Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,684, Jeremiah Woodman, N H

SERVICE
NUMBER
N H
Woodman, Jeremiah
N. 22684
Mary
B.L.Wt. 19912-160-55
Polly or
CONTENTS

13,885
New Hampshire
Jeremiah Woodman
of Alton in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of July 1819 and sent to William Baager Esq. Dover N. Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819  83 69    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 Sep. 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{10 \frac{1}{4}}{30 \frac{3}{4}}   $131.69  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Costa
Notification sent to at Dover Eng. Dover, New - Hamp. 6 in Sept. 1820

Miss Hampshire Art
Mary Woodman widow of Jeremiah N. B.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Enrolled
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
1 st of July
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1842 and sent to
Hon A. Lick House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 162 Vol. 1
[Signature]
Rev S May 58 16295

163,295 Act March 3/53 Mary June 9. 1853
Polly Woodson, Wid of Jeremiah Woodson, Jr.
Capt. J. Brown. Col. J. Long. N. H. Cagle, Supt. Enl. Apr. 7. 1796. M.H. discharged 1777. Amil.
Revolutionary. War.
ad: 160 ac. apl. 1856. N. H. Feb 48 - B.R. 11/12
man
Vol 112. page 183
D. W. Rollins Alton, M.H.

Jeremiah Broadman
Private Col Longs Regiment Cross Sampshin Line
1776-1 year
Admitted
The certificate of the Judge as to credibility & disintereste- ness of both the within witnesses is wanting. —
21 Ap l 1810

State of New Hampshire
Stratford ss } On this 21 st day of April - A D 1830 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally ap- pears Jeremiah Woodman aged fifty six years resident in the town of Alton in said County and state who being by me first duly sworn according to law takes on his Oath the following declaration in order to obtain the Provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said Jeremiah Woodman enlisted as a private Soldier sometime in the month of August  September A D 1776 for one year in the town of Hopkinton - in said state in the company command- ed by Captain Nathan Brown Col. Pierce Longys Regiment New Hampshire line that he continued to serve in said corps of the United States until his years enlistment was out which was in September 1777 when he was regularly discharged from service by the commanding offi- cer (there were no written discharges given) at Saratoga in the State of New York that he was in the Battle

at Skeensborough and that he is in reduced circum- stances and needs the assistance of his country for sup- port - - - Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - - William Badger
I William Badger, Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jeremiah Woodman did serve in the revolution- ary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the Continental establishment and that he is in redu- ced circumstances and that I now transmit the pro- ceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 29 th day of August A.D. 1818
William Badger
Attest Dan l Waldrone Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for said County of Stafford

I Josiah Magoon of Newhampton in the County of Strafford Depose and say that on the seventh day of August A. D. 1776 I entered the continental service in the revolutionary War for the term of one year and served as a private soldier in Captain Nathan Brown's company in Col. Long's Regiment and served the term for which I was enlisted and was discharged at Stillwater on the seventh of August A. D. 1777 and that Jeremiah Woodman served as a private soldier in the same company and regiment and the same term of time.
Josiah Magoon
Strafford, ss: May 8 th 1818 personally appeared the above named Josiah Magoon and made affirmation to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me
John Mooney Justice Peace
This may certify to all whom it may concern that I served in Col. Long's Regiment the same term of time set forth in the above declaration signed by Josiah Magoon that said Regiment was in the continental service
Meredith May 8 th 1818 John Mooney
Strafford ss August 29 th 1818 I do hereby certify that the above named John Mooney is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Strafford — William Badger

Jeremiah State of New Hampshire Stafford 18 th June 1813 - I William Badger Judge as aforesaid do certify that the foregoing witnesses (viz) Josiah Magoon & John Mooney are men of good credibility and are disinterested in the foregoing claim of Jeremiah Woodman - - William Badger.

