Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2427, Solomon Wood, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Wood, Solomon Christiana
No 2427 B.L. Mt. 31.764-160-55
CONTENTS

100,000 per share June 28 1873
Christiana Wood widow of David Solomon Pinion
St. Mil. Christiana Wood, wid. of Solomon Pinion
100,000 per share West Revolutionary $80, Resign
July 5 3-2925
Ad: Neoclassic 26/57 St. Mil.
Jay H. H. H. H. Rome New York
Vol. W2-106-8

2339 New York
Solomon Wood
of Kirkland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Blackman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sherman in the Connecticut line for 3 Years — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 80 Dollars — £ per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Decr. 1832 — — — and put to A. C. Crary Clinton
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 Semi-ann. allowances ending 4 th Mar. '33 40
$ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D.
Geo. C. Hiles Clerk, Vol. 5. Page 205

2925 New York. (A.)
Christiana Wood. widow of Solomon Wood who served in the Revolutionary Conn war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of November 1852. and sent to
A. G. Crary Utica New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 88 Vol. A
Copy
1802001

9077 Solomon Wood
old case
3 years —
80 3/4
old certificate not recd
Arch d C. Crary Clinton N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Solomon Wood  of Hirkland in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Vice Chancellor of the fifth Circuit of the State of N. York  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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.     In 1777 3 As a Private Gen. Capt. Blackman } Connecticut Col. Sherman }   States that he was placed on the Pension Roll of the N. York Agency under the Act of 1818. Does not furnish a copy of the original Certificate of Pension.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Windsor - Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and the testimony of one living Witness, who served in the same Regt. with him  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

State of New York - Onondaga County - ss -
John Strong - of Paris in said county - being sworn
says - That he enlisted as a fifer in Capt Savage's Company - in Colonel Shurborn's Regiment - of the Continental line - That Solomon Wood - was during the years nineteen hundred and twenty seven - nineteen hundred and twenty eight - and nineteen hundred and twenty nine - nineteen hundred and thirty - a private in Captain Blackman's Company - of Colonel Henry Shurborn's Regiment of Infantry for & during the term of three years - and at the expiration of said term of three years was honorably discharged - and that said term of three years was under one enlistment and one term of service - without intermission and that said Wood - was discharged at Morristown - in New Jersey -
Sworn & subscribed - before me This 21 st day of June 1832 -
Uri Doolittle Justice of the Peace
John Strong

State of New York
Dutchess County ss -
Solomon Wood of the Town of Pittsfield in said County - being sworn says, that he this deponent in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven - enlisted as a private in Captain Blackman's Company of Colonel Sherbon's Regiment of Infantry - in the Army of the United States - for the term of three years, that this deponent enlisted in the Town of East Windsor - in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut and was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey - that he served in said Company under said enlistment three years - at one time, without interruption, and that he was at the expiration of said term of service honourably discharged: And this deponent further says - that he this deponent is not now entitled to or receiving any annuity or pension, under any law of the United States providing for revolutionary officers - and soldiers - that he is not entitled to or receiving any annuity or pension from either

of the States of the Union for various reasons the United States —
Sworn to Subscribed before me Solomon Ward. This 22 nd day of June 1832 —
B. Hickcox J.P.

Solomon Wood
State of New York
Oneida County - fr: John Strong of Paris - in said County - being sworn says - That he is acquainted with Solomon Wood of Kirkland - in said County - and has been personally acquainted with said Wood for the term of thirty years years last past - & that this deponent further says, that he believes said Wood to be a man of truth & veracity -
Sworn & Subscribed before me — } John Strong This 15 th day of July — 1832 —
Rev Doolittle Justice of the Peace

9677
romulus
3 years price
80 $.

State of New York-
Dutchess County - p:
Solomon Root
On the 9 th day of Aug t in the year of our Lord eight hundred - & thirty two - personally appeared before the court of Chancery - of the State of New York - at a court held before Nathan Williams Esq r Vice Chancellor of the 5 th Circuit of the State of New York now sitting in the City of Poughkeepsie of the County of Dutchess & State aforesaid - Norman Wood - of the Town of Poughkeepsie - & County aforesaid - of the age of 71 years - who being 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 7 th 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year - nineteen hundred & twenty seven as a private in Captain Blackman's company of Colonel Sherman's Regiment of Infantry for the term of three years - that he enlisted in the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford - & State of Connecticut - and was discharged at Morris Town - in the State of New Jersey - in the year 1830
That he served in said company - at one time under said enlistment three years - That he was placed on the pension roll of the New York agency under the act of Congress of 18 th March 1831 & received the annuity certificate from the United States
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 army

in any State of the United States - except - sworn to as a true copy of the original  as a true copy of the original the day & year aforesaid. Solomon Wood
J. Williams Vice Chas.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said Solomon Wood was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
J. Williams Vice Chas.
I, James Watson Williams, clerk of the Court of Chancery for the State of New York for the Fifth Circuit of the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Wood for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & seal of office - this 31 st day of Aug. 1832
J. Watson Williams: Clerk in Chancery 5 th Circuit N.Y.

