Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22685, Benjamin Woodbury, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Woodbury, Benjamin Rhoda.
N 22685
CONTENTS

18.204
Maine
Benjamin Woodbury.
of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Flowers of the Regt: commanded by Col. Wood in the Mass: militia line for 1823
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 53 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1833 and sent to Thomas Clarke Esq.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $107.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. - 26.83
$134.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 Page 14

Report
4720. Maine
Rhoda Woodbury widow of Benj. Woodbury who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 3rd day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of April 1848 and sent to
Miriam Clark Turner Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 43 Vol. 1.

Benjamin Woodbury.
24828
Thomas Clarke, agent.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 5th day of April — A. D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Benjamin Woodbury a resident of Pownfield in the county of Oxford — and State of Maine, aged 71 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, as a private, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, viz. at Sutton , in the county of Worcester , in the State of Massachusetts , his then residence, where he enlisted on the 7th. day of May 1779 , in the company commanded by Capt. David Batchelder , in the Regiment commanded by Col. Woods , in the Brigade commanded by Gen. Nickson , for the term of eight months , he went from Sutton aforesaid in company with & under the command of Lieut. Thomas Gannan , & marched to Fishkill , in the State of New York , where he was attached to the company aforesaid & in about two months marched with said Regiment to West Point where he was stationed for some time & thence marched to White Plains , thence to Hackensack , & from thence marched thro' several other places which he does not recollect, & thence to Fishkill , aforesaid, where the regiment aforesaid was discharged by Col. Woods about the 10th of January 1780 , & each commanding officer of said Reg't. discharged his own men verbally on the same day — he having served said term of eight months & about four days over, before he was discharged as aforesaid —
At Sutton aforesaid, on the 10th. day of June 1780 , he again enlisted as a private for the term of six months , in company with six others, viz, Stephen Rich , Thomas Smith , John Putman , Howard Putman , & Samuel Forry & marched directly to West Point , & from thence to White Plains where he, with the before named joined the company commanded by Capt. Flowers , Lieut. Lee & Ensign Crocker , in the Regiment

At Sutton aforesaid, on the 10th day of June 1780, he again enlisted as a private for the term of six months , in company with six others, viz. Stephen Rich, Thomas Smith, John Putman, Howard Putman, Samuel Forry & marched directly to West Point, & from thence to White Plains where he, with the before named joined the company commanded by Capt. Flower, Lieut. Lee & Ensign Crocker, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Gratten in the Brigade commanded by Genl. Gratten, as he believes, and marched about with the maine army in the State of New York & was present at Orangetown on the 2d. day of October, when Maj Andre was there executed, and marched from thence back to West Point, where he was stationed until his discharge the 14th or 15th day of December, when he was discharged by Lt. Col. William Hull in writing, but which discharge he lost many years ago - he then served three days more than the term for which he enlisted as aforesaid -
At Sutton aforesaid, in the month of June 1781, he again enlisted as a private for the term of two months , & went with about six others to Providence R.I. and there was attached to the company commanded by Capt Ezra Healy, the Lt. Col. of the Regiment was Col. Durfee, he does not recollect the Col. if there was any other; the Brigade was commanded by Gen. Conway, and went from Providence to Newport by water, where he was stationed until his discharge in the month of August following, after having served the term aforesaid, which discharge was a verbal discharge - He was born at Sutton aforesaid, on the 31st. day of October 1761, where a record of his age may be found in the records of said town. He resided at said Sutton until about thirty one or thirty two years ago, when he removed to Buckfield aforesaid, where he has lived ever since, except about two or three years that he lived in Paris the adjoining town. At each of said enlistments he enlisted as a volunteer - He has no documentary evidence to prove his service, and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - He further declares that he has made every exertion in his power to obtain evidence of his service, but has been totally unable, and such proof cannot be found -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge
Benjamin Woodbury

This case is continued for advisement, to the twentieth day of April A.D. 1833 — Stephen Emery, Judge —
now on this twentieth day of April A.D. 1833
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, he having adduced the certificate of Ephraim Hoslow, a clergyman of the town of Brookfield and of John Thayer, a citizen of said Brookfield, in which town said applicant resided, on oath duly administered, which persons, together with the applicant, are well known to the Court, as persons sustaining a fair reputation for truth and veracity.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Woodbury for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of April A. D. 1833.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Cole Register

State of Maine County of Oxford ss.
On this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, personally appeared before Job Prince, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Oxford, Rhoda Woodbury a resident of Buckfield in said County, aged Eighty, years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, - That she is the widow of Benjamin Woodbury who was a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and pensioned under the Act of 7 th June 1832, at the Rate of fifty three dollars and sixty six cents per annum, the Certificate of which has been surrendered, that she was married to the said Benjamin Woodbury on the twelfth day of March 1786 in the town of Sheffield and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by Samuel Barnard Esq. That her Maiden name was Collins, that her late husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Woodbury died in said town of Buckfield on the third day of March in the year 1849, She further declares
(over)

That she is still a widow -
State of Maine } County of Oxford }
Rhoda Woodbury
Sworn to and subscribed on This ninth day of April 1879, by said declarant, who is unable, from bodily infir- mity to attend Court
Before Me
Col. Prince
3 judge of Probate for said County of Oxford

