Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6576, David Woodmansee, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Woodmansee, David
W 6576
Woodmancy
B.L. Mt. 31.767-160-55
or Woodmency
CONTENTS
Elizabeth

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Woodmansee, David
W 6576
Woodmancy
B.L. Wt. 31.767-160-55
or
Woodmency
CONTENTS
Elizabeth

Date of widow's death, not in AB
179307
C. J. N.
1729
Pennsylvania Pittsg
Elizabeth Woodmancy widow of David Woodmancy Pen n who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pioneer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept r 1833
and sent to
M rs K. Leving Union Town Fayette Co. Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818 , Page 112 Vol. A
July 3/53
1832

18.395- Pittsburgh Agency
David Woodmansee of Fayette Co. in the State of Penn a who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Price of the ~ commanded by ~ on the Penn a militia for 21 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Ag. at the rate of 70 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of August 1833 and sent to Hon. A. Stewart Uniontown R a
Arrears to the 4th of April 1833 140.- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 35.- $ 175.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. Cuffee Clerk, Book E Vol. 5- Page 95

 Dec 27/56, due to agl. inclusion Duplecanthus finis Mar. 30/57 - Sett. to Cooper in the (Low) Africa - V. H. H. sett. " 31 " " Sett. to Com. & Genl. Cl. sett. at have not been entitled Apr. 21/57 due to the same Office - original  office - through  57 Map & letter Office cancelled due to 
Vol. W 2 - 106.
179307
Act 3 Mar 91
June 28/55
Elizabeth Wood Woo  Woo wid. of David Wood  Wood  Wood
Elizabeth was born of David has No 1760 Dufake cate April 1 st 1851
Rev. War.
Revolutionary Pensions. See No 1729 Vol. "A" page 112
July 5 th - 1729 At 1600 hrs. 26/5/6 B. J. H.
John A. Living Uniontown + Allegheny Penn Harrisonstown 40

179307
John K. Ewing, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa. Agent.

State of Pennsylvania } On this 19 th day of Fayette county } June A.D. one thou- sanda eight hundred and fifty five before J. C. Skinner a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State afore- said, personally appeared Elizabeth Wood- mancy, aged twenty six years, a resi- dent of Youngsberry township, in said coun- ty and State, who being duly sworn accor- ding to law declares that she is the widow of David Woodmancy who was a private in the service of the armies of the Uni- ted States during the Revolutionary War. That she cannot now recollect any of the particulars of her said hus- band's service, nor of the Officers under whom he so served. That her said husband drew a pension from the United States for said services; and she there- fore respectfully refers the Department, for proof of his said services, to the evidence then furnished.
She further states that she was mar- ried to the said David Woodmancy in Wharton township, county & State aforesaid on or about the first day of August A.D. 1814 by one Abraham Simbley Esq. then a Justice of the Peace in & for said county; and that her name before her said mar- riage was Elizabeth Rush That her said husband died in Saltlick township, county & state aforesaid on the first or second day of

April A.D. 1855, and that she is now a widow.
She further states that she obtained a pension from the United States, on account of her said husband's services, under the 2 d section of the act of February 3 d 1853, and that the certificate thereof is dated 3 d September 1853, N o 1729, recorded in the Roll of Pensions under said act in Volume A, page 112. That for proof of her marriage with the said David Woodmancy, and also for as full an account of his services & of his officers as she was then able to give, she respectfully refers the Department to the evidence then furnished . That there is no public or private record of her said marriage.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the country land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855; and that she has never heretofore applied or received country land under this or any other Act.
Elizabeth her X Woodmancy mark

We James Sharp and J. S. Woodmancy residents of Youngsheng township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Woodmancy in our presence; and that we not only believe , from her appearance and statements, but that from long and intimate acquaintance with her and her deceased husband aforesaid, we know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she is still the widow of the said David Woodmancy.
James Sharp J. S. Woodmancy
The foregoing declaration & 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. J. E. Skinner J.P.
Pennsylvania, Fayette County, SS.
I, R. T. Galloway, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
J. E. Skinner Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit
appear to have been made, was at the date thereof and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commis-

