Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7964, Samuel Woodruff, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Woodruff Samuel
S 7964.
CONTENTS
Carded

Pennsylvania 26.272. 26.2
Daniel Woodruff of Bradford in the State of Penn who was a in the Company comman by Captain Seymour of the Regt by Col Thompson in the Penn line for Conn.
2 Yrs at $80 —
signe Woodruff
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May and sent to Wm H Safford AR
Arrears to the 4th of Feb 31 240.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 40.00 $ 280.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Sprague Clerk Book Vol. 5 Page 55

10,869
Samuel Woodruff Penn
Return from 6.
Adm 1. year forage Master 9. Months Serf. 3. " " Migrate
Adm 2 years $80
Don Ino Laporte Ho of Rep Committee of B. F. Baucus Esq. Iowa Pa

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 August 1833.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Woodruff of Broome County, Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 about 1 Cattle driver asf. King- ston Private Capt, Thompson Col Thompson From Coon Hill to Winton Mass. does not say   1776 1 14 " Seymour Seymour From Coon Hill to New York 81 years of age Irregular Evidence   1776 2 O. Sergt. Gooding   Soon after 3 Beach Adams   Period not stated Previous following time not stated 3 or 4 {Collecting Cattle} " "   1779 about 1 4 Private "   1779 a short term O. Sergt. Jones   afterwards 3 Private Shelton   his next term for a short term "  
The declarant here served several terms, but does not specify the time he says he spent the whole of the year 1778 as assistant Q. Master and afterwards Beef driver. I am, respectfully, I say he served in all, 3 years, and 6 months,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Let the applicant - his service in each grade, for instance. So many months as Sgt. so many as private. Had he a commission or written appointment as Quarter or Forage Master, if so by whom signed, and what has become of it. Was he a Quarter or a Forage Master?

Agrees to relinquish for the aft Surgeon Until he obtains proof thereof

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County p: On this 28 th day of July AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the orphan's court, being a court of Records now sitting Samuel Woodruff a resident of Wysox Township in the county of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty one years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was born in the Town & County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut on the 9 th day of August AD 1751. In July 1775 he took a drove of cattle to the army at Scituate and went from there to St Johns as an apitint surgeon with Abel Catlin surgeons in the regiment of Major Welsh. In December of the same year he joined a company of volunteers & marched to Boston under Col. Thomson of Virginia to join Genl Washington. He was engaged in the service at this about one month. In July 1776 he joined a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Moses Seymour of Litchfield in a regiment commanded by Col. Seymour of Hartford, Conn. and marched to New York. He was engaged in the service at this time six weeks when he was discharged. About this time the legislature of Connecticut passed a law that two persons hiring a soldier to serve

three years in the Continental army should be cleared from personal services. In pursuance of this law he, this deponent, Ebenezer Darling hired a man for one hundred dollars in hard money. In the fall of 1776. The whole body of Connecticut militia were called out of this department, joined the army as a volunteer and served for two months. Soon after this three regiments being appointed to defend the country about Kingsbridge & the Sawpits. This deponent went with them as the Orderly Sergeant of Capt Nathaniel Gooding of Litchfield was engaged in the service for three months. When the whole militia of New England were ordered to meet Burgoyne at Saratoga he accompanied them as the orderly sergeant of Capt. Miles Beach in the regiment of Col Andrew Adams. He does not recollect how long he was engaged in the service at this time, but he remained until after the surrender of Burgoyne when he with the rest of the militia were dismissed. He was employed for the space of three or four months in the summer following in collecting cattle for the Army. His next service was in 1779 under the same officers, last mentioned when the British attacked New Haven Norwalk & Fairfield. He does not distinctly remember how long he was engaged at this time but thinks about six weeks or two months. In September of the same year (1779) returned to the Sawpits as a volunteer in the regiment of Col Adams

acted in the capacity of orderly sergeant - After a short term of service - from which he was dismissed he volunteered for three months under Capt Eaton Jones for the defence of the seacoast, and served out the time. His next service was for a short time at Fishkill under Col. Sheldon. He volunteered to accompany Washington to Yorktown but at the North River was ordered to return to Hartford and follow the army with a drove of Beef. He collected two hundred and ten oxen and arrived at Yorktown four days before the surrender of Cornwallis. He spent the whole of the year 1778 as an assistant quartermaster, (commonly called a foraging quartermaster,) to Ralph Poore, who paid me with his own hand, but my name as I have since learned was not put upon the returns to Congress. The said Samuel drove cattle from Hartford to Valley Forge about the middle of the winter of 1780. He served about six weeks in New Jersey under Capt Eli Calkins, as a volunteer, from the best calculation that he can now make he was engaged in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war in all three years and eight months. He has no documentary evidence now in his possession and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.
Samuel Wood
He hereby acknowledges any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and ordering that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

