Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14901, Amos Woodruff, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Woodruff, Amos
S. 14901
CONTENTS
carded

Lt. Pensioner S. D. Doodd 27 Sept 34, payment suspended
Lt. Pensioner No. 21-1134
9729 or 9728 10827 Connecticut
Amos Woodruff of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company command by Captain Denning of the Regt. commanded by Col. Strong in the Ct. line for Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Jan 1833 and sent to Applicant Southington Conn.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 10.00
✓ $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 45
5 14901

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Aug 14 th / 1908.
The Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
In reply to your letter of 11 th inst, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Hartford, the records of this office show payment to have been made to Amos Woodruff, Rev. War-Act 1832 certificate No. 9729 at $20.- per 12 months to 4 March 1834. The date of death is not shown. The pensioner had resided in Berlin, Hartford Co. Conn. for six years and previously in Southington, in same county.
Letter herewith returned.
4. Respectfully,
Robert S. Person.
Auditor.
By
[Signature] Deputy Auditor.

Amos Woodruff
Admitted Private bmo Comd. Militia
Resigned Southbridge Comd.

BRIEF in the case of Moses Woodruff  County of Hartford  in the State of Connecticut  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 32 years  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.     14 th Aug In 1776 (3) 2 Private Gen. Houghton Col. Strong   March 1777 8 2 " Col. Bray Genl. Loring   July 1778 3 8 a few days " Col. Hopper   Summer 1779 2 " Col. Loring My. Star  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford Connietut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Amos Woodruff of Southington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Connecticut } Southington Probate District } of Southington
On this 11 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of Southington, in Connecticut now sitting in Southington in the County of Hartford and in the District and State aforesaid, Amos Woodruff of said Southington aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the year 1750 as he thinks from what he recollects to have been recorded by his father in a book, but he does not now know what has become of said book and that he has no record of his age, That he has ever since resided in said Southington except when in the time of the Revolutionary war, and also a few months when, he may have been absent from said town with his friends, and that he volunteered in the month of August 1776, to go to New York, upon the rumor that the British

were approaching that place, that he went as he thinks on the 14 th day of August in the year aforesaid 1776, to New Haven and from there to New York, where he joined the company commanded by Lieutenant Stoughton, in the Regiment commanded by Col Strong, and continued stationed at New York, in the service of the United States, for the term of two months, when he was dismissed, that he was in New York when the Continental troops moved over to Long Island and when they retreated from Long Island,
And further that his volunteered brother Jonathan Woodruff then of said Southington since deceased was drafted from the Connecticut militia in the month of March 1777 to go to Fort Independence in the State of New York, in the Revolutionary war - and for the term of two months - and that he went as a substitute for his brother Jonathan Woodruff on said Draft, and served out the full term of said volunteer  Draft  station at said Fort, in the company commanded by Capt Asa Brey, Colonel Mac Dougall was the only officer that he recollects superior to a captain, who had any command at that station while he continued in the service That he thinks he went from said Southington to enter upon said service in the month of March in the year aforesaid.
And he further states that in the month of July 1779, upon an alarm that the British were about

to land at New Haven in Connecticut he volunteered and went to said New Haven and continued there a few days, how long he does not recollect in the defense of said Town of New Haven in the company commanded by Capt Asa Brady Ambrose Hopper
And further that in the summer of 1779, after he returned from the New Haven alarm as aforesaid he was drafted from the Connecticut Militia Cavalry and to go to Horseneck in the Town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut and immediately went on to said Horseneck and joined the company commanded by Capt Seth Denning and in the Regiment commanded by Major Hovey and continued stationed at said Horseneck and its vicinity during the full term of our Draft which was for two months and that while stationed at said Horseneck the duty of his Regiment was to keep guard, give notice of the movements of the enemy and protect the inhabitants from the depredations of the Refugees.
That he served as a private in each of the terms beforementioned, that he has no written discharge or any documentary evidence of his services, and that he does not now know of any person who was with him when he served as a volunteer for his brother

