Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,890, Josiah Woodworth, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.)
Woodworth, Josiah
S. 14.890
carded
CONTENTS

8964
New York
Josiah Woodworth
of Oneida Co in the State of New York who was a pr Inf'ty & Dragoon in the Company commanded by Captain Gallup of the Reg't commanded by Col Parsons in the N.Y. State line for 12 mo pr Inf'ty = $40 12 " pr Drag = 50 Continental $90
ad June 23.08
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 140 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and sent to J. P. Johnson Home
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $280.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1 70.00 $350.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book Vol. 4 Page 36 81

Set 1 aug B.P. Johnson } Decreased from $140 to $90 - name " " " Jno. Fleming } name transferred from Roll 8 to roll 62 vol 4 - page 81 - new certificate sent to Walthamway

Josiah Woodworth, Private, Lewis County, N.Y. Col: Sheldon's reg't Dragoons, 9 months. more than 12 months. 12 th September, 1818.
found on the rolls, as having enlisted for " War ." but it does not appear that he served the full term of nine months; Proof of which is required.
10 Dec 1820 Daniel Goff, judge Martinsburg, Lewis Co: N. York.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York
Oneida County ss On this 4 th day of August
Before me personally appeared Josiah Woodworth formerly of Leyden, Lewis County - now of Rome Oneida County, aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he enlisted for one year on the road from Boston to Conn. at a place called Douglass Wood the last Dec r 1775 or first Jany 1776 in a Company commanded by Capt Gallup for one year in Col Parsons Regt. Gen Spencers Brigade and served at Roxbury - N. York - Long Island - White Plains, Ramapo - Puckskill - where discharged after serving a year - Col Tyler had command when discharged Parsons having been promoted - Shortly after discharge and in Winter 1777 enlisted in Capt Vanderveers Company Col Seldens Regt. of Dragoons to serve during the war - and served one year was discharged at Hartford Conn. having procured a substitute for residue of term by name of Riley or Treat. Never rec d any written discharge - That he is the same person as named in the annexed papers - That he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present - and that his name is not on the pension roll of any State and that he knows of no proof of his service other than what is annexed to these papers.
That he knows of _____ before me Sept 14. 1832 J. H. Hathaway Judge

State of New York Oneida County ss In the day within named before me personally appeared Josiah Woodworth to me known as the person named in the annexed papers, and also as a man of credibility, truth and veracity, Who made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and declaration. J. D. Johnson
Comm. of Deeds.
State of New York Oneida County ss On this 14 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the subscribed Josiah Woodworth within named and to me known as the person described in the annexed papers, and also as a man of credibility, truth and veracity. And made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and declaration. J. Hathaway Judge of Oyer Com. ple at Canajoharie
Clerk's Office Oneida County ss I George Brown Clerk of said County certify that Joshua Hathaway was a judge of said County on the day of the date of above certificate, and the signature to the same is in his hand writing, & also that J. D. Johnson was a comm. and above is his signature. In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 15 th day of September 1832. Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York
Seneca County ss
Personally appeared before me
Daniel Goff one of the Jurors of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County - Josiah Woodworth of Lynden said County of said - aged sixty five and made oath that he was a Regular enlisted soldier and served as such against the common enemy in the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain Vanderkyl in the Connecticut line of Dragoons commanded by Colonel Sherman in the year 1776 & 77 and continued on duty in said company & Regiment the service of the United States in the Continental establishment for more than twelve months to wit until after the commencement of the year 1778 and further this deponent saith that he is under such necessitous circumstances as to need the assistance of this country help for support according to the act in such case made and provided
Sworn before me } Josiah Woodworth this 12 th day of September 1818 -
Daniel Goff - Juror of Seneca County Common Pleas -

Isiah Woodworth Private Col Tilden's Regt of Dragoons Connecticut Line
17 1 year
2 class band Goff & band Hold Judges.
Isiah Woodworth
The Applicant does not need the assistance of his country for support
Rejected. —

State New York Lewis County ss
I Certify that on the 12 th 12 th day of September 1818 Josiah Woodworth appeared before me and made application for a petition - Mr Woodworth is a man whom I am not personally acquainted with - nor acquainted with his circumstances, only by information from himself - which is as follows to wit - That he was the owner of about forty acres of land clear of incumbrance that he has devised it to his son and taken a life lease for his support - likewise is in possession of considerable personal property -
sworn to this 12 th day of Sept 1818
State of New York Clerks Office Lewis County ss
Deuel Goff Judge Lewis County ss 3
Francis King Dep. Clerk of the County of Lewis do hereby certify that Deuel Goff was on the 12 th day of Sept. 1818 a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lewis in the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing Signature is the proper hand writing of the said Deuel Goff - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Public Seal of the said County of Lewis this 29 th day of October Eighteen hundred and eighteen
Francis King Dep. Clerk

