Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14897, Israel Wood, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wood Israel
S. 14897
CONTENTS
carded

1092 New York
Conrad Wood
of Bern in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Schavau of the Reg t commanded by Col. Thomas in the New York line for 12 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Each per Annu m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct r . 1832. — and sent to J. Wood
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov. 32 20
80
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. G. Miles Clerk, Book 1) Vol. 5 Page 155
Date of death not on MS -

BRIEF in the case of Israel Wood of Bern in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge of the County Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? the applicant makes oath that, from bodily infirmity he is unable to attend Court. that he resides 24 miles from the County Court.  3. How old is he? Seventy eight years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March In 1776 1 Private Gen. Capt. Sam d Delavan   June or July 1776 6 do. Col. Thomas    States that his Subsequent Services were rendered at Short periods under Various Calls, which he cannot distinctly state or recollect but well knows that he actually served more than Five Months during the last mentioned description of Service
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Isaac Wood
No 3346

State of New York
Albany County ss On this 13 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before Joseph B. Moore a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany and State aforesaid Israel Wood a resident of the town of Bern in the County of Albany and State of New York aged 78 years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion, 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 resided at the commencement of the Revolutionary War in the town of Salem in the County of Westchester in the State of New York immediately on the lines, and continued to reside there except when he was out in the said service untill the close of the said War.
He entered the said service as a private soldier in the month of March 1776. at Salem aforesaid as a volunteer and joined Capt Samuel Delavan's Company, for the term of one Month . He was immediately marched to Valen- tine's Hill , in Westchester County , where he staid a short time, and was then marched to Hurlgate and built a Fort, at which place he was discharged (having served his time out of one month ) in the month or April or first of May the same year.
He again entered the said ser- -vice in Salem aforesaid as a volunteer and en- -listed in Capt Nathaniel Delavan's Company in Colonel Thomas Regiment , the last of June or first of July 1776 as a private, for the term of Six Months . He was immediately marched with the said Company to the mouth of Croton

river, and then to Kingsbridge , where he joined the said Regiment. He continued at Kingsbridge untill the British passed up the river in vessels and landed. He and the said company and regiment were then marched to White Plains , and was immediately engaged, making entrenchments, building breast works &c preparatory for the action. Shortly after, the Battle of White Plains commenced and he was actively engaged in that action.
After the Battle was over, he and the said company and regiment with other forces, marched up the river to Peekskill , where they staid untill cold weather came on. He was then marched through the snow half-leg deep in the said Regiment by Col. Thomas, down the river to a place called Kingstreet , where he was discharged, about the first of January 1777. having served his time out, he then returned home to Salem.
His services after this time and untill the close of the war, consisted of being out on short detachments , on alarms and being called; and he cannot possibly enumerate with any particularity, the many times and places he served. He recollects that in the spring of 1777, he was called out to go to Danbury , and marched to Ridgefield and there having learnt that Danbury was burnt and that the British had passed down to the same, he was dismissed and he returned home. At another time but does not recollect the year he volunteered and joined Capt John Drakes company and went

to a place called Crumpond in Westchester county. where he staid about two weeks.
Shortly after he got home, he again went under Lt Shaw as volunteer and went down the river to keep guard. but does not recollect the place, he went to -
At another time he was called out on an alarm to go to Bedford , and joined Colo Thomas regiment, and immediately marched to that place and was there when Bedford was burnt, - cannot recollect the time he was out on this occasion -
At another time he was called out and went on to the lines down the river and kept guard two weeks , but does not recollect the officers names he was under -
And in this way he served more or less every year untill the close of the war,
He was frequently called on to go on scouts, and on short expeditions, and patrolled the streets nights, and suppressed rowdies and Tories, time after time untill the final termination of the Revolutionary War. Old age and disease having very much impaired his recollection, he is unable to state minutely all the officers names he served under and every particular in relation to his service, but well knowing, that he actually served in an embodied Corps, more than five months in this last mentioned description of services, making in the whole of his service in the Revolutionary War, One Year and over. That after the close of the war he received a Certificate that he was entitled to a certain amount of pay for his services

in the Militia, but the precise amount he cannot now recollect nor does he now know the amount he received for the said certificate. He never received a written discharge, and he has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person he can procure at this time to testify to his services. He resides 24 Miles from the City of Albany where the Courts of Record for the County of Albany are held, and is very infirm by reason of old age and disease and is wholly unable to go that dis- tance to attend the Court. He hereby re- linquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and decla- res that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed Israel X Wood the day and year aforesaid mark Before J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Court
We Job Rider a Merchant and Harvey Brown a Miller both residing in the town of Rensselaer Village in the County of Albany and State of New York hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Israel Wood, who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be at least 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this Job Rider day and year aforesaid Harvey Brown Before me J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Court

State of New York
Albany County ss. I the subscribed a judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named ap- plicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with John Riden a Merchant and Harvey Brown a Miller who have signed the preceding Certificate that they reside in the said town of Rensselaer- ville, are very credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13 th day of August 1832
J. B. Moore
State of New York
Albany County ss. I Conrad A. Ten Eyck clerk of the City and County of Albany and State of said do hereby certify that Joseph B. Moore before whom the fore- going declaration and Certificate were sworn and who has made the above cer- tificate, is a judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany, and that the sig- nature "J. B. Moore" to the said declaration and Certificate is his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 13 th day of August 1832 C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk

September 14, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Mr. Lyman Wood 1433-35 Junction Avenue Racine, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Israel and Joshua Wood, Revolutionary War pensioners of New York.
Israel Wood S.14897
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14897, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Israel Wood.
While residing in Salem, Westchester County, New York, he enlisted sometime in March, 1776 and served one month as a private in Captain Samuel Delavan's New York company. He enlisted in June or July, 1776 and served six months as private in Captain Nathaniel Delavan's company, Colonel Thomas' New York regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains. He continued to serve until the close of the war on various short tours, was out on the Danbury Alarm, a part of this time he was under Captain John Drake and under Lieutenant Lockwood, and when Bedford was burned, he was there under Colonel Thomas. He stated that the length of all his service was twelve months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, then a resident of Berne, Albany County, New York and was aged seventy-eight years "and upwards".
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
Rest of letter in Joshua Wood W.1343

Rebates
14897 INVALID.
File No. 14.897
Israel Wood
Prin. Riv. war
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870.]
-1932-Sept. 14 visit to Stephen Wood see all correspondence in persona Wood W.1345 Eng

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Israel Wood which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? in part only
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? So far only as definite terms of service are stated
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? the Judge before whom he was examined, has given his opinion
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? He has not furnished the evidence of a
Clergyman, but has, that of two Credible Witnesses
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes.
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? The Judge Certifies that the interrogatories were put to the applicant
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wood, Jacob GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6611 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 19, 1792 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.