Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6563, Abraham Wood, Continental N. J.

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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Continental
N.J.

Wood, Abraham
Nancy

NUMBER
W. 6563.

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15,993
R
Indiana

Abraham Wood of Washington in the State of Indiana who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patton of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the roll of Indiana at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence [word missing] the 12th of Oct 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of Nov. 1819 [word missing] and sent to Davis Floyd in Corydon, Floyd Co., Indiana

Arrears to 4th of March 1820....38.19.
Dollars 38.19[or 38.49]

[circled][illegible] 24/31

Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818

[handwritten]Continued

[right-hand side of the page]
let to Hm J Alright[?] Dec 4

[text running down edge of page]
[illegible] 29 Nov: 1822 to John Depaunt[?], [illegible], Ind'a

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4781[underlined]

Indiana Indian's
Nancy Wood, decd.
widow of Abraham
Penn
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. & end on the 25th September 1853, when she died.

Certificate of Pension issued 9th day of December 185[last numeral cut off] and sent to A. M. Gangewer
Present.

Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act [text cut off] 53 Page 191 Vol [letter cut off]

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AM Gangewer
Atty
Present

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State of Indiana
Parke County ss.

This is to certify that Barbara Pavey of Parke County, Indiana, whose application is on file in the Pension Office for the Pension due Nancy Wood, decd., widow of Abraham Wood, decd., late a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818_ which pension was payable at Jeffersonville, Ind. Agency,_ is the daughter and only child and heir at law of the said Nancy Wood, and that the said Nancy Wood, departed this life in Parke County Indiana, on the 23th day of September 1853. This Certificate is given from my own Knowledge of the parties and of the fact that the said Barbara Pavey is the reputed daughter of the said Nancy Wood, widow of the said Abraham; and from the facts stated under oath as the following affidavit of Robert Guy, hereto annexed.

Given under my hand and the seal of my office, at Rockville, Parke County, Indiana, this 27th day of November, 1854.

[signature]Samuel F. Maxwell [the word "seal" appears to the right of signature, with a curly line drawn around it]
Judge of Common Pleas Court. of Parke County, Indiana

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State of Indiana
Parke County ss.

On this 27th day of November 1854 Personally came before me, Judge of the Court of Common Please of said County & State, Robert Guy, who being duly sworn, on oath says that he is a resident of Fountain County Indiana, and in the fifty sixth year of his age; that he is a son-in-law of Abraham Wood, late a Pensioner of the United States, under the act of the 18th March 1818, and that he has known the said Abraham and his wife, Nancy Wood, late decd., for at least forty years; that Barbara Pavey, of Parke County, Indiana is the daughter of the said Nancy Wood, and her only child and heir at law, as he has reason to know from the fact of his own knowledge of the family of the said Abraham & Nancy, and from the fact of the declarations of the said Nancy, during her life-time; that the said Nancy departed this life at Park County Indiana, on the 25th day of September, 1853

[signature]Robert Guy

Subscribed & sworn to before me, the day & year aforesaid, as witness my hand & official seal, hereto affixed.

[signature]Samuel F. Maxwell [the word "seal" appears to the right of signature, with a curly line drawn around it]
Judge of Common Pleas Court.

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Abraham Wood
Penn line
Est Patton[Pattan?]
1777-- 3 yrs

District of Indiana. ss.

On this Twelfth day of October 1819, before me, the Subscriber, the presiding Judge of the Second Judicial circuit for the said district personally appeared Abraham Wood, aged Sixty one years, resident in the county of Washington in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provid for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War:" That he, the said Abraham Wood, enlisted for the Term of one year on the Sixth day of Febry in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six in or near Babtisttown in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Alexander Graden of the Regiment commanded by Col. John Patton in the line of the State of Pensylvania, on the continental establishment; That he was made a prisoner to the British in November of the same year at the surrender of Fort Washington. and was exchanged in the Spring next following and then enlisted in the same regiment under Captain. Bush for three years, but was Kept in Service untill the year 1781. and then was enlisted in the Jersey line under Captain Dayton, in the regiment command by Col Dayton_ was discharged on the 3nd day of June in 1783 at Newburgh in the State of New York

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That he was in the Battles of Fort Washington, Brandywine, Germantown, Manmouth, and at the taking of Lord Corn Wallace, 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 [illegible] in his power of his Said Services.____

Sworn to before me, the day and year aforesaid.

[signature]Davis Floyd

I Davis Floyd Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Abraham Wood did serve in the revolutionary war, as Stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the Term of nine months at one time and on the continental establishment; And I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress__. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for Support___

Given under my hand and seal officially at Salem in the destrict aforesd.

October 12th ss. 1819.

[signature]Davis Floyd [a curly line in a circule appears to the right of his name]
P 183


State of Indiana 
Washington County ss

I Basil Prather clerk of the Washington circuit court do certify that Davis Floyd is the presiding Judge of said Circuit, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such

[signature]Basil Prather clk.
[the words "Seal of Washington County" with a curly line encircling it appear to the left of the signature]

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Indiana
A. Woods $5_
Washington Co

Declaration

Recd. 16 Nov: 1822.
15,993_ March 1820

Con.
J..L.E.

John Depauw
Salem, Inda.

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District of Indiana Sc.

On the 28th day of May 1822 personally appeared in open Court (being the Circuit Court of Washington County in the second Judicial circuit having unlimited Jurisdiction in all cases whether Civil or criminal) Abraham Wood resident in said County of Washington aged sixty three years and a half, who being first duly sworn according the Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary War as follows. That in the Month of February in the year 1776 in Cap. Alexander Gardons Company in Colonel John Pattons Regt. Pennsylvania line 3rd regiment near Babtirt[?] Town State of New Jersey for one year on the Continental establishment. That he was taken prisoner in Fort Washington by the British. and was exchanged on the 2d. day of April. and in the same month he enlisted again for three years under Capt. Bush in the same regiment and served nearly four years and was at Trenton in the State of New Jersey in the year 1781. and that he again enlisted at or near Freehold in Monmouth County New Jersey in

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the year 1781 for and during the War under Captain Jonathan Dayton, in the second new Jersey Regiment John Dayton on the Continental establishment from which he was discharged in the State of New York on the 3d. day of June 1783 and that he was in the Battles at Fort Washington, Brandy Wine, Jerman Town when Cornwallis surrendered, and that his original declaration was dated on the 12th. day of October 1819. That his pension certificate is numbered on the back 15993 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gifts. sales. or in any other manner disposed of my property 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 service of the United States in the revolutionary War passed the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities or other Contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained scheduel hereto annexed and by me subscribed to Wit

39 acres of Land, half paid for  $39.00
1 Mare 11 years old  25.00
1 Cow & Calf  10.00
2 Sows & 7 pigs  4.00
-----
$78.00

amot. brot up  78.00
1 Old Loom  5.00
1 Shovel plough  1.00
1 Meat axe  0.25
2 Old Beds & Beding  5.00
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89.25

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Amount Brought over  89.25
6 Sheep but estrayed away for some time  6.00
1 Flax wheel 18 years old  1.00
2 Old pots  2.50
Reel Table & Chairs  2.25
a few Dishes. plates. Knives & forks  2.00
------
$103.00

Valued by the Court to One Hundred & three Dollars-- Nancy my wife 47 years old both her and myself unable to Labour and debts owing by me to the amount of $68.00

[signature]Abraham Wood [an X appears between the first and last names, with "his mark" written next to it.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of May 1822
John Depauw Clk. W.C.C.


State of Indiana
Washington County ss.

I John Depauw Clerk of the Washington Circuit Court do certify that the aforegoing Declaration and scheduel is a correct copy of the record of the Court of which I am Clerk. and that the Court set the value of the said applicants property as it is with us stated. And that a scrall only is recognized as the seal of said County.

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the said seal at Salem in said County this 10th day of June 1822
John Depauw Clk
[the words "Seal of Washington County", with a circle drawn around them, appear to the left of this paragraph]

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State of Indiana ss.

I Davis Floyd president of the second Judicial Circuit in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Depauw whose attestation and Signature appears within is clerk of the Circuit Court of Washington County, duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that his Certificate is in due form of law.

Given under my hand this 10th day of June 1822.

[signature]Davis Floyd

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Heir of Nancy Wood, Widow of Abm Wood decd.

claim for Pension Act 1853

Nancy Wood
wid
Abraham 
Boynton
Sept 7th/54

AM Gangewer
Atty Present

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State of Indiana,
Parke County, SS.

Personally appeared before me, and acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, Robert Guy and Nancy Guy, who being by me duly sworn, on oath say, that they are personally well acquainted with Barbara Pavey, the declarant to the foregoing declaration; that she is the daughter of Nancy Wood, deceased who was widow of Abraham Wood, decd., as set forth in said declaration according to the declarations & statements of the said Nancy, and her only heir at law; that the said Abraham and the said Nancy died at the times specified in said declaration; the affiant, Nancy Guy, further says, that she was present at the marriage of the said Abraham Wood and the said Nancy, formerly Nancy Bolin, and that said marriage took place in Clermont County, Ohio, or or about the 15th day of September 1807.

[signature]Robert Guy
[signature]Nancy Guy [an X appears between the first and last name, with "her mark" next to it]

Attest
[signature]William Marshall [an X appears between the first and last name, with "his mark" next to it]
[signature]John Marshall [an X appears between the first and last name, with "his mark" next to it]

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 24th day of August 1854, and I certify that the said Robert Guy & Nancy Guy are persons of truth and veracity.

[signature]John Bright Jr J.P. seal[word circled]

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State of Indiana,
Parke County, SS.

On this 24th day of August, 1854, personally appeared before me, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, Barbara Pavey, a resident of said County, who being by me duly sworn, on her oath makes the following declaration to obtain the arravage[?] or Pension due to her mother, Nancy Wood, decd., late of said; That she is daughter and sole heir at law to her said Mother, Nancy Wood, deceased, that the said Nancy Wood was the widow of Abraham Wood, late of Washington County, Indiana, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars, per annum; that the Said Abraham Wood and the Said Nancy were married at Clermont County, Ohio, on or about the 15th day of September, 1807; that the said Abraham died in Washington County, Indiana, on or about the 25th day of December 1839; that the said Nancy, mother of declarant after the death of the said Abraham removed to Parke County aforesaid in October 1841; that the said Nancy in the Summer of 1853, made application for a pension for the services of her aforesaid husband, but that before final action on the said application she departed this life, to wit: on the 25th day of September, 1853, leaving surviving her as her sole heir at law the de-

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clarant aforesaid; that diligent search has been made, that no public or private record of the marriage of the said Abraham and the said Nancy can be found

[signature]Barbara Pavey [an X appears between the first and last name, with "her mark" next to it]

Attest
[signature]William Marshall [an X appears between the first and last name, with "his mark" next to it]
[signature]John Marshall [an X appears between the first and last name, with "his mark" next to it]

Subscribed and sworn to, before me, this 24 day of August, 1854; and I hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Barbara Pavey, aforesaid, and with William Marshall and John Marshall, the subscribing witnesses, and that they are all persons of veracity, and residents of said County.

[signature]John Bright Jr J.P. seal[word circled]

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State of Indiana
Parke County, sct

On this twenty-third day of August, A.D.1853, personally appeared before me, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State aforesaid, Nancy Wood, a resident of said County, widow of Abraham Wood, deceased, aged seventy-eight years, who being fist duly worn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress, passed on the 3rd February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Abraham Wood, deceased, late of Washington County, Indiana, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, and who drew the last payment prior to his death at the Indiana Agency, either at Corydon or New Albany; and she refers to the proofs on file in the Pension Office to establish the services of her aforesaid husband.

She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Wood on the [blank space] day of [blank space], 1807; that her said husband died on the 22d day of December, 1840; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.

[signature]Nancy Wood [an X appears between the first and last names, with "her mark" next to it]

Attest.
[signature]Samuel Pavey
[signature]Daniel Dowdell

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and

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year above written; and I hereby certify that her signature is genuine, and that I believe her to be the person whom she represents herself to be; and I also certify that the signatures of Saml. Pavey and Daniel Dowdell, attesting witnesses, are ginuine, that they are persons of respectability and veracity, and residents of Parke County, Indiana; I also certify that the interliniation "a resident of said County", 5th line from top, opposite page, was inserted before the signature of the declarant was appended, and that she is unable, through bodily infirmity, to appear in open Court.

[signature]Samuel F Maxwell
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas--

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State of Indiana, 
Parke County, Sct.

Personally appeared before me, Judge of the Parke County Court of Common Pleas, Barbara Pavey, a resident of said County, aged fifty six years, who being duly sworn on her oath says, that she is the daughter of Nancy Wood, whose declaration is hereto attached; that her maiden name was Bolin; that her mother, the said Nancy, was married to the said Abraham Wood in the year 1807; that she was present at the marriage of her mother, the said Nancy, and the said Abraham Wood, described in the foregoing declaration; that she is satisfied that all the facts in the foregoing declaration as therein stated are substantially true.