25325 Declaration of David Woodmancy a resolution to be
(3 years)

Fayette County Pennsylvania
On the 3 rd day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Fayette County now sitting David Woodmency a resident of the said County & State aged seventy two years who being duly sworn according to law deposes on his oath to the following declaration made to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1833.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he first voluntarily entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man where he lived in the State of New Jersey in Dover township Monmouth county under Captain John Stout St. James Woodmency his Uncle about the 25 th of August 1776 for one month which he served out and returned home that he lived on the Jersey Shore that the whole Militia to which he belonged was called into service and kept out almost constantly to guard against the incursions of the enemy who lay off the Coast. That he next went out and staid out in the service for three months under the same officers which he served out & returned this was in the Spring of 1777. He next went out under Captain John Price for two months which he performed. Next he went out under the same Captain another similar tour of duty in 1777 he afterwards was called out & went to Elizabeth town & remained there for a month he afterwards went out out to defend amboy against a threatened invasion. He afterwards went out under Captain John Cook and went to Tom's river to repel the enemy & was out about a month. He went out under Col. Ferman & served under him one tour the Captain's name he has forgotten. That he continued to serve under different officers at different times when called on to defend the shores against the enemy his father lived on the shore where the enemy would approach & the local Militia to which he belonged was kept constantly on the alert. He continued to live in New Jersey and in the west part for the enemy during the

whole war and was out at least half the time & always in readiness to go when called his father was a militia captain - he would be safe in saying that he was out in all at least three years - he was not 17 years of age when he first went out and continued to render service from the first to the last of the war under different officers and at different times, some times under one general officer & some times under another but at this time he cannot recollect the names of all the officers & the places of his service duties &c & if he could it would be tedious to enumerate he once enlisted but his father got him off by hiring a substitute for $100 - he was out a short time only under this enlistment He has no discharge nor did he ever receive one that he recollects nor other documentary evidence nor does he know of any living witness whom testimony he could procure to prove his services.
In answer to the Interrogatories required to be put by the Court he answers as follows, viz:
 1. That he was born in New Jersey Monmouth Co. on the 27 th day of June 1760.  2 He has no record of his age  3. he lived when called into the service in Monmouth Co New Jersey where he continued to reside until after the revolutionary war was over & then removed to the western part of Penn s . where he still resides -  4. He went into the service as a volunteer and as a drafted Militia man at different times  5. There were many regular officers at different times when he served & others. Col. Forman Gen l Wayne, Greene, Putnam, Langforthe Washington. Cols. Forman Robt. White & others  6 That he has no discharge or any other documentary evidence nor had he ever any discharge. 

7. The Rev. Peter T. Laiskley and George Craft late of Fayette County Penna will prove his reputation etc.
We hereby subscribe any claim what- ever to any annuity or pension except the present I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. David Woodmancy
Sworn & subscribed in Open court June 3. 1833
H W Bleson Prost
We the Rev. Peter T. Laiskley and George Craft Esq. both of Fayette County Pennsylvania do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Woodmancy who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Peter T. Laiskley Geo Craft
Sworn & subscribed in open court by P. T. Laiskley & affirmed to by Geo Craft June 3 d 1833
H W Bleson Prost
And the court as hereby in one their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed by the war department that David Woodmancy who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court as further certify that it appears to them that Peter T. Laiskley who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in Fayette County and George Craft who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and is a credible person & that the statement as entitled to credit.
I Henry W Bleson Proth of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Pa do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of David Woodmancy for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court this 3 d day of June 1833 Henry W Bleson Proth 50

