Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24,022, Amos Wooden, Mass.

SERVICE
Nassau.
Wooden, Anna
NUMBER _____
S. 24.022
CONTENTS

354 V 24.54 York
Amos Wooden
Source in the State of New York was a Private in the 1st. Co. commanded by Captain Knig of the Regt. commanded by Col. dd in the New York line for 4 mos: Private 1st 2 " Sergeant
Date of death not on AB
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov 1833 and Seattle E. Goss Pittsford
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $58.33 Sem-ant. allowance ending A M '34 11.66 $69.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Jo. Atty Clerk. book 6. Vol. 4, Page 128.

28 240
In the matter of the application of Amos Wooden
For a Pension.
  From 1776 private     Augt 6 -     Pa. 4 m.  $13.33    Augt 2 -  10 -         $23 33 / 100  
Ephraim Gop. Pittsfield N. York

State of New York } ss. County of Monroe }
On this seventh day of October A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monroe (now sitting Amos Worsen) a resident of the town of Penntown in the County of Monroe State of New York aged eighty years who being first duly known 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 & served as herein stated.
1 Period 1776. That he entered the service of the United States in the militia of Massachusetts in June 1776, that he left the service some time in August of the same year that he was in the service at this time about one month & a half that when he enlisted he resided in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts that he was a volunteer, that he enlisted as a Minute Man, that belonged to a Company under the Command of Captain John King, & General Wells was the Commander of the Brigade to which his Company was attached that he marched with his Company from Sheffield aforesaid to Pickett's Hill that he spent the whole of said time at Pickett's Hill, his principal duty was to guard the river to prevent the enemies from landing.
2 Period 1777. That he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer about the middle of June 1777 and marched from Sheffield to Livingston Manor in Albany County (now Columbia County) & State of New York he belonged to Captain John Holliet's Company his principal duty was to take up stores & send them off to the Camp & other places during this Campaign that he was out on this expedition about two weeks. he was then discharged & returned home.
3 That he again entered the service on or about the first of July 1777 that he was in Captain Nathan Benjamin's Company, that he marched with his Company from Sheffield aforesaid where he then resided to Albany from thence to Saratoga & remained there one night & then returned home the length of the march is one hundred & twenty five miles he thinks he spent about two weeks on this march, he remained at home about three days, that he was then ordered out again with the last mentioned Company which was attached to Colonel Ashley's Regiment, that he

Marched with his Company & Regiment from Sheffield aforesaid to Saratoga in the state of New York & from thence to Lake George the object of this expedition was to oppose the march of Burgoyne that a few days previous to the battle of Burgoyne he was called out Period to march up the Hudson River about Sixty Miles to ascertain whether a report that came into the Camp 2 mo. as to some Indians being in that vicinity was true That the battle of Burgoyne was fought while he was on this expedition that he then marched home to Sheffield that he was in the service at this time about six weeks making about two months in both of these marches Having left the service about the first day of September
1777 4 That he further states that during all the time afore- said & during the remaining part of the year 1777 & nearly all of the year 1778 he stood as a Minute Man and was frequently called out by his officers (that Nathan Benjamin was his Captain during the greater part of the time) on scouting parties of some 2, 3, 4, 8, 16 days at a time and that he verily believes that he was in the actual Period service of his Country from the about the 15th day of August 1777 until the latter part of the year 1778 when he was 2 mo. discharged as such Minute Man & returned home as many as two months in the whole that when on these scouting parties he marched he marched to Livingston Manor aforesaid two or three times as he believes and marched to several other places adjoining Sheffield aforesaid that during all the time mentioned in this declaration as having served in the Company Com- manded by Captain Benjamin he served as a Sergeant That he served in the whole according to his best recollection & belief six months. That he has no documentary evidence that he knows of only one person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service and whose affidavit is hereto attached. That he answers to the several interrogatories put by the Court as follows:
To the 1 Interrogatory - That he was born in the town of Oswego in the County of Dutchess & State of New York in the year 1753.
2 That he has a Record of his age that it was formerly kept by his father & that it is now in his possession

