Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,561, Joseph Woodford, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Woodford, Joseph
S 29,561
CONTENTS

Maine
Joseph Woodford
Westbrook in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hard of the Regt commanded by Col Russell in the Kennebec Infantry Militia 2 mo - in Capt. Gaston's com. 2. mo - in Col Russell's Regiment - 5 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $ 10 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 - day of Nov 2 nd 1832 - and sent to J. Mussey Portland Maine
Arrears to 14th of Sep: 1832 - $ 4 50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 1 50
$ 6 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. J. Duceck Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 st Page 101
Rate of death annuity

3870
Joseph Woodford's Application for a pension
Aug. 1832
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the Twenty fourth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- Two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this Twenty fourth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Joseph Woodford a resident of Westbrook in the county of Camden in said Maine District, 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he
entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; viz, That about the 10th of June 1777, he was drafted into said service at Farmington Connecticut and joined a company of militia in the State service, commanded by Captain Ford for two months - which time he served at Horse neck so called and between Horse neck and New York - and was discharged or dismissed in August following, having completed his two months service - That in the summer of the year 1778, he thinks in July, he enlisted at Farmington for two months in a company of militia commanded by Captain Carter in a Regt. commanded by Col. Beebe in the State service and went again to Horse neck where we were stationed - soon after we arrived within two or three weeks he thinks - we had a skirmish with some of the British, and others then called cow-boys who were after the cattle belonging to the inhabitants - and we took back from them about a hundred head of cattle which we restored to the inhabitants - That he continued to serve there in that vicinity till the two months for which he enlisted was expired & returned home in the fall of the year - That in August 1780, he was again drafted for five months at said Farmington & joined a company of militia in a Regt. commanded by Col. Russell in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment - we went to Peekskill in New York state - from there we went to White Plains & from there to Morristown - when he was discharged the 20th of January 1781 having served out the five months for which he was drafted. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Joseph Woodford
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Asher Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Joseph Woodford further states that he was born at Farmington, Connecticut Oct 16 - 1760 - but has no record of his age. That he lived in Farmington when he first entered the service - and resided there till after the peace was declared when he removed to Stockbridge - from there to the County of Albany - and then to Westbrook Maine - where he now resides - That he had no written discharge from either service, he has stated. That the first & last time he served, he was drafted, & enlisted as a volunteer. the other times, - he served each time as a private soldier.
Joseph Woodford
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above and before Ann War St. S. Judge for the (District of Maine)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Woodford for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Mr Joseph Woodford W Portland State of Maine
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]

State of New York
Albany County ss. Asa Woodford residing in the town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany and State of New York, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he this deponent is will be 70 years of age in December next. That he well knows Joseph Woodford now residing in the town of North Brook in the State of Maine, and that he knew him perfectly well during the Revolutionary War. And this deponent further says that the said Joseph Woodford did serve as a soldier in the Army of the United States in the said War. That he well recollects that the said Joseph Woodford had been out in the said service and come home during the hard Winter, which he believes was in the year 1781. That he understood that he then came from Morristown in the State of New Jersey, that he was very ragged and lousy when he returned. That he this deponent understood that he had belonged to Colo Bechee's regiment, and this deponent further says that he well recollects that at another time the said Joseph Woodford went as a soldier to Horse neck in Westchester County, where there was a slight skirmish or engagement, and this deponent further says that he recollects that he the said Joseph Woodford enlisted at another time to go into the Army in the Continental Service, that he this deponent for the term of one year, and that his father Joseph Woodford hired a man to go in his place.
And this deponent further says that he cannot distinctly recollect every time and year the said Joseph Woodford was in the said service, but well knows that he was out a number of times and on various occasions and served as a soldier, during the Revolutionary War.

Dear Brother
I have the privilege of writing a few lines to you which I will improve. We were much surprised to hear that you had not heard from us. It was the first of June I think Rufus wrote you a letter according to promise. We rejoice to hear from you all and that you are well. We are all well as yet but we know not how soon we shall be visited with sickness and death. The prevailing disease the cholera which is so rapidly spreading through our land which you have probably heard of has not as yet reached us but in Albany and N. York its ravages are dreadful hundreds and I expect we may say thousands are are falling by the hand of death. The Observer which I send you will give you some description of it. And also in many places it rages to considerable extent. But Dear Brother if it comes are we prepared to meet it, if destitute of religion we certainly are not. I hope we shall make it our first and great Business to attend to the all important subject of Religion before it be too late soon the scene will close with us forever and Oh that it may not be said of us the harvest is past the summer ended and we are not saved.
Phila and family are well they have just received a letter from Cronk he has been to New York and I expect on account of the sickness, he wrote they had started for Bloomfield and would have been glad to come to Seneca Falls if he could get here. They have also had a letter from Elisha He wrote that he had lost his Wife by the hand of Death and thought he should come here this fall. I can write no more and remain your affectionate Brother, Asa Woodford
Joseph Woodford
And this deponent further says, that he thinks that the said Joseph Woodford at one time belonged to Capt Curtis Company, but cannot positively recollect.
Subscribed this 12 th day of August 1832 Asa Woodford
Before me J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Courts
Albany County ss. I the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany and State of New York do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Asa Woodford who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Affidavit, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief -
J. B. Moore
State of New York Albany County ss. I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the City and County of Albany & State of New York do hereby certify that J. B. Moore before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn and who has made the above Certificate is a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany and that the Signature J. B. Moore to the said Affidavit and Certificate is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County this day of August 1832.
C. A. Ten Eyck clerk
Please tell Brother Ebenezer when he has read the papers I send him to let our friends and his neighbors have the privilege of reading them