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the 2 a section of the Act of 3 Feby. 1853.
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County 3 p . On this ninth day of June A. D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Fayette, state of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Wood- mancy, a resident of Youngstown town- ship, in said county, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the bene- fits of the provision made by the Act of Con- gress, passed on the 3 a of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of David Woodman- cy, who was a soldier (a private she be- lieves) in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War: That she cannot tell the time when he entered or left the service, nor in what company or Regiment he served, nor the names of any of his of- ficers, nor any particulars of his service: That at the time he entered the service aforesaid he lived in the State of New- Jersey and she believes belonged to the line of that state: That the said David Woodmancy for a few years previously to his death, which occurred in 1835, drew a pension from the United States on account of his said services, and she Therefore now refers to the evidence under which said pension was granted to establish her present claim: That she cannot now

recollect the amount of his said pension nor the agency where the same was payable or act under which it was granted; but that at the time he obtained the same and during the whole time for which he drew it he was a resident of Sallick township, in the said county of Fayette.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Woodman- cy  on the sometime in the month of August A. D. one Thousand eight hundred and fourteen, by Abraham Gumble, then a justice of the Peace in for said county of Fayette; that she cannot recollect the day of the month on which said marriage took place, neither is there any public or private record thereof; that she had a certificate thereof from the said Justice, which is now lost: That her said husband died on the first day of April A. D. one Thousand eight hundred and thirty five, and that there is no public or private record thereof.
That she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
Elizabeth her Woodmency mark
Sworn and Subscribed in open court on the 9th day of June 1853. before the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Pennsylvania, and the said court did then and there declare that they were fully satisfied of the truth of said statements, In testimony whereof I Richard Heskins Prothonotary of said court have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Uniontown the day and year aforesaid)
Richd. Heskins, Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County } p. On this 9 th day of June A. D. 1853, before Daniel Smith
Esq., a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, personally appeared Peter Rush, a resident of Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset county, Pa., and (I certify) a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Woodmancy, of Youngshippy Township, Fayette county, Pa., the foregoing applicant for a pen- sion; that she was married to the said David Woodmancy, formerly a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States, of Sattlick Town- ship, Fayette county aforesaid, deceased, some- time in the month of August A. D. One thou- sand eight hundred and fourteen, by Abraham Tremble, then a Justice of the Peace in for said county of Fayette: That he, Depo- nent was in the house where they were married at the very time it took place, but did not witness the ceremony; That ever since said time and continuously up and until the death of the said David Woodmancy the said parties lived and co- habited together as man and wife, and so were always recognized by each other and by the whole community; and toge- ther had issue several children: That the said Abraham Tremble, Esq., afterwards removed West, and there died, as deponent learned, several years since: That the said David Woodmancy died in Sattlick township, Fayette county, aforesaid, on the first day of April A. D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty five, and deponent attended his funeral: And that the

said Elizabeth Woodmancy has ever since remained the widow of the said David Woodmancy, and is now a widow. Affirmed & Subscribed this 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 before Daniel Smith J.P.
Peter Rush
State of Pennsylvania } Fayette county } ss. On this 9 th day of June A.D. 1853, before Daniel Smith
J.P. a Justice of the Peace in & for said county personally appear- ed James Sharp, a resident of Goshoping Township in said county, and (I certify) a credible witness and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Eliza- beth Woodmancy, of said Township, the foregoing applicant for a pension, and that she was married to the said David Woodmancy, a Revolutionary soldier pensioner, formerly of Salt- lick Township, in said county, dec d in the month of August A.D. One thousand eight hundred & fifteen; that he was not present at the marriage, but that he met Abraham Trimble Esq., then a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, returning from the house where the ceremony was performed, & was informed at that time by the said Justice that he had just married the said parties: that deponent was well acquainted with both the said parties long before their marriage, and lived near & always knew them well afterwards, and that they always after said marriage, in August 1814, lived and cohabited together as man and wife, and as such recognized each other were so universally recognized by the whole community; and that they had together several children: That said Abra- ham Trimble afterwards removed West & is now reputed & believed to be dead: That the said David Woodmancy died in Saltlick Township aforesaid on the first day of April One thousand eight hundred & thirty five; and that the said Elizabeth Woodmancy have ever since re- mained his widow, and is now a widow. } James Sharp Affirmed & Subscribed the 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 before Daniel Smith J.P.