State of New Hampshire.
COUNTY OF Belknap.
SS.
On this fifth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, Polly Woodman personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, aged 94 years, a resident of Alton in said County in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Woodman deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Brown in the Regiment of New Hampshire detached Militia commanded by Col. Parris Loring in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 that her said husband was drafted or enlisted at Poplar on or about the 7th day of December A. D. 1776 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of sixteen days, once for the term of and was honorably discharged at on or about the 7th day of January A. D. 1777.
She further states that she was married to the said Jeremiah in Alton on the 16th day of November A. D. 1781 by one Joseph Roberts a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Russell that her said husband died at Alton on the 20th day of April A. D. 1841 and that she is now a widow. And that there is no public or private record of her marriage now in existence to her knowledge Polly Woodman.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the act approved September 28, 1850, and obtained a land warrant for acres, No. which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." And she requests that the warrant to which she may be entitled, may be forwarded to Mrs. GEORGINA WINTHROPE, Farmington, N. H. S. W. Rollins
Witness S. W. Rollins Polly her Woodman Mark Alton N. H.
We, George Stockbridge and Joshua P. Chamberlin residents of Alton in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Woodman in our presence, and we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. George Stockbridge Joshua P. Chamberlin
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I hereby certify, that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
S. W. Rollins JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. COUNTY OF Belknap . ss.
On this 5 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, George Stockbridge and Joshua P. Chamberlain personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, who being sworn according to law declare that they knew the within named Ebenezer Woodman in his life time, and Polly Woodman his wife; that the said persons lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed to be such—that the said Ebenezer Woodman died in the town of Alton on or about the 21 st day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and that the within named Polly Woodman is now a widow. George Stockbridge Joshua P. Chamberlain
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the said deponents are persons known to me to be entitled to credit and in my belief testified truly.
S. W. Rollins JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
163,295
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Belknap ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Clerk's Office.
I, Samuel C. Balcomb Clerk of said Court, hereby certify that S. W. Rollins, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County,
duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit, that his commission is dated December 3, A. D. 1852 and will expire December 3 A. D. 1857 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this seventh day of June A. D. 1855
S. C. Balcomb CLERK,

State of New Hampshire -
Belknap-ss-
On this 17 th day of November A.D. 1843- personally appeared before Thomas Cogswell one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid - Mary Woodman a resident of Atton in the County and State aforesaid 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 an act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows": - That she is the widow of Jeremiah Woodman late of said Atton, deceased, who was a soldier during the Revolution, and was entitled to, and received a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum (And for proof of the services of her said husband as aforesaid this declarant would refer the War Department to the evidence of the same, now on file with the Department)

She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Woodman in November of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. That her husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Woodman died on the 20 th day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty one. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. viz: at the time above stated.
Geo. G. Fogg {Witness
her Mary X Woodman mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Thomas Cogswell Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Belknap
I hereby certify that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
Thomas Cogswell, Judge, C.C. Pleas

Declaration of Mary Woodman in to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838

175
Jeremiah Woodman
13. 085
EW
Sept. 1819.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Jeremiah Woodman aged 59 years , resident in Alton in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
1600 sheifer old plough & harrow 66 chairs 1 table 1 p o old drawers
Jeremiah Woodman —
And the said Jeremiah Woodman in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
I Jeremiah Woodman do solemnly swear  affirm 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.
Jeremiah Woodman
And the said Woodman doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
he entered Capt. Brown's company in Col o . Long's Regiment in the New Hampshire line August 1776 for one year and was discharged after serving his time out in August 1777

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 21 st Apr 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 13885 :—That his occupation is that of a Labourer — able to labour a small part of the time :—That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
his wife Mary aged 59 years not able to perform any labour —
Daughter Hannah aged 19 years is healthy
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
affirmed and declared before the said court the 18 th day of July 1820.
} Jeremiah Woodman
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and SAMUEL QUARLES, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Jeremiah Woodman having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is twenty two dollars fifty cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July — 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

