Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1973, Thurston Wood, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wood, Thurston
W. 1973
Catherine
B.L.Wt. 28541-160-55
CONTENTS

not. New York 24.703
Sturton Wood
of Orange Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Palknap of the Regt commanded by Col. Clinton in the N.Y. militia line for 3 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feby 1834 and sent to Mr Brown H Rep.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 - $108.33 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March 34. 21. 66
$129.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 124

332
New York City Catharine Wood widow of Thurston Wood N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private .
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sep 1847. and sent to
John W. Martin Mount Hope N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 29 1848, Page 533 Vol. 1 July Book D.
Col. John Nelson the owner of the

141.574 Act High 3/55 May. 24.
Civ. L. Grange, mch. 12/56
Catharine Reed, wid of Thurston Reed, Prin. Rev. War.
Capt. Col.
141.574
Rev. War.
Capt. Col.
War Revolution "Now a Pensioner of U. States"
MS. July 48- 332
W:60aa Ms. 24/56 BOK
141.574
Vol 102 page 105
Thomas George, atty. Newburgh, N.Y.

State of New York Ulster County - ss
Personally appeared before me Gabriel Merritt one of the Justices of Marlborough in said County of Ulster
John Kniffin to me personally known to be a credible witness who on his oath saith that he served at Fort Mont- gomery in the Company of Captain John Bellknap in the Regiment of Colonel James Clinton one year in the Revolutionary war and that Thurston Wood whose affidavit is annexed was during the whole of that time in actual service in said Company with deponent as a private. That said service continued from March in the year 1776 to March in the year 1777 & further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed this 20 day of June 1833 John Kniffin
before me Gabriel Merritt Justice
This Deponent saith that he knows that the above named Justice is now an acting Justice

Orange County, Walter base Councilor at Law of The Village of Newburgh a Credible Witness Deposith and saith that The Pension Papers of Thurston Wood to which this affidavit is annex- ed were certified and sealed on the Thirteenth day of July Instant - That the following Certificate of Jacob Snyder Clerk of Ulster County received from his office until the twenty etc. Instant that the Principal residence of David Burgh from Kingston is forty miles and of Newburgh from Poughkeepsie twenty that the within affidavit was drawn by deponent and the affidavit of Thurston Wood therein referred to is the affidavit of the same Thurston Wood an applicant for a Pension to which this affidavit is annexed by a wafer
Sworn to subscribed this 22 nd of July 1833 before me
David M. Farley Justice of the Peace
He Do
State of New York
Ulster County Clerks office ss: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Gabriel Merrill was on the date of the Certificate of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits, &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe the signature "Gabriel Merrill" subscribed to said Certificate of the within Affi- davit to be genuine - Witness my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of July 1833. —
Jacob Snyder
John Bruffeen

Thurston Wood
86.66 21.66 108.33
Team not used
13 mo pri
Team service not in the "corp. of Continent- al teamsters" and there- fore disallowed.
Adm d
13 mo pri
$43.33.
Walter Case
Hadburgh
Agent
for John W. Brown
very interesting

State of New York Orange County—
On the first day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid at the office of Walter Case Esquire in the Village of Newburgh Thurston Wood Esquire of the Town of New Windsor in the County aforesaid aged seventy two 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 provision of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776. with Captain John Belknap and served in Colonel Lewis Duboises Regiment of the New York State line under the following named officers
On the second day of March in the year aforesaid he enlisted in the Company of Captain John Belknap as a private for the term of one year in the Town of Newburgh then Ulster County Lockhariah Hausbrouch was first Lieutenant Henry Paulding second Lieutenant David Hunter Ensign and Benjamin Robinson was orderly Sergeant said Company was Infantry and Continental Troops belonging to the Regular line of the Continental Army and belonging to the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Clinton Immediately after enlistment deponent went with Captain Belknap aforesaid in a Row Boat from Newburgh aforesaid to Fort Montgomery situated on the West side of the Hudson River in the Highlands General James Clinton then Colonel of the Regiment Henry Livingston Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Livingston and Thomas Palma Engineers were there The companies of Rosecrants Swartout & Belknap were all the Continental Troops at this place at that time

