Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26123, for Zebulon Ingersoll, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ingersoll, Zebulon Woodbury, Mary (Former widow.)
No. 26123.
B.L.Wt. 5-1761-160-55
CONTENTS

9816
Massachusetts
Salmon P. Chase
of Haverhill in the state of Mass. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wesson of the Mass. line, for the term of three years!
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Febr. 1819 and sent to D. A. White Esq. Salem, Mass.
   Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819, m.o. 1819  12. 64    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4th Sep. 1819  48. 00   
10 08 64
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 13th March, 1813. }

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257. 967 Oct Mar. 3. 11 Sept. 22. 16
Mary Woodbury. for and. Zebulon Ingersoll. for.
bapt. bar. b. Wiston.
Private Mass. Line. Ent. — Mass Line Dis. —
Revij. war.
Make Mar 1818 ad July 53-5949 ad. 1600s Dec 30 56
[Handwritten signature/initials]
James H. Wheeler. Dover. N. No.
Vol I = 67

5949
New Hampshire, P
Mary Woodbury formerly, widow of Zebulon Ingersoll who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 10 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 16 th day of Oct r 1856.
and sent to J. W. Wheeler Dover. OP He
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 163 Vol. 26.
257761

The State of New Hampshire } COUNTY OF Strafford }
On this ninth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Woodbury aged 84 years, a resident of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare, that she is the widow of Zebulon Ingersoll who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Carr's in the of the Revolution regiment of New Hampshire commanded by Colonel Wilson in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th June 1812; that he enlisted at Newbury in the State of Massachusetts on or about the twelfth day of February in the year 1777 and continued in actual service for the term of three years and was honorably discharged at a place unknown in the State of _____ on or about the 77th day of February 1780 as will appear by the muster rolls of said company, he never having received a written discharge to her knowledge.
She further states that she was married to the said Zebulon Ingersoll in Haverhill in the state of Massachusetts on the eleventh day of May A. D. 1814 by one Rev. Mr. Tomkins a Minister and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Emery that her said husband died at Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts on the 6th day of January 1829 and that she is now a widow. That she was married a second time to Robert Woodbury in Haverhill in said Massachusetts in September 1834, and that the said Robert Woodbury died in Barrington in the State of New Hampshire on the 15th day of June 1836 and that she is now unmarried. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act granting "bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed March 3, 1855. She further states that she knows of no record of her said marriage with Zebulon Ingersoll nor of any eye witnesses living of her said marriage; that she has never applied to any court or for any warrant from the United States under any act of Congress for a bounty for her said husband. Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I further certify that I believe the said Mary Woodbury to be the wife of Zebulon Ingersoll, and that she is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in the result of the above claim and am not engaged in its prosecution.
J. H. Pray JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
STATE OF New Hampshire } COUNTY OF Strafford }
Personally appeared Elizabeth H Brown and Mary M Head residents of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Woodbury sign her name and acknowledge the same to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they (deponents) do reside in the town and county aforesaid. Elizabeth H Brown.
Mary M Head
Sworn to and subscribed before me this ninth day of September 1856 J. H. Pray JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

16 We Noah Martin & Mary J. Martin of Dover in the State of Massachusetts depose and say that we are personally acquainted with Mary Woodbury named in the foregoing declaration; that the said Mary was formerly the wife of Gebulan Ingersol of Haverhill Massachusetts, and is reputed to be the widow of the said Gebulan Ingersol, that the said Mary married Robert Woodbury in the month of September 1834, and they lived together as husband and wife until the decease of the said Robert Woodbury which event occurred on the 15 th of June 1835, that we were both present at the burial of the said Robert Woodbury, and that the said Mary Woodbury is now a widow having never intermarried since the death of the said Robert Woodbury
M. J. Martin - Noah Martin
State of New Hampshire Stratham ss
On this 17 th day of September 1835 personally appeared Noah Martin and Mary J. Martin persons of high standing for truth & veracity, and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by them signed is true before me J. W. Perry Just Peace

State of New Hampshire Stratford 303 "May Zebulon Dugworth and Mary Emery } both of Haverhill married May eleven eighteen hundred and fourteen"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Records as contained in a book of Marriages belonging to the town of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts with the ex- ception of the date which is expressed in a fair legible hand as follows
May 11 1814,
A. B. Jacques, Town Clerk,
I A B Jacques of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said Haverhill, that in a book of Marriages belonging to said town the above is a true transcript from said records with the exception of the date as certified by me
A. B. Jacques, Town Clerk.
Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th day of September 1856
Before me T. W. Bray Just Peace

We Tappan Chase and Ruth Johnson both of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts depose and say that we were personally acquainted with Zebulon Dinsmore re- ferred to in the foregoing declaration, the husband of Mary Woodbury also referred to in said declaration, that the said Zebulon died in said Haverhill on or about the sixth day of January 1829, and the said Zebulon is generally reported to be deceased, and the fact of his dis- ease we never heard called in question we further state that we have no interest in the result of the claim of Mary Woodbury and that Mary Woodbury aforesaid is the widow person who was the wife of said Zebulon, who was a Revolutionary soldier.
Tappan Chase
Ruth Johnson
State of New Hampshire Shafford ss
On this 17 th day of September 1856 personally appeared Tappan Chase and Ruth Johnson persons of good reputation for truth and ver- acity and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true
Before me
A. W. Dinsmore Not Public

For Proof of Zebulon Ingersoll's service see Certificate of Secretary of the State of Massachusetts - accompanying Mr Mary Woodbury's application for Pension made Sept 17 th 1856 and on on file in the Pension Office.
117.167
Power of Attorney.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, -
SIR, - Please send the land warrant to which I am entitled to
James W Wheeler of Dover constitute my attorney to prosecute the above claim.
in the State of New Hampshire whom I hereby
her Mary X Woodbury mark
Witness - J. W. Pray Mary W. Wood
The State of New Hampshire } Supreme Judicial Court of Probate. County of Strafford } Clerk's Office { Register's Office I John R Varney Clerk Register of said Court, hereby certify that Thos. F. W. Pray is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavits and declaration that his commission is dated Dec 21 st A. D. 1852 and will expire Dec 20 th A. D. 1857 and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Nineteenth day of September A. D. 1856
John R Varney Clerk of said Court { Register of Probate for said County of

Reuben Ingall, private Colonel Colonel Wilson's Regt Mass line Capt n Barrs Company 1777-3 years
Adm d
18 Jan. 1819. Com d of pens n

I, Ichabod Ingerson of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and declare, that I served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment as follows viz o . Partisled in 1775. in the Company commanded by Capt Poor, in which I served six weeks at Roxbury and after wards under Capt Brown four months - Then in February 1777 enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Carr in the 1 st Massachusett Regiment under Colonel James Wesson for the term of three years and served in the said Company until the 13 th of February 1780 - when I received a regular discharge a part of which has been accidentally destroyed which is annexed to this declaration. - During said term I was in the Battle at Stillwater in Sep r 1777 and 7 th of October following and at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778. And I do swear that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assis- tance from my country for support. Dated at Salem the eighteenth day of Jan y A.D. 1825. I. Ichabod Ingerson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esq: Daniel D. White Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Essex do certify that the aforenamed Lebulon Fyreside personally appeared on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1819, & made the declara- tion aforesaid by him signed under oath before me & annexed thereto his said origin- al discharge, & that it appears to my satisfac- tion that the said Lebulon Fyreside served in the revolutionary war as set forth in his said declaration, and further, that from evi- dence produced to me it appears that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of Feb. A.D. 1819. D. D. White.

From J. H. Wheeler his Attorney Dover N. H.

DECLARATION.
To obtain the benefits of the 2nd section of the act of 3d February, 1853.
State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE.
On this Sixteenth day of September A. D. 1856. Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County of Strafford, the same being a Court of Record in said State Mary Woodbury
a resident of Barrington in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid, aged eighty four
years, who first being 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 3d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Zebulon Ingersoll now deceased.
Yours of the Revolution in the Company of Capt. Carr's and in the Regt. of Col. Wilson, and served from the 17th day of February 1777 to the 17th day of February 1780, which in all three years, that he enlisted at Newbury in the State of Massachusetts, that she has often heard her said husband Zebulon Ingersoll speak of his service in said war, of his being about eighteen years old at that time of his enlistment.
She further declares that she was married to the said Zebulon Ingersoll on the eleventh day of May eighteen hundred and fourteen; that her said husband died on the seventh day of January 1829; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. That she married a second time Robert Woodbury in September 1834, and continued as his wife till the 13th of June 1856 when the said Woodbury died, and that now she is a widow.
H. R. Roberts for the Probate
free Mary X Woodbury mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and year above written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 16th day of September A. D. 1856. I certify that the said Mary Woodbury is the true widow of the said Zebulon Ingersoll and is entitled to all the benefits of the act of Congress passed on the 3d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, and is not engaged in any other business.

We Noah Martin & Mary J. Martin both of Dover in the State of New Hampshire do hereby say that we are personally acquainted with Mary Woodbury formerly a widow of Zebulon Dinsmore of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts. That the said Mary Woodbury married Robert Woodbury of Barrington in the State of New Hampshire on the night of September 1834 and continued his wife till the time of the decease of the said Robert Woodbury - which took place on the 15 th day of June 1856 at Barrington in said State, that we were both present at the burial of the said Robert Woodbury, and know him to be deceased. We further state that the said Mary Woodbury is now living in said Barrington, and is now a widow. That we have no interest in the result of the claim of the said Mary Woodbury and are not engaged in its prosecution.
M. J. Martin
Noah Martin
State of New Hampshire
Shoffner
On this 17 th day of September 1856 per- sonally appeared Noah Martin & Mary J. Martin persons of high standing for truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by them signed is true. Before me J. H. W. Pray Jus Peace

State of New Hampshire Shrewsbury ss
"May. Zebulon Ingersoll and Mary Emery } both of Haverhill Married May eleven, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Records as contained in a book of Marriages belonging to the town of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts with the exception of the date which is expressed in a fair legible hand as follows. "May 11. 1814"
A. B. Jaques, Town Clerk, I A. B. Jaques of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said town, and that the above is a true transcript from the records of a book of Marriages belonging to said Town with the exception of the date as certified by me. A. B. Jaques, Town Clerk.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 17th day of September 1856
Before me
J. W. Pray Just Peace

We Tappan Chase and Ruth Johnson both of Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts depone and say that we were acquainted with Zebulon Ingersoll referred to in the foregoing declaration, husband of Mary Woodbury also referred to in the foregoing declaration, that the said Zebulon Ingersoll died in said Haverhill on or about the sixth day of June 1829 and the said Zebulon Ingersoll is reported to be deceased and the fact of his death we never heard called into question We certify that we have no interest in the result of the claim of Mary Woodbury that the said Mary Woodbury is the identical person who was the wife of the said Zebulon, who was a Revolutionary Soldier.
Tappan Chase
Ruth Johnson
State of New Hampshire - Haverhill (1)
On this 17 th day of September 1856 personally appeared Tappan Chase and Ruth Johnson persons of good reputation for truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true and that they have no interest in the result of the claim of said Mary Woodbury and are not engaged in the prosecution thereof. Before me J. H. Pray Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE. REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Thomas M Pray is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit that his commission is dated Dec 21 st A. D. 1852 and will expire December 20 th A. D. 1857 and that the foregoing signature is purporting to be his all true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this
Nineteenth day of September A. D. 1856
John H White, { Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD COUNTY ss.
I John H. White Register of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that Hiram R. Roberts is Judge of Probate within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, That full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his certificates and attestations as such, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at the Probate Office in said County, the nineteenth day of September A. D. 18 5 6.
John H. White , Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. September 11. 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Debulon Ingersol is borne on pay roll of Continental Army Books, in Capt. Cavis Comp. Col. Wilson's Regt. from Feby 17. 1777 to Feby 17. 1780. 36 mos. as private, from Newbury.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Will Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mary Woodbury of Barrington in the State of New Hampshire deposes and says that I am the widow of Zebulon Ingersoll who was a private in the Revolution war in a Company, and Regiment of the Massachusetts line, that he does not know the Captain's Name, nor the name of any of the Officers of the Regt. in which they said husband served, and if I I knew it has escaped my recollection owing to my age, which is now 84 years that I have heard my said husband say that he was about eighteen years old when he engaged in said war, that he served as a private, and I believe he was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease that the said Zebulon Ingersoll died at Haverhill in the State of Massachusetts on the fourth of January 1829 - that I was married to my said husband on or about the 11 th day of May 1814 by Rev. Mr. Jenkins and that I married a second time to Dr Robert Woodbury of said

Barrington in September 1834. and the said Robert Woodbury died at said Barrington on the 15 th of June 1856. Wherefor She prays that the Secretary of the State may examine the rolls in his office in order that she may get a pension to which she is entitled for the service of the said General Dyer roll
witness
J. W. Pery
Her Mary X Woodbury mark
State of New Hampshire
Shoffield Jr
On this 9 th day of September 1856 personally appeared Mary Woodbury and made oath that the foregoing Statements by her made is true
Subscribed
J. W. Pery dist. Clerk

Dover N.H. Sept 10 1856
Sir
Please direct your letter to T. J. W. Pray Dover N.H. in answer to the foregoing request
Yours Resp. ly T. J. W. Pray

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. At a Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, begun and held at Newburyport within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of September A.D. 1821.
Present Hon. Solomon Strong, Justice.
In open Court here being a Court of record for said Commonwealth, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Zebulon Ingersoll resident at Haverhill in said County who is named in the pension certificate No. 9816. now in his possession of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"War department -- Revolutionary claims.
"I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818. Zebulon Ingersoll late a private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the Massachusetts agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hun- dred and nineteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of April one thousand eight hun- dred and nineteen - J. C. Calhoun, Secretary
of War, appears and exhibits to the Court here, a schedule subscribed by him as follows, to wit,
Schedule -
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, one half of a dwelling house with the land under and ad- joining - - valued at - - - - - $150.00 twelve chairs - - - - - 2.00 one eight day clock - - - - - 15.00 one old horse - - - - - 3.00 seventeen books the whole - - - - - 4.00 $174.00
that he has no debts due to him that he considers of any value they

They are altogether due to him from persons unable to pay and are outlawed - That he served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution and on the continental establishment, as stated in the declaration which he made to Hon. Daniel A. White on his application to the Government of the United States for his said pension January 18. 1819 - He is now more than sixty two years of age unable to labour by reason of the infirmities of age, and of a fall from the top of his house a few years since, from the effects of which he has not wholly recovered - He has been a trader, but unfortunate in business has lost nearly all his effects, his wife is fifty years old afflicted with a weakness on her kidneys, which renders her unable to labour, he has one daughter a widow with one child principally dependent on him for support -
Zebulon Ingersoll
And at the same time he produces to the board here the following oath, taken and subscribed by him before the Hon. Solomon Strong a Judge of said board, as aforesaid, to wit, -
I Zebulon Ingersoll do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as 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 the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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
So help me GOD.
Zebulon Ingersoll.

Haverhill Massachusetts July 24. 1821.
This certifies that Maj'r & Reuben Ingersoll of this Town and in my neighborhood fell from the top of his house on the 4 day of October 1813, and was taken up from the bottom of his cellar in a senseless condition & so continued for 38 or 48 hours, & from the injury he then received, he has not perfectly recovered to this day. Elias Weld his attending Surgeon and Physician - - -
Essex ss November 23. 1821
personally appeared the above named Elias Weld and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed before me Nathaniel Ladd Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Essex ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the said Commonwealth within and for the County of Essex, do certify that Nathaniel Ladd above named is one of the Justices of the peace within and for the County of Essex, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Salem in said County of Essex this twenty ninth day of November, Anno Domini 1821. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk.

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Essex ss. Court of Common Pleas, September Term A. D. 1821
Then the above named Zebulon Ingersole took and subscribed the afore written oath, before me
Solo, Strong, Judge of said Court.
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do 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 one hundred and seventy four dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem in said County of Essex, on this twenty second day of September, A. D. 1821 —
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,128
Mary Woodbury formerly Widow of Gebulon Ingersol Byr. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. W 1 , Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application for Pension Atch. Feb 3 1853.
On file
FREE
Hon. Josiah Minot Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side:] Mary McElburg New Bedford

FREE
Hon Josiah Minot Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
257.767

No 6.504 Mary Woodbury formerly widow of Zebulon Ingersoll NH
3 Feb 1853

5 H. 761
S No Ans

Phila. October 10 1836
Sir
Please state when Zebulon Ingersoll of Mass was last paid at $96 a year under the Act of 1818
Will you inform me to whom the arrear of pension were paid?
Rd Atkinson Esq
3 Aug
Ripley
Respectfully
J. C. Cole
Chas. R.

Third Auditor's Office
October 14. 1856.
Sir:
Zebulon Ingersoll a pensioner of the Massachusetts Agency. Oct. 1818. died 24 January 1829. His pension was paid in full Oct 21. 1829. to Nathaniel Ladd Atty of Mary Ingersoll, Widow
Very respectfully
Wm. H. Smith.
W. S. Toulon
Sub. Auditor
for Comm. Pension, }

Discharge 1788 from West Point 1798
Johnson Ingalls, N 26123 more

April 1818 July
Zebulon Ingersoll Soldier in the Ninth Massachusetts
Having served out the Three Years is hereby of the United States, as
to said States and is also
that May arise to the Three Years Men from the Massachusetts or the United States
To Whom it May Concern
West Point Feb. 1786
J. W. Egan Cole

Salem (Mass.) Feb. 4. 1879.
Sir,
Herewith are transmitted to your department the orig. l application of Leb. l Ingalls for a pension, & also the case of Abm. Morrison with the addit. l evid. ce which he has produced to me.
Very respectfully,
Your hum. l serv. t
D. D. Linton.
Hon. Secy. of War.

Brief in the case of Mary Woodbury formerly widow of Zebulon County and State of N Hampshire act 37 S 1853 In Senate
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the acts of 1818 & 1821. $96 a year & died in 1829 - Her second husband is also dead -
Record of marriage
( If for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage, the death of both her husbands - her doubt as the widow of the pension and her present widowhood proven by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
J H Wheeler Dover NH
Thornton D. Clapp Examining Clerk.

Mary Woodbury formerly m rs of Zebulon Ingersoll N.H.
adm d . 3 Feb y 1833 $96 a year from the proportion of the Act,
bequeath d to J. H. Wheeler Esq. Dover, N.H.