Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6295, for William Todd, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service New Jersey
Todd, William    Mary

Number W6295. B. L. Wt. 10234-160-55
Contents
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(3-1776)
Service New Jersey
Todd, William    Mary

Number W6295. B. L. Wt. 10234-160-55
Contents
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4327
New Jersey
William Todd of ________ in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis of the Reg't commanded by Col Lewis - in the New Jersey Corps Private 2 years $80.00 
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 - Dollars. per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of January 1833 and sent to J. Southard
House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 40.
$160.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 177
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87.367 Cert Mar 3 1835
---
April 21st '55
Mary Todd. widow
William Todd priv
Revolutionary Pensioner
Pension Plificate
No 727, Recorded in
the Pension Office
Page 99. Vol A.
N.J. ?53.727
Private Col Shreve
N. Jersey Line
Ad 160 ac's Nov 17/55
Dodge
James L. Street
New Brunswick
N. Jersey
Vol. T. 114.
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Somerset County New Jersey to wit: Be it known that on this 1st day of December AD. 1828 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the  peace in and for said County personally appeared George Todd who being by me duly Sworn on his oath saith that William Todd of the Township of Badminster in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey is his brother. That the said William Todd enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary army, in the Spring of the year before the Battle of Monmouth and continued in said Service untill the end of the War.  That this deponant at the time of said Battle was a soldier in the Militia, and understanding that his brother the said William was killed in the battle, he went in pursuit of him the day after and found him at English [illegible], about one mile & a half from the Battle Ground, on duty as a soldier in the Continental Army.  This deponant further saith that he recollects of the said William's coming home on furlough while in said Service and of returning.  That the said William was then & always since has been considered as having been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army.   George Todd
Sworn & subscribed the day )
& year first above written before me  )
Wm.B. Gaston, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey  )
County of Hunterdon.  ) SS.
  On this twelfth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred, and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Mary Todd, aged Seventy five years, a resident of New Germantown in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey, who, being duly Sworn according to law; on her oath, declares that she is the widow of William Todd deceased, late of the County of Somerset, in the State of New Jersey, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and afterwards a Revolutionary United States Pensioner, of Somerset County in the State of New Jersey, and of the Trenton New Jersey Agency, at 80$ per annum, under the Act of June 7th 1832:  She further declares that she is now drawing a pension, at the Trenton Agency, of eighty dollars per annum, as the widow of the Said William Todd, on Pension Certificate No. 727, of the date of June 20th A.D. 1853. which is recorded in the Pension office on page ninety nine (99) Vol. "A."
  She further States that she was married to the said William Todd, in said Germantown, where she now lives, on the ___ day of ___ A.D. ____ by one William Blanvelt, a minister of the Gospel, and that her name before her Said marrigae, was Mary Honeyman; that her Said husband died, in the Township of Bedminster, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, on the ____ day of ____ A.D. ____ the proof of all of which is on file in the pension office, to which she respectfully refers
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and makes part of this declaration.
She further declares, that she is now a widow; and makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3rd, 1855," and that she has not had afore received, or made application for Bounty land under any act of Congress.
Mary todd
We, Dorothy Craig  and Elisabeth Craig, residents of New Germantown in the County of Hunterdon, in the State of New Jersey, upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Mary Todd, in our presence, that we have been personally well acquainted with her during the last twenty years, and know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that she is now a widow; and that we have no interest in this Claim
Dorothy Craig
Elisabeth Craig
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and Subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, that she is now a widow; and that I have no interest in this Claim.
Wm Ilifff
One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Hunterdon
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon  )  S.S.
I, Charles Tomlinson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Wm. Iliff, 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 of Hunterdon, in the State of New Jersey, duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.  I further certify, that Said Court is a Court of record, having general Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal; And that I have no interest in this Claim.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office, at Hemington (Hunterdon) this Seventeenth day of April A.D. 1853.
Charles Tomlinson
Clerk
New Brunswick New Jersey
April 19th, 1853.
Hon. L.P. Waldo  )
Com. of Pensions,  )
Sir:
Above please find Claim by Mrs. Mary Todd, of New Germantown, Hunterdon County, for Bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855.  There is I believe, no explanation from me, that can make the case any plainer, than it appears on its face; I found this claimant, Soon
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after the passage of the act, under which she is now drawing a pension, but she had made application through an agent, that I knew would Succeed; and I have not seen her since, until the day on which this declaration was drawn.  I know her however to be the Same woman, who had then made application for pension, and who now holds Pension Certificate No. 727 act of Feb. 3, 1833, recorded in Vol. A. Page (99.)  Respectfully:
James L. Street,
Agent,
New Brunswick,
New Jersey.