a part of Colonel Isaac Nicholls Regiment of Militia of the County aforesaid was also there when Deponent arrived at that place Colonel Lewis Dubois came there in the fall with a part of his Regiment the Residue were left on York Island General George Clinton was commander in chief of the troops at Fort Montgomery Deponent served out his term of service in said Company agreeable to the terms of his enlistment aforesaid at that post and was afterwards taken sick and Returned home on furlough He remained home sick until after said Battle which took place on the sixth day of October 1777. Immediately after this deponent had Recovered from his illness which was some time in the Month of October last aforesaid he joined the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Christian Vandergrift of the Town of Blooming Grove in the County of Orange aforesaid and continued to serve in said company against the Tories and other Enemies of the Country untill some time in the Winter of the year 1778 during part of that time he was stationed at Newburgh as a teamster and at other times we were scouring the Mountains and resisting the hostile incursions of the Tories who in this County were very numerous and frequently poured down from their hiding places and scattered death and destruction upon the plains beneath in every direction Deponent was constantly engaged in one or other of these services but so great a length of time has elapsed so numerous were the services and so short the respective terms in which we were actually engaged in any one species of service before we were ordered into another that deponent cannot now Recollect the duration of the respective terms in which he was engaged Respectively Deponent well Recollects that the Company to which he belonged was often in pursuit of

a band of Robbers who lived in the Mountains and almost nightly descended to the plains beneath under the command of a notorious Bandit by the name of Claudius Smith who burnt plunder- ed and Murdered under the sanction of a Captain's Commission in the British Army This man was after- wards taken and Hung at Goshen in said County Deponent was one of his Guacras after he was taken we also took one of his sons who was also Hung at the place aforesaid We also shot one of his sons in the Mountains We also took two spies on by the name of Flaveling in one of our Incursions both of whom * were Hung at Goshen In the Winter of the year 1777 Deponent was ordered out with a team to draw provision & forage for the Army and served five Months Major William Jackson was forage Mas- ter, Zachariah Dubois was conductor of a Brigade of teams. during my term of service as aforesaid I was ordered to Sussex in the State of New Jersey with Burgoyne's Army In the winter of the year 1778 Deponent was stationed at Fishkill and Wappingers Creek under the command of Eliphalet Weeks who had the command of Teams Deponent was ord- ered to find wood and forage for the Army and timber for building the Large Ship Lady Howe at Wapp- ingers Creek which was burnt to prevent her from  falling into the hands of the Enemy when they  passed up the River with the fleet And De- pONENT also saith the Militia of the County of Orange were divided into classes or detachments one of which in consequence of said County being a a frontier Both as it respects British and Indians and being Exposed to the frequent Incursions of the Tories who harboured in the Mountains and were under the command of brave and unprincipled leaders acting under the sanction of Commissions from the British Government Was always in actual service during the War and until relieved by some other detachment That

in case of General Alarm the whole Militia turned out and remained in service until the danger was over and Deponent also saith that he has no Written discharge That if he ever had one it is lost and that he has no other evidence of his services than the affidavit of James Edmons on O. Daniel  Bellknap who were in the service with the deponent as stated in their respective affidavits thereunto annexed and in answer to the Interrogatories therein specially Put to this deponent by the said Court Deponent Answering saith
In answer to the first interrogatory Deponent saith that he was born in New Windsor in the year 1760.
To the second Interrogatory he saith that he has a record of his age at home in his family bible To the third Interrogatory he saith that when he entered the service he lived in Orange County and continued to live there until near the close of the Revolutionary War that he now lives there and has lived there for 22 years last past
To the fourth Interrogatory he says that when called into service he followed
To the fifth Interrogatory Deponent saith that the names of the Regular officers who served with the Troops when he served have been already stated by him in this affidavit They were General George Clinton General James Clinton Colonel Lewis Dubois Colonel Henry Livingston Colonel Thomas Palmer Colonel M c Laughry and Captain Moody of the Artillery E l iphalet Weeks and Major Jackson The Continental Regiment with which Deponent served was Dubois and Clinton and the Militia Regiments Deponent Recollects were the Regiments of M c Laughry & Howthorn

There were many other Regiments of Militia there but their terms of service were so short generally & they were so often changed that deponent cannot recollect them The general circumstances of his service are stated above in his affidavit
To the sixth Interrogatory deponent saith that he never received a written discharge that when said company of Captain John Bellknap was discharged he was sick at home and it was never the practice to give discharges in companies of Militia
To the seventh Interrogatory he saith that he is acquainted with Joseph Morrell Esquire an officer of the Revolution and Daniel Moore Esquire who can testify as to deponent's character for veracity and belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
And deponent also saith that by reason of two fits of the apoplexy with which he has been afflicted he will be unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas at its next term and from his experience of the nature of his complaint he verily believes that he will never be able to attend the same again without great inconvenience as the disorder aforesaid has produced a total derangement of the natural discharge of urine
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the 21 st day of March 1841 Thurston Wood before me Gilbert Appleby Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Otsego County.

