Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35745, Stephen Woodrum, Continental (Va.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Va.)
Woodrum, Stephen
S. 35745-
{ B L Wt. 12670-100-Pot. issued Feb. 10, 1800 to Robert Means assignee no papers.
CONTENTS

(19,849) Kentucky.
Stephen Woodrum.
of Adair Co: in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Watts — of the regiment commanded by Colonel White in the Virginia line, for the term of during the war — from — 1779 to April 1783
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of October 1827.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of December, 1827 and sent to the Hon: R. A. Buckner of the House of Representatives.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1827 $39.22
$ 39.22.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

Stephen Woodrum
18 March 1818 Adair County Ky
admitted
Hon: R. A. Buckner H. R.
Rec d Dec 18, 1827.
Private Capt. Watts Comp y Col White's reg Va line from 1779 to 1783 - Comm d of pension 1 Octobr 1827.

State of Kentucky Asaair County Set on this 11 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty six personally appeared in the Circuit Court for the County and Circuit of Asaair while it was in session being a Court of record Stephen Woodrum resident in said County aged about sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, on oath in his affidavit, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. and the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Woodrum enlisted for and during the war of the American revolution on the _____ day of in the year 1779 in Prince Edward County in State of Virginia in the company of cavalry commanded by Captain Watts in the regiment commanded by Colo White in the line of the State of Virginia on the continental establish- ment, that he continued to serve until the close of the war when he received furlough at Appomattox ferry in South Carolina by general proclamation & was never again called into service he states that he is by occupation a farmer but that he is now so aged and infirm that he can not support himself by it and that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the

assistance of his country. He has a wife who is not able to support him & no other family and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820, I said Stephen Woodrum do hereby declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 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 services of the United States, in the revolutionary war" passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property in securities, chattles or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. He also states that he was in the battles of Kings mountain, Cowpens James town siege of York and many skirmishes.
The foregoing is the schedule of my property & contains the whole of it cattle $30 Hams $35 B. as & blacking $15 total amount $80.00
Stephen his Woodrum
Sworn to in open court on this 18 th March day September 1820

State of Kentucky Adair County
I William Caldwell, clerk of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Woodrum did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy during the war on the continental establish- ment. I do also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the the said Court; & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the prop- erty contained in the said schedule is eighty dollars; and that the witness by whom the fore- going facts were attested are worthy of credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 11 th day of October 1827 and 36 th year of the Commonwealth we sit
Wm Caldwell
State of Kentucky Town
When Monroe Presiding Judge of the Adair Circuit Court in the State aforesaid certify that William Caldwell is and was at the date of the above Certificate of authentication Clerk of the Adair Circuit Court in the State aforesaid and that his said Certificate and authentication is in due form given under my hand this 8 th October 1827 Ben. Monroe

See page 205. Regt 2
Declaration
of
Stephen Woodrum
on roll
page 321
Hon. Mr. Buckner H. R.
ass? Feb. 1. 1827

Adair County State of Kentucky Set.
On this 14 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, personally appeared in the Circuit Court for the County of Adair of Adair while it was in session, being a Court of record Stephen Woodrum resident in said County aged about sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said Woodrum enlisted for and during the war of the American re- -volution on the  day of  in the year 1779 in Prince Edward County in the State of Virginia in the Company of Cavalry Commanded by Captain Wally in the Regiment Commanded by Colo White in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental es- -tablishment, that he continued to serve until the close of the war, when he received furlough at Nelson's ferry in South Carolina by general proclamation & was never again called into service. He states that he is by occupation a farmer but that he is now so aged and infirm that he can not support himself by it and that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his County. He has a wife who is not able to sup- -port him nor other family and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I said Stephen

Woodrum do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my prop- -erty or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act" for certain persons en- =gaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th 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 here- unto annexed and by me subscribed. He also stated that he was in the battles of Kings mountain, Cowpens, Jamestown, Siege of York and many skirmishes.
The following is the schedule of my property & containing the whole of it
  Cattle $ 30   Horses 35   15   Beds & clothing 80 
his Stephen X Woodrum mark
Sworn to in open Court on this 14 th day of Sept r 1826.

