Freeman served in the War of 1812 in September 1812 in Buffalo., as a Private in Captain Noah Fuller in the Rifle regiment.[1] His widow applied for a pension.[2]
In the 1850 census Freeman (age 59) was in Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.[3]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Freeman Wood
M
59
Massachusetts
Morilla Wood
F
49
Vermont
Laura Wood
F
26
New York
Hellen M Wood
F
22
New York
Lydia Wood
F
20
New York
Sophrona Wood
F
18
New York
Gilbert Hathaway
F
15
New York
Freeman, son of Levi Wood & Bathena Fuller, died (age 75) on 25 September 1867 in Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.[4]
Sources
↑Military:
"New York, War of 1812 Certificates and Applications of Claim and Related Records, 1858-1869"
New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Adjutant General's Office War of 1812 Claims files, 1857-1861; Volume: 31 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61602 #5791 (accessed 30 August 2022)
Name: Freeman Wood; Rank: Private; Age: 66; Birth Date: abt 1791; Residence Place: Hillsdale County; Enlistment Date: Sep 1812; Enlistment Place: Buffalo; pension date: 29 Oct 1857; Pension Place: Lenawee, New York, USA; Regiment: Rifle; Certificate Number: 5766; Household: Freeman Wood.
↑Military:
"U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815"
War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1133 #58897 (accessed 30 August 2022)
Soldier: Freeman Wood; Widow: Marilla Wood; Military Service Location: New York; Pension Number - #1: Wid Orig 29558; Pension Number - #2: Wid Ctf 21887; Roll number: 101; Archive Publication Number: M313.
↑1850 Census:
"United States Census, 1850"
citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
FamilySearch Record: MF8X-TGS (accessed 30 August 2022)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6GB9-WYC Image number 00305
Freeman Wood (59) in Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
↑Death:
"Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952"
Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60872 #445605 (accessed 30 August 2022)
Freeman Wood death 25 Sep 1867 (age 75), son of Levi Wood & Bathena Fuller, in Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA.
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