Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17211, Jonathan Woody, N. C.

SERVICE
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Woody Jonathan
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S 17211
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Reported
JOHN W.
32 712 Jonathan Woody Wapello in the State of Iowa who was a private in the Comp y com p y t y Moore of the Reg t Col. Cox in the North Carolina for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Dubuque at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1850 and sent to Hon. A. C. Dodge. S. U. S.
breaks to the 14th of Pension allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Book E 2 Vol. 8
Page 1

State of Iowa Wapello County ss-
Be it remembered that this day personally appeared before me Cyrus Olney Judge of third Judicial District State of Iowa, Frances Woody & states that she has been acquainted with Jonathan Woody who is applying for a Pension from the General Government under the law of June 7th 1832, for the last forty years, that she first become acquainted with him Barcum Cautz in the State of North Carolina, that she lived in the same neighborhood with him from that time up to this - that she knows that he has always been esteemed a man of truth & veracity; that her belief always has been that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war - and that in every place where he has lived he has been reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier - that this belief is and has been general and indeed universal as far as he was known - that she never heard a doubt expressed on this subject - that from what she knows of him she believes him to be of the age of ninety one years - that he is getting frail and his memory failing - that she has heard him recount scenes connected with the struggles in the service that he now appears to have forgotten - that she knows of no persons in this neighborhood who knew him when he resided in Georgia & the Carolinas, except his son who resides some hundred miles from this place - Given to me and subscribed before me, Judge as aforesaid this Twelfth day of October A.D. 1847. Cyrus Olney Judge Frances Woody mark

State of Iowa 5 Wapello County 3 ss.
We A. G. Pearce a Clergyman residing in the County of Wapello in said State and David Watkins resident of the Town of Dahlonega in said County of Wapello, State of Iowa hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Woody who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be presently one 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 day & year aforesaid
John W. Hendrick
Justice of the peace
A. G. Pearce
David Watkins
And the said Cyrus Olney judge as aforesaid does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And I the said Cyrus Olney, as judge aforesaid do further certify that said applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court, And I do further certify as judge aforesaid, that it appears to me that A. G. Pearce who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Wapello state aforesaid and that David Watkins — is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit; and the statement or declaration of the said

applicant is true -
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State of Iowa } ss. County of Wapello } ss.
On this Twelfth - day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, personally appeared before the Hon Cyrus Olney Judge of the Third Judicial District in and for said State, composed of the Counties of Van Bu- ren, Jefferson, Keokuk, Muscatine, Wapello, Davis, Appa- noose, Monroe & Marion; Jonathan Woody, (who is pre- vented from appearing in open court by reason of bodily in- firmity) a resident of the Town of Dahlonega, in the said County of Wapello, State of Iowa, aged ninety one years the fifteenth of June last, who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law, doth on his oath, make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
I served & entered the service sometime near the first of July 1782, under Colonel Cox; one Nat. Moore was my Captain (Cox's first name I do not recollect & Capt. Moore was called Nat. Moore). I entered the service in the county of Surry State of North Carolina. I continued in service under these officers until about the close of the sixth year of the war, when I was placed under Colonel Benjamin O'Neal land; Godfrey Baacks being my Captain, who was in the County of Wilkes in said State of North Carolina & when I served until the close of the war - during the time I was in the service I was in no regular engagement - I was resi- ding in the County of Surry in North Carolina, when I first retired the service; I was a volunteer; I was engaged in no battle; When I volunteered I was living on Dan River in Surry County near the Northern line of said County, our operations and March- ing was confined to said County, for the first year, or the greater part

thereof - we marched I recollect up and down the said River Dan, scouring the country of British and Tories - from this county I marched into Wilkes County aforesaid, not far from what was then called Wilkesborough Court House, while in Wilkes County we marched more or less on what was called Adkin River, and on a river called Roan - I cannot give a particular description of our line of March, our operations being such as to call us suddenly from one por- tion of the country to the other, & in the particulars of our March and the points where we was touched my memory fails me - I have no recollection at this time of the particular name or number of the Regiment or company with which I served; I have a recollection that while under Colonel Clearland our company was called Clearlands Company - I was acquainted with one Thomas Barton who was a Captain of a Ranger Company in Greenville District, South Carolina on the waters of the Ligin River - with one Major Gowen or Gowan in the same company that Barton was attached - with Colonel Robin or Robert Love (usually called Colonel Bob Love) of the Virginia Troops, & afterwards Elector for Jackson in North Carolina; I was not engaged in the active service, & was not personally ac- quainted with the leading officers of the Army, our opera- tions were confined higher up the country - myself and the greater part of the company had started with our rifles for the purpose of joining Genl George Washington when the news reached us near Wilkesborough Court House that Cornwallis had been taken & we were then disbanded by our officers - I had two Brothers older than myself William Woody and James Woody who enlisted under Genl Gates in the same War - William Woody was transposed the day before Sumpner's engagement

