Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26102, Gedor Woodruff, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Woodruff, Cedar Sarah
N. 26/102
CONTENTS

4503. New York
Sarah Woodruff widow of Gedor Woodruff who was a private in the Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jany: 1844 and sent/to
E. W. Edgcomb Courtland - Village N. Y.K.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 — Page 258

818 New York
Gedor Woodruff
of Portland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. N. commanded by Captain Wolcott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Durkee 10th in the Connecticut line for 2 Years and 10 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 80 Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Octobr. 1832 and sent to claimant
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $120. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mar. '33  40.
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Hunsicker Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 155

No 5645
Brief
in the case of
Gedor Woodruff
Old case
on Rolls admitted
$80
1818
57 14 71
BRIEF in the case of
in the case of
(Act 3 June 1824)
1. When the declaration may be filed before a Court or a Judge
2. If before a Judge, when it appears that the applicant is entitled to make a declaration

No. 564.
BRIEF in the case of  Gedon Woodruff, of Cortlandville -  of Cortland Co.  in the State of New York -  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Justice of the Peace verified as such by the Clerk of the County Court -  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? His former declaration is on file in the Department of War -  3. How old is he? This will appear by his former declaration -  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 Enlisted Jan'y or Feb'y 1781 discharged Nov'r 1783 by Genl. Noeman Knapp 2 1/2 6 10 private 1 st Continental Reg't. Con- necticut line, Col's Duke Grasvenor & Huntington, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Compy  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? In the battle of Fort Independence and in several skirmishes - stood guard at Genl. Washington's quarters, Newburg.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Farmington Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? The evidence is on file in the Dept. of War as it appears by certificate herewith that he was on the pension roll 27 th March 1819 and struck off on account of property -  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Having been previously placed on the roll, his papers could not have been defective, he now relinquishes all other claims as a Pensioner. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilson Examining Clerk.

Connecticut
174. In ref. of
Gedon Woodruff Farmington Private
From Jan. 1781 to Nov. 1783
Col. Dunham Butler 1st Conn. Regt. See Butler's rpt - rolls.
Index Proc. Hartford

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss---HARTFORD
On this 17 th day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford in for the said district, personally appeared Gedon Woodruff aged fifty seven years resident in Farmington in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Gedon Woodruff
in Bangor July 1781 enlisted in Farmington in the state of Conn in the company commanded by Captain Brutus Wolcott of the 1st Conn Regt commanded by Col Durkee , afterwards by Col Grovenor , at at his discharge by Col Br. Washington ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of November  December 1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point state of New York , that he was in the battles of Fort Independence
Standard and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except what is subjoined.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid
I, Jonathan Brace Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to
my satisfaction, that the said Gedon Woodruff did serve in the
that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings 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.
Hartford June 17 th
1818. June 17 1818.
Sealed with the seal of said court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said court Thomas Chester Clerk

State of Conn. } County of Hartford }
Solomon Wetton & Thomas F. Bishop being duly sworn do severally depone & say, that they served in the same Regt with the within named Yedor Woodruff in the Revolutionary war & will know that he served for the time & in the manner stated within and that he is in no way indebted to the said Yedor Woodruff for any services Sworn to subscribed }
This 17 - day of June 1818
Before me Jonathan Brainerd Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid ~

No. 564 Brief
18 3/4
Lewis Cap Esqr Sec. of War Washington
Revolutionary Pension
July 20, 1838 P Office

Statement Of Gedeon Woodruff Revolutionary Soldier. To obtain a pension under the act passed June 7 th 1832 Entitled an "act Supplementary to an "Act for the relief of the surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution."
State of New York Cortland County ss 3 Gedeon Woodruff of the town of Cortlandville in the county of Cortland and State of New York Being duly sworn deposeth & saith that while he was a resident of the town of Farmington Hartford County State of Connecticut on the seventeenth day of June in the year 1818 he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the act entitled an "Act for the relief of the surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution" and according to certificate hereunto annexed made by the then Secretary of war J. C. Calhoun was put on the pension Roll the 27 th day of March 1819. And that he drew but twice under the same and was struck off about the year 1820. he was put on the pension Roll as a private. That he moved from the State of Connecticut about eleven years ago and came to the said town of Cortland- ville in the county of Cortland & State of New York where he now & has ever since resided That in January or February 1781. he enlisted in the said town of Farmington in the company Commanded by Captain Erastus Wolcott of the 1 st Continental Regiment Connecticut line Commanded by Col. Durkee afterwards by Col. Grosvenor at the time of his discharge by Col. Eli Huntington. And was discharged in the month of November 1783. at West Point State of New York by Gen. Norman Knox was

in the battle of fort Independence and several skirmishes. Stood guard at Newburgh at Gen. Washington Quarters his life guard having been partly cut off and often saw his lady there several times. That he never has been replaced on the pension roll and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in the State or other than the one above mentioned from which he was struck off. That he was struck off of the pension roll on account of property, and further he saith not
Gideor Woodruff
Sworn and subscribed before
on this 13 th day of July 1832
Lizur B Canfield Justice Peace
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Gideor Woodruff for eleven years past, and believe him to be the identical person he repre- sents himself to be, & that he is a man of truth and veracity - Homer July 13 th 1832.
Lizur B. Canfield
State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office SS.
I Samuel Hotchkiss or Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Lizur B. Canfield Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly Commissioned and sworn. his acts therefore in that capacity are to be regarded as such Also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe his name subscribed to the deed of the said affidavit to be genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of office the 13 th day of July 1832
Sam. Hotchkiss or CLK

Haver July 13.. 1832
Dr. Sir. I send you the application of G. Woodruff. for Pension when you have determined you will send me word and it will be communicated to Woodruff.
Yours &c
M. B. Butterfield
To Secretary of War.

State of New York Tompkins County ss.
On this 30 th day of August 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber John Boynton — a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Tompkins — the same being a Court of record. Sarah Woodruff — a resident of Groton in the County of Tompkins — aged Seventy Six 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 acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838. and the 23 d of August 1842. Granting pension to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Gador Woodruff — who was a Private in the Continental Army in the Connecticut line and was a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832. and was a pensioner at the time of his death and was a pensioner of Eighty Dollars per Annum. She also declares that she was married to the said Gador Woodruff on the 22 nd day of October Seventeen Hundred and eighty Nine 1789. That her husband the aforesaid Gador Woodruff died on the Sixteenth (16) day of June 1842. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four viz. at the time above stated — and that she still remains the widow of Gador Woodruff. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me —
John Boynton a Judge of Tompkins County Courts
Sarah Woodruff
I certify that I am satisfied that from the infirmities of old age — and the distance the declarant is from the Court House. she is unable to attend the sitting of the Court.
John Boynton a Judge of Tompkins County Courts

State of New York } Tompkins County ss. } I Norman Crittenden deputy clerk of the said county do hereby certify that John Boynton whose name is subscribed to the certificate before which the within affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Judge of Tompkins County courts in & for the County aforesaid residing in said County duly qualified to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his signature to the same is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of com. Pleas at Ithaca this 28 th day of August A D 1845
N. Crittenden deputy clerk

Gedor Woodruff was born July 20 th 1761
September 17 th 1787 Gedor Woodruff was joined in Marriage with Corinna South
Elias was born February 12 th 1788
Corinna Woodruff Died December 6 th 1788
Elias Died December 15 th 1788
October 22 nd 1789 Gedor Woodruff was joined in Marriage with Sarah Ingham
Mark was born July 6 th 1791 } Sarah Ingham was born November 7 th 1767 Elias was Born May 16 th 1793
Elias Died November 5 th 1793
Jonathan was Born February 10 th 1795
Emilia was Born May 25 th 1797
Clarisa was Born August 19 th 1800
Gedor Woodruff Died June 16 th 1842

