Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,290, Francis Wood, Va.

SERVICE
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Wood, Francis
S. 18,290
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CONTENTS

Virginia 23.020
Francis Wood - - of Bedford in the State of Va - who was a P. in the - commanded by Captain of the Rep commanded by Col: Christian in the P - - time for 6 mos: of days
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 20 - Dollars 77 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct 33. and Suck S. A. Wharton. Liberty - - - - -
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. 57.92 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar: 34 . 10.38 $ 62.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Auth: Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 38
Order to pay 18 Nov 1831 Letter to J. G. Floyd. do. Letter to G. Randolph June 16 1842
Paid at the Treasury under the act of April 6 th 1838 from March 4 th 1840 to Sept 24 th 1841. Agent notif d June 28 th 1842
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1842. Agt notified Dec r 1844
Date of death not on A.B.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 9 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Francis Wood, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. ————— Agency, at the rate of Twenty ————— Dollars and 77 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1842,
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of Virginia Bedford County 3 ff
On this 23 d day of September 1833, personally appeared in open court before the court of Bedford County, now sitting, Francis Wood, a resident of Russell parish in the County of Bedford, & State of Virginia, aged 70 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 act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated - That sometime in November 1780, (he cannot recollect the day of the month) he volunteered into the service of the United States, in Amherst County Virginia, where he then resided, under the command of Capt. Charles Christian Lieut. James Grihom, & Ensign Elijah Christian, and served a tour of three months. His company marched from said County through Buckingham to Richmond, where they were stationed one or two weeks - From Richmond they were marched to Williamsburg, & patrolled, & reconnoitred between that place & Yorktown until the last of January 1781, when his tour having expired, he was discharged at Williamsburg by Capt. Christian, but has lost, or mislaid his discharge. He cannot recollect that he had any field officers - nor that he served with any regular officers, or regular or militia Regiments, or companies - he was not sixteen years old, when he served this tour, and thinks it probable his memory may not retain names, dates, & circumstances faithfully - He thinks that his company never joined any regiment, but acted as a mere scouting party during the whole time - He has no documentary evidence, nor does he know any person living by whom he can prove his services.
Immediately after the expiration of the above tour, to wit, in February 1781, he again volunteered into the service of the United States, in Amherst County Virginia, under Capt. Benjamin Rucker, and marched as a guard to the lower part of Amherst County, to keep some prisoners captured by Genl. Morgan at the Cowpens. He was engaged in this tour at least one week, when he was discharged by Col. Meredith, Col. of the County. He had no written discharge - He had no other officers, either field or company, except Capt. Rucker - There were no regular officers, or continental, or militia regiments, or companies with the troops - who consisted of merely a guard - Cornwallis, it was said, at the time was marching into Virginia to re-capture the said prisoners, who were delivered to the lower battalion of Amherst militia, & we discharged - He knows no person living, by whom he can prove his services in this tour.
On the next day, after he returned home from the tour last above mentioned, to wit, in the month of Feb. 1781, he again volunteered into the service of the United States, in Amherst County, under Capt. James Franklin, & Ensign William Christian, he cannot recollect the Lieut. He served this tour three months. His field officers were Cols. Peter Rose & Gabriel Penn, and Maj. Riddick, who went with him from Amherst - They rendezvoused at Stoballs Ferry in Amherst County, & marched from thence to Prince Edward Court house, and by Dices Ferry on Dan River, and thro' the upper part of North Carolina to Guilford N. C., where they arrived during the battle of Guilford, but too late to participate in the engagement - After the battle, they joined the army commanded by Genl. Green, and were attached to Genl. Lawson's Brigade - They were marched to Deep River in N. Carolina in pursuit of the British commanded by Cornwallis - After remaining a few days, marching about, they returned thro' Hillsborough to Virginia, & were regularly discharged by Genl. Lawson - but had no written discharge - Of the regular officers, who served with him, he recollects the names of Genl. Green, Genl. Morgan, - Cols.

