Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14188, Holland Wood, Continental Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Wood, Holland Abigail
No. 14188.
CONTENTS

X
2918 Rev
Massachusetts
Abigail Wood.
widow of Holland Wood, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June, 1831 and who died on the 30th May, 1835 of Norfolk Co in the State of Mass: — who was a Sergeant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt _____ commanded by Col: Crane — in the Mass: — time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of May 1839 and sent to Wm Ellis Dedham, Mass: —
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 60.00
$420.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Entered by M c Stewart Clerk, Vol. 1 Page 144

27/165  Massachusetts  Holland Wood of Walpole in the State of Mass ts who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col. Grane in the Mass a line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $20 Dollars— 00 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feb  1834 and sent John K.  Briggs Needham Mass a
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  $300.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/10 Mar 34  60.00  $360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Atkinson Clerk. Book C Vol. 2 a Page 94
81 Norfolk 96 Cong 14 apl 1818 1 apl 1819 - Rebug

No 422
Holland wood 77 to 80 Sept. Coane's Map to Sept.
2. Judge's certificate as to claimants circumstances Adm. D. —

Holland Wood of Walpole, in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts resident citizen of the United States testify & say that I served as a private in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment, in the company of infantry commanded by Capt Seth Bullard & regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Reed in April 1775 for eight months also enlisted & served in the same regiment under Capt Oliver Ponds at the end of the aforementioned term for one year, then enlisted in January 1777 & served in the company of Artillery commanded by Capt Thomas Seward and in the regiment of Col. John Crary In the Massachusetts line for three years as a sergeant, and was regularly discharged at the expiration of each of the above mentioned terms. My last discharge was dated March 4 th 1780
Holland Wood
Further testify & say that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country for support
Holland Wood
Massachusetts District } Boston 14. April A.D. 1818 } Sworn to before me
M c Alister Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Copy Schedule of Holland Wood
8002
April 1819
cont d 25 ft
1820
Sep '19

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this Sixteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Holland Wood aged Sixty seven years, resident in Waterville in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
to wit, I enlisted into the eight months service in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five in a Company commanded by Seth Bullard in a Regiment commanded by Joseph Reed and about the beginning of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six I enlisted into the same service for the term of one year in a company commanded by Oliver Pease and in a Regiment commanded by Joseph Reed and served the full time out and was regularly discharged, and afterwards in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven I enlisted for three years in a company of artillery commanded by Thos Seward in Col. Cramers Regt and served my time out all in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment, for which I obtained a certificate for a pension from the War department dated the first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred fifteen upon application made April 14th
1818
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.
Holland Wood
Sworn to and declared, on the A. D. 1820. before
17th day of July
Jamies Ware Judge of C. C. P. Plus for St Circuit
I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 thirteen dollars and fifty six cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentysixth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

An Inventory of the estate of Hollard Wood, taken July 17, 1820. viz
  2 Chests with drawers $2.50   7 Chairs 3.50   1 Square table 1.50   1 Round table do 1.25   1 Small looking glass .20   2 Iron kettles 1.75   1 do - pot .75   1 Tea Kettle 1.00   1 Spider .75   6 Fork kettles .36   13.56 
500 Dollars in old currency money, the biggest part taken for my wages at 8 per month in the Revolutionary war
The above contains a full account of all my property - my family consists of a wife sixty six years of age and two children that live with me, I have no means of subsistence but as a laborer and I am too far advanced in life and too infirm to make a living by that means -
Hollard Wood

Holland Wood.
W. F. 14188.
Mass.
No application under Act June 7, 1832 found in this case, on Feb. 27, 1911.
J.H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate and that William Ellis is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Norfolk & that their several respective signatures to the papers annexed are genuine true. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty fifth day of December A.D. 1838
Jonathan H. Cobb

