Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32080, Ichabod Woodworth, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Woodworth, Ichabod
S 32080
CONTENTS

29796 New York
Schabod Woodworth Madison Co in the State of New York he was a private in the com d commanded by Captain Thompson of the reg t commanded by Col  in the Connecticut for 14 months private
Albany
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Feb y 1835 and sent to Hon M c Miller H on
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 34 163 31
Rem d ant. allowance ending March 35 23.33
$186,64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 4 Page 81

In the matter of Ichabod Woodworth an applicant for a Pension -
Send return to Otis P. Granger of Morrisville Madison County N.Y.
Witness makes the first term due.
admt 14 mo. pri $46.66

State of New York Madison County, on this 7 th day of October 1834. personally appeared in open Court. before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Madison now sitting Ichabod Woodworth a resident of the town of Fenner in said county aged sixty eight years on the second day of June last past, 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. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offi- cer & served as hereinafter stated -
That in the fall of the year 1780 applicant entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at the town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Thompson. Lieut Grosvenor & Ensign Munderock & in Col Mead's Regiment - We were marched from Lebanon to Stanford or Horse Neck & remained there on duty until he was verbally discharged by his Captain & according to the best of his recollection he was gone from home & was in the Service at this time three months .
In the Spring of the year 1781 at the town of Lebanon aforesaid, applicant entered the service of the United States for one year in Capt James Dana's Company May Harrison Regiment & Genl. Watkyns Brigade - The Regiment was divided into two Battalions & the one Battalion was commanded by said Thompson & the other by Maj Henry Miley - We joined the Brig- ade between Stamford & Horse Neck & was afterwards at Fage Point & was engaged in skirmishes at that place at two different periods - That for several weeks the Corps lay at White Plains & from thence they removed into the vicinity of Stamford & remained there - That at the expiration of his year's service, the whole Corps were

marched into the town of Stamford & were there orally discharged on mops by Genl. Waterbury - Applicant served his full term of enlistment for one year - He has no documentary evidence of his service & he knows of no person except those whose testimony he has procured, whose testimony he can procure to his service - He hereby disavows 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 - To the first Interrogatory prescribed by the War Department & proposed by said Court he answers, that he was born in Sharon Windham County (Conn) on the second day of Jan 1766 - To the second Interrogatory he answers that he has a Record of his age in his paternal family bible & also a Record of his age may be found in the town of Sharon aforesaid - To the third Interrogatory he answers that he was living in Sharon aforesaid when he was called into the service & since the revolutionary war he has lived in Spencertown Columbia County N.Y. & in the towns of Lenox & Fenners in Madison County N.Y. & that he now lives in Fenners, which town was formerly a part of Southfield in Madison County N.Y. To the fourth Interrogatory he answers that he volunteered when he first entered the service & the second time he enlisted - To the fifth Interrogatory he answers that in addition to the officers under whom he served & what are mentioned above, he recollects that he was organized with Maj. Humphrey, adj. Bull capt Granger, Capt. Edwards who were in the service at the time applicant was - To the sixth Interrogatory he answers that he never received any written discharge from the service - To the seventh Interrogatory he answers by stating the names of Richard Montgomery John G. Curtis Peter Petrie. John Whetman Simon Brown His service was all performed as a Private

No clergy man lives in the immediate vicinity of applicant who is acquainted with him - Sworn to & subscribed the day before Ichabod Woodworth
As Sloan Clk
We Nehemiah Huntington & John G. Curtis of Smithfield in Madison county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ichabod Woodworth who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 68 years of age & upwards: that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day before
As Sloan Clk
Neh. Huntington John G. Curtis
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as as the States. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Nehemiah Huntington & John G. Curtis who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Smithfield in said county of Madison, which said town is adjoining to the town of Farners the place of residence of said applicant, & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the court of common pleas of said county of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ichabod Woodworth for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 7 day of October 1834
As Sloan Clk

5649.
Ichabod Woodworth, Madison County, N.Y.
Private Genl. Waterbury's Brigade, Connecticut. April 1781 - 1 year. 29. November, 1819.
Not on Continental service, Inadmiss ble .
Nehemiah Huntington agent, Peterboro', N. York. rec d . 15. Jany, 1820.

Ichabod Woodworth Declaration

State of New York Madison County ss. On this twentieth day of November 1879 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Madison personally appears Schabod Wood- worth of Smithfield in said County aged Fifty Three Years & upwards who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the pen- sion made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Uni- ted States in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Schabod Woodworth at Lebanon in Connecticut about the month of March or April 1781 he enlisted for one Year into Captain James Danks company in Major Shipman's Regiment in General Waterbury's Brigade That he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the expiration of his period of enlistment That he first joined the Brig- ade between Stamford & Horseneck was afterwards at Frogs Point & engaged in a skirmish at that Place at two different periods That for several weeks the corps lay at White Plains That they removed thence into the vicinity of Stamford & wintered there That at the expiration of his term of service the corps was march- ed into the town of Horseneck Stamford and was

