Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18666, Amos Wood, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wood, Amos
NUMBER
S. 18666
CONTENTS
carded

6937 6937
Massachusetts
Amos Wood
Deceased in the State of Mass was a private in the company commanded by Captain Cleveland of the Regt commanded by Col Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 11 Mo & 7 days
Court & State
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts as the rate of 37 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of March 1833 and sent to the J. Nelson H. K.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 74 86 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 18 71
$93 57
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Gamaliel Boyd Clerk Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 92
utts
78
Middlesex

Amos Wood 11678
on Roll bet Jacksonville Capt Cleveland's Co enlisted 19 June 1778 for 9 mo discharged 25 Feb 1779 - 8 mo 27 days
11 mo 7 days
17th
Ha J Nelson Purs
30 15 12 25 37

BRIEF in the case of  Amos Wood  of  Draught  in the State of  Altoona  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 1778 — 9 Private Gen. Capt Whipple Col Putnam   cont 1777. — 3 " Capt Oliver Col Jackson Capt Gage Col Johnson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bradford Altoona  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Arthur DeWitt Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this tenth twelfth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Amos Wood of Dracut in said County aged seventy six years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
in the spring of 1777 he was at work in Hollis, New Hampshire in making combs, his brother Thomas Wood now deceased, hired him to take his place in the army in the war of the revolution for 9 months, he accordingly marched to Fishkill in the state of New York, was mustered in the company of Capt. Whipple & the regiment of Col. Putnam, the regiment was then marched to West Point where I was transferred to the company of Capt. Ebenezer Cleaveland and Col. Michael Jackson's regiment and Lt. Col. John Brooks, from thence we were marched to Hartford, Connecticut where 3 brigades remained several months. I think Genl. Patterson commanded one Genl. Poor another, and I do not recollect who commanded the third. From thence we marched to Fishkill West Point, Poughkeepsie and thence to Peekskill where at the close of 9 months I received an honorable discharge, but it is now lost. In August 1777 I was detached at Bradford in Mass. as one of the Militia for 30 days, was mustered in the company of Capt. Nathan Dage, marched to Saratoga & joined the regiment of Col. Johnson. We arrived there three days before the surrender of Burgoin but not till the battle was ended; & during those three days our regiment was stationed in view of the enemy, but on the opposite bank of the river. My company was then ordered to assist in guarding the prisoners to Cambridge, which duty I performed & consequently was detained two months beyond the time of my detachment, thus I served three months during this campaign. All the Officers under whom I served are dead & I have no documentary evidence

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We
J. O. Day  Amos Wood
a Clergyman residing in the town of Drum in the county of Middlesex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Merrill who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 certifies that it appears to them, that Joseph Merrill who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Drum & B. F. Wiggins is Sheriff of the County & Isaac Fiske is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. J. O. Day Clerk of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Amos Wood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
I also certify that Luke Eastman where own work signature is, set to the deposition of Asa Wood is a Isaac Fiske Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex. of the Court of Probate Isaac Fiske Mgr. of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of General Sessions of the Peace Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the second day of September A. D. 185 2 On the application of Amos Wood claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, at Haverhill in Massachusetts on the 7 th of April 1756
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I do not know, that there is any record, as my Father removed to the adjoining town of Bedford when I was an infant
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
Answer, I resided at said Bedford, or rather took my Mother's place, & after my service in the Army I lived at said Bedford eight or nine years & then removed to Dracutt where I have resided to the present time
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ?
Answer, I have stated these facts in my declaration
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer, In addition to the officers named in my declaration Col. James Warren now of said Dracutt was a capt. in Col. Jackson's Regiment
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer, Benjamin F. Warren Sheriff of the County of Middlesex & John Warren a late Member of Congress
Amos Wood

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L. W. B. I. 18666.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
February 14, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for further information concerning Anos Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he enlisted in the Spring of 1778 as a substitute for his brother, Thomas Wood, and marched to Fishkill, N. Y., then to West Point, where he was transferred to another Company and marched to Hartford, Conn., where he remained several months, then to Fishkill, West Point, Poughkeepsie and then back to Fishkill where he was discharged. Prior to the above service he rendered a short tour at Bradford, Mass., Saratoga, N. Y., and Cambridge.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. F. N. Chase,
Old Lowell National Bank,
Lowell, Mass.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
D. W. B. I. 18606.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 27, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that one Amos Wood, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on September 12, 1832, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Dracutt, Mass., and his pension was allowed for eleven months and seven days' actual service as a private in the New Hampshire and Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Cleveland and Col. Jackson. He enlisted at Hollis, N. H. Immediately after his service he moved to Tewksbury, Mass., where he resided for eight or nine years, after which he moved to Dracutt, where he was residing at the time of making application for pension, as above stated. He may afterwards resided at Tewksbury, Mass., but the fact is not shown in the papers on file in his claim.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. P. N. Chase,
Old Lowell National Bank,
Lowell, Mass.

