Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,952, John Woods, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Woods, John
S 33,952
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts Roll.
1,148
John Woods, Capt Wattles  Corporal
Massachusetts line, April 77 to 9 June 82 in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. Isaac Parker, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Service since ending
4 months 21/30. $ 37. 60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Newbraintree, Worcester
Discharged copy 13 Jany 1829 & sent to Hon Jud Davis. H Reps

33 952 Ray INVALID.
File No. 33,952
John Woods Corp Rev Ins
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 463
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(Copy.)
By his Excellency George Washington, Esq r . General and Com- mander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
These are to certify that the Bearer hereof, John Woods, Corpo- ral in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully served the United States, six years, two months, and ten days, and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the Ameri- can Army.
Given at Head Quarters, the ninth day of June 1783.
(Signed) G. Washington.
By his Excellency's Command,
(Signed) A. Trumbull, M c .S y
Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
(Signed) A. Tappan, Adjutant.
The above Corporal John Woods has been honored with the Badge of Merit for six years faithful service.
(Signed) W m Hull, L t . Col l .
[The following endorsements are on the original.]
Head Quarters, June 9 th 1783.
The within certificate shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on Furlough.
George Washington.
John Woods has received the benefit of the resolves of the

4 th March & 19 th June last, and his discharge delivered by Resolve 2 nd Feb y 1802.
(Signed) John Avery.
I hereby certify, that the foregoing is truly copied from the original document on file in the Department of War. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto caused the Seal of said Department to be affixed, and subscribed my name, on the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
J. G. Heathorn Secretary of War.

John Woods New Mantua
14 April —
Correct by Genl Washington's Discharge
J. H.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester I John Woods a Citizen of the United States, now resident at New Braintree in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on in April A D 1777
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the 9th of May June A D 1783
as a corporal against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt Mason Watles company in the sixth Massachusetts regiment. Col. Phipps Col Nixon & others
and that I left the service on the 9th of June A D 1783
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and pecuniary , I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of 60 years - having received an honorable discharge which is herewith presented
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
John Woods
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 14 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Isaac Parker Clerk
Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts
the abovenamed John Woods and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
A under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Isaac Parker Clerk

435.
Act 1828
Next Main Street No. 7 Revolutionary Claims
for
John Woods
Settled at
Treasury Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States —
Cashed with
Washington
Invalid's file
# 33,952

New Braintree July 7-1828
Dear Sir, I transmit to you the declaration of John Wood for the benefit of a Pension, and inclose an attested copy of his discharge. — His original discharge was sent to Washington to obtain a pension under the Law of 1818, and after receiving a Pension for about two years under that Law, it was ascertained that he had barely property sufficient to exclude him from receiving it, and he was accordingly stricken off. — Mr Woods is very desirous to have his original discharge sent to him if consistant; if not, he would be pleased to have the copy, which he now sends, returned to him. — If the papers are in any respect incorrect, which I now send, I wish you would have the goodness to send me a line, and note the deficiency, that I have them correct immediately.
Very respectfully
Your Ob t . Serv t
Ward. Richard Rush Secretary of the treasury of the United States
Samuel Chester

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May, 1828, I John Woods of New Braintree in the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Corporal in Captain Mason Nuttall's Company, in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment of the Massachusetts line. — And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars, to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th of May, 1778. — And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of March, 1828, on the pension list of the United States —
John Wood
New Braintree?
June 23-1828
Witnesses —
Samuel Minter
Clarissa H. Minter
Worcester ss June 23-1828 Personally appeared the above named John Woods and made oath, that the above declaration by him subscribed was just and true
Before me Samuel Minter Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. June 27 th 1828 — Before me Samuel Minter one of the Justices of the Peace in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, personally appeared this day Joseph Bowman Esq. and Jonathan Barrs of said County, who did severally make oath that John Woods, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a faithful Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. — Witness my hand, this twenty seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight —
Samuel Minter

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Worcester do certify that Samuel Mixter Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester duly qualified to act as such Justice of the Peace and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such and that his signatures to the within certificates are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
John Wells.

435. No of orig Pay 362 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 29. 1828
John Woods, — of New Braintree, in the County of Worcester, — in the State of Massachusetts, — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal — in captain Wattle — 's company, in the Sixth regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Kimball.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
1 st August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Woods — — — in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that John Woods — — — is now on the pension list of the  any — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner Aud
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