3 That he lived when he entered the service in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts the next year after the War ceased he removed from Sheffield to Albany County in the state of New York from thence he removed to Cobleskille in the County of Schoharie & State last aforesaid & from thence to Milford in the County of Otsego in the state last aforesaid and from thence to Gorham, Ontario County & from thence to Pennington in the County of Monroe & State of New York where he now lives.
4 That he was enlisted as a Minute Man
5 That during some of the service at the north he was under the Command of General Schuyler
6 That he never received a discharge
7 That the the persons who can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his services &c. are Colonel Levi Readwell Gould Richardson Lyman Wilmarth John M. Hughes Jabez Samson Abram Doggoff.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid { The words "first day of September" written over an erasure & the word "its" erased & the words "only one" inserted. L. Adams Clerk before executing. The figure "2" in 1st Interrogatory altered to "3". Amos Wooden mark. applicant unable to write by reason of infirmity of age. L. Adams Clerk.
We, Daniel Johnson a Clergyman residing in the town of Pennington and Levi Readwell residing in the town of Pennington in the County of Monroe hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Wooden who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid { Daniel Johnson Levi Readwell L. Adams Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that

the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Johnson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident of the town of Peinton in said County and Levi Readwell who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Peinton in said County & is a credible person & that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
Joseph Sibley. James Smith
J. Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monroe do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- -ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Wooden for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the 7 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
J. Adams Clerk

September 9, 1938
order Woodbridge.  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. A. G. Clarke 91 East Housatonic Street Pittsfield, Massachusetts
AMOS WOODEN S. 24022 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Amos Wooden were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 24022, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Amos Wooden was born in 1753 in Oswego, Dutchess County, New York. The names of his parents were not given. rest time
While a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Amos Wooden enlisted and served in the Massachusetts troops, shown as follow: from sometime in June, 1776, one and one half months as minuteman in Captain John King's company; in June, 1777, two weeks in Captain John Hollebert's company; from July 1, 1777, at various times until late in 1778, four months in all as sergeant and minuteman in Captain Nathan Benjamin's company, Colonel Ashley's regiment. he was a minuteman & served
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833, while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York, to which place he moved from Gorham, Ontario County, New York. as letter as above
It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension; the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Amos Wooden, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Amos Wooden, certificate #24354, issued November 22, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Probations
24022. INVALID.
File No. 24,022
Amos Woodin
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 461
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 1/93 Mil. Hist. 5 J. Arthur Wannright, 110 Main St. Northampton Mass. M.E.
1909 Oct 6 Hist. To Hon D. J. Alexander V.P.M.
1914 Oct 2 Hist. To Mrs. Samuel G. Buxton V.P.M.
1915 Aug. 17: History to Mr. Wallace J. Woodin. M.B.H.
1916 Oct 21 Hist. To Lee Monroe
1925 May 13- " " Lavern Bordwell
1926 Dec 28 Hist. To Mrs. Chas. L. Billings M.M.N.F.
1933 Mar. 15 Hist. to Wallace L. Woodin A.L.Y.
1936 Sept 23 Hist. to Miss Doris Coker J.L.
1938 Sept 9 Hist. to C. H. Clarke M.P.B.

Monroe County ss. Joseph Howley of Pillsford in the County of Monroe being duly sworn makes oath & says that he is aged eighty one years, that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th of June 1832, that he is now well acquainted with Amos Wooden that the first time that he saw him was in the army of the Revolution near Fort Edward that this deponent was in the Revolutionary Army in the year 1777 that during the summer of said year he was in a Company Commanded by Captain Wood attached to Colonel Ashley's Regiment that Colonel Ashley's Regiment was encamped near Fort Edward & that said Regiment was called out on an alarm to oppose the march of the Indians and Tories, and that at this time this deponent well recollects of seeing the said Amos Wooden doing duty in a Company Commanded by Captain Benjamin attached to Colonel Ashley's Regiment and from the fact of seeing the said Amos Wooden doing duty as a soldier in said Regiment at that time & knowing him to be a man of truth veracity this deponent has no doubt but that the said Amos Wooden served six months as set forth in his declaration and further this deponent saith not  Subscribed & sworn to Joseph Howley this 7th day of October 1833 before me L. Adams clerk
And the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Monroe hereby certify that it appears to them that Joseph Howley who has signed the above affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to Credit  Joseph Sibley } Judges Jabez L. Field } Amos Smith }
J. Leonard Adams clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that the above proceedings were had in the matter of the application of Amos Wooden for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of October A.D. 1833 L. Adams clerk

Mr-1 Rev for 3
(THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY)
The Commissioner of Pensions Revolutionary Dept. Washington, D. C. [Signature]

Please will you send me the military war record of Amos  Noden d. Victor N. Y. Oct. 19, 1840 aged 92 yrs. Native of Mass.
Thanking you in advance for this favor
I am Yours truly Mrs. Samuel F. Buyton Pawlet, Vermont.