Note in margin:
Bounty land claim of Mrs. Mary widow of Wm. Todd. Revolutionary Service.  Original Case, made thru act of March 3, 183(?)
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No 4905
New Jersey

Admitted
Private
2 yr & more
$80.-
Hon. J. Southard
No Reps
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BRIEF in the case of Wm Todd of Bedminster County of Somerset in the State of
New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1778
Continental
Jersey line
Duration of Service.
Years Months Days.
until close of
the War 
4 or 5 years
Rank.
Private
As a
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Prate
Capt Lewis or Louis
Genl Maxwell
Col Lewis he
thinks
In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth & Croswick
Where did he reside when he entered the service? Somerset County
New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
living & Traditionary
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
Jas Wilson Examining Clerk
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John Ten Eyck
North Branch
Somerset County
New Jersey
Agent
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Second Section of the act of Congress of the 3d. February 1833. an act to continue half pay to certain widows and orphans.
State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon  Ss
On this eleventh day of April A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three.  Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon in said State Mrs. Mary Todd a resident of said County of Hunterdon. aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made, by the act of Congress passed, "February 3d. 1853." granting pensions to certain widows, as expressed in the Second Section of said act.
that she is the widow of William Todd deceased
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of the County of Somerset in said State, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and late a pensioner of the United States, under the act of "June 7, 1832." On the New Jersey Roll, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum; declarant would respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers of her late husband the said William Todd on file in the pension department for the services he performed in the War of the Revolution.
She further declares she was married to the said William Todd on the second day of August. In the Year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight. as will appear by the proof annexed.
That her husband the said William Todd, died on the twenty first day of September Eighteen hundred and forty five.  That she was married to him at the time above Stated.
She further declares that she was a widow at the
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time of the passage of the foregoing act, and is still a widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
before me
Joseph Thompson Judge.   )  Mary Todd
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant, and know her to be the person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration.  That on account of age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in open Court: and that I have no interest in the above claim or in the prosecution thereof.
Joseph Thompson Judge
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County  Ss  )
On this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of The Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Hunterdon in said State Dr. John Honeyman known to me as a respectable Practising Physician in the counties of Hunterdon and Somerset and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say tht he was well acquainted with William Todd, late a resident of the county of Somerset, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; that he attended the said William Todd during his last sickness; that the said William Todd departed this life on the twenty first day of September, A.D. eighteen hundred and forty five; leaving a widow named Mary, who is still living and remains a widow at this time; that he is well acquainted with the said Mary Todd, and is
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fully satisfied from a recent visit to the said Mary Todd, that on account of age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Open Court.
John Honeyman M.D.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me April 11th AD. 1853.
Joseph Thompson Judge.
State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County Ss  )
On this eleventh day of April AD. eighteen hundred and fifty three, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of The Court of Common Pleas of said county of Hunterdon in the state of New Jersey personally appeared The Revd. William W. Blanvelt, Pastor of "The Presbyterian Church at Bedminster in the counties of Somerset and Hunterdon" a regularly ordained minister of The Gospel resident at this time in the county of Somerset who being legally sworn, on his oath saith; that he is a regularly ordained minister of The Gospel, and duly authorised by The laws of The State of New
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Jersey to Join persons in The Holy Bonds of Matrimony; That he was well acquainted with The late William Todd of the county of Somerset in said state: late a Pensioner of The United States:  That by virtue of his Ministerial Office, and in accordance with The laws of said State of New Jersey, He the said William W Blanvelt did on the second day of August AD. eighteen hundred and thirty eight join the said William Todd and Mary Honeyman in the Holy bonds of Matrimony, and did legally pronounce them Husband and wife according to the laws of this state; that on the twenty first day of September AD. eighteen hundred and forty five the said William Todd departed this life; that he the said William W. Blanvelt was present at his funeral and preached a funeral discourse on that occasion; that the said Mary Todd is still living and is and has been a widow since the decease of the said William Todd; that she is aged and infirm, and according to the Judgment & belief of this
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deponant unable to attend in open court.
W.W. Blanvelt
Subscribed and sworn
before me April 11th 1853.
Joseph Thompson, Judge
State of New Jersey  )
Hunterdon County Ss )
On the eleventh day of April AD. eighteen hundred and fifty three before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas of the county of Hunterdon in said state, personally appeared Robert M Honeyman, who being legally sworn on his oath saith that He was present at the marriage of William Todd and Mary Honeyman on the second day of August AD. eighteen hundred & thirty eight that he saw them joined in the bonds of Matrimony and heard the Rev. William W. Blanvelt pronounce them Husband & wife according to the laws of the state of New Jersey; that the said Mary has remained a widow since the decease of the said William Todd; is now aged and infirm and on account of her infirmity, she the said
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Mary Todd is unable to appear in open court.
R. W. Honeyman
Subscribed & sworn before 
me April 11th AD. 1853.
Joseph W Thompson, Judge