Witness my hand this 23d day of August, 1853

[signature]Barbara Pavey[an X appears between the first and last names, with "her mark" next to it]

Attest.
[signature]S.F. Maxwell

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that Barbara Pavey is a resident of Parke County, that she is a respectable person and that her statements are entitled to full faith and credit.

[signature]Samuel F. Maxwell
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, P.C.

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STATE OF INDIANA,
Parke County, SS:

I, George W. Thompson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of Record__["Circuit" before "Court" is crossed out and everything from "of" to "Record" inserted by hand] within and for the county of Parke aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel F Maxwell whose certificate of acknowledgment apepars to the foregoing instruments to which this is attached, was, on the date and at the time of making said certificate, to=wit, the 23rd day of August 1853, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county of Parke in the State of Indiana duly elected, commissioned, and qualified, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts. and that his signature is genuine

In Witness of Which, I hereunto affix the seal of said Court, and subscsibe my name, at Rockville this 17th day of September A. D. 1853.
[handwritten to the left of this paragraph]Inserting done before signing

George W Thompson Clerk.
By. Jas. D. Strain. Dpy

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State of Indiana
Parke County, Sct.

Personally appeared before me, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State aforesaid, Saml. Pavey, a resident of said County and State, aged sixty one years, who being duly sworn, on his oath says, that he is personally acquainted with Nancy Wood whose declaration is hereto attached, and has known her since the year 1808; that he was also acquainted with her husband Abraham Wood, in his lifetime, from the year 1808 up to his death, in 1840; that during all the time aforesaid they lived together as husband and wife; that I know that the said Abraham Wood drew a pension in his lifetime as stated in the declaration of the said Nancy Wood hereto attached. Aug 23d 1853.

[signature]Samuel Pavey

Attest
[signature]S F Maxwell

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that Saml Pavey is a resident of Parke County, and that he is a respectable person, and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.

[signature]Samuel F Maxwell
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, P. C.

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Know al men by these presents that I, Nancy Wood, of Parke County, Ind., (widow of Abraham Wood deceased, late of Washington County Ind., who was a Revolutionary pensioner), do hereby irrevocably appoint and empower Saml Magill of Rockville, Indiana, my true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to investigate, substantiate, demand & receive the pension I am entitled to under Act of 3d Feby. 1853; and also to obtain any lands which I may be entitled to under any previous act of Congress. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of August, 1853.

[signature]Nancy Wood [an X appears between the first and last names, with "her mark" next to it. The word "seal" with a curly line around it appears to the right of her last name]

Sealed & delivered in the presence of.
[signature]Samuel Pavey
[signature]Daniel Dowdell

Subscribed and acknowledged to before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I have no interest in said claim or claims.

[signature]Samuel F Maxwell [the word "seal" with a curly line around it appears to the right of his last name]
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

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July 23, 1937

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
Abraham Wood--W.6563

Mrs. Earl Collins
2065 Broadway
Denver, Colorado

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Abraham Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was granted pension in 1819.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6563, based upon the military service in that war of Abraham Wood.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Abraham Wood are not shown.

Abraham Wood enlisted near Baptistown, New Jersey, February 8, 1776, served as a private in Captain Alexander Graydon's Company, Colonel John Patton's Pennsylvania Regiment, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington, and held until April 2, 1777. when he was exchanged, and in same month re-enlisted in Captain Bush's Company in the above named regiment and served until in 1781, when he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Dayton's Company, Colonel Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, at the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged June 3, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1819, while residing in Washington County, Indiana and aged sixty-one years.

He died in said Washington County, in 1839 or 1840, exact date not shown.

The soldier married September 15, 1807, in Clermont County, Ohio, Mrs. Nancy Bolin. The date and place of her birth, names of her parents and name of her former husband are not stated.

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Pension was allowed on the application of Nancy, wife of Abraham Wood, which application was executed August 23, 1853, while she was a resident of Parke County, Indiana, and aged seventy-eight years.

The widow died in Parke County, Indiana, September 25, 1853.