Jonathan Woodruff as before stated, that he is well known to Ichabod Culpepper Friebe and Gould Crispy both residents of said Southington both of whom can testify as to his character and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - And he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state.
Amos Woodruff
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in court.                      Romeo Lowrey Judge of said court -
We Ichabod Culpepper Friebe and Gould Crispy both residing in said Town of Southington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Woodruff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty one or two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the town where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.      Gould Crispy
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ichabod Culpepper Friebe
I am not much acquainted with Amos Woodruff but with the two persons who have signed the above certificate I am well acquainted and consider them to be men of veracity - David L Dyer clergyman in Southington

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Rome Lovery Judge of S d Court
I Robert Fast of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of Eighty one years depose and say that in the month of July or August 1776 upon an alarm given that the British were approaching New York I with many others of the militia of Southington aforesaid and its vicinity, volunteered and went to New York and joined the Army then stationed at that place. I served in the company of commanded by Lieutenant Elisha Root and in the Regiment commanded by Col Strong and continued in the service, stationed at New York for the term of two months - And I further state that Amos Woodruff of said Southington, volunteered in the same service and went with me to New York and did duty in the same company Regiment with me and as I believe for the term of two months - said Woodruff was in the company commanded by Lieut. Root. I further state that in the month of July 1779 I with others volunteered to go to New Haven in Connecticut to prevent the British from landing at that place - and went to New Haven and

entered upon duty in defense of said state in the company commanded by Capt Asa Brey - and continued on duty as aforesaid a week or about a week - and I further state that Amos Woodruff aforesaid was with me as a volunteer, at New Haven and continued there as long as I did
Robert Foot
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in court Rome Lowry Judge

I Ichabod but pepper Frisbie of Southington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of seventy two years depose and say that in the summer of 1779. I went as a substitute for Gideon Bowles of Farmington in said Hartford county on a draft from the Connecticut militia cavalry to Housatonic in Connecticut and joined the company commanded by Capt Seth Deming and in the Regiment commanded by Major Starr and continued on duty in said company stationed at at Housatonic in Connecticut and in its vicinity for the term of two months - I further state that Amos Woodruff of said Southington was at said Housatonic when I arrived there and continued there on duty in the same company with me as long as I staid and for the full term of said Draft, and as I believe for the full term of two months - A part of the company and Regiment were dismissed sooner than I was, but I well recollect that the said Amos Woodruff remained until the whole of the Regiment was dismissed and as before stated for the

term of two months
Ichabod Culpseyer Tristie
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Rome Lowrey Judge

I believe Woodruff of Southington in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy one years and some months depose and say, that my brother Jonathan Woodruff, deceased was drafted in the spring of 1777. for the term of two or three months, and I well recollect that my brother Amos Woodruff of said Southington took his place as substitute for my brother Jonathan, and was gone on said draft as a substitute for said Jonathan Woodruff two or three months. I was not with him but well recollect when he went and when he returned and always understood and believe he was in the same under- capt Asa Brey on said Draft for the term of at least two months.
Abel Woodruff
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Romeo Lowrey Judge
And the said court does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after

putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to the court that David L. Ogden who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman Resident in the Town of Southington aforesaid, and that Gould Crisp and Ichabod C. Frisbee who have also signed a certificate as above are residents in said Southington and are all credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit and that, Robert Post Ichabod C. Frisbee and Asahel Woodruff subscribed and swore to the Depositions by them respectfully subscribed before said court, and that they are all credible persons -
Romeo Leorey Judge of The court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut -
10. 827
I John Wightman clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Southington in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos Woodruff for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this 11 th day of Aug 1832
John Wightman

Rec d 27 Oct 1834
add. pff Jas Woodruff Conn.
James L. Edwards Esq r
Commissaire of Pensions Washington Col o
FREE
Jas Woodruff Conn.

