaron Wood in open court

1 Where & in what year were you born
Answer I was born in Loudon County Virginia and as well as I can judge in the year seventeen hundred & fifty-seven

2 Have you any record of your age & if so where is it
Answer I have no record of my age. I have seen and [illegible] by my father which has been lost or destroyed

3 Where were you living when called into service, were have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you live now
Answer I was living in Maryland when I was first called into service after the revolution I removed to South Carolina where I now live

4 How were you called into service were you drafted or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I first enlisted in the Maryland Flying camp for six months I next enlisted in North Carolina state or Colored troops & exchanged places for a man who was drafted in the militia to go to Georgia &  I volunteered for my other services

5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served. Such continental and militia regiments you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Answer We were under the command of General Washington. I remember Colonel Weedon commanded a Virginia regiment. I was at  Gates' defeat & at Ashes defeat in Georgia

6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whoom was it and when & what has become of it
Answer I have received discharges signed by Captains Speakes, Scherlock & Lieutenant Gaither. I have lost them.

7 State the names of persons to whoom you were known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for [illegible] & their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
Answer I refer to the Rev George Wilkie and Jas B Fullton

Sworn to and subscribed Oct 1 in open court
[illegible signature of court official]
Aaron Wood [signature]
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Aaron Wood
Application for Pension

January 17 1833
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Matilda Woods
Declaration 
2nd February 1853
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Aaron Wood was maried to his wife Dorotha in May the 28 day 1778
Matthew Wood was born May the 9th 1779
[illegible; --phen; likely Stephen] Wood Born October the 21th 1781
[illegible; --seph; likely Joseph] Wood Born August the 13th 1783
[illegible; --ezin] Wood Born November  the 6th 1785
[illegible; --becca; likely Rebecca] Wood Born December the 17th 1787
[illegible; --ansey; likely Pansey] Wood Born Aprill the 2 1790
lisabeth [likely Elisabeth] Wood Born May the 17th 1792
[illegible] Wood Born the 31 of August 1794
[illegible; --aszillia] Wood Born September the 23th 1797
[illegible ; -- anney; likely Fanney] Wood Born February the 5th 1800
Wood Born Aprill the 3th 1802
Wood Born December the 20th 1804
[illegible] Wood Born June the 3 1807
Achsah Wood Born May the 28 Day 1830
Martha Wood Born Aprill 29 Day 1832
Matilda Wood Born the [illegible] day of Febuary 1834
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[passage from Bible on top of page]

Dolley Wood departed this Life July the 2 Day 1823 in the 63th year of her life
Aaron Wood Departed this lie July the 19teenth 1834
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South Carolina
York District
On this 24th day of April personally appeared before me John M Ross Judge of the ordinary court for the District and State aforesaid Matilda Wood a resident of said District and State aforesaid aged 55 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress 2nd February 1855 that she is the widow of Aron Wood who was a revolutionary pensioner of the [illegible] state South Carolina agency at the rate of $63.33 per annum.

She further declares that she was married to the said Aron Wood on the twenty-first (21) day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty four (1824) by Joseph McKenzie Esqr of York District (in which District they were maried) and that her husband the said Aron Wood departed this life on the nineteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four (1834) and that she was maried to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and that she is still a widow and that she has never before made application
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for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.

Declarant offers in support of her mariage to the said Aron Wood their family register showing the births of their children issue of their said marriage which is in the hand writing of her said husband and is strictly correct. That she is the second wife of the said Aron Wood and that her first child in the Family Register in Achsah born on the 28th day of May 1830. Which family register is hereunto attached and I further constitute and appoint A. L. Wallace of York District SC my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my said claim of pension and I hereby and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim on file at departments or elsewhere to file aditional arguments and receive the certificate when issued which I wish made payable to me and do all other aids ['and an' crossed out] that I might or could lawfully do if I were personaly present, hereby ratifying and conferring all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully
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do in the [illegible] by my hand and seal the day and year above written. 
Matilda Wood – X her mark [S.S. in curly circle representing seal]
JM Ross [signature]
O.Y.D.

