Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11812, John Woodcock, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Woodcock, John
R. 11812
CONTENTS

35,140 John Woodcock Pennsylvania
H. S. W. Morris. H. R.

Pioga p
J. B. Whitaker
Personally appear before the subscribed one of the justices of the peace in & for the County of John Woodcock of Harrison Township County of Potter & state of Pennsylvania Who upon his solemn oath deposeth & saith that he enlisted in the regular service of the United States in the latter part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at the place then called Wyoming (now Wilkesbarre) in Lu- rem County & state aforesaid being then in his seventeenth year; that he enlisted in a Company Commanded by Capt. Dirgee which Company was attached to Colonel Jesulon Butler's Regiment; that the said Regt. was marched to Morristown where Col. Denison took Command as a substitute for Col. Gebulon Butler as said deponent under- stood it. That from Morristown they were marched to Brunswick's New Jersey where they had an engage- ment with the British in which action deponent was  he participated. That from Brunswick they returned to Morristown & from thence to Wyoming where he continued in the service until the close of the revolution- ary war. That when when the Regt. returned to Wyoming Col. Butler resumed again the Command. That he deponent was engaged in all the skirmishes & actions where took place during the war and particularly the bloody & fatal one which took place in the summer of eighty one. Between the American Troops under Butler & the Tories & Indians commonly known by the name of of Wyoming that deponent made his escape by fighting with others through the snow & swimming the river with musket in hand. said deponent further saith soon after his enlistment Capt. Dirgee died when Capt. James Ransom took Command How long he had the Command deponent does not recollect but that he resigned and that Capt. Simon Spa- ulding then took Command & served until near the close of the war when Capt. Mitchell assumed the Command until the close of the war.
John Woodcock
Sworn & subscribed this
11th day of Dec. A.D. 1840
Before me J. B. Whitaker J. P.

I do hereby certify that John Woodcock the Borrower is a man of undoubted honesty and I believe an honest man I have been acquainted with him for several years Waverly Dec. 16 1840 John Ryan
J. S. Ryan Atty.
John Woodcock Borrower
Tioga County, ss.
I John F. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county, certify that J. C. Whitaker Esq. is a magistrate as within, and that the signature purporting to be his is genu- ine. — In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Wellsboro' the 13th day of January 1841. — J. F. Donaldson, Protho.

Co. Saint Louis
Affidavit

Pooga County 6
Personally appeared before me J. C. Whelaker one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County of Pooga Col. Samuel Gibbs of Elliland Township County of Pooga & State of Pennsylvania who upon his solemn oath deposition & said that he is well acquainted with John Woodcock of Harrison Township Potter County & State aforesaid formerly of Wyoming (now Wilkes-Barre) that he recollects of his being enlisted in the same Company with deponent which Company was commanded by Capt. Geiger & attached to the Regt. commanded by Zebulon Buller Col. deponent further saith he is knowing to Woodcock faithfully serving during the war that he knows of his marching to Norristown with the rest of the Company & from thence to Brunswick that he knows that the said Woodcock was in the engagement which took place at the latter place between the British & American Troops, that he is know- ing to his being engaged in the action between the American troops under the command of Col. Buller & the Tories & Indians at Wyoming. further this deponent saith not. Sworn & subscribed this 11 th day of Dec. A.D. 1840. before me J. C. Whelaker J.P.
His Samuel J. Gibbs mark

June 8, 1847
Recd John Woodcock,
Edwards Log Conn - Penins Washington D.C.

Warsaw New York 1st April 1847.
J. L. Edwards Esq Dr Sir
John Woodcock of Potter County Pennsylvania applied for a pension in 1840 this claim was suspended. Will you do me the favor to furnish me with copies of the correspondence in this case & a statement of what further proof will be required
Very Respectfully A. L. Lynde

Jan 20. 1871 John Woodworth
Dear Sir,
Yours H. W. Morris H.R.

HR Jan'y 19/41
Sir
The enclosed have been sent to me, with a request to lay them before you, - when examined - be good enough to inform me
Yrs Respectfully
Samuel Morris
J. L. Edward Esqr bours of Pw

John Woodcock Pennsylvania
Rejected
See let. 20 Jan 1841 Hon. J. W. Morris. let 23 July 41 Hon. D. Dinnick Jr. did not serve six months. let to A. L. Lyde Apr 22 '47
118 12
Act 7 June 1832,

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11, 812
P. O. John Woodcock
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

July 22. 1841
Inah Ph
J. S. Eldridge Esq.
Coast of Peninsular
Washington
S. Dinsmore
Hms Damarock H M

Washington, July 21. 1841.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Committee of Pensions-
Sir-
I have received
a letter from Judge Ryon, in relation to the application for a pension of John Woodcock, of Tioga county, Pennsylvania. It seems Mr Woodcock has hitherto made an application for a pension, and failed to obtain one from some cause. Will you have the goodness to communicate to me the grounds of the rejection of his application?
Respectfully
D. Dimock Jr.