Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40731, Richard Woodworth, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
Worworth, Richard
S. 40731
CONTENTS

Dead
Laid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838, from 4. Sept 1842 to 3 rd March 1843. Agent Notified 4. Dec 1844.
Harold Ellison
March 13/55
Deft. 11 or 12 Mrs. Kate Massie. Soldier was a pensioner. Bunnell said record prior to 1800 destroyed cannot give number of Mart. MS.
Notified 18 May 1892 to Joseph Rankin Newberry, Esq.
Ohio 15.388
Richard Woodworth
of Adams Co. in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of four years
inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Oct r 1819 and sent to William Armstrong Esq. West Union Ohio
  Arrears to 4th of September 1819  $126.99    Semi-ann. all ce ending March 1820  48.    15 mos: 23/31 or 4/30  $174.99  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued R

Con V.L.E.
West Union, Ohio

The State of Ohio Adams County Court of Common Pleas April Term 1822
On this 16 th day of April 1822 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record having the power of fine and imprisonment for the said County and State Richard Woodworth aged Sixty seven years, resident in the County of said who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted in the Spring of the year 1777 under Captain William Gray of the 4 th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colonel William Butler that he served in the said Regiment (in the service of the United States) until the month of January 1781 when he was discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey, by General Wayne That he was in the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of German Town, the Battle of Monmouth in the skirmishing match at the Peaple. And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with an intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Richard his  X Woodworth mark

Schedule of Richard Woodworth's property to wit
  1 horse worth $25. one Mare Coll $25 $50.00   8 head of Hogs . . . . . 9.00   5 head of cattle . . . . . 30.00   7 head of Sheep . . . . . 7.00   1 old loom and tackling . . . . . 5.00   1 Pot 1.50 - 1 Tub 75 . . . . . 2.25   1-10 Gall Kettle 1.25 one Small oven 1.00 . . . . . 2.25   1 Chopping ax 1.50 one Table 25 . . . . . 1.75   2 Plates 1 dish 7 knives & 5 forks . . . . . 1.87 1/2   3 Pans, pepper Box 62 1/2 one Chuck Reel 50 . . . . . 1.12 1/2   2 Chains 50 one old Wheel 1.00 . . . . . 1.50   3 horse set of old Plough irons . . . . . 2.00   1 Kettle . . . . . 1.75     Act. of debts due from the said Woodworth $115.50 
  To William Parks $7.50   Henry Carraway 6.00   Hiram Jones 6.00   Doct. Jones 2.00   George Hodge 2.50   John Meek 6.00   Isaac Smally 1.00   John Lirtion 75   Philip Lewis 1.00   Daniel Callier 2.00   William Early 20.00 $54.75 
The Hogs are reduced for the support of himself & wife since he made his declaration in October 1821
  Due to the said Woodworth from Henry Brewer 2.50   Saml. Montgomery 1.50 4.00 
Bal. $50.75 64.75
Richard his Woodworth mark

Sworn to, and declared in open Court on the 16 th day of April 1822 Joseph Darlington Clerk of Adams Com. Pleas
Original Certificate N o 15.388
The State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seven hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union on this 24 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1822
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court for the County of Adams, Ohio

Read 11 Dec 1818
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State of Ohio Adams County ss
I do hereby certify that this day Richard Woodworth a citizen of the United States and this State of Ohio an inhabitant of this County personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of our said and being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration under Oath first that he served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy, three years & ten months in the Regular Army, that he served in the flying camp and Militia including the time he was a prisoner Seven months more That he served in the Pennsylvania line on Continental establishment That he enlisted in Captain William Grayson's company the 4 th Pennsylvania Re- giment commanded by Col l William Butler That he first enlisted as a private soldier in the latter part of the month of February as well as he now recollects in the year 1777 and that in the Month of January 1778 he procured from Gen l Wayne & Gen l Irvine as well as he now recollects an honorable discharge in due form and left the Army That shortly after the conclusion of the War he left his discharge with a friend in Baltimore for safe keeping and has never since returned to Baltimore and therefore has it not in his power to found out with this deposition That he never received any pension from the United States That from the infirmity of old age and his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support
Richard Woodworth his mark

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I certify that the within deposition of Richard Woodworth was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county aforesaid (and I further certify that the said Richard Woodworth has fully satisfied me by examination under Oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition are strictly true and that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support. Given under my hand and seal this ninth day of May 1818
Job Dinning Esq.
State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Job Dinning Esq. before whom the within deposition of Richard Woodworth was taken and who has signed the above Certificate was at the time of signing the same and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith & credit is due to his said certificate as well in Courts of Justice as otherwise In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this 29 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1818
Joseph Darlington

State of ohio Adams county } I certify that this day Cap t William Faulkner Assesant of this county personally appeared before me the sub- scribed an associate judge in and for the county aforesaid and after being sworn to declare the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposeth and saith that shortly after the battle of Monmouth I gained the Regiment to which Richard Woodworth belonged the person named in the certificate here- sent I served with him in the same Regiment two years & eight months and perhaps part of that time in the same company
Question By Judge
do you know any thing about his discharge
Answer I do know he was discharged at Trenton in the year Eighty one perhaps in the months of Jan y or Feb y I cannot say which By Genl Wayne further this Deponent saith not Given under my hand & Seal this 28 th day of Sept r 1819
And Livingston —

State of Ohio } Adams County }
I certify that this day Peter Walker personally appeared before me the subscribed an Associate Judge in and for the County aforesaid and after being sworn to declare the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth deposeth and saith that Richard Woodworth the person named in the Certificate herewith sent was in the 4 th Regiment Pennsylvania troops commanded by Col Wm Butler in the year 77 and remained in the service until the year Eighty one at which time he was discharged
Question by Judge
Did you see his discharge and by who was he discharged Answer I do not recollect seeing the discharge but was told by himself and others that Genl Wayne & Genl Irvine gave him a discharge
Question by Judge
Is Richard Woodworth in indigent circumstances
Answer - He is in low circumstances a large family of children and one of them about nine years old is now in manhood helpless further this deponent saith not given under my hand & seal this 21 st day of September 1819
Andrew Livingston
The State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Andrew Livingston Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition of William Faulkner & Peter Walker

was and at the time of signing the same and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of ... duly Commissioned & qualified and that full faith and Credit is due to his said Certificates as well in Courts of Jus- tice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereun-
der my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union this 21 st day of September in the year of our Lord 1819
Joseph Darlington
Peter Walker Depositor

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Richard Woodworth a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 40731
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 Jan 1781 Col. Wm Gray Wm Butler Pa.   James  { in the Militia & Flying Camps. Officers not stated   
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth & Red Bank
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 9, 1818 His el. al.
Residence at date of application, Adams Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 63 yrs
Remarks: Soldier died Mar 3, 1843 leaving children whose names are not stated. There is no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
offn data
as Flying Camp only existed in 1776 put that first do not mention imprisonment as he gives no date relative to it
Commissioner.

Office of
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT J. A. GASH.
VICE PRESIDENT S. L. B. MORRIS.
SECRETARY H. T. MASSIE.
TREASURER HERMAN SCHNEIDER.
OF WINCHESTER,
OHIO.
FARMERS INSURANCE CO.
Winchester, Ohio.
July 30 th
1900 189
Commissioner of Pensions! Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
You will please find herewith papers that explain themselves. We are anxious to get any further record of our Great Grandfather that you may be able to find. It has come to us from the older members of the family, that he served the full term of the Revolutionary war and had land warrants assigned him near what is now the city of Philadelphia. And as he was an unmarried man at that time, and after the war came to Ohio in Adams Co where he settled and married and lived and died poor. We have been led to believe that there was some thing due him for his long service.
Over,

W. & N. DIVISION 4-1900 F.D.
I will feel very grateful for any information you can give me.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. Kate Woodworth Massie

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Sir:
Richard Woodworth was a revolutionary soldier & served through the entire war. He was a pensioner and at the time of his death which occurred in the early 40's was a resident of Adams Co Ohio.
I am his great-granddaughter & I desire to be furnished with the record of his service as shown by his declaration for pension, and your answer will greatly oblige
Yours Respectfully Miss Mary J. Little Little
Kentucky

Jeffersonville Ind. June 19 th 1899
Hon. A. C. Evans
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Richard Woodworth served seven years in Capt- Wm Gray's Company 4 th Penn s Regiment in 1777 part of the time as Corporal he drew his pay and land warrant and laid his land warrant in the state of New Jersey. Can you inform me where he laid it? he afterwards drew a pension in the City of Columbus Ohio. If you can give me any more of his war record you will greatly oblige, as it is for the benefit of the American daughters of the Revolutionary War Society. Respectfully
Miss Mattie Timmonds 724 Mechanic st.