South Carolina
York District

I John M Ross judge of the Court of Ordinary of York District do hereby certify that Matilda Wood who made the foregoing declaration is a lady of good character and that full faith and credit should be given to any statement she makes and that she is the widow of Aaron Wood late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States as represented by her in her declaration done in open court given under my hand and seal of office 24th April AD 1854

J M Ross [signature]
O.Y.D.
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Matilda Wood
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South Carolina, York District
On this 31st day of March AD 1855 personally appeared before me a magistrate in and for the district and state aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths Matilda Wood aged 57 years past a resident of York District in the State of South Carolina who being first duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Aaron Wood deceased who was a private soldier in the N. Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War and was pensioned for his services in Maryland and North Carolina at the rate of _____ dollars per annum but to give the particulars of said service, declarant cannot or names of his company or field officers but would before this department to the proof of his service now on file in his claim under [illegible] of 7th June  1838.  She further says she was maried to the said Aaron Wood in York District South Carolina by Joseph McKinzie Esqr. on the 22nd day of July 1824 and that her maiden  name was Mahew and that her husband the said Aaron Wood died at his residence in York District S.C. on the 19th day of July AD 1834 and that she is now a widow and that she has never before made application for bounty land under this or any other act.
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82-652 [sideways in margin]
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855.
Matilda Wood
X her mark

We James Wallace and H. A. Wallace residents of York District in the State of South Carolina upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Matilda Wood in our presence and that [next 2 words underlined] we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that we have an interest in this claim.
H A Wallis [signature]
James Wallis [signature]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I verify and know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

A.S. Wallace [signature]
Magistrate Y.D. S. C.
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South Carolina
York District

I John G. Enlow Clerk of the Court of Common was in general sessions for York District and state aforesaid. Certify that A. S. Wallace is a Magistrate as above duly qualified according to law and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.

For testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at York Courthouse
AD 1855
John G Enlow [signature]
[illegible]
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South Carolina
York District
Before me personally appeared Rezen Mahew a credible citizen of York District aged 56 years past who being first duly sworn according to law an oath says that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Aaron Wood to his sister, Matilda Mahew now the widow of the said Aaron Wood and that the marriage took place on the twenty second day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty four (1824) (to the best of his recollection) and that they were married in the York District South Carolina by Joseph McKenzie at the house of deponents mother Charity Mahew and that Edward McKenzie now in the state of Georgia was also present and deponent believes is still living and deponent further says that the said Aaron Wood was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.

Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of Nov. 1853.

Rezin Mayhew [signature]

J Leander Adams Magst
I certify that I am disinterested.
7th Nov 1853 J. Leader Adams Mgst
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South Carolina
York District

I John G. Enloe Clerk of the Court of Common pleas and general sessions for the district and state aforesaid do hereby certify that J Leander Adams is an acting magistrate in said district duly qualified according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office at York Court House this 10th day of Nov A.D. 1853

John G Enloe [signature]
[illegible]
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Aaron Wood
S.C

Admit Pri: 19 mo
$63.33

Hon W.T. Nuckolls
House of Reps
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BRIEF in the case of Aaron Wood
District of York in the State of S.C
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.	Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court
2.	If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.	How old is he? 75
4.	State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period   Duration of Service   Rank. Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.
		Years, Months, Days		As a		Gen.

[marginalia on left: June]

In 1776………………………6			Private		Cap Sparks   Col Seock
1778………………………….6			“		Cap Sheerock    Col Eaton
1780………………………….6			“		Cap Lockhart
1781………………………….2			“		Cap Newsom

5.	In what battles was he engaged? in Battle on North River NY. Skirmish at York Is^d neare Fort Washington
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Maryland
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence of the case above mentioned.

