Descendants of Charles WOOD of North Henderson County and South Carroll County
First Generation
1. Charles WOOD was born in 1755 in Maryland, United States. He died on 12 Jun 1823 in Roane
County, Tennessee, United States.
MISCELLANEOUS: Revolutionary War Veteran Pension Application
Name: Charles Caleb Wood
Sex: M
Title: Corporal
Death: 12 JUN 1823 in Roane County, Tennessee.
Note: Transcription of Revolutionary War Pension File of Charles Wood,Jr. (Page
Numbers below refer to the handwritten pages from the National Archives
[Transcribed by Tricia Bledsoe]
Page 1: Wood, Charles No. R11801Rosa
Page 2: Spring Creek, TN. June 13 Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of
Pensions Washington City, D. C. Charles Wood Tennessee. original
Page 3: No. 8070 Rosa Wood, Dec'd. Widow of Charles Tennessee G. W.
Talbot, June 22, 1854??? July 24, 1854 11801July 4, 1836
Page 4: Acts of July 14, 1862 , and March 3, 187311.801 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 NC. The proof of service can be made, which will be
done when you are satisfied on other points.Y our Obdnt
Servt, George W. Talbot L. P. Waldo Washington, D.C.
Page 6:State of TN 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 TN, 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 SC 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 TN 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 year1837 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 TN County of Henderson,
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 TN 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 Pea within and for the county and State
aforesaid, Caleb S. Wood, a resident of Henderson County in the State of TN,
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 hand writi and was made as well as he remembers about the year
1828 or1830. Caleb S. Wood Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year
above written. T. P. Phillips, J. P. State of TN County of HendersonI, 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 TN Henderson County is hereby certified that
satisfactory proof has been exhibited before the court for the county of
Henderson in the State of TN 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 eigh
thundred 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, 1
839Mary Jane Wood was born ?ber the 22, 1842Jesse ? Wood was born December the
30th, 1844Serriagh Elizabeth Wood was born October the 12, 1847Martha Clemintine
Wood was born August the 5, 1849..
Page 12 :No. 8070 Rosa Wood Ten sus ?6? Clevle?
Page 13: Spring Creek, TN 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'd, I can only say that the declaration was sworn before a
Justice
of the Peace, who was, and ia 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 NC 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't. servt,
George W. Talbot Hon. L. P. Waldo Washington City, D. C.
Charles married Rosanna "Rosa", daughter of Col Henry WATSON, in Bedford County, Virginia. Rosanna was born in 1760 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. She died on 5 Jan 1837 in Roane County, Tennessee, United States of America.
They had the following children.
