Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4867, Pompey Woodward, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Naass
Woodward, Pompey (Colored) W 4867 Mary
B.I.M. 26731-160-55
CONTENTS

New Hampshire (marr.) Mary Woodward widow of Samuel 356. Woodward who served in the Revolutionary N.H. war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1845.
37. Filing 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd  first day of June 1853 and sent to
G. F. Starkweather Died July 28, 1856 Keene p. 86.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 23 Vol. A
Feb. 3 - 1853
1832

Miss G. F. Starkweather Oct: 24/55
July 3/55 July 543 Sept 10/55 Mary Woodford N.Y. Pompey Woodlawn Sea Phila
Mo 26.9.31 There was
Pensylvania N.Y. July 53-556
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2935-
New Hampshire
Pompey Woodward of Sullivan in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Raymond in the N H line for 17 Sh as
Inscribed on the Roll of Chas H at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to Mr At Hubbard At of Rep
Accts to 4th of Sept 1832 $84.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending Jan 33 28.33 $113.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. P. Allen Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 193.

Declaration of Pompey Woodson Sullivan Chisholm Co O.H.
Please return to Th. McAdams Keene Chisholm Co O.H.
Send to H. Burleigh of H. of Reps.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this twenty fifth day of August personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon Aaron Mason Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire now sitting, Pompey Woodward a resident of Sullivan in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy years last June 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the year 1776 - he thinks in June, at Brown Point when the army arrived there under General Arnold from Canada he volunteered and entered the service as a private - was immediately placed in the Hospital and inoculated with small pox, had the disease, and as soon as he recovered from it - was taken as a waiter by Col. or Capt Edward Raymond who was then or soon after, and most of the time while he, Woodward, was in the service, a commissary - that he went from Brown Point with the troops to Ticonderoga - was employed in repairing the fort at Ti - and at Mount Independence, was back and forth - stationed on the Ti side - continued there in the service until Burgoyne came down in the Spring of 1777 - That Burgoyne landed above Ticonderoga crossed the neck of Lake George - and took possession of Mount Defiance, and that our troops then abandoned Ticonderoga - that he was then marched off on Mount Independence side and went towards Bennington - through Hubbardston - was in the army at the time of the Hubbardston battle - went from there to Castleton - and afterwards from there to Bennington - was at Bennington at the time of the Battle - saw the prisoners taken in the battle led into Bennington and put into the meeting house - noticed that there was a disturbance among the prisoners in the night and that they were fired upon by the sentries, which in the meeting house and that some of them were killed - That after the Battle of Bennington he remained there until Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga - that he then went with Capt or Col Raymond to Castleton - that return, for the purpose of looking after some property which said Raymond had in the vicinity of Ticonderoga - That said Raymond as he afterwards understood from him, was taken prisoner there - carried to Canada and afterwards to Halifax - exchanged in about two years & went into Boston - that he said Woodward when he learned said Raymond was taken which was soon after, said Raymond left him at Castleton, April no further duty - does not know that he engaged for any definite term - but served as above stated from June 1776 to some time in Nov 1777 - making about  15 months - That he was born in Shrewsbury Mass - in the year 1762 - has no record of his age - lived in Brattleboro Vt when he entered the service - was a volunteer - has lived at Sturminster Mass - since the war, until 25 years last - has not lived at Sullivan where he now lives - never had a written discharge - knows of no certificate of service - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Pompey Woodward mark before me Aaron Mason Judge of Probate
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
We, Charles Cummings Clergyman of Sullivan upon a pastor of a church of which said Woodward is a member - and Great Falls of the same -
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Pompey Woodward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles Cummings General Swain
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me Aaron Mason Judge of Probate And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 them that Charles Cummings who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Sullivan aforesaid and that General Swain who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Sullivan aforesaid and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.
I, the Probate Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Pompey Woodward for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirty first day of August A.D. 1832 -
Probate Register of Court of Probate

Perry Woodard Sullivan N.H.
Dear Mr. Hubbard House of Reps

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Henry Wardlaw further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Pompey Woodard Stillman N.Y.
Produce 1 year & 5 Mo
Alms
9.66 16.37
$56.66
Wm H Hubbard Housatonic

BRIEF in the case of  Pompey Woodward  Sullivan of Cheshire Co. in the State of N.Y.  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 1/2 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. As a Gen.     June In 17 76 1 5 — 11 Private Capt. Col. Raymond  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bannington —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bradford N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Addison Examining Clerk.