This may certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above applicant for the term of about twenty years last past and have known him to be a man of good moral character and esteemed for truth and veracity -
James Elliott
Bradford County County of Pennsylvania
On the 28th day of July, A D 1832 Personally appeared the within named Samuel Woodruff & subscribed the within declaration in all and every part thereof, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration and acknowledged that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration are true. Witness my hand & the seal of the Orphans Court this day & year aforesaid
E. J. Goodrich Clerk

Samuel Woodring 10 869

Forre County
Personally appeared in open court William Myer and Amos Mire residing in the township of Lyndon who being duly sworn upon oath, that they are well acquainted with Samuel Woodruff who has but entire accord to the annexed declaration that we believe him to be Eighty one Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
William Myer Amos Mire
Sworn & subscribed in open court July 28, 1832. G. S. Goodrich Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation the matter & after taking the deposition of the parties prescribed by the war department that Samuel Woodruff the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as such states since the Court further certify that William Myer and Amos Mire who have signed the above certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit & that no other person can be permitted to proceed who has knowledge of the facts
I certify that the above foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Woodruff for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this 28th day of July A.D. 1832
G. S. Goodrich Clerk.

Supplementary Declaration of Samuel Woodruff in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss: On this 8 th day of May 1832 personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Bradford aforesaid being a court of Record now sitting. Samuel Woodruff of Myroft township in the county aforesaid aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, supplementary to his declaration of the 28 th July last, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In July or August 1775 after arriving at Piconduoga with a drove of cattle and disposing of the same, he joined a company commanded by Capt Brebe in a regiment of State Troops Commanded by Major Welch of Litchfield Connecticut. He remained a short time only with the army at Piconduoga & then marched with them to St Johns, Here he remained with the army under Genl Montgomery until the fort at St Johns surrendered. He was during this service, the assistant surgeon of Abel Coltin surgeon of the regiment commanded by the said Major Welch, and when dismiss- ed from this service he returned home to Litchfield. By reason of his old age, and the long lapse of time, and the consequent great loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of this service, but according to the best of his recollection it was not less than one month and a half. In December of the same year 1775. He with a number of others, part of a rifle company volunteered and went to Boston the army under Washington near and there joined a company in a regiment commanded by Col Thomson. The name of the captain who commanded the company he has now forgotten, but he well recollects that the reason of himself & his comrades for volunteering at this time was a rumor that Genl Washington intended to attack Boston as soon as the Bay froze over but on arriving there they found that General Washington had no such intention, and after remaining there for

a short time he & his comrades were dismissed & returned home to Litchfield Conn. according to his best recollection he served at this time not less than one month as a private. In July 1776 he joined a volunteer company of Cavalry under Capt Thos Seymour of Litchfield organized in a regiment commanded by Col. Seymour of Hartford Conn. and marched from Litchfield to New York. At this time he served according to his best recollection not less than one month and a half. In the fall of 1776 although exempt by law as stated in his previous declaration he volunteered as a private in a company commanded by Capt Solomon Marsh in a regiment commanded by Col. Epaphras Sheldon at Litchfield and marched to New York and joined the Main army under Genl Washington, where after remaining not less than two months, he was dismissed and returned home to Litchfield. In December 1776 he volunteered and joined the company and served as the orderly sergeant of Capt Nathaniel Gooding, in a regiment commanded by Col. Col. Webb, of Watrousfield Conn. He volunteered at this time for three months, and served out the full time, at White Plains, Sawpit, Lother places in the vicinity. The object of these three regiments as stated in his former declaration was the protection of the country North & East of New York from the Cowboys & Tories. In the fall of 1777 in September according to his best recollection all the militia of New England were ordered to meet Burgoyne at Saratoga. He marched with the rest and belonged to a company commanded by Capt Miles Beach in the regiment of Col Andrew Adams. He was the orderly sergeant in his company and marched to Saratoga and remained there until after the surrender of Burgoyne. The next day after the surrender of Burgoyne the Militia were all dismissed, and he returned home having served at this time according to his best recollection not less than one month and a half. Soon after returning from this last service, whether before or after the first of January 1778 he cannot recollect, but he thinks before, he entered the service of the United States for one year as an assistant or foraging Quarter Master under Ralph Pomeroy, as before stated, who was a Quartermaster of the Continental army. He served out the full term of his engagement of one year. He was during this year at a great many different places in