Berkshire V.S. The Christian and Surname of persons who have been joined together in Marriage by Lemuel Barnard a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County also the time when they were joined together in marriage as certified by said Barnard
One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty six March Twelfth Number Fifty One Benjamin Woodbury and Rhoda Collins
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair and legible figures Attest Graham A Root Town Clerk
1786 March 12 th No 57 Benjamin Woodbury & Rhoda Collins
A true Copy Attest Graham A Root Clerk
I Graham A Root above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Sheffield and County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true report from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Graham A Root

Berkshire ss. Sheffield 22 d March 1849
Personally appeared the within named Graham N. Root and made Oath to the truth of the within copy of the Record from the Town Book. Before me Bartlett Doteen Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire
I Charles Scogswick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Saw County do hereby certify that Bartlett Doteen Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Graham N. Root was sworn is sworn on the 22 d day of March Inst. a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is a true & only believe genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 26 th day of March 1849
Charles Scogswick Clk

No Rhoda Woodbury Wife of Benjamin Me at 2 July 1848 Married 1786, Instina and 3 March 1849. A.M., 53 rd p.m. on 3 March 1849
Hiram Clark Turner Mr.

I George K Shaw of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty years depose and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Woodbury late of Buckfield deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that it was reported that he died on the third day of March 1849 and that I attended his funeral on the fourth day of March aforesaid, and performed the Clerical Services on that occasion that he left a widow by the name of Rhoda Woodbury who has not since intermarried but continues a widow and now resides in said town of Buckfield
Geo. K. Shaw
State of Maine Oxford County ss
April 10th 1849
Then personally appeared Geo K Shaw a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me Job Prince & Judge of Probate for said County

State of Maine County of Oxford ss.
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County aforesaid, it being a Court of Record hereby certify that Jos. Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Rhoda Woodbury and the Affidavits of Mary Woodbury and George W. Shaw which are hereunto annexed, is Judge of said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such, in and out of Court.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Geo. W. Shaw,
Oxford County

I Lucy Woodbury of Brookfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged forty years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Woodbury a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and late of this town deceased that he died on the third day of March 1849 and that I was present when he died that I recollect the time as being the day before his semiannual payment of Pension became due that he left a widow by the name of Rhoda who has not since intermarried, but remains a widow and now resides in said town of Brookfield
Lucy Woodbury
State of Maine County of Oxford
April 9 th 1849, Then personally appeared Lucy Woodbury a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by her subscribed
Before Me John Prince Judge of Probate for said County

24828
Benjamin Woodbury Oxford County State of Maine
Adm a [Large stylized signature]
1 Wm 30s
50 3.66  53.66
Thomas Clarke agent Maine E.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Benjamin Woodbury  Resident of Buckfield, County of Oxford State of Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1779 - 8 3 priv. Capt Batchelder Col Wood Genl Nickerson 17 years Sutton in the County of Traditionary Evidence   " 1780 - 6 3 - Capt Flowers Col Grafton Genl Grafton of Norcross Mass a Papers Not Authenticated   " 1781 - 2 - - Capt Kealy Lieut A. Parfey Genl Conway  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 22.685
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Woodbury a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 7. 1779 June 10. 1780 Pvt. David Batchelder Wood Mass.   June 10. 1780 June 10 th 1780 Flower Greaton   June 1781 2 mos. Ebenezer Healy Durfee  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sutton, Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr 9. 1838
Residence at date of application, Bucksfield, Oxford Co. Me.
Age at date of application, Oct 31. 1761 at Sutton Mass.
Remarks: d. March 3. 1849 at Bucksfield Me.
His wife, Feb. 12. 1786 at Sheffield Mass. Rhoda Wallins. She was ad. pns. on an application executed Apr. 9. 1849, while a resident of Bucksfield Me aged 80 years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

We, Ephraim Harlow, a clergyman, and John Thayer both residing in Buckfield, in the county of Oxford, and State of Maine, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Woodbury, who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revo- s, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ephraim Harlow John Thayer
State of Maine.
ss. April 13 th 1833. Then the abovenamed Ephraim Harlow and John Thayer personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by them signed in my presence in my presence . And I hereby certify that they are men of truth, and that they are respectively entitled to full credit both in and out of Court.
Nathaniel Harlow
Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Nathaniel Harlow Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Ephraim Harlow + John Mayer is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 20th day of April in the year A. D. 1933
R. K. Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Paris, Me. May 27th. 1833.
Sir,
I herewith transmit the papers in the case of Benjamin Woodbury as amended -
Your Obt. servt.
Thomas Clarke
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington.

France. Maine. April 12 th 1849
Sir
Enclosed with this, is the application of Abba Woodbury for a pension, any communication in relation thereto, please direct to the subscriber,
Respectfully Yours
William Clark
J. L. Edwards Esq., Commission on Pensions Washington City D. C.

Benjamin Woodbury, Mr. Act 7 June 1842 53!!
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office April 19 1849 S
Gl. A
Paid to 11 th Sept. 1848.
B. B.

1-2 ct. Stamp rec'd. C L W 1-2 ct. Stamp returned V 6 L W. 416 2nd St. No., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Pension Office, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir: — Can you give me proof of service of Benjamin Woodbury of Sutton, Mass., who served in the Revolution?
He was born in Sutton, Mass. Oct. 31 st , 1761 and died in Buckfield, Me., March 3 rd , 1849; and was a Revolutionary pensioner.
I wish this for the D. A. R.
Thanking you for the favor, I am Very truly yours, Gertrude Woodbury Nov. 18 th , 1914

Reyn WIDOW, &c.
1914 Nov. 27 Hist. to Gertrude Woodbury
File No. 22685
Rhoda Woodbury Wid- of Benj n Woodbury Rev Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]