State of New Hampshire - Belknap ss -
Sally Beasey of Alton in said county of Belknap - aged fifty six years deposes and says that she is the daughter of Jeremiah Woodman and Mary Woodman named in the annexed declaration - that they have always during her memory lived and cohabited together as man and wife for fifty years - that she has always understood that they were married in the year seventeen hundred and eightyone - by Joseph Roberts Esq. since dead - that her father the late Jeremiah Woodman died on the twentieth day of April. eighteen hundred and fortyone -
Sally Beasey
Belknap ss. Nov. 17. 1843 - Then personally appeared Sally Beasey and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true -
Thomas Cogswell, Jus. Peace.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
F. S. M. E. C.
October 12, 1895
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history Madam: of _____, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
--- Jeremiah Woodman ---
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1776 12 mos. Pvt. Nathan Brown Pierce Long N. H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, _____ Skeensborough.  Residence at date of application, _____ Poplin, N. H.  Age at date of application, _____ May 8, 1818.  Remarks: _____ Alton, N. H.  _____ Fifty-seven years.
Very respectfully, His widow, Mary, to whom he was married in November, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died April 20, 1841.
Mrs. W.A. Dickinson, 190 Branch St., Lowell, Mass.
Commissioner.

Declaration of Mary Woodman an to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of March 3. 1843 -
No. act 43 - 5841
admd.
12 mo. fri
40
For J. S. Hall H. R.

State of New Hampshire - Belknap Co.
On this 17 th day of November, A.D. 1843 - Personally appeared before Thomas Cogswell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid - Mary Woodman an. a resident of Alton in the County and State aforesaid, aged eightytwo years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War -
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Woodman late of Alton aforesaid, who was a Soldier of during the Revolution in the service of the United Colonies, and received a pension therefore, under the Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum - And for proof of said service of her said husband this declarant would respectfully refer the Department to the evidence of said service now on file with the Department -

That she was entitled to a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838-
She further declares that she is still a widow. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service: but at the time above stated. and that she was married to him by Joseph Roberts Esq. then a justice of the peace in the Town of New Durham Gore. Since changed to Atton. That said Roberts is now dead. That she knows of no person now living, who was present at her marriage except Bena Coffin. Still resident in said Atton -
Geo. G. Hogg { Witnesses
Mary her Wooden mark
Beltnap Co. Nov. 17 1843. Subscribed and sworn to before me.
Thomas Cogswell Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Beltnap County.

State of New Hampshire Belknap Is Feby 22, 1844 I hereby certify that the within named Mary Woodman has a good reputation for truth and veracity.
Thomas Cogswell, Judge, C.C. Pleas
State of New Hampshire
Belknap, ss.
I Ebenezer S. Lawrence clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Thomas Cogswell is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County as above & within written, that his Commission is dated January fourth A. D. 1844 & also an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine in my belief.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this twenty third day of February A.D. 1844.
E. S. Lawrence, Clerk.

I Benjamin Coffin of Atton in the County of Belknap and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty seven years depose and say that I was present at the marriage of Jeremiah and Mary Woodman, named in the annexed dec- -laration - that they were married about the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. or eighty two. at the house of my father, Jonathan Coffin. then residing in New Durham Gore (since changed by an act of the Legislature to Atton). that they were married by Edgwin Roberts a justice of the Peace then residing in New Durham Gore aforesaid. That I have been well acquainted with the said Jeremiah & Mary from the time of their marriage to the death of the said Jeremiah - and with the said Mary to this time - and that they are the parents of a large family of children. I further depose and say that I do not know that any person other than myself, who was present at their marriage is now living. Benj s Coffin
State of New Hampshire - Belknap ss. January 24 th 1844 - Then the aforesaid Benjamin Coffin appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - Before me George G. Foss justice of the Peace

Bethlehem Pa. Feby 22 1844. I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named Benjamin Coffin, and believe him to be a man of unexceptionable character for truth and veracity.
Thomas Coopersmith, Judge, C.C. Pleas