State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk SS-
On this twentieth day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Hon. Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Norfolk Abigail Wood a resident of Walpole in said County aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th A.D. 1838- entitled, "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows".
viz I Abigail Wood of Walpole in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being eighty two years of age hereby declare and say, that I am the widow of Holland Wood late of said Walpole deceased, who rendered military services to the United States in the Revolutionary war in the capacity of Private, and Sergeant of Artillery, and according to my recollection and the best evidence within my knowledge were performed nearly as follows.
viz Eight months service as a Soldier at Roxbury and Cambridge near Boston in Capt Seth Bullard's Company and Col Joseph Reed's Regiment in the year A.D. 1775.
Also One years service as a Soldier in the Company of Capt Oliver Pond. Col. Joseph Reed's Regiment, at Fort Chester, West Point, and various other places, that this service began and ended with the year 1776.
Also three years services in capacity of Sergeant of Artillery, in the Company of Capt. Thomas Seward in Col. John Crane's Regiment that this service began in the Winter of 1777, and Ended on the fourth of March 1780, and all Continental service amt to four years & eight months.
That said Holland Wood my late husband was in several Battles one of which I believe was at Yorktown in Virginia - in one of those battles, the Company to which said Holland Wood was attached, captured a piece of Artillery from the Enemy, the Enemy soon after made an onset and recovered the same Piece into his possession, and in the same day's conflict, the said Holland Wood was one of the men who made a desperate effort and recaptured the same Piece of Artillery, which was retained as a trophy of victory to the American Arms.
For the requisite Proof, in support of my claim, I rely on the documentary proofs, Evidential of the service rendered, on the files of the War Office. That the said Holland Wood was Pensioned under the act of March 18-1818 at ninety six dollars per year and relinquished this Pension & was Pensioned again at 120 dollars per year under the act of June 1832.
And I the said Abigail Wood further declare and say, that my maiden name was Abigail Cheney, that I was lawfully married to the said Holland Wood in the month of February in the year A.D. 1786, by Jonathan Metcalf Esq. a Justice of the Peace then residing within the adjoining town of Dedham, I have lost the date of the precise day of my marriage nor do I find that this marriage to be entered on the records of Walpole and have not been able to find it among the papers scattered among the descendants of said Jonathan Metcalf Esq. but have herewith transmitted the best evidence of the fact within my knowledge.
That my late husband the said Holland Wood died at Walpole aforesaid on the Thirtieth day of May A.D. 1835, and that I have remained a widow ever since that period, that I was not married to him the said Holland Wood prior to his leaving the service aforesaid, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated - that soon after our marriage we removed to and resided in the town of Franklin in said County, nearly twenty years, then removed back to Walpole, where he the said Holland Wood died as above stated.
Abigail Wood mark
Sworn to, and subscribed, before the Subscriber, on the day and year, first above written, and I further certify, that by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, the above named Abigail Wood was unable to attend a Court, to make the foregoing declaration.
S Leland J Probate

Joshua Stetson Jr of Walpole in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts being of lawful age, hereby certify and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said Walpole and have the custody and keeping of the Books and Records of said Town, and on those Records I find an entry in the precise words, figures and form following, viz: "Hollan Wood residing in Walpole, and Abigail Cheney of Walpole were publish" Jan'y 1st. 1786 30
A true Copy of Record
Joshua Stetson Jr Clerk of the town of Walpole -
I further certify that I have searched said Records and am not able to find the entry of the marriage of said Holland Wood and Abigail Cheney on the same, and have reason to believe they were married in an adjoining town. Joshua Stetson Jr Clerk of Walpole
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
November 28 th 1838 - The above named Joshua Stetson Jun - a credible witness subscribed to, and made oath, that the matter by him certified in the foregoing statement, by him so subscribed, is just and true.
Before me Wm G Ellis Justice of Peace

I Wilkes Gay Jr of Franklin in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being of Lawful age hereby depose and Certify, that I held at this time the office of Clerk of said Town of Franklin and have the custody and keeping of the Books and Records of said Town and in the Book of Records headed ("Franklin Records of Births") I find two entries in the present words, figures, and form, following viz - "Abigail Wood, Daughter of Holland Wood and Abigail his Wife, born October 8 th 1787"
"Horatia Wood son of Holland Wood & Abigail his Wife, born October 14 th 1793"
A True copy of Record, Wilkes Gay Jr Town Clerk of Franklin
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
December 11 th 1838. Then the above named Wilkes Gay jun r a credible Witness, subscribed to, and made oath that the matter of Record by him certified in the foregoing statement, is just and true, -
Before me W m Ellis Justice of Peace

41 72 Abigail Wood's Pension Application Dec 1838. —
admitted largest ants $120.
Us usual Please to report of the results of this claim to the subscriber at Dedham Mass 17
Yours J. Gellis