in the State of Georgia, under Captain Joseph Hall of Elbert County, Georgia, and Colonel John Cannington of Elbert County, Coldwater Creek - one Clarke (first name not now recollected) was General of the division in which I marched - we marched from said Elbert County to Oconee River, thence to Shoemaker's Creek, at this place Genl Clarke treated with the Pallassee King Indians so called at that time - I was then how- ever mustered out of service & then moved to North Carolina - when I left North Carolina and went to Georgia previous to my entering the service in the Creek Indian War, I obtained from Esquire Fletcher (whose name I think was James Fletcher) a certifi- cate showing, as I recollect, that I was a friend of my country and had right to pass from one State to the other, which as I then understood it stood in the place of any certificate from the Captain or any other officer in my company - this Esquire Fletcher ever lived at the time I procured the Certificate in Wilkes County near Wilkesborough - this Certificate I kept and preserved until some fifteen or twenty years ago, but it is now lost and I know nothing of it - this is the only evidence I ever had that referred to anything connected with my service - I have no documentary evidence of my services - and I do not know of any persons whom testimony I can procure, who can testify to my ser- vice - I have frequently been urged by friends and acquaintances to become an applicant for a pension, my children while living were always opposed to it, being determined to keep me with them and to support me - and while able to do anything My

with the Tarleton to Sumpter's portion of the Army, and James Woody was with Genl Gates at the time of his engagement with Lord Cornwallis; William Woody was living in Burke County, North Carolina, and I have been informed he is now drawing a Pension whether James Woody is or not I cannot tell, as I have no definite information from him for some three years since, and only know that he resides in the State of Kentucky, but what County I cannot tell - I further state that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory, I cannot swear positively as to the precise length of my service, but according to the best of my recollection, I served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: to wit - as a private under Col Cox and Captain Moore in Surry County for Two Months - as a private under Colonel Clearland and Captain Isaacks in Wilkes County for Ten Months - the service under the first engagement & under the first officers was in Surry County, & the second service under Clearland & Isaacks was in Wilkes County - this company and others of a similar character in that portion of the State was called into service by Authority of the General Government or the continued Congress - the particular Act authorizing the raising of the same I do not recollect, nor can I tell all of the particulars attending the raising of the Company - I know that it was an embodied Corps called into service and recognized as part of the regular Army organized by the competent Authorities - My service and operations were confined to the field and not to a garrison; for the time during which the service aforesaid was performed, I was not employed in any civil pursuit - I also subsequently served in what was called the Creek war or the war against the Creek Indians

self and my children kind, I thought I had served my country when I was young and able and that my- self and children could still support and my country keep the small amount I knew was my due - My children are now scattered over dif- fer- ent portions of the world, that are now living; I am getting quite aged and infirm and cannot support myself & am at present living with and to a great extent dependent on a widowed daughter-in-law - As further particulars that may be useful in the investiga- tion of my claim, I refer to the Hon Thomas J. Rusk Senator in Congress from the State of Texas, with whom I was acquainted in the Town of Dahlonega in the State of Georgia, and with whom I conversed on this subject previous to his moving to Texas, and who is well acquainted with the general reputation on this subject when I resided - I also refer to my daughter-in-law Frances Woody who has been acquaint- ed with me for the last forty years, and who knows it was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where I have lived, that I was a Revolutionary Soldier, and also to my son James Woody who well knows the same matter - My daughter-in-law Frances Woody resides in this place & my son at Raccoon Forks or Fort Bremond in this State - I have her residing in this State two years past November and have no acquaintances here who knew me in North Carolina or Georgia where I formerly lived - With these facts I submit my case or claim with accompanying proof and answers to ques- tions - And I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and I do declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of

my free -
And the said Jonathan Moody at the time & place aforesaid answered in my presence the following interrogatories as follows, as by me propounded he being personally present -
(First). When, and in what year were you born?
Ans - I was born in the County of Surry, State of North Carolina, on the 15 th day of June 1756 -
(Second) Have you any record of your age? and if so where is it?
Ans. I am not certain whether my age was recorded in my father's family Bible, but I am inclined to think it was, where this is I do not know - there was a minute of my age in an old Book of some kind that I kept up to some two years or more ago, when I lost my wife and I quit keeping house, when this book and all my papers allowed to go to waste and destroyed by my children and grandchildren so when this book is I do not know - there are the only records of my age that I now recollect anything about -
(Third) Where were you living when called into service; When have you lived since the Revolutionary War; and where do you now live?
Ans I was living in the Northern part of the County of Surry North Carolina - after our discharge at the end of the Revolutionary war I lived about three years in Abbeville County, State of Georgia - from there I went back to North Carolina into Wayne County and lived there some time

riding the country of Louis - on circumstancs I recollect, that our company received word of some Tories that were on the South Fork of what was called New River in Wilkes County, we were started after them & a company in advance that I now recollect was under one Captain William Roll or Snell had preceded us, had dispersed the Tories and hung some three or four of them; before we came up - we frequently had word of Tories being at different places and have pursued them - We were never called upon to go into the regular active service, unless just before we had word of the surrender of Cornwallis - I was never anything more than a private - during the time we was in service we marched through the country to different points as circumstances seemed to require & prevented the rising of the Tories -
(Sixth). Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given; and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any written discharge from the service, we were disbanded by our officers directly after the surrender at York Town - after which I got the Certificate before referred to, & went into the Creek war.
(Seventh) 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

fifteen years, from there I moved into Buncombe County North Carolina and lived some nine years, from there I moved into Haywood County in the same state and lived some thirteen years, from there I moved into Macon County in the same state and lived some nine years, and from there I moved into Lumpkin County State of Georgia and lived some two years; and from there I moved to this place and landed on the 3 rd of November 1845, when I have continued to reside ever since and when I now live -
(Q uest ) How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I was called into service as I understood it, and as I yet understand it by authority of the Continental Congress, was not drafted, but a volunteer, was not a substitute.
(Q uest ) State the names of some of the regular troop officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you recollect; and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer - Col Benjamin Clanton, Col Cox (name not known) Capt. Godfrey Brachs; Col Lee of the Virginia troops, Capt Moore. Captain Thomas Barton - I recollect our own company and Col Lee of Virginia who has gone the way as the North Carolina side, at Barksdale - as to regiments in actual service I cannot recollect as already stated. My field of operations was confined to

ridding the country of Tories - on circumstancs I recollect, that our company received word of some Tories that were on the South Fork of what was called New River in Wilkes County, we were started after them & a company in advance that I now recollect was under one Captain William Holl or Snoddy had proceeded as, had dispersed the Tories and hung some three or four of them, before we came up - we frequently had word of Tories being at different places and have pursued them - we were never called upon to go into the regular active service, unless just before we had word of the surrender of Cornwallis - I was never anything more than a private - during the time we was in service we marched through the country to different points as circumstances seemed to require & prevented the rising of the Tories -
(Sixth). Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given; and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any written discharge from the service, we were disbanded by our officers directly after the surrender at York Town - after which I got the Certificate before referred to, & went into the Creek war.
(Seventh) 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?
Answer. Rev Milton Garrison the Presiding Elder in the Methodist Episcopal church in the Iowa Conference; Joseph Hoagland Esq. Sheriff of Wapello County; James Weir Judge of Probate of this County; Doctor John Koontz of this place, his father Martin Koontz residing near this place, Mr Hagg Smith - James Givens Merchant of this place - David Watkins Nathaniel H. Gatus late Assessor of this County; Rev Andrew G. Pearce of the Methodist Church - about Stephen P. Granaas; Thomas H. Gray Esq. Atty at Law. Francis Iowa; Hon. Cyrus Olney Judge of the third Judicial District Iowa. Hon. Jesse B. Brown, late Speaker of the House of Representatives, State of Iowa & Candidate for Congress in this District - and many others that might be mentioned, -
his Jonathan & Woody mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Cyrus Olney Judge

No 37591 Jonathan Moody Iowa
Sub. to Hon. W. Thompson March 27th '48
Hon A. C. Dodge Jan'y 12, 49 " same 29th Jan'y 1850
act 7 June 1832

Senate, Mar. 12 th 58 59.
Sir:
I sent yr. letter of the 29 th of Jan y . last to the Comptroller of N Carolina, in pursuance of the suggestion in the 2 nd paragraph & I herewith hasten to lay before you his answer.
Hoping it may be such as will justify you in allowing the old Mr. Moody his pension I am
Most Respectfully
Yours A Dodge Hon J. L. Edwards

A Dodge wishes me E to look into the case of Old Mr. Woody, now of Ionia, formerly of Georgia, resented Rev. Hon. Mr. Thompson of Ionia, Rev claim, I think. I want to try long, if you can - grant pension Yrs A Dodge

Jan 25/50
Jonathan Woody Iowas W. Army

No 37591 Jonathan Woody Iowa act 7 June 1832
No 37591 Jonathan Woody Iowa

State of Iowa Wapello County ss
I John W. Roff Clerk of the District Court within and for said County and State do hereby certify that John W. Hedmark whose genuine signature appears affixed to the above Affidavit is now and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected and legally qualified as appears from the Records of my office and that as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court of said County at my office in Ottumwa this 8th day of February A.D. 1848
John W. Roff Clerk D.C. Ottumwa

Jonathan Woods Iowa
admitted Private 6 th m th $20 Com 4 March 1831
Act 7 June 1832
Re A.C. Dodge S.U.S

17.211 INVALID.
File No. 17.211
Jonathan Woody Pre War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 414
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Compt Office Rutledge N C Mch 8 th 1850
Dr Sir
Your letter together one from the Comm ee of Pensions was duly received at this office but my absence to Georgetown has been the cause of delay in making this reply. I have examined the records of this office and I find two payments made to Mrs Woodley one for £13. 6 and another for £2. 11. 4 making £15. 17. 4 in all. If a certificate showing these facts will avail anything you can order it.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt
J. M. [unclear]
Hon. A. C. Woodley Washington D. C.