Washington side. There were regular continental regiments, but he cannot recollect their number, or their officers, except Col. Washington's house - He recollects three companies of militia, one commanded by Capt. James Billeard - one, by James Franklin - & one by Capt. Young Landrum. There were other militia regiments & companies - of the militia officers, he recollects, Genls. Lawson & Stevens - Col. Lynch of Bedford Co. Va. - Col. Holcombe of Charlotte - & Capt. Col. Leitch of Bedford. He has no documentary evidence - he refers to the affidavit of William Turner.
In August 1781 - cannot recollect the day - he again volunteered into the service of the United States - in Amherst county, under Capt. John Stewart, Lieut. Charles Eades, & Ensign Bartlett Eades - and marched thro' Albemarle, Fluvanna, Hanover, & Williamsburg to Yorktown - & joined the army commanded by Genl. Washington - & continued in the service at least three months, & three weeks - His field officers were Genls. La Fayette, & Wayne, & Col. Tucker. He was in the whole siege of York - & was present when the surrender took place - After the surrender, he was detached as a guard under Col. Vance, & his company officers aforesaid to guard the British prisoners to Fredericktown in Maryland, where they delivered them to another guard - & were discharged by Col. Vance at Fredericktown the last of December 1781 - received no written discharge - of the regular officers, he recollects, Genls. Washington, La Fayette, Wayne, Lee, Lincoln, Col. Tucker - Capt. White, who was killed Gov. Nelson was there - He refers to the affidavit of same.
Franklin -
He has no documentary evidence of his services either town -
1- He was born in Charlotte county Virginia, he thinks, the 4 th April 1763 - 2 never had any register of his age - 3- lived in Amherst county Va. - when called into service, where he lived till some time between 1790 & 1800, when he moved to Bedford where he has lived ever since, & now lives - 4- called into service in the manner stated in the declaration - 5- 6- He has answered in his declaration - 7 John Sharp Jr. & Charles Wood are persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a revolutionary soldier. He has been & is unable to find a clergyman, who can conscientiously make the certificate as there are none living in his neighborhood -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Francis Wood
Subscribed & sworn to, in open court, the day & year aforesaid -
We John Sharp Jr. & Charles Wood, residing in Bedford county Virginia, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Wood, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be 70 years of age, - and that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Charles Wood
John Sharp Jr.
Subscribed & sworn to in open court the day & year aforesaid.

27.279
Francis Wood
Declaration for a Pension
Bedford County Va.
Alm & a
Private
Ono L 7-29
20.77
J. A. Tharpe
Libby - Va

State of Virginia Bedford County S ff :
I, Samuel Franklin of Bedford County Virginia, a soldier of the revolution, aged 70 years - do hereby certify that in the year of 1781. Francis Wood served a tour in the service of the United States under Capt. John Stewart at the siege of Yorktown - The said Wood marched from Amherst county, where he then resided - he was attached to Col. Tucker's regiment, Genl. Lawson's brigade, Genl. La Fayette's division - and was engaged in the siege of Yorktown & surrender of Cornwallis - The said tour commenced in August 1781 - This affiant was in the service with said Wood - in the same company - After the surrender of Cornwallis, in the month of November, this affiant having remained with the said Wood in the service at least three months - The said Wood marched to Maryland to guard the prisoners, taken at the siege, this affiant being sick, & not able to go on said duty - I do not know when said Wood was discharged - but know that it was some time in December 1781, before some of the company to which he was attached returned home -
Sam t Franklin
Sworn to & subscribed before me, Wm. Leftwich Jr. a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, by the said Samuel Franklin, whom I do hereby certify to be a respectable citizen of Bedford county, & a credible witness - Given under my hand this 28 th day of May 1833 -
Wm. Leftwich Jr. - J. P.
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 & served as he states - and the said court further certifies that Charles Wood, and John Sharp Jr., who have subscribed & sworn to the preceding certificate, are residents of Bedford County Virginia, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
State of Virginia Bedford County S ff :
I Robert A. Dickerson deputy clerk of the county court of Bedford in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Francis Wood for a pension - I do further certify that William Leftwich Jr., before whom the preceding affidavit of Samuel Franklin was subscribed & sworn to, was at the time of taking the said affidavit, an acting justice of the peace in & for the county & state aforesaid, duly commissioned & qualified according to the laws & constitution of this commonwealth -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said court, this 15 th day of October 1833. in the 58 th year of American Independence.
Robert A. Dickerson deputy Clerk of the County Court of Bedford

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
AW
Nov. 16, 1923.
Maggie McManaway, R. D. Stewartsville, Va.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 18290, it appears that Francis Wood was born in Charlotte Co., Va. April 4, 1763, and while living in Amherst Co., Va. enlisted and served as a private in the Virginia Troops as follows:
From November 1780, for three months in Capt. Charles Christian's Company.
In February 1781, for one week in Capt. Benjamin Rucker's Company.
From February 1781, for three months in Capt. James Franklin's Company, under Colonels Peter Rose and Gabriel Penn.
From August 1781, for three months in Capt. John Stewart's Company, under Colonels Tucker and Vance, and was at the siege of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 23, 1833, while living in Russell Parish, Bedford County, Virginia. There is no data on file as to family.
In order to make a proper search of the records for any particular soldiers of the Revolution, named John and Stephen Wood, some of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, given names of widows.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
D.F. 18290
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Francis Wood 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.     Oct. 1780 2 mos. Pvt. Charles Christian ✓ Pa   July 1781 1 week Benjamin Rucker   July 1781 3 mos. James Franklin Peter Rose   Aug. 1781 3 mos. John Stewart Gabriel Penn   Tucker   Vance  
Battles engaged in, Siege of York Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Sept. 23, 1833. His ch. was al. Residence at date of application, Russell Parish Bedford Co. Va. Age at date of application, b. in Charlotte Co. Va. Apr. 4, 1763
Remarks: No data as to family
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 18 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Francis Wood,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and 77 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841 —
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

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18290
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1913 June 14 Hist. to Ora to Mountie V.L.H. 1923 Nov. 16. Reist. to Am. Me Manaway. ay 1933 Sept. 26. Hist to Walter (Had) (See ltr in clur. p. 7962 - see Wm) B
File No. 18290
Francis Wood
Pre New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870.]