George Taylor [signature] Examining Clerk.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

October 25, 1929

Honorable Morris Sheppard
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of October 21, 1929, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6566, it appears that Aaron Wood was board in 1757, in Loudoun County, Virginia. When he was a boy he moved with his parents (their names are not given) from Virginia to Halifax, North Carolina.

While living among his relatives in the State of Maryland, Aaron Wood enlisted in June, 1776, served six months in Captain Benjamin Speakes’ Company, Colonel Shryock’s Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp, and was in an engagement below Fort Washington, and in a skirmish at York Island.

He returned to his parents in North Carolina, and in 1778, he enlisted there, served six months in Captain Schurlock’s Company, Colonel Eaton’s North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battlee of Brier Creek.
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In 1780, he enlisted, marched from North Carolina in Captain Lockart’s Company of volunteers in Colonel Porterfield’s Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Camden and was discharged after serving six months.

In 1780 and 1781, he served about two months in North Carolina in Captain Newsom’s Company of Light Horse.

After the Revolution he moved to York District, South Carolina, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832.

He died July 19, 1834, at his home in York District, South Carolina.

The soldier married, July 21 or July 22, 1824, in York District, South Carolina, Matilda Mayhew. She was his second wife. They were married at the home of her mother, Charity Mayhew.

Said Matilda Wood was allowed pension on her application executed April 24, 1853, at which time she was fifty-five years of age and resided in York District, South Carolina.
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The following family data appear:

Aaron Wood married Doratha, May 23, 1778.

Matthew Wood born May 9, 1779.
Stephen Wood “ October 21, 1781.
Joseph Wood “ August 13, 1783.
__ezin Wood “ November 6, 1785.
Rebecca Wood “ December 17, 1787.
Pansey Wood “ April 2, 1790.
Elisabeth Wood “ May 17, 1792.
Candis or
Landis Wood “ August 31, 1794.
Barzillia Wood “ September 23, 1797.
Fanney Wood “ February 5, 1800.
-----e Wood “ April 3, 1802.
------ Wood “ December 20, 1801.
---lia Wood “ June 3, 1807.

Where above names are incomplete, the record was torn.

Children of Aaron and Matilda Wood were:
Achsah (their oldest child) born May 28, 1830
Martha “ April 29, 1832
Matilda “ February 3, 1834

The following also appears: 

“ Dolley Wood departed this life July 2, 1823, in the sixty-third year of her age.
“ Aaron Wood departed this life July 19, 1834.

The widow’s son-in-law, H.A.Wallace, was living in 1856, the name of his wife is not designated.

The above noted is the only soldier named Aaron Wood, who served with the North Carolina Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and the records fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Wood
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Who served with the North Carolina Troops.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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September 20, 1929

Miss Gertrude Gilbert
910 Peden Avenue
Houston, Texas

Dear Madam:

I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary Wary pension claim, W. 6566, the name of the child of Aaron Wood which ends “andis”, born August 31, 1794, was interpreted “Landis”, the first letter being very indistinct, the paper torn, and could be interpreted as “Candis”.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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August 20, 1929

Miss Gertrude Gilbert
910 Peden  Avenue
Houston
Texas

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6566, it appears that Aaron Wood was born in 1757 in Loudoun County, Virginia. When he was a boy he moved with this parents (their names are not given) from Virginia to Halifax, North Carolina.

While living among his relatives in the State of Maryland, Aaron Wood enlisted in June, 1776, served six months in Captain [Benjamin handwritten in] Speakes’ Company, Colonel Shryock’s Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp, and was in an engagement below Fort Washington, and in a skirmish at York Island.

He returned to his parents in North Carolina, and in 1778 he enlisted there, served six months in Captain Schurlock’s Company, Colonel Eaton’s North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek.

In 1780 he enlisted, marched from North Carolina in Captain Lockart’s Company of volunteers in Colonel Porterfield’s Virginia
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Regiment, was in the battle of Camden and was discharged after serving six months. 