State of New Hampshire, County of Cheshire ss. On this fifteenth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, 1853, personally appeared Before me the judge of the Court of Probate in and for Said County in Said State, Mary Woodward a resident of Sullivan in Said County & State, who being duly Sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3. 1853. That she is the widow of Pompey Woodward, who was a private in the war of the Revolution. That at his death he was in receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of 56 25 /100 Dollars per annum, payable at the Concord N.H. pension Agency. She further Swears that she was married to the said Pompey Woodward on or about the _____ day of _____ in the year Eighteen hundred and four. in the town of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, that her name before her Said marriage was Mary Harry, and that her age is seventy five years as she believes, and that there is no record whatever of her marriage.
That her husband Said Pompey, died on the thirteenth day of January in the year A.D. 1843. in Sullivan aforesaid. That she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow, and never has she before made application for Pension,
Witness G. F. Sturhewather
Mary her X mark Woodward
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court before me the day and year first above written, and I believe Said Mary Woodward to be the Same person she represents herself to be in the above Declaration, and a credible person.
Levin Baker Judge of Probate.

We Harrison Rugg and Abijah Hastings of Sullivan in the County of Oxfordshire & State of New Hampshire depose and say that we well knew Pompey Woodward a Colored man and pensioner of the United States, that he came from the County of Worcester Massachusetts to Said Sullivan more than forty years since, but less than fifty years. That Mary his wife who still lives in Sullivan came with him and continued to live with him as his wife up to the thirteenth day of January in the year A.D. 1843 that on that day month & year Said Pompey Woodward died, leaving Said Mary who has ever since remained and still is the reputed and accepted widow of Said Pompey. We have no interest in the result of her application for pension -
Harrison Rugg Abijah Hastings
Sworn To and Subscribed on this twenty third day of March in the year 1853. And I certify that Said Affiants are credible witnesses, and that I am also disinterested,
David Seward Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss. } I Leonard Risco Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature, of said State, for said county, do hereby certify, that David Seward before whom the within affidavit of Harrison Rugg and Abijah Hastings was subscribed and sworn to, was, on the twenty third day of March A.D. 1853, a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature within written is in my belief genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court for said county this twenty fifth day of March A.D.
1853.
Leonard Risco. Clerk

State of New Hampshire, Cheshire County ss., I George W. Sturtevant Clerk of the Court of Probate (being a Court of Record, in and for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, in said State, do certify that Sarkin Baker before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution and still is, both justice of the Peace and the judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof, I have hereto affixed my Seal of Office & subscribed my name, this twenty third day of March in the year 1853.
Geo. W. Sturtevant Regt. of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 12 th 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereto annexed W m N. Green was a Justice of the peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. McKim Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New Hampshire Massachusetts.
County of Worcester SS. On this twenty seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine personally appearing before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Mary Woodward aged Seventy Seven years, a resident of Worcester in the State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Mary Woodward to whom a Warrant, No.  was issued under the provisions of the act of Congress, passed September 22, 1850, for service in the war of rebellion, in the Company of
Certificate for pension issued under the act of Feb. 3, 1852. Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of pensioners under said act. Page 23 Vol. A. payable at Concord N.H.
She further declares that she hereby irrevokably constitutes and appoints G.F. Starkweather of Revere Orat. her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim for Bounty Land under the act hereinafter mentioned,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3, 1855. She further declares that she is a widow and remains the widow of Pompey Woodward who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that she was married to the said Pompey in the year eighteen hundred and four. That her said husband died as she stated in her declaration for pension and she refers to the record to sustain this declaration. That she never before applied for, nor has rec d . said bounty.
Attest J. Waldo Denny. } Wm. N. Green
her Mary Woodward mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Woodward to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, and of the age above stated. and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm. N. Green Justice of the Peace.

Mary Woodward Claim under act March 3. 1855. 74,543
Revolutionary service of Pompey Woodward
By her Attorney C. F. Harkweather Esq. N.Y.C.