Abraham Wood's son-in-law, Robert Guy, was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, in 1854, and was then aged fifty-five years. The name of his wife was not designated. In same year,
Robert and Nancy Guy made affidavit in Parke County, Indiana, but did not give their relationship to the soldier.

In 1853, Barbara Pavey, then aged fifty-six years and a resident of Parke County, Indiana, stated that her maiden name was Bolin and that she was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Bolin
Wood and was present at the marriage of her mother to Abraham Wood. Barbara did not give the name of her father. In 1853, one Samuel Pavey was aged sixty-one years and resided in Parke County, Indiana; his relationship, if any, to Barbara Pavey, was not shown.

Please make your requests over your personal signature.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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Rockville, Ind. Sept 17/53.

Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Comr. Pensions.

Sir:

I enclose you the application of Mrs. Nancy Wood for a Pension. The exact date of the marriage is not stated--for the reason that there is no private record, and neither the old lady nor her daughter, (Mrs. Barbara Pavey, whose affidavit is appended, & who was present at her mother's marriage) can recollect the exact date. I wrote to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clermont County, Ohio, for a copy of the marriage record, but he has not answered my letter. If he should send it to me, I will forward it to you. The proof, however, is already sufficient, I conceive; as the year[underlined] is specified.

Yours, most respectfully,

[signature]Sam Magill.

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State of Indiana
County of Parke Ss.

On this twenty fourth day of August 1854 personally appeared Barbara Pavey before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein contained.

[signature]John Bright Jr J. P. SEAL.[word circled]


State of Indiana
County of Parke Ss.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That John Bright, Jr. ESQ. before whom the foregoing affidavits and Power of Atty. and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the Circuit Court, this 31st day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
[seal appears to the left of this paragraph

[signature]George H. Thompson Clerk.
By Jas D. Strand, Dpty

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Know all Men by these Presents,

That I, Barbara Pavey, Heir of Nancy, widow of Abraham Wood a Rev. Soldier of Parke County, Indiana, have constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute and appoint, A M Gangewer, of the City of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, to ask, and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, Pensions, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, Pensions, Patents, and Money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts, and I myself might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of August 1854

[signature]Barbary Pavey [an X appears between the first and last name, with "her mark" next to it]
SEAL.[word is printed to the right of her name, with lines around it]

[handwritten note]The words "A.M. Gangewer" interlined before signing

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in the presence of Two Witnesses.
[signature]John Bright Jr
[signature]Robert Guy

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No. 3230

Nancy Wood, widow of Abraham Wood--
Let Saml. Magill Oct 18/53
(Rly)
Let:to A.M. Gangewer. Sept:8/54;

Rev. Act 3d Feb'y 1853

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Washington City
Dec 3th 1844

Hon James L Edwards

Sir

Abraham Woods of Indiana who drew a pension of $96.00 a year died in the year 1839, his widow Nancy Woods is living, and wishes to [illegible] an application to obtain the pension as a widow of said Abraham Woods, She states to me this she was married in the year 1800, in the State of Ohio, will you [illegible] state to me, whether she can attain a pension under any laws in [2 words illegible], so this I may communicate the same to her, and if she can, furnish me the forms & instruction.

Yours Respectfully
Joseph A Wright

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AM Gangewer
Present Atty

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Washington City D C
December 4, 1854
Sir
Your favor of Sept 8, says: A certificate of the Court should be filed in
support of the claim of Mrs. Barbara Pavey
for the arrears of Pension due her mother
Nancy Wood at her death, to the effect
that said Barbara is the only surviving
child and heir at law of said Nancy
Wood, widow of Abraham."
Enclosed you will find the certificate required

All Gangewer Atty
Hon L P Waldo
Com of Pensions

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1924-Aug.28 [illegible] Theo S. Wood
1903-Feb.16 " " Lyman Wood. Card on which request was made returned to [illegible]
1934 - Dec 15 [illegible] to Mrs E.R. Collins - EEL

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NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS' ASSOCIATION of the United States, Inc.
Administrative Agency of the Code Authority
For the CANDY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
National Headquarters, 111 West Washington Street, Chicago
Pat J. Taft
Managing Director
M. F. Burger
Asst. Man. Director
CODE AUTHORITY
George H. Williamson
Chairman
C. H. Woodward
F. A. Bunte
W. W. Reid, Jr.
W. E. Brock
J. M. Gleason
Max Sobel
A. C. Carrington
J. W. Brooks
John Voneiff
ZONE CHAIRMEN
Zone 
1 H. R. Chapman
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4 W. C. Dickmeyer
5 Brooks Morgan
6 H. H. Campbell
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8 E. C. Palmer
9 G. E. Hughes
10 Porter King
11 H. L. Brown
12 ( to be elected )
13 B. G. Showley

