Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,947, Asahel Wood, Mass.
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Mass  Wood, Asajel S33947
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d. Dec 27, 1822 ab
Notification death Nov. 3rd, 1820 to Abijha Bigelow,  Worcester Mass:
3897 Massachusetts
Asahel Wood, private Capt. Pritchard in the Massachusetts line in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Inscribed on the roll at eight dollars per month to commence on the 23 of April 1818. Certificate of pension issued on the 5th of Nov 1818 and sent to the attention of Edward Bangs, Esq.[illegible] C: Mass.ts [Massachusetts] Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1818, 4 11/30 $34.93, Semi-anl  ali'ce ending 4th Mar 1819, $48.00 [total]$82.93.
Revolutionary Claim, Acct. 13 Mar 1818, Four years, Hardwick Worcester Co, Continnued
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Deponent [ineligible] Primus Hall son of  Asael [Asahel] Wood. Bangs [circled]
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Boston Sept. 26, 1818

I Primus Hall of Boston in the County of Suffolk of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [Toas a Boilen] Deposeth & says. That I knew Asael Wood, a coloured man, in the year 1781 and at that Period sometime in the month of June, the said Wood came into the family of Col. Timothy Pickering Fs. Master General where I then resided in the capacity  of Steward, and the said Asael Wood was in the course of that year drafted, as a waggoner in the Staff Department, and taken out of the line in which he previously was - I also Depose that the said Wood continued in that service with me until the April following, when I Knew he then joined his Regiment under the Command of a Field Officer. Primus Hall [signed]

Suffolk Ss. Boston Sept. 26, 1818. Then Personally appeared the above named Primus Hale, and made Solemn Oath, that the above named [ineligible]Deposition by him Subscribed was true before me John Folsom [signed], Justice of the Peace.  
 Suffolk Ss. Boston September 28, 1818
I hereby certify that John W. Folsom whose signature is above is a Justice of the Peace for the County and qualified to act as such.  In testimony of whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Boston Court of Common Pleas for this County. Jno Callender, Clk of BC Com Pleas & Sup [illegible] Ct
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This may certify to all concerned. that. the bearer, Asahel Wood, residing in the Town of Hardwick, County of Worcester a Colored Man-states to me that he was a Soldier in the Year 1775 in Col. Woodbridge's Regiment. and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. and that in the Year 1781 indented into Capt. Thomas Pritchards Company in Col. Pre.-alons Reg in the service of the United States and that he served until the close of the Revolutionary War & discharged with the Army in the relation he gives of many circumstancy {ineligible}to that Regiment, its various Marches {ineligible} that I have in has station in believing his statement to be a true one. and that the s@Wood deserves wile of his Country. Knowing the honor myself of commanding a Company in the aforesaid Regiment during the War & personally knowing to many circumstances he relates. Joseph Williams Greenwich 20th April 1818
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This may certify, that we the subscribers have been acquainted for many years past with the bearer, Asahel Wood and can hopefully attest to his character, as a man of certainty and general uprightness. Some of us, have had sufficient evidence, not only from his own amount, but from others who were knowing to the fact, that he was long in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War. We have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that his assignment of the matter may be reliable or as correct. 
New Braintree April 22, 1818.

Rev. John Fish is the Minister of the Gospel New Braintree and [ineligible]
[Signed by:]
John Fiske
Henry Penniman
Roswell Conearge
Grihar Dulano
John Wetherell
John F Hoyt
[Seal bottom left]
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Asahel Wood
23 April
Not on Rolls
DN
Admitted
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State of Massachusetts
Mr Asahel Wood a Citizen of the United States , now resident of Hardwick in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath truly and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about May ,1781
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the Unite States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to December, 1783; as a private soldier against the sworn enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to Thomas Pritchards Company, Col. Greaton's Regiment, Massachusetts Line; and was at the capture of Cornwallis
and that I left the service on or about  Dec. 23, 1782- and received an honorable discharge, which I have lost and that , by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty eight years- at the time time I only {illegible} and when I {illegible}
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. Asahel Wood
Be it remembered, that on this 25th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a low of the United State, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:" made and passed by the18th of March, A.D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edward Bangs one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Interim Circuit of Massachusetts the abovenamed Asahel Wood and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, I appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.  Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, the day of the date aforesaid. Edward Bangs
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Schedule of the Estate of Asahel Wood of Hardwick in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1, 1820.