there discharged an order by General Waterbury orally & without giving any written discharge
This Deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. He has now no other evidence of his said services in his power
Sworn & Subscribed this 29 November 1879 William Whipple Judge Madison Co. N.Y.
Schabod Woodner
State of New York Madison ss. I William Whipple one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Madison as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Schabod Woodner the did serve in the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment against the British Enemy for more than nine months. It also appears to me that he is in such reduced circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken I had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Act in such case made and provided. Dated November 29th Nov. 1879. William Whipple Judge Madison Co. N.Y.
Madison County Clerk's Office State of New York
I certify that William Whipple is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison duly qualified

and the hand writing of his name appears in his own proper hand writing. In witness there- of I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court this 29 th day of Nov. 1819 -
J. M. Hume Esq.
1230. p.m. Nov. 29. 1819
1230. p.m. Nov. 29. 1819

State of Connecticut
Comptroller's office
Hartford 29 th August 1834
On examination of the books of this office, it appears, That in November 1780, A detachment was ordered from the militia to march to the post of Horseneck (Greenwich) and to be held in service for the term of two months, from the time of their arrival at said post; That on the 25 th December, Colonel John Mead, was ordered, to take command of said detachment, as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. - That on the 3 rd day of June 1781, Captain Samuel Thomson, presented the pay roll for the services of his company in Col John Mead's regiment at the post of Greenwich, which was paid by this state and charged to the United States. That there are no pay rolls of said service in this office -
That in February 1781, the regiment, ordered to Horseneck in November last, was divided into two battalions, each to be commanded by a Major That one of said battalions was commanded by Major Edward Shipman, and that the whole were under the command of Brigadier General David Waterbury - That Captain James Dance commanded one of the companies in Major Shipman's battalion. That the pay rolls, for

Major Shipman & his staff officers, and also for Captain Dana & his company were paid by this State, and charged to the United States. no pay rolls of said service in this office-
Certified by Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts

Comptroller Cultivate

68 - in '34 - Ichabod Woodworth. '80 - Thompson Head 3 mo Cont '81 - Danna Major Shipman 12 mo

In the matter of Ichabod Woodworth an applicant for a Pension -
Rev. P. Lyman agent Morrisville (Madison co) N.Y.

State of New York
Oswego County ss Consider Niles of the town of Mexico in said County being duly sworn says that he is seventy two years of age - That he was well acquainted with Ichabod Woodworth before and during the war of the Revolution in America. That he this deponent and the said Ichabod Woodworth were long together residing in the same neighborhood in the town of then Lebanon in the County of Windham also then called in the State of Connecticut. That at the age of fourteen as near as this deponent can recollect the said Ichabod entered the service for the term of two months and went to the place then called the Horse neck. This term of service of the said Ichabod commenced some time in the fall of 1780 and the said Ichabod in the winter or fore part of the Spring of 1781 returned home. That this term of service was in the company commanded by one Capt Thompson. This deponent further says that soon after the return home of the said Ichabod from the said two months service, the said Ichabod again enlisted at Lebanon again for the term of one year in the company commanded by Capt James Dana; and this deponent further says that he was knowing to the fact that the said Woodworth served the term for which he enlisted to wit one year. - This deponent further says that some time in the year last aforesaid and while the said Ichabod Woodworth was in the service under the said enlistment last mentioned, the battle at Grogs Point was fought. - This deponent further says that he has since this day seen the said Ichabod Woodworth and knows him to be the same identical person who enlisted as above and served in the war of the revolution as aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of February 1835 Before me
Jas A Davis
J. P.
Consider Niles
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Consider Niles and that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit. Dated February 12. 1835
Jas A Davis Justice of the peace

State of New York Clerks Office Osceola County I, Maximus W. Matthews Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James A. Davis Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Osceola duly qualified that his term of office commenced on the 1 st day of January A.D. 1835 and that his office will expire on the 1 st day of January 1839 and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Twelfth day of February A.D. 1835 Maximus W. Matthews Clerk

Madison N.Y. June 4
Isaac Van Neck Peterboro Madison County N.Y.
Eliza Harnett Affidavit

State of New York Madison County
Ezra Woodworth, now of Ludlow in the County of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, aged 68 years, who being first affirmed, deposes his according to law deposes on his said affirmation say, that in the year 1780 and 1781. I shaved Woodworth, then of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, and now of the Town of Herr er, in the County of Madison & State of New York, was absent from home for nearly one year in the year 1781. and in the year 1780 was absent for the space of three or four Months, and at each time was reputed to be serving in the of the United States Ar. of in the Revolutionary War. and this deponent, then and now believes has no doubt but that he during that time was serving in the army of the United States, and at that time this deponent was also a resident of the said Lebanon in the State of Connecticut and further saith not
Ezra Woodworth
Subscribed & sworn this 3 rd day of June 1834. before me -
Thomas Miller Jr.
Town of Madison J. P. Peace of the town of Madison -
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Ezra Woodworth, who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Affidavit, he was for more than twenty years a resident of this town, & a part of the time a settled clergyman in said Town, & that he is reputed in the said town to be a man of truth & veracity. June 3 rd 1834
Thomas Miller Jr. J. P. Peace