BRAUN CARBON PRINTS. SODERHOLTZ PRINTS. CAPRONI CASTS.
THE HELMAN-TAYLOR ART COMPANY 257 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.
Commissioner 9/20/00 Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C. Sir -
I wish to make a few inquiries about Amos Wood , a Revolutionary soldier , pensioned on Sept. 12, 1832. and at the time his pension was allowed a resident of Dracut Mass. 1. In what particular company of the New Hampshire and Mass. troops did he serve. 2. In what particular company was he in before his exchange at West Point (I think in 1778) and what was the particular company to which he was transferred. 3. Did he take part in any battles of the war, if so will you name them. 4. Your Dept writes on Feb. 14. 1898 that prior to the enlistment of the above named that he "rendered a short tour

at Bradford Mass - Saratoga N.Y. and Cambridge" was this in the service of the Continental troops or not? If so what position did he hold while rendering it? 5 Kindly give me what information there is on record of Thomas Wood of Hollis N.H. for whom Amos Wood enlisted as a substitute in the Spring of 1778.
Hoping for an early reply I am Yours and Oblige
Samuel Wood 2nd
257- 5th Ave New York

U Lowell Mass Jan'y 16, 1898 Hon. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, (Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Referring to your letter of Dec. 15, 1897 returned herewith, must say that a mistake has evidently been made. Your information relates to Amos Woods , of Groton , Mass. The one about whom I asked for record was AMOS WOOD of TEWKSBURY, MASS. A history of Tewksbury which I have consulted gives his name among those who served in the Revolutionary Army from that place, and my father-in-law, Samuel N. Wood, now 77 years old, remembers well, as a boy, going to Boston with his grandfather (the above mentioned Amos Wood) to draw his pension. Respectfully asking that a record of the above named may be sent me. I remain Very Respectfully M Chase % Old Lowell National Bank Lowell, Mass.

THE OLD LOWELL NATIONAL BANK.
LOWELL, MASS., Feb. 3 1898
Sir:
Yours of Jan'y 29 th 1898, (marked in upper right corner (L.W.B. 18666) in reply to mine of an earlier date (asking information on Revolutionary record of Amos Wood) gives me data of one desired by Kuens about.
Would like just one more detail in record of said Amos Wood. You say in record supplied that his pension was allowed for eleven months and seven days service. Can you inform that the dates of his service and, possibly, the localities?
Very respectfully
J. M. Chase Old Lowell Nat'l Bank Lowell, Mass.
Hon. H. Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.

18,666
Amos Wood
Sept-12, 1832 76
Brattle Mass
Spring 78 Bradford Mass
X Capt Whipple
Col Putnam
9 mos.
Regt marched to West Point
x the Traversed
Capt Ebenezer Cleveland
Col Michel Jackson
† Aug 77
Capt Nathaniel Gage
Col Johnson
3 mos
Born at Hanhille Mass
Apr 7, 1756
not Dal

Ames Ward

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amos Wood  Deceased  Alleged which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? u
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? u
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? u
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? u
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? u
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? u
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

18 666 INVALID.
File No. 18666 Amos Miss Ward Br Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan. 27/98. Mr. F - N. Chas. Lowell, Mass.
Feb. 14/98: Letter to above address.
Oct. 8-1900 - sent to Samuel K. Wood 20 N.Y. City
Apl - 9 - 1903 - sent to Rufus K. Wood - Balt. Md.

Peter Hunt of Tewksbury in Massachusetts testify & say, that early in the Spring of 1779 I was visiting at the house of Ebenezer Wood, the father of Amos Wood the Drafts who signed the annexed Declaration, when said Amos Wood returned from the Army of the Revolution; & I then understood from him & all the family, that he had engaged, & served in the war for the of mine, & a variety of circumstances concerning me of the truth of that statement. Said Ebenezer Wood removed from Mendford to Tewksbury in the Autumn preceding, while said Amos was in the Army. I served in the war of the Revo- lution at various periods, in six different Regiments
Peter Hunt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wiltshire ss. Sept. 3. 1832 Then the above named Peter Hunt made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I also testify, that I am personally acquainted with said Hunt, & know his character for truth & veracity to be justly good, he is too aged to attend court. John Parsons Justice of the Peace

Ara Wood. Deposition

I Asa Wood of Poplin in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawfull age do Depose and say, That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy eight, Amos Wood now of Dracut in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but at that time of Bradford in the County of Essex and said Commonwealth; went as a private Soldier in the War. Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Great Britain under the command of Colonel Jackson as I think and believe; and that said Amos Wood continued in service as a private for the full term of nine months
Asa Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. July. 16. 1832
Then personally appeared the above said Asa Wood and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Luke Eastman Justice of the Peace
The above named Luke Eastman is my near Neighbor & I know he is duly appointed & qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace in the County of Middlesex John Carrick

We Joseph Merrill a Clergyman resident in the town of Dracut, a County of Middlesex, a Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & B enjamin F. Varnum, Sheriff of said County certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Wood of said Dracut, who has signed the annexed Declaration, & that we believe him to be seventy six years old, that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a Father in the Revolutionary War, & we concur in that opinion
Joseph Merrill.
B. F. Varnum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. Sept r 3 rd 1832 Then the above named Joseph Merrill & B. F. Varnum made oath to the truth of the above certificates by them subscribed. I also certify that J. Merrill is a respectable Clergyman in the town of Dracut, & the Hon ble B. F. Varnum is one of our most distinguished citizens & entitled to full credit
John D. Sleeper
Justice of the Peace