Josiah Woodworth applicant for a pension "
Com
There is no proof that he served 9 months. The original declaration herein referred to, should accompany the Schedule

State of New York } On this nineteenth day of September Lewis County - } 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, to wit, in the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the town of Martinsville in and for the County of Lewis, the same being a court of record in and for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction un- -limited in point of Amount, keeping a record of its proceedings & possessing a Seal, Vernal Woodworth, aged, Sixty Seven years, resident in Leyden, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: as a private in Capt o Vanduzee's Company, in Col. Sheldon's Regiment Dragoons, Connecticut line, for more than twelve Months as set forth in his original declaration, which bears date the 12 th September 1818 - That he enlisted to serve during the war, and was discharged upon procuring a substitute after serving as above stated - And 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 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 on the 18 th March 1818. And 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 -
And this deponent further saith that his occupation is farming; that he is able to perform but little labor, as he is quite feeble and infirm, that his family consists of two persons only, himself and his wife. Anna, aged Sixty four years -
Israel Woodworth
Sworn to and declared on the Nineteenth day of September
1820 before John Safford Clerk of Lewis County.
Schedule of the whole Estate and Income of Israel Woodworth (his necessary Clothing and Bedding excepted)
   1 Bible $ .50 1 Table $0.50   1 Psalm Book 1 Milk pail 25   1 Hymn Book 50 2 Wooden Pails, Ad 25   Some religious Tracts & pamphlets given by missionaries 25 1 Wash Tub 50   1 Plough 2.50 3 Knives & Forks 37   1 Set of Dragg-tett 2.00 5 Iron Spoons Ad 12   1 Pitchfork 1 Small do. 75 1 Pewter Tea Pot (unhandy) 12   1 Rake (17 years old) 10 5 Tea Cups & Saucers 15   1 Iron Pot 1 Milk Cup (broken) 06   1 " Kettle 3 " pans 56   1 " Skillet 1.00 2 pewter Bacons 50   1 Fair Shovel & Tongs (Ad) 75 1 2qt Wooden Bottle 25   1 pair Bad Irons 75 2 Glass Bottles 30   1 Small pair Shears 06 1 Funnel 06   1 Tea Kettle 75 2 Wooden Trays 25   1 Iron Bacon 25 1 Bread Tray 20   1 Broken Hoe 06 1 Iron Candlestick 12   1 Old Sickle 12 1 Pewter Platter 37   1 Iron Shave horse 12 3 Pewter plates 50   3 Earthen Do 19  

  1 Narrow Chipell 19 3/4 1 Bowls 25   2 Small Baskets 50 1 Small Looking Glass 50   2 Chairs 75 1 qt Mug. 30 years old 25   1 Cow 12 00 1 large Spinning wheel 1.25   2 Chests 1.25 1 small " " do 1.50   25.15 1 Reel 50   1 Razor & Shaving Bowl 66   9.93   25.15   $35.05   Israel Woodworth
A life lease of Forty Acres of Land valued at forty Dollars pr. year —
I John Safford, Clerk of the County of Lewis and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing bill, and the Schedule thereto Annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 Thirty five Dollars & five Cents exclusive of the lease of the land as above - in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 29 th day of September 1820
John Safford Clerk of Lewis County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County

State of New York Herkimer County } ss.
On the 30th day of December, 1820, before me David Holt a judge of Herkimer Common Pleas, came Simon Loomis, who, being duly sworn, says, That he is sixty five years old — that in the winter next following the declaration of Independence the deponent enlisted in capt Van Buren's company, in Col Selden's Regiment of Cavalry in the Connecticut line, upon the continental establishment, to serve during the war, and continued in said company in the U. States service for more than  about one year, when he was discharged, on account of inability contracted in said service — That Josiah Woodworth, then of Lebanon in Connecticut, but now of Leyden, in the county of Lewis and state of New York, as this deponent is informed and believes to be true, also enlisted, within a few days of the time of the enlistment of the deponent, in the same company and regiment, as a private, to serve during the war, and that the said Josiah Woodworth continued in the company and service aforesaid, in the capacity of a private soldier until the winter following his said enlistment and for about one year, when he was discharged as procuring a substitute to take his place in the company aforesaid, which was procured by said Woodworth and accepted by his captain.
Simon Loomis
Subscribed and sworn to December 30th 1820 before me David Holt
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent — that he is a credible witness — & that some time in the year 1841 the said deponent made oath before me to the same or nearly the same facts as above stated — that subsequently the affidavit of the said deponent was read by me in a letter from the pension office, and by me returned there, according to my present recollection. David Herkimer Dec 30th 1820
David Holt

State of New York Clerks Office Herkimer County
W. certify that David Hall Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate was on the 30th Day of December 1820 one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County. Duly Commissioned and Sworn. as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of my Office at Herkimer this 30th Day of December 1820.
Walter Fish Clerk.