177    March 1815  Capt Deming paid Patrick Deming Crd =        by an order on Capt Bliss Hartford  £1  =  16 7 0    May  by fifteen bundles straw at 3 Cents  0  =  2 2 8    Nov  by Cash delivered to me  0  =  12 7 0    Jan 1816  by making Basket  0  =  14 2 1    April  by soap barrel  0  =  7 2 6    Octob  by setting hoops as we agreed  0  =  6 7 0    Nov  by mending two Cider barrels  0  =  4 2 0    Octob 1817  by one gallon Molasses  0  =  3 2 9    Jan 1818  by Cash by Capt Deming  0  =  3 2 0     by setting hoops on gallon Barrel  0  =  1 2 6     by mending beer Barrel for May  0  =  3 2 0      4  3  6    March 9th 1818  by Cash delivered by Patrick  1  =  1 2 7    April 1818  by Cash to balance from Patrick  0  =  5 2 11      1  =  7 6  
1 = 1 = 1

State of New York Cortland County ss.
On this Thirteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and Forty three personally appeared before the subscriber Herman Conger Esquire a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Cortland Florida  Edgcomb  and out of  Groton  Town  of  the  County  N.Y. aged forty three years not absent.
Who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is the daughter of Geder and Sarah Woodruff and that the family record how to assist is the family record of her said father and mother and that this deponent can well recollect of seeing this record in some she was a little girl and that this record has ever since her name ever been regarded as the Family record of her father & mother's birth and marriage She further says it was kept on the last leaf in an old account book - This deponent further says it contains the birth of this deponent being the youngest child - and this deponent further says that her aforesaid father and mother and with her at the time of the death of her father which took place on the Seventh 16 th day of June 1842 - and that this deponent further says they came to live with her about Eight years ago and have lived with her since that period - until the death of her father Geder Woodruff - and this deponent further says that at the time they came to live with her they brought with them a book containing this record and that she saw

the leaf of said book this day cut out and waste attached the same and further this deponent says not
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last above written before June 13 th 1843 - H.S. Conger Justice of the Peace
Clarissa Edgcomb
8986 Sarah Woodworth
June 13 th 1843
I hereby certify that the above mentioned Clarissa Edgcomb sustains a good character for truth and veracity
H.S. Conger Justice of the Peace
admo 2 yrs pres 808
E.W. Edgcomb Concord Village N.Y.
State of New York Portland County ss
I, Gibson Babcock Clerk of said County do hereby certify that H.S. Conger Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made. Was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly elected & qualified as such. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & that his signature thereto is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of office at Attica Village this 13. day of June 1843. G. Babcock Clerk

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 17, 1896.
W 26102
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Gedor Woodruff --- 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.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. He entered the service in January or February, 1781, as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Erastus Wolcott, and served in the Conn. regiment successively commanded by Col. Durkee, Col. Grosvenor, and Col. Ebenezer Huntington, until November, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point. He participated in the battle of Ft. Independence, and stated also, in his declaration, that he stood guard for a time at the headquarters of Gen. Washington in Newburg.
Battles engaged in,
As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Probably, Farmington, Conn.
Date of application for pension. June 17, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Farmington, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born July 20, 1781.
Remarks: He married Corinne North on Sept. 17, 1787, and after her death, which occurred Dec. 6, 1788, he married, on Oct. 22, 1789, Sarah Ingham. He died June 16, 1842.
Very respectfully,
Mr. W. W. Woodruff, 101 S. Church St., Westchester, Pa.
Deputy Commissioner.