Rev
5209 Harriet St.
Pittsburgh Pa.
Oct. 7, 1909.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please to send to me what pension records you have of Amos Woodin, who fought in the Revolution. I think that he enlisted from Massachusetts. He was born in 1753. and married Mary

Hilsey in 1775. He is my great. great grandfather.
Very truly yours.
(Mrs.) Ella G. Edmonds.
I have been referred to you by Mr. Anisworth of the war department.
Mrs. Edmonds.

Pittsfield, Mass., 91 E. Housatonic St. August 17, 1938.
U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Information desired as follows, please:
Mrs. Finch Pension applied for 1833 in name of AMOS WOODIN, b. prob. 1753 and d. 1843, mar. Mary Wiltsey. Amos b. N. Y. State. Wish copy of pension record naming persons to whom payments were made and any data on family names in Rev. record.
Also Civil War record and information for AMOS WOODIN who d. 1864.
Thank you.
A.G. Clarke.
no c
WC 106379
Wm C-167226
8/23/38
ORIGINAL FILED WITH COPY FILED WITH DATE
Mrs. Finch - Navy Bldg for att. Amos Woodin [born 1753. (War. Dept. for att. Amos Woodin Civil War Veteran)

September 10, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: OK
I should be most appreciative of any information you might be able to give me concerning Amos Woodin, born 1753.
He enlisted from Sheffield, Massachusetts, in Captain John King's Company. He received a pension in 1833 as a private.
I am particularly anxious to find out any information concerning his family that is at all possible, particularly concerning his wife and children.
Yours very truly,
Doris Coker DORIS COKER
DEC ES
Please address reply to Miss Doris Coker 1005 West 6th Street Los Angeles, California

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WALLACE I. WOODIN, MINISTER ANDOVER CONNECTICUT
July 23, 1933
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
For proof of my ancestor's service in the Rev- olutionary War, in sub- mitting my daughter's name for membership in the D. A. R., I should like to have the Rev. War record of
Amos Woodin
who, I understand, was granted a pension in October, 1833 for services at Pergrants in Capt. Benjamin's Company, Col. Ashley's Regiment of the Mass. line.
Thanking you for this information, I am Respectfully yours Wallace I. Woodin,

The United States Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: - In gathering data to fill out my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, through my ancestor, Amos Woodin, who was born at Oswego, N.Y., March 29. 1753 and who died Oct. 19, 1842, and whose service during the Revolution was from Massachusetts, I am writing to ask if

I can obtain from the U.S. Pension Dept. the record of his service and the time a pension was granted.
Yours truly,
(Mrs.) Lizzie F. Billings
(Mrs. Charles G. Billings)
Hazardville, Conn.
October 26. 1926.

CABLE ADDRESS LAVBORD
LAVERN BORDWELL President-Treas.
United Royalties Corporation
INVENTIONS ACQUIRED, DEVELOPED INTRODUCED AND OPERATED UPON A ROYALTY INCOME BASIS
1133 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
Telephone, Farragut 9865
May 11, 1925 B
U. S. Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Re AMOS WOODIN, Soldier, born Oswego N.Y., March 29, 1753: a resident of Sheffield, Mass. and died at Victor, N.Y. in 1843. On Oct. 7, 1833, he applied for a pension from Monroe County, N.Y. and it was allowed.
Will you be kind enough to give me an extract of the Pension Office Records BY RETURN MAIL as Sons of the Revolution are holding up their Year Book for this information? Thanking you,
Yours truly,

LEE MONROE, 619-621 NEW ENGLAND BUILDING, TOPEKA, KANSAS.
MONROE, ROARK, MCCLURE & MONROE. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS.
LEE MONROE. W. B. ROARK. JAMES A. MCCLURE. C. M. MONROE.
November 4, 1916.
Rev Sec H
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
My ancestor Amos Woodin of New York is said to have served in the Revolutionary War with General Gates when Burgoyne surrendered and to have been with General Stark at the Battle of Bennington. I am told he was a Revolutionary pensioner and at or shortly prior to his death lived at Victor, Ontario County, N.Y. Will you kindly advise me how much of this family tradition is confirmed by your records and if Amos Woodin was in fact a pensioner give me his military service and also tell me if your records show who his father was or give any light on his family history.
Thanking you in advance for the favor of a reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
Lee Monroe.
M/J