the state of New York and Connecticut, part of the time in collecting beef cattle & provisions for the army, part of the time in procuring Hay & grain for the use of the army and in such rankment as belonged to his department, and was constantly in the public service during the whole of the said year. In the month of July 1779 He again volunteered and served as orderly sergeant under Capt Beach & Col Adams aforesaid at Litchfield aforesaid and marched to the defence of New Haven Norwalk & Fairfield. His last recollection is that at this time he served not less than one month and a half when he was dismissed & returned home. He served as orderly sergeant in a company of volunteer Militia commanded by Capt Eaton Jones for the space of not less than three months. At this time he did not belong to any regiment. Capt. Jones company & a company commanded by Capt Phelps were raised for the purpose of defending the coast. To prevent the British from landing with Boats for provisions, and the Tories from carrying provisions to the British. They were at different places along Long Island Sound, on the coast of Connecticut. He volunteered for three months served the whole time when these places were supplied by other Militia. He cannot now remember in what year this last mentioned service was performed. In June & July 1777. He also served as a volunteer under Capt Eli Cootin in a regiment commanded by Col Webb, for a period of not less than one month, in New Jersey at and about Pawly Hook, as a private. In August 1781 This declarant with others volunteered at Litchfield aforesaid and marched to West Point for the purpose of joining the army under Washington to go to Yorktown to attack Cornwallis on arriving at West Point, this declarant was ordered to return to Hartford and follow the army with a drove of beef. He accordingly went back and drove on two hundred and ten head to Yorktown he arrived about the middle October and a few days upon the surrender of Cornwallis. Immediately after the surrender the volunteers were all dismissed & this declarant returned home to Litchfield. He stayed at this time according to his last recollection not less than two months. During the above services he was in no general battle, as the regiment to which he belonged was not required, but he was in many skirmishes at New Haven

Norwalk Fairfield and at other places along the coast & on the Hudson River. He was born in the Town & County of Litch- field in the State of Connecticut, in the month of August 1750 He has no record of his age in possession nor does he know if there is any such record unless it should be in the office of the Town Clerk of Litchfield He lived at Litchfield upon said when he entered the service, and continued to live there until the year 1798 when he removed to Bradford County Pennsylvania where he now lives. He received no written discharge at the expiration of his various terms of service. Colonel Hiram Mix Thomas Elliott Wilbur Bennett Esq. William Mays and William Keeler are persons to whom he is well known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his truth and character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution He lives in a country comparatively new and where there are few regularly settled clergymen, and there is no clergyman in the vicinity nor does he know of any clergyman now living, who can certify to the facts certified by the citizens in his former declaration. sworn and subscribed the day Samuel Woodruff and year aforesaid in open Court
J. D. Bull Prot y
We Hiram Mix residing in the Borough of Towanda and Wilbur Bennett residing in the Township of Wysox in both in Bradford county Penn a hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Woodruff who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
H. Hiram Mix " " Wilbur Bennett.
J. D. Bull
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it

appear to them that Hiram Mix who has signed the preceding certificate is a merchant resident in the Borough of Towanda Bradford County, Pa, and that Wilbur Bennett who has also signed the same is a farmer resident in the Township of Wypose in the same county & state, that they are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. and the court do further certify after investigation of the matter that the statement of the applicant relative to the procuring a clergyman's certificate is true
Bradford County f.
J. James P. Bull, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Woodruff for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 15th day of May A.D. 1833. J. P. Bull.

In Hon. Geo. W. Kipp M.C. for C.T. Hovey, Amanda, Pa - Feb. 12, 1909 - Additional data. Letter in file 23,762 at Gen. C.
Sur. File No. 7964, Samuel Woodruff , born August 9, 1750, at Litchfield, Connecticut, where he entered the Connecticut troops, July or August 1775 as Assistant Surgeon under Surgeon Abel Catlin in Captain Beebe's company; for one and a half months.
December, 1775; Private under Colonel Thomson; 1 month.
July, 1776; Mois  Private, Capt. Seymour , Colonel Seymour; six weeks.
Fall, 1776; Private, Capt. Samuel Marsh, Col. Epaphros Sheldon; 3 months.
December, 1776; Orderly Serjt. Capt. Nathaniel Cooding, Col. Webb, three months.
June, 1777; Private, Captain Eli Catlin, Colonel Webb; one month.
September, 1777; Orderly Serjt. Captain Miles Beach, Colonel Andrew Adams; one and a half months.
--- -1778; Assistant Quartermaster under Ralph Pomeroy; one year.
July, 1779; Orderly Serjt. Captain Beach, Colonel Adams; one and one half months.
-----Orderly Serjt. under Captain Eaton Jones; three months.
August, 1781;-----two months.
He died February 7, 1838.