In 1780 and 1781 he served about two months in North Carolina in Captain Newsom’s Company of Light Horses.

After the Revolution he moved to York District, South Carolina, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832.

He died July 19, 1834 at his home in York District, South Carolina.

The solider married, July 21 or July 22, 1824, in York District, South Carolina, Matilda Mayhew. She was his second wife. They were married at the home of her mother, Charity Mayhew.

Said Matilda Wood was allowed pension on her application executed April 24, 1853, at which time she was fifty-five years of age and resided in York District, South Carolina.

The following family data appear:

Aaron Wood married Doratha, May 23, 1778.

Matthew Wood born May 9, 1779.
Stephen Wood “ October 21, 1781.
Joseph Wood “ August 13, 1783.
__ezin Wood “ November 6, 1785.
Rebecca Wood “ December 17, 1787.
Pansey Wood “ April 2, 1790.
Elisabeth Wood “ May 17, 1792.
Candis or [handwritten in] Landis Wood “ August 31, 1794.
Barzillia Wood “ September 23, 1797.
Fanney Wood “ February 5, 1800.
-----e Wood “ April 3, 1802.
------ Wood “ December 20, 1801.
---lia Wood “ June 3, 1807.
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Where above names are incomplete, the record was torn.

Children of Aaron and Matilda Wood were:
Achsah (their oldest child) born May 28, 1830
Martha “ April 29, 1832
Matilda “ February 3, 1834

The following also appears: 

“ Dolley Wood departed this life July 2, 1823, in the sixty-third year of her age.
“ Aaron Wood departed this life July 19, 1834.

The widow’s son-in-law, H.A.Wallace, was living in 1856, the name of his wife is not designated.

The above noted is the only soldier named Aaron Wood, of South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

This history was sent to Mr. C. E. Gilbert, 910 Peden Avenue, Houston, Texas on August 14, 1929.

In order to identify the records of particular soldiers of the Revolution named William Wilson and Thomas Wilkens who might be the subjects of your request, please furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each – approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given names of widows.

Due to the very large number of requests similar to yours, and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Letters are being
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answered as rapidly as possible in order of their receipt.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

[Handwritten note]: The widow’s brother, Rezin Mayhew, was a res of York Dist. S. C. in 1853, then age 56 years.
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MW/Eel

August 14, 1929

Mr. C. E Gilbert
910 Peden  Avenue
Houston, Texas

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6566, it appears that Aaron Wood was born in 1757 in Loudoun County, Virginia. When he was a boy he moved with this parents (their names are not given) from Virginia to Halifax, North Carolina.

While living among his relatives in the State of Maryland, Aaron Wood enlisted in June, 1776, served six months in Captain [Benjamin handwritten in] Speakes’ Company, Colonel Shryock’s Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp, and was in an engagement below Fort Washington, and in a skirmish at York Island.

He returned to his parents in North Carolina, and in 1778 he enlisted there, served six months in Captain Schurlock’s Company, Colonel Eaton’s North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Brier Creek.

In 1780 he enlisted, marched from North Carolina
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in Captain Lockart’s Company of volunteers in Colonel Porterfield’s Virginia

Regiment, was in the battle of Camden and was discharged after serving six months. 

In 1780 and 1781 he served about two months in North Carolina in Captain Newsom’s Company of Light Horses.

After the Revolution he moved to York District, South Carolina, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832.

He died July 19, 1834 at his home in York District, South Carolina.

The solider married, July 21 or July 22, 1824, in York District, South Carolina, Matilda Mayhew. She was his second wife. They were married at the home of her mother, Charity Mayhew.

Said Matilda Wood was allowed pension on her application executed April 24, 1853, at which time she was fifty-five years of age and resided in York District, South Carolina.

The following family data appear:

Aaron Wood married Doratha, May 23, 1778.

