Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,612, Daniel Woodworth, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Woodworth, Daniel
NUMBER _____
S. 32.612.
CONTENTS

Indiana 31,706
Daniel Woodworth, Son of Green Co. in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Horn in the New-York line for 10 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 33 Dollars & 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of February 1840, and sent to and Hon. John W. Davis H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1840 - $ 299.97 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep. 1840 - $ 16.66
$ 316.63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Edwards Clerk Book E 2 Vol. 7 Page 147

State of Indiana } Green County } ss
Green County Probate Court Nov. 5 1839.
Be it remembered that on this the 12 th day of November in the year of our lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Mathias D. Lester Probate Judge of the County of Green aforesaid Daniel Woodworth a resident citizen of the County of Green aforesaid aged Eighty seven years on the 14 day of January last past, and who being duly sworn doth on oath declare that in order to avail himself of the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. That he was born in the County of Ulster in the State of New York on the 14 th day of January 1752. in which County he continued until he entered the Army in the service of the United States as hereinafter stated. To wit: That on the first day of June in the year 1777 he volunteered for the term of Seven months in the Company commanded by Captain Nicholas Johnson, in Regiment commanded by Col. Van Horne, and Major Benjamin Scoles. That his Lieutenants were Horace Johnson (brother of Captain Johnson) and Mr. Allsworth, the (Christian name of the Lieutenant Allsworth not now remembered) That his Ensign was Robert Mould, and his orderly sergeant was of the name of Jacob R. Rose. That during this 7 months engagement that the nature of his was to protect and defend the frontiers from the predatory incursions of Indians and Tories, and that he was posted the whole time at Mamma-batting fort except (when they were ordered out in pursuit of the Indians) that during this 7 months whilst they were stationed at Mamma-batting fort the Indians and Tories destroyed a whole dutch Settlement and Fort on Van Sines Kill distance about 15. or 20 miles from Mamma-batting, that in

in Two or three weeks after the destruction of the inhabitants of Van Line Kill, that the Indians and Tories again returned, into the neighbourhood, and also destroyed another whole dutch settlement on the mouth of the Savis- -sing Creek about 10 miles from Mamma Gatling. That upon the destruction of this last settlement, that the the whole Regiment to which this declarant was attached left Mamma Gatling fort and pursued the Indians and in three days marching we overtook the Indians, at the big bend of the Delaware river, being about 700 in number where we had a general engagement with them, and defeated them killing about 600 of them, and the rest making their escape by swimming the river. after this battle with the Indians, we again returned to Mamma Gatling, where this declarant continued until his term of service had fully expired which was on the first day of January 1778. That he was then discharged & received his discharge in writing which discharge was signed and handed to him by Col Van Horne, or by Maj Benjamin Scoles, he will not say positively which of them signed said discharge. That after he was thus discharged he returned home, where he remained from the first of January 1778. where he remained up to the 10. th or 12. th of April 1778. when he again volunteered for three months under the same officers and was also posted at the same fort. That during this last three months engagement that he was in no engagement battle nor in any very active service but was nearly all the time in the Fort, except on some few occasions when with some others would be sent to some neighbouring forts to carry some messages from their fort to other forts, relative to the movements of the Indians, &c. he also states that he served fully served out his full tour of three months time in last mentioned & was discharged on the 12. th of July 1778. & received his discharge in writing & that the same was signed and handed to him by Col. Van. Horne, after

which he again returned home where he remained until the fall of Oct 1778. This declarant further states that on the first day of Oct 1778 he again volunteered in the Company commanded by Capt. Drake in the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Horne for the term of three months; that and the other subaltern officers attached to said Company were changed to this declarant. That as soon as he had volunteered on this last tour, on the same day that is Capt. Drake's Company was ordered was composed of 100 volunteers besides the officers, that the day this declarant joined said Company that they were ordered from Mamma Gatling fort where he joined them, to a place called the Bazin on the Lake a distance of about 150. or 200 miles from Mamma Gatling for the purpose of destroying the crafts at that place belonging to Indians and Tories. That as Capt. Drake & his company came to the Bazin the place of their destination that the Indians about 6.700 in number had just landed and that a general battle then commenced between our Company & the Indians, that the Indians the very first fire killed Capt. Drake & nearly all the officers. That in said engagement all our company were killed except five that is this declarant and four other privates who after the battle was over by the darkness of the evening (night fall commencing on before the battle was ended) were enabled to make their escape & who had arrived safe back again at Mamma Gatling after this declarant had returned from this last battle with the Indians, he with the other four privates with him were attached to another Captain's Company. The name of whom this declarant does not now remember but that he was still stationed at Mamma Gatling, under the command of the said Capt. until he had fully served out his said term of three months, and was discharged by his Capt.