Application of Elizabeth Woodmancy, widow of David Woodmancy, for a pension under the Act of Congress of Feby. 3 d 1853.
Geo. K. Ewing, Uniontown, Fayette co. Pa., Agent.

State of Pennsylvania, Fayette County ss.
On this 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 before me Daniel Smith Esq., a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, personally appeared Josephus Woodmancy, a resident of Youghiogheny Township, in said county, and (I certify) a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that he is the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodmancy, of said township, the foregoing applicant for a pension, and of David Woodmancy, formerly of Saltlick Township, in said county, dec d , a Revolutionary soldier and pen- sioner of the United States: and that he, deponent, is about thirty eight years of age; that ever since he can recollect up to the death of his said father his said parents lived and cohabited together as man and wife, and always recogni- zed each other as such and were so universally recognized by the whole community: that his said father drew a pension from the United States, on account of his Revolutionary services, for several years before his death, and at the rate, he thinks, of eighty dollars per annum: and that his said father died in Saltlick Township aforesaid on the first day of April A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty five; and that his said mother has ever since remained the widow of his said father & is now a widow: and that he knows of no public or private record of the marriage of his said parents or of the death of his said father, & he believes that no such records exist.
Affirmed & Subscribed the 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 before Daniel Smith
J. S. Woodmancy

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
On this 9 th day of June A. D. 1853, before
Daniel Smith Esq., a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appear- ed David Ogg, a resident of Young- stown township in said County, and (I cer- tify) a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquaint- ed with Elizabeth Woodmancy of said township, an applicant for a pension, and that he was also well acquainted with David Woodmancy, formerly of Sattlick (now Youngstown) township, in said County, a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner; and that he knows that the said parties lived and co-habited together as man and wife, ever since their marriage in 1814, up and until the death of the said David Woodmancy, and were universally recog- nized as such by the whole community and by each other: That ever since the death of the said David Woodmancy the said Elizabeth Woodmancy has remained his widow and is still his widow.
Affirmed & Subscribed this 9 th day of June A.D. 1853 before Daniel Smith Esq.
David Ogg

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss.
I Richard Huskins Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Penn te . do certify that Danie Smith Esq r before whom the foregoing Affidavits purport to have been made is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and further certify that Abraham Trimble Esq r was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified previous to and including the year A. D. 1824.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the 9 th day of June A. D. 1853.
Rich d Huskins, Prothonotary

Fayette County Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said county David Woodmence who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not up than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades.
For one month I served as a drafted militia-man in Capt Stouts compy N. L. militia. For three months I served as a militia man in Capt Stouts compy N. L. militia. For two months I served as a militia-man in Capt Prices compy N. L. militia. For two months I served in the same grade under the same Capt. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Stout at Elizabeth town. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Stout at Amboy. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Cook on Toms river. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Price at Wier town. For one month I served under Capt Price in the militia at Wier town. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Price at Cedar creek. For one month I again served under Capt Price near Wier town on the shores. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Price at Wier town. For one I again served under Capt Price between Wier town and Toms river. For one month I served in the militia under Capt Price at a place called "Good Luck." For one month I again served under the same Capt at the same place. For one month I again served at Wier town under Capt Price. This affiant says it is impossible to state any other time in regular towns. although he served much more. yet it was

at short periods. one week, two weeks, & three weeks at a time. Which renders it improbable for him to circulate the towns. Living on the shores he was compelled to go out an every call. Which were very frequent. but sometimes was  for a short time. For the regular trips designated in the, he claims a pension. (21 months.) at the same time he is entitled to a full pension as to length of time has how it all has been performed in regular tours. and begs the Department to grant him a full pension. Sworn & subscribed before Mr 19 th August 1833 David Woodmanssee James Piper by his Deputy Pennsylvania to wit
Pennsylvania Fayette County B I Richard Berson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that James Piper Ely is a magistrate as above & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Union town the 21 st day of August 1833
Richard Berson Protho

July 15, 1939
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Mrs. E. L. Lambert 865 Pearl Street Middleport, Ohio
DAVID WOODMANSEE W. 6576 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Woodmansee, of New Jersey.
The data which follow in regard to David Woodmansee were obtained from the papers on file in the claims for pension and bounty land under W. 6576, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
David Woodmansee was born June 27, 1760, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. His father was a captain in the New Jersey militia. The names of parents were not stated.
While living with his father on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, New Jersey, David Woodmansee volunteered August 25, 1776, and served at different times on short tours, amounting in all to twenty-one months or three years, as private in the New Jersey troops, under Captains John Stout, John Price and John Cook, and Colonel Forman, also other officers whose names were not designated, engaged in defending the shores of New Jersey from invasion. One Lieutenant James Woodmansee (whose relationship to David was not shown) served with him on his first tour.
The soldier continued to reside in Monmouth County, New Jersey, until after the Revolution, then moved to the western part of Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension while a resident of Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on his application executed June 3, 1833. He signed David Woodmansee but his surname was shown as Woodmancee, Woodmancy and Woodmancy, also. He died April 1 or 2, 1835, in Saltlick Township, Pennsylvania.
David Woodmansee married August 1, 1814, in Wharton, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Rush. The date and place of her birth and

names of her parents were not given.
Elizabeth Woodmancy (as soldier's widow signed) was allowed pension on her application executed June 9, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Youghiogheny Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was granted, also, one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 31767, under the Act of March 3, 1855, on account of the service of her husband, on her application executed June 19, 1855. She was then still living in Youghiogheny Township, but in 1857 had moved to Stewart, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The only child of David Woodmansee and his wife, Elizabeth, whose name was designated in the claim, was their eldest son, Josephus S. Woodmancy, who in 1853 was aged thirty-eight years and a resident of Youghiogheny Township, Pennsylvania.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Elizabeth Woodmancy, widow of David, certificate #1729, issued September 3, 1853, rate, $70 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, 1853, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Agency.
If you desire information relative to the location of the land granted soldier's widow, Elizabeth Woodmancy, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Daniel Woodman
31767-160
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John A. Ewing Esq Dana Pa.
United
Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business.

General Land Office (May 21 st 1857)
Sir
In reply to your letter of Mar 30 I have the honor to inform you that there is on file in this Office the affidavit of Elizabeth Woodmancy in which she states that Bounty Land Warrant No 31767 for 160 acres issued in her name under act of Mar 3/55 had not been received by her or her agent John H Erving to whom it was sent.
The affidavit above alluded to has been noted on the Records of this Office as a consent to anoth the ifone issue of a Patent in the Cur.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Thos A Dwaris
Geo L Whiting Esq } Commissioner Comm Pension }

✓ 31.767
Canal S Doppler
Neo Aris

179307
Elizabeth Woodhull
and David
DEC 18 P.M.
31767
160
Renton
Washington
W.G.
FREE
Residence of Parsons

CON TO APR 21 FREE D. P. Waldo, Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington, D. C.

Pension Office Aug 31/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named Pensioner
Respectfully &c W Burt Esqr S Cole Baud for Council Present
David Woodmance, act 7 th June 1832, $70. p. an. Paid to the 4 th March 1835: - no date of death on our Books.
F Burt Auditor.

5
Dear Sir,
1853
W. W. Colch, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
FREE

31767 Va
Miss Woodbury
Me
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
FREE

Uniontown, Pa. Dec. 17, 1856.
Dr Sir,
Please give me some information in regard to the application (N o 179.307) of Elizabeth Woodmancy, a Revolutionary widow, for bounty land, under the act of March 3, 1855.
The receipt of the application was acknowledged June 28, 1855 (18 months since).
Favor me with an early reply.
Very respectg yours
Thos. K. Ewing.

