Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,065, Squire Woodmansee, Mass. R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass P.J.
Woodmansee, Squire or Woodmanse
S. 22,065
CONTENTS

30 827
Rhode Island
Woodmanssee. Squire Woodmanse Providence the State of Rhode Island who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brownell of the reg t commanded by Col Lippitt in the Rhode Island and Mass. one for 14 months private
and Sep 29 08
Enscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 146 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Sept r 1836 and sent to Benj Lowell Providence R.I.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1836 $233.30
Pen s ion allowance ending 4/1/36 23.33
$256.63
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan l Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 136

33.599 Ignacio Wadsworth
Admitted
Private 14 months
B. Lowell Esq Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island &c County of Providence &c
On this 9 th day of August A.D. 1836 personally appeared in open Court being the Municipal Court of the City of Providence a Court of Record, Squire Woodmanasee of North Providence in said County aged 90 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. He entered the war of the revolution & served as follows first in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
1 He was born in Swanzy Massachusetts April 17 th 1746 - 2 His birth is recorded in the records of that town as his father informed him 3 He lived in Free town at the time he was called into the army since the war he has resided in said Swanzy Free town Middleborough Taunton in the state of Massachusetts & Warren Bristol & North Providence Rhode Island In 1832 when the pension law was passed he was in the poor house in Swanzy his native town passed labour poor & his children all dead & destitute of friends to assist him no one took interest enough at the time to make an application for him. Here he remained until about a year ago when a daughter in law, a poor widow took pity on him & took him out of the poor house & brought him to North Providence in the village of Pawtucket where he now resides - This is the reason why an application was not made before 4 th He enlisted 5 He served under Col Babcock. Col. Richmond Capt Wm Jones &c 6 He never received any written discharge 7 His services can be proved by Oliver Harris & Charles Scott
And he further declares that in January A.D. 1776 he enlisted into & served as a private in then Capt Brown's Company but afterwards Capt. William Jones Company & in Col Lippitt's Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops in Continental pay for one year - In the first part of the enlistment the regiment was stationed at Newport but in September of that year they marched to the westward to New York & New Jersey about the time the regiment marched

he this applicant was taken very sick with the fever and could not march with them but was left behind. He was sick for more than four months afterwards, under the care of Dr Hunter at Newport before he recovered, his time being out in Jany. 1777 he did not recover from his sickness soon enough to rejoin his regiment -
In the Summer of 1777 he thinks in July or August after he returned home he was drafted to go to Howlands Ferry in Capt Pierce Company of Massachusetts Militia to guard the shores against the incursions of the enemy when he served as a private one month at least in said Company - And afterwards in the same year he was again drafted in same Company as a private for the same service & he avers he served another month in the same capacity stationed at the same place -
Including the time he was sick he served fourteen months in all for which he claims a pension - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the Roll of the agency of any state
his Squire Woodmanse mark
Municipal Court of the City of Providence
August 9 th A.D. 1836.
Subscribed and duly sworn to, by Squire Woodmanse, in open court.
Albert G. Greene Clerk
I David Benedict auzzman residing in South Providence do testify & say that I know Squire Woodmanse who is now present in court said Squire is about 90 years of age & has the reputation of being a man of truth & veracity among his neighbors & of being a soldier of the revolution and I have not the least doubt he served as he has stated in the preceding declaration
David Benedict.
Municipal Court of the City of Providence,
August 9 th 1836.
Subscribed and sworn to by said David Benedict in open court
Albert G. Greene Clerk

I Charles Scott of Cumberland in the County of Providence being now 77. years old on oath do testify and say that I well remember a man by the name of Squire Woodmansee who was a private in Capt William Jones Company & Col Christopher Lippitt's reg- =iment of Rhode Island State Troops in the Revolutionary war. We both of us enlisted in January A.D. 1776 as privates & both continued to serve together until September following when said Squire was taken sick with a fever. I remember of seeing him after he was sick a number of times. He was sick in a house near the camp in Newport & when the regiment marched to the westward we left him sick in Newport with three or four others of our company - our en- listments were for one year & I was then about seventeen years of age he was, I should think, about thirty - and the old man who is now present before

be this affidavit was taken and read with us me. I recognize to be the same Grace Wadsworth who was then with us
Charles Scott
In Providence August 8 th 1836
I swear to & subscribed before me and I further certify said Charles is a credible witness in the premises
Benja Russell G. J. C. C. Mass-
clerk,

I Oliver Harris of Cumberland in the County of Providence being 77 years of age do hereby say that I enlisted as a private in a company commanded by William Jones & in a regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Lippitt in the month of Jany 1776 for one year & served out my time And I further testify that I well remember Squire Woodmansee who is now present before me, he enlisted as about the time I did as a private in the same company & regiment & was with us until September when the regiment marched to the westward to New York but whether Squire Woodmansee marched with us I do not remember Oliver Harris Providence R.I. August 2 d 1836 I have to subscribe before me and I further certify that said Oliver is a cred- ible witness
Benja Ladd G. J. C. Phelan