I Joshua Stetson of Walpole in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being sixty eight years of age hereby testify and say, that I was personally acquainted with Holland Wood a Pensioner of the United States many years before his death, he died at said Walpole, I think in the month of April or May, A.D. 1835 - I attended his funeral ceremonies, Having been enquired of as to the marriage of said Holland Wood and his wife Abigail Wood, I can only say, that according to my belief, they were married some years before my acquaintance with them, and I distinctly recollect the following circumstances, that several years after my acquaintance with the said Wood who then lived a neighbor to, and often labored for me, the said Holland Wood and his wife the said Abigail Wood, were propounded to join the Christian Church in said Walpole, and on this occasion that some of the Church Communicants as I was then informed, raised an enquiry whether the said Holland and Abigail Wood were lawfully married, as no record of that consummation was found at Walpole, what evidence was then adduced by said Wood to satisfy this enquiry I do not recollect if I ever knew; but I do know, that the said Holland and Abigail Wood, were at that time admitted to the Church in full communion with the other members and so remained till the death of said Wood, that said Abigail yet remains a member thereof - one other fact occurs to mind on this point, viz at, or very near the time, when said Wood was received into the said Church, I am certain he stated to me, explicitly that he was lawfully married to said Abigail Wood his wife, by a Justice of the Peace in the adjoining town of Dedham; by the name of Metcalf, of which fact, I know of no reason to doubt, believing the said Holland Holland Wood always to have been a man of truth and veracity - And I further testify and say, that I am knowing to the fact, that said Abigail Wood has not intermarried since the death of said Holland Wood her late husband, but remains the widow of said Holland Wood at the present time, and resides in said town of Walpole
Joshua Stetson
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
December 11 th 1838. Then the above named Joshua Stetson a man of the first respectability of his town and a credible Witness, Subscribed to, and made Oath that the matter set forth in the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true -
Before me W m G. Ellis Justice of Peace

GCK
V.P.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Wid. File 14 188
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War.
Washington, D. C., March 28 , 1910
Sarah F. H. Richmond Westerly, R.I. Madam:
In reply to your request of March 9th , received March 11th for a statement of the military history of Holland 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.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Pat. Seth Bullard Joseph Read Mass.   Jany 1776 1 year Oliver Pond Joseph Read   Jany 1777 3 years Sgt. Thomas Seward John Crane Willing  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Medfield Norfolk Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 14, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Walpole Norfolk Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 65 years. Died May 30, 1835 at Walpole, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier married Feb'y 1786 Abigail Cheney and moved to Franklin soon after. She was allowed pension on an application executed Nov. 20, 1838, while a resident of Walpole Mass. aged 82 years. Their children were Abigail born Oct. 8, 1787 and Horatio born Oct. 14, 1793.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

37.
Holland Wood

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
Sep 25 1820.
SIR,
8802
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. J. Edwards
To Mr. Holland Wood
Care of James Ware Esqr.
Wrentham, Mass.
HN

Holliston Wood 29.358
Sept. 2 Years Adm'l
Wm Lloyd J. E. Washington Secretary of War. Hon. Lewis' Dept.
Wm R. Brigg Dedham Mass

Deeham Jan y 11 1834
Sir, I have the honour to enclose, and send you such certificates as seems necessary to establish the identity of Mr. Holland Wood of Walpole, and also, certificate from J. Ware Esq. relative to my own Official character. If any further evidence is requisite, it can be easily obtained, as Mr. Wood is generally known in this vicinity as a Pensioner. As a justice of the Peace, I have done considerable writing for Mr. Wood the past year, and as a general thing, he has made his mark, if not, this name has been written by his order, in presence of witnesses.
I am, respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
John N. Briggs
Hon. Lewis Caps.

et. Court U. S.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
20. March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Holland Wood by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12
A. D. 1818
Holland Wood
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Holland Wood subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying document marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War, City of Washington

Norfolk
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
I, JAIRUS WARE, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, being Courts of Record, within and for the County of Norfolk, hereby Certify that William Ellis & John H. Briggs Esquires before whom the annexed Depositions were taken etc.
is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and that their  his signature s  on the same  are genuine and true.
In Witness Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth hereunto at Dedham, this thirty first day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three .
Jairus Ware

