Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,382, Daniel Wood, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental New York
Wood, Daniel Catharine
N. 18,382
{ B.L.W. 2373-300-kept. Issued Apr. 28, 1791 no papers.
CONTENTS

4832 New York
Daniel Wood
of Orange in the State of New York who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Paulding in the New York line for 2 Years _____
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 480 Dollars — Costs per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of January 1833 — and unto H. S. Wilkin H. S. Wilkin
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 730 Semestral allowance ending 4th '73 240 $ 960
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Siles Clerk. Book D Vol. 5 Page 148

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1723-1802 Mary Ward (Albany) the same Ward widow of Daniel Ward who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Captain
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of YPO Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of August 1894 and sent to
Hon. J. C. Brady Chamberlain Barnes
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 2, 1848, Page 540 Vol.

State of New York } Orange County ss: } On the third day of De- cember 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange, being a trial of Record now sitting, Daniel Wood, a resident of the Town of Warwick in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty one years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the Uni- ted States in the Revolutionary War in the latter part of the year 1776, as a Surgeon in the militia and ser- ved at that time in that station in the County of Rockland State of New York, and in the State of New Jersey for four weeks at least; it being the time that General Wash- ington retreated from New York to Pennsylv- ania. He was on the lines in the service at the time the time the Hessians were captured at Trenton and until the enemy had quit their several Cantonments & retired into New Brunswick
That shortly after the above mentioned term of service to wit: in the month of Febru- ary 1777 he was appointed a First Lieutenant in an additional Regiment of Continental Troops then about to be raised, of which William Malcolm was appointed Colonel, Aaron Burr Lieutenant Colonel and Albert Pawling major. That early in the month of March in the same year he was placed under Captain John M c Watkins as his Lieuten-

ant and received from him the annexed accompanying instructions. That a place of Quarters was appointed and provision was made for the accommodation of the Recruits, excepting the appointment of a Surgeon. In a short time Notwithstanding all the precautions taken to preserve the health of the men, diseases prevailed which rendered medical assistance necessary. There being no Surgeon in the Regi- ment, and this Declarant being a Physician and Surgeon, he was required to officiate and did officiate and act as Surgeon, and administered to the necessities of the Sick. He did this for some weeks (six weeks at least) without any special order, but rather as a matter of necessity. But after the arrival of the Colonel, he was requested by him and by the Surgeon General to continue his attendance on the Sick until another Surgeon should be appointed. He believes he was mustered as a surgeon for the whole month of May 1777, and he knows to a certainty that he was afterwards mus- tered as a surgeon from time to time and received the pay of a Surgeon which was two dollars a day. That his Regiment after spending the summer in disciplining the men and guarding the inhabitants against the British and Tories, marched from Raritan about the first of October in the last mentioned year, in company with Gen. Mifflin's Brigade of Rhode Island troops, to Delaware River which they crossed at Boydell's Ferry the morning after the

battle of Germantown and proceeded to Head Quarters at a place called Pawamensing, where Col. Malcolm Regiment in which declarant then continued to serve as surgeon as before mentioned, was placed in Gen. Conway's Brigade in Lord Stirling's Division and remained with General Washington in all his movements from that time until the battle of Monmouth, the latter part of June 1778, when Deponent was left behind about six weeks to take care of the wounded, after which he immediately rejoined his regiment at West Point and took Command of a Company, although at that time he had not obtained his Commission, although he was entitled to one on the resignation of Captain Watkins in the fall of 1777; but this declarant at that time and subsequently having charge of the sick as acting surgeon thought it of little consequence to procure his Commission it was not applied for until some time after he took the Command of his Company. The annexed is the original Commission procured by him & under which he served. That his Regiment continued at West Point until the last of December, when it marched to Haverstraw in the County of Rockland, and in the spring following marched to the Minisink near the Delaware river to be in readiness to proceed with General Sullivan on his Indian Expedition - That there on the

20 th day of May 1779, a new arrangement took place. Malcolm's Regiment was incorporated with Spencer's and this declarant with several other officers were left out. That this was the close of his revolutionary services. That he a pension for his services. Claims pay as a captain from the twelfth day of October 1777 to the 20 th day of May 1779 being one year seven months and eight days, and also as a lieutenant Surgeon from the month of February 1777 to the twelfth day of October in the same year being the term of Eight months, during all which periods, exceeding two years he served as within stated —
1 st The Declarant was born in the year 1751 in Warwick in the County of Orange & State of New York — He has no record of his age — 2 nd He was living at Warwick aforesaid when called into service. He has never been an inhabitant of any other state. That immediately after the close of the war he removed to the County of Montgomery and resided in the Towns of Palatine and Canajoharie in that County upwards of fourteen years. 3 rd From thence he removed to the Town of Scipio in the County of Cayuga, which was his home until about two years ago when he returned to his native place. 4 th The Declarant has herein particularly stated the manner in which he was called into service & the other matters required to be stated by him in answer to the fourth & fifth Interrogatories. —