I. Smith Emerson of the age of thirty years a resident of the town of Atton in the County of Belknap, and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I am town clerk of the said Atton. That all the records of marriages in said Atton known or believed by me to be in existence, are in my possession. That said town of Atton was formerly called New- Durham Gore. That the records of New Durham Gore are also in my possession - That I have made diligent search, without being able to find any record of the marriage of the within named Jeremiah Woodman & Mary Woodman - and there are no records of any marriages in my possession. or by me believed to exist, of a date prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety - That no records of marriages in said town of New Durham Gore, appear to have ever been made or kept prior to the said year seventeen hundred and ninety - Smith Emerson
State of New Hampshire - Belknap ss January 24 th 1844. Then the aforesaid Smith Emerson personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief true - Before me - George E. Fogg - Justice of the Peace -

I Timothy Smith of Gilmanston in the County of Belknap, and State of New Hampshire, aged fiftyeight years, depose and say that I have been acquainted with Jeremiah Woodman late of Alton in said County of Belknap, deceased, (and a pensioner at the time of his death,) during the last thirty six years, up to the time of his decease. That during the whole of the same thirty six years I have been acquainted also with Mary Woodman wife of the said Jeremiah Woodman. That at the time I first knew them, thirty six years ago, they lived together as, and were reputed to be, man and wife, and as such they have lived ever since, till the death of the said Jeremiah. Some- time in the year eighteen hundred and forty- one, that at the time I first knew them, they had a large family of children. Some of whom had at that time arrived to the age and stature of manhood. Timothy Smith
State of New Hampshire, Belknap ss. Feby 10, 1844. Then the above named Timothy Smith appeared and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me George E. Fogg Justice of the Peace
Feby 10, 1844 I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Timothy Smith, and that he is a man of truth and veracity Thomas Cogswell, Judge, C.C. Pleas

State of New Hampshire
Belknap. ss. - I Ebenezer S. Lawrence clerk of the court of common Pleas for said county, certify George G. Fogg is a justice of the Peace in and for said county that his commission is dated December 21 st 1842, will expire December 20 th 1847 and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine in my belief -
10721
act 7. July 38.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this twenty third day of February A.D. 1844 - E. S. Lawrence, clerk.

Brief in the case of Mary Woodman, widow of Jeremiah, Belknap County and State of New Hampshire act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ( "original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Increased under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848
Name and residence of Agent
M c A. Tuck, N. H.
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Rejected
Mary Wooman NO
See to Hon J P Hale May 11. 44
7. July .38

State of New Hampshire County of Belknap ss.
Before the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County Personally appeared Polly Woodman and made the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of 2 nd February 1844 that She is the widow of Jeremiah Woodman who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and who drew a pension from the United States at the rate of $96.00 Per annum and died on the twenty th day of April 1840 that She is the iden- tical Person who drew a Pension under the act of 17 th February 1844 at the rate of $40.00 per annum that She is a resident of Alton in Said State and is eighty eight years of age that She has continued the widow of the Said Jeremiah Woodman ever Since his death her mark
in the presence of us William Stevens Jas French
Polly X Woodman mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Seventeenth day of March 1849
Samuel Woodman Justice of the Peace I certify that I am Personally acquainted with the above named Polly Woodman and that She is the same person She represents herself to be a widow and a Pensioner
Samuel Woodman Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
Belknap County ss: I Jeremiah Elkins, Register of Probate for the County of Belknap and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Woodman is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 23 d day of December, A.D. 1845, and will expire on the 23 d day of December, A.D. 1850, and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate for said County, this 18 th day of April, A.D. 1849
Jeremiah Elkins, Register of Probate

Payment to be made at
Portsmouth by
Richard Jenness Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Hampshire
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 160 Vol. 1 ,
Glo. H. King Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Woodman widow of Jeremiah Woodman who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 23 rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine,
L. C. Gouveneur Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

PW MN
2145 5/2
to the Commission of Honors
Washington - City D. C.

