Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35152, Josiah Wood, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass
Wood, Josiah
S. 35/52
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Rolls.
to Mar 5/98
Jonah Wood, Capt Varnum Private, Massachusetts line, 77 - 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 and sent to the Hon. Sam d Dana, Boston, Massa.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Semi-annual
4 months 28/30. $ 39. 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued
Pratt Middlesex Co.
Notes sent to John Murphy for Ely & Co Jan y 1824. Boston Mass
Date of death not in AB

Josiah Wood
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex; in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Josiah Wood of Draught in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares that he served in the War of the Revolution against the common Enemy three full years - That in the Spring of the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy seven he enlisted into the Army upon the Continental establishment under Capt. James Warren in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment being the 8th in the Massachusetts line in this Regiment he served his whole term in Capt. Warren's Company, he was at the Capture of Burgoyne's Army, but generally stationed on the North River. - On the twenty eighth day of March 1780 he received his discharge. He is now about Sixty years of age, destitute of property and his ability to labor daily declining so that -
he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life
Middlesex
Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at
Chelmsford
in said county of
Josiah Wood
Sam d Dana

N o 280. Josiah Wood Copy
THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF the District of Columbia, ss. I, JOHN M. WOOD, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia do hereby certify that the foregoing copy and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the original of the same. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of June, 1880.
Can I transfer
John M. Wood Clerk
Court for the District of Columbia

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the fifth — day of December and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this fifth — day of December in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Josiah Wood — aged sixty five years, now resident in Portland — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. James Varnum in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 1598 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so 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 service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Josiah Wood
Sworn to and declared, on the sixteenth day of November A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none — neither house or land —
Personal estate — I have none — and am indeed and in truth a very poor man — I have no income Josiah Wood
Sworn to Nov. 16. 1820 Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Josiah Wood — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity, and age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Sarah... 69 a feeble old woman Josiah Wood  
Sworn to Nov. 16. 1820
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

local record MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is dollars and one . . . . . cent  no more -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
Jan '01

June 10, 1933
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BA-J/MCS Josiah Wood, S.35152
Mr. Walter A. Wood 1433-35 Junction Avenue Racine Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request of June 5, 1933, relative to information as to whether Jane Wood applied for pension as the widow of Josiah Wood, S. 35152, a soldier of the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show that Jane Wood, or any person, applied for pension as the widow of Josiah Wood, 35152, who was a pensioner from Portland, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

April 14, 1933
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BA-J/REL
Josiah Wood-S.35152
Jesse Wood -W.22689
Mr. Walter A.Wood 1433-35 Junction Avenue Racine, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Josiah Wood and Jesse Woods or Wood, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and pensioners. The histories of Josiah Wood and Jesse Wood are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension based upon their military service in that war.
Josiah Wood S.35152
The date and place of birth of Josiah Wood are not stated.
He enlisted, place not stated, in the spring of 1777, served as a private in Captain James Varnum's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's 8 th Massachusetts Regiment, was at the capture of Burgoyne and was discharged March 28, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and resided in Dracutt, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In 1820, he was living in Portland, Maine.
In 1820, he stated that his wife, Sarah, was aged sixty-nine years but did not give her maiden name or the date of their marriage and there is no reference to children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Rev-

olutionary War pensioner, Josiah Wood(S.35152), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Josiah Wood, certificate No. 1598, issued June 30, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Maine Agency.
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Jesse Wood W.23689
Jesse Wood was born in Thompson, Connecticut, date not given. The family formerly went by the name of Atwood. The names of the soldier's parents are not stated.
He enlisted as Jesse Atwood, place not stated, on March 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Rufus Lincoln's Company, Colonel John Brooks' 7 th Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in June, 1783.
In 1806, the soldier moved to Waterville, Massachusetts(Maine), lived there for four years, then moved to Wilton, Kennebec County, Massachusetts(Maine).
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-three years and resided in Wilton, Massachusetts(Maine). He then signed Jesse Wood and was pensioned Wood.
He died July 27, 1842, in said Wilton.
The soldier married October 20, 1784, in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Lois Wheeler.: they were married at the home of her parents, their names not stated; he was married as Jesse Atwood, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Weston, Connecticut.
Soldier's widow, Lois Wood, was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1844, at which time she was aged eighty years and resided in Wilton, Franklin County, Maine, with her son James L. Wood, at whose home she died on September 25, 1848.