Matthew Wood born May 9, 1779.
Stephen Wood “ October 21, 1781.
Joseph Wood “ August 13, 1783.
__ezin Wood “ November 6, 1785.
Rebecca Wood “ December 17, 1787.
Pansey Wood “ April 2, 1790.
Elisabeth Wood “ May 17, 1792.
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Landis Wood  born August 31, 1794.
Barzillia Wood “ September 23, 1797.
Fanney Wood “ February 5, 1800.
-----e Wood “ April 3, 1802.
------ Wood “ December 20, 1801.
---lia Wood “ June 3, 1807.

Where above names are incomplete, the record was torn.

Children of Aaron and Matilda Wood were:
Achsah (their oldest child) born May 28, 1830
Martha “ April 29, 1832
Matilda “ February 3, 1834

The following also appears: 

“ Dolley Wood departed this life July 2, 1823, in the sixty-third year of her age.
“ Aaron Wood departed this life July 19, 1834.

The widow’s son-in-law, H.A.Wallace, was living in 1856, the name of his wife is not stated.

The above noted is the only soldier named Aaron Wood, of South Carolina, found on the Revolutionary War records at this bureau.

Very truly yours,
EARL D CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[Letter is typed on Letterhead for the United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation]

Oct. 21, 1929


My dear Mr. Church:

I will appreciate it very much if you will let me have a statement of the information shown by the records of the pension office relative to Mr. Aaron Wood and Mr. Jonathan Wood, Revolutionary soldiers from North Carolina, and oblige,

Yours very sincerely
Morris Sheppard [signature]


Hon. Earl D. Church
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[stamp toward the bottom of the page reads as follows:
CHIEF’S ROOM
Soldier
Oct 28 1929
Division
U. S. Bureau of Pensions]
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[This letter is typed on letterhead for the General Headquarters of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.]

Houston, Texas,
Sept. 11, 1929.

Hon. Earl D. Church,
Interior Department,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Your esteemed favor of August 14 was very highly appreciated, and I certainly thank you for it.

It is just what we were looking for—giving war record of Aaron Wood, our mother’s great grandfather. However, there is one discrepancy which I wish could be cleared. Aaron Wood’s daughter was Candace Wood who married F. M. Bostick, and who my mother knew well in the last years of her life. The date of birth of the grandmother Candace Wood is the same as that given or “Landis” Wood in the statement you give us. While it is probable that they might have spelled it Candis, we wonder if there could have been an error of the type somewhere than made it Landis instead of Candis?

Will you please oblige us by looking up that point?

Thanking you in advance for your speldid assistance.

Respectfully,
Gertrude Gilbert [signature]
Miss G. Gilbert, 910 Peden Ave.
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MAYOR F. M. Rano, 
Chairman Central Committee

REUNION HEADQUARTERS 
INDEPENDENCE TRUST BLDG.

JULIAN H. LITTLE, 
Treasurer and Disbursing Officer 
Chairman Finance Committee

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
O. KUESTER, Business Manager
C. A. WILLIAMS, President