1 pot                                 $1.00           
old chairs                            .50    
1 do                                      .75             
Sundry old Books             1.50    
1 Tea kettle                           .33             
3 old axes                           1.50
1 pot                                     .33
2 old hoes                            .25
1 Bake kettle                         .75    
1 wooden shovel                  .20 
 Garden Rake                        .25
Loom and Reeds                 9.
Shovel Tongs                        .50             
1 doz plates                           .50
3 old wheels                          .75
2 set tea @ 10                       .28   
 2 Jugs                                   .17 
3 Bowls                                  .17
3 Old Casks                           .37
1 Brown platter                      .07
2 old handsaws                    1.
 1 Milk pan                               .11
2 old augers                            .33
2 small tumblers                     .17
3 old chub                               .50
5 small Bottles                        .30
1 Lantern                                 .35
1 wine Glass                            .50
1 Lamp                                     .33
1 Looking Glass                       .50
Knifes, forks, spoons              .25
2 old tables @ 1/6                    .50
Shoemaker's tools                  1.
1 wooden Bowl                          .20
Silver Watch                             3.
2 small Bowls                             .16
1 Sieve                                         .25
3 Earthen pots                            .17
1 Surne                                       5.30
Total Amount                          $27.59

the above is an inventory of all the property [hopefied] by me. My occupation is that of A Farmer, but I am troubled with Rheumitism and can work but little. My family consists of a wife  names Tylea 58 years of age, in pretty good health, one pair twins 17 years of age named Asahel Hull and  Patience Job neither of whom can do much for the family, and one other daughter 10 years old named Ronna Augusta, who is unwell most of the time and unable to work.
Asahel Wood.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester, ss.

On this 11 of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Asahel Wood aged 71 years, resident in Hardwick, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
 In the month of May 1781 I joined  into the Mass. Line in the Regiment commanded by Col. Grader, and into the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Pritchard, and continued into the same until the  month of December, 1784, when I was honorably discharged being at that time, commanded by Col. Maxwell.  My discharge has by accident, been lost.  I have heretofor applied for a pension and allowed the same, as appears by my pension certificate which is numbered 3897;
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July 19, 1932

BA-J/AWF

Asahel Wood
S.33947

Mr. Lyman Wood
1433-35 Junction Avenue
Racine, Wisconsin

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Asahel Wood, a Revolutionary War Pensioner. 

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.33947, based upon the military service of Asahel Wood, during the Revolutionary War. 

Asahel Wood, "colored man", served in 1775 in Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, length of service not stated. 

He enlisted sometime in May, 1781, then of Conway, Massachusetts, and served as a private in Captain Pritchard's company, Colonel Greaton's Massachusetts regiment, was at the capture of Cornwallis, after which he served as wagoner under Colonel Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General, until about 1782, when he returned to his regiment and served until late 1783, the regiment was then commanded by Colonel Maxwell. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at the time aged sixty-eight years and living in Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 

In 1820 he referred to the following family- his wife Tylea(?) aged fifty-eight years; twins, Asahel Hull
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and Patience Job aged seventeen years; and "one other daughter" Rouna or Ronna Augusta aged sixteen years. 

The soldier, Asahel Wood died December 27, 1822. AB [handwritten mark]

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER

Assistant to Administrator
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33947
Rev y INVALID

File No. 33947
Asahel Wood
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 463

[Arrangement of 1870]

1932 July 19 hist to  Lyman Wood see 
his letter in Ichabod Wood S.30805 awf [?]