Eldon Woodruff
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown
Connecticut at the Branch Bank U.S.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Cedor Woodruff late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty-seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

8986
June 17, 1843
NY July 7, 1838
Sarah Woodruff
FREE
Enain J. L. Edwards Esq. Camarossaone of Pensions Washington D.C.
at 7. Aug 38
NY
Sarah Woodruff
8986

Cortland Village Cortland County N.Y. June 13. 1843.
H. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Sarah Woodruff Widow of Gideon Woodruff for a Pension - When acted upon please send communication to me
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant E. W. Edgcomb

Sept. 5. 1842. Returned off. of Sarah Woodruff
NY
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
PAID

Cortland Village N. Y. Sep. 2. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq.
I received from your department a few days since the application of Sarah Woodruff for a pension, with instructions that her application must be made in a Court of record, and also that you required the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut to prove the services of Gedeon Woodruff the claimants husband; I have since received a letter from D. D. Aldison Esq. that he had called the attention of the examining clerk to the rolls in the pension office and found the service thereof of Gedeon Woodruff for three years as a soldier in the Revolution, and that a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut would be dispensed with; I now return you her application for a pension duly authenticated, as requested.
I am respectfully your Obedient Servant
E. W. Edgcomb

Nov 14. 43
ct
J. J. Schwartz Esq. Sarah Woodruff Fanny J. Pembina

Washington Nov. 14 th 1823
My Sir,
I am requested by C. W. Edg- cumbe Esq. of New York, to ask the favor of you, of an examination of the papers of Mrs. Sarah Woodruff, widow of Guider Woodruff, under the act of 1838. The papers were forwarded by Mr. Edgcumbe on the 2 nd of September last, and he is very im- patient to learn the result.
I am very respectfully Yr. M c . O. H. N. H. Addison
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions

Sarah Woodruff
$80.
E. W. Edgcomb. Courland Village N.Y.

State of New York } Tompkins County } S.S.
On this 4 th day of December 1843. personally appeared before the subscriber Harvey Holden Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Tompkins - Sarah Woodruff a resident of Ithaca in the County of Tompkins aged seventy six 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 rd March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Gideon Woodruff who was a Private in the Continental Army in the Connecticut line. That she is a pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838. and is entitled to receive a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Sarah Woodruff Harvey Holden Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me
Harvey Holden Justice of the peace

State of New York Seneca County
Norman Pittenden Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Harry Holden Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County commissioned & sworn & duly qualified to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signature to the affidavit & certificate accompanying the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Ithaca this 7 th day of December. A D 1843.
N Pittenden Deputy Clerk

5060
Decem 18/1843
Sarah D. Knapp March 1843
3
J. L. Edwards Esq. Mem. of Boston Washington. J. C.
FREE

Cotland Village N.Y. Dec. 12 th 1843.
H. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Sarah Woodruff for a pension under the Act of March the 3 rd 1843. When acted upon you may forward the certificate to me by mail.
I am respectfully yours
Obedient Servant
E W Edgcomb

V N o 2986
Sarah Woodruff
New York
Suspended
E. M. Edgecombe Aug. 17. 1843
Act 7 th July 1838

Read
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,102
Sarah Woodruff wid. of Alder Woodruff Phil Conn. line
Act: Mar. 3rd 1843.
Index:--Vol. W , Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1896 Jan. 17
Mil. History to Mr. W.W. Woodruff Westchester Pa.

New York 7869
Sarah Woodruff widow of Gedor Woodruff who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 June, 1842 of Tompkins Coy in the State of N. Yk who was a private in the compy: — commanded by Captain Wolcott — of the Regt: commanded by Col. Durkee — in the Connecticut line for 2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany — at the rate of 80 — Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th : — day of November, 1843 and sent to E. W. Edgcomb Courtland Village, New York
Whole amount due . . . . . $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Callister Clerk,
Book D — Vol. 1 — Page 187
Rep 30 Nov 43

8207 Connecticut
Gedor Woodruff
of Farmington in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of Two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Mch 1819 and sent to John Bane Esq. Hartford Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 68.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
$116.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sept 1819

Respecting ap n for continuation, see letter to W. R. Shankland, Cortlandt Village N. Y. Oct. 17. 1828. declaration
Copied 29 Dec 1831 for the
Hon: E. C. Reed H.R.
see letter 7 Jany 1832 to
Hon: E. Kappanagh.