Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1345, Joshua Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Wood, Joshua Martha
P. L. Wt 38831-160-55
CONTENTS

220.819
Act March 3.
Nov? 1/15
Martha Wood mid.
Joshua Wood hi.
Joshua
Reln
No 38. 25/5 gp aug
Keevij. war.
Pen? Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Fely 53-104.3
Ad: 16 Oct, Aug: 19/56 B. J. D.
Marcus & Saunders,
Adams.
No. Y.
Vol W=2=108

1043 n. 1. 0. New York
Martha Wood
widow of Joshua Wood
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
N o 1043 Massachusetts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July 1853 and sent to
R. H. Martin Oswege N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 87 - Vol. 1
3 February
paid Dec 25-1858 C.W.B.
220819

24.55 New York Poshua Wood
of Oswego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Handley of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Jackson in the New York line for 11 Months ——— Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Decr 1833 and to the Hon. J. Surrile H. A.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $94.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th N. 33 15.33 $109.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by Geo. C. H. Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 4. Page 128.
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220.819
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3. 1855,
Claim of Martha Wood Widow of Joshua Wood Jeff. Co. New York.
Mayon & Saunders Attys. Adams Jeff. Co., New York.

State of New York } Jefferson County } p:
On this 23 rd day of October A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me a Special County Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid. Martha Wood aged, Sixty six years, a resident of the town of Lorraine County of Jefferson in the State of New York. Who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joshua Wood deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war. That said Joshua Wood drew a pension for his military services in his life time, for the proof of the same, reference being had to the records in the office of the Pension Department.
She further states that she was married to Joshua Wood about the year 1805, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, by the Rev. Bedlack a minister of the gospel. The exact date she does not now recollect, and that her name before her said marriage was Martha Ferrill Liger. That her said husband, died in the town of Redfield Oswego County, and State of New York - on the 23 rd day of November 1845. and that she is a now a widow.
And she further declares that she has heretofore made application for a pension as the widow of the said Joshua Wood under the act of February 3 rd 1853. and is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of $36.66 per annum. and has a certificate therefor, of which the following is substantially

a copy
"Department of the Interior. Medora P. Wood, I certify that in conformity with the provisions of the act of February 3, 1853. Martha Wood widow of Joshua Wood, who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
(S.S)
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 26 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty three -
James Campbell Acting Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
J. B. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Endorsed on the back thereof the following
"Payment to be made at Albany by Thos. W. Olcott, Agent for paying Pen- sions, in the agency of Albany. Payable on the 4 th September and 4 th March.
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under act February 3 rd 1853, Page 87 Vol A.
R. M c Rae, Clerk
And for proof of her said Marriage, and the death of her said Husband Joshua Wood, upon which had the proof on file with her said application for her said

fusion -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the homestead land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3 rd 1855" - She also declares, that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other act of Congress, any homestead land warrant - And she hereby appoints Mason & Saunders of Adams Jefferson County New York her said agents to prosecute her claim and receive a Warrant therefor.
Martha Wood
We John Garner and Alonzo Mayon residents of Jefferson County in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Wood in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be - And that we know that she is still a widow - And have no interest in her claim for homestead land.
Alonzo Mayon
John Garner

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 her claim.
J. P. Henderson Great Falls, Mont. Counselor at Law

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, JOHN L. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson, do hereby certify that THOMAS P. SAUNDERS Esq., whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a SPECIAL COUNTY JUDGE, in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same ; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof, or acknowledgment is genuine ; and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said County this 26 th day of October 1855.
John L. Marsh CLERK.

11,037
Joshua Wood
on final settlement
1 Jan 84-
$30.80
c & d mttu 33
Privat 511 mo
16 $36.66
time of settlement
reg - 32
13 Dec 32
P 154.
Mr. W. Matthews
Richland
Oswego Co.
N. York

11,037
BRIEF in the case of Joshua Wood, - Redfield, ex of Oswego — 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? 66 years  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.     July In 1782 11 private Genl Handly, Ensign Grafton Sgt. Blake, Col. H. Jackson, Maj. Prescott Col. Melloi  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ashfield, Hampshire, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Havett Examining Clerk.