EDMOND R. WILES,
Business Manager

CAPTAIN HENRY W. EDMONDS, 
Executive to Business Manager

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES
FINANCE, 
Julian H. Little
CENTRAL COMMITTEE 
F. M. Redd, Mayor
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 
General W. A. Smith 
Honorary Chairman
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS 
COMMITTEE 
Governor O. Max Gardner
C.S. M. A. COMMITTEE 
Mrs. J. J. Yates
State Pres. C. S. M. A.
HOTEL RESERVATION 
COMMITTEE
W. O. Christian, Chairman 
A. W. Hartley, Secretary
S. C. V. COMMITTEE
A. J. Crowell, M.D., Chairman,
AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION 
COMMITTEE
Linn D. Garibaldi
Chairman Protem
Leonard J. Toole, Secretary
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE
R. H. Graham, Chairman
U. D. C. GENERAL COMMITTEE
Mrs. E. L. McKee 
State President, U. D. C.
REGISTRATION AND BADGES 
COMMITTEE 
Nathan M. Sharp, Chairman
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Hamilton C. Jones
BALL COMMITTEE
Richard Stitt
MUSIC COMMITTEE
David Ovens
C. O. Brown, Vice Chairman
BOY SCOUTS
J. E. Steere
MILITARY AFFAIRS
General Van B. Metts
Major Paul R. Younts
Vice Chairman
SANITARY COMMITTEE
W. A. McPhaul, M.D., Chairman
SAFETY COUNCIL
Major W. R. Robertson
DECORATIONS AND FLOATS
Mrs. John K. Slear
HISTORICAL PAGEANTS
Mrs. Eloise B. Burkimer
STONEWALL JACKSON CHAPTER
 U. D. C.
Miss Julia Alexander
JAMES H. LANE CHAPTER
U. D. C. 
Mrs. Charles R. Collins
RED CROSS COMMITTEE
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, Chairman
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION 
W. R. Foreman
MOUNTS
Horace Johnson
HOUSING COMMITTEE 
Francis O. Clarkson, Chairman 
H. C. Northrop, Vice Chairman

39th Annual Confederate Reunion 
JUNE 4, 5, 6, 7, 1929
Charlotte, North Carolina

Houston, Texas, 
June 22, 1929.

Honorable Commissioner

Pension Department
Interior Department,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

In an effort to "prove up" on one of our ancestors who was in the war for American Independence, we have incomplete or unofficial evidence that one of them, Aaron Wood of South Carolina, was in the Revolutionary War, and that his widow drew a Federal pension after his death. 1837 at age of 77.

Will you do us the favor to lock it up and give us a copy of the record, name ofhis widow, and residence, and place of his death and date--as I presume those facts are of record.

We will certainly appreciate your response with the information requested, and thanking you now,

I remain Yours very truly,

C. C. Gilbert, 
910 Peden Ave., 
Houston, Texas.

Have just returned from two months in 
Charlotte, N. C., assisting in Reunion.
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[Postmark reads U.S. Pension Office, Aug 12 1929]

910 Peden Ave
Houston, Tx
Aug 8, 1929

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
While in Columbia, S.C. this summer I learned that one Aaron Wood of S. C. was only pensioned
[Wood has been underlined and the word “only” added by a different person that the letter’s author. “Now” has been added in the bottom right corner by a third person.]
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in 1833 at the age of 77- One of my ancestors was Aaron Wood of S. C. and I am anxious to learn if the one pensioned in 1833 was not this ancestor. His wife was named Dorothy –
Will you please give me all the data you have about him?

My father wrote and asked for this data but did not receive an answer. 

I would appreciate this information very much- Respectfully, (Miss) Gertrude Gilbert (over)
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Have you any record of Wm. Wilson and Thos. Wilkens who enlisted in Sharp’s Camp – April – 1781? If so please give it to me.
G. G.
[Wilson and Wilkens are both underlined by a different writer. By each name is written “more” by what also looked like a different writer.]

[At the bottom in a different hand are the words “due to”]
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Left Panel

[illegible] Widow, &c.
File No. 6566
Matilda Wood
Widow
Aaron Wood
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb 3, 1853
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 353
{Arrangement of 1870.}


Right Panel

[the left margin is blacked out and illegible in the scan]
1929-Aug. 14, Hist to C. E. Gilbert, M.E.E.
__9- Aug 20. Hist to Miss [Ger]trude Gilbert, M.E.E.
__9 – Sept 20 Miss G. [Gil]bert further advised. M.E.E.
__29-Oct. 25 – Hist to Senator Morris Sheppard [illegible]
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Aaron Wood. South Carolina. Act June 7, 1832
[illegible] Papers
Matilda Wood. Widow of do. – Act Feb 3, 1852
Papers

[illegible initials. Could be L. M.]
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[Right-hand edge of the document is torn, and some content is missing.]