June 12, 1936
Joseph Woodford-S.29561 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Frank B. Woodford Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Woodford, born at Avon, Connecticut in the year 1759, served in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut Militia, and in 1790 was living in Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York.
The data furnished herein pertaining to Joseph Woodford, were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 29561, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Joseph Woodford found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Joseph Woodford, was born October 16, 1760 in Farmington, Connecticut. He was the son of Joseph Woodford, the name of his mother was not given.
While residing in said Farmington, he enlisted June 10 or 20, 1777, served two months as private in Captain Ford's company of Connecticut Militia. He enlisted sometime in July, 1778, served two months in Captain Curtis' company, Colonel Bebee's Connecticut regiment, and was in a skirmish at Horseneck. He enlisted sometime in August, 1780, served five months in Colonel Russell's Connecticut regiment.
He moved from Farmington, after the Revolution, to Stockbridge, from there to Albany County, and thence to Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-

cuted August 24, 1832, then a resident of Westbrook, Maine.
There is no reference in the papers in this claim to wife or children of the soldier, Joseph Woodford. His brother, Asa Woodford, was seventy years of age in 1832 and then living in Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York; reference was also made to a brother, Ebenexer Woodford.
Ebenezer D. Woodford was a resident of Westbrook, Maine in 1832; his relationship to the family was not stated.
If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Hqsids Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following-
Joseph Woodford Certificate # 1451 Issued November 2, 1832 Rate $30.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

60 Vine St.
New Britain Ct.
Dec. 7. 1922.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Kindly write me regarding Joseph Woodford Farmington, Conn. referring to S. 29561. Was he a soldier in the Revolution or what service did he render which entitled him to a pension?

Yours very truly Mrs. Oscar J. Murray.

1923 Jan. 9 Hist to Mrs. C. & J. Murray aut. 1936 June 12 " " 3 nauts. B. Woodford aut
29561
Recy INVALID.
File No. 29,561
Joseph Woodford Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 462
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We Henry C. Sewell of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine a Clergyman and Ebenezer D. Woodford also a resident of said Westbrook do hereby and say that we are personally acquainted with Joseph Woodford now residing in said Westbrook, that we believe him to be about seventy two of age, that he is generally respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier and served at several times in the years 1777 - 1778 - and 1780 — and that we concur in that opinion, and from our opinion of his character for truth and veracity and respectability of his standing in society, we have no doubt but he served nine months in the Revolutionary War —
Cumberland ss Westbrook, Sept 1. 1832
Henry C. Sewell. E. D. Woodford
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Henry C. Sewell
& Ebenezer D. Woodford His
Before me Geo. Bishop Just of the Peace.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. Westbrook Sept 1 st 1832.
I certify that Henry C. Jewett of Westbrook in said County is a regular Ordained Minister of the Gospel in said Westbrook & that Ebenezer D. Woodford of said Westbrook is a Gentleman of unimpeachable character.
Geo Bishop. Justice of the Peace.
Maine District
District Clerk's Office Sept. 1. 1832
In testimony that George Bishop Esquire who took the within deposition is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written.
John Nussey Clerk U. S. Courts,

Aut. S. 29561
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Woodford 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.     June 10-1777 2 mos. Pvt. Ford ✓ Conn.   Summer 1778 2 mos. Curtis Beebe   Aug. 1780 5 mos. ✓ Russell  
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at Horse Neck. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 24-1832- His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Waltham, Cumberland Co. Maine Age at date of application, born Oct. 16, 1760 at Farmington, Conn.
Remarks: Soldier was son of Joseph Woodford.  There is no further family data on  file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

FRANK B. WOODFORD
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. June 1, 1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Do your records contain any information relative to a Joseph Woodford , who served in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War? only no fact
The above named Joseph Woodford was born at Avon, Conn., in 1759. In 1790 he was a resident of Rensselaerville, Albany County, N.Y. I am anxious to learn when and where he died and who his widow was provided there was one and she received a pension.
Any information you can give me concerning the above will be deeply appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Frank B. Woodford

3870
Maine
Hon. Lewis Gals
Secretary of War
Washington
[Faint, illegible cursive signature or initials]

Portland Sept. 1. 1832
Sir Enclosed I transmit one application for pension under the late Act of Congress & would request the certificate when granted might be for- warded to your obedient son John Mufsey
Hon. Lewis Cass Sec. of War Washington