Interrogatories - prescribed by the War Department to be put to applicants for pensions under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
First Where & in what year were you born - Second Have you any record of your age & if so where is it. Third Where were you living when called into service - Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War - & where do you now reside; Fourth How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer; or were you a substitute; & if a substitute for whom; Fifth State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served - such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service. Sixth - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given & what has become of it. Seventh - State the names of persons in your neighbourhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity.
Solomon Wood - being above named being duly sworn, according to law, true answers to make to the foregoing interrogatories - prescribed by the War Department to be put to the applicants for pensions - under the act of Congress -

passed June 7 th 1832 — deposeth & says that he was born in East Windsor aged seven - by one year —
That he has no record of his age.
That he lived at East Windsor —
New Canaan — till 8 or 9 years after the Revolution.
That he enlisted —
That he was at New Haven, Danbury,
Old Fort, etc. etc. etc.
That he received a discharge — but has lost it.
That the Rev. Dr. Asahel S. Morton and M c Gregory — are persons living in his neighbourhood to whom he is known & who can testify as to his character for veracity.
State of New York
Onida County — ss:
I Benjamin Hooker one of the Justices of the peace, in and for the County of Onida — do hereby certify that John Strong & Solomon Wood before whom the foregoing affidavits were subscribed, are persons of truth and veracity & reputable inhabitants of the Town of Wiltshire & Harris — in the County aforesaid. —
B. Hooker
Emory Bissell
J. Pond Justice of the peace

State of New York county
Onida County ss. I George Brown - clerk
of the county of Onida - do hereby certify, that Benjamin Spitzer Esq. & Van Doodle Bryan before whom the several affidavits signed by John Strong, & Solomon Wood - purport to have been sworn - sworn - were at the times said affidavits - bear date - Justices of the Peace - in & for the County of Onida I further certify, that the hands writing of said Justices, are well known to me, that their signatures to said affidavits - are their proper hands writing & genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at the seat of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Onida aforesaid, Sept. 20 1832
George Brown clerk Joseph D. Pease Vice Clerk
State of New York
Onida County ss.
I Julius Pond - one of the Justices of the Peace - of the County of Onida, do hereby certify that I am - well acquainted with John Strong - who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit - before me - - little Esq. and that said Strong is a man of veracity - & highly respectable
Clinton Sept. 19 1832 L. D. Pond J.P. in presence of any person

✓ 180,000
Country Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Claim of Christian Wood
Widow of Sol d Wood late Rev. Pensioner
Agent Jay Wathenay Rome N.Y.

Form of Declaration for Widow of a Deceased Officer or Soldier.
[Who has never before had a Land Warrant.]
State of New-York, } ss. Onida County, }
On this 20 th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Christiana Wood aged 80 years, a resident of Rome in said County, in the State of New-York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Solomon Wood deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain (not known to her) in the Regiment of Genl. Troops commanded by (to her not known) in the war of the Revolution & that he was subsequently a pensioner of U.S. of Revolutionary War.
that her said husband served in that war war more than 3 years about the  day of  A. D.  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of 3 years — and was honorably discharged at (to her not known) on the  day of  A. D. 
She further states that she was married to the said Solomon Wood in Herkland N.Y. on the  day of October A. D. 1833 by one Baruch Coolin a minister — and that her name before her said marriage was Christiana McConville that her said husband died at Herkland on the  day of May A. D. 1847 — and that she is now a widow: has sent proof to Dept.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3d, 1855." and that she is now a pensioner of the U.S. C.P. 80. p. an. N.Y. Christiana Wood mark
We, E.P. Beall and E.R. Bartlett residents of Rome in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Widow Christiana Wood in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be: & know she is widow of Sol. Wood.
E.P. Beall E.R. Bartlett
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I 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. She made her mark above as she cannot write.
Jay Hathaway Justice of Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, _____ of _____ County of _____ do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint _____ my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military Services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration : and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said Attorney, said
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Attest, } seal this _____ day of _____ } one thousand eight hundred and fifty-_____
_____ Subscribed before me, a _____ in and for the County _____ and State of New-York, this _____ day 185_____
In New York Oneida County Clerk's Office } p
I do hereby certify that Jay Hathaway Esq whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit & thereon written was on the 20th day of June 1855- an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County sworn & duly authorized And further I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe that the signature of the said jurat is genuine - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County - this 20th day of June 1855- R Hubbert Clerk

Pens n under Act of Congress of Feb y 3 rd 1853
Christiana Wood Widow of Solomon Wood
Solomon Wood, drew a Pens n under Act of June 1832 - his Ag t was A. C. Crary 1 st floor of Clinton N.Y.
Forwarded by A. C. Crary of Utica N.Y.
Please to forward my Pens n certif te to A. C. Crary Christiana Wood By A. C. Crary Your All y

State of New York County of Oneida ss;
At a Recorders Court held before the Recorder of the City of Utica, in and for said County of Oneida -
I Gertrude Clarke, Recorder of said City of Utica, do hereby certify, that in open Court, at a Recorders court, held before me at the City of Utica, in and for said County, on the fifth day of September  November , eighteen hundred and fifty three, satisfactory evidence is adduced to prove that Solomon Wood late of the Town of Kirkland in said County deceased was a pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension of eighty dollars per annum, at the agency for for paying pensions in the City of Albany. That said Wood died at the Town of Kirkland, aforesaid on the eighth day of May eighteen hundred and forty seven. That the said Solomon at his decease left a widow, to wit; Christiana Wood - That the said Solomon Wood was married to the said Christiana Wood on the  day of August eighteen hun- -dred and thirty three; That the said Christiana was a widow on the 3 rd day of February eighteen hundred and fifty three, and is still a widow. And I further certify that the said Christiana Wood is the identical Christiana Wood who subscribed and deposed to the annexed declaration - And further that I have no interest in the claim of said Christiana Wood to a pension; that I am not retained, or employed in procuring said pension, for said Christiana as her Attorney, or Agent - I further certify

That said Court is a Court of Record by Statute, (having a Clerk, and a Seal)—
Ebenezer Dyer Recorder of the City of Salem

State of New York County of Oneida, ss;
On this tenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Records Court of the City of Utica Christiana Wood a resident of Kirkland in the County of Oneida aged seventy eight — years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declara- -tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Con- -gress, passed the 3 d of Feb y 1853 — That she is the widow of Solomon Wood- late of the Town of Kirkland in said Co a soldier of the Army of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States during his life — That said Solomon Wood draw his said pension, at the Agency for paying pensions, at the City of Albany.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Wood- at Kirkland in the County of Oneida aforesaid — on the _____ day of August eighteen hundred and thirty three; That her husband the aforesaid Solomon Wood died on the eighth day of May 1847
She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the said Act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Subscribed and sworn on — 3 Christiana Wood the day and year first above,
William Craske clerk Pensioner of the City of Utica.

State of New York County of Oneida, ss;
Baruch Cooley, a resident of Verona in said County, being duly sworn says that he is a clergyman of the Methodist Church, and now settled in Verona aforesaid, that on the 21 st day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two he this deponent was Minister in  the Pastor of the Methodist Church residing in Hannas Marshall in said County of Oneida, and that he on the said 21 st day of September eighteen hundred and thirty two solemnized the Marriage between Solomon Wood, then a resident of the Town of Kirkland  Marshall in said County and Christiana Fraser - then living Widow M'Comas
Subscribed and sworn before me, B. Cooley this 15 th day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three - And I hereby certify that the Rev. Baruch Cooley, who subscribed and deposed to the foregoing, is well known to me, and that I know him to be a clergyman of the Methodist Church - residing in the said Town of Verona - The word "two" written over a erasure & also "Minister in" "Marshall" - & the word "residing" interlined - The word Kirk - land also interlined over a erasure
George Hasm and Justice of the Peace
If any erasure or interlineation is made with the foregoing text it is in case of like inter- lineation in a deed.

State of New York County of Oneida, ss; —
John B McConnick aged sixty three years — and Martha McConnick aged sixty — years — residents of Marshall in said County of Oneida — being duly sworn according to law, say that they were well acquainted with Solomon Wood, late of the Town of Kirkland in said County — and are well acquainted with Christiana Wood, the widow of the said Solomon Wood deceased; And these deponents further say that the said Solomon Wood, was married to the said Chris- -tiana Wood, on the twenty second day of Septem- -ber eighteen hundred and thirty two, at Marshall in said County, by the Revd. Barnabas Cooley, who was at the date of said Marriage a Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Kirkland — That these deponents witnessed the solemnization of said marriage — — These deponents further say that the said Solomon Wood, was the identical man who was a pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension of eighty dollars, per annum on account of services which he rendered (as these deponents believe) in the Army of the Revolution — That said Pension was received by the agent of the United States for paying Pensions, in the City of Albany —
And these deponents further say that the said Solomon Wood, died at Kirkland in said County, on the eighth day of May eighteen hundred and forty seven — and that they saw the corpse of the said Solomon Wood — And that they, or either of them, has no interest, in the claim

of Christiana Woods to a Pension—
These deponents further testify that the said Christiana was a widow on the 3 rd of February eighteen hundred and fifty three, and that she is still a widow—That the said Christiana has never been married since the demise of the said Solomon Woods—And that she has no record, or certificate of said marriage other than that herunto annexed—
John R. McConnell
Subscribed and Sworn
Martha McConnell
before me this third day of November 1853. As to which I hereby certify that the said John R. McConnell, and Martha McConnell, are persons well known to me, that they are reputable persons—and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit. I further certify that I am not directly or indirectly, interested in the result of the application for a pension, by said Christiana Woods—
Henry M. Burroughs Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Oneida
I Richard Hulbert, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Ezra Clarke Esq re before whom the foregoing declaration, purports to have been signed, and by whom the foregoing Certificate was signed, was at the time said Declaration, and Certificate bear date, the Recorder of the City of Utica, and that the Records Court of the City of Utica is a Court of Records by Statute.
I further certify that Henry Burnham, and George Barnard, before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been subscribed, by John R. Mc Connell, and Martha Mc Connell, and by B. Cooley - were at the time the said affidavits bear date, Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwritings of the said Recorder, and of the said Justices, that their signatures, to the said Certificate, and the Justices of the said declaration, and affidavits are their the said Recorder, and Justices proper handwritings, and genuine.
I certify that I have no interest in the claim of Christiana Woods for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at the City of Utica in said County, this day of November eighteen hundred and fifty three
Richard Hulbert Clerk

September 29, 1931.
Mr. Walter Wood 1433 Junction Avenue Racine, Wisconsin.
BA-J/ILL am
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2427, that Solomon Wood was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, date not shown.
While a resident of East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, he enlisted in March, 1777, served as a private in Captain Elijah Blackman's Company, Colonel Henry Sherburne's Continental Regiment and was discharged in March, 1780 at Morristown, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 17, 1819 while a resident of Oneida County, New York. He was then fifty-six years of age. In 1832, he was a resident of Kirkland, Oneida County, New York, and gave his age as seventy-one years.
He died May 8, 1847 in Kirkland, New York.
The soldier married September 21, 1832, in Marshall, Oneida County, New York, Christiana (Fraser) McConnell, a widow.
Christiana Wood, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 10, 1853, while a resident of Kirkland, Oneida County, New York. She was then seventy-eight years of age; in 1855, she was residing in Rome, Oneida County, New York.
In 1853, John R. McConnell and Martha McConnell, aged sixty-three and sixty years respectively, were residents of Marshall, Oneida County, New York, no relationship to soldier or his widow the family stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, for a statement of the military history of Solomon Wood , 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. W. 2427
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1777 3yrs Pri. Elijah Blackman Henry Sherburne ✓   discharged Mch 1780   at Morristown, N.J.      
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Windsor, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Dec 17, 1819-
Residence at date of application, Oneida Co., N. Y. 1832 Kirkland.
Age at date of application, 56 yrs. born at East Windsor, Conn.
Remarks: He mar. Kirkland, N.Y. in 1832 Sept. 21, 1832 Christiana (Fraser) McConnell widow. He died at Kirkland May 8, 1847. & she was allowed pension on her application exp. Aug. 10, 1853 at which time she was 78 yrs. of age & a res. of Kirkland.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Racine, Wisconsin,
September 8, 1931.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Revolutionary War Records.
Please send the war record and family records you have on each of the following:
OK Solomon Wool , Kirkland, Oneida Co. New York living 1840. Served R.I. Cont'l Line.
OK John Wool , Orange Co., New York, in 1835. Served R.I. Militia.
Sincerely yours,
Walter Wool.
Address, 1433 Junction Ave.

191913 Aug. 1. History to Mrs. M. L. Sanford, letter in w. 21,551 Ebenezer Sanders & 1931-Sept. 29- Hist. to Walter Wood. J.L.L.
Rev y WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24 27 Christiana Wood Widow Solomon Wood Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. M. Page 352,
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16 838 New-York
Solomon Wood,
of Oneida Co ty in the state of N. York, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburne of the R. Island line, for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17. of December, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d of May, 18 and sent to Morris S. Miller, judge, Attica, New-York
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $: 20. 90 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept r } 48 " 2 mo s . 19 } 1820. $: 68. 90 31. }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

✓ 31.76A
5 Newbury

State of New-York, } ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Solomon Wood . _____ did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 17 th _____ day of December 1819. And that by reason of reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates of the affidavits hereto annexed, are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court. Dated the Seventeenth of Decemb. 1819
William P. Vanrick Depy Clk

FREE
For Comt. of Pensions
Washington
180.00

Woonsocket R.I.
Sir
I send for Mrs. C. Wood a Rev. Rev., her Declaration for Bounty Land. When reached & decision made, please send to me result —
I am yr. obd. Jay H. Hathaway Room N.Y. 21 June

Pension Office November 15, 1853
Sir:
Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully F. Burt. Esq. B. Hood. 3 and for comm. Present.
Solomon Wood, act 1832 $80. p. an. — Paid to 4 th March 1847, no date of death on our Books.
Thos. J. Prinds Actg. Auditor.

Louisa T. Waldo Esq. Connt of Penn va City of Washington D. C.

City of Utica N. York Nov 5 th 1853—
Sir
Enclosed are the declaration, and evidence, in support of Christiana Woods' claim to a Pension, under the Act of July 3 rd 1853—
I am Sir Very Resp. Your Ob dt Serv t A. C. Gray
Loren P Waldo Esq r Comm ee of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Brief in the case of Christiana Wood widow of Solomon Wood Oneida County and State of New York act of Feb. 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in the Connecticut line 3 yrs. & pensioner under the act of June 7-1832 at $80 per annum
Allowed $80 per annum to commence Feb 3, 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by officiating clergyman
Death proved by credible witnesses
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
A. C. Crary Utica N. York.
Examining Clerk.
J. S. Gray

5529.
Solomon Wood. Jr. Oneida county, N.Y. 17. December, 1819.
Col: Sherburne's regt. Rhode-Island line, 3 years.
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
Morris S. Miller, judge Utica, New-York. rec d . 24. Dec r . 1819.

State of New-York, Oneida County, ss.
PERSONALLY appeared before me, MORRIS S. MILLER, first Judge of the County of Oneida, in the state of New-York, Solomon Wood aged 56 years and upwards, and a resident of the said County, and an applicant under the act of Congress of 18th March, 1818, who, being duly sworn, did say, that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support—that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States—that he served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy, for three years on the Continental Establishment that he enlisted in the year 1777 in the State of Connecticut — in Captain Blackman , company, and Col. Sherburn's regiment. That he enlisted for three years in 1777. in March and served out the time of his enlistment and was regularly discharged in March 1780. near Morristown in N. Jersey — His discharge is on file in the public office at Hartford in Connecticut.
And that he has no other evidence of his service in his power, beyond what is now offered.
Sworn this 17 th day of Dec r . — 1819, before me,
M. S. Miller.
First Judge of Oneida,
Solomon Wood

State of New York Madison County
§ §. — Josiah Brown of the town of Madison in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Solomon Wood and knows that he the said Solomon Wood served in the revolutionary war that he this deponent was a lieutenant in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war in the Company comman- ded by Capt. Elijah Blackman and in Col. Henry Sherburn's regiment and Gen. Verne's brigade and that he this deponent enlisted the said Solomon Wood in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war in the month of March in the year of our Lord one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy seven and he this deponent knows that the said Solomon Wood was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war from the time of his enlistment until the month March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty and this deponent further says that the said Solomon Wood did serve as a regular soldier in the army of the United States and in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war during the time above mentioned without any interruption.
Sworn to & subscribed
Josiah Brown
before me this 8 th day of Dec r 1819
Erastus Clegg Clerk Judge Madison Co. N.Y.

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Josiah Brown the deponent within named and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit as a witness. December 8 th 1819
Conrad H. Lewis
Ebenezer Cleveland Judge Wards
Clerks Office Ulster County State of New York
I certify that Ebenezer Cleveland was a Judge in and for the County of Ulster, duly authorized, on the 8 th day December 1819, and his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing. Witness the seal of the court and my name hereunto annexed this 9 th day of Dec. 1819
J. Nell, Huns Clerk