I Andrew McWhorter Clerk of the Court of Comm
Pleas do hereby certify that the forgoing contain
The original proceedings of the said Court in the
Matter of the application of Aaron Wood for a pensio[n]

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
And Seal of Office this 17th day of October in
The year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
And thirty two and of American Independence
The fifty seventh

AMcWhorter [signature]
[illegible]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Aaron Wood which require further proof or explanation.

I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes [all answers are handwritten]

II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes
III.	 If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes

V.	*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No

VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes

VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes

IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes

X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes
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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes

XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
[no answer]

XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes

XIV.	*If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
[no answer]

XV.	Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was is such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
[no answer]

XVI.	**Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes

XVII.	Are the seven categories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For -------- year ----------- months and ---------- days, I served as a -----------. For ------- months and ----------- days, I served as a -------------; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must provide his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer was authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Left Panel
No. 8265-2
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1885
	
Received Apr 19th, 1855

Aaron Wood Pri-tec.
So. Caro. Line
Rev. War


1000.8-160-66 [added in pencil in a different hand]


Hon. W. W. Boyce
Winnsboro, S. C.
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Brief in the case of Matilda Wood, widow of Aaron Wood
York District and State of South Carolina
Act 3rd February 1853

Claim, (“original”)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[handwritten answer]
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 – His pension was, however, suspended by the letter dated Aug. 26, 1855 and is now reduced agreeably to suggestion in said letter.

Marriage proved by affidavit of Rezen Mahew, who swears he witnessed the ceremony and by certificate of the Court that the judge personally knows the claimant and to be the widow of the pensioner.

A L Wallace
Yorkville, S. C.
Name and resident of Agent

R Goddes 
Examining Clerk.
Page 51

April 15, 55

[illegible]

This law recommended the widow to your attention.

[illegible] Respectfully,
W W Boyce

W P Waldo Esq.
Page 52

Law off. Nov 22.53

L. P Waldo Esq
[illegible]
Sir
Your letter of 21-5 [illegible] after careful examination of two Rev. Rolls in this off, I can find no [illegible] of the service of Aaron Wood.

There are properly [illegible] or [illegible] flying camp. The muster roles are [illegible] originally in loose bundles & I find no evidence of [illegible] by Capt Speaks.

Very respectfully yours [illegible]
D. Murray
[illegible]
Page 53

Goddes
18[illegible]

A. S. Wallace Esq
Yorkville, S. C.
Page 54

Pension Office
July 26, 1833

Sir,
In the case of Matilda Wood, widow of Aaron, of S. C. under the Act of Feby 3/33, strict proof of marriage is required. Record evidence must be furnished or its absence accounted for. If record proof cannot be procured hard [hand?] evidence will suffice.

Very Respectfully,
L P Waldo
Commissioner

A. L. Wallace Esq
Yorkville S. C.
Page 55

Clay Hill So. Ca
11th June 18[?]

Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
On the 9 or 10 of this instant I gave a power of atorney [sic] to J J Combs of Washington City District of Columbia to prosecute my claim for an increase of pension Act the 3 of February 1853 including back pay from the 4th of March 1848 which power I hereby Revoke & Cancel the said Power was obtained by a man calling himself James Taylor of Sumpter District South Carolina which power was obtained by Misrepresentation & Fraud on the part of Taylor and respectfully Request that you only recognize my former agent A. S. Wallace of this District in my said Claim who is a gentleman above suspicion and that you confer with him upon the matter
Page 56

Will the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions do me the favour to request the Judges of the United States Court of Claims at Washington City not to recognize the agency of the said Combs or Taylor or anyone acting under or by their authority in any part or position on my said claims before the said Court for the reasons above stated. I was not before a Magistrate and the Power of Atorney I presume would not be legal and I hereby solemly Revoke it

Your early attention will very much oblige your humble servant

Matilda Wood X her mark

I certifie that I am the son in law of Matilda Wood above named and signed her name at the request of Mr. Taylor to the Power of attorney presented by him and that interest in this application. June the 11th 1856 
H A Wallace
Page 57

Nov 12, 1853

Reply from Law Office
[illegible]
To service of Aaron Wood.