We John Hector and Susannah Hector residents of Worcester in the County of Worcester upon our Oaths say, and declare that Mary Woodward is present and acknowledges that she did sign and acknowledge a declaration for obtaining Bounty land before Wm N. Green Esqr. on the twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1855. with the view to procuring a Land Warrant under the act of March 3. 1855- and orders that this be attached & considered a part thereof. We further declare. That from her appearance & statements and our knowledge, we believe her to be the identical person, she represents herself to be in said declaration. That she is a widow, and that Pompey Woodward with whom she lived as his lawful wife is dead, and that she was married to him and that he died as she has stated, as we firmly believe
John Hector Susannah Hector
Sworn to and subscribed Before me This Second day of April 1855. and I Certify that said affiants are credible persons, I am not interested
Wm N. Green Justice of the Peace F

July 7, 1938
BA-J/AWF Pompey Woodward W. 4867
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the War of the Revolution record of Pompey Woodward, who died January 13, 1843 in Keene, New Hampshire.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 4867, based on the service of Pompey Woodward in the Revolutionary War.
Pompey Woodward (a colored man) was born in the month of June, 1762 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Bridport, Vermont, he volunteered sometime in June, 1776, served as private and waiter to Captain or Colonel Edward Raymond of the commissary department, with the Massachusetts troops; he was stationed at Mount Independence and at Ticonderoga, was at Bennington at the time of the battle there, and after the surrender of Burgoyne, went to Castleton, where he was discharged sometime in November, 1777.
After the Revolution, he resided in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed August 21, 1832, then a resident of Sullivan, New Hampshire.
The soldier, Pompey Woodward, died in said Sullivan, January 13, 1843.
Pompey Woodward married in the year 1804, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Mary Harry. She was his second wife; the date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given. There are no data in regard to his first wife.
The widow, Mary Woodward, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1853, at which time she was seventy-five years of age, and a resident of Sullivan, New Hampshire. She died July 28, 1856.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to children of the soldier, Pompey Woodward.
The application for headstone for Pompey Woodward is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Brief in the case of Mary Andrews, widow of Pompey, Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 rd February, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under Act 7 th June, 1832, Marriage proven by parole proof. Certific's to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
G. F. Stark  Kneebeth, Esq h , Keene, N.H. Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Dear Sir,
Keene N.H. May 22, 1856
I wish to enquire whether it will be necessary for me to do more than make reference to papers on file in your Office, in order to get an examination of suspended Claims, under the act of March 3, 1855 granting Bounty Lands.
For instance - The application of Mary Woodward N o 748:43 widow of Pompey Woodward, a Negro, who was pensioned under the act of 1832, No record of his service, his widow is a pensioner under the act of 1853. The marriage & death of Pompey all will be seen on reference to her papers filed in 1853 -
Second, Asa S. White Application 68930, Drew 40 acre Warrant under act of Sept. 1850 N o . 6990 No record of service, I proved service by Seavitt Bond of Boston & Arnold Bolles of Dalton N.H. Papers all duly certified. His 40 acre warrant was dated Oct. 6 1853 as I think. He served in the Indian Stream Expedition in 1835 & 36, The claimant is in Kansas T. now and if I can get along with the case short of sending papers there to be executed I would prefer it.
Yours truly G. F. Starkweather
Hon. J. Minot Com.

April 2. 1853
Noyes
App. of Mary
Woodward wid: of Pompey Woodward
N. H.
2935
Act 3 d Feby: 1853 $ 56. \frac{66}{100} per annum Commencing 3 rd Feb. 1853. Revis:
G. F. Starkweather Keene N. H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Duplication

74.543
Abby Woodhull
FREE
26731-
160
Minot
Com. of Museums
Washington
D.C.
26.731
Abby Woodhull
Additional Enquiry

1938 July 7- list to memo. Bn. aug.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4867
Mary Woodward Wid.
Pompey Woodward Rev. Rev. War
Act: July 29 th 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

October 2, 1931
BA-J/EL
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.4867, based upon the military service of Pompey Woodward in that war.
a colored man, Pompey Woodward was born in June, 1762, at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
While residing in Bridport, Vermont, he volunteered in June, 1776, and served until November, 1777, as a private and waiter to Captain or Colonel Edward Raymond of the commissary department, Massachusetts Troops.
After the Revolution, he resided in Sterling, Massachusetts, and in Sullivan, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, while residing in Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
He died January 13, 1843, in Sullivan, New Hampshire.
The soldier married in 1804, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Mary Harry. Her nationality is not stated. She was his second wife; there are no data in regard to the first wife.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed March 15, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and resided in Sullivan, New Hampshire.
She died July 28, 1856.
There is no reference to children.
From AB This history to be furnished if ever called for It was written just to have a record of negroes.