Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40727, Oliver Woodward, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Woodward, Oliver
S. 40727
CONTENTS

White Heron and S. H. 40727 Rev. W. A. Egan.

Oliver Woodward Soldier in the 5 th Reg t having served with Reputation the term of time for which he enlisted is hereby Discharged the Army of the United States of America
Springfield 15 th April 1780
Starr Col o Commandant Brigade
NB. Woodworth is to receive pay untill the 30 th and rations untill the 23 rd Inf y . -
J. H.

Conn.
Woodward Oliver
SH0727
dis.

Notification sent September 6th 1820 to George Pennington, Plantation, Ohio
11.646 Ohio
Oliver Woodward - of Newport in the state of Ohio - who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Starr of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three Years -
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of June 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1819 and sent to John Sharp Esq. Judge Marietta, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. $ \frac{16}{30} \times \frac{4}{31} 69:29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48:— $ 117:29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

1918 June 11 Hist. Soc. to Mrs. Thos. D. Watkins Letter in N.F. 1905-9 Series Smith.
40 727
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 727
Oliver Woodward
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 13 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oliver Woodward
Col. Bradley's Connecticut Reg n
1777 - 3 years Roll
15 th June 1810
Adm c #
Seal of Genl. Vincent: 1812: meeting -

State of Ohio } on this fifteenth Day of June in the year of our Lord Washington County ss } 1818, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas } in & for the County of Washington in said State, personally } appeared Oliver Woodward aged Sixty Eight years resident } in the Township of Newport, County & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn as the law directs, 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 provide for certain Engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary war" that he the said Oliver Woodward enlisted into the army of the United States on the 30 th of April A.D. 1777 at Windsor in the State of Connecticut, in a Company Commanded by Captain Abner Prior, in the fifth Regiment of the Connecticut Line Commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley, the Term for which he enlisted was for three years, in which Corps he continued in the Service of the United States untill the end of said Term & was discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey by Col. J. Starr at that time Commanding the first Brigade Connecticut line - he never was in any General action, but was in a Skirmish on Staten Island about the fifteenth February 1780 & in one near Elizabeth Town, State of New Jersey, some time in the month of March in said 1780, that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support, & that he has no other Evidence now in his power but his Discharge signed by Col. Starr Starr, of his said Services
Sworn to, before me the Day & year aforesaid John Sharp, Judge C. C. P. Washington County
I John Sharp, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Oliver Woodward did serve in the revolutionary war for the term of nine months against the common Enemy, on the Continental Estab- lishment & it likewise appears to my satisfaction that the said Oliver Woodward is in reduced circumstances, & from every information I can get, he absolutely needs the assistance of the Country for his support, & I now transmit the proceedings & Testi- -mony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of war, pursuant to the Direc- -tions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Marcella June 15 th 1818
John Sharp.

The State of Ohio
Washington County ss. As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County I do hereby certify that the Honorable John Sharp Esquire who hath signed his name to the foregoing Certificate then was, and yet is, an acting Associate Judge of said Court, to all whose Certificates as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my official Seal at Marietta this twenty second day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Geo. Dunlevy Clerk

Oliver Woodward
11646 June '19
Em.
Sep 1899

State of Ohio Washington County ss
On this 24 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of record for said County Oliver Woodward aged 78 years resident in Newport 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. Viz. in the fifth Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Philip B. Bradley in Capt. Abner Prions Company from the 30 th of April 1777. until discharged on the 15 th of April 1780. My Original Declaration was dated on the 15 th of June 1818. and my Pension Certificate is N o 11,616.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
A Schedule of my Property
I have no real Estate. I have a note of hand of $88. — I have another note on which is due $6.19. — I have a few small debts to the amount $3.13. I have also a few joiners tools worth about —. The money I have received by virtue of my Pension has gone back to the United States, for my sons have had it and have paid it in at the Land Office for Land previously purchased of the United States for which I have been and still am receiving my support and subsistence, Twenty Five dollars of it yet unexpended. My occupation is a Cabinet Maker, my ability to pursue it has been long since the Decline reced upon, by the infirmities of old age and the want of good eyesight added to this something more than a year ago I had my shoulder dislocated which has occasioned frequent Rheumatic pains in my arm and shoulder which have almost deprived me of the use of my arm. I have no family nor house nor home for myself. I have four Children who have families of their own among

among whom I find a residence
To the Board of War the above Schedule is humbly submitted to which I subscribe. —
Oliver Woodward
Marietta Ohio July 24 th 1820.
Sworn to and declared on the 21 st day of July 1820. before the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County in Yeshiah. Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clk
The court doth certify that the Declarants statement of his bodily disabili- ties is correct & that he is unable to procure subsistence by labour Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clk
I George Dunlevy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty three dollars and Sixty six cents exclusive of Seventy five dollars in the hands of the above Declarants sons part of Pension money drawn by him.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court on this thirty first day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Geo. Dunlevy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County Ohio

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 40.727
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Oliver Woodard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 30. 1777 Apr. 15-1780 Pvt. Abner Prentiss Philip B. Bradley J. H. H. H. Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Windsor, Conn.
Date of application for pension, June 15-1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Newport, Twp. Washington Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, 68 years.
Remarks: There were 4 children no names are stated and there is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.