on the first of January 1879 - without having received any written discharge - but having been discharged by word of mouth - after which he returned home, and remained at home until the first day April 1879 - when he again entered as a Volunteer for the term of six months in the Ranging service of the U.S. in the Company commanded by John New Kirk in the Redmen's commanded by Col. Phillips who lived near Goshen. That his Lieutenants in said Com- -pany were Aldridge Rose and W m Hornbrook (the first name of the said Hornbrook not now remembered) that the nature of his service during this 6 months tour was that of Indian Spy and was continually engaged in travelling from Fort to Fort and giving information to the several Forts of the movements of the Indians - that during said 6 months as a Spy he had made several trips to Caskafton on the Delaware which had been previously destroyed by the Indians, and which was a great place of resort for the Indians at that period. That during this last 6 months tour he was not in any battle but that he often saw large companies of Indians of whose movements he always immediately gave intelligence to the nearest fort. That he fully served out his said term of six months and was then discharged, on the 1 st day of July 1879 that he was discharged by Capt. New Kirk without ever having received a written discharge, after which he returned home which on the same day he then enlisted for the war in During the war in the regular service of the U.S. in Company commanded by Capt. New Kirk at Mamme (Balling) in the Company Commanded by Captain Allsworth who was my Lieutenant in the 7 months tour herein first stated. That after this declarant had enlisted as herein stated, that he was mustered into the service of the U.S. as regular at Mamme (Balling) on the first day of July 1879 - That he was never marched into the service of U.S. as a regular in this last tour of duty.

out of the said County of Ulster, and that the reason of his not having been marched out of said County was because that peace had been concluded, or the war was then considered as at an end, and his captain H rs Allsworth discharged him, stating at the same that their services were no longer necessary. That he and the other recruits enlisted by the H rs Allsworth had never joined any regiment and were still permitted to remain at home until discharged by him as herein stated, by mustering him once a week for the purpose of training. That he continued in the service as a regular as herein stated from the time of his enlistment to the last day of Oct r 1779, making four months from the time of his enlistment till he was discharged. That he never received any discharge in writing from his last term of service, that the said Captain Allsworth discharged all his recruits on the same day by the word of Mouth without any written discharges. After which he returned home. his Daniel Woodworth mark
State of Indiana In the Greene Probate Court Greene County ss November Term 1839 Nov. 12. 1839 J. J. McCawley clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that Daniel Woodworth who subscribed the above and foregoing declaration, subscribed his name thereto, this day in open Court and was sworn to the same in said Court according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court (the same being the seal of the Superior Court of said County, adopted and used as the seal of our said Probate Court) Bloomfield November the 12 th 1839 J. J. McCawley

34.877 Daniel Wordworth Indiana
admitted for 10 m P. #33.33 2 100 Capt Johnson Cal West Haven, N.Y.
Act 7 June 32
H - John W. Davis H.R.

Hon J. W. Davis

State of Indiana Greene County ss. I Willis D. Lester Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel R. Davis whose name is subscribed to within blank certificate and seal is Clerk of the Probate Court of said County as there certified and that full faith and credence are due to all his official acts as such Clerk. Given under my hand and seal this 12 th day of November 1899
W. D. Lester Probate Judge

Hon. J. W. Davis H. R.

State of Indiana } Green County } p
The amended declaration of Daniel Woodworth Sen. in the matter of the application of said Daniel for a pension for his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Taken before the Honorable Wallis D. Lester Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Green aforesaid. in Vacation on the 17 th day of January 1840. and who being duly sworn doth make the following declaration. That he is ignorant of the names and residents of such persons residing in the State of New York State who served in the revolutionary war as set forth in this applicant's declaration. (as stated in the letter of Geo. Mc Grump of the date of the 3 rd December 1839) but he has no doubt but that there are persons in N. Y. with this declarant served in the revolution but he does not where abouts they live in said State nor does he know their names & for that reason he cannot procure the testimony of these persons alluded to in said letter nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove his services, he also states that the reason why he did not make an earlier application for a pension was because he always had a full competency and for that reason he would not apply for a pension but that lately he became reduced in property and lost is not now able to labor, and also that his sight has failed so that he cannot see to work he also states that he has taken the deposition of Stephen Ridenbark, Elias Brantz, and Daniel Woodworth Sen his neighbours and citizens of said County and have known him longer than any other persons in said County, he also states that there is no clergyman residing near him whose deposition he could procure stating his belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He also adds that he served a longer time in the Revolution than he stated in his former declaration, he states that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list roll

- of any State or Territory his Daniel X Woodworth mark
We the undersigned William M. Norris Samuel R. Gavins, and Shadrack Moulden being also Duly sworn certify that they are citizens of the County and who have known the said Daniel Woodworth sen for the last 10 or 12 years, and that they believe the said Daniel to be 87 years of age, and also that since their ac- quaintance with the said Daniel Woodworth sen & that he has been respected and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution in the neighbor- hood where he resides, and that we concur in that opinion, we also state that said Daniel sen is known to us be a credible person and entitled to credit under oath.
William M Norris Shadrack Moulden Samuel R Gavins
State of Indiana Green County
I Willis H Lester Judge of the Probate Court in & for the County do hereby certify that that the above and foregoing amended Declaration was duly taken and subscribed before me on this the 17 th day of January 1840, in presence of the said Daniel Woodworth sen and also that the above certificate of William M. Norris, Shadrack Moulden, and Samuel R. Gavins, was also on the same day duly taken & subscribed before me, and that from my knowledge of the said Norris, Gavins, and Moulden that they are persons of credit and that their statements are entitled to cred- it under oath Given under my hand and seal this the 17 th day of January 1840
Willis Lester Probate Judge (S.L.)

State of Indiana } Greene County } ss
Be It Remembered, that on this the 9 th day of January 1840. That the following Depositions of Stephen Ridenbark, Elias Croutz, and Daniel Woodworth Jun r , was duly taken in the matter of the application of Daniel Woodworth Sen r for a Pension, before the undersigned Eleazer Spooner, and Harmon Hartley, two of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Greene; and who having been first us duly sworn according to law, Testifies as follows To wit: The said Stephen Ridenbark a resident of said County of Greene Testifies that from the traditional statements of his father's family that he was sixty seven years of age on the 4 th day of last September that Deponent was born in the County of Orange in the State of New York; that said father then resided on the farm of the said Daniel Woodworth Sen r . This Deponent further that from his earliest infancy he was well acquainted with the said Daniel Sen r he also states that for the last 20 years that he has lived in this County a Neighbor to said Daniel Sen r . and he also states: that that that his father Adam Ridenbark was also a Soldier of Revolution in the American Army - and that his father the said Adam was drowned in in the Senneque River in the State of N.Y. about 30 years ago. he also states that he he often when a boy heard his father and the said Daniel Sen r talk of the revolutionary war and their services in the Revolution; and talk over the difficulties they encountered, he also states that he frequently heard his father & the said Daniel Sen r say and speak over the news they had encountered in the war and speak of the campaigns that they had been together in, but he cannot state the names of the the officers - many named under as they stated in their several conversations, but he also states that that from the repeated conversation, of the said Daniel Sen r and his father: of the Indian battles, and skirmishes in

= which they had been in together. That the said Daniel sen had served in Revolution as he states in his declaration he also states, that the s d Daniel has ever since his residence in the several neighborhoods in which he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that this depts. believes the s d Daniel to have been a soldier of the Revolution as he states and also that it has always been reported and believed in the several neighborhoods where the s d Daniel ever resided that he was a soldier of the Revolution
Stephen his X Redmarch mark
Elias Croatz being also duly sworn testifies that he was born in the County of Orange in the State of N.Y. that he is now fifty five years of age and that his father Merial Croatz now a Revolu- tionary pensionary, and who residing in the neighbor- hood of G t Ways in this state; was a soldier of the Revolution he also states that for the last 35. or 40 years that he has been more acquainted with the s d Daniel sen and most of that time resided near the s d Daniel sen and also that the said Daniel sen has ever been reported in the several neighborhoods in which he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and also that this depts. believes that the said Daniel sen served in the war of the Revolution as he states, and also that the s d Daniel Wood- worth is a creditable person and entitled to credit in all such. and also that he Remembers that he frequently heard his father say that the said Daniel Woodworth was a soldier of the Revolution, and served in the United States
Elias Croatz

Daniel Woodworth Jr. son of the 1 st Daniel son, having also been duly sworn according to Law deposes & saith that now in & has been a citizen of Green Co. Pa. for the last 20 years, that he is now 38 years of age last Oct. That he moved to this country when the 1 st Daniel son his father who he moved to this State; this deponent further states that he often heard his father talk of the Revolutionary war, and the services he had rendered in the war of the Revolution; he also states that he cannot state how long his father served in the Revolution but that he remembers well of hearing him often talk of the several officers under whom he served Major Van Brunt Scotter & Capt. Johnson, and others & also that he had been in several Indian battles & skirmishes, but in whom who he fought in these skirmishes he cannot say, he also states that he often heard his father say that he was a volunteer in the Revolution, and that it was the common talk & belief of the people and neighbors generally in the several neighborhoods where the said Daniel son resided both in this & the State of Ohio, (ever since this deponent can remember) that he had been a soldier of the Revolution, he also states that from what he heard the 1 st Daniel son say in conversation with other old men, that he had served in the Revolution as long long as two if not three years, and he also states that this deponent often for years many years back urged his father to apply for a pension but that he always refused to do so upon the ground that he always had plenty & was well handed & would not be a burden to government, but that he recently his father became reduced in property and from his extreme old age and inability to labor together with the loss of his partial sight, that he has con- -sented to make an application for a pension & further the deponent saith not. Daniel Woodworth Junior
State of Indiana } ss
Green County } ss
We the undersigned Eleazar Spooner, and Harmon Hartley, two of the

Justices of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that on this the 9 th day of January 1840. that the above deposition of Stephen Redinbark, Elias Brontz, and Daniel Woodworth Junr. was duly taken and subscribed to before us according to law, we also certify that the said Stephen Redinbark, Elias Brontz & Daniel Woodworth Junr. are known to us, that they are all credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit under oath.
Given under our hands and seals this the 9 th January 1840.
Eleazar Spooner (seal) Harman Hartley (seal)
State of Indiana Green County
I Samuel R. Gavins clerk of the circuit courts and probate courts in & for said County do certify that the above named Eleazar Spooner, and Harman Hartley esq. are two of the acting Justices of the peace in & for said County, duly qualified, and commissioned as such, that their signatures are genuine, and that as such Justices as aforesaid that their acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of our circuit court the same for the time being having been adopted as the seal of our probate court - this the 17 th day of January 1840.
S.R. Gavins
State of Indiana Green County
I Willis D. Lester Judge of the Probate in and for said County do certify that Samuel R. Gavins who signed the above certificate now is clerk at the time of signing the same clerk of the circuit & probate courts of said County & that his signature is genuine and that such clerk his official acts are entitled to full faith & credit. Given under my hand & seal January 17 th 1840.
Willis Lester Probate Judge

State of Indiana Grant County 3 d
I Samuel R. Covins Clerk of the Circuit Court  and Probate courts in and for said County certify that Willis D. Lester whose name appears to the foregoing certificate now is & was at the time of his signing the same Judge of the Probate Court of said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such. That his signature is Genuine, and that as Indp as aforesaid that his acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of our circuit court the same being adopted for the time being as the seal of our probate court no seal as yet having been furnished to Probate Court this the 17 th January 1840.
S. R. Covins Clerk

Daniel Woodworth Indiana suspended Dec 31 st Dec r 1839 Hon. J. W. Davis,
Act 7 June 1832

32612 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,612
Daniel Woodworth
Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 468
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. of Reps. June 31. 1840
Sir
Enclosed herewith you will find the additional evidence taken in the case of Mr Woodworth of Ga an applicant for a pension. The original papers were submitted by me some days ago - I also send the letter of Mr Livingston the Agent of Mr Woodworth - which letter you please return after its perusal
Very Resp y
your obt serv t J. W. Davis
Cour t of Incur s } 3

Brownsville Nov 29. 1839
Sir
I herewith submit the application of Dan l Woodworth of Green Co Ind. for a pension Will you have the goodness to give the Subject an early investigation and give me a reply directed to the Ho of Reps.
Very Resp ly
Your Ob t Serv t
J. W. Davis
of Ind
J. L. Edwards Jr