I Gilbert Ogden Fowler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange where the declarant resides do hereby certify that the above named Thurston Wood to me personally known to be a respectable man and credible witness is from a disease called the Palsy with which I am credibly informed he has been afflicted for several years past & unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge and I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the same at the next term thereof or any other Court of Record to be held in and for said County I have therefore at- tended at the office of Walter Case Esquire in the Village of Newburgh to which the said Thurston was conveyed and having heard the proofs and allegations of the said Thurston and his answers to the Interroga- tories required by the Security of War to be usually put to the affiant and the affi- davits herunto annexed do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the said Thurston served in the Revolutionary war as stated in his said affidavit - and I also certify that John Johnson whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit is a clergyman residing in the Village of Newburgh and Walter Case residing in the same place who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 12 th day of September 1882 - October 1882. Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.

New York & Orange County ss
see ... that age and etc.
in New York
We John Johnson a clergyman residing in the Town of Newburgh and Walter Case attorney and counsellor of law residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Wood Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this seventh day of September 1832 before me
John Johnson Walter Case
Gilbert Ogden (notary) my the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for Orange County.
Certify that John Johnson & Walter Case are the
Lo a la Ju or

State of New York & Orange County -
On this thirty first day of August personally appear- ed before me Gilbert Agreen Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid James Edmondson to me personally known as a credible witness and deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Thurston Wood Esquire whose affidavit is annexed that he knew him in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War that he has heard the Statute of Frauds and Thurston's remarks annexed read that the same is true according to his knowledge and belief
Affirmed sworn to and subscribed this 31 st day of August 1852 before me
James Edmondson
Gilbert Agreen Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.

orange county Is Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of orange Daniel Bellknap of Newburgh to me personally known to be a credible Witness who on his oath saith that he is personally acquainted with Thurston Wood in the premises affidavit men- tioned and that he knew him in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war in the company of Captain John Bell knap & further saith not
Sworn the day & year above  before me  Daniel B. Bellknap said before me — the 30 th day of August 1832. Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.

Orange County 1/2
Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange Joseph Morell Esquire to me personally known to be a Respectable man and credible Witness and having been before me duly sworn according to law clothed in hose and say that he personally acquainted with Thurston Wood Esquire in the annexed affidavit named and has been acquainted with him thirty years last past that said Thurston is a Respectable man and credible Witness and in the opinion of this deponent his affidavit as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution is entitled to full credit
Sworn & subscribed this 2nd day of October 1832 before me
Joseph Morell
Gilbert Ogden Fowler
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the name of Gilbert Ogden Fowler signed to the preceding affidavits of Thurston Wood, John Johnson & Walter Case and also the affidavits of James Emerson Daniel Bellknap and Joseph Morell also to the preceding certificate of the said Gilbert Ogden Fowler is the proper hand writing of Gilbert Ogden Fowler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid and that he was a Judge of the same at the respective times when he signed his name to the said certificates

State of New York } Supplementary affidavit Orange County } 7/8
Personally appeared before me Ward M'Gazler a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County. Thurston Wood who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of sickness and old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following order. For one year I served as a private in the Company of Captain John Bellknap in the Regiment of Colonel James Clinton from March Second 1776 until March the Second In the year 1777 at Fort Montgomery. For one Month in the fall of the year 1777 I served as a private in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Christian Brundage of which William Roe was first Lieutenant and one Smith was Second Lieutenant and Gilbert Weeks Ensign - Said Company belonged to Colonel Woodhull's Regiment said Company being according to deponent's recollection & belief served against the Tories and Robbers in the surrounding Mountains one month - We killed some and took others prisoners who were hung at Goshen -
In the latter part of the fall 1777 Deponent served in the Wagon Department under Zacharias Dubois Conductor of Teamsters - For William Jackson of the Continental Army was Conductor of teams forage Master Deponent served as a Regular Teamster as aforesaid in the Counties of Orange and Ulster from the latter part of the fall of 1777 until the Spring