Charles Hunt
Affiant
affidavit of Ezra Woodworth & Charles Hunt

State of New York } County of Madison } ss: Charles Hunt of Lebanon in in said county being duly sworn by me a Judge of said county says that he is aged seventy one years last March; that this deponent has been personally acquainted with Ichabod Woodworth who now lives in the town of Ferris in said county for the space of nearly sixty two years; that during the years 1780 & 1782 this deponent was in the service in the Revolutionary army, being engaged a part of that time in the Training Department; that this deponent & said Ichabod Woodworth had during those years their homes in Lebanon in the state of Connecticut that this deponent has no doubt but that the said Ichabod was a soldier in the revolutionary army during one of those years at least, as it generally so reputed & understood & that this deponent well recollects during said Ich- =abod while he said Ichabod was a soldier in actual service in said army, but this deponent cannot recollect which of said years it was that he saw said Ichabod, and this deponent has always understood & believed that said Ichabod was a soldier in the Revolutionary army
Charles Hunt
Subscribed & sworn This 17th day of April 1834 before me
Alanson Menger Judge of Madison County Counsellor &c
I certify that I am well acquainted with Charles Hunt the person who has subscribed & sworn to the above affi- davit, & that he has for more than six years resided in the county of Madison & that he is generally in said county reputed a man of truth & veracity Dated April 17th 1834
A. Menger Judge &c

State of New York Madison county
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the county of Madison in said State do certify that Thomas Miller Jr whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit of Ezra Woodworth & also to the certificate thereunder attached was at the date of said Jurat & certificate a Justice of the peace in & for said county - And I do further certify that Alanson Menger whose name is subscribed to the within Jurat of the affidavit of Charles Hunt & to the within certificate was at the date of the same a Judge of said county of Madison & that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Thomas Miller Jr & the said Alanson Menger & their respective signatures to the said Jurats & Certificates are genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 8 day of October 1834
A. S. Sloan Clk

Fin
J. L. Edward Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D. C.
Monroeville } Oct 86

Morrisville Madison County N.Y. Oct 8 1834
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Papers of Ichabod Woodworth an applicant for a Pension -
Yours &
Otho P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq

Ichabod Woodworth
To J. L. Schwartz Esq. Clerk of Sessions New Bedford
Dear Mr. Fuller

Morrisville (Madison Co) N.Y. Dec 2 d 1834
Sir.
Your letter of the 29 th  October last, in relation to the pension application of Ichabod Woodworth & William Lownesberry was received a due course of mail -
It appears to me that you have adopted a rigorous rule in relation to the application of Ichabod Woodworth, in requiring of him direct proof of his service - because he was so young - In the first place, in his declaration he gives you a circumstantial account of his services, stating the names of his Officers &c.
In the second place, he produces the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut, which corroborates his declaration in every particular -
He then produces to you the affidavit of Ezra Woodworth, a Cousin of the applicant, who, with the applicant resided in Lebanon (Conn) during the war. & he Ezra swears that applicant was absent in 1780 & 1781 & that he was then reported to be in the service.
He also produces the affidavit of Mr Hunt who swears that he once saw him in the service -
John G. Curtis & N. Huntington, the former late Clerk of the County & the latter a Councillor of Law & both were known to Genl. Fuller one member of Congress from this district, testify that he, Woodworth is reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution -
Does not all of the testimony present a very strong case in favor of the applicant? I do not believe that Woodworth will be able to find any direct proof, sent as you require in your letter.
If his case is reconsidered, I believe his claim will be allowed upon the Papers as they now stand -
You require some explanation of the delay of Woodworth in making his application -
(over)

He has one of the best of reasons for the delay, what I hope will not operate against him -
In March 1832, he was tried & convicted of sending a threatening letter to Joseph T. Palmer, what is punishable by confinement in State Prison by our Statute - He was sentenced to two years imprisonment & his time expired last March - This I think will account for the delay - Woodworth is a stout athletic man, of violent passions & feelings, which sometimes get him into difficulty -
Dear Mr. Bailey / Comgrg from this district is well acquainted with Woodworth, & I enclose this communication to you through him, & he will give you any explanation as to Woodworth's character you may desire -
Respectfully yr
Otis P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions
P.S. Woodworth applied for a Pension in 1820, upon the supposition that Woodbury, Bragdon belonged to the Continental establishment - I send you his declaration as made at that time, what may satisfy you that the statement what he now makes is true -

N o 32256 New York
Ichabod Woodward Suspended
See let to A. P. Granger
29 Oct 1834
let to Hon W. K. Fuller 22 Dec 34
Act 7 June 1832

32080
Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,080
Edward Woodworth
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]