Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 45160, Sylvester Woodman, R.I.

SERVICE
R.J.
Woodman, Sylvester
NUMBER
S 45160
CONTENTS

Copy of discharge sent to Hon. John B. Storer, 5 July 1898
Application sent to Edward Rogers Esq 28 June 1820 P'zenovia (New York)
17360 New York
Sylvester Woodman, of Madison in the state of New York, who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brigell of the R Island line, for the term of six years and one month
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of February 1820,
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of June 1820 and sent to Edward Rogers Esq Madison, New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 7 08 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 Sept 1820 48 $ 55 08
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued on the roll under the law of the 1 st of May 1820

Admitted
to be sent to Edward Rogers Madison, New York.

State of New York } Madison County } Vs.
On this fifth day of February eighteen hundred & twenty, before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Madison in the state aforesaid, personally appears, Sylvester Woodman aged sixty years, resident in the town & county of Madison in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war": That the said Sylvester Woodman enlisted for the war in the town of Little Hampton in the state of Rhode Island in the month of May, the fifteenth day, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & seventy seven, into the company of captain Stephen Olney in the Rhode Island Regiment in the Connecticut Brigade on line, said regiment was commanded by Colonel Angel & Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Olney in the Brigade by General Stark. That he continued to serve in said company & regiment which were on the continental establishment, against the common enemy in the revolutionary war res

years and one month when he was discharged at Saratoga in the state of New York on the fifteenth of June 1783. That he was in the battles at Red Bank fort, Monmouth and Springfield and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; And further that he has no other evidence in his power except his discharge which is hereunto annexed.
Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Sylvester Woodman
Charles Cleveland

State of New York } ss. I Erastus Cleveland Madison County }
one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Madison, in the state aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Sylvester Woodman did serve on the continental establishment for six years & one month in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in the foregoing Declaration and the discharge hereunto annexed; and I further certify that the said Sylvester is infirm and in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated Madison the 5 th day of February
1820
Comm Pleas
Erastus Cleveland Judge Mad
Clerks Office Madison County ss. Under the seal of the court of common pleas for the county of Madison state of New York, I certify Erastus Cleveland Esquire to be an acting judge of said court, & that the foregoing signatures are his.
J. Wells, Hunsdill

Sylvester Woodman,
Pensylvania,
copy of record.
not entitled
17,360
Feb 5 1820
3 June '28

State of New York
Madison County ss, On this 20. day of June
1820. personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas for the county of Madison (being a court of record constituted by statute & pursuing the course of the common law), Sylvester Woodman, aged sixty years, resident in Madison in said county, who having been first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: viz. in the company of Captain Stephen Olney, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island line or regiment - and that the declaration heretofore made by him was made on the fifth of February 1820. and the number of his certificate is 19360.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor hath any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

A schedule of all the property owned by me Sylvester Woodman on the 20. th day of June 1820. except necessary bedding & clothing.
   Real estate Value     Forty six acres of land $800 00   Personal property   2 horses one yearling colt. - 65.00   2 cows & one calf - - - - - 33.00   4 hogs & four pigs - - - - - 13.00   1 chest 2. tables 6 chairs - - 8.00   8 chairs one plow & one harrow - - 10.00   1 note of thirty seven dollars 37.00   $966.00   one sleigh & one waggon - - - - 20.00   3 Kettles & a pot - - - - - 6.00   brockery - - - - - 2.00   wooden ware - - - - - 3.00   knives & forks & clock - - - - - 5.00   $1002.00  
Signed Sylvester Woodman

The declarant is sixty years old, a shoe maker by trade, unable to labor any part of the time on account of lameness & ill health, is in debt to the amount of three hundred dollars and has the the following persons now under in his family; viz. William Woodman, aged 34 years who has been sick from his birth to the present time and wholly dependent on the declarant for support
John Woodman & wife; he is 23 years old is a farmer by occupation; not able to do more than support himself & wife. Isaac Woodman 19. years old Isabella Woodman 14. years old Elizabeth Woodman 11. years old
(Signed) Sylvester Woodman
Sworn to & declared at Eaton on the 20 th day of June 1820. before me
(Signed) Justus Cleveland
Judge of Madison Comm. Pleas