of the year 1778 being five months said service was performed in the counties of Orange and Ulster
In the Winter of the year 1778 Deponent served as a Teamster as aforesaid under Camp Master Conductor of Contemptual Teams. Philip Loeks was forage Master Colonel Hay was the Quartermaster Stationed at Fishkill where deponent served as aforesaid - Deponent was employed in drawing forage provision & wood for the Army and Timber for the Lady Hay then building at or near Wappingers Creek in Dutchess County - Deponent served at this time and in this service five months -
and Deponent also saith that there were no Fortnighters living according to his knowledge & belief who served with Deponent in the Revolutionary War & are acquainted with his services other than those whose affidavits are herewith annexed & further saith that he has had two strokes of the palsy which has impaired his recollection
Sworn to and subscribed { Thurston Wood this 8th day of July {
1823 - before me wardell farley Justice of the Peace

State of New York Orange County } p
Personally appeared be- fore me Ward M. Gable a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County Sam- uel Wood a person of the United States to me personally known to be a credible witness who on his oath saith that he is personally ac- quainted with Thurston Wood Esquire who swore to the annexed affidavit Deponent belonged to the Company of Cap- tain John Bellknap and served in the same from the first of March until the month of December in the year 1876 at Fort Montgomery during all which time Thurston Wood also belonged to said Company and served in the same as a private Soldier - said Comp- any belonged to the Regiment of Colonel James Clinton & further Deponent saith not -
Sworn & subscribed this 29th day of June 1853 before me Ward M. Gable Justice of the Peace

Samuel Wood —

State of New York Orange County 8/
Personally appeared before me Ward M Swiler a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County. James Edmonson to me well known to be a credible witness who having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Thurston who who swore to and subscribed the annexed affidavit that deponent well recollects that the said Wood served in the Company of Capt. John Bellknap at Fort Montgomery in said Company and enlisted for one year and entered upon service about the first of March in the year 1876 In that year deponent was engaged as a private in the Company of Capt. John Nicolls and stationed at Fort Independence near Pukaskill in the nine months service - during my service at Fort Independence the said Thurston came down there from Fort Montgomery equipped as a soldier. Deponent when at home lived a neighbor to the said Thurston and has often understood and firmly believes that the said Thurston did serve in the said Company of Capt. John Bellknap at Fort Montgomery in the year service from the beginning of March 1876 until said Company was necessarily discharged at the

Termination of said service and De- ponent also saith that he will re- lect that the said Thurston served as a private in the Company of Captain Christian Vanduzee of the Regiment of Colonel DepeW Null and deponent also saith that in the fall of the year 1777. The said Thurston Enlisted as a team- ster in the Continental service under Major Zachariah Dubois Con- ductor of Teams in the Continent- al service and had served as a Continental teamster five months under said Dubois Deponent was engaged as a Continental teamster in the same service for the same length of time and Deponent also saith that in the fall of the year 1778 the said Thurston again Enlisted as a Teamster under Captain Ayers Conductor of Teams at Fishkill in the Continental service and served therein as a regular Continent- al Teamster until the next Spring Spring which was in the year 1779 Deponent also belonged to the Wagon

department under the said Camp ages during all said time and knew the said Thurston to serve therein as aforesaid - In our first service as Continental Teamsters we drew wood and forage for the Army and removed the baggage of Burgoyne's army to Saratoga in New Jersey In our second service as aforesaid the said Thurston performed the like services and timber for a large vessel built at Wappingers Creek as deponent has been informed and verily believes to be true In our first service at Newburgh Colonel Taylor had the command of all the Teams In our second service at Fishkill Elephlet Weeks had the command of all the Teams & further saith not -
Sworn to & subscribed - { This 8th day of July 1833 {
before me James Edmonston Ward M. Feeley Justice of the Peace