November 28, 1934
Pension Commissioner
Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:

I am anxious to obtain some information
concerning an Abraham Wood, a Revolutionary
Soldier. I am interested in the dates of his
marraige[marriage] and death. Also the names of his
children.
He was a native of Pennsylvania and
later, after the war, moved to Washington
County, Indiana. He was granted a pension
October 30, 1819. I thought perhaps the date
of his death might appear in the Auditor's
Report.
any information you can give me in
regard to the above will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. E. R. Collins
Mrs. E. R. Collins
Apt. 705
2738 Pine Grove Avenue
Lincoln Park Arms Apt.
Chicago, Ill.
Received Dec 3 1934

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Nashua Iowa
Aug 8th 1924
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Please may I have the Pension Record of
Abraham Wood name listed in Pension List,  year 1835 of Washington County, Indiana. 
If possible names of wife and children.
Believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier
Family Belief two of his sons were
George Wood & John Wood possibly others
George Wood married Elizebeth Turpin
in Salem, Washington Co, Indiana.
John Wood married Nancy Martin same County
Theodore S. Wood
Nashua Iowa
[Received Stamp]

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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
ALEXANDER KORDA
Telephone TABOR 2325
July 5, 1937
Pension Commissioner
Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am interested in learning the
exact date of the birth of a certain
Abraham Wood, a Revolutionary War veteran.
He was granted a pension October 30, 1819 -
age about seventy six years.  Is it possible
that the application would have the date of
his marriage and the names of his children?
Also the date of his death?
I will appreciate any information
you can send me on the above.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
[No signature]
Mrs. Earl Collins
United Artists Corp.
2065 Broadway
Denver, Colo.

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United Artists Corporation
196 SOUTH VERMONT AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
MARY PICKFORD
CHARLIL CHAPLIN
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
ALEXANDER KORDA
Phone  PARKWAY 1166
October 11, 1937
(RECEIVED STAMP Oct 15 1937)
Pensions Commissioner
Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am interested in obtaining some
information concerning a certain Abraham
Wood, a veteran of the Revolutionary War
and who was pensioned October 30, 1819.
Is the date of his marriage and the names of his children on his application?
Any information you can give me
on the above will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mrs Earl R Collins [Signature]
Mrs. Earl R. Collins
1432 Penn Street
Denver, Colorado

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December 15, 1934
BA-J/EEL
Abraham Wood W.6563
Mrs. E. R. Collins
Apt. 706, Lincoln Park Arms Apartment
2738 Pine Grove Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Abraham Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War
who served from Pennsylvania, later moved to Washington County, Indiana and was granted a pension in 1819.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6563, based upon the military
service of Abraham Wood in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Abraham Wood are not shown.
Abraham Wood enlisted near Baptistown, New Jersey, February 8, 1776, served as a private in Captain Alexander Graydon's Company,
Colonel John Patton's Pennsylvania Regiment, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington, and held until April 2, 1777, when
he was exchanged, and in the same month 
re-enlisted in Captain Bush's Company in the above named regiment and served until in 1781 when he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Dayton's Company, Colonel Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, at the taking of Cornwallis and was discharged 
June 3, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1819, while living in Washington County, Indiana, and aged sixty-
one years.
He died in said Washington County, in 1839 or 1840.
The soldier married September 15, 1807, in Clermont County, Ohio, Mrs. Nancy Bolin.
Pension was allowed on the application of Abraham Wood's widow,