Mendota Bridge N.H.
April 18. 1849
If the within is sufficient evidence upon which to issue a certificate, the same may be sent to me.
Yours Truly J. S. Perkins

Inct to p 96, de q p 40. Caug 1 July 1848
Portsmouth
Hon A. Tuck N of K

No. Reps. N.S. Ap. 9, 1852-
Dear Sir;
I send you a Pension Certificate of Mrs. Mary Woodman, with a letter from Hon. Pearson Cogswell. Please to issue a new Certificate and send the Certificate to same for remitting - (with Mr. Cogswell's letter) And oblige
Yrs. respectfully Amos Stick
J. E. Heath Esq. - } Comm. Pensions }

House of Representatives March 26. 1844
Sir
Please examine the enclosed case of Mary Woodman & communicate the result to me at your earliest convenience & oblige Yours John Hale
J. L. Cummings Esq. Room of Pen room

May Woodman
N.H.
joint resolution act 7 July 38 adnd
12 mo. fine
$40- for 5 years
L. Blanchard True Present

Whereas the Act of the 30th April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a Pension for the same period during which my Husband was a Pensioner, I now make the following Statement under Oath, in order to obtain the benefit of Resolution of 23 rd January 1845
I am the Widow of Frederick Woodman who was a private in the War of the Revolution; I have drawn a Pension at the rate of forty dollars per annum from the fourth day of March A.D. 1843 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1836 to the fourth day of March 1843 when my former Pension commenced & for increase. his Signed Mary X Woodman Mark
Sworn to me and Subscribed before me on this fifth day of February in the Year A.D. 1846 at Alton
Samuel Woodman Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same Individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Samuel Woodman Justice Peace.

Ebenezer S. Lawrence Clerk of the court of common Pleas do hereby certify that Samuel Woodman who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Belknap and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1846 at Gilford in the State of New Hampshire E. S. Lawrence

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No Aug

Ph. art 2? Art 148, n. 1.
Boyle

FREE
Pension Office Washington City D. C.
168,295

S. C. Baldwin Esq Aunt Liff Bridge N.H.

9941.
New Hampshire.
May Woodman,
Widow of Jeremiah Woodman, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18, and who died on the 20th: April, 1841, — of Belknap Co in the State of N. H. who was a private in the
commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by _____ in the N. Hampshire line for 12 mos —
M o 445.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth, at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April, 1841, — and sent to S. B. True, Present. —
Total amount, $ 200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Joint resolution of Jan'y 4 th . Recorded by Whittier Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 45.

5472 Portsmouth New Hampshire Mary Woodman widow of Jeremiah Woodman, who was a Private in the N.H. Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1844, and sent to Hon. J. P. Hale, House of Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 256

Rep. 13 May '44
April 9th: 1846.
No 445. Admitted under joint resolution of January 23 d 1845. and sent to L. B. True, Present.
See within
Rept 10

4731.
New Hampshire Pats Mary Woodman widow of Jeremiah who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr 1849 and sent to
J. Elkins Meredith Bridge N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 160 Vol. 1.

His & Mrs. N. A. Hickinson, 1908 Branch St. Lowell, Mass., M.C.
22684
Oct. 12/95
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22684
Mary Woodman widow of Jeremiah Woodman Rev Rev War
Act: Feb 20 1848
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 857
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Judith Chamberlain Feb Nov

Lovell Oct-4 th 1895-
Mr Lockum
Dear Sir:-
N
Will you kindly send me the military history of Jeremiah Woodman (he is my great Grandfather) He was in the war of the American Revolution and draw pension.
He enlisted from Paplin

now called Fernald N.H. was in the battle of Sunderoga R.
Respectfully Ellu Sargent-Dickinson
Mrs H. A. Dickinson 190 Branch st- Lowell Mass