J. J. N. M. Hard Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that the forego- ing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court, and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount or value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twelve hundred & Seventeen Dollars
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 20 th day of June 1820.
J. N. M. Hard Clerk of the court of common pleas
Clerk of the court for the County of Madison
17366 Feb 5. 1820

Ans
April 15, 1936
Lee W. Woodman 560 Maple Ave Woodbridge, N. J.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 45160, it appears that Sylvester Woodman enlisted at Little Compton, Rhode Island, May 15, 1777 and served as private in Captain Stephen Olney's Company, Colonels Angell's and Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiment, he was in the battles of Redbank Fort, Monmouth, and Springfield, was discharged June 15, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 5, 1830, while a resident of Madison, Madison County, New York, aged sixty years.
In 1830, soldier stated that the following named persons resided in his family- William Woodman, aged thirty-four years; John Woodman, aged twenty-three years, and his wife; Isaac Woodman, aged seventeen years; Falla or

or Tralla (?) Woodman, aged fourteen years; and Elizabeth Woodman, aged twenty-one years, rela- tionship is not stated, and there is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Hampton Mad Co. N.Y. Sept. 8. 1928
Dear Michael Rush
Sir
I enclose herewith the papers in the case of Sylvester Woodson an applicant for the benefit of the act passed May 18 th last. They consist of Certified Copies of his discharge from the War Department, the original of which has been put on file when he applied for the benefits of the former Pension law. & which it is not the usage of that Department to return, of a letter from the Pension office to Mr. Woodson stating that he has been stricken from the list on account of his property, & of his declaration & the accompanying vouchers. In doing the latter I found I could not find the form which is presented by the Department, as Mr. Woodson had forgotten whether he ever received such certificate or not. His discharge however shows that he is within the provisions of the act, as he must have been "entitled to the reward of a Gaily decorated". In such case I trust the want of production is not in

in relation to the Certificate will not interfere the affairs
I will thank you to inform me of the result of the application & if successful we will will then give direction as to the manner of receiving the money
I am Sir very respectfully Your Obedient humble Servt
Geo. H. Thomas

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons d with Invalid file # 45.160

Rep. Chamber Dec 27. 1828.
Hon. Richard Rush
Sir
I have the honor some time ago to forward to you the papers necessary to support the claim of Sylvester Woodman of Madison, Madison Co. N.Y. to a pension under the act of last session. You will confer a favor upon me by informing me what disposition has been made of the case.
I am Sir my respectfully your obed t humble serv t .
Geo. G. Stone

No 17,360.
War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
June 28 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. S. Edwards
To Mr. Sylvester Woodman
care of Edward Rogers Esq Madison NY

No. 1 Original payrolls etc
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 13. 1828.
Sylvester Woodman , of Madison , in the County of Madison , in the State of New York , 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 Private in captain Olney's company, in Col. Olney's regiment of the Rhode Island 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. B.kins,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
18. September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Sylvester Woodman in the Rhode Island line . It further appears that he is now on the pension list of the United States agency, and has been so since the 3d of March 1826 at the rate of eighty dollars per month.
See the Auditors Report in the case of Benjamin Simmons No 628.
J.A.D.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution, approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Sylvester Woodman of Madison in the County of Madison in the State of New-York, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for & during the war & continued in its service, until its disbandment at which period I was a private in Captain Stephen Olney's company of Light Infantry in the Regiment of Colonel Jeremiah Olney in the Rhode Island line and I also declare that I afterwards became entitled to the reward of eighty dollars under an act of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. but from the lapse of time & the infirmities of age am unable to state with certainty whether I did ever receive any certificate stating that I was entitled to such reward or not.
And, I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.
Sworn to & subscribed
Sylvester Woodman
before me this 5 th day
of Sept. 1828. Jas B Eldredge first Judge of Madison Court.
Before me James B. Eldredge first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New-York, personally appeared this fifth day of September 1828 John G. Hovey & Joseph Colwell of Hambleton in said County, who did severally make oath that Sylvester Woodman by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - witness my hand this 5 th day of September one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight Jas B Eldredge first Judge of Madison Court Pleas