Connecticut Sunday School Association
ORGANIZED 1857
INCORPORATED 1893
Rev. sc
GENERAL OFFICERS
President, Robert Darling, Simsbury Vice-President, James L. Case, Norwich Treasurer, William A. Bridge, Hazardville Auditor, Curtis P. Gladding, Hartford
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman, Robert Darling, Simsbury James L. Case, Norwich Rev. Arthur P. Greenleaf, Wallingford Oscar A. Phelps, Hartford Wallace I. Woodin, Hartford
ELEMENTARY DIVISION
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Prof. Edward P. St. John, Hartford Supt., Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin, Hartford
NEXT STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION STAMFORD, NOVEMBER 3-5, 1915
WALLACE I. WOODIN, GENERAL SECRETARY
Miss ROSE B. WILSON, OFFICE SECRETARY
18 ASYLUM STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
SECONDARY DIVISION
Superintendent, Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff, Norwich Girls' Work, Mrs. Cora Downs Stevens, Canaan Boys' Work, F. A. Stanley, Hartford
ADULT DIVISION
Superintendent, Arthur L. Billings, Hartford Parents' Classes, Rev. John Coleman Adams, D.D., Hartford Home Dep't, Mrs. Clarence F. R. Jenne, Hartford
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Superintendent, Rev. Louis H. Koehler, Hartford Temperance, Rev. Walter E. Lanphear, Hartford Missions, Miss Clara E. Wells, Hartford
Commission of Pensions, United States Government, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Amos Woodin , born March 29, 1753, in Oswego, N.Y., and reported to have been a private soldier in Gen. Gates' Army at the time of Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, and to have been in the battle of Bennington, under Gen. Stark, was my great great-grandfather.
I am writing to ascertain whether or not your records will verify this report; and if any information concerning his parents appears in the records!
I have been told that he enlisted at Sheffield, Mass., where he had married Mary Wilkey, and was then living.
Thanking you for any information which you can furnish, I am,
Respectfully Yours Wallace I. Woodin
Aug. 11, 1915.

DAVID HILL, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. EASTHAMPTON, MASS.
J. ARTHUR WAINWRIGHT, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
HILL & WAINWRIGHT, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS.
110 Main Street,
Northampton, Mass.
Dear Sir
April 1 st
1895
My great Grandfather Amos Woodin was a prisoner of the Revolutionary War. He died in 1842 aged 89 years. Can you tell me in what Co & Regt he served and from what state he came from when he enlisted? He lived at one time in Schoharie County N.Y. & later at Bushnell's Basin Monroe Co. N.Y. I would like to know as much about him as possible and any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours J. Arthur Wainwright
To the Secretary of the Interior

Dr. D. A. R. 10/11/95
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED APR 3 1895
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR GOLD WAR & NAVY APR 10 1895 P. L. L. V. RECEIVED P. APR 15 1895
Department of the Interior, Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Thos M. [unintelligible] Asst. Secretary of the Interior
THOMAS M. [unintelligible]
DAVID HITT
THOMAS M. [unintelligible]

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
D. S. ALEXANDER, N. Y.,
CHAIRMAN.
GEORGE P. LAWRENCE, MASS. JOHN K. TENER, PA. JAMES H. DAVIDSON, WIS. STEPHEN M. SPARKMAN, FLA. JAMES McLACHLAN, CAL. JOSEPH E. RANSDELL, LA. H. OLIN YOUNG, MICH. GEORGE F. BURGESS, TEX. HARRY C. WOODYARD, W. VA. BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS, MISS. WILLIAM A. RODENBERG, ILL. JOHN A. MOON, TENN. WILLIAM E. HUMPHREY, WASH. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, ALA. MARTIN B. MADDEN, ILL. J. EDWIN ELLERBE, S. C. CHARLES A. KENNEDY, IOWA. CHARLES G. EDWARDS, GA. JAMES H. CASSIDY, OHIO.
FRANK D. FLETCHER, CLERK. JOSEPH H. MCGANN, ASSISTANT CLERK.
COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Oct. 2, 1909.
The Honorable, The Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
I shall appreciate the courtesy if you will furnish me the information requested in the inclosed letter, returning the letter with your reply.
Very respectfully,
Letter sent for David Woodin