State of New Jersey
(seal)
I Thomas S. Allison Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do certify that Joseph Thompson Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were taken was at the doing thereof and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Hunterdon in Said state - duly commissioned and Sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts, and that the signatures thereto are in the proper handwriting of the Said Joseph Thompson Esqr
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at Trenton this fourteenth day of April A.D. 1853.
Ths S Allison
Secretary of State
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
[B.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I William Todd, of Bedminster in the county of Somerset in the State of New Jersey do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a private in Captain Lewis, or Luce's Company in the 2d. Regiment, of the Jersey Line.  And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.
William Todd
Witness my hand this thirty first day of January, in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty nine

Before me, William B Gaston one of the Justices of the peace in the county of Somerset in the State of New Jersey personally appeared, this day, John McWilliams and Daniel Todd of the said county, who did severally make oath that William Todd by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 31 day of January, in the year 1829.
Wm. B. Gaston  )  John McWilliams
                          )  Daniel Todd
I, Isaac Southard Clerk of the court in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that William B. Gaston Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace in said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 31st day of January AD 1829
Isaac Southard
(seal affixed)
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Wm Todd
4905.
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State of New Jersey  )
Somerset County Ss: )
On this 13th day of August 1832 Personally appeared before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey aforesaid, William Todd a resident of the Township of Bedminster, in the county of Somerset & State of New Jersey aforesaid.  Aged Seventy Two years who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7h. 1832
Deponant Saith that he Enlisted in the army of the United States in the year of the Monmouth Battle 1778 under Capt. Lewis or Luces. Maxwell was his Generals name.  Thinks that Sreives was his Colonel, remembers that Halsey was the Adjudent & Derick Lam was the first & Aaron Law the Second Lieutenant,  He served under but on enlistment & continued in the Service until the close of the War.  Making the Term of Four of Five years, belonged to the Jersey line, dept. says he lived in the County of Somerset aforesaid at the time of Said Enlistment, was engaged in the Battle of Crosswick near Monmouth in Said State a Short time after joining the army. thinks Monmouth battle took place the next day, was there and engaged in said Battle, and received a wound from a musket ball in his thigh during the engagement.
from there he marched to Elisabeth Town in New Jersey and was engaged with laying there in one or two Skirmishes with the British, laid there some time, at a certain time remembers while there of his being selected as one who was sent over on Staten Island to take possession of a number of Guns Drums etc. of the British.  After leaving Elisabeth Town marched with the Army to Hackinsack above Newark in said State.  The British at this time had
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possession of New York, dont recollect how long he was stationed at Hackinsack, but remembers while the army lay there they had several brushes with the British think they remained in that region of Country till peace was declared.  Said deponant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State
William Todd
Sworn to and Subscribed  )
the day anad year aforesaid  )
Wm B. Gaston
W.J. Rooners
John Lerhune
Ant the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a refolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Wm. B. Gaston
W. J. Rooners
Elias Brown
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State of New Jersey  )
Somersest County    )
(seal)
I John M Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset do herey certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Todd for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at Bridgewater this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
J.M. Mann
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In reply to your request of_______ received______ 
for a statement of the military history of William Todd a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Wid File 6295
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1778
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
4 or 5 yrs to end of war
RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Luce

COLONEL.
Shreve
STATE.
N.J.
Battles engaged in, gs wd of thigh Mon. Crosswick
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somerset Co., NJ.
Date of application for pension, Jany 31, 1829
Residence at date of application, Bedminster, Somerset Co, NJ.
Age at date of application, 69 yrs ["1839 77 yrs" struck through] died Sept 21, 1845
Remarks:
Sol. mar- Aug. 2. 1838 Mary Henry
wid. appl. Apl. 11, 1853 ae 74 res Hunterdon Co., N.J.
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Mary Todd
No.
DECLARATION
for 
INCREASE OF PENSION.



Please acknowledge receipt
under cover to
Thos. Dickinson
P. agent
N.J.
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DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
County of Hunterdon
On this 31st day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight personally appeared before me William Sine Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Todd, aged 89 years, a resident of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Todd & is the identical Mary Todd to whom was granted pension certificate No. number payable at Trenton N.J. at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum issued under the act of Feb. 3 1833 2d Dec. 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 17, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows:  New Germantown, Hunterdon Co. N. Jersey
Signature of Claimant  Mary Todd
Witnesses,
John Honeyman
Arthur B. Noll.
Also personally appeared John Honeyman and Arthur B. Noll residents of New Germantown, Hunterdon County N. Jersey persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Todd sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the widow of William Todd is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim and that she still continues the widow of William Todd.
John Honeyman
(Seal)
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, )
Hunterdon County,       ) ss.
I, ANDREW B. RITTENHOUSE, Clerk of the Hunterdon County Courts, do hereby certify that William Sine Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Flemington, this third day of November A.D., 1868
A.B. Rittenhouse, CLERK.
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DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,  )
County of Hunterdon     )
On this 31st day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight personally appeared before me William Sine Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mary Todd, aged 89 years, a resident of the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Todd & is the identical Mary Todd to whom was granted pension certificate No. number payable at Trenton N.J. at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum issued under the act of Feb 3 1833 2d Dec, 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of Juy 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows:  New Germantown, Hunterdon Co. N. Jersey
Signature of Claimant.   Mary Todd
Witnesses,
John Honeyman
Arthur B. Noll.
Also personally appeared John Honeyman and Arthur B. Noll residents of New Germantown, Hunterdon County N. Jersey persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Todd sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the apperance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the widow of William Todd is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim and that she still continues the widow of William Todd.
John Honeyman
Arthur B. Noll.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirtieth first day of October A.D. 1868; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
William Sine Justice of the Peace
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10,234
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727
New Jersey
Mary Todd
widow of William
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of June 1853
and sent to
John Tew Eyck
North Branch
Somerset Co
N.J.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
(?), Page 99 Vol. A

1832
E.2.3.
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E. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
War Dep
Respectfully referred to the Treasury Dept.
Pension Office
14 Feb 1829
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Congress Hall Feby 14th. 1829

E.L. Edwards esq.

Sir:

Will you have the goodness to make known to me the result of the examination of the inclosed Declrn.
your Humbt. Servt.
Saml. Swan
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W. Todd

Payments to be made
at Trenton New Jersey
by the  Pen. Trenton Bky. Co
Agent for paying Penion
ers, in the Agency of
New Jersey


Westley P. Hunt esqr.

Recorded by Vinal Luce
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4
page 177
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William Todd of the State of New Jersery who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the (?) March, and 4th of September, in every year.
(Seal)
Given at the War office of the United States,
this 19th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War
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Apl 2. 1833
Paid to Clear 4. 1833
Sept 5. 1833 Paid to Sept 4, 1833
Mar 2 1834 Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Oct 31. 1834 Paid Sept 25 1834
April 8 1835 Paid to Mar 4 1835
Oct 29, 1835 paid to Sept 4 1835
April 12 1836 Paid to May 4 1836
Sep 21 Paid to Sept 1836
May 3 paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to 4 Sep 1839
Paid to 4 Sep 1837
Paid to  4 Mar 1840
Paid to 4 Sept 1838
Paid to 4 Mar 1839
Paid to 4 Sep 1840
Paid to 4 Mar 1841
Paid to 4 Sep 1841
Paid to 4 Mar 1842
Paid to 4 Sept 1842
Paid to 4 March 1843
Paw to 4 Sep 1843
paid to 4 Mar 1844
paid to Sept 4 1844
paid to Mar 4 1845
Paid to Sept 4 1845
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Pension Office, 
June 14. 1853.

Sir,

Please state to what time William Todd, a revolutionary pensioner was last paid, and the date of his death, if the same be of record in Your Office.  He was a pensioner under act 7th June 1832, as private at $80 per annum, - inscribed on the New Jersey rolls, - pension paid at the Trenton Agency

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
L.P. Waldo

Paid to 4th Sept. 1845.
F Burch
Auditor.

Francis Burt Esqr
Third Auditor
Treasury Department
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North Branch
Somerset County
New Jersey

Sir
I hae the honor to enclose the declaration of Mrs Mary Todd - widow of Wm Todd for a pension under act Feb 3d, 1833.  The husband drew a pension of $80 pr annum.*
When acted upon please enclose the Certificate to
Your Obt Servt
John Ten Eyck

*Act June 7 ,1832

Hon 
L.P. Waldo
Commr
of Pensions
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Brief in the case of Mary Todd, widow of William Todd Hunterdon County and State of New Jersey
act 3d. February 1833.

Claim, original

Proof exhibited,

Is it documentary traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband of claimant was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832
Marriage proved by parol evidence
- witnesses certified to be credible.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  Is so, what?


John Ten Eyck Esqr
North Branch
Somerset Co.
N.J.
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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Increase      724
Brief in the Case of  Mary Todd, Widow William a private
Rev. New Germantown
Hunterdon County and State of New Jersey
Act 2d (?) Feb. 1853

Claim for New Pension Certificate,

 Proof Exhibited,
A pensioner roll of New Jersey at $80. per annum.
Cert returned with claim for increase as provided 
by Act of July 27, 1868.
Personal identity widowhood shown
Admitted Nov. 17, 1868 to a pension at $96. per
annum to sommence July 27, 1868, deducting
payr. 
W.E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
P(?). Dickinson
Philn. Agent
Trenton
New Jersey
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Mary Todd
Payment to be made at Trenton by
P. Dickinson Esqr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 8153, Page 99. Vol. A.

H.R. Weightman
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Mary Todd
widow of William Todd
who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this twentieth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
R McClellan
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Paid to Sep 4, 1853
Paid to Mar 4, 1854
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Paid 4 Sepr 1854
Paid 4 Mar 1855
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Act 1828
papers to be
filed with
Ad OWMcC
File #6295
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Wm. Todd - Pvt.
N. Jersey line

New Jersey
Wid. - file no. 6,295.

{Act 1828}
{Not Allowed}
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 6295
Mary Todd
Wid.
Wm. Todd
Pvt. Rev: War
Act: Feby. 3:(?)53, July 27(?)53
Index:  Vol. M, Page 278

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Date Stamp:
O.W. & N. DIV.
Apr
5
1907 
FILES

744 Main St.
Racine Wis. April 3rd.

To the
Pension Department,

I have an ancestor 'Major William Todd' of Bedminster township New Jersey who served in the Revolutionary war but there is no record at the Adjutant Generals Office that the title of Major was conferred upon him.  He was a "Private in the Hunterdon County Militia
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New Jersey State Troops, & New Jersey Continental Line.  His widow was a pensioner & says he served to the end of the war but there is no record at that office to that effect.  He is always referred to as the "Major William Todd" his father having enlisted as Private in the Somerset Co. militia & teamster in the Wagon master Generals Department New Jersey Militia.
Can you find out the truth of the matter?
Respectfully
Sarah Van Pelt
Racine, Wis.
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No. 87367

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received Apr. 21st, 1855

Wm Todd Pri - Dec -
Col. Shreve
N.J. Line
Rev. War

10234-160-55

James L. Sheet
New Burnswick
N.J.
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I hereby certify the following, annexed, pages numbered from one to two inclusive, to be true copies.
(Seal)
Given under my hand and
the seal of the Treasury this
second day of June in the
year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two.

Louis M Lane
Secretary of the Treasury
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(Copy)   (1)
Revolutionary Claims.

[B.]
Form of a declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, William Todd of Bedminster in the County of Sumerset in the State of New Jersey do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a private in Captain Lewis, or Luces Company, in the 2d Regiment, of the Jersey Line.  And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.

And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.

Witness my hand, this Thirty first day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty nine.
William Todd

Before me, William B. Gaston one of the Justices of the peace in the County of Sumerset in the State of New Jersey personally appered this day, John McWilliams and Samuel Todd of the said County, persons known to me as credible witnesses, who did severally make oath that William Todd by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand, this 31st day of January in the year 1829.
John McWilliams
Samuel Todd

Wm. B. Gaston  )

I, Isaac Southard Clerk of the Court of the County of Sumerset in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify, that William B. Gaston Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the peace in said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
(Seal)
In testimony whereof, I have herunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 31st day of January A.D. 1827
Isaac Southard
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(2)
Sumerset County New Jersey to wit, Be it known that on this 1st day of December A.D. 1828 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county personally appeared George Todd who being by me duly sworn on his oath saith that William Todd of the Township of Bedminster in the county of Sumerset and State of New Jersey is his Brother.  That the said William Todd entered as a soldier in the Revolutionary army in the Spring of the year before the Battle of Monmouth and continued in said service until the end of the war.
  That this deponant at the time of said battle was a soldier in the Militia, & understanding that his brother the said William was killed in the Battle, he went in pursuit of him the day after and found him at English Town about one mile and a half from the Battlegrounds on duty as a soldier in the continental army.  This deponant further saith that he recollects of the said William coming home on furlough while in said service and of returning.  That the said William was then and always since has been considered as having been a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
George Todd
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year first above written
before me
William B. Gaston
Justice of the Peace
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
16 Feb 1829.

William Todd, of Bedminster in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Lewis's company, in the Second regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
  The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
(?) Dickens


TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Office,
21st February 1829

It further appears that William Todd is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3. March 1826
  The name of William Todd cannot be found among those of the New Jersey line, to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 Feb 1829.
William Todd of Bedminster in the County of
Somerset in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private
in captain Lewis's company, in the second regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
F A Dickens

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21st February 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been handed to_____________
It further appears that William Todd is not now on the pension list of the any agency and has been so since the 3d March 1826
at the rate of _________________ dollars per month.
The name of William Todd Cannot
be found among those of the New Jersey line
to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty
Dollars were issued-
---
Peter Hagner Asst
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War Department
Bounty Land Office
7 May 1829