I John G. Curtis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster in the State of New-York do certify that the Honorable James B. Eldredge before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster & duly empowered to ad- minister oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this 11th day of September one thousand eight hundred & twenty- eight.
John G. Curtis OK

I HEREBY certify that the accompanying pages numbered from one to two and  one are truly copied from the original in the Department of War.
James L. Edwards
BE IT REMEMBERED, That James Lewis Edwards , who has signed the foregoing certificate, is charged with the general superintendence of the Pension Business in the Department of War, and with the safe-keeping of the Rolls, Books, Papers, and Documents, on file in said Department, in relation to said business; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this fifth day of July _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight . —
P. B. Portu
Secretary of War.

(Copy)
By His Excellency George Washington, Esquire General and commander in chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
These are to certify that the bearer hereof Sylvester Woodman soldier in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faithfully served the United States six years and one month - and being enlisted for the war only, is hereby discharged from the American Army. Given at Head-Quarters the 15 th June 1783.
(Signed) George Washington
By His Excellency's Command.
J. Trumbull jun r Secy.
Registered in the Books of the Regiment, Rhod-Island J. Greenman Adjutant.
The above Sylvester Woodman, has been honored with the Badge of Merit for six years faithful service -
(Signed) Jer h Olney L t Col. Com d Rhode-Island Regiment.

Head Quarters, June 15. 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.
(Signed)
George Washington

Ames, Iowa.
May 7, 1915.
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sirs.
Will you please send me the war record of Sylvester Woodman of Little Compton, Rhode Island. and who was in Israel Angell's regiment, Revolutionary War. Yours very truly.
Mrs. T. R. Agg.
828 N. Carroll Ave.
Ames, Iowa.

1915-May 12 Hist. So Mrs. T. R. Agg. 1926-Apr 15-11th to Lee W. Woodman, avt.
45160
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45160
Sylvester Woodman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 574
[Arrangement of 1870.]

560 Maple Ave., Woodbridge, N.J. March 1, '26.
Pension Bureau Washington D.C. Gentlemen:
I understand there is a record of the pension granted Sylvester Woodman of Hamilton Madison County, New York as a Revolutionary War soldier. He enlisted at Little Compton R.I. Will you please send me an official record of this and any other information such as copies of enlistment or discharge papers. I wish this information for family

history and for use in joining S. A. R. + D. A. R.
Very truly yours,
Lee W. Woodman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
J.F. 45-160
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Sylvester Woodman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 15-1777 6 yrs. 1 mo. Pvt. Stephen Olney Angell R.I.   Discharged June 15-1788 Jeremiah Olney        
Battles engaged in, June 23-78 Springfield. Oct. 22-77 Red Bank Fort. June 28-78 Monmouth. Residence of soldier at enlistment, located at Little Compton, R.I. Date of application for pension, Feb'y 5-1820. His ch. al. Residence at date of application, Madison - Madison Co. New York Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier stated that the following named persons resided in his family William Woodman aged 34 yrs. John Woodman aged 23 yrs and wife. Isaac Woodman aged 17 yrs. Fanny or Fanny(?) Woodman aged 14 yrs. and Elizabeth Woodman aged 21 years. Relationship is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Sylvester Woodman, soldier in the Rhode Island Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States six years and one month and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
15. June 1783
G. Washington
By His Excellency
Command,
J. Humbull Swt Gp
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment, Rhode Island Greene Adjutant.
THE above Sylvester Woodman has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for 6 Years faithful Service.
Rev. Oney Lintot, Comd. Rhode Island Regt.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 15, 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.
Sylvester Woodman V. F. 45-160 Rev. War Rhode Island