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Nancy Wood, which application was executed August 23, 1853, while
a resident of Parke County, Indiana, aged seventy-eight years.
Nancy Wood died in said Parke County, Indiana, September 25,
1853.
Abraham Wood's son-in-law, Robert Guy, was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, in 1854, and was then aged fifty-five years.
The name of his wife is not designated. In same year, Robert and
Nancy Guy made affidavit in Parks County, Indiana, their relationship to the soldier was not stated.
In 1853, Barbara Pavey, then aged fifty-six years and a resident of Parke County, Indiana; their relation stated that her maiden name was Bolin and that she was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Wood, and that
she was present at the marriage of her mother, Mrs. Nancy Bolin
to Abraham Wood. In 1853, one Samuel Pavey was aged sixty-one years and resided in Parke County, Indiana: no relationship to the
family was stated. There are no further family data.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Abraham Wood - W.6563
Jonathan Wood - S. 3614
BA-J/ KEL
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 Abraham Wood, Washington County, Indiana, and 
Jonathan Wood, of Stark County, Ohio.  Their histories are furnished herein:
copied from M M H F.
Abraham Wood 
W.6563
Abraham Wood enlisted near Baptistown, New Jersey, February 8, 1776, served as a private in Captain Alexander Graydon's Company,
Colonel John Patton's Pennsylvania Regiment, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington and held until April 2, 1777, when
he was exchanged, and in the same month 
re-enlisted in Captain Bush's Company in the above named regiment and served until in 1781 when he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Dayton's Company, Colonel Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, taking of Cornwallis and was discharged June 3, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1819, while living in Washington County, Indiana, and aged 
sixty-one  years.
He died in said Washington County, in 1839 or 1840.
The soldier married September 15, 1807, in Clermont County, Ohio,
Mrs. Nancy Bolin.

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Pension was allowed on the application of Abraham Wood's widow, Nancy, which application was executed August 3, 1853, while a resident of Parke County, Indiana, aged seventy-eight years.
She died in said Parke County, Indiana, September 2, 1853.
Soldier's son-in-law, Robert Guy, was a resident of Fountain County, Indiana, in 1854, and was then aged fifty-five years.  The name of his wife not designated.  In same year, Robert and Nancy Guy made affidavit in Parke County, Indiana; their relationship to
the soldier and his wife was not stated.
In 1853, Barbara Pavey, then aged fifty-six years and residing in Parke County, Indiana, stated that her maiden was Bolin and that she was the daughter of Mrs. Nancy Wood and that she was present at the marriage of her mother, then [Illegible] Nancy Bolin, to Abraham Wood.
In 1853, one Samuel Pavey was aged sixty-one years and resided in Parke County, Indiana; no relationship to the family was stated.
There are no further family data.
● ● ● ● ● ●
Jonathan Wood
S. 3614
Jonathan Wood enlisted, place of enlistment not stated, in 1777, and served three years as a private in Captains Abner Seelye's
and Gideon Brownson' Companies, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 16, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-seven years and resided in Stark
County, Ohio.
In 1831, he was residing in Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio, 
postoffice [post office] Massillon, Ohio, where he had resided for seventeen years.
(Date of death not on AB)
There are no data as to his family.
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Please make your requests over your personal signature.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
August 28, 1924
Theodore S. Wood
Washua, Iowa.
Madam:
M H G
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 6563 it appears that Abraham Wood enlisted near Baptistown New Jersey February 6, 1776, served as a private in Captain Alexander
Graydon's Company, Colonel John Patton's Pennsylvania Regiment, was taken prisoner at the surrender of Fort Washington and held until April 2, 1777 when he was exchanged, and in the same month re-enlisted in
Captain Bush's Company in the above named regiment and served until in 1781 when he enlisted in Captain Jonathan Dayton's Company, Colonel Dayton's New Jersey Regiment, , was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, taking of Cornwallis and was discharged June 3, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application execute

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ed October 12, 1819 while living in Washington
County, Indiana aged sixty-one years.  He died in
said county in December 1839 or 1840.
Soldier married September 15, 1807 in Clermont
County, Ohio, Mrs. Nancy Bolin.  Pension was allowed on her application executed August 23, 1853 while a resident of Parke County, Indiana aged seventy-eight years.  She died in said county September 25, 1853.
Soldier's son-in-law Robert Guy was a resident
of Fountain County, Indiana in 1854 aged 
fifty-five years.  The name of his wife is not given.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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October 21, 1937

Abraham Wood
W. 6563
BA--J/AWF

Mrs. Earl R. Collins
1432 Penn. Street
Denver, Colorado

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Abraham Wood, soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was pensioned October 30, 1819.

You were furnished on December 15, 1934 and again on July 23, 1937, the full record of Abraham Wood, and his wife, Nancy, as found on file in papers in pension claim, W. 6563, based upon the Revolutionary War service of said Abraham Wood. This is the record of the only Abraham (Abram) Wood or Woods found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator