Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11147, for Francis Norwood, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
A.H.
Norwood, Francis
S. 11147
CONTENTS
bearded

No. 2137 New York Francis Kenwood
of Allegany Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Casson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Scammon in the New York line for 7 months
★ N.H. Line. Apr. 17/65. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 1833 and to Mrs. Mary Ann Angelica
Arrears to the 4th of Oct '33 $38 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr '34 11 66 $69 99
Revolutionary Claim, Age June 7, 1832. J. C. Allen Clerk,
Recorded by Book 8 Vol. 1. Page 107

No 18243
Frances Norwood Allegany County New York.
L.f.
in rolls of Cal. parchment
Admitted Private 8 month
Anthony S Chas. Angelia, Allegany County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 23 1833
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those 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, showing the Service of Francis Norwood Allegany County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entd. apt. 1776 8 Capt. Cahron Capt. Coburn Col. Scamuel Still Water Marched to Keene & Walpole New Hampshire to Vermont to New York 46 years Richmond Cheshire County New Hampshire Traditionary evidence Witnesses not certified credible & no clergyman for any reason of law papers not properly attached.  
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) 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 day 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 he 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.
[1] 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.
[2] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [3] applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Allegary Com. Pleas.
In the matter of the application of Francis Norwood for a pension
1824-3
v
[Faint, illegible handwriting]

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Moses Reed of the Town of Caroline in the said County being duly sworn says. That he is well acquainted with Francis Norwood who now resides in the Town of Cushing in Allegany County in the said State and who until the month of January last resided in the Town of Caroline above mentioned. - That this deponent was acquainted with him in the Year 1777 - That he then resided in the Town of Richmond in the State of New Hampshire - That deponent then lived in the same Neighborhood with the said Francis Norwood - That in that year previous to the capture of Burgoyne, the precise time deponent cannot recollect. The said Francis Norwood left home, and deponent understood, and it was understood and believed in the Neighborhood that he had gone into the army, and had enlisted in the Militia of New Hampshire for three months - Deponent does not remember in what Regiment or Company - Deponent does not know how long he remained absent - but on his return understood that he had been with the army and had been defeated. After the return of the said Francis Norwood deponent frequently heard him speak of having been in the army - and of having been in the Fort at Ticonderoga - and deponent very much believes that he was in the army as a soldier -
Moses Reed
Sworn and Subscribed. } (over)

the 26 th day of September in the Year 1832
Nioll Halsey one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Tompkins
I do further certify that Moses Read who swore to and subscribed the preceding affidavit is a credible person, and that his state ment is entitled to full confidence - July 29 th 1833.
Nioll Halsey a judge of Tompkins County,

State of New York } County of Allegany } ss. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for said County Francis Norwood, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and 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 period mentioned below: And in the following years. For Eight months I served as a private, during the year 1776. And for such service I claim a pension.
And this deponent further states that there is no Clergyman residing in the Town of Cuba, where this deponent resides, so that this deponent could not procure the Certificate of a Clergyman as to his charac- ter and reputed service.
And further upon this deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 5th. day of July 1833. }
Francis Norwood
Hannay Miller J.P.

State of New York. County of Allegany Clerk's Office.
fs. I Judson W. Sherman Clerk of said County do certify that Henry Miller before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been subscribed and sworn, was at the time when the same purports to have been done a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Miller and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Given under my hand and seal of Office this Second day of August 1833.
J W Sherman
In the matter of the application of Francis Norwood for a pension.
Amended declaration.
Anthony J. Chew. Atty. Ingraham. Allegany Co. New York.

State of New York, Albany County 3, ss.
On this thirtieth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Francis Norwood a Resident of Cuba in said County & State aforesaid aged Seventy six 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 Seventh, 1830.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six on the first day of April of that year - that he enlisted under Capt. Oliver Capron, who was the enlisting Officer, at the town of Richmond, in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire, where declarant then lived, - that Capt. Capron took declarant to Number Four, which he thinks was in the State of New Hampshire, & delivered him over to Captain Coburn in whose company he continued to  then served as long as he remained in the army - Moses Wilden was Lieutenant of this Company, & say  that was Ensign - Ensign Fay was wounded at the battle of Stillwater & died in consequence of the wound - Scammon was Colonel of the Regiment - that after declarant enlisted he was marched thro' Keene & Walpole in New Hampshire to Vermont, thro' Bellows Falls & Danby in that State to New York State & through Granville to South Bay which is near Whitehall & from thence to Mount Independence where declarant was stationed with his company - that the enemy took possession of Mount Defiance opposite Mount Independence which commanded the latter place, sometime in the autumn

of 1776. declarant thinks in October, & the Americans evacuated Mount Independence - retreated before the enemy as far as Stillwater, this was about a fortnight before the battle of Stillwater as he thinks. Declarant was at that time on the sick list. & in consequence of his sickness declarant, one month before the expiration of his service hired a substitute who answered to his declarant's name until the expiration of his time. Declarant was in the service eight months himself, & appeared by substitute one month more making nine months. & at the expiration of that time declarant's substitute received a regular discharge for declarant - which discharge said substitute never delivered over to declarant. This substitute was named David Barney - he was from Rehoboth in Massachusetts originally, but at the time he went for declarant as substitute, lived in Richmond New Hampshire.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or all annuities except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State agency in any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
James Norwood

State of New York Tompkins County ss: We Levi Slater Lemuel Yates & Milo Heath of the Town of Caroline in said County hereby certify that we are acquainted with Francis Norwood, who has been for several years, and until January last a resident of the Town of Caroline in said County - and who now resides in the Town of Cuba, County of Alle- gany, State of New York - That we believe him to be about seventy four or five years of age - That he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided in the said Town of Caroline to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed? Before me the 26 day of September 1832 Levi Slater Lemuel Yates Milo Heath
Nicoll Halsey One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
I do further certify that Levi Slater, Lemuel Yates and Milo Heath who have subscribed and sworn to the pre- ceding affidavit are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full confidence. July 29 th 1833.
Nicoll Halsey a Judge of Tompkins County

State of New York, County of Tompkins ss Clerk's Office
I Samuel Love
Clerk of said County do certify that Nicoll Halsey before whom the preceding affidavit sworn to by Moses Read, and the one sworn to Samuel Halsey and others was at the time the same purports to have been done, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized by law to take the same; And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nicoll Halsey and verily believe his signature to the said affidavits and the certificate thereto annexed to be genuine - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 29th day of July - 1833.
Samuel Love Clerk By Geo. G. Freese Deputy Clerk

Dear Brother,
Caroline Feb. 6th 1832
I am this day called upon by Jonathan Norwood Esq r of our town with a petition in favour of his Father Francis Norwood which I have cheerfully signed and as an act of justice towards a worthy tho' unfortunate fellow citizen, whom I have been acquainted with for twenty seven years past without ever hearing one human being alledge any thing against him & for myself have ever considered him an honest upright and deserving man. Who has forwarded papers to the War office to strive to get some compensation for services rendered during the Revolutionary war, The persons viz Moses Read, Levi Slater Samuel Yates & Milo Heath who have made affidavits in favour of the petitioner (Francis Norwood) are well known to me to be men of the first rate characters for integrity & uprightness. This letter will be forwarded you, with others & on the rect. of which you will greatly serve a deserving man by exhibiting my private opinion of the petitioner & the character of those who have qualified to their belief of his having been a Revolutionary soldier.
Yours ever aff ly Brother Augustus Boyer
W m R. M. Boyer

Mr. Richard M. Boyn
Waukegan
City
Washington

Allegany County } Martin T. Knapp of said in the County of Allegany and State of New York being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Francis Norwood a United Revolutionary Soldier and Believes him to be a man of strict veracity and further saith nothing
Sworn and Subscribed this 20th day of October 1832. before me
M. S. Ely
John Griffin First Judge of Allegany County Comm. Pleas

We the subscribers citizens of the Town of Caroline certify that we are acquainted with Francis Norwood, lately a resident of the said Town, and now a resident of the Town of Cuba in the County of Allegany State of New York. And that in this Town he is esteemed as a man of truth and veracity — Said Town of Caroline — County of Allegany State of New York September 22 nd 1832
James Brainard Jacob Higgins Newton Higgins William Jackson Joseph Speed William Boothe Nathaniel Tobey J. F. Pablico  Charles Miller David Miller David Shirley Isaac I. Rose Jacob Tree David Mulks Romeo Sanford Thomas Slater Jos. Heath
N. H. Hyde Levi Leonard (of the town of Havana) James Robinson Asahel Brainard Wm Freeman Daniel Hedges Thomas M c Lees Henry Durick George S. Gorton Richard Durick Cornelius Stewart Augustine Boyer

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion that the above named Francis Norwood was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - & that the several papers accompanying this declaration - such as Moses Read's affidavit - M. T. Knapp's affidavit - Levi Slater, Samuel Slater & Milo Heath's affidavit & Augustus Boyer's letter to Richard M. Boyer were produced in Court - as was also the certificate of several citizens of the town of Caroline, headed by James Brainard & Jacob Higgins - as to the applicant's character for truth & veracity -
John Griffin } Judges of the Josiah Atter } Court of Asa Steele } Comptroller
I, Judson W. Sherman, Clerk of the County of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Francis Norwood for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 30 th day of October 1832.
J W Sherman

1892 Apr 6 Hist to S M Norwood N.Y. F.P.
1916 Apr. 3: history to Julia Mayo Pegram. M.B.H.
Bertram ✓
1814/17 INVALID.
File No. 11147
Francis Norwood
David R. Norwood
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 277
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Two 1 c stamps received
Rev Sec at 2  for
Lincoln Ill
March 21 - 1916
To the Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary Service of Francis Norwood who was born in 1754 or 55 and died in 1842?
Can you tell me where he was born?
Any information you may be able to give me will be appreciated
Yours truly
Julia Mayo Tegram Lincoln Ill.
2300 Ligon St.

Rev. Sec-1. C.B. Dr.
Lincoln Ill
Apr. 2 1916
To the Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Some time since I wrote you inquiring for information regarding the birthplace and Revolutionary service of Francis Norwood. So far the only reply I have received was the return of the postage I inclosed for reply.
If you have any information on the subject an early reply will be appreciated.
Yours very respectfully
Julia Mayo Pegram
230 N. Logan St.,
Lincoln Ill.

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 Francis Potwood 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. S. 5. 11 147.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1 1777 8 mos Pvt Roburn Scammel N.H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waltham, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct 30 1832. This claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Boston, Mass.
Age at date of application, 75 years
Remarks: This is a family claim file.
Only 3rd Gen. and the Rev. War records of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Service could not have been in 1776. Pvt 12 mos 1777

1881
1881

Washington D.C. Mch 9/92 Bureau of Pensions
Gentlemen
Will you kindly furnish me with all information you can find of all persons by the name of Norwood (surname) giving christian name in full, having served in the Revolution, either in the Continental Army or any capacity.
Please mention what states either New York or New Jersey (only) the parties were from. Also please cite pages and books of such references you furnish.
Yours truly
Lewis M. Norwood 135 Broadway New York City
MAR 9 1892