Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,938, Ephraim Woodruff, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Woodruff, Ephraim
S 33938
{ B.L.W. 2372-200-Subit. Issued Sept. 24, 1790 No papers.
CONTENTS

Notification sent September 14, 1820 to E. Greenfield, Newton, New Jersey
1915
New Jersey —
Ephraim Woodruff Capt Mott Lieutenant New York Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enscribed on the Roll of New Jersey — at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of July 1818 and sent to Pensioner Woodruff Newton — N.J.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 —
Semi-annual period ending
4 mo 14/30 — $89.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
War syn
Continued
Suppl

Thos C. McEwen Answered Sept 13 1853 Ephraim Woodruff N.Y. line
(reply not found) ms. B.1.2.27 Aug. 4-1927
ingrey - Rev
6445
Ephraim Woodruff

Warwick NY September 8 th 1853.
Sir
I herewith present the claim of the Children of Lieut- Ephraim Woodruff for Commutation pay due them on account of their Fathers services in the war of the Revolution.
If the claim has ever been paid by the department it was fraudently obtained
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servt Thomas C. McQueen
Hon L P Waldo Com r of Pensions Washington
Ephraim Woodruff
  62.990  — 524     .91  524     .92  525,30       1573.30  
Dated May 1 st 1784

New Jersey, Super County
On this twenty first day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of said County, personally appears Ephraim Woodruff aged sixty four years, resident in the State of New Jersey, Super County 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 Ephraim Woodruff enlisted in the Continental service in June 1775. under Col. G. Mott for 6 M th in Elizabeth Town N. Jersey in the New York line first Regiment commanded by Col. Alex. M c Dougall - at the expiration thereof he again enlisted under Col. David Lyon of the same Regt. for one year - at the end of the year he again enlisted under Capt. Benj. Walker and joined the 4 th Regiment, commanded by Col. Henry B. Livingston for and during the war - on the 9 th of November 1777. he was appointed to the command of an Ensign and continued to act as such until the 31 st of October 1781 - when he was appointed a Lieutenant, and as such he served under Capt. Saml. Pille in the 2 d Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortland until the end of the war, when he was discharged from service in the State of New York, near New Windsor. - That he was in the Battles of - Taking of Saint Johns, in

Canada - Monmouth in Jersey - taking of Genl. Burgoyne taking of Lord Lord Cornwallis at York Town in Virginia & etc 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 possession of his said service - his Commission he left with his sister who has long since moved to the State of Kentucky. - Given and declared before me & Ephraim Woodruff This day and year as aforesaid. J. Johnson
I John Johnson Judge as aforesaid do certify. That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ephm Woodruff did serve in revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken be- fore me, to the Secy for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. - The 21 st of April 1818 - J. Johnson

State of New Jersey Sussex County
I Ephraim Green Juv Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for said county do certify that John Johnson Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition appear to have been made and who has thereto sub- scribed his name was at the time and signing the same one of the judges of the court of common Pleas of said county of Sussex duly commissioned and sworn and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of Sussex County Court this 9th day of May A. D. 1818.
Ephraim Green Juv

Copy of Ephraim Woodruff affidavit Sussex co. N. Jersey. Byram township.
1915
con
July 18
Sep 1818

District of New Jersey Sussex County ss
On this fifth day of June in the term of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court before the Judg- -es of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex in the state of New Jersey, the said Court being a Court of record in said County constituted and establish- -ed by the Laws of the State of New Jersey a court of record having a seal with the power to fine and imprison and an unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount in civil causes and whose Judgments are revivable by writ of error only at Common Law, and now sitting at Newton in said County, Ephraim Woodruff of the age of sixty five  sixty six years resident in the township of Byram in said County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolution- -ary war as follows (He enlisted and served as a private soldier under Captain Forshom Mott in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five for the term of five months and was attached to the first Regiment in the New York line un- -der the command of Colonel Alexander MacDougall, [2] in March seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted as a sergeant under Captain David Lyon and was attached to the aforesaid Regiment for the term of one year [3] in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted as an orderly sergeant under Captain Benjamin Walke in the fourth New York Regiment com- -manded by Henry B. Livingston for a term to continue during the war, [4] on the ninth day of November seventeen hundred and seventy seven received a commission as an ensign in the said fourth Regiment, and in the year -r seventeen hundred and eighty one on the thirtieth day of October this deponent was commissioned as a lieuten- -ant, and shortly thereafter the number of the Regiments were reduced, and this deponent was placed under the command of Colonel Phillip Van Courtland of the second

Regiment of the New York line and continued in this service till the seventeenth day of June in the year seven hundred and eighty three. And this deponent doth further say that he has  has received from the War Department of the United States, under the hand of S. C. Calhoun Secretary thereof and the seal of the said Department a certificate dated the twenty eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, of this deponent being placed on Pension list Roll of the New Jersey agency at the rate of twenty dol- lars per month, to commence on the twenty first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Which certificate is numbered on the back thereof 1915. And I the said E Woodruff do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eigh- teenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen 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 revolution- ary war", passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen 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. And this deponent doth further say that he was sixty five  six years old the first day of January last past, that he is by occupation a school Master and by reason of age and infirmity unable to procure  procure a support that his family residing with him consists of himself his wife Annie and two daughters named Sarah and Deb- orah that this deponent's said wife is fifty three years old and by reason of infirmity unable to provide for the support of the family, or even of herself and that this deponent's said

daughters are aged the one thirteen years, and the other ten years, and unable to support themselves or to contribute there to in any considerable degree. And this deponent further says he considers himself "in such indigent circumstances to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country or by public or private charity
Sworn and declared in open court the 5 th day of June A.D. 1820 } Ephraim Woodruff John Ogden
Schedule of this deponent's property necessary clothing and bedding excepted
Real estate - none - Personal estate
1 barn not yet paid for
1 Calf. 6 old chairs. 2 Tables. 1 pair
old dressers. 2 old chests - 3 iron kettles. 2 Trammels, 1 pair handiron-shovel and tongs 6 plates 8 knives and forks. 2 Barrels - 2 pails 2 small tin kettles - 1 kettle and 2 wedges, two baskets 2 wash tubs 2 axes - 2 hogs - spade - broad hoe and saw
Sworn and declared in open court the 5 th June A.D. 1820 } Ephraim Woodruff John Ogden
It is the opinion of the court that the total amount is valued of personal property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is seventy dollars and seventy eight cents
John Ogden

1. Ephraim Greenfield, Clerk of the before-mentioned Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in value
70.78
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is seventy dollars and seventy eight cents In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and Twenty E. Greenfield Clerk of the Court of the County of Aspin aps —

33 938 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,938
Ephraim Woodruff Lieut Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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