Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19169, Judah Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wood, Judah
S. 19169
carded
CONTENTS

10.137. Massachusetts Judah Wood.
Halifax in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the reg t commanded by Col. Jones in the war time for 6 Mo.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Mar 1833 and since to Land Plymouth (Mass)
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 40  Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sept " 10  $ 50 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H  Blain Clerk Book 90. Vol. 2 nd Page 90.
75 Hymn

7800
Judah Wood
yo Mch-
6 Months
$20-
J H Land Plymouth (Mass)

BRIEF in the case of  Judah Wood  of Halifax in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     enlisted In 1777 3 Capt Partridge, Col Jones   " 1780 Aug t 3 Capt Sturtevant. Col Jacob  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Halifax.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two persons testify to traditional evidence Samuel Cole, proved the service.  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.
J. Hunt Examining Clerk.

Judah Wood was born February 6 th 1761
A true copy of Record as taken from the Town Book of Halifax this 6 th day of August 1832.
Attest Ludwick Thomson Town Clerk of Halifax

Judah Wood 1800
person right handed and right In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of in the matter of the application of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of the Court of
person and that their statement is entitled to credit also signed the same, as a resident in the and that and is a credible who has
who has signed the foregoing certificate is a credible resident in the town of the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the known to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
the resolution, and we concur in that opinion. reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of declaration; that we believe him to be desiring with residing in the town of who has subscribed and sworn to the above hereby certify, that we are well be- and a gentleman residing in the

No 74.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this eighth — day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Middlebury — within and for said County of Plymouth, Isaac Wood a resident of Halifax in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquis- es every claim whatever 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1777 he enlisted as a soldier in a company under command of Capt. Calvin Partridge, belonging to Col. Jones' Regiment for the term of three months. and that he served in said company, which was stationed at Dorchester in the State of Massachusetts, during said term and to the end of it. Joshua Perkins was 2 d Lieutenant in said company.
That he enlisted in 1780 in August in a company under command of Capt. Jesse Sturtevant in Col. Jacob's Regiment for three months, and that he served in said company on the Island of Rhode- Island the term of three months. said company being stationed at Bristol Ferry and in Middletown. Nehemiah Cobb was 1 st Lieut. and Job Weston was 2 d Lieut.

And in the two enlistments above specified the Declarant says, that he served the full period of six months, and never had a discharge. That he was born in Halifax aforesaid, and has always lived in that Town, and his birth is recorded on the said Town Books. That he is known generally to the inhabitants of Halifax, and especially to Zebediah Thomson and James W. Thomson Esqrs of said Town, and that there is no clergymen now settled in Halifax.
Zebediah Thomson
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Lebadih Thomson  a clergyman , residing in the town of Halifax and Jabez P. Thomson residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Judah Wood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Lebadih Thomson
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Jabez P. Thomson Attest Jacob H. Lord Regt
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Lebadih Thomson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman  magnate , resident in the town of Halifax and that Jabez P. Thomson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court, Attest, Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Judah Wood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

I Samuel Cole of Plympton in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts of the age of Twentyone years testify and say I was - a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution three months at Dorchester in the year 1777 in Capt Partridge Company and Col Jones Regiment - three Months at Rhode Island in the year 1780 in Capt Jersey Shurtliff Company in Col Jacobs Regiment I Further testify and say that Judah Wood of Holfax in the County of Plymouth was at Dorchester and Rhode Island in the above Described Companies and in the same Company with me and served all the above Described term of time I have known said Wood and has resided in Holfax ever since
Samuel Cole

Plymouth County ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
August 1 st 1882 then Personally appeared the within named Samuel Cole before the Subscribed and made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true. Said Deposition is credible person and to be believed
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Yr. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that I believe his name above subscribed to be his true & genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord
Sam Cole, To: Judah Wood

19 169 INVALID.
File No. 19,169
Judah Wood
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Judah Wood which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? _____
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wood, Lemuel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6626 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 26, 1790
To John May, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.