5 th I received the annexed Commission as a Captain in the Continental Service & served under the same as within mentioned. And I further positively swear and declare that from the time I first entered service which as I have above stated was in the latter part of the year 1776, until the 20 th day of May 1779 being upwards of two Years I constantly & without interruption performed duty as Lieutenant Major or Captain, as above particularly designated excepting a period not exceeding two months. Samuel Seward, Robert Armstrong & Rev d . Charles Cummins reside in the neighborhood of this Declarant, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state.
6. Subscribed & sworn to hereunto the Third day of December 1832
Daniel Hood
A. A. Dunning Clerk
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 William Winfield & William Knapp

who have signed and sworn to the preceding Certificates reside in the said County of Orange and are persons of credibility, and that their Statements are entitled to Credit —
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Daniel Wood for a pension and I further Certify that Samuel S. Willard before whom the preceding affidavits of William Winfield and William Knapp were sworn, was at the time First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, and that the signature annexed is his genuine Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirteenth day of Decem- ber 1832 —
Asa Dunning Clerk

Daniel Wood } Pension Papers
Mr William A. G. Benton Attorney at
admitted Capt Hargrave 2 years
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24 Nov 1778 grant 1 yr pay & leave Oct 3 & 21 1780 grant comm. ~ pay

in Col. N.Y. Line Daniel Wood. Capt. Malcolm County Land?
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Warrant No. 2373 for 300 Acres issued the 22 nd April 1791. to Daniel Wood, who was a Captain in Col. Malcolm's Reg t N. York Line, and left the Service as a Supernumerary the 23 rd April 1799 —

Dear Wood J New York
admitted
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Yours J. J. Wilkins

BRIEF in the case of Daniel Wood of Orange  County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81  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.     Feb In 1777 8 Surgeon Col. Malcolm,   Oct " 1 7 8 Captain Major Pauling Genl. Warren Genl. Conway Lord Shelburne Genl. Washington, Sullivan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? was at Trenton, at Monmouth  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rockland County New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Mohun Examining Clerk.  July 181833

Declaration No 1.
State of New York County of Montgomery ss. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, Entitled "an act granting half pay and Pension to Christian Widows"
State of New York County of Montgomery ss. On this the Seventh day of December 1843 personally appeared before the Subscribers a Judge of the County Court in and for Said County Catherine Wood of Palatine in the County and State aforesaid and who is now a resident of said County and State aged Sixty Nine years and upwards, 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 of Congress of the 3 rd March  the passed July 7 th 1838 Entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to Christian Widows". And also a further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to Christian Widows who have received pensions under the act of Congress July 7 th 1838.  That she is the Widow of Daniel Wood who in his life time was a pensioner of the United States as she has been informed and truly believes and that as a compensation for such services he drew a tract of Land in the State of New York containing Three Lots each containing Six Hundred acres, and was a Captain and Surgeon in the War of the Revolution and that such services was performed in the State of New York and that she does not remember the names of any of the Officers under whom he served in the War of the Revolution. That she supposes and truly believes that the proofs and evidence of the services and the periods and terms of the services of the said Daniel Wood with the names of the Officers under whom such services were rendered and upon which the said Daniel Wood was pensioned are upon file in the Pension Department at Washington to which she has respectfully begs leave to Refer.  She further declares that she was Married to the said Daniel Wood on the Twenty fourth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two. That her-

House and the within named Daniel Wood died on the 3 rd fourth  third day of October 1843. One thousand Eight hundred and forty three and that the said Daniel Wood resided at the time of his death in the Town of Moravia and County of Cayuga that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services and the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety six at the time above stated. That she has not since married but still remains a Widow.
Mr Catherine + David Mork
Sworn and Subscribed before Me this 7 day of December 1843 John D. Darrow Judge of Montgomery County Court
I hereby certify that the within named Catherine Wood is a highly respectable person and her statement and deposition are entitled to full credit and that I firmly believe her to be of the age represented by her and that from her old age and infirmities she ought not to be as well to appear in Open Court to make her application Datea St. John Hill December 1843. Nassau Judge.
John Darrow Judge of Montgomery County

State of New York
No 2
County of Montgomery ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Gertrude Best of St Johnville in said County and State aged seventy sixty three years and upwards who on being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she is a sister of Catherine Wood the Widow of Daniel Wood late of the County of Cayuga and Town of Moravia in said County and State aforesaid deceased who was in his life time a as she was informed, said witness Revolutionary pensioner of the United States that the said Daniel Wood and her Sister the present Widow of the said Daniel Wood whose maiden name was Grouse were Married on the 24 th  fourth  twentieth day of May in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two at the House of her Father - in Palestine by a Minister of the German Reformed Church by the name of John Henry  Lin  Disp and that she was present at their said Marriage as aforesaid and well remembers the time and occasion. That as the Fruits of their said Marriage they raised a family of Children the oldest of whom if now living would be about Fifty or as she was informed, said witness fifty one years old. That the said Daniel Wood died on the Third day of October (1843) One thousand eight hundred and forty three and that her Sister the aforesaid Widow Catherine Wood the widow of the said Daniel Wood has not since intermarried but still remains the Widow of the said Daniel Wood
Gertrude Best
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 7 day of December 1843.
John Dawson Judge of Montgomery
I certify that the above named Gertrude Best is a respectable person and her deposition and Statement are entitled to full credit and belief
John Dawson Judge of Montgomery County
State of New York
No 3
Montgomery County ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Jacob Grouse of St Johnville in said County and State aged sixty sixty one years who on being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is a brother of Catherine Wood the Widow of Daniel Wood late of the Town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid deceased who in his life time was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That the said Daniel Wood and her