Fort Lyden N.Y. Oct 24
1824
Rec d Oct 30. 1828
Mr. Josiah Woodworth Fort Lyden N.Y.
James L. Edwards Esq.
War department Pension Office Washington

Leyden Oct 22d 1828
Dear Sir
I received a letter from Francis Heger Esq dated at Pension Office Sept 30th 1828 in relation to my claim for services done in the revolutionary war I will merely state at this time that I applied for it a pension some few years since I sent an affidavit of Simon Loomis (a pensioner) that I served one year in Col Sheldon regiment under Capt Van der Kure (I may not spell his name right but as he was commonly called) I enlisted about the same time with Simon Loomis and was discharged at or about the same time the man's name that took my place was was his Risley or his Sneath the one took my place and the other akins man of mine by the name of Samuel Woodworth which took my place I can not tell for a certainty but I think it was Sreat. I have been to the trouble of going to see Simon Loomis twice to establish my claim once it was mis sent by the mistake of the judge and the other time it was sent to the war department where I think it must now be on file together with a schedule — but should it not be found on file I will be to the trouble of going to see him (S-d Loomis) again although I am poor and destitute of any means to go without the assistance of some friend to help me without compensation the distance about 60 or 80 miles I will now state at this time the reasons for my renewing my claims for a pension and that is I lost a great deal in the service of my country I have always

been in reduced Circumstances I have always work hard for a living as long as I was able to work but now I am not able to work I apply to my country for assistance and I think are they I have a just claim for the services I have rendered them - you state that I made an affi- davit that I never made a transfer of my land to my son if so I must have not understood it Some an affidavit (according to the best of my recollection ) that I did not convey my land to my son to obtain a pension for I can solemnly swear that I never had the though enter my heart that I should get a pension by their means which I am weary and willing to swear to but my son when he became of age I was some in debt which my son took upon himself the responsibility of pay- ment (You will see by the affidavit of S Stiles and others that the property was not much of he work for me there  there as several years & for his labor I deed ed him the land and took a life lease which is not able to support me - I mentioned that I had lost a good deal in the service of my country In- my day claims to one years service but I have served over one half the time of the war in one department or another besides hiring a man with others for a term I enlisted for one year in Col Pearsons regiment at Gallop Company discharged and enrolled Tyler but not knowing any person now living that I can prove it by I must try it on the other enlistment your immediate answer to this will much Oblige your Obedient Servant
Josiah Woodworth
Please send immediately wheth you find the affi- davit of Loomis or not so that I can get it of Loomis between this and the first of Dec.

42 Paul Woodworth

War Department, Pension Office,
October 30, 1828
Sir,
Your letter of the 22 d inst. has been received. Your statement in regard to service is deemed satisfactory; but in order to obtain a decision in your case, you must produce such evidence in relation to your property and the pecuniary transactions with your son, particularly, as was required by my letter to Mr. Seger, of the 30 th ultimo. As you, no doubt, have that letter now in your possession, it is unnecessary to repeat the substance of it to you.
I am respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.
James G. Edwards
Mr. Josiah Woodworth, West Leyden, New York.

No. 12,771
Josiah Woodworth
Oneida County
New York
admitted
12 mo. Private.
12 mo. Do. Dragons.
B. P. Johnson agt.
Rome

BRIEF in the case of Josiah Woodworth  County of Oneida  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 79 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1776 1 As a Private Gen. Capt. Gallup col. Parsons Genl. Spencer Capt. Vanderveer col. Selden   do .. 1777 1  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses and Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Daniel D. Davidson  Examining Clerk.

THE DEVIL'S TRAP
1796
Book 6. Vol 4 36 page
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Solomon Woodworth of the State of New York who was a Private of Infantry and Dragoons in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive One Hundred & Forty dollars and 62 1/2 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 2 nd day of
May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
Leah
Secretary of War.
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Examined and } Countersigned. }

N.Y.
Jeriah Woodworth
Cert. 8964
to be reduced to $90.
FREE
Hon: J. L. Edwards Comm: Rev. Washington

Warr
J. Edwards
Can. Prov.
Sir
I have been shown a letter from you written to B.P. Ithaca Esq r , requesting that the certificate of Initial Woodworth be sent back to you — Mr. W. certificate has been in my hands for a year past — I have consulted him & have his consent to do as you request — The Cert f is inclosed, when it is acted upon if further proof is required or any thing else at the hands of Mr. W. a communi- cation made to me shall be sent to him without delay — he being 15 miles distant. —
I am Sir very
Respectfully
your obed t
J. Jay Hathaway
Warr Sept r 10 1834

12.774 Josiah Woodworth Oneida Co. N.Y.
Private Capt. Gallup's Co. Col. Parsons Regt. Gen. Spencer Brigade. Jan'y 1776 - Jan'y 1777 One year . Infantry.
Private Capt. Vanderveer Co. Col. Seldens Regt. Dragoons -
Jan'y 1777 to Jan'y 1778. One year .
T. B. Johnson Agent. Rome. N.Y.
Pens n to be paid at Branch Bank. Utica. N.Y.
admitted 12 mo. Private. 12 mo. Dragoon Regt.

Madison County Ss Josiah Woodworth of Rome in the County of Oneida Being Duly Sworn Say that he served in the War of the Revolution for one year in the Company of Capt t Galleps in Colonel Peck's Regi- ment attached to Spencers Brigade in the year of 1781 and was regularly discharged. Subscribed and Sworn this 13 th Day of July 1832 (The above named Woodworth is aged 79 years) Before Me Aaron D. Nash Justice Josiah Woodworth
Madison County Ss Personally came before me the under signed to me well known for truth & veracity aged Seventy four years or thereabouts And makes Solemn Oath and says that the Person who has Subscribed to the above Affidavit is to him personally known to have served in the war of the Revolution & as therein stated & that he served in some Company & Regiment & under the same Officers Subscribed and Sworn this 13 th Day of July 1832 Constant Avery Before Me Aaron D. Nash Justice of the Peace.
Town of Smithfield Ss Personally came before Madison County Me the Person who Subscribed to the above Affida- vits & were Severally Sworn. That the Matter stated in them was true according to the best of their knowledge & belief the Day & year above written Aaron D. Nash Justice of the Peace

Clerks office Madison County
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that Aaron Nash before whom the within affi- davit purports to have been taken was on the day of the date of the same - a Justice of the Peace duly elected and sworn in and for said County and authorized to take affidavits - and that the signature "Aaron Nash" I believe to be in the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this 19th day of July 1832.
Andrew S. Sloan Clerk

Reborn
14890
1910 July 14. History to Mr. A. L. Woodworth
✓ INVALID.
File No. 14,890
Josiah Woodworth Inf & Dragoon Pris. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 4/6
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. A. L. Woodworth; c/o Virginia Iron Works, Norfolk, Va.
Sir:-
In reply to your letter dated the 11 th and recd on the 12 th inst., you are advised that one Josiah Woodworth, Ser. File 14890, was allowed pension on his application executed Aug. 4, 1832 while seventy-nine years of age and a resident of Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y.
It appears that he enlisted at Douglas Woods on the road from Boston to Connecticut, the last of Dec. 1775 or first of Jany. 1776, in Capt. Gallup's co., Cols. Parsons' and Tyler's 10 th regt. Continental Infantry, served one year and was discharged at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Shortly after said discharge, he enlisted in 1777, in Capt. Vernejout's co., Col. Sheldon's 2 nd regt. Continental Dragoons, served

one year and was discharged at Hartford, Conn.
He resided at Lebanon, Conn. in 1777, Geyser, Lewis Co., N.Y. in 1818, and at Rome Oneida Co., N.Y. in 1832.
In 1820 he referred to his wife Anna who was sixty-four years of age; he died Feby. 23, 1840.
The above is the only Josiah Woodworth found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
In order to identify a claim for pension which may have been filed for services rendered subsequent to the Revolution, the full name of the soldier and some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of widow.
1 enclosure.

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3-637.
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Inv. Ctf. No.-----
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Co.-----, Regt.-----
Washington, D. C.,-----, 189--
SIR:
You are hereby notified that your claim for _____ pension under the _____ has been adjudicated at the rate of of $_____ per month, commencing _____, 18_____, and $_____ per month, commencing _____, 18_____, ----- ----- subject to an attorney's fee of $_____, but that the claim will stand rejected as being no more beneficial to you than the pension of $_____ per month which you are now receiving under the _____, unless upon the receipt of this notice you shall elect to receive such pension under the _____ instead of the pension you are now receiving.
Should you so elect, you will upon the receipt hereof send to this Bureau written notice of such election upon the form herewith enclosed, whereupon a new certificate for the pension so elected will at once be issued and forwarded to you through the proper United States Pension Agent. As you can not, however, receive more than one pension for the same period, there will be deducted from the payments under the new certificate, should you elect to receive it, so much of the payments previously made you under the surrendered certificate, covering the same period of time, as will allow you to receive the benefit of the highest rate granted under either certificate.
Very respectfully,
_____ Commissioner.

Rev. War,
January 2, 1912.
Mr. A. L. Woodworth, Virginia Iron Works, Norfolk, Va.
Sir:
See neg. slips In response to your letter dated November 22, 1911, and received in this Bureau January 2, 1912, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Roswell, Downer, Charles, Socrates, Crate. and Samuel Woodworth described by you, or in regard to any Josiah Woodworth other than Sur. File No. 14,890, whose history was furnished you July 14, 1810.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.