John R. Ewing
Uniontown
Pa
164.207
so a day 7/57
Lemina Linn
Pa Cr.
May 15/56
179.307 31.767
Elizabeth Woodmancy
Pa. Service
Paynton
Mar 18/56

Uniontown Pa.
Apr. 21, 1856.
J. P. Waldo, Esq.
Dr. Sir,
By your circular letters of June 9 th & 28 th 1855 respectively, I have the acknowledgment of the receipt of Jemima Linn's claim N o 164.207. & of Elizabeth Woodmancy's claim N o 179.307. under the county land act of 3 rd March 1855.
As I know of the issue of some warrants which were applied for subsequently to these, I am led to suppose they may have been overlooked.
Please have the matter attended to.
Respy. yours, Geo. H. Ewing.

Winton Pa, March 19. 1857.
Dr. Sir; I enclose the application of Elizabeth Woodmancy, for a duplicate of county land warrant N o 31,767, for 160 acres, issued June 26 th 1856, under the act of 3 rd March 1855.
Please act upon the matter as soon as possible.
Very resp y
Thos. H. Living

Printed in the case of
Woodbury

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Woodmancy widow of David Fayette County and State of Pennsylvania act of Feb. 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband a pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at $ 70 per annum
Pri
(If for increase.) Marriage record or wills. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death of Rev. or will & aud. rep.
Identity or wills.
Name and residence of Agent Geo H Ewing Union Town Fayette Pa.
Examining Clerk. J. L. Gray

$70 per ann
FREE
Free
A. Stewart
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Munro Town Aug t 21. 1833
Sir
I return you the application of David Woodmency for a pension with the Supplementary Statement & affidavit required; The whole being Militia service other proof according to the regulations is not necessary  required . ~ Indeed could not be obtained. The applicant is very old, poor & infirm he lives in a remote & mountainous part of the country & it is with great difficulty he can travel the shortest distance - I have no doubt he is entitled to a full pension but as much of his service was rendered in short terms on the Island Shore his memory don't now serve to certify more than 21 months, but he is confident as he states on oath that he served at least three years, for he was in service in Halifax the most of this time throughout the war. I hope you have no difficulty in granting him his pension reg t A Stewart -

State of Pennsylvania } On this 17 th Fayette county } day of March A.D. 1857, before
J. C. Shumer a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Elizabeth Woodmancy, of Stewart (formerly Youngshengen) township in said county, and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of David Woodmancy, a private in the revolutionary war, and is the identical person who made application to the Pension Office for a bounty land warrant under the act of Congress of March 3 d 1855 — That, as she is informed and believes, in pursuance of said application, bounty land warrant N o 31,767, for 160 acres, was issued on the 26 th day of June 1856, and was, on that day, mailed by the officers of the Pension Office, addressed to her agent, "John H. Ewing, Union-town, Pa;" but that, as she is informed and believes, the said warrant never reached its destination, nor came to the hands or possession of her said agent or herself — That consequently she has never sold, assigned nor voluntarily parted with her right to said warrant — That she has entered a caveat in the General Land Office to prevent its acceptance & the issuing of a Patent thereon — That she has also given public notice of the loss

thereof, specifying the particulars, and of her intention to apply to the Pension Office for a duplicate of said warrant, by publication in the American Standard, a weekly newspaper printed in Uniontown, for six successive weeks, as more fully appears by the affidavit of the publisher of said paper, hereto annexed.
She further states that she still remains the widow of the said David Woodmancy; and that she makes this application for the purpose of obtaining a duplicate of said warrant.
Attest: Elizabeth her Woodmancy Abner Leonard mark
James H. Leonard
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year first aforesaid; and I certify that the said Elizabeth Woodmancy is a credible witness. Witness my hand.
S. C. Skinner J. P.
State of Pennsylvania } On this 17 th day of Fayette county } P. March A.D. 1857, before S. C. Skinner a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared James Tharp and J. S. Woodmancy residents of Stewart Township in said County, and made oath in due form of law that they are well acquainted with Elizabeth Woodmancy, above named, of