Sister the present Widow of the Daniel Wood whose Maiden name was Crouse were Married on the Twenty fourth  24th day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety two (1792) by a Minister of the German Reformed Church whose Name was John Henry Leidlin and that the said Marriage of the within named Daniel Wood to Catherine Crouse the present Widow of Daniel Wood who is making an application for a pension as the Widow of the aforesaid Daniel Wood was Married at her Father's house in the Town of Palentine and that he was present at the said Mar- riage and well remembers the time and occasion, as aforesaid That as the fruits of their said Marriage they raised a family of Children the Oldest of whom if now living would be about Fifty or Fifty one Years Old. That the said Daniel Wood died on the 3 rd  as he is informed he was third day of October (1843) Eighteen hundred and forty three and that his sister the present Widow of the aforesaid Daniel Wood has not since Married but still remains the Widow of the aforesaid Daniel Wood
Subscribed and sworn before
Jacob his X Crouse
Me this 7 day of December 1843 John Dorpov Judge of Montgomery County Court
I certify that the above named Jacob Crouse is a respectable person and that his deposition and Statement are entitled to full credit and belief
John Henson Judge of Montgomery County Court

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Montgomery County ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Margaret Clause of Palatine in said County and State aged Sixty five years who on being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath deposeth and saith that she is a Sister of Catherine Wood who application for a Pension as the Widow of Daniel Wood is herunto annexed. and who was a Pensioner of the United States, and that the said Daniel Wood married her Sister at her father's house and whose Maiden name was Catherine, by a Minister of the German Reformed Church by the Name of John Henry Heiss  Heiss , and that the said Daniel Wood was married on the Twenty fourth day of May in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two, and that she was present at said Marriage, which said Marriage she well remembers the occasion and time of said Marriage And that as the fruits of said Marriage they raised a family of Children the Oldest of whom if now living would be about Fifty one or two years Old that the said Daniel Wood died in the Town of Maria and County of Cayuga and state aforesaid on the 3 rd third day of October 1843, for she is in her 84th year and that her sister the said Catherine Wood and the present widow of the said Daniel Wood has not since intermarried but still remains the Widow of the said Daniel Wood.
Margaret Clause Wood
Subscribed and sworn before me 7 th Day of December 1843 John Sedgwick Judge of Montgomery County Courts

I hereby Certify that the above named Margaret Blame is a Respectable person and her deposition and Statement are entitled to full credit and belief Dated Palatine 7. day of December, 1843,
John Darrow Judge of Montgomery County Courts
Montgomery County Clerk's Office. So I hereby certify that John Darrow, whose name is subscribed to the facts of the within affi- davits and certificates, was at the time and dates thereof a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery, duly qualified to act as such, and that the signatures thereto are his genuine hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County of Montgomery the 8 th day of December 1843.
H. Cook, Clerk

care of Jas. Bonyh Moravia Feb '50
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State of New York, } ss. County of Cayuga }
I, Ebenezer B. Webb, County Clerk of Cayuga County and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the Supreme Court of the State of New York now sitting in the City of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, that Daniel Wood, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty Dollars per month and who was a resident of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, and who died in the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York on the third day of October eighteen hundred and forty three, left a widow who died at the town of St Johnsville in the County of Montgomery and State of New York on the third day of December eighteen hundred and forty eight, and it has been further proved to the satisfaction of the said Court that James Berry, husband of Clarissa Berry who is the daughter and heir at law of the said late Daniel Wood, is legal Administrator of the estate of the said late Daniel Wood.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Ebenezer B. Webb Clerk of the Supreme & County Courts Cayuga County

February 2, 1937.
Mrs. John E. Halverson 523 Redondo Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah.
BA-J/ILL Daniel Wood W. 18382
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Dr. Daniel Wood who was born in Orange County, New York, in 1751 and died in Cayuga County, New York.
The record of Daniel Wood is furnished herein as found in pension claim, W. 18382, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Wood was born in the year 1751, in Warwick, Orange County, New York; the names of his parents were not given.
In 1776, he was a physician and surgeon of Warwick, New York and, late in that year, served four weeks as surgeon in the militia in Rockland County, New York, and in New Jersey. He was appointed March 11, 1777, Lieutenant in Captain John W. Watkins' company, Colonel William Malcolm's Continental Regiment and acted as surgeon; on October 12, 1777, he was commissioned Captain in said regiment and served until April 23, 1779, when he became a supernumerary officer.
Immediately after the close of the war, Captain Daniel Wood moved to Montgomery County, New York, and resided in the towns of Palatine and Canajoharie in that county about fourteen years, then moved to Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, where he resided until sometime in 1830, when he returned to Warwick, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Warwick, New York. He died October 3, 1843, in Moravia, Cayuga County, New York.

Captain Daniel Wood was allowed land on account of his service in the Revolutionary War by the State of New York.
Captain Daniel Wood married May 24, 1792, Catharine Crouse; they were married at the home of her father in Palatine, New York, by the Minister of the German Reformed Church. The names of her parents were not given.
Catharine Wood, the officer's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 7, 1843, at which time she resided in Palatine, Montgomery County, New York. In 1844, she resided in Saint Johnsville, in that same county. On July 31, 1848, at which time she resided again in Palatine, New York, she gave her age as seventy-three years, two hundred and ninety-seven days. She died December 3, 1848 in Saint Johnsville, New York.
Captain Daniel Wood and his wife, Catharine, reared a family, but the name of only one, Clarissa, was stated. In 1850, she lived with her husband, James Berry, in Moravia, New York. A grandson was living in Moravia in 1844, but his name was not designated.
This might be rearranged next time
In 1843, Catharine Wood's sister, Margaret Clause, was aged sixty-five years and resided in Palatine, New York; at that time, another sister, Gertrude Best, aged sixty-three years, and a brother, Jacob Crouse, aged sixty-one years, were residents of Saint Johnsville, New York. In 1848, one James C. Best witnessed the signature of Catharine Wood (soldier's widow), but his relationship to the family was not stated. There are no further data regarding these persons in the papers on file in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Daniel Wood
Daniel Wood N. file 18.382 Court + N.Y.

RECRUITING INSTRUCTIONS
FOR Lieutenant Daniel Wood.
Y OU are hereby authorized to inlist in any of the United States of America all such able-bodied freemen, as are willing to enter into their service and pay, in the character of Soldiers, being within the descriptions, and upon the conditions, hereafter annexed.
You are to inlist none but freemen, above the age of seventeen and under that of fifty, of sufficient stature and ability of body to discharge all the offices of a private soldier; to be free from lameness, or other bodily infirmity, which may render them incapable to support the fatigues of a camp.
You are not to inlist any deserters from the army of the King of Great-Britain, nor any person of disaffected or suspicious character with respect to the American Cause.
You are to inlist them to serve during the war with Great-Britain, or for three years, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
Every soldier inlisted, as soon as may be, to be engaged before a Peace-Officer, Judge-Advocate, or some of his Deputies, agreeable to the section of the Articles of War: Every person so engaged, to be mustered before the Muster-Master General, or some of his Deputies, if they be within a reasonable distance, if not, before some Major-General, Brigadier, or Colonel commanding a Brigade — a Surgeon to be present. — All the charge and expence of a soldier inlisted, that does not pass muster for defects pointed out in these Instructions, shall be paid by the officer that engaged him.
No 5 You are hereby authorized and impowered to give as a reward, and promise in behalf of the public, as an encouragement to every non-commissioned officer and soldier that shall inlist, over and above the pay and provisions already allowed, that they shall receive a Bounty of Twenty Dollars and a Suit of Cloaths; the cloaths to be given annually as long as they continue in the service: And at the end of the war, or the term of three years, every non-commissioned officer and private, that shall complete his service agreeable to his engagement, shall be entitled to One Hundred Acres of Land. The legal representatives of those that die, or are killed in the service, are entitled to the same.
As a further encouragement, you are hereby authorized to promise, That all who are unfortunately maimed in the service, and rendered incapable of getting a livelihood and support, shall receive half pay during their natural lives, agreeable to the Resolve of Congress in that case made and provided.
Given at Headquarters Morristown this 11th day of March 1777.
John M. Withers Cap t

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Albany, N. York
Catharine Wood
widow of Daniel Wood
who was a Captain
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 480 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1844 and sent to Hon. R. Day Moravia, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 258
Rept.
Let. to E. W. Gedge out, Nov. 21, '46. Same Mar. 25, 1847
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Rep.
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New York 8072
Catharine Wood
widow of Daniel Wood
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 3. October 1843 of Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York who was a Captain in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col. Paulding in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 1480 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Feb. 1844 and sent to Pensioner care of R. Day, Moravia, N. York
Total amount, $2400 00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 187

✓ Dannie D.T. Benedict April 3 rd 1830
Further evidence in the case of Clarissa Berry Claim for services, of Daniel Wood
Letter to D. D. T. Benedict. April 11. 1830.
Ref d to Copy of Pension April 11. 1830. Dep. Secy.
Jan 24 1830 M c Intosh

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Auburn, N.Y. April 3 d
Hon. Sir I herewith Enclose to you further proof in case of Clarissa Berry of Moravia Cayuga Co. N.Y. for the the services of Capt. David Daniel Wood which application is made by her Husband James Berry sole Administrator of the estate of Daniel Wood Deceased This Supplemental to papers sent by me to you on the 27 th day of March last or about seven days ago
Yours Respectfully Daniel D. Benedict
Hon Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior

V Danl. D. T. Benedict
March 29/50
Evidence to sustain the claim of Clarissa Berry to money due for services of Danl. Wood.
Letter to D. D. T. Benedict April 6 th 1850
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Ref d to letter of Pension for Annes & Winter to informed
Dept o Interior
April 6 th 1850
Daniel Wood, Cayuga Co. Penn ya 480 p.m.
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Hon Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior

Auburn N.Y. March 29 - 1850 Hon Sir
Enclosed you will find proof sustaining the Claims of Clarissa Berry Daughter and only heir at law of Daniel Wood Wood to money due to her Father the afore said Daniel Wood under the Resolve of Oct 21 - in the year 1780 and the Subsequent act of Congress of May 15 th 1828 the Claim is made by James Berry her husband who as you will see by the certificate of the Supreme Court is Sole Administrator the estate of said Daniel Wood papers in relation to the matter you will please direct to me at this place Yours Respectfully Daniel D.T. Benedict
Hon. Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior
Recd Pensions Land

H. R. Gany 11 th 1844 Hon J L Edwards Dear Sir
I transmit herewith the Pinson papers of Mrs Catharine Wood to which I solicit attention at your earliest convenience Yours Respectfully Amasa Dana

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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843. granting pensions for One Year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 1838 7. 1838.
State of New York Montgomery County } ss. } ps.
On this 26 th day of February 1844. Personally appeared before the Undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Catharine Wood, a resident of St. Johnsville in said County aged seventy 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Daniel Wood who was a Captain in the New York line of the Army of the Revolution, but in what Regiment she is unable to say, and that she has received Four Hundred and eighty dollars per Annum under the Act of July 7. 1838. And she further declares that she is still a Widow, sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Catharine her X Wood mark
Bartholomew Schram Justice
Notary Public
I hereby certify that the above named declarant Catharine Wood is personally well known to me, and that her testimony is entitled to credit, and further that she cannot from great bodily infirmity write her Name, and that the figure "1838" was erased before signed
Bartholomew Schram Justice
State of New York } ss.
Montgomery County } ss.
Clerk's Office } ps.
I Chester J. Brumley Clerk of the County of Montgomery do
hereby certify that Bartholomew Schram whose name is subscribed
to the proof or Jurat of the above affidavit & Certificate was at the
date thereof a justice of the peace in & for said County duly authorized
to take the same & further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of such Justice & truly believe that the signature to the said Jurat &
certificate is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at Mechanic this 26 th day of February A.D. 1844.
Chester J. Brumley Clerk

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Jan 23. 1844.
Col Nels
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Col. J. L. Edwards Com d Pensylvania Washington D. C.

Moravia N.Y. Jan 7. 19. 1844
Col J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
The Heirs of Capt Daniel Wood of this place, who died a few weeks since, and was a pensioner, & who resides in this Town, called on me yesterday and requested me to write you on a subject in which they feel a deep interest in behalf of their Mother, The matter is as follows, The wife of Capt Wood, now his widow, some years since, went to live with her relations on the Mohawk river, in Fulton or Mont-gomery County in this State, and still resides there, A few days after the death of Capt Wood a Man from this Neighborhood by the Name of Johnson who was knowing to the circumstances of the family and that Capt Wood was a pensioner, went to Mrs Wood and procured from her by false pretences as is alleged, a power of Attorney for himself and probably for two others by the Name of Leigg and Joy, to obtain her pension, and also to collect her right of dower, &c. all without the knowledge of the heirs, When they found it out they immediately went and see Mrs Wood and arranged the whole matter to her satisfaction, and she accordingly revoked the power of Attorney to Johnson, Leigg & Joy and empowered her daughter Hon who resides here to apply for her pension Certificate, when they are able to make out her claim to the satisfaction of the department,
They have served the revocation on Johnson, but have not been able to find Leigg or Joy as yet, It is understood that Leigg is Travelling about the Country looking up Claims for pensions &c and that he Joy is now or recently has been at Washington

prosecuting these claims in your Office, — his terms are understood to be one half he obtains —
The heirs therefore respectfully request you will have the goodness in some dictate to inform them, or me, whether any declaration or papers have been rec d at your Office in favour of the claim of Mrs Wood to a pension, and if so, they request you if not inconsistent with the rules of the Office to withhold the certificate from either Johnson, Lugg or Joy until you have shown them or me, further on the subject, and if you wish a copy of the revocation, or any other evidence on the subject they will forward it at your request
The family here are very respectable, and the amount involved a considerable they will wait very anxiously to hear from you on the subject
Very truly Yours R. Day

State of New York } Peter Faulman resident Rockland County } in said County, being duly sworn, Deposeeth and saith, That in the year 1777 he was appointed an Ensign in, and Adju- tant, of one of the Sixteen additional Regim- ents, in service of the United States, of which William Malcom was Colonel, and that Doctor Daniel Wood, was the Surgeon and a Captain commanding a Company in the said Regiment, that the service was in the Years 1777. 1778 and 1779, that in the last of these Years, the said Regiment was joined with, or added to, the additional Re- giment of Colonel Oliver Spencer, when the ser- :vice of the said Doctor Daniel Wood ceased, that the commencement of said Service was ear- :ly in 1777 (believe in February or March) that the end of the said was Service was in, or about, the Month of May or June in the year 1779; and this Deponent further saith not. —
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 st day of August. 1832. P. Faulman
Com d J. Blauvelt. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. N 2.

State of New York Rockland County } I David Pyle Clerk of the county of Rockland, Do hereby certify, That Cornelius J. Blauvelt Esq. whose name is subscribed and before whom the within Affidavit was made, was at the date thereof, One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, commissioned and and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the same, And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe that the signature of the said Judge subscribed to the said Affidavit, is genuine. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the thirty first day of August 1832.
David Pyle

State of New York } County of Orange }
N o 3.
Personally appeared before me Sam l P er seward first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Orange William Knapp of said County to me personally known and after being duly sworn deponeth and saith That he recollects seeing Doctor Daniel Wood in the service of the United States under the command of Col John Hathorn at Ramapo and Haverstrack during the war of the Revolution That the said D r Wood served as Surgeon to said Hathorn's regiment during the tour of duty And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to and Subscribed
William his Knapp Mark
before me this 7 th day of August 1832 Sam l P er Seward first Judge of the Court of said County
State of New York } County of Orange }
N o 4
Personally appeared before me Sam l P er seward first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange William Winfield of said County to me personally known and after being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he was acquainted with and saw Doctor Daniel Wood on a tour of duty that he along the lines in Rockland County and in New Jersey and served as Surgeon in Col John Hathorn regiment Deponent does not know how long While there they received the news of the taking of the Hessians at Trenton and further saith not
William his Winfield Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 7 th day of August 1832 Sam l P er Seward first Judge of the Court of said County

911 Pension Office April 30 th 1850
Sir, I herewith enclose the letter Mr. Daniel S. S. Benedict appealing in the case of Catharine Wood widow of Daniel Wood who was a pensioner under act 7 July 1838. A claim is made for the benefits of the act of 15 th May 1828, for the service of Captain Daniel Wood in the who belonged to the New York line on the ground that he received land. A claim is also made for five years commutation pay. The act of 15 th May 1828, provides for those officers only, who belonged to the line of Continental line, and who were entitled to half pay by the resolve of Congress of the 21 st October 1780. That resolve provided for those officers who remained in service until the termination of the revolutionary war, or who became supernumerary officers after its passage. Captain Daniel Wood became a supernumerary officer in 1779. There Such officers were allowed land and one years pay,

but not to the five years half pay, and in no case have been allowed the benefits of the act of 15 May 1828, Cap Wood, rec'd his one year pay, and land. endorsed are the papers numbered from one to twenty one, and also in brief.
Hon. Mr. Young 30 April 1830
Mr Thomas Ewing Secretary of the Interior

D. D. T. Benedict
13 Apr 1850

Pension Office April 15 th 1850
Sir,
The application of the Widow of Daniel Wood due for the benefits of the act of 15 May 1828, has been examined  examined and disallowed.
It appears from the records of the New York Line in this Office that Daniel Wood was commissioned a Lieutenant in Col. Malcom's Regiment, in March 1777 promoted to Captain in October 1777 and was discharged on 23 rd April 1779.
The act of the 15 May 1828 provides for the officers of the Continental Line only, who were in service at the end of the war or became supernumerary after after the 1 st January 1781. This case is not provided for by that act.
Daniel D. T. Benedict Esq., Auburn NY

Copy
Department of the Interior June, 24 th 1850,
Sir,
I herewith return to you the pa- =pers relating to the case of Catharine Wood and have to inform you that your report thereon has been affirmed by this Department.
I remain Very respectfully, Your Obed t Serv t (Signed) T Ewing
J L Edwards. Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York } Secretary's office }
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that on the 11 th day of March 1777 Daniel Wood was Commissioned as Lieutenant in Colonel Malcom's Regiment; that he was Captain on the 12 th of October 1777 and was deranged April 23, 1779.
It further appears that below the said entry is the following on the said Register viz: Wood Dan l Surg n Aug t '77 - See above
I further certify that three Lots of Land containing each 600 acres were granted by this State to Daniel Wood Captain in Colonel Malcom's Regiment as bounty Land by Letters patent dated the 9 th day of July 1770. I find no land granted to him as Surgeon if he acted as such.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany December 14. 1846

531 3 March 14/1844
N.Y. Catherine Wood March 1843 $480 per ann.
Hon. R. Day Moravia, N. York.
per J. L. Edwards Com te of Providence Washington D. C.
FREE
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Moravia N.Y. March 8. 1844
Col. Edwards
Dear Sir
Your letter to Catharine Wood Widow of Daniel Wood covering her pension Certificate for five years was duly and I sent it to her by her Grandson living in this place, who has conveyed it safely and she has obtained her money, I enclose herewith her declaration in order to obtain her pension for one year under the Act of 1843. — I have also rec d a letter from Mr Joy in which he complains that he has been imposed upon by Johnson and Zeiggy, "That he had no knowledge of what was going on in the Widow Woods case, it was all done without his knowledge, help, or consent, and that the first word he heard from Johnson or Zeiggy was your letter," and wishes me to say to you what I know of his character, — I never was personally acquainted with Mr Joy, many years since he was a Merchant at Ludlowville some twenty miles from this place, and while there I believe sustained a respectable character as a Gentleman of Honor and integrity, since that I have known but little of him, but never heard anything disrespectful of his character,
Very respectfully your friend R. Day

Cath. Wood act 1838
$480 per an
To the Panhania care of R. Day Esq Moravia N.Y. 10

Nov. 1. 1861.
Sir,
Your letter of the 30 th ult o to the Secretary of War has been referred to this Office for reply.

Oct '46
I.
5.

State of New York Montgomery County } ss.
On the 29 th day of October 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County the same being a Court of record, Catharine Wood, resident of Galatine Montgomery County and State of New York aged Seventy five years.
Who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd day of March 1828 granting a Pension to Persons who served for and during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Daniel Wood who was a captain in the war of the Revolution and who was Pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1832, and that this declarant has been informed and verily believes to be true, that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Wood enlisted as a Captain & Surgeon for & during the war of the Revolution and served until the close of the war. That she now makes application for a Pension which was due to her late husband from the 3 rd day of March 1826 to the 4 th day of March 1831; from which last mentioned date her husband was paid under the act of June 7 th 1832.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first above written before
Catharine two X Wood mark
John Darrow First Judge of Montgomery County Courts

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I, CHESTER S. BRUMLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John Darrow Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed jurat to affidavit & certificate was at the time taking such affidavit of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said jurat & certificate is genuine:
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 4th day of November 184 6
C. S. Brumley CLERK.

I hereby certify that the above named Catharine Wood is unable to attend the sitting of the Court in consequence of the infirmity of old age.
John Darrow First Judge of Montgomery County Courts

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Cortland Village Cortland Co., N.Y. November 9 th 1846
Sir
I send you the application of Catherine Wood of Montgomery County N.Y. Widow of Capt Daniel Wood (late of Cayuga County N.Y. who was Pensioned under the act of 7 th June 1832 - as a Capt, and subsequently died leaving his Widow Catherine who was Pensioned under the act of 7 th July 1838 -
She makes this application for a Pension under the act of 3 rd March 1828 - for a Pension for her husband who she supposes - was entitled to a Pension from 3 rd March 1826 to 24 th March 1831 - on the ground that he enlisted for during the War of the Revolution and served until the close of the same. I am also informed that her husband drew the lots of Land for his services as a Captain which I suppose he would not have been entitled to unless he had served for during the War -
Proof of the Marriage to her husband and his death is filed in the Pension Office with her application for a Pension under the act of 7 th July 1838 -
On examination of this case you find her entitled to a Pension you may send me a certificate -
I am very Respectfully
J. H. Edwards Esq. Your Obedient Servant Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C. E. W. Edgecomb

Cortland Village Cortland Co N.Y. February 27 th 1847
Sir
On the receipt of your favor of the 21 st November 1846 on the subject of the claims of Catharine Wood Widow of Captain Daniel Wood, for a Pension under the act of 15 May 1828, I wrote to the Secretary of State at Albany who forwarded me a Certificate of Claims husband in the Revolution on Examination you will find that he was a Surgeon & on Examination of the Records in your office you can determine how long he served as a Surgeon you will also find by the Certificate that his husband drew 3 Lots of Land $600 each for his services.
The Certificate says that he served as a Lieutenant & Captain in Col Molsons Regiment I have been informed that said Regiment was a Regiment of Artillery Had Wood was a Captain of Artillery Should that be the case, Mrs Wood would be entitled to an increase of Pension, in stead of a decrease, I am informed that Capt of an Artillery so draw $600.
Will you have the goodness to examine this case again and communicate the result to me on receipt of which I will forward the Certificate in her possession for a new one to issue at an increased or decreased rate.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
E. W. Edgcomb
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

July '48
F.
admitted
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H. B. Brady Chambersburg Muss
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF New York Montgomery COUNTY. } ss.
On this Thirty First day of July 1848
personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Catharine Wood a resident of Palatine in the county of Montgomery
State of New York , aged 73  297 / 365 years, who
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow
of Daniel Wood who was a Surgeon in the New York Troops, and also a captain in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of
Hundred and Eighty dollars Four cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of Yasmer L. Best E. N. Lendrick
Catharine Wood Mark
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before me Stephen Yates Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
July 31 st 1848
Stephen Yates Justice of the Peace.
10/11/48 2/3/49 1/2/49 1/2/49 1/2/49

State of New-York, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
do hereby certify that
Stephen Vates Ely — whose name is subscribed to the Jurat to the annexed Affidavit & Certificate was at the date thereof a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, of said County: And Further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such JUSTICE, and verily believe the signatures to the said Jurat & Certificate are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, the First day of August 1845
C. S. Brumley Clerk.
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

Rev 18387 WIDOW, &c.
File No.
18382
Catharine Wood
Widow of
Daniel Wood
Capt Rev War
Act:
Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Nov. 3. Hist. to Mrs. Abbie McGuire Saddoria Mo. (see her letter in John Lewis, Va. W8832)
1925 Nov. 11. Hist. to Miss Florawood Smith—Id. L.
1927 Feb. 2. Hist. to Mrs. John E. Halverson. Id. L.

Mrs John E. Halverson 523 Redondo Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah Jan. 12, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
I have been referred to you for information concerning D. Daniel Wood, who was born in Orange County, New York, June 29, 1751, and served as captain and surgeon in the Revolutionary war for a term of three years. After that war he settled in Cayuga county, on the land granted him by the Government and resided there until his death at the ripe age of ninety-two years.
Dr. Daniel Wood was the father of John Wood, eleventh Governor of Illinois.
I am anxious to obtain the name of Dr. Daniel Wood's parents, sisters and brothers and will be most grateful for any information you may be able to give me along this line.
Yours Respectfully,
Mrs. John E. Halverson

Oct. 30, 1935.
veteran's Administration, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am an applicant to join the D. A. R: Chapter here and I need a few ancestral dates. My Revolutionary ancestor was Capt. Daniel Wood who was placed on the on the N. Y. Pension Rolls in 1830.
If you have any data concern- ing his Birth, Marriage or Death will you please send it to me.
Thanking you, I am
Yours sincerely,
Florawood Smith
Miss Florawood Smith. 409 Southern Title Bldg. San Diego, Calif.

November 11, 1935.
Miss Florawood Smith 409 Southern Title Building San Diego, California.
BA-J/ILL Daniel Wood W. 18382
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of your ancestor, Captain Daniel Wood, of the Revolutionary War, who was a pensioner of New York state.
The data furnished herein regarding Captain Daniel Wood are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 18382, based upon his service in that war.
Daniel Wood was born in the year 1751, in Warwick, Orange County, New York; the names of his parents are not shown.
In 1776, he was a physician and surgeon of Warwick, New York, and, late in that year, served four weeks as surgeon in the militia in Rockland County, New York, and in New Jersey. He was appointed March 11, 1777, Lieutenant in Captain John W. Watkins' company, Colonel William Malcolm's Continental regiment and acted as surgeon, on October 12, 1777, he was commissioned Captain in said regiment and served until April 23, 1779, when he became a supernumerary officer.
Captain Daniel Wood moved immediately after the close of the war, to Montgomery County, New York, and resided in the towns of Palatine and Canajoharie in that county about fourteen years, then moved to Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, until sometime in 1830, when he returned to Warwick, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Warwick, New York. He died October 3, 1843 in Moravia, Cayuga County, New York. This officer was allowed land on account of his service in the Revolutionary War by the State of New York.

Captain Daniel Wood married May 24, 1792, Catharine Crouse; the wedding ceremony was performed at the home of her father in Palatine, New York, by the Minister of the German Reformed Church. The names of her parents are not shown.
Catharine Wood, the officer's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed December 7, 1843, at which time she resided in Palatine, Montgomery County, New York. In 1844, she resided in Saint Johnsville, in that same county. On July 31, 1848, when she resided again in Palatine, New York, she gave her age as seventy-three years, two hundred and ninety-seven days. She died December 3, 1848, in Saint Johnsville, New York.
Captain Daniel Wood and his wife, Catharine, reared a family, but the name of only one, Clarissa, is shown. In 1850, she lived with her husband, James Berry, in Moravia, New York. A grandson was living in Moravia in 1844, but his name was not designated.
In 1843, Catharine Wood's sister, Margaret Clause, was aged sixty-five years and resided in Palatine, New York; at that time, another sister, Gertrude Best, aged sixty-three years, and a brother, Jacob Crouse, aged sixty-one years, were residents of Saint Johnsville, New York. One James C. Best witnessed the signature of soldier's widow, Catharine Wood, in 1848, but his relationship to the family was not stated. There are no further data regarding these persons in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. & 1812 War Section.
Nov. 3, 1924.
Mrs Ibbie McGhea, Laddonia, Mo.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18382, it appears that Daniel Wood was born in 1751, at Warwick, Orange County, New York and was living there when he enlisted late in 1776 and served four weeks as a Surgeon to the militia in Rockland County, N. Y. and in New Jersey.
On March 11, 1777, he was appointed Lieutenant in Captain John W. Watkins' Company, Colonel William Malcolm's Continental Regiment and acted as Surgeon, on October 12, 1777, he was commissioned Captain in said regiment and served until April 23, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, while living at Warwick, N. Y. and he died October 3, 1843 at Moravia, Cayuga County, N. Y.
He married May 24, 1792, at her home in Palatine, Montgomery County, N. Y. Catharine Crouse. They had children, the only name stated, was Clarissa who married James Berry.

The widow Catharine was allowed pension on her application executed December 7, 1843, while living at Palatine, N. Y. aged sixty-nine years. She died at St. Johnsville, N. Y. December 3, 1848.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

56 IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO Daniel Wood Esq.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col William Malcom to take rank from the Twelfth of October 17 and seventy seven
in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. Dated this 1st of Jany. 1779
By Order of the CONGRESS,
Henry Laurens , PRESIDENT.
ATTEST.
Chas Thomson

Side affidavits in case of James Beatty Moravia -
Feb '50
H.
8

No 1
State of New York, } ss. March County of Cayuga } On this second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, William H. Price, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Rowland Day, a resident of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says - That he was well acquainted with the late Daniel Wood, a revolutionary soldier and pensioner, a resident of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York: He further states that he is now well acquainted with Clarissa Berry, wife of James Berry and daughter of the aforesaid Daniel Wood, both now residents of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York. He further states that he knows the aforesaid James Berry, husband of Clarissa Berry, as Administrator of the estate of the late Daniel Wood aforesaid and a man whose words and statements are entitled to full credit and belief. -
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
William H. Price Justice of the Peace for Cayuga County
Rowland Day
No 2
State of New York } ss. March County of Cayuga } On this Twenty Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me, William H. Price, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Artemas Ledy, a resident of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says, That he was well acquainted with the late Daniel Wood, a revolutionary soldier and pensioner, late a resident of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga and State of New York: He further states that he is now well acquainted with Clarissa Berry, wife of James Berry and daughter of the said late Daniel Wood, both now residents of the town of Moravia in the County of Cayuga

and State of New York: He further states that he knows the said James Berry aforesaid as the Administrator of the said late Daniel Wood, and as a man of good moral character and one whose word and statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Sworn and subscribed before me the 7 day and year first above written
William H. Price
Intimus Cady
Justice of the peace
for Cayuga County
State of New York
Cayuga County Clerk's Office
I certify that William H. Price was a justice of the peace on the 2 nd day of March A D 1850; duly elected & qualified, & that the foregoing are his genuine
Signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 3 rd day of April 1850. Orlando B. Cobb Clerk of the Supreme and County Courts Cayuga County