State of New York } ss Oswego County } Arthur V Perry being duly sworn deposes and says that he resides in the town of Redfield in the county of Oswego, that he is personally acquainted with Martha Wood the applicant for a pension described in the annexed declaration that she is the widow of, Joshua Wood deceased late of said town of Redfield, that said Joshua Wood died at said town of Redfield seven years ago last November, deponent does not recollect the day of the month that said Wood died, that deponent attended the funeral of the said Joshua Wood, that deponent became acquainted with the said Joshua Wood and Martha Wood, about twenty years ago, that from the time deponent so became acquainted with the said Joshua and Martha Wood until the death of the said Joshua Wood, the said Joshua and Martha lived together as husband and wife in the town of Redfield aforesaid, that the said Joshua Wood was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States, that the said Martha Wood is unmarried and has continued the widow of the said Joshua Wood ever since his death Sworn and Subscribed this 13 th day of April 1853 before me Galeon Parkhurst Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I know Arthur V Perry the above named witness to be respectable disinterested and entitled to full credit, and I further certify that I am myself disinterested in this case Galeon Parkhurst Justice

State of New York,
Oswego County } So
Dexter Grant being duly Sworn deposes and says that he resides in the town of Redfield in the County of Oswego, that he is personally acquainted with Martha Wood the applicant for a pension described in the annexed declaration that she is the widow of Joshua Wood deceased late of said town of Redfield, that said Joshua Wood died at said town of Redfield, in November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five, deponent does not recollect, the day of the month that said Wood died, that deponent was present with said Joshua Wood at the time he died, and that he deponent attended the funeral of the said Joshua Wood, that deponent became acquainted with the said Joshua Wood, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, that from the time deponent so became acquainted with the said Joshua and Martha Wood until the death of the said Joshua Wood, the said Joshua and Martha lived together as husband and wife in the town of Redfield aforesaid, that the said Joshua Wood was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States as deponent believes, that the said Martha Wood is unmarried and has continued the widow of the said Joshua Wood ever since his death
Dexter Grant
Sworn and subscribed this 14 th day of April 1853 before me
Galeon Parkhurst Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I know Dexter Grant the above named witness to be respectable disinterested and entitled to full credit.
Galeon Parkhurst Justice

State of New York Onego County ss On this sixteenth day of April in the Year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three in a Surrogates Court held before James Brown, Surrogate of the County of Onego in the City of Oswego in said County of Onego, personally appeared in open Court Martha Wood aged Sixty five Years a resident of the town of Redfield in said County of Onego, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States pas- sed 3 d February (1853) — one thousand eight hundred and fifty three —
That she is the widow of Joshua Wood who was a private in the war of the Revolution that the said Joshua Wood, died on the twenty third of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five (1845) at the town of Redfield in said County of Onego. That at the time of his said death he was a pensioner of the United States, & received a pension, for his services in the war of the Revolution of one hundred and thirty six dollars and sixty six cents. She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Wood in the town of Plymouth in the County of Chenango in the State of New York, in the month of November in the Year one thousand eight hundred and

five (1805) That declarant cannot recollect the day of the month on which she was married That she was married by a Methodist Minister of the name of Bidlike whose Christian name declarant has forgotten That there is no record of declarants marriage neither public or private, That there is no family record of said marriage. That declar- ant and the said Joshua Wood lived together as husband and wife from the time of their said marriage until the death of the said Joshua Wood as above stated. That she has remained the widow of the said Joshua Wood ever since his death and that she is now remar- ried as will appear by the proof hereto annexed.
Martha her Wood Marrha may be Nathan
Subscribed and sworn to me this fourteenth day of April 1853. The day and year first above mentioned.
J Brown
Surrogate of Oswego Co, N.Y.
State of New York } ss I Edwin M. Hall Oswego County } Clerk of the said County of Oswego do hereby Certify that Galeon Parkhurst the person subscribing the foregoing deposition of Dea- Grant and also the deposition of Arthur V. Perry and before whom the said depositions

were taken, was on the fourteenth day of April 1853, and on the thirteenth day of April 1853 a Justice of the Peace of the County of Osage aforesaid and duly au- thorised to take affidavits and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Galeon Parkhurst and verily believe that the name Galeon Parkhurst, subscribed to each of said depositions and to the certificates attached to said depositions is his proper and genuine signature.
And I the said Clerk do further certify that James Brown before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to by the said Martha Woods, was on the said thirteenth day of April 1853 Surrogate of the County of Osage aforesaid and that the proceedings in said Surrogates Court are entitled to full faith and credit.
That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said James Brown & verily believe that the name James Brown subscribed to the first of said declara- -tions is his proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the County Court of said County to be hereunto affixed this day of April A.D. 1853.
E. M. Hill. Clerk.

...ation in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York } County of Oswego } On this twenty fourth day of Sept ember in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally ap peared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for the Coun ty of Oswego aforesaid, Joshua Wood of the town of Redfield formerly of the town of in the said County of Oswego and State of New York in the forty fifth year of his age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, That is to say in the company commanded He enlisted by Capt Handly
The name of the Lieutenant not now recollects, Ensign Gratton, first Sergeant Blake, The Regiment Commanded by Col Henry Jackson, May Treadcott, That he enlisted in the month of July 1782 in the State of Massachusetts in the town of Hatfield, when he this deponent was in his 16 th or 17 year of his age, That he continued to serve in the Regiment commanded by the said Col. Jackson and under the command of Capt Handly until the said Regiment was transferred or consolidated into the third Regiment of the Massachusetts line, previous to the time of the consolidation into the third Regiment as aforesaid the Regiment into which he enlisted was numbered the ninth Regiment of the Massachusetts line, and in the Continental Establishment, which consolidation was towards the close of the war - That he left the service some time in the month of June 1783, the time having expired for which this deponent enlisted, he having enlisted for nine months, and served according to the best of this deponents recollection for eleven months
July 1782
June 1783

That it being towards the close of the war That after the consolidation of the said Regiment as aforesaid the same was commanded by Col Mellon when this deponent was discharged from the service at New Windsor in the State of New York, otherwise called Snake Hill. At the time this deponent entered the service he resided in the town of Ashfield in the County of Hampshire as it was then called in the State of Massachusetts. After enlistment as aforesaid in Ashfield he this deponent went to the Springfield, to pass muster, from thence to Nelson's Point then called directly opposite to West Point where this deponent joined the army, received his gun and uniform, from the Brigade to which this deponent was attached attached to Ben Blank or Stony Point, That he never was engaged in any battle or capturing a British with about thirty of as they were called cowboys whom were captured. That this deponent distinctly recollects the whole period of his service under the above enlistment was eleven months.
This deponent further says that he has before applied for a pension under the act of March 18. 1818, which was made in the year 1830 and as he was informed by his agent, he did not succeed on the ground that the proof of identity was insufficient. At which time this deponent resided in the town of Amherst in the County of Bennington aforesaid, since which time this deponent has removed to the town of Redfield in the same County. That he has now the affidavits of identity and of service made by Timothy Warren which said affidavits are hereto attached. And an afft of service by Joseph Porte also hereto attached. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Joshua Root
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J McPherson Deputy of Asa 90 Com. Phas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss I Timothy Warren of Ashfield in the said County: being now Sixty nine years old and being Duly sworn, Do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the years Seventeen hundred & Eighty one and Eighty two and was in Col o Vose's Regiment of Massachusetts Line and was a Horseman for Brigade major Nathaniel Cushing: and Do further say that I was well acquainted with Joshua Wood formerly of Ashfield aforesaid and as he said to me he lived in the State of New York when he was present at the time I said Timothy Warren gave a deposition the twelfth day of June in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty: and I further say that the same Joshua Wood was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war at the time I was: and I was well acquainted with the said Joshua Wood in the Revolutionary army & I saw him a great many times in the army: but I can not now tell what Regiment he belonged to: and I further say that the same Joshua Wood said to me that he was about to apply for a pension at the time I gave the aforesaid Deposition and as it is so long a time since the war was was over I cannot say much more that passed at that time
in witness whereof I here set my hand by my mark this Fourteenth Day of August: A.D. in the year Eighteen th Hundred and thirty two
Attest Ephraim Williams
Timothy his Warren mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss Ashfield August 14 th 1832 Personally appeared Timothy Warren well known to me to be a credible person & a man of truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed By his mark Before me Ephraim Williams Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that the above named Ephraim Williams Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the said county and as such is legally qualified to administer oaths and take depositions and affidavits. And I believe his name subscribed to the above certificate to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Greenfield, on the fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord Clerk