see Jason Woodruff Reg. File 11819.
I Amos Woodruff residing in the town of Berlin in Hartford County and State of Connecticut having heretofore made an application for a pension, and having also given a certificate of the service of Jason Woodruff on his application for a pension, and it appearing by a letter from J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions to Lemuel Whitman Esq. that there is a discrepancy in my two statements, do hereby, in explanation thereof, certify - that I left the service on the town at New York in 1776 after being there about two months, and being dismissed on account of sickness, and therefore in my declaration stated that term as of two months; but I do know that I left Jason Woodruff in service at that place, and believe he served there at least a month longer than I did - that as to the service at Cambridge in 1778, I believe I stated my service there to be four months, and Jason for three months - I well recollect that Jason left that service at the end of three months, but I was detained there longer being engaged as a waiter to Lieut. Hawkins' Staff, and was retained in that capacity for several weeks after Jason left - as to the services at Danbury and New Haven, I omitted in my declaration to make any mention of them from inadvertence - I know however they were rendered as stated in the declaration of Jason Woodruff - Amos Woodruff
Subscribed and sworn to this 22 nd Day of October - 1834
+ did not name the reason as by L. Whitman Justice of peace - etc
Farmington, Oct. 22. 1834 -
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir -
I send to you the above certificate of Amos Woodruff as explanatory of the papers of Jason Woodruff for a pension, which in your letter to me of 27 Sept. 1834, you say remain in file, in consequence of the difference of the statements

of Amos Woodruff in his declaration, and as a witness for Jaron - The above explanation I trust will be satisfactory, so far as substance is concerned - If you should think so I hope you will reconcile it with your duties to dispose of the case it, without any further process for a new point of form -
Very Respectfully
Yours &
J. Whitman -

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPT. AUG 12 1908 Pension Division.
W and N Div Record Division. Sur. File No. 14901- Amos Woodruff Rev War
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, Washington, D. C., Aug. 11, 1908
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
Amos Woodruff pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 9729  (or 9726) issued June 13, 1833 at Connecticut Agency, showing date of last payment of pension and date of soldier's death
Very respectfully,
V. Warner Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

CLAIM No. _____
Examiners are required to keep the unimportant papers in this wrapper.
PAPERS NOT BRIEFED.
I certify that the inclosed papers are of no value in determining the merits of this claim.
_____, Examiner.
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, AND CONTRACTS FOR FEES NOT TO BE INCLOSED.

Copy.
Department of War. Pension Office
Nov. 21, 1834.
Sir:
I have examined your explanatory statement; it not only does not afford that satisfaction in relation to the alleged services of Jason Woodruff that is required but conflicts very materially with your original declaration.
Jason Woodruff alleges to have served three months in 1778 on a tour to Crumpond in N. York; In your affidavit you say that you were with him (Jason) "in each of his four tours, and tented with him in the third (being that of 1778) and am now receiving a pension for my service on the same tours and none other". In your explanatory statement you say, "that as to the service at Crumpond in 1778 I believe I stated my service there to be five months and Jason's for three months; - I well recollect that Jason left that service at the end of 3 mo., but I was detained there longer" : whereas no mention whatever is made of this service in your declaration. The payment of your pension can not be resumed until your service shall have been established by the clearest evidence.
I am
W. Amos Woodruff Farmington, Conn.
See claim of — Jason Woodruff Payfile 11819
A.C.O. Aug. 11, 1908.

Copy.
War Dep. P. O.
Sept. 27, 1834.
Sir:
From your affidavit annexed to the papers of Jason Woodruff it is obvious that the service allowed you, could not have been actual service. The agent at Hartford has been directed to make you no further payment until further orders.
Amos Woodruff Southington, Ct.

1908 Aug. 11. And Int for last payment
Rehman
✓ 14901 INVALID.
Amos
File No. 14.901
Amos Woodruff
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 416
[Arrangement of 1870.]