Dedham Dec. 28 1833.
I William A. Mylod of Dedham in the county of Norfolk & State of Massachusetts, do testify & say, that I have been personally acquainted with Mr. Holland Wood of Walpole, county & Commonwealth aforesaid, for the space of Twenty years. I have personal knowledge of his receiving a Soldier's Pension under the Act of March 18 1818. — and for the last year I have had a Power of Attorney from the s d Holland Wood to receive his pension at the Pension Office in Boston, and have rec d . and paid it to him regularly. And I further testify & say that the s d Holland Wood did send his pension Certificate to the War Department at Washington last September, with the expectation of receiving therefrom, a Sergeant's pension Certificate. I further testify & say that said H. Wood has been palsied in his hands within a few years, which has materially altered his hand writing. William A Mylod
Norfolk ss Dedham Dec. 28 1833.
Then personally appeared the above named William A Mylod and made oath to the above statements, as his free act & deed
Before me John N. Briggs Justice of the Peace

Leedham Dec. 28 1833
I hereby certify that I believe the within named William A. Mylod to be a man of strict truth and veracity.
John K. Briggs } Justin F. the B. Pease
Leedham Dec. 31 1833
I John K. Briggs of Leedham County of Norfolk & State of Mass. do testify & say that I have been acquainted with Mr. Holland Wood of Walpole, County & State aforesaid for a year past, that I know of his receiving a Soldiers pension under the act of March 1818. That I wrote a power of Attorney for him, authorizing Mr. A. Mylod to procu- re his pension in Boston, and that he, the said Wood did send to the War Department his Soldiers Certificate last September. I further state that the said Wood has had a shock of recent Palsy, and I have attended him as a Physician the year past.
John K. Briggs
Norfolk S.S. December 31-1833 - Then John K. Briggs who is a practical Physician and a credible Witness, personally appeared and made oath that the above statement by him made and subscribed is true.
Before me Yrs W. Ellis } Justice of the Peace

Holland Wood Bap. Act 7 June 1832 to what time p er ? Pen Offin
Dec 30 th May 1835 to May 21. 1839 to that period 2/6

8802/4 Massachusetts.
Holland Wood, US Walpole, in the state of Massach. who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane, of the Mass. art y for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of April 19. and sent to John Davis, judge, Boston Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. 85.56 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1. Sept. 48.
10 mo 17 / 30 } 1819. } $133.56 4 mo 4 / 31 }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

for Collyer 16 Sept 1833 to Patrick Riley Esq 133 West 1833 the day of Ann
Application sent September 20th 1833 to Mr. D. Ware, Esq. @@@ Place, Norfolk Wrentham, Mass.

answer
M c Holland Wood of Brackfield
Holland Wood N. 2 14 88 M c Count.
it is Park and y e have no paper nor pen

Holland Wood, Sergeant in Cap ty Thomas Seward's Company, in the 3 d Regiment of Artillery, Commanded by Colonel John Crane, Having served as a good Soldier during the Term of his Three Years enlistment; is hereby discharged from the Armies of the United States of North- America, and is entitled to all the Privileges that may arise to the Three Years Men from the Massachusetts and United States of North America.
Given under my hand at West Point, John Pierce Capt L t This 1 st Day of March. 1780 S. 3 d Reg t of Artillery.
J. MANNAN Major Com d of Artillery

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14188
Abigail Wood Widow of William Wood Sergt Rev War
Act: July 7 th 88
Index:—Vol. M , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1910 - mch. 28 - Hist. to L. G. Sarah F. W. Richmond m. 1923, Jan. 2 - mch. to Henry F. Spencer, ew

R.L. Westerly, March, 8. 1910.
Holland Wood of either Franklin or Wrentham Massa- chusetts, was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. Will you please send me the number and any other informa- tion regarding the pension. I would like to become a Daughter of the American Revolution, and am trying to

find the necessary proofs of my eligibility.
Any information I can get will be thankfully received,
Very sincerely Yours
Isiah F. Wood Richmond,
MAR 12 1910

Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
If not called for in 15 days, return to THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Mrs. Sarah F. H. Richmond Westerville, R.I.

Paris
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office War Department. Washington (D.C.)
Paper marked sent to P. Riley July 10. 1835