Test Know all men by these presents that Timothy Warren of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now sixty seven years old and being duly sworn do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one & eighty two and was in Coll: Vose's Regiment of Massachusetts line, and was a horseman for Brigade Major Nathaniel Cushing. and do further say that I was well acquainted with one Joshua Wood formerly of Ashfield aforesaid and that I was well acquainted with the said Joshua Wood when he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war & see him the said Joshua Wood in the Massachusetts line a great many times, and understood that the said Joshua was a good Soldier & did his duty well. and do further say that said Joshua Wood & myself were well acquainted before the said war and after the said war was ended in witness whereof I the said Timothy Warren have hereunto set my hand by my mark this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty
Attest Ephraim Williams
Timothy
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Warren
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. Ashfield June 12 th 1830 Personally Appeared Timothy Warren well known to me to be a person of Respectability & truth and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the deposition by him subscribed by his mark
Before me Ephraim Williams
justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. Clerk's Office Greenfield June 14. 1830
I Elijah Alvord, clerks of the Judicial Courts of the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts holden within and for the said county of Franklin do certify that Ephraim Williams esquire before whom the two affidavits herunto annexed were verified was on the day of their caption a justice of the peace within and for said county duly qualified to administer oaths and take depositions and that the said affidavits and the subscription to the said certificates of caption are in his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said county the day and year aforesaid
E. Alvord Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Franklin ss. Timothy Warren of Ashfield in said County being duly sworn says that Joshua Wood the person within mentioned is personally known to him, his personal and was personally known to him at the time of the said Wood served in the Revolutionary Army, and that he is inclined to believe that "Joshua Wood" within mentioned, was the same individual present at the time the within affidavit was sworn and known to, and who at that time, as this deponent understands, resided in the County of Oswego in the State of New York and was about to make an application for a pension;
the within named Timothy Warren gave me testimony that the above certificate was just and true all except that part where it says that the said Joshua Wood lived in the County of Oswego that the within named Timothy Warren did not remember but the within named Joshua Wood was the same man he saw being a Soldier and wore a uniform coat in the Revolutionary war as within certified
Franklin ss. August 14th 1832 Attest Ephraim Williams Justice of the peace

Application of Joshua Wood a Revol Soldier for a pension
Wood squaw

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County
I Joseph Porter formerly of Ashfield in Said County but now having my home in the Town of Dover in the County of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio; being now Seventy years old: and being Duly Sworn: Do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two, and in the Company of Capt n Joseph Killim in the fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Line Commanded by Col l Putnam and Lieut l Col l Newel and Do further say that I was acquainted with Joshua Wood formerly of Ashfield aforesaid; but now as I understand of that part of Williamstown in the County of Oswego in State of New York; which is now called Amboy; and that I was well acquainted with the said Joshua Wood when he was a Soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war & that my acquaintance continued with the said Joshua Wood for the space of eleven months, during his service in the Massachusetts Line, and that I the said Joseph Porter was well acquainted with the said Joshua before the said war, and during his service therein and since the termination of the same, and to this time in witness whereof I the said Joseph Porter have hereunto set my hand this twelveth Day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
Joseph Porter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss Ashfield June 12 th 1830 Personally Appeared Joseph Porter well known to me to be a person of respectability and truth and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed Before me Ephraim Williams justice of the peace

11.037.
In the matter of Joshua Wood Massachusetts Line —————
Hon. T. F. Merrill

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as so stated -
J Turrill } Gils A. Mearns } Court of John Reynolds } Com Pleas
I Eric Poor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Osceola and State of New York do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the origin- al proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Wood for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th day of September 1832 -
Eric Poor Clerk By J. W. Thurston Deputy

Joshua Wood W. 1345
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1345, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joshua Wood.
While residing in Ashfield, Massachusetts, he enlisted at Hatfield, Massachusetts, sometime in July, 1782 and served as a private in Captain Hand-ly's company in Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment, was in a skirmish with cowboys, and was discharged sometime in June, 1783 at that time in Colonel Mellon's Massachusetts regiment.
In 1830 he was living in Amboy, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, then a resident of Redfield, Oswego County, New York and was in the sixty-sixth year of his age.
He died November 23 or 28, 1845 at said Redfield.
The soldier, Joshua Wood, married in November, 1805 in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York, Martha Terwilliger.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 16, 1853, then aged sixty-five years and living in Redfield, New York.
In October, 1855 she was living in Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York.
She died December 25, 1858.
It is not stated whether they had children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
First of letter in Israel Wood S. 14897 addressed to Lyman Wood

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Committee of Privileges Washington D.C.