[what looks like a postage stamp with a location and date overlays the handwritten text]

D Murray
Annapolis, Md.

[Running vertically on the page]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Yorkville, S.C. 30th April, 1883

Hon L P Waldo, 
My dear sir
I herewith enclose the claim of Matilda Wood widow of Aron Wood of York District S. C. which you will please examine and report as soon as convenient.

Very Respectfully Yours-
A S Wallace
Page 59

Matilda Wood, widow of Aaron

[illegible] { Married 21 July 1832 X[handwritten]
	       Died 19 July 1934
  	        X [illegible word with a strikethrough]
                     X Rezen Mahew who witnessed the ceremony
	        X Certificate of Court that she is the widower of the pensioner

G.C.[strikethrough]

G. C. if not suspended } see endorsement as to suspension ----
                                           By the certificate of [illegible]
Page 60

No. 1582
Matilda Wood
Widow of Aaron
S.C.			[to the right of this copy is what looks like an embossed seal]


Let to A L Wallace
July 26 1853

Same Aug 16/53
(RG)
Same Nov. 21/53
Register of Maryland Law Office
(RG)  Nov 21/53
Act: Feby 3 1853
Let to A L Wallace Nov 30/53	[to the right of this copy is what looks like an embossed seal]
Page 61

10.008
[illegible]
Page 62

[written vertically up the left side]
82.652

L. P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[in upper right corner]
From
W. W. Boyce
[illegible]
Page 63

Pension Office
Nov 16 1853

Sir,
Please certify then time to which the within pension was paid; I would [illegible – could be “learn”] that his pension was suspended – Is there any evidence of that fact upon your books?

Very respectfully
Your Obs. [illegible]
B Hood
For Commissioner

F. Burt Esq
3rd Auditor
Preset

(See other side)
Page 64

Aaron Wood, Act of 7th June 1832, $63.33 p. an. – Paid to [illegible] Sept 1833. No date of death on our Books, nor any evidence of suspension on record in this office. 

Samuel S Rind
[illegible] Auditor
Page 65

[Torn envelope]

[Postage mark in upper left corner reads: Yorkville S. C. May 2]
[Stamp in upper right corner reads: FREE]

[various illegible initials scribbled on top of the written address]

L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D Columbia
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Yorkville, S. C.
9th August 1853

Hon. L. P. Waldo

Dear Sir,
Your letter in claim of Matilda Wood of York District SC is herewith returned and would respectfully request that her claim be examined for according to former usage in your office, the evidence how called for is appended to her declaration, to with the family register and as we have no publick [sic] records of marriages in this state such record evidence with the cirtificate [sic] of the Court has always been satisfactory where the paper showed its own authenticity.

Very respectfully yours
A. S. Wallace

[below in different handwriting]
As Mr. Wallace says there are no public records of marriages in South Carolina. The family record is evidence of the marriage.
S.P.N. [the writer’s initials]
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Yorkville S.C.
11th of Nov 1835

Hon L. P. Waldo,
My dear sir
I herewith enclose the evidence of Rezen Mahew to sustain the claim of Matlida Wood for a pension under act of 3 February 1853 in answer to yours of the 16th of August last which I hope will be satisfactory. Mrs Wood is a lady of high respectability and in easy circumstances as well as her brother the witness Rezen Mahew.

The births of the children when a matter of record and accompanyed [sic] by a cirtificate [sic] of the court has always been upheld as conclusive evidence of the marriage but no always of the date of the marriage which I presume is not so absolutely necessary as the legality of the marriage
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Is the only matter in controversy as there is no limit as to time under the law of 1853 but only the legality of marriage.

You will report this claim to me as soon as convenient.
Very respectfully yours
A S Wallace