Boston 4 July 1833.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office. Having received no reply to a letter directed to you a few weeks ago presume it must never have been received, and will briefly state its import and object. Mr Holland Wood of Walpole - a revolutionary Soldier, who served three years or more in Brane's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia , as a Sergeant, and who made an application for a pension (the date of affidavit being 14 April 1818) transmitted his papers including his discharge from service to the necessary office, which were returned for want of proper evidence or informality, and again transmitted on the 24 th March 1819. upon which he received a certificate for a pension from the U.S. District Clerk for Mass's District on the 9 th of July 1819. all of which appears from Pension Book in said Clerk's Office. An Act passed the Legislature of this State at its late session, granting a certain quantity of land

in the State of Maine, to all those, who served the State Militia a certain time, and in order that Mr Wood may obtain the benefits of said Act, it is necessary, when discharged  he should produce his discharge or a proper Copy . Being ignorant of the rules of practice which regulate your Office, he solicits of you the necessary information, and procedure requisite. If a fee is ordinarily paid, and previously too, the Subscriber will deem it a favor to be informed, if it be the Con- -trary will be obliged in having the Copy (as he Supposes he can have no other) transmitted at the earliest and most convenient time.
I have the honor to be your obedt Servant Patrick Riley.
Please direct letter to Patrick Riley.

James L. Edwards Esq. U.S. Comm r of Pensions Washington City

Dedham Mass Dec r 22 d 1838
Sir,
Herenewith is transmitted the pension application of Abigail Wood of Walpole Mass tt - the Widow of Holland Wood late a Pensioner of the U.S. dec d - as the applicant was unable to procure a transcript from the Justice records by whom she was married to said Holland Wood, a Certificate of the intimation of Marriage - and also a Certificate of the birth of the Children of said Holland & Abigail Wood are attached to the papers of this claim, the said Holland Wood resided from his youth to manhood, in the town of Mansfield in the County of Norfolk Mass tt and went into the military service of the Revolutionary War from that town, there after the close of the war resided in said Walpole till his marriage in the year A.D. 1786, there removed about eight miles distant, and resided fifteen years or more in the Town of Franklin in said County, there removed but and resided in said Walpole till the time of his death, I have often seen and was some what acquainted with the said Holland Wood, he was a man of uncommon stature in size and perhaps second to no man in America in muscular strength, whether the Piece of Artillery captured as stated in the declaration, was taken in the Battle at Yorktown or Monmouth I am not certain; I am informed by said Wood's grandson, that on this occasion when the American Artillery made made the conclusive rush on that of the Enemy, and in the midst of the conflict, the said Holland Wood discovered the same Piece of Artillery which had been once taken by his company, and once retaken from them by the Enemy, on the same day, (it being a fine brass six pounder) and instantly exerted his great strength, attached himself to the Harness of the Piece and dragged it without any assistance from others, a distance of about sixty Rods (the field being a little descending) and which was retained as a trophy of American Victory, and that to perpetuate this act of Valour, the name of Holland Wood had been engraved with other suitable devices - on the same Brass Piece, yet in the U.S. Arsenal at Springfield Mass tt - if any further explanation be requisite in this application, please to direct your enquiry or result to the Subscriber at Dedham Mass tt .
Very Respectfully your Ob t Serv t
W. Gellis

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. Holland Wood wid. File 14188
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Leah Bullard Joseph Read Mass.   about Jan'y 1776 1 year Oliver Pond Joseph Read   Jan'y 1777 3 mos. Sgt. Thomas Seward John Coane Mass.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wadsworth, Norfolk Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr 14 1838 His ch. was at
Residence at date of application, Walpole, Norfolk Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 65 yrs. died May 30 1835 at Walpole, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier married Feb'y 1786 Abigail Cohoney and moved to Franklin Co. Mass. after their marriage. She was allowed pension on an application executed Nov 20 1838 while a resident of Walpole Mass. aged 82 years. Their children were Abigail b. Oct 8 1787 and Horatio b. Oct 14 1793.
Very respectfully,
{did not part battle of Yorktown as soldier was not in service then. }

Rev. Sir /
483 Washington Ave West Haven Conn Dec 5 th /22
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Holland Wood and Spencer Wood of Medfield or Walpole Mass served almost continuously through the Revolution as shown in the Massachusetts Archives. I understand that Holland at least received a pension. Spencer Wood served in place of a drafted man named Adams. Can you inform me if these men were brothers with any details as to their father's name & place and date of birth. Holland died in 1835 in Walpole Mass. The Wood genealogies do not mention these men so far as I can find. I shall be grateful for any detail however small which you can give me on these men.
Yours truly
Henry F. Spencer.

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Septem r , next, in Massachusetts, at the Branch Bank of the United States, Boston.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Holland Wood, of Walpole, Massachusetts, late a Sergeant ————— " ————— in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts ————— Agency, at the rate of Eight ————— dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of April , ————— one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this first ————— day of April , ————— one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J C Calhoun Secretary of War.