Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,887, Caleb Wood, Continental. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Wood, Caleb
811,887
Carded
CONTENTS

Hon. H. M. Shaw, Feb; 26/58
70 Pension
96 Oct 15 that 1818 eung. 17 Apr 1818 up 22 May 1818
4181 Massachusetts
Caleb Wood
Admitted to in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col. Brooks in the Mass. ★ time for 2 Years .
Mass. ★ Continental. June 1905. Records completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Jan y 1832 and sent soon . A. J. Kendall M c of Rep's
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832  $120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 14 Mar '33  40.00
$160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. H. Addison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 a Page 99

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss -
On this twenty eighth day of July 1832, personally ap- peared before the Honorable Solomon Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Sessions for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he was placed on the pension roll in the year 1818, under the act of 18 th May 1818, & was struck from the same, as he thinks, in the year 1820 - that he enlisted as a soldier Apr. 10 th 1781 (as he recalls the date) for three years - served in Col. John Brooks Regiment until Aug. 30 1782 - when he entered Col. Nickelson's Invalid Regiment, from which he was discharged May 15 1783 - that he resides in Leom- inster aforesaid where he also resided when his first application was made - he states in further explanation that in May 1781 while on his way to join the Army he broke

his arm and was permitted to be absent on furlough until Apr. 1782 when he joined Col. Brooks Regiment, as aforesaid. That He is unable to send her pension cer- tificate herewith the same having been lost or mis- laid or at the War Department - & that he hereby re- linquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State -
Caleb Wood
July 28
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss.
On the 28 th day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Solomon Strong one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (It seems being a Court of Record having a Clerk and Sobs. Caleb Wood the subscriber of the above declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me. The said Caleb Wood through age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court.
Solomon Strong Judge C.C.P. Pleas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Solomon Strong, before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to, is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate by him made and signed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, this Thirtieth day of August, in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

Caleb Wood
h o 691. May 1818
Leavenworth
Sept. 1878
Not entitled

Schedule of the Estate of Caleb Wood of Leominster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1 st 1820.
One half in common undivided with James Woods of the following articles
  viz. 2 Cows 56. 2, 3 year old steers 56 2 heifer 13. -- $125. --   Old casks $2. -- Pot and casks 25. -- Vinegar 2. -- 29. --   Potatoes 5. -- Butter Lard and cheese 8. 50 -- 13. 50   4 Bushels Oats $2. -- 11 bushels corn 9. -- Wheat 3. -- 14. --   1 Loom and Apparatus 4. -- 1 hog and pigs 16. -- 20. --   1 Grindstone $1. 75 3 axes $1. -- harrow $2. 50 -- 5. 25   Scythes and Snaithes 1. 50 Saddle & Bridle 2. 00 -- 3. 50   Old Iron 1. 50; Bells and Wedges 50 4 Chains 1. 75 -- 3. 85   horse trees $1. -- 3 yokes $3. 00; Iron Bar $2. -- 5. --   hay forks $1. 00 Rakes 25 ox sled $1. 00 -- 2. 25   Ox cart $15. -- Sleigh & harness $2. -- 12. --   2 Ploughs 6. 50; hay 3. 00 -- 9. 50   Sum total of the undivided property 242. 85 
One half the above property amounting to $121. 42 1/2
  Old chain and harness $11. 00 Trap kettle 3. 00 14. --   Iron kettle 33 Iron pot 50 tea kettle 33 1. 16   Skillet 22 Cricket and hooks 20 Shovel & tongs $1. -- 1. 42   Kitchen Chair $1. 84 Kitchen table 50 2. 34   Baskets 75 Sudyards 50 pails 50 1. 75   knives and forks $1. -- tin milks pans $1. 10 2. 16   Coffee pot 33 1 Cutter 33 Trap ladder 25 . 91   Tin plates 75 Tunnel and Skimmer 12 . 87   Small tin articles 50 Candle sticks 12 . 62   Cannister 14 Bellows 50 looking Glass 25 . 89   Frying pan 25 Griddle 12; Toasting Iron 20 . 37   Warming pan 36 Small Glass articles 70 1. 06   Crockery Ware $1. -- Tea pot 20 glass Bottles 40 1. 50   Brown Earthen $1. 16 2 Wooden trays 50 1. 66   Wooden Boxes and Salt mortar 38 2 pe dogs 1. 50 1. 80   Cram and hooks 1. 75 flat Iron 50 lamp 12 2. 37   Tea set 2. 50 tea spoons 25 table spoons 20 2. 95   Butter plates and platters 2. 50 2 pitchers 30 2. 80   1 decanter 33; egg plates 71 peppers 12 1. 15   Fork dish 17 Bowls 16 pudding dish 30 0. 63   Wooden clock 10. -- Chest with 2 drawers 1. 50 11. 50   1 four feet table 2. 50 trunk 30 light stand 10 2. 90   4 arm Chairs 1. 75 7 fan back chairs 1. 40 2. 15   3 beds $1. -- 1 Churn 25 5 table cloths 2. 50 3. 75   6 Towels $1. 25 lot books $5. 50 6. 75   1 old horse 12. --   half of a note signed by E. Gorlin Jr. for the sum of 70 dolls. 35. -- 
Sum total of his personal estate $238. 98
  The farm where the said Caleb Wood now lives containing thirty one acres and one hundred rods of land with a house barn and chaise house thresh $1900. --   8 acres of wood land by Nashua River 70. --   5 acres of wood land on the pine plain 30. --   1 Pew in Leominster Meeting House 35. -- 
Sum total of the personal & Real Estate $2273. 28
(Error of $1. --)
My occupation has been that of a farmer, but I am unable to perform but little labour. My family consists of a wife (who is in a weak and low state of health, needing the assistance of nurses and physicians,) and a niece aged eighteen years, whom I consider myself under obligation to support, who instead of contributing to the assistance of my family, is a bill of expense, she being in a state of derangement. I am owing various sums of money to the amount of more than 500 dollars. The name of my said niece is Betsey Wood.
Caleb Wood

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty third day of June , 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Caleb Wood aged fifty five years, resident in Leominster in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted April 10 th 1781, and served in the 7 th Mass. Reg t commanded by Col. Jos. Brooks, in Capt. Lincoln's company until Aug. 1782 at which time I was transferred to the invalid corps, where I remained until May 15. 1783, when I was honorably discharged by General Washington; as will appear by my discharge, now in the Secretary of War's office. My original declaration was made the 17 th April 1818 before Judge Bangs. My pension certificate is not now in my possession.
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has 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.
Caleb Wood
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty third day of June , 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow  fls.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is two thousand two hundred seventy four dollars and twenty eight cents.
$2274.28
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

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 Kaleb Wood 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.     Apr. 10, 1781 6 Aug. 1782 Priv Lincoln John Brooks Mass.   Aug. 1782 6 May 16, 1783 Nicolas Edward Brooks    In May 1781 while on his way to join the Army he broke his arm & was absent on furlough until Apr. 1782 when he joined Col. Brooks Regt
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 17, 1818. His ch. was ch.
Residence at date of application, Leominster, Worcester Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 53
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife name not stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

By His EXCELLENCY GEN GEORGE WASHINGTON , Esq; Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, &c.
Caleb Wood a Soldier in the Corps of Invalids, and late of the seventh Regiment of Massachusetts — having been certified by a Board of Officers appointed for the Examination of the Invalids of the Army, as unfit for any further Duty either in the Field or Garrison,
By reason of a Broken Arm —
is hereby discharged from the Service of the United States
Given under my Hand, at Head-Quarters, Newburgh — this 15 th Day of May 1783.
By His Excellency's Command,
John Armstrong Jr. Secretary
The Certificate of the Board of Officers is lodged in my Office M c Lean Q.M. Genl
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
John Pugh Adjutant

Caleb Wood
17 Apr
2

State of Massachusetts I Caleb Wood
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Leominster in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the 10th day of April 1781
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the 15th day of May, 1783
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Lincoln's Company, Col. John Brooks Regiment, being the seventh in the Massachusetts Line
and that I left the service on May 15th 1783
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty three years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Caleb Wood
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 17th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me,
Edward Barry Judge C. C. C. P. L. S. H. W. - R. C. C. C.
the abovenamed Caleb Wood and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
with the seal of said Court
Edward Barry

Scaly Road S.W. 1887.

1920 Aug. 11. Test. to Miss Anna Boutelle and
Rev. Wood
11884 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11887 Caleb Wood Priv. Rev. Har
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 415-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. 7/20/20
Gentlemen -
Have you any record of the service during the Revolution of Caleb Wood, Capt. Rufus Lincoln Company, 7th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks?
Very truly
(Miss) Anna Boutelle 811 S. Oak Street, Lake City, Minnesota.

Pension Office, Feb: 26 th 1858.
Sir.
In answer to your letter of the 12 th inst: relating to the claim of Caleb Wood. I have the honor to state that, I find but one Caleb Wood, who was pensioned from Massachusetts, & he resided in Wooster Co., Mass: was pensioned 17 th April, 1818 under the Act of 18 th March, 1818 & was subsequently dropped under the Act of 1 st May, 1820 & afterwards pensioned under the Act of 7 th June, 1832.
Yours
No papers in behalf of his widow or Children upon file in this Office.
Hon: H. M. Shaw,
H: V Rep:

Washington July 12. 38
Sir,
The Case of Mr P Rathbone in behalf of his wife & children of Caleb Wood of Farnham Mass. date of Petition 1818 - I do not know that this case has been to the Pen Bureau; but if it have would like to get any papers that may be on file concerning it -
Upon referring again to the case of Damm. I conclude the papers will be found in the land office
Respectfully
Am Shaw -
Geo Whiting Esq

8371 SOME... 1768
Caleb Morse Rev. Mr.
Hon. John
Levins
Hon. John G. Randall
Esq.
Revolutionary Claims
Esq.
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.

Simsbury Aug. 31/1832
Hon. Lewis Cass,
Sir
I have the honor to send you the Application of Abiel Wood of this town for a pension Mr. Edwards informed me that the papers of Mr. Wood in the War Department were satisfactory proof of two years service - To these papers reference is desired
Very Respectfully Yours & C. H. South Joseph G. Randall

691
Massachusetts Roll
Caleb Wood 4 Private 4
Massachusetts line '81-2 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Edward Bangs , Worcester, Mass.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 4 months 18/30  $36.80
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Not entitled
2000
2 Leominster Worcester

Notification sent July 31 st 1920 to Hijab Rigdon, Worcester, Mass. U.S.