Stewart township. — That she is the widow of David Woodmancy, a reputed revolutionary soldier, and that she is the identical person who made application for a county land warrant under the act of March 3 d 1855; the said deponents having had a personal knowledge of said former application. James Tharp J. S. Woodmancy
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid; and I certify that the said James Tharp and J. S. Woodmancy are credible witnesses; and further, that I have no interest whatever, as agent or otherwise, in obtaining said warrant. Witness my hand.
J. C. Skinner J. P.
State of Pennsylvania Fayette county } p. Before me David Smith
a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared John K. Ewing , and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing applicant for a duplicate of county land warrant N o 31767 issued on 26 June 1855, under the Act of March 3 d 1855, for 160 acres, is the identical person to whom the original of warrant issued — That he was her Agent in making the application therefor and obtaining the issue thereof. That said warrant never came to the

hands or possession of the deponent, nor, so far as deponent knows and believes, to the hands or possession of the said Elizabeth Woodmancy. That he has made due inquiry at the Post Office in this place, Uniontown, Pa., for the letter in which said warrant was mailed to him, but can learn nothing of either letter or warrant. He therefore, as sent as aforesaid, unites with her in this application for a duplicate.
John K. Ewing
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 th day of March, 1857, and I certify that the said John K. Ewing is a credible witness.
Daniel Smith Jr
State of Pennsylvania
Soyeth county 38. Before me
Daniel Smith
a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared John F. Brazel, and made oath in due form of law that he is the Editor and Publisher of a Weekly newspaper, of general circulation in said county, called "The American Standard," published in Uniontown, county aforesaid, and that the annexed slip, or publication, scissored from the columns of said pa-

per, dated February 5 th 1857, signed by Elizabeth Woodmancy and containing a notice of the loss of bounty land warrant N o 31,767, for 160 acres, issued to her
on the 26 th June 1856, under the Act of Congress of March 3 d , 1855, & of her intention to apply for a duplicate thereof, was published in said Newspaper six times, during six consecutive weeks, commencing with the 5 th February 1857 and ending with the 12 th March following, being once each week during said six weeks.
John F. Beagle I am subscribed before me this 19 th day of March, 1857, and I certify that the said John F. Beagle is a credible witness.
Alvin Smith J.P.
State of Pennsylvania. Wayne County. ss.
J. R. T. Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits appear to have been made were at the respective dates thereof acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified & that their several signatures thereto are genuine -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court, in said County at Uniontown this 19 th day of March A D 1857.
R. T. Galloway Prothonotary

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration Bureau Washington, D.C.

865 Pearl Street, Middleport, Ohio. May 8- 1939.
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - Will you please give me the Revolutionary War record of David Wood mansce l , New Jersey. I believe the County from which he served was "Ocean".
Respectfully yours Mrs E. L. Lambert.

FREE
L P Waldo, Esq Commr. of Pensions Washington, D.C.

1939 July 15 - Hrt. to Mrs. E. L. Lambert - 20 R B
Rev WIDOW, etc.
File No. 6576
Elizabeth Woodmancy
Widow
David Woodmancy
Pol. Rev. War
Act: Feb 3 1853
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 353
[Arrangement of 1870.]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  Bounty  DEPARTMENT  of the Interior  OFFICE - COMMISSIONER - PENSIONS   160 ACRES.  It is hereby certified that under the Act of March 3 rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States," Elizabeth Woodhull Widow of James Woodhull Private 160 ACRES Revolutionary War is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES , at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices. Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department, this 1 st day of July, 1856.  Ms 31767  A. Kirtland Commissioner  HON. J.C. DOBBINS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY  FRANKLIN PIERCE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States Land Offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it, with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.  To the Register of the Land Office at _____  I locate this Certificate, in the _____ quarter of section _____ in Township _____ of Range _____  Attest _____ Register.