The records of this Office, do not show that William Todd of the New Jersey line, ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the U. States.
Robert Todd

Enlisted 1 June  1778 for 9 months
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AN ACT for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, That each of the surviving Officers of the Army of the
Revolution, in the Continental Line, who was entitled to half pay by the Resolve of
October twenty first, seventeen hundred and eighty, be authorized to receive, out of any
money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the amount of his full pay in said
line, according to his rank in the line, to begin on the third day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life: Provided, That
under this act, no officer shall be entitled to receive a larger sum than the full pay of a
Captain in said line.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, whenever any of said Officers has received
money of the United States, as a pensioner since the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, aforesaid, the sum so received shall be deducted from what said officer would, otherwise be entitled to, under the first section of this act; and every pension to which said officer is now entitled shall cease after the passage of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every surviving Non-commissioned Officer,
Musician, or private, in said Army, who enlisted therein for and during the war, and
continued in its service until its termination, and thereby became entitled to receive a
reward of eighty dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed May fifteenth, seventeen
hundred and seventy-eight, shall be entitled to receive his fall monthly pay in said service, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life Provided, That no Non-commissioned Officer. Musician, or Private, in said Army, who is now on the pension list of the United States, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pay allowed by this act shall, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be paid to the Officer or Soldier entitled
thereto, or to their authorized attorney at such places and days as said secretary may
direct; and that no foreign Officer shall be entitled to said pay; nor shall any Officer
or Soldier receive the same, until he furnish to said Secretary satisfactory evidence that
he is entitled to the same, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and the pay allowed
by this act shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the Officer or Soldier entitled to the same by this act.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of said pay as accrued by the provisions
of this act, before the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall be paid to the Officers and Soldiers entitled to the same, as soon as may be, in the manner and under the provisions before mentioned; and the pay which shall accrue after said day shall be paid semi-annually, in like manner, and under the same provisions.
A. STEVENSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
S. SMITH,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved May 13, 1828
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, MAY 28, 1828.
The Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution,
approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, (of which the foregoing is a copy,) will be carried
into effect under the following regulations:
Each Officer claiming under the act will transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury a
declaration, according to the form hereunto annexed, marked A, and each Non-commissioned officer, musician, and Private, according to the form marked B, showing particularly in what manner he is entitled to the benefit of the said act, accompanied by
the oath of two respectable witnesses as to his identity, which oath is to be taken before
a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths in the
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State or Territory in which he resides, and authenticated under the seal of the Court of
the County in which the oath was administered, as shown in the said forms.
Each Officer will also transmit his commission, if in existence and attainable, and each Non-commissioned Officer, musician, and Private, his discharge; which documents, after being registered, will be returned. If the commission or discharge has been lost or destroyed, he will transmit such other evidence as he may possess or can obtain, corroborative of the statements set forth in his declaration.
If the evidence transmitted, taken in connexion with that afforded by the public records
at Washington, be found satisfactory, the amount of two years' full pay, at the
rate to which the Officer or Soldier was entitled, according to his rank in the line, at
the close of the war, or at the time of his reduction, (as the case may be, but in no instance exceeding the full pay of a Captain in the Continental Line will be transmitted
to him, at the place of his residence, after deducting therefrom the amount of any pension which he may have received from the United States since the 3d day of March, 1826.
He may, however, authorize any other person to receive his pay; in which case he will execute a power of attorney, according to the annexed form, marked C, which must be acknowledged before a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, and authenticated under the seal of the Court of the County, in the same manner as is already prescribed in regard to declarations. But no payment will made to any such attorney, until he has made oath, according to the annexed form, that the pay which he is authorized to receive is intended to inure wholly to the personal benefit of the Officer or Soldier whose attorney he is.
It is requested that all letters to the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject, may be
endorsed on the cover ""Revolutionary Claims."
RICHARD RUSH.