They had the following children:
Polly born September 8, 1785: in 1844 was residing in New York state. James Lovell " July 10, 1787: living in Wilton, Maine, in 1844. Roxana " June 3, 1793: died December 13, 1832. Wheeler " October 18, 1805: " February 20, 1831.
At the time of the death of the widow, James Lovell Wood was the sole surviving child. He then resided in Wilton, Maine.
James Lovell Wood's son, James L. Wood, Junior, was born in June, 1807, and in 1844 resided with his own family in Wilton, Maine: the names of the members of his family are not designated. In 1823, a granddaughter of the soldier and his wife was aged seven years and resided with them: her name was Mary Wood: the names of her parents are not designated.
In 1806, an uncle of the soldier was residing in Waterville, Massachusetts(Maine): an uncle of the soldier is referred to as residing in Wicasset, Maine, and a brother of the soldier resided there with said uncle: their names are not designated. In 1818, soldier's brother, James L. Wood, was aged fifty-one years and resided in Starks, Massachusetts(Maine).
In 1844, one Walker Sherwood, a resident of Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, stated that Lois Wheeler Wood was an aunt of his wife: the name of his wife not stated.
The name Ann H. Wood appears in 1848: no relationship to the family was shown.
In 1824, one Stephen Wheeler was a resident of Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut: no relationship to Lois Wheeler Wood was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
Ill. lin. file 35.152 Rev.
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Josiah Wood - 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sp. 77 dis. Mar 28, 1780 - West Point, NY. 3 yrs - James Varnum Michael Jackson 8 Mass -         
Battles engaged in, Capt of Burgoyne -
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Apr. 7. 1818 -
Residence at date of application, Dracutt, Middlesex Co. Mass -
Age at date of application, 60
Remarks: 1820 - res Portland, Me - at 65 yrs. men wife Sarah at 69 yrs. No further fam. data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Wood, Josiah May. 535152

Josiah Wood a Soldier in the 8 th Mass ts . Regiment is this Day Discharged the Service of the United States - and all Issuing Commisary will furnish him with provisions on his way home to Dartmouth in the Mass ts State
Given under my Hand at West point march 28 th . 1860
Mich l Jackson Col d Com d Massachusetts Brigade

35 152 Ray INVALID.
File No. 35 159
Josiah Wood Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 464
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Mch. 23. Hist. to Mrs E. A. Judd letter in S. F. 37102 John Hillard 1933-Apr 14. Hist. to Walter A. Wood Est.
1952 June 10. Mr. Walter A. Wood - adv. no record of chn. made by wid. of this sold. W.C.D.

1907 Mch. 23. Mrs. E. A. Judd 128 East Henley St. 3495. Olean, N.Y.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
No claim Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Mar. 15, 1907
Searched by Hill
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Emory Wood
Service, _____ Rev. War
Remarks: _____
no claim
_____ Chief of Division.

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Pension Bureau Rev. War Section, Washington, D.C.

Racine, Wis., June 5, 1933.
Dear Sir:
Following up your suggestion concerning Josiah Wood, Revolutionary War Pensioner of Portland, Maine, born in Dracut, Mass. I have the additional information that he died, June 4, 1845 in Patten, Oxford Co., Maine, and that his widow was Jane. Arrears of pension due were paid to her attorney, David Colcord of Portland, Maine. I wish to know if Jane Wood, widow of Josiah Wood became a pensioner after his death. If so there may be additional family data there.
Sincerely yours,
Address, 1433 - 35 Junction Ave.
Walter A. Wood

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Department, Rev. War Section,
Washington, D.C.

Racine, Wis., Mar. 6, 1933.
Dear Sir:
Please send war and family records on the following Rev. War pensioners:
JOSIAH WOOD, Porter, Maine, on 1840 List of Pensioners. n 3
JESSE WOODS or Wood, Franklin, Maine, 1840 list " n 3
Address: 1433-35 Junction Ave.
Yours truly,
Walter A. Wood.
Walter A. Wood
Rec. Mar. 8 '33

Josiah Wood
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To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the seventh - - day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - - Personally appeared Josiah Wood - - and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. and at the same time he exhibited to me the discharge therein mentioned
from which it appears to me, that the said Josiah Wood did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of - - nine months. upon the Continental establishment - -
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration and the discharge aforesaid - - to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the seventh - - day of April - - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Sam d Dana

Isiah Woods discharge