40 731 Ray INVALID.
File No. 40, 731
Richard Woodworth Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 26 th 99
Miss M. Simmi
nds
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Sept. 21-1900
Hist to
Miss Mary J. Little
Little Ky
1920, July 21. Hist to
R. L. Woodworth. En

Rev. Sec.
mt.
Indianapolis Ind
June 2nd 1920
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir. I have just received a letter from the Adjutant General in reply to inquiry regarding Richard Woodworth a Revolutionary War Soldier who Enlisted in Capt Wm Grays Co 4th Penna. Reg. Under command of Col. Lambert Cadwallader. (Lt.) Col. Wm Butler. They refered me to you as one being able to tell me something about his discharge from the army? When? and also as to whether I can get a copy of his discharge papers. I understand that each

Soldier was given a grant of land and have always understood that Great-Grandfathers was for 350 acres. Could you kindly let me know if this is so and also where this grant lay
Thanking You
I am Resp.
R. L. Woodworth
3847 Blvd. Pl.
Indianapolis
Ind.

L. W. B. I. 40731.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 26th, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Richard Woodworth made an application for pension on May 9, 1818, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing in Adams County, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for four years' actual service as a private in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Gray and Col. Butler.
Requests for information relative to location of land grants should be addressed to the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office Interior Department, this city.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Miss Mattie Timonds,
724 Mechanic Street,
Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Winchester Ohio
July 24 1900.
War Department. Washington D.C.
I am a direct descendant of Richard Woodworth who served in the War of the Revolution for 7 years, he being my Great Grandfather. We desire to know if there is any Bounty, Land Warrants, or Pension due his heirs. By giving the desired information, or directing me to some one who can do so you will oblige.
Yours Respectfully.
(Mrs) Keate Woodworth Massie.

Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, Washington, D. C."
Record and Pension Office, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 25, 1900.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Kate Woodworth Massie, Winchester, Ohio.
The records of this office show that one Richard Woodworth served as a corporal in Captain William Gray's company, 4th Pennsylvania regiment, Revolutionary war. The dates of his enlistment and separation from the service are not shown. His name first appears on a roll of the company for the month of March, 1777, dated at Morristown, April 20, 1777. In a book compiled from the rolls of said regiment, under the heading "State of Pennsylvania against the United States for depreciation on pay of the Army," the following remark appears opposite his name: "Sum charged £86, 15 s., 9 d; February 13, 1777."
For information as to whether any bounty land or pension is due from the U. S. Government on account of the service of this soldier, application should be made to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension and land grant records of the Revolutionary war.
By authority of the Secretary of War:
Chief of Office.

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
JUL. 25 624251 1900
WAR DEPARTMENT
RECEIVED AUG 2 1900
Winchester, Va, July 24, 1900
Richard Woodworth Rev. Ward,
Mr. Kate Woodworth Massie, asks if there is any bounty land warrants or pension due the heirs,

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West Union O. Sept. 11. 1819
Sir
at the Request of Richard Wood worth an old Revolutionary Soldier and at present a citizen of this (Adams County) I take the liberty of Enclosing his application for Pension
I hope the proofs therein contained will be found satisfactory should this be the case his Request is that his certificate for his pension should be forwarded to me with as little delay as possible; I would observe that he is at present far progressed in the decline of life and stands in great need of an early attention to his business
I have the honour to be yours Sincerely
The Honble. the Secretary of War Washington City
Wm Armstrong

Richard Woodworth Phila. 8 18 m 1818
Hon Mr Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Hon. A. Ellison

Washington D.C. March 1 st 1855
Sir:
I herewith enclose you a letter from Col J R Beckwith an agent for Mr Woodworth I hope you will have the case examined accord- ing to the suggestions in Col Beckwith's letter Respectfully your most serv t
A Ellis
Hon Mr Waldo
Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 15 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen- sion agents, The children of Richard Woodward, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and 18 3/4 Cents per annum month , under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r 1842, to the 3 rd March 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.