State of New York & Orange County 7/3
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Personally appeared before me; Timothy Wood a credible witness to me per- sonally known and on his oath saith that he is a brother of Thurston Wood in the annex- ed affidavit named and is sixty seven years of age. That he will recollect that the said Thur- ston served one year in the Revolutionary war in the company of Captain John Bellchase at Fort Montgomery and deponent also saith that in the year 1777 he knew the said Thur- ston to be in actual service with a team under the command of Zacharias Dubois Conductor of teams in the Continental ser- vice at Newburgh and other places in the County aforesaid. The said Dubois had the command of a Brigade of Continental teams and the said Thurston served under the said Dubois five months from fall until of the year 1777 spring following as a regularly enlisted teamster ac- cording to deponent's recollection and belief and deponent also saith that the said Thur- ston served at Fishkill in Dutchess County as a regular enlisted teamster under Captain Avery Conductor of a Brigade of Continental teams from December 1778 until some time in the spring thereafter being five months according to deponent's recollection and belief and Thurston was employed in drawing timber, wood, and forage for the army.
as deponent understood & believes & also sworn to the Ship Lady 1778 — Timothy Wood
25th day of June 1833 before me
Ward M. Farley Justice of the peace

I Ala Dunning Clerk of The Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County do hereby That Ward M. Gable before whom the Supplementary affidavit of Thero- ton Wood. The affidavits of Samuel Ward James Edmiston and Timothy Wood herein to pre- fixed were respectively sworn to and subscrib- ed was on the respective days when said affidavits were sworn and subscribed a true copy of the Peace in and for the County of Orange and the name of said Justice sub- scribed to said affidavits is the genuine signature of said Justice
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto to subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 13 th day of July 1833 — Ala Dunning Clerk
Therton Wood
86.66 21.66 108.33
Therton Wood in the County of Guilford State of North Carolina for his attorney
Ala D
13 th mo. 5 th day
$104.33
Ward M. Gable
John Gable
Agent
Rev John W. Brown
John Gable

Hon. Pension Commissioner.
Dear Sir.
I am requested by You, behalf, of Mrs. M c Laughlin widow of Michael N. M c Laughlin to make enquiries at Washington relative to a pension or moneys due for her Grand Father , who was an officer under Gen l Washington, his name was Thurston-Wood , he enlisted during the War, in Bethlehem-Orange Co. N.Y. he was 17 years old when he enlisted, he was subsequently promoted & appointed a commissioned officer, he afterwards removed to N. York City, & was an alderman, connected with Clinton & others of note. will you please inform me at your earliest convenience. The facts of the case, she is a poor widowed dependant entire on her own labours for her support. It is at her particular request I write to ascertain if there is any thing tangible? how to proceed to procure it. She nursed my Mother during her late sickness, for which reason in part I have taken such an interest in her affairs, she has a son married & lives near her but is entirely unaccustomed to any business beside his own immediate trade.
Brooklyn, L. I. N.Y. Oct 17/60
Yours Very Respectfully Mrs. H. Hildreth

141.574
Catherine Wood
Thomas George Newburgh NY 84

State of New York, County of Orange, p:
On this 23 day of April, 1855, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in and for Orange County aforesaid, Catharine Wood, aged 84 years, a resident of Newburgh in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thurston Wood, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and served therein for the term of four- teen days and nine.
She further states that from and since the death of said Thurston Wood, she has been and still is a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3, 1855.
She further declares that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant, except that above mentioned until this application.
She further states that under the act of July 29, 1848, she received a certificate of pension, which was,

issued under the hand and seal of "J. Ewing, Secretary of the Interior," September 19, 1849, which certificate was countersigned by "J. H. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions," and is recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensioners under Act of February 2, 1848 (so stated on the back of the certificate) page 533, vol 1, Book D. by J. P. Chase, Clerk.
Witness: Thomas George (Mrs Wood is too infirm) to write her name.) Catharine his X Wood mark
We Sally J. Brewster and Thomas George residents of Newburgh, aforesaid, on our oaths declare, that the foregoing de- claration was signed and acknowl- edged by Catharine Wood in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statement, of the applicant, that she is the iden- tical person she represents herself to be. We further declare on our oaths,

that we are personally acquainted with the said Catharine Wood and know that she is a widow and has been so ever since the death of her said husband. We further declare that we have no interest in Mr. Wood's claim.
Sally J. Brewster
Thomas George.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
C. J. Bellrap
Justice of the peace Nuttall Orange Co.

