Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,082, Abel Woods, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
★ Woods, Abel
NUMBER
S. 23082
CONTENTS

Vermont
Abel Woods
Rev War private Mass n reg t in the army of the U.S.
Inscribed on the roll of the Vermont agency at the rate of $5 per month increased to $8 by the Law of the 24 of April 1816.
Formal Certificate issued 7 May 1823 and sent to the Pensioner at Sudbury Vermont

Revolution
23082
INVALID.
1920 Sept. 15 - Hist. To Walter A. Wood. See letter in J.F. 33943 Isaac Wood
File No. 23,082
Abel Woods
Pris Rev War
Invalid
Act: June 7 th 99 th
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 461
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application for a pension certificate.
State of Vermont } Addison County ss }
On this 21 st day of April 1823; before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace for the county of Addison, personally appeared Abel Woods, who, on his oath, declares he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Reuben Dickisson in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ruggles Woodbridge in the service of the United States; that his name was originally placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Massachusetts, and subsequently transferred to that of the state of Vermont; but has never received a formal certificate and now wishes to obtain one.
Abel Woods
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid.
Adney H. Everest Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Rodney H. Everest is a justice of the Peace for the county of Addison in this state, and that the above is his signature
Charles Rich
Member of Congress
Shoreham (Vermont) 22 nd April 1823

V.L.M. Rev. War Sec.
September 15, 1880.
Mr. Walter A. Wood, Racine, Wisconsin.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 4" ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the claim Sur. File No. 23,688 it appears that Abel Woods served in Captain Reuben Dickinson's Company, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's Massachusetts Regiment, Revolutionary War, dates not stated, that he resided in Addison County, Vermont in 1883 having formerly lived in Massachusetts. There is no data on file as to his family.
He was pensioned under the Act of September 29, 1788 for disability, the nature and incurrence of which are not stated.
very respectfully,
F. D. Byington
Acting Commissioner.