Henderson Co. TN - Revoluntionary War Pension Application - Caleb S. Wood USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcription of Revolutionary War Pension File of Charles Wood, Jr. (Page Numbers below refer to the handwritten pages from the Natl. Archives) [ Transcribed by Tricia Bledsoe ] Page 1: Wood, Charles No. R11801 Rosa Page 2: Spring Creek, TN June 13 Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D. C. Charles Wood Ten original Page 3: No. 8070 Rosa Wood, Dec^Òd. Widow of Charles Tenn. G. W. Talbot, June 22, 1854 ??? July 24, 1854 11801 July 4, 1836 Page 4: Acts of July 14, 1862 , and March 3, 1873 11.801 P. O. Rosa Wood Rejected Page 5: Spring Creek, Tenn. June 12, 1854 Sir: Enclosed you have the declaration of Caleb S. Wood, the son of Charles Wood, Continental Soldier of North Carolina. The proof of service can be made, which will be done when you are satisfied on other points. Your Obdnt Servt, George W. Talbot L. P. Waldo Washington, D.C. Page 6: State of Tennessee County of Henderson On this 12th day of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, personally appeared before me, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Caleb S. Wood, aged 62 years, a resident of Henderson County, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares upon his oath that he is the son of Charles Wood, who was a Corporal in Captain John Summers^Ò Company, and served in the Continental Line in North and South Carolina and was in prison in Charleston, S.C. in 1790. He further declares that his father, Charles Wood, died in Roane County in the State of Tennessee in the year 1822 leaving his mother Rosa Wood a widow. He further declares that his father and mother were married in Bedford County, in the State of Virginia previous to his father going into service. He further declares that his mother Rosa Wood died in the year 1837 leaving sixteen children, ten of whom are now living, namely, Thomas, Caleb S., Jesse L, Christopher, Frank, John, and William, Elizabeth Miller, Anna Davis, Nancy Wilkenson. He makes this declaration for the purpose of receiving the pension money due his mother Rosa Wood, for the benefit of himself and brothers and sisters, under the Act of Congress ?passed July 9th, 1822. Caleb S. Wood Page 7: Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that Caleb Wood is a good and creditable witness. Eli Teague, J. P. for Henderson County State of Tennessee County of Henderson I, Jesse Taylor, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Eli Teague, whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. Given under and seal of office, at office, this ?th day of April A.D. 1854. Jesse Taylor, Clerk Page 8: State of Tennessee County of Henderson On this twenty-eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Caleb S. Wood, a resident of Henderson County in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares upon his oath that the record forwarded to the Commissioners of Pensions for inspection has been used as a family record, and that the record made of his age was transcribed from the record of Charles Wood, his father, and that it is in his own handwriting and was made as well as he remembers about the year 1828 or 1830. Caleb S. Wood Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. T. P. Phillips, J. P. State of Tennessee County of Henderson I, Jesse Taylor, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that T. P. Phillips, whose genuine signature appears above, Page 9: is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at Office, this 5th day of April A.D. 1854, Jesse Taylor, Clerk. Page 10: State of Tennessee Henderson County It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before the court for the county of Henderson in the State of Tennessee by the affidavits of Elizabeth Miller, John Wood, William Wood, and St. W. Brazeal, who are persons entitled to credit that Charles Wood died on the twelfth day of June 1823, leaving a widow Rosa who died on the fifth day of January 1837 and that Caleb S. Wood, Thomas Wood, Elizabeth R. Miller, Anna Davis, Jesse L. Wood, Nancy Wilkinson, Frances Wood, and William Wood are the only surviving children of Charles Wood, Deceased. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this third day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Jesse Taylor, Clerk Pages 11 and 12: Caleb S. Wood was born October the 21, 1791 Polly Wood was born April the 6, 1794 and deceased on the 7th of September 1835 John R. Wood was born June the 8, 1810 Mary Ann Wood was born November the 4, 1812 Hilpi Melina Wood was born October the 22, 1815 William O. Wood was born February the 20, 1818 Polly Parralee Wood was born February 8, 1821 Charles L. Wood was born June the 29, 1823 Caleb J. Wood was born October the 20, 1825 Iredak Carraline Wood was born December the 19, 1827 Eli ? Wood was born November the 17, 1830 Gorge W. Wood was born October the 7, 1833 Letithe Long was born December 8, 1827 Spisasan Long was born June the 17, 1833 Nancy Adline Wood was born July the 4, 1837 Abraham Reed Wood was born November 26, 1841 Suzannah Wood was born ??? 6, 1839 Mary Jane Wood was born ?ber the 22, 1842 Jesse ? Wood was born December the 30th, 1844 Serriagh Elizabeth Wood was born October the 12, 1847 Martha Clemintine Wood was born August the 5, 1849 Page 12: No. 8070 Rosa Wood Ten sus ?6 ?Clevle? Page 13: Spring Creek, Tennessee July 10th 1854 Sir: In reply to your letter of the 22nd ultimo, relative to the informal application of the children of Rosa Wood, dec^Òd, I can only say that the declaration was sworn before a Justice of the Peace, who was, and is, a member of the ?Quorum Court, which is a court of record, at the time the court was in session. That it was not done in the courthouse, yet it was done before a court of record. This is a small matter, and one that can be easily ?remedied. The family record of Caleb Wood shows that he was born in 1791, but there are many children older than him, which can be proven. ??? from the military records of North Carolina will state, that it is traditionally known to the children, that their father was imprisoned by the British at Charleston, S.C. during the War of Revolution which is sufficient to identify his service. I am respectfully your obdn^Òt. servt, George W. Talbot Hon. L. P. Waldo Washington City, D. C.