September 26, 1933
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Mr. Walter A. Wood 1453-35 Junction Avenue Racine, Wisconsin
Francis Wood, S. 18290 Jesse Wood, S. 7962 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request of September 15, for the Revolutionary War records of Francis Wood, of Bedford County, Virginia, and of Jesse Wood, of Fluvanna County, Virginia.
You are furnished herein their records as found in pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
FRANCIS WOOD, S. 18290
Francis Wood was born April 4, 1763, in Charlotte County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Amherst County, Virginia, he volunteered and served as a private in the Virginia troops as follows: from November, 1780, three months in Captain Charles Christian's company; in February, 1781, one week in Captain Benjamin Rucker's company and was engaged in guarding prisoners which were taken at the battle of the Cowpens; immediately after the expiration of this tour, three months in Captain James Franklin's company, under Colonels Peter Rose and Gabriel Penn; from August, 1781, three months in Captain John Stewart's company, under Colonels Tucker and Vance, was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after which he guarded British prisoners to Fredericktown, Maryland, and was discharged the last of December, 1781.
Francis Wood lived in Amherst County, Virginia, until sometime between 1790 and 1800, when he moved to Bedford County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 23, 1833, while a resident of Russell Parish, Bedford County, Virginia.

No reference was made in the claim of Francis Wood to wife or children.
In 1833, one Charles Wood was residing in Bedford County, Virginia, his relationship to soldier not shown.
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JESSE WOOD, S. 7962
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Jesse Wood, a free black man, enlisted in the summer of 1778, in King William County, Virginia, served as private in Captain I. or J. Hickman's company, Colonel Davis' Virginia regiment, also in Captain Hastings Marks' and John Peyton's Virginia companies, and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis, exact date not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-three years and residing in Fluvanna County, Virginia, where he had lived since 1782.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

CITIZENS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
OFFICERS: ORRA E. MONNETTE, PRESIDENT R. W. KENNY, VICE PRESIDENT GEO. W. WALKER, VICE PRESIDENT CHAS. G. GREENE, VICE PRESIDENT H. A. KEHLER, CASHIER HOGER M. ANDREWS, ASST. TO THE PRES. C. O. ANDERSON, ASST. CASHIER GEO. T. STAINBACK, ASST. CASHIER N. M. CONVERSE, ASST. TRUST OFFICER.
PAID UP CAPITAL $500,000 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $80,000 308-310 SOUTH BROADWAY.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. June 4, 1913.
United States Bureau of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Publications established by the Government in 1841 entitled, "Census of pensioners for the Revolutionary War", on page 128 appears a record of Francis Woods, as living at the age of 79 years in Bedford County, Virginia.
Will you kindly give me an official record of his revolutionary service. I have not made a similar inquiry before on this subject.
Thanking you, I wish to remain,
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Orra E. Monnette", written in dark ink.
OEM.

State of Virginia Amherst County } 3
I William Turner of Amherst County Virginia aged 72 years a soldier of the revolution, do hereby certify that Francis Wood late of Amherst but now of Bedford County, served a tour of three months in the service of the United States in the revolution under the command of Capt. James Franklin - The principal part of the service was in North Carolina - The tour commenced in February and expired in May 1781 - That this affiant served the said tour with said Wood, in the same company
Wm Turner
Subscribed & sworn to before me of the peace in for the county & state aforesaid by the said William Turner whom do hereby certify to be a respectable citizen of Amherst County. In witness whereof given under my hand this 15 day of March 1833.
Jepe Mundy
Jepe Mundy
Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the County Court of Amherst do hereby certify that Jepe Mundy esquire who has given the above certificate is and was at the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Amherst duly commissioned as qualified according to the constitution and laws. further certify that his signature to the above is genuine and that as a justice of the peace he is duly authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal of office this second day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.
Robert Tinsley

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Friends:-
Won't you please tell me all your records contain concerning the history, and services of my , Francis Wood in the Revolutionary Army. Was living in the year 1839 , in Bedford County Virginia as I understand it. Please tell me the time of his enlistment name of wife and children if mentioned.
Also please tell me if you have the data of my  John Wood in the Revolutionary Army, from  Virginia (Bedford County most probably.) I would like to know where he entered from, if family is covered.

2 mentioned etc.
Please tell me if you have the services of any Stephen Wood , from Virginia as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army.
Asking pardon for the intrusion and wishing you the brightness of the days as they go by, and thanking you for all kindnesses -
Your friend.
Maggie McManaway Rt 1 Stewartsville Virginia
(Oct 7 th 1923)

Mr Evans
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Counsel of Record Washington

Th o Richmond. 15 th Dec 1857.
Dear Sir,
Please direct the agent to pay the culture having more than 18 m p . T. new
Yours Wm Lloyd