Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11831, Josiah Woods, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Woods, Josiah
R. 11831
CONTENTS

Joshiah Wood or Jonah Wood Suspended Dec 35
No
A B. True Present

33.365
Virginia
Josiah Woods - Esq
MS: see let to Hon Mr Gladstone. Dec 14 1835.
11831
Ad 7 June 32

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11.831
P. O. Josiah Wood
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Franklin County Set
Lewis Davis & George Ferguson This day appeared before me the undersigned a magistrate of the county aforesaid & made oath that they have examined the declaration of Jonah Woods Esq. This day made in open Court and as they each served in the revolutionary war with said Woods — they know he performed the service as stated by him given under my hand & seal this 5 th July 1835
Moses Greer L.L.
I certify that I know said Lewis Davis & George Ferguson & I believe them highly respectable & credible Witnesses given under my hand & seal this 5 th July 1835 Moses Greer L.L.

Virginia Franklin County to wit:
I Caleb Tate Clerk of Franklin County Court, do hereby certify that Moses Green is a Magistrate as within, and that the wit ss signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 2 d day of November 1835 in the 60 th year of the Commonwealth.
C. Tate, clerk

33365
Dec 14
Josiah Wood Esq.
Declaration
M. H. Claiborne
Am. M. H. Claiborne H. R.

State of Virginia Franklin County ss on this 2nd day of November 1835 personally appeared before the county court of Franklin county Joseph Woods Esq. a resident of said county of Franklin and state of Virginia aged there seventy years last march who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 This affi- davit says he was born in Charlotte county Virginia in March 1762 as appears by a family register which is still preserved That he removed with his fathers family to Henry County now now Frank- lin where he has since now resides - that in the year 1781 he has forgot the month he was in Henry County drafted into a company of Militia. for three months commanded by Capt George Harston and Ensign Cox It was marched to Guilford county North Carolina - A few days after the battle of Guilford the company joined Genl Greens Army and were attached to Genl Lawsons brigade in a regiment commanded by Col l Tackett and Maj or Halcum They marched with the main Army to Ramsey Mills on Deep river - At Ramsey Mills they were attached to Col l Lees Infantry and were marched to Cape Fear North Carolina and there they were he was discharged - in writing this dis- charge he has long since lost or mislaid In the summer or fall of said year 1781 he was again drafted in said County of Henry into a company of Militia commanded by Subfield Mills

Capt. Hugh Wood Smith and Wm Wood Ensign and were marched to various places finally to York Town Va. where the company was joined the main army commanded by His Excellency General Washington The company was attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Skeworth, and participated in the siege of York Town — after the surrender of Cornwallis This applicant and the company to which he belonged were discharged — The discharge was in writing This discharge he has, also lost — This applicant expressly avows that the term for which he served was drafted both times was three months and that he faithfully served the two terms as above stated and was honorably discharged He has no documentary testimony — but George Ferguson & Lewis Davis two respectable men living in Franklin served both terms above with him & he refers to their testimony to support this declaration This applicant the last term he served acted the whole term as a sergeant to the company This applicant is extensively known in the county in which he has resided having served in Virginia as a member of the general assembly and long as a justice of the peace This applicant recognizes every claim elsewhere to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pen- -sion roll of any agency in any State,

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
George Ferguson J. W. Woods
We Mores Greer a clergyman residing in Franklin county Virginia and Rev. T. Woods residing in said county & state, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Woods Esq. who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years old as he has stated in this declaration, & that he is reported & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution - in the neighborhood in which he resides - & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Moses Greer & Rev. T. Woods
And the court do hereby declare their opinion - after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named Applicant who the members of this court personally know was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them, that Mores Greer who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resident of Franklin County Virginia and that Rev. T. Woods who has also signed the same is a resident of said county & state, and is a credible and person & that their statement is entitled to credit -
J. Caleb Tate - clerk of Franklin County Court

do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Woods Esq. for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Office this 2 nd day of November in the year of our Lord 1832.
R. Tate, Clerk

[POWER OF ATTORNEY.]
Know all men by these presents, That I Wiley P Woodz, son of Josiah Woodz, of the County of Franklin, and State of Virginia, for and in consideration of my confidence in Him, I do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, L. BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, D. C.,
my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a Revolutionary Pension was granted to Josiah Woodz on account of the Revolutionary services of a private and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said Josiah Woodz, by virtue of said services, as a private in the Company of Capt. [blank] in the Regiment of [blank] and in the State line of the forces of Virginia. And for good and sufficient reasons I do hereby REVOKE and CANCEL any and all other Powers of Attorney and authority which I may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and I do hereby vest the same irrevocably in the said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard True.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11 th day of February, in the year A. D. 1854
In presence of
Wiley P. Woodz
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STATE OF Virginia } ss. COUNTY OF Franklin }
On this 11 th day of February in the year A. D. 1854 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid Wiley P Woodz and said [blank] in due form of Law that he is the subscriber to the above, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned; and made oath, in due form of law, that he is not personally interested as a Legatee in said claim. And I further certify that he is personally known to me to be the identical individual represented.
J. H. Meniel J. P.
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For Copies  leaving blanks for the purposes to some times
State of Virginia, County of Franklin } To wit:
I Robert A Scott Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan H. McNeil whose genuine signature appears within, is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn - that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of February A.D. 1854 in the 78 th year of the Common- wealth.
R. A. Scott Clk
State of Virginia, County of Franklin } To wit:
I Richard M. Taliaferro Presiding Justice of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Robert A. Scott who made the above certificate as Clerk of the said Court, is Clerk thereof and that his said attestation is in due form. Given under my hand this 11 th day of February 1854 R. M. Taliaferro P.J.
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M. B. any Form of Power of Attorney, most will do but this list and the one used generally by us and our Agents L. B. True