FREE
Comm. of the N.Y. State Assem. to D. C.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Bureau of Pensions, 7 27 32 Rev. War Section, Washington, D.C.

Racine, July 25, 1932.
Dear Sir:
Please send military and family records for the following: Rev. War.
Joshua Wood, Readsfield, Owego Co., N.Y. served in N.Y. Militia.
Israel Wood, Albany Co., N.Y. served N.Y. Militia. Placed on pension roll, 10-24-1832.
Address, 1433-35 Junction Ave.
Yours truly,
Lyman Wood.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau, Rev. War Section, Washington, D.C.

Racine, Wis., Sept. 10, 1932.
Dear Sir:
On July 5, 1932 I wrote you for a copy of the Rev. War record and family data of:- Joshua Wood of Readfield, Oswego Co., N.Y. 1840 list. Pvt. N.Y. Militia. Pen. Roll. 1833. Israel Wood, Albany Co., N.Y. 1835 list. Pen. roll 1832. Pvt. N.Y. Militia.
This must have been over looked by you. I wish this information very much. Please let me have the above records by return mail.
Address,
Sincerely yours,
1433-35 Junction Ave., % Lyman Wood Mfg. Co.
Lyman Wood.

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1345
Martha Wood
Widow
Joshua Wood
Proc. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index: Vol. M, Page 252
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1932-Sept. 14-Rec'd to Sign an Wood Cert

Brief in the case of Martha Wood, widow of Joshua, Oswego County and State of New York, act 3 rd Feby, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 7 th June, 1832, parole proof of marriage, certified to be credible,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Ro: H. Martin, Esq., Oswego.
Name and residence of Agent
N. York,
E. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Pension Office, 29 th June, 1853.
Sir,
Joshua Wood, was inscribed upon the roll of New York, as a private in the War of the revolution, pensioned under the act of 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of $36. 66 / 100 per Annum.
He was paid at the Albany Agency I think.
Be pleased to inform me to what time he was paid.
I am the honor to be Sir, Respectfully Your obt. Servt.
J. Cole
For the Administration, Died 28 th Nov r 1845, and paid to his death F Burt.
Auditor.
Francis Burt Esq r , Chief Auditor of the Treasury,

Owego April 28 1853
Commissioner of Pensions -
Enclosed papers in the application of Martha Wood widow of Joshua Wood deceased who was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States, for a pension under the act of February 3-1853.
If the pension is granted, send the certificate of pension to Widow Martha Wood - Redfield, Oswego County. New York -
If the application is denied, return the papers to me.
Yours Truly
Robt H. Martin

In the Matter of Martha Wood Applicant for a pension under act of Feb'y 3 rd 1853
Clerk's Certificate

State of New York } ss Oswego County } ss I Edwin M Neill Clerk of Oswego County aforesaid do hereby certify that the Surrogates Court of said County of Oswego in which Martha Wood widow of Dazhua Wood made her declaration on the 16th day of April 1853 is a Court of Record and that the proceedings in said Court are entitled to full faith and credit as a Court of Record.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oswego this 29th day of April A D 1853.
E. M. Neill, Clerk.

H.R. Dec 16 th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq, 2 Glenmuth road
you the Pension papers of Gokhanna Ward, they have once been in the office and were returned as I have been informed because the seal of the country was not upon those which passed through all the papers. That difficulty has been removed, I will state that the papers were executed in court where I was presiding as First Judge of the same. That I am personally acquainted with Mr Ward and have no doubt but that he served as stated in his papers.
Yours Respectfully
J. Turrell
Please send me an answer as soon as convenient

Oneego April 29 1853.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
I enclose a certificate of the Clerk of Oneego County of the fact that the Surrogate's Court of this County is a Court of Record.
This fact was not stated, with sufficient distinctness in the Certificate attached to the papers, in the application of Martha Wood for a pension under the Act of February 3 rd 1853, which was mailed , sent to you & mailed yesterday.
Please attach the enclosed certificate to that application.
Yours.
Rob t H. Martin

April 30 th 1853
N o . 1517
App t . of Martha Wood widow of
Joshua. Oswego
N. York
24551
Act 3 rd Feby: 1853 $36.66 Per annum Commencing 3 rd Feby, 1853
Rev.
M rs . H. Martin Oswego N. York
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business