I William Caldwell clerk of the aforesaid Adair Circuit Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Woodrum did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy during the war on the Continental establishment. I do also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is eighty dollars and that the witnesses by whom the foregoing facts were attested are worthy of credit. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14 th day of September 1826.
W m Caldwell
State of Kentucky To wit
I Ben. Monroe Presiding Judge of the Adair Circuit court in the State aforesaid do certify that William Caldwell whose name stands affixed to the foregoing certificate of authentication is and was at the date of said certificate Clerk of the Adair Circuit court in the State aforesaid and that his said certificate is in due form given under my hand this 12 th day of January 1827.
Ben. Monroe

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Woodrum, Stephen GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12670 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 10, 1800 to Robert Means, assignee
*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.

aw Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
December 11, 1925..
Honorable John E. Raker, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Raker:
In response to your letter of the fifth instant, I have to advise you, that Warrant No. 12670, for one hundred acres of bounty land was allowed February 10, 1800, to Robert Means, assignee, on account of the services of Stephen Woodrum who enlisted in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1779, as a private in Captain Watts' Company, Colonel White's Regiment of Continental Dragoons, and served to the close of the Revolution..
For the location of said land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, citing all of the above data.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

35745 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35745
Stephen Woodrum Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 464
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Dec. 11. Hon. John E. Raker ad. as to county land, and

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rec. 9 Feb. 1827

House of Reps Feb. 8 th 1827
Off ce
A few days since I presented at the Pension- — office, the declaration of Stephen Woodram which was rejected, as I understand upon the ground only, that he has failed to shew, what changes if any, have taken place, in his property since March 1818. I drew the declaration for him, and the commission, was signed, — He did not even know until I informed him, that it was necessary to furnish a schedule of his property. I am acquainted with him & know him to be a respectable man. I am not acquainted particularly with his property but do believe, that he comes completely within the description of those, for whom the act of Congress has provided

I am satisfied that he has been very poor for years past; indeed through his whole life as far I have been informed. I do not at all hesitate to say that the proper & satisfactory proof could be furnished, but he is now a very old man and unless he obtains aid in a short time, he will never do it. I hope therefore that he may be placed on the pension roll
With great respect
Your Aff. Svt.
R B Buckner

Stephen Woodrum Revs. Kentucky.
Susp?
Hon. R. A. Buckner H. R.

War Department Pension Office
18 th April 1827
Sir
The affidavits transmitted by you in the cases of John Townsend and Stephen Woodrum are herewith returned, and I have to state that no decision can be had on their claims to Pensions, until their declarations which were forwarded to you, the first on the 3 rd January 1827, and the second on the 9 th February 1827, shall have been returned to this Department. The enclosed Papers should also be returned.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Ob t Servt J. L. Edwards

JOHN E. RAKER, M. C. SECOND DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
COMMITTEES: PUBLIC LANDS IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION WOMAN SUFFRAGE IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION JOINT COMMITTEE ON NORTHERN PACIFIC LAND GRANTS
December 5, 1925
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
Will you kindly advise me if any land warrant was ever issued to one Stephen Woodrum, by reason of his service in the Revolutionary War, as a private in the 5th Troop, (Capt. John Hughes) First Regiment of Light Dragoons, Continental Troops.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may give me, I am
Yours most truly,
John E. Raker JOHN E. RAKER, M. C.

Secretary of War Washington City

Stephen Woodrum of Adair County & state of Kentucky who caused his declaration for a pension to be filed in the office of the secretary of war, a few weeks since, makes oath that since the 18 th day of March 1818 no change in his property has taken place except as follows.
One mare sold to George Hughes at the price of $25. sold on the _____ of _____ in the year 1823 as well as he now recollects. Also three cows & calves, two of them to Peter Estes in part payment of a mare bought of s d Estes which is described in the schedule of his property contained in his aforesaid filed declaration. The other cow & calf was sold to W m Diddle at the sum of $7. 50 Cts. s d cows & calves were sold to s d Estes in spring 1825; the other, to Diddle in the preceding year. No other change has taken place in his property since the s d 18 th of March 1818 except as to a horse which died —
Sworn to & subscribed before me a

The affiant Stephen Woodrum this 24 th day of March 1829 Blairsville Pa
State of Kentucky Adair County Set
William Caldwell Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that Robert Craven Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is, and was on the 24 th day of March 1827 (the time of making the same), an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit should be given to all of his official acts and certificates.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this 30 th day of March in the year of our Lord 1827.
Wm Caldwell