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that David Benedict, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of North Providence, and that Charles Scott and Oliver Harris who have also signed preceding certificates, are residents in the town of Cranfield, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Albert Greene Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Squire Woodmansee, for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August A.D., 1836.
Albert Greene Clerk
David Benedict in open court
Albert Greene Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence Ye.
I Dexter Randall Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a court of record, do hereby certify that Benjamin Lowell Esqr. before whom the 2 nd annexed & foregoing documents were sworn, is Chief Justice of said court: That, by Law, he is duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions and that his signatures affixed to his certificates proceedings are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Providence. This twenty day of August A.D. 1836
Dexter Randall Clerk

for a statement of the military history of Squire Woodhouse 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.
On as Squire Woodhouse S. file 22065
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776 1 year Private William Jones Brownell Babcock Christopher Lippitt Richmond R.I.   July & Aug. 1777 1 mo. Private Pierce Mass.   1777 1 mo. Private Pierce Mass.  
Battles engaged in, not stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Freetown, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 9/1836. Cln. allowed. Residence at date of application, Village of Pawtucket North Providence Providence Co., R.I. Age at date of application, Born April 17, 1746 at Swansea, Mass. Remarks: Children are referred to, no names stated

Symon Woodmase

Providence Sept 2 d 1836
Sir I had the honor to receive your of the 25 th ult respecting the claim of Squire Woodmarce in which you observe "if the claimant served in Col Lippett's regiment as alleged he was entitled to a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 & should enjoy a sufficient reason for not having applied for a pension under that law" In reply to which I take the liberty to observe that Col Lippett's regiment was not taken into continental pay until May 11, 1776 and as there was not nine months service afterwards on the "continental establishment" before the expiration of the time for which the regiment was raised no pensions, under said act were granted for services in said regiment Yours

decision to this effect was sent to me so early as Feb 1821 - After which I sent no application for pension for services in that regiment until the act of June 7 th 1832 - I am respectfully yours dist int
Benja Lowell
J L Edwards Esq

Revolution
22065 INVALID.
File No. 22065
Squire Woodmanse Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 461
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Sept. 29 Hist. to Miss Clarice M. Lytle. A.E.O. 1912 Feb. 16 Miss Clarice M. Lytle that one record has been sent her. 1912 Apr. 11 Hist. to Miss Lytle. V.L.M.

JAY C. LYTLE ATTORNEY AT LAW ASHLAND BLOCK ANNEX 167 N. CLARK ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
TELEPHONE RANDOLPH 2349
April, 5th., 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
8.22.065- I am trying to get together the Revolutionary History on the side of my Mother who was before her marriage a Woodmansee. We have in our possession the pension papers of Squire Woodman see or Woodman se dated Sept 6th. 1836. Any data you may have on record of the services of Squire Woodman see or Woodman se during the Revolutionary War will be highly valued.
Thanking you for anything you can supply, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Jay C Lytle

V.L.M. Rev. War.
March 16, 1912.
Miss Clarice M. Lytle, 1101 Calumet Avenue, Calumet, Michigan.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 11 th and received the 13 th instant, you are advised that the record of Squire Woodmansee or Woodmanse, Sur. File No. 22,065, Rev. War, was furnished you September 29, 1908.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same person.
Very respectfully,
J. H. Klawenfort Commissioner.

Calumet, Mich. March 11, 1912.
H. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me any data you may have on record of the services of Squire Woodhouse or Woodhouse during the Revolutionary War. I think he was from Rhode Island. I am in possession of his pension paper dated Sept 6, 1836.
Thanking you,
Very truly, (Miss) Clarice M. Lytle
1101 Calumet Ave. Calumet, Mich.

Rhode Island Rev. Squire Woodmansee Suspended Su let to B. Cowell Aug 25 th 1836

Pen
en
Woodmansee
Lincoln, Ill., Sept. 21, 1918.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
22065- Dear Sir:- Will you kindly give me the military history of Squire Woodmansee, who served in the Revolutionary War. I am in possession of his pension paper dated September Sixth, 1836. This paper is signed by Lewis Cass, Secretary of War and countersigned by George W. Croup. As part of the paper has been destroyed I can not give the place where it is recorded save that it is on page 136. and fragment was to be made at Providence, Rhode Island by the President of the Arcade Bank. The number 30827 (or 3082, I can't tell which) appears on the back of the paper. The name is spelled Woodmansee in one place and Woodmause in another. The former was the spelling used by the family. I suppose that his home was in Rhode Island, when he enlisted.
Thanking you for your trouble, 412 Delavan St., Lincoln, Illinois.
Very truly (Miss) Clarice W. Lytle

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Woodmore, Cornelius GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7957 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 16, 1790 To Wm. D. Vreedenburgh , assignee of
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Woodoth, John GRADE Private LINE Lee's Legion
WARRANT NUMBER 13931 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 12, 1800 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.