Orange County } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, NATHAN WESTCOTT, Clerk of said county, and the County Court of said county, (a Court of Record,) do hereby certify that John Jay J. Belknap whose name is subscribed to the annexed declaration affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace of said county, duly elected and qualified and having full power to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature J. J. Belknap subscribed to the said declaration affidavit is genuine.
In witness whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court and county this 15 day of May 185 5
N Westcott Clerk

no 16893
Shurton Wood Orange Co. N. York
b. All
Hon. Brown
Am. Sannin th Orange Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Thurston Moore Orange Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 1 Private Capt D o Belknap Capt Van Riper Col Lewis DeLoach Genl Washington From Newburg to Fort Monmouth Sullivan as a Map Messenger Orange Co NY 49 or 50 New York Detachment Deeds of Belknap Testimony   1777   1778 5   1780  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the life, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Payments to be made at New York by Mrs. M c Williams, Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 124 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Thurston Wood of the State of New York , who was a private in the revolutionary war
is entitled to receive forty = three dollars and thirty = three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty= four ,
L. H. G. S. Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York / p On this 25 th day of May Orange County / One thousand eight hun- dred and forty nine person ally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the County Court being a Court of record in and for the County aforesaid Catharine Wood a resident of Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York aged Seventy nine years of age 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 July the 29 1848 that she is the widow of Thurston Wood who was a Private in the war of the Revolution and served in the militia and State troops of the State of New York That from old age and loss of memory she is unable to state in what Officer he served for the length of time he was in service but relies on the evidence now on file in the pension department in the case of her husband the late Thur- ston Wood who at the time of his death was a pension- er of the United States for services rendered in the Revolutionary war at the rate of Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum She further declares that the pension Certificate herewith attached is the ori- ginal Certificate of her husband and has been retained in her possession since his death That her husband Thurston Wood died on the seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight That she was married to the said Thurston Wood on the second day of October One thousand seven hun- dred and ninety six by the Reverend John Stanford at his residence in the City of New York That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to her

to the second day of January Eighteen hundred thirty the time above stated. She further swears that the marriage certificate herewith attached is the certifi- cate given to her by the person therein named at the time of her marriage and has ever since been in her possession. That her name before marriage was Catharine Beck. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written before me.
D. W. Bate County Judge of Orange County N.Y.
Catharine her K. Wood mark
I certify that Catharine Wood who made and subscribed the foregoing declaration is a woman of truth and veracity and that her statements therein made are entitled to full credit and belief. And that on personal examination I believe she should be excused from attending the sitting of the Court of records in and for the said County.
D. W. Bate County Judge of Orange County N.Y.

New York Oct: 2. 1796
To all whom this may concern that Mr: Thurston Wood and Miss Catharine Beck were by me this day united in Marriage agreeably to the Laws of this State in that case made and provided.
John J. Stanford, M.A.

No 446 Catherine Wood wid of Thurstyn NY act 24 July 1848 Mamma 1796 husband died 1838 adms #43 33 plan pm 4 March 1848
John W Martyn Mount Hope NY

State of New York / p On the 23 rd day of May 1849 Orange County personally appeared before the in- divergent Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid Moses H Wood aged thirty five years resident of Newburgh in the said County a man of truth and veracity who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Thurston Wood in his life time and that the said Thurston Wood at the time of his death was a prisoner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution at the rate of Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum That the certificate attached to the declaration of Catharine Wood is the certificate on which he drew a pension and which has been retained in the possession of his widow Catharine Wood ever since his death That Thurston Wood died in the town of New Windsor in County of Orange and State of New York on the seventeenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight That this deponent was present at the time he died That he left a widow who has not since married and who now makes application for a pension That the certificate of the marriage of Thurston Wood and Catharine Beck has been in the possession of the present applicant as long as he can remember and he believes it to be a true statement of their marriage I sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me Moses Wood intima before signing
D. W. Bate County Judge of Orange County N.Y.
Moses H Wood

STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, ALBERT S. BENTON, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, That
David W. Bate before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, the County Judge in and for said county; and further, that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Declaration & affidavit is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 31 st day of May 184 9
A. S. Benton
Clerk.