1909 mch. 10 - Hirt. to Hon Geo. W. Kipp M.C. date for Tombstone - P
Revkan
7964 INVALID.
File No. 7964
Samuel Woodruff
Brn Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 12 Page 414
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Comptrollers Office April 14 th 1834
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that I find the name Samuel Woodruff, on a list headed "Discharges D. 1775 Gen l Woosters Regiment," & in Major Welch's company. It does not appear when Samuel Woodruff commenced service in this regiment, but it does appear that he was discharged by Col. Hinman on the 2 nd day of September 1775, but the duration of his service is not mentioned.
That there is an account with Col. Thomson's Battalion of Riflemen, on the books of the Pay Table, consisting of charges to the United States for "dieting, hospital bills transporting baggage." There is no roll of this battalion to be found, or evidence how long it was in service. By the dates of the charges it appears that it was in service as early as August 1775, & as late as the Winter of 1775-6.

That it appears by the books of the Pay Table that Col. Thomas Seymour was charged, under date July 4 th 1776 "To order on Treasurer in account " for his light horse to New York, £1000, 0, 0. No roll of this regiment has been found, or evidence how long it was in service. It appears by the journal of the Council of Safety, under date July 2 nd 1776, that the three regiments of Dragoons, West of the Connecticut river, were ordered to march to New York, under command of S t Col. Thomas Seymour " Chief Officer of s d regiments of light horse in the " absence of Col. Silliman, s d etc.
That under date Jan 15 th 1777 there is charged to Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin upon the books of the Pay Table, viz "To order on Treasurer " in account his company volunteers £94, 0, 0. No roll of this company has been found, or evidence showing how long it served.
That it appears by the journal of the Council of Safety & the books of the Pay Table that Ralph Pomeroy acted during a part of the revolutionary war as Deputy Q rt Master

General.
That under date September 17 th 1779 there is charged to the United States on the books of the Pay Table Office the pay roll of Capt. Miles Beach, company "New Haven Alarm. No roll of his company has been found, or proof how long it there served.
That under date February 1779 is charged to the United States, on the books of the Pay Table, "To order B. St. Baton Jones to horse mileage to Fishkill Oct. 77 £56. 18. 4." But no roll of his company has been found, or other proof of his being in service.
That under date January 19 th 1786 there is credited on said books to Capt. Eli Cotten "By amount of his account rendered for services paid his company £679. 17. 10; & that this amount is charged to the United States under the same date. And that there is charged to Capt. Eli Cotten under date March 7 th 1777 "To an order on Treasurer for £500, 0. 0. No roll of his company has been found or proof how long

It served, or at what place O. Phelps -

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Enclosed are the Papers relative to the claim of Samuel Woodruff for a pension. He has in conformity with the last suggestion from the Pension office stated in an affidavit, according to his best recollection the time he served in the different grades. The affidavit is herewith enclosed. An immediate examination & decision on this claim will confer a favor on an indigent, and feeble old man.
Very respectfully yours
Towanda 27 th Sept 1833
D. F. Bairstow

1. yr garage Master 9. " Orderly serf 5.15 day private 2 Mo beef driver 1 1/2 aft burquean J. Edwards Esq
Cour d of Pensions
45 16. 66 5 00  66 66
3. 39 1 66  5 05 1 50  3 55

State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford p: On this 27 th day of September 1833 personally came before D F Barstow one of the justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Samuel Woodruff who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, depose and say, 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 period men- tioned below and in the following grades. For one year he served as forage Master. for nine months he served as Ordery Sergeant. For five months and a half he served as a private. For one and a half months he served as assistant surgeon. For two months he served as a beef driver. As a forage master he had a written appointment signed by Ralph Pomeroy but it is now lost or astray. He thinks when he removed from Litchfield to Bradford county. That this paper was left among others which at that time were considered of no value. (At the times when he performed the services as beef driver & assistant surgeon he had volunteered as a private. - He knows that he performed other short terms of service besides those specified but his recollection is so indistinct. that he cannot state the length of time or any particulars. sufficient to lay the foundation for further claim. and for the services above specified only, he claims a pension J. Brown Woodruff
Subscribed the 27 th day of September A.D. 1833 before me D F Barstow Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss: I, Daniel F. Barstow a justice of the peace in and for said county before whom the within affidavit was sworn subscribed as certify. That I have been well acquainted with Samuel Woodruff the within named applicant for nine years last past. That his reputation for truth and veracity is good, and that his statements are entitled to full credit. Witness my hand seal this 27 th day of September 1833.
D F Barstow
State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss:
I James P. Bull Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the county and state aforesaid. do hereby certify that Daniel F. Barstow is a justice of the peace in and for said county. duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said County. this 27 th day of September A D 1833.
J. P. Bull