Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11804, Peter Wood, Mass

SERVICE
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Mass
Wood, Peter
R 11804
Sarah
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12961. Sarah Wood N.Y.
Act 7. July 38
m 85. d 29
H. S. Strong H 02

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" State of New York } County of Tioga }
On the 15 th day of May 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the Court in & for said County Sarah Wood of the town of Owego in said County and State aforesaid aged Eighty two (82) years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the "act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" and also a further
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 and of the 17 th of June 1844 & further to obtain the benefit of all the intermediate acts, between the 7 th July 1838 & the 17 th June 1844 - That she is the widow of Peter Wood who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. That he resided in the town of Middleborough Plymouth County Massachusetts. That he served as a minute man in the army of the Revolution in the town of Middleborough aforesaid for the term of about five months in the year 1775 & was so in service at the time of the battle of Lexington & was ordered to march to that place while on his way there the orders were countermanded & he returned to Middleborough where he served out his five months, & he afterwards enlisted & served in the army at South Boston & Roxbury for the period of two or three months in the year 1776 under Captain Nathaniel Wood. First Lieutenant Joseph Tupper & Second Lieutenant John Townsend & while serving as a minute man as aforesaid he was under the command

of Captain Ebenezer Sproul and that the whole term of service of the said Peter Wood according to the best of his disponent, knowledge & belief was about the period of eight months besides some time that he served as a minute man by substitute - She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Wood in Middleborough aforesaid on the 18 th day of July in the year Eighteen Seventeen hundred & eighty five (1785) by Rev Joseph Barker - Minister of the first church of Middleborough & that she knows her marriage with the said Peter Wood took place on that day & that she still continues to be his widow - She further says that the said Peter Wood never applied for or obtained a pension in his life time & that he died on the 15 th day of September 1829 in the town of Onond aforesaid - Sworn & subscribed before me This 16 th day of May 1846 Hanson Munroe First Judge of Tioga County Sarah his Wood mark
I certify that the above named Sarah Wood is a respectable person. That I consider her of the age represented by her & that she ought not to be required to appear in open court to make her declaration being of great age & infirm -
Hanson Munroe First Judge of Tioga County
State of New York Tioga County } ss I Moses Stevens Clerk of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hanson Munroe is the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified. That his commission was dated on the 1 st day of February 1845 & will expire on the 5 th day of February 1848 & that his signature above written is genuine -
Given under my hand & the seal of the said County This 16 th day of May 1846 -
M. Stevens Clerk

State of New York } Tioga County }
I Alanson Munger Surrogate of the County aforesaid do hereby certify. That at a Surrogates Court held before me at my office in the Village of Owego on the 16 th day of May 1846 satisfactory evidence was adduced That Peter Wood a Revolutionary Soldier died on the 15 th day of September (1829) eighteen hundred & twenty nine. leaving a widow Sarah Wood who has applied for a Pension as his widow under the Law of 1838 & the subsequent acts for the benefit of widows & That she is the widow of the same identical Peter Wood who served as a soldier in the Revolution —
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 16 th day of May 1846 —
Alanson Munger First Judge & Surrogate of the said county of Tioga

I Jacob B. Shaw Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Massachusetts hereby certify that in the record of Marriages in said town the Marriage of Peter Wood and Sarah Tinkham 2 d is recorded as follows, Vir.
July Eighteenth Seventeen hundred Eighty five Married Peter Wood & Sarah Tinkham 2 d both of Middleboro Attest Joseph Barker
I Jacob B. Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Mass. and that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of Marriages in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, Vir. July 18-1785
Jacob B. Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Middleborough June 1 st 1846
Plymouth, ss. June First day. 1846
Then personally appeared the above named Jacob Shaw, Subscriber to the foregoing affidavit, and well known to me to be a credible Witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Elias Ward, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Clerks Office June 2 1846
I J. W. Morris Clerk of the Superior Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Nathaniel Kyrie before whom the within deposition was taken is a public officer of the said County of Plymouth duly qualified and that his signature to the said Court is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court on the 4th day of June
J. W. Morris Clerk
21846

I Jacob B. Shaw Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Massachusetts hereby certify that in the record of Marriages in said town the Marriage of Peter Wood and Sarah Tinkham 2 d is recorded as follows, Vir.
July Eighteenth Seventeen hundred Eighty five Married Peter Wood & Sarah Tinkham 2 d both of Middleboro Attest Joseph Barker
I Jacob B. Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Mass. and that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of Marriages in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, Vir. July 18- 1785
Jacob B. Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough
Middleborough June 1 st 1846
Plymouth, ss. June First day. 1846
Then personally appeared the above named Jacob Shaw, Subscriber to the foregoing affidavit, and well known to me to be a credible Witness, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Elias Ward, Justice of the Peace

State of New York Tioga County
On the 27 day of July 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Tioga. Joel S Paige a resident of Owego in said County, aged 58 years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says That he has resided in Owego about 29 years last part. & That while so living there he became acquainted with Peter Wood now deceased. & Sarah Wood his wife, and he knew the said Peter Wood for about ten years in the Town of Owego & until the time of his death in 1829, and he now knows his Widow Sarah Wood who has applied for a Pension under the foregoing application, for the Revolutionary services of her husband the late Peter Wood, and the maiden name of the said Sarah Wood was Sarah Tinkham 2 d . And this deponent further says that from his knowledge of the said Peter Wood he has no doubt of his being the same identical Peter Wood who is named in the foregoing certificate of service from the Office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, and that the foregoing applicant Sarah Wood, is the same identical person he married in Middleboro as appears by the foregoing certificate & that she now remains his widow. & This deponent is in no way related to or connected with her. Sworn & subscribed this 27 day of July, 1846 } Joel S. Paige Before me } W. H. Maynard C. P.
I certify that Joel S Paige the above deponent is a respectable person & entitled to full credit & belief — W. H. Maynard C. P.
State of New York Tioga County
On the 27 th day of July 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Tioga. John Ripley a resident of Owego in said County, aged 54 years, who being first duly sworn according to law
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all deposes and says. That he has resided in Oneida about 32 years last past, and that while so living there he became acquainted with Peter Wood now deceased and Sarah Wood his wife, and he knew the said Peter Wood for about 15 years in Oneida & until the time of his death in 1829 and he now knows his widow, Sarah Wood, who has applied for a Pension under the foregoing application, for the Revolutionary services of her husband the late Peter Wood and the maiden name of the said Sarah Wood was Sarah Dinkham Id - And this deponent further says that from his knowledge of the said Peter Wood he has no doubt of his being the same identical Peter Wood who is named in the foregoing cer- tificate of service, from the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, and that the foregoing applicant Sarah Wood is the same identical per- son he married in Middlesex as appears by the foregoing Certificate & that she now remains his widow - And this deponent is no way related to or connected with the said Peter Wood or Sarah his wife - Sworn & subscribed this 27 day of July 1846 } John Ripley Before me
M c Raymond J. P.
I certify that John Ripley the above deponent is a respec- table person & his affidavit entitled to full credit & belief - M c Raymond J. P.
State of New York
Livingston County } ss
(Moses Stevens Clerk of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Rumsey Esq r is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his commission was dated on the 1 st day of January 1841 and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1847 and that his signature above written is genuine -
Given under my hand & the seal of the said County this 27 th day of July 1846 -
M c Raymond Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
June 24, 1929
Mrs. J.O. Davis Hotel Beaumont Beaumont, Texas
Madam:
I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11804, it was  is alleged that Peter Wood, while a resident of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, served about five months in 1775, as a minute man under Captain Ebenezer Sprout; he was ordered to march to Lexington but before they reached there the order was countermanded. It was stated that he enlisted in 1776 and served two or three months in Captain Nathaniel Wood's Massachusetts Company.
He married July 18, 1785, in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Sarah Tinkham, 2nd, of Middleborough.
Peter Wood died September 15, 1829, in Owego, Tioga County, New York.
On May 16, 1846, while a resident of Owego, New York, aged eighty-two years, his widow, Sarah, applied for pension alleging the above mentioned service. Her claim

was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of six months actual military service, which was the requirement of the pension law.
There are no further data relative to family.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

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1929 June 24. hist. to Mrs. J. O. Davis. Mrs.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11 807F
P. O. Sarah Wood
Service: Widow Peter Wood
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Beaumont, Texas, Feb. 13, 1929
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Do your records show the military history of Peter Wood of Middleboro, Massachusetts, who served in the Revolutionary War. I am informed that he died at Oswego, N.Y. in 1829.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am
Sincerely yours
Hotel Beaumont, Beaumont, Texas.
Only - Mod n Words Mrs. J. O. Davis

Mr. Stephen Lang Aug 7: 46

Sir In off Aug 7th 46
I have the honor to return you Mr Giles, letter & to inform you that the proof of the date of marriage in the case of Sarah Wood is satisfactory but the whole service made out by the papers is only 3mo 21 day which is not sufficient to entitle her to a pension - she claims it is true that her husband was in 75 as a minute man at Middleborough where he resided, but there were no embodied & paid troops at that place as is clearly shewn by the non existence of any historical or record evidence of it. The rolls of the service in 75 are returned perfect & no allowance can be made for service at that period for Stephen Strong which is not traced on them AK

For J. L. Edwards Come of Pensions in absence of Mr Strong -
Hon Stephen Strong M.P. Washington D.C.
FREE

Owens July 27 th 1846-
Hon S Strong
My Dear Sir
Enclosed I send
you Pension papers in the case of Mrs Sarah Wood widow of Peter Wood deceased - You will please give them to Mr Edwards & much oblige me & should he make out the certificate before your adjunct he will hand it to you -
Mr Camp returned last night from Shaeo - his health improved - Nothing new in Owens & no business in our line doing -
Yours truly Solomon Gile
Mr. Solomon Gile Owens, N.H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 6 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Peter Wood, is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Nathaniel Wood's Company, in Col Simon Cady's regt, as a private, 7 days. Said roll is dated Roxbury April 1. 1776. Upon another of said Company, in Col Ebenezer Spauld's Regt. on an alarm in September 1778, as a private, 9 days. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Porter's Company, in Col Cyprian Hovey Regt for Service at Rhode Island, as a private from July 30 to October 30 1780, including allowance of 80 Miles travel 3 Months and 5 days. The rolls of the 1775 Service do not bear this name. The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by
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The Military Records in this Office
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer
Secretary of the Commonwealth.