September 23, 1936.
Mrs. L. Smith's Notes
Miss Doris Coker 1005 West 6th Street Los Angeles, California.
BA-J/MHHP/ILL Amos Wooden S. 24022
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Amos Woodin, born in 1753, who was a pensioner.
The data which follow were found in pension claim, S. 24022, based upon service of Amos Wooden in that war.
Amos Wooden was born in 1753, in Oswego, Dutchess County, New York.
While a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served in the Massachusetts troops, shown as follows: from sometime in June 1776, one and one half months as minute man in Captain John King's company; in June 1777, two weeks in Captain John Hollebert's company; from July 1, 1777, at various times as sergeant and minute man until late in 1778 in Captain Nathan Benjamin's company, Colonel Ashley's regiment, amounting to four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833, while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York, to which place he moved from Gorham, Ontario County, New York.
There are no data relative to the family of Amos Wooden.
Very truly yours,
four mos. in all, as sgt. and minute man
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Copied from M.M.H.D. Hist. Dec. 28-1926.
March 15, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY Amos Wooden S.24022
Wallace I. Woodin, First Congregational Church, Andover, Connecticut.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Amos Woodin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.24022, based upon the service of Amos Wooden in that war.
Amos Wooden was born in 1753 in Oswego, Dutchess County, New York.
While a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served in the Massachu- setts troops as follows:
From in June 1776, one and one half months as minute man in Captain John King's Company.
In June 1777 two weeks in Captain John Hollebert's Company.
From July 1, 1777, at various times as sergeant and minute man until late in 1778 in Captain Nathan Benjamin's Company, Colonel Ashley's Regiment, amounting to four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833 while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York, to which place he moved from Gorham, Ontario County, New York.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

M.H.F.
December 28, 1926
Mrs. Chas. G. Billings Hazardville, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 24022 it appears that Amos Wooden was born in 1753 in Oswego, Dutchess County, New York.
While a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts he served in the Massachusetts Troops as follows:
From in June 1776, one and one half months as minute man in Captain John King's Company.
In June 1777 two weeks in Captain John Hollebert's Company.
From July 1, 1777, at various times as sergeant and minute man until late in 1778 in Captain Nathan Benjamin's Company, Colonel Ashley's Regiment, amounting to four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833 while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York, to which place he moved from Gorham, Ontario County, New York. There is no data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

and 1812 Section.
Ans
May 13, 1925.
Lavern Bordwell 1133 Broadway New York City.
Sir:
I have to advise you, from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 24022, it appears that Amos Wooden was born in 1753 at Oswego, Dutchess County, New York.
While residing at Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he served in the Massachusetts Troops as follows-
From in June 1776, one and one half months as Minute Man in Captain John King's Company.
In June 1777, two weeks in Captain John Hollebert's Company.
From July 1, 1777, at various times as Sergeant and Minute Man until late in 1778 in Captain Nathan Benjamin's Company, Colonel Ashley's Regiment, amount-

ing to four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833, while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York.
After the Revolution, soldier lived in Gorham, Ontario County, New York, going from there to said Perrington.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

October 6, 1909.
Hon. D. S. Alexander, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Alexander:
In reply to your letter dated the 2" and received the 4" instant, and the enclosed letter from Mr. John E. Ramsour of Buffalo, New York, I have the honor to advise you that the name David Woodin, of Victor, Ontario County, New York, does not appear on the pension list of the Census of 1840, Page 91, nor is it found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau.
The name Amos  Wooden does appear on the above named Census list, and from the papers in his claim, Sur. File No. 24,022, it appears that he was born in the town of Oswego, Dutchess County, New York, in 1753, and while a resident of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted June 1776, as a Minute Man under Captain John King in the Massachusetts Militia, and served a month and one-half. He volunteered the middle of June, 1777, and served fourteen days under Captain John Hollebert. Again entered the service July 1, 1777, as Sergeant in Captain Nathan Benjamin's company, Colo Colonel Ashley's regiment and served as a Minute Man until late in 1778.
After the War he lived in Gorham, Ontario County, New York.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 7, 1833,

Sur. File No. 24,022.--2
while a resident of Perrington, Monroe County, New York. Residence in 1840 and date and place of death are not stated, nor is there any family data on file.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

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 Amos Woodson 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 1776 1 1/2 mo. Private John King Mass.   June 1777 2 weeks John Hollebeck   July 1 1777 Served at various points until fall of 1778 Sgt. & Minute Man Nathan Benjamin Ashley  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sheffield Berkshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 1803 the ch. was at
Residence at date of application, Princeton Monroe Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1758 at Poughkeepsie N.Y.
Remarks: After the war soldier lived in Gorham, Ontario Co. N.Y. going from there to Perrington. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

September 9, 1938
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BA-J/MLB and
Mr. A. G. Clarke 91 East Housatonic Street Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Further reference is made to your letter in which you requested the record of Amos Woodin, born probably in 1753, in New York State, served in the Revolutionary War, married Mary Wiltsey, applied for pension in 1833 and died in 1843; also the Civil War record of a soldier of that name who died in 1864.
You are furnished herewith the record of Amos Wooden , soldier of the Revolutionary War.
It is assumed that you have received the report in regard to the Civil War soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator