Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44100, Richard Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass-
★ Wood, Richard
NUMBER
S 44100
CONTENTS

Date of death not on a. B.
Revolutionary War - Pension 13.785 New York Richard Wood - Galway in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel R. Putnam of the Mass me, for the term of two years inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Aug 1819 and sent to Army Starkweather Galway. Saratoga Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 83.72 Semi-annual all'ce ending Sept 1819 48.00 Dow 131.72 10 mo 10/30 4/31 Continued
13.785
New York.
Richard Wood -
Galway in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel R. Putnam of the Mass me, for the term of two years
inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Aug 1819 and sent to Army Starkweather Galway. Saratoga
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 83.72 Semi-annual all'ce ending Sept 1819 48.00
Dow 131.72
10 mo 10/30 4/31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

1932 - Jan. 16 - Hist to Wm. E. Wood M.L.B. (See ltr. in case of Samuel Wood, S. 44101)
44.100 INVALID.
Rey
File No.
44.100
Richard Wood
His Bro. Rev
Act:
18 th March 18
Index: - Vol.
8
, Page
574
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Richard Wood
Richard Wood, Jr.
Pulnam. Wap. Reg
1782 to 1783
Further Proof of Service in America
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Returned that the omission of the applicant's name, may be supplied in the judge's certificate.
10 July 1819 C. H.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY. }
ON this Twenty first day of April — — — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, personally appears Richard Wood — — — — — aged 74 — — years, resident in the town of Galway — — — — — in the County of Saratoga — — — — — in the said state, 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That the said Richard Wood — — — — — enlisted in the town of Boston — — — — — in the state of Massachusetts as a private in the company commanded by Captain William in a Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam being the fifth of the Massachusetts Line that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred 83 when he was discharged from service in the Garrison at west point — — — — — and state of New York and that he was in the battles of — — — — — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services and further saith that he Enlisted in the month of May in the year 1782 for the term of three years and was Discharged at the above time and place by hiring a Substitute and Received an honorable Discharge with the Badge of merit for three years faithful Service which Discharge he has since Lost Signed Richard Wood
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. Avery Patten Judge of Common Pleas Saratoga County
I Avery Patten Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Wood — — — — — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress. Dated April 21 st 1818 Avery Patten
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss : In testimony that the above named SARATOGA COUNTY, }
Avery Patten is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, and that the above is his signature, I subscribe my name and affix the county seal, this 19 th day of May in the year 1818
W. Stillwell } Clerk of the County of Saratoga.

State of New York Saratoga County ss
Personally appeared before me Charles Turner of the Town of Wells County of Montgomery a man of veracity and respectable character and to me well known who being by me Duly Affirmed Says that he the Affirmant was a Soldier of the Revolution in a Regiment commanded by Col. Putnam in a company commanded by Capt. William that he knew Richard Wood named in the annexed Declaration to be a private in the same Regiment and company as above for at least twenty Months and further Says that he the Affirmant has no interest in the Result of the within Declaration and further Affirms that the above Services of the said Richard Wood were rendered in the year of Eighty Two and Eighty Three
Charles Turner
Affirmed and subscribed before me this 28th day
of April 1819
Avery Parkhurst judge

Tazewell County ss: Silas Blinn of the Town of Tazewell in said County being a person to me well known and posing a good moral char- acter and a person who is interested in the application of Richard Wood who has applied to be placed on the pension list, personally appeared before me and being duly sworn depo- sits and saith that he this deponent belonged in Regiment Number five of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam. That this deponent belonged to said Regiment in the years one thou- sand eight hundred and eighty two and three - That during the said two years Richard Wood the person above named served in said Regiment as a private. And that this deponent is still acquainted with the said Richard and knows him to be the person who served as a private in said Regiment. And that this deponent thinks the said Wood belongs to a company commanded by Captain Killam. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 28th day of April 1819 Avery Sturtevant J. D.
Silas Blinn

Warrenton County ss: Alexander Oliver of the town of Broadalbin County of Montgomery a person to me well known and possessing a good moral character and is nowise interested in the application of Richard Wood named in the annexed declaration personally appeared before me and being duly sworn deposited and saith and saith that he was and officer in the Ridgment commanded by Rufus Putnam being the fifth of the Massachusetts line That he the said deponent was personally acquainted with Richard Wood named in the annexed declaration and knows him to be a privy in said Ridgment at least two years the deponent is still acquainted with the said Richard Wood and knows him to be the same person named in the annexed declaration and further deponent saith not Alexander Oliver Deponent and Subscriber Before me this 5 th Day of May 1819 Avery Putnam Judge

I Avery Starks weather judge of the court of common pleas Saratoga County being personally acquainted with the circumstances of the within named applicant Richard Wood do therefore certify that he is a pauper on the within said town of Galway Avery Starks weather judge as within certified April 21 st 1898
To The Honorable Secretary of the Department of War Sir please Direct the pension certificate to the Post Office in Galway Saratoga County State of New York To Avery Starks weather Esq by Request of applicant

(Richard Wood)
13.785
Sept 119
[Large handwritten oval signature]
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State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this 24 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Richard Wood
aged Seventy Six years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
for the Term of one Year and seven months from May 1782 having enlisted for three Years & having been discharged at West Point in December after the treaty of peace his service was in a Company commanded by Capt. Killam in the Regiment commanded by Col. Putnam in the Massachusetts line
That his original declaration was made on or about the 21 st day of April 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 13.785
AND I 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.
Sworn to and declared on the _____ day of _____ 1820
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The said Richard Wood is by occupation a Labourer. He is totally disabled from pursuing it. He has no family residing with him and for five years before receiving his pension he was supported as a Pauper by the Town of Galway in the said County sworn in open Court Richard Wood
I, Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing _____ 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 _____ dollars and Seventy five cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Thirtieth day of August 1820
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

Please direct the return to Avery Hartweather Esqr Galway Saratoga County State of New York

January 16, 1932
BA-J/MLB
Mr. William E. Wood Idlewild Farm R. F. D. 2 Nashua, New Hampshire
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of December 29, 1931, relative to Richard Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 44100, based upon his military service in that war.
Richard Wood enlisted in May, 1782, in Boston, Massachusetts, as private in Captain Killam's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts Regiment, and served until December, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Galway, Saratoga County, New York, aged seventy-four years.
In 1820 he stated that he had no family residing with him, and there is no reference to wife or children in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator