Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11805, William Woods, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Woods, William or Wood,
R. 11805-
Sarah
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I do certify that William Wood the bearer was a soldier in the first Regiment of New-Jersey under Command of Col. Robt. Hays Ogden.
Baron Ogden late a Captain in 1 st New Jer. Regt. Dated at New Barnswick this 2 nd day of August. 1780

Armstrong County Westmoreland County Pa State of Penn a
personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County James McBrillus who being Sworn according to law saith that he this Deponent was well acquainted with William Woods a Revolutionary Soldier in the Continental establishment in the State of New Jersey in the Line that after the war he said William Woods came to the State of Penn a he and Family lived in Fayette County State aforesaid that said William Woods died in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirteen as he said Deponent believes from circumstances & that he said William Woods left a widow Sarah Woods and and several children that the said Sarah Woods Widow aforesaid died on the Seventeenth day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty six that the names of the children who survived the death of their mother was James Elizabeth and Mary who was Reputed to be the legitimate children of the said William Woods and Sarah his wife I lived near them and was well acquainted with the family and circumstances and from general Reputation there was granted said Wm Woods his bounty lands of one hundred acres and further saith not Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th day of Febry 1846
Sworn and subscribed } James McBrillus before me 18 th Febry 1846
John M c Brillus

I do hereby certify that James McBrillus the within Dependant is a reliable witness I have been and is well acquainted with the Lads James McBrillus who is of right & Koran in whose testimony I would rely upon as truth given under my hand and Seal this 18 th February 1846 John Woods
State of Pennsylvania Armstrong County Set.
J. E. Meredith Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that John Woods Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and sworn to all who official acts as such full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given as well throughout the County aforesaid as elsewhere and that his signature thereto is Genuine and in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Kittanning the 19 th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
J. E. Meredith (Pro.) "

I do certify that Twenty years ago I was well acquainted with James McCallas and at that time he was entitled to every credit for truth and veracity & I would have lived on his testimony as truth best for the last fifteen years I have known but little about the man his residence being at a considerable distance from Mine
James Bell

Westmoreland County State of Penn a } personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County Elizabeth Lobenger who being sworn according to law saith that she is well acquainted with William Woods and family that from induction and information from himself he said William Woods was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war that he belong to the New Jersey line that said Woods was Reported to be legally married to the said William Woods that Polly Woods the oldest child of the said William and Sarah his wife is at this time not less than between fifty eight and sixty years of age that the said William Woods died about the year 1813 and the wife Sarah Woods died the 17 th of September 1836 that James Woods Polly Woods and Elizabeth Woods is the names of the children who survived the death of the said William Woods and Sarah his wife sworn and subscribed before me this 25 th } & Siblings February 1846 Jacob S. Stock S.P. }
Westmoreland County } I do hereby certify that Elizabeth Lobenger is a lady of high character for truth and veracity I would rely upon her testimony as truth. Witness my hand this 25 th day of February 1846 Jacob S. Stock

Westmoreland Co. } Penn a ,
I do certify that I have been for many years acquainted with Elizabeth Lovingier (Wife of the Hon John Lovingier) Who is the subscriber to the foregoing deposition and that she is a Lady of the very highest character for truth and veracity and I would rely on her testimony as being strictly true
James Bell

Westmoreland County ss
personally came before me a Justice of peace in and for said County Jane Strickler who being sworn according to law Saith that She was well acquainted with William Woods who by tradition was a private Soldier of the Revolutionary war of the New Jersey Line that She was well acquainted with his wife Sarah Woods and Children and Judging from her own age Polly Woods was at this time between the age of fifty eight and sixty years of age that Polly Woods was the oldest child of the said William Woods and Sarah his wife who from Reputation was legally man and wife and that James Woods Polly Woods and Elizabeth Woods was always esteemed as the Legiti- mate Children of the said William Woods & Sarah his wife that the said William Woods died about the year eighteen hundred and thirteen that Sarah his wife died the 17 th day of September eighteen hundred and thirty six Sworn and subscribed before me this 25 th day of February 1846 this is to the best of her knowledge and belief and further Saith not Sworn & subscribed & signed her Jane Strickler before me W.C. Anderson Clerk
Westmoreland County ss
I do hereby certify that Jane Strickler is from my acquaintance with her a Lady of good character for truth and veracity whom Evidence I would receive as truth given under my hand and Seal W.C. Anderson Clerk

I do certify That I am Well acquainted with Mrs Jane Stickler and that she is a Lady Whose character is beyond reproach in every respect. Therefore her character for truth and veracity is undoubted I would rely upon her testimony as truth & would receive it as such
James Bell

State of Penna Westmoreland County personally came before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County James Woods in behalf of himself and his two Sisters namely Polly and Elizabeth Residents of Westmoreland County and State of Penna only Children now living of Sarah Woods widow of William Woods a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war which widow Died on the Seventeenth day of September 1836 and the Said James Woods one of the Children aforesaid doth on his oath in open Court make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions accruing to their Mother Said Sarah Woods made by the acts of Congress that Sarah Woods was married to William Woods on the — 1786 or 1787
who was a private Soldier in the Regiment in the Jersey Line under Continental Establi- shment that he Entered the Service in the year as a private Soldier and Served to the end of the war Served Six years five months and nineteen days and that he was honourable Discharged which Discharge that his height was Six feet two and a half Inches high that he was in Bunker Hill Battle and in the following Battles to wit Trenton Morristown New Brunswick and Black Bloody Run thinks Brandywine that two of his uncles were of the name of Francis Walker & Solomon Sharp that Francis Walker was Shot by the Indians that the Said Sarah Woods was married to the Said William Woods before the first of January 1794 at the time before mentioned which will all man- ifestly appear from the Evidence hereto Attached and further that the Said James Woods Polly and Elizabeth Woods is the only surviving Children of William Wood and Sarah his wife as will appear from the Evidence and further that the Said William Woods Died in 1813
James Woods Jr
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court 25 Feb. 1846. David Rutherford Prob.

No 6682 Sarah Moor and widow of William P. act 4th May 1836
Rejected Married after the revolution

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County
I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held at Greensburgh in and for said County before the Hon Thomas White President and his associates Judges of the said Court on the 25 th day of February A.D. 1816. The Court having heard the Testimony hereto Appended and the Declaration made by James Woods for a Pension did order and direct the
Prothonotary to Certify that the evidence adduced before that William Woods had been a Revolutionary Soldier that Sarah Woods was his Widow and that their Children who surviving them are James Woods Polly Woods & Elizabeth Woods is satisfactory to said Court and ordered to be so certified. and also Certify that the death of the said William Woods occurred in the year 1813. and Sarah Woods on the 17 th day of September A.D. 1836. and I also Certify that Jacob S. Strek & Wm. C. Anderson Esquires now are and each of them were acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland at the time of Administering the oaths to Elizabeth and Jane Stineker and that their signatures are genuine and also Certify that James Bell Esqr whose Certificate is hereto appended was then and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Westmoreland duly Commissioned and appointed and to all whose official Acts and Deeds full faith and Credit are of right due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburgh this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
David Fullwood Seal

V No 6692 Sarah Wood and Pa
Rejected Libby H. D. Foster March 31. 1842
11805
act 4 July 1836

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11,885
P. O. Sarah Woods
Service: Widow William Woods
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Home of Prof. 18 March
I have enclosed you some papers to which I desire to call your attention at the earliest opportunity
Respectfully &
J. T. Foster
J. S. Edwards Esq