June 6, 1940
Mr. Lamont L. Stephens Attorney At Law Loup City, Nebraska
BA-J/AWF AW Thurston Wood W. 1973
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel and Thurston and Samuel Wood, both of whom served from Orange County, New York.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
The record of Thurston Wood which follows was obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, on file under W. 1973, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thurston Wood was born in the year 1760, in New Windsor, Orange County, New York. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Orange County, New York, Thurston Wood enlisted in Newburgh, New York, March 3, 1776, served one year as private in Captain John Belknap's company, Colonel James Clinton's New York regiment, stationed at Fort Montgomery. He served in 1777, one month in Captain Christian Vandeuzer's company, Colonel Jesse Woodhull's New York regiment, was in some skirmishes with the Tories. He served from the fall of 1777, five months as teamster, under Zachariah Dubois, Conductor of Teams. He served from sometime in December, 1778, five months as teamster

under Camp Ayres, Conductor of Teams.
The soldier, Thurston Wood, was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832, then a resident of New Windsor, New York.
It was stated that he was Alderman in New York City, also magistrate in Orange County, New York.
Thurston Wood died April 17, 1838, in New Windsor, New York.
Thurston Wood married October 2, 1796, in New York City, Miss Catharine Beck or Beek. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents were not given.
The widow, Catharine Wood, was allowed pension on her application executed May 25, 1849, at which time she was seventy-nine years old, and a resident of Newburgh, Orange County, New York. She was allowed, also, one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, on her application executed April 23, 1855, still living in said New Burgh.
Timothy Wood, brother of the soldier, Thurston Wood, was sixty-seven years old, in 1833, then of Orange County, New York.
Moses H. Wood in 1849, thirty-five years old and living in Newburgh, New York, stated that he was present at the death of Thurston Wood, but gave no relationship.
Reference was made in 1860 to Mrs. McLaughlin, widow of Michael McLaughlin, as the granddaughter of the soldier, Thurston Wood, also, to her son living

near Brooklyn, New York.
The papers on file in these claims contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of this pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Catharine Wood, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Catharine Wood, widow of Thurston Wood Certificate #332 Issued September 19, 1848 Rate $43.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of July 29, 1848 New York City Agency.
If you desire information relative to the location of the bounty land referred to herein, it is suggested that you apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data:
Warrant #28541- 160 acres- Act of 1855.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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28.541
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Nov Ans

Rev. Act. J. June 1832
Suspended Thurson Wood
See letter to Walter base Newburgh N. York Oct. 26. 1833

627 Windsor Ave.
Elmira, N.Y. June, 13, 1913
Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
I am trying to get the record of Thurston Word, a pirate, in the Revolution. He was born Mar. 2 nd 1760 died April, 17, 1838 at or near Newburg, Orange Co. N.Y. I do not know exactly where he lived when he enlisted, but think it was in Orange Co. probably Newburgh.
Have you any

information which you may give me, I remain
Most sincerely, Mrs. George L. Wood

627 Windsor Ave.
Elmira, N.Y. June, 13, 1913
Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:-
I am trying to get the record of Thurston Word, a pirate, in the Revolution. He was born Mar. 2 nd 1760 died April, 17, 1838 at or near Newburg, Orange Co. N.Y. I do not know exactly where he lived when he enlisted, but think it was in Orange Co. probably Newburgh.
Have you any

record of him in your books? I shall be very grateful to you for any information which you may give me.
Thanking you, I remain
Most sincerely
Mrs. Geo. L. Wood.

A
affidavits relating to the cases of Leonard Smith Allen Leister & Thurston Wood Esquires
Walter Case of New burgh Orange County agent —
for John W. Brown —

State of New York & Orange County 1/2
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Walter base Commissioner of Law to me known to be a credible witness, who having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with Thurston Wood Esquire an applicant for a pension under the Act of June 7th 1842 That said Thurston is a respectable man and credible witness and has served in various important offices with credit to himself and advantage to the country to the satisfaction of a great majority of those interested in his services - That he was for many years an Alderman in the city of New York and since he remov- ed to Orange County has been many years a Magistrate in said County and this deponent also saith that the said Thur- ston is reputed to be a Man of strict verac- ity and further Deponent saith that some years past he made application for a Pension for Captain John Bellknap and obtained it. That said application was founded principally on the affidavit of the said Thurston Wood, who swore that he served in the same Company and un- der the Command of the said Captain John Bellknap one year (according to my recollection) at Fort Montgomery - and also saith that the said John Bellknap then informed Deponent, that said Wood served one year in his Company at the place aforesaid, in the Revolutionary War - and according to his

ments recollection and belief the said Captain John Bellhnap sworn to the same fact their affidavits were filed on file at the War Office sworn to and subscribed this 31st day of January December 1833 before me Walter Couse Ward M. May Justice of the Peace
I Eva Dunn, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dauphin do hereby certify that Alexander O'Callaghan before whom the affidavit of Walter Couse, Robert D. Fowle and David Fowle herunto annexed was subscribed and sworn was on the second day of Jan- uary the day when said affidavit purports to have been sworn by the Deponents above named a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afor- said and that the name A. O'Callaghan subscribed to said affidavit is the signature of said Deponent and I also certify that Ward M. May before whom I solemnly subscribed the Deponents named in said affidavit purports to have been sworn on the twenty first day of January December 1833 was on that day a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and his name subscribed thereto is his signature and I also certify that the said Ward M. May before whom the affidavit of Israel Bell (and Walter Couse) herunto annexed was respectfully sworn was on the respective days when said affidavit purports to bear date a Justice as aforesaid and that his name subscribed thereto respectively is his sig- nature
In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 20 day of January 1834
Eva Dunn Clerk
Walter Couse
affidavit

22 The above was duly authenticated with papers belonging to the cases of Leonard Smith & Thornton would and was severed by me for the purpose of filing
Geoffrey Gump

Commissioner of Pensions
Indis.
I am instructed by our local chapter D.A.R. to write to you for the Revolutionary Record of Nathaniel Beck who served as a sergeant in Captain Jacob Conkling's company in Col. Levi Rawlings' regiment, Ulster county New York. 1778.
Also the Record of Thurston Wood. of New York.
Respectfully
(Mrs) Rosa Wood Govert. 703 n 12 th st Quincy. Ills.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1973
Catharine Wood
Wiscon.
Houston Wood
Pr. Rev. War
Act:
July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

At Ab. 1, 1904 this, to Mrs. Rosa Wood Goveah Quincy Ill
1913, June 20. History to Mrs. George L. Wood. For
1913- June 6- wish to Samonk Stephens any

LAMONT L. STEPHENS ATTORNEY AT LAW LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
April 22, 1940.
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C. Dear Sirs:-
In the book "New York in the Revolution" in Fourth Regiment, Ulster County Militia, is listed Thurston Wood , a private. Please advise me what, if anything, your records show as to this soldier. As the information is wanted for genealogical purposes, I shall appreciate all facts given, including service, description, family, residence, etc. I believe this man was from New Windsor, N. Y.
In the same book there is a Samuel Wood listed Second Regiment Orange Co. Militia, and a Samuel Wood in Second Regiment Ulster County Militia. It is possible one or both of these is the Samuel Wood , b. April 6, 1765, of New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y., whose record you have very kindly furnished me. I cannot ascertain from the record of service you gave me whether these may refer to the same man. If these are the same, please advise me, and if they are not the same, please give me the record of each of these Samuel Woods. I know there was another Samuel Wood at or near New Windsor, of military age, in 1781.
Yours truly,
One
Lamont L. Stephens

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thurston 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. 1973
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 2, 1776. 1 yr. Pri. John Basknap James Clinton N.Y.   Oct. 1777. 1 mo. " Christian Vanduzer Col. Woodhull   Fall 1777. 5 " Teamster under Joshua Dutton Condr. of Teams.   Winter 1778. 5 " " under Garry Ayres Condr. of Teams.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 1, 1832. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, New Windsor Orange Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. 1760. New Windsor, N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier was in N.Y. City Oct. 2, 1776. Catharine Beck at New Windsor, N.Y. He died Apr. 17, 1838, and she was allowed pension on her application executed May 25, 1849, while 79 yrs old & a resident of Newburgh, Orange Co., N.Y. A son (name not stated), only child referred to.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

141.574
Genl. S. P. Waldo, Comm. Pensions Washington City, D. C.

Bro. Hildreth Oct. 22

Pension Office, Oct. 22 d 1860.
Sir:
You are informed that the children or grand children of a deceased revolutionary soldier are not entitled to a pension under any of the laws upon this subject, & that bounty land is confined to the minor children .
John Milton, Esq. Brooklyn, N. Y.