Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23657, Joseph Bond, Continental (New Jersey)
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Service Continental (New Jersey)
Bond, Joseph
          Mary
Number W. 23657
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1,431
New York Rolls
Joseph Bond
private
Lee's Legion
77 till 23 May 1780 3 yr
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Ichiel H Halsey Esq - Clark Seneca Co New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
4 mos & 4/30                            $33.00
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th, March, 1818.}
paid Seneca Co
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1050
New York Albany
Mary Bond
N.J.
widow of Joseph Bond who was a Dragoon in the Lee Legions for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of  Pension, issued the 22nd day of July 1843 and sent to Arad [sp?] Joy, Esq
Ovid Seneca Cty N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 107.
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State of New York. Seneca County ss:
On this first day of May of 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York; personally appeared William Bilson, aged Sixty-five years resident in the town of Ovid in said County of Seneca, who being by me, first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration, That Joseph Bond enlisted at Boundbrook in the State of New Jersey in Captain (afterwards Major) Lee's Corps of "Partizan [sic] Dragoons" (so called), some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven. That he, the said Joseph Bond continued to serve in the said Corps untill [sic] the 23d day of May 1780, at which time this deponent was discharged, from the said Corps. That the said Joseph Bond was with the said Corps at the Brandywine Battle, and at the taking of Stoney Point. That the said Joseph Bond was with the said Corps when it marched to the Southward, after which time this deponent had no knowledge of him or of the said Corps, untill [sic] the end of the Revolutionary War. That since that time he this deponent as been intimately acquainted with the said Joseph Bond. That he, the said Joseph Bond now lives in the Town of Ovid in the County of Seneca & State of New York. That for several years past the said Joseph Bond has been deranged in his intellects and is so at this time. That he the said Joseph Bond is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
[signed] William Bilson
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid
[signed] John Sayre
I, John Sayre, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County as aforesaid, do certify, That
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it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Bond, within named did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War. 1st May 1818
[signed] John Sayre

State of New York. Seneca County ss:
On this first day of May 1818, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County in the State of New York, personally appeared Abraham Sebring of the Town of Ovid in said County of Seneca, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration. That he is well acquainted with Joseph Bond, who is mentioned in the foregoing Affidavit or declaration of William Bilson. That he has known him for more than twenty years. That the said Joseph Bond is in a state of mental derangement, and has been so for more than Eight years past. That the said Joseph Bond now resides in the Town of Ovid in the said County of Seneca and is in reduced circumstances. That the said Joseph Bond is totally incapable of making any declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
[signed] Abraham Sebring
Sworn to and Declared before me the day and year aforesaid. [signed] John Sayre
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State of New York ss:
On this thirtieth day of May in the year 1834 personally appeared before the Honourable Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. [a line was inserted but very difficult to read. I can't read the first words] Nathan B. Wheeler judges of the common pleas of the county of Seneca. [illegible] State of New York aforesaid, Mary Bond a resident of the town of Lodi in the County of Seneca in said state aged about sixty eight 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of Joseph Bond who was a volunteer private in the cavalry belonging to Lee's Legion. That she was so young at the time as to be unable to state with precision the period when the said Joseph Bond entered the said service. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bond by the Rev'd. Mr. Runyan, a Baptist minister who resided at that time at Picataguay [Piscataway] in the state of New Jersey in which state she was married. That in consequence of her being very young she cannot state the precise day month or year of her said marriage. She being then in her fourteenth year. And that for the same reason she cannot personally say any thing about her said husband's services as to their length or as to the engagements in which he was during the same - or in regard to his enlistment. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service: But that her said marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 - and as near as she can recollect and according to her strong impression at this time in the year 1784 or 1785.
That she is not aware of the existence of any family or other record of her said marriage.
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And that from the time of her said marriage until the death of her said husband she resided and cohabited with him as his wife. And that she has never been remarried since his death.
That her said husband died about the twenty first day of November 1823 according to her best recollection. That Thomas Covert now a resident of the town of Ovid in the county of Seneca aforesaid was acquainted with the fact of her said marriage.
That annexed is the original Pension certificate issued, as the same [illegible], from the office of the Secretary of war to her said husband.
And that the same has been in the possession of the said declarant since the said death of her said husband
[signed] X her mark Mary Bond
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
[signed] Nathan B. Wheeler. Judge of Seneca                  
                                              Common Pleas
              Daniel Moseley        Circuit Judge

State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss I Halsey Sandford Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above testimony was taken in open court and that Nathan B. Wheeler Esq. is a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County of Seneca, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission is dated on the 26th day of May 1836 and will expire on the 26th day of May 1841 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my and the Seal of said County the 31st day of May 1834
[signed] Hasey Sandford Clerk
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Lee's Legion
1775 - War
4 Oct 1821.

Admitted

Ovid -
Seneca Co
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A Schedule of the real & personal Estate of Joseph Bond
real estate ten acres of unproductive land 
an old log House & old Log Barn an [illegible] personal Estate two cows worth about ten dollars each one hog worth about two Dollars
Six Sheep worth about one dollar per head
two beds & Bedding worth ten Dollars & fifty cents Six chairs worth about twelve Dollars Six tea cups & Saucers one tea pot one tea kettle Six plates & their Dishes Six Six pewter tablespoons five old knives six old forks two Iron pots one pan one trammel two pails one tub two [illegible] two old pine chests one broken Looking glass one barrel one pair tongs 2 bowls one old candlestick one old chain cash due to her one dollars & fifty cents also due to her forty six dollars it being money rec'd by my agents for my pension not paid over 
Amount of debts owing by me five Dollars. The occupation of Joseph Bond is a cordwainer. His constitution is much impaired is much affected by the rheumatism so as to be unable to Labour thus been so unable to labor for the space of ten years past He has no family except for his wife who is forty nine years old and in bad health
[signed] Joseph Bond.
Sworn oct 4th 1821 in open Court
[signed] John Maynard Clerk

I John Maynard Clerk of the county of Seneca and Clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Seneca, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the said court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Two hundred Eighty two dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this Fourteenth day of October 1821.
[signed] John Maynard Clerk
              Elial Scudder Dep. Clk
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District of New York } ss On this fourth day
Seneca County         }    of October 1821 personally appeared in open court being a court of common pleas and a court of record in Seneca County & having a Seal an invested with the power of imposing penalties fines and imprisonments &c. Joseph Bond aged sixty seven years Resident in the town of Ovid in said county of Seneca who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz.) that he enlisted in Captain Lee's company in Colonel Bland's regiment of Virginia Dragoons sometime in the spring of the year 1775 & afterward served in Lees Legion untill [sic] the close of the war when he was Discharged at the Eutaw Springs in South Carolina and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with interest thereby to diminish it as to bring within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed the 18th March 1818 and I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any interest other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and be here subscribed
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State of New York}
Seneca County     } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county & state Jane Covert and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was born in the year 1762 in the state of New Jersey, that she is sister to Mary Bond, who is applying for a pension as the widow of Joseph Bond, in the annexed deposition & declaration that she was consequently acquainted with her sister Mary Bond was a child. That she was acquainted with the courtship of Joseph Bond, the late husband of her said sister Mary Bond at the time of its taking place. That she was knowing to the contemplated marriage before it took place & to its taking place, and that the said marriage finally was consummated and did take place in March 1785 Seventeen hundred & eighty five, in Middlesex, Middlesex County New Jersey and that this deponent having been then married several years & keeping house. The bride & bridegroom on their return from Elder Runions [sp?] from the wedding & marriage the same evening that it took place being on horseback called at this deponents residence where the circumstances of the marriage just then taken place were talked over; This deponent was personally acquainted with the said Joseph Bond & Mary Bond his wife residing together as husband and wife in Middlesex Co New Jersey from the time of their said marriage in March 1785 till Sept 1792 when they left the state of New Jersey for the state of New York. That this deponent removed into Seneca County New York in the fall of 1792 and the said Joseph Bond & Mary his wife arrived in that county & state about the year 1794 where they resided together as husband & wife till the death of the said Joseph Bond which occurred in the fall of 1822 eighteen hundred and twenty two. and that the aforesaid Joseph Bond, the husband of the aforesaid Mary Bond was the
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identical Soldier who enlisted in the light horse under Cap Col Lee. This deponent was then knowing to the circumstances of his enlisting & that the said Joseph Bond before named was the identical soldier who served under that name, and who was a pensioner of the United States, & who was married as before named in March 1785 to the before named Mary Bond, the present applicant for a pension as the widow of the identical Joseph Bond before named & that Mary Bond here intended to be named as applying for a pension is the identical widow of the aforesaid Joseph Bond, and that she has not since been married, & that the said Mary Bond is seventy two years of age as stated by her
[signed] X her mark Jane Covert
 Subscribed and sworn before me this 8th day of Sept 1842
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County

State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss 
I James Foster the Justice of the Peace who took the foregoing affidavit & do hereby certify that the aforesaid affiant Jane Covert, is a person of respectability and is entitled to full credit for the statements made in her aforesaid affidavit
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County

State of New York: }
Seneca County ss:  }
I, do hereby certify that James Foster Esquire was on the day of the date of the foregoing proceedings purporting to have been had and sworn to, before him; a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county: duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take and certify Depositions and Affidavits: And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
State of New York }
Seneca County      } ss on this first day of Sept 1842 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in & for the County & State aforesaid Mary Bond a resident of Ovid in said County of Seneca aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act providing half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joseph Bond who was a resident of Bond Brook State of New Jersey and a soldier in the war of the revolution. That he was more or less in actual service after 1776 till the close of the revolution. That her said husband Joseph Bond enlisted under Cap or Col Lee in the light horse some three or four years or more before the close of the revolution & was engaged in actual service till the close of the revolution. The said Cap or Col Lee having been promoted to General & her said husband was called to march to the south where he served & finally at the close of the war was discharged at a place called Eutaw Spring in South Carolina, as this deponent was many times informed by her said husband when he received his discharge having served under this enlistment three years or more as a private or Sergeant and a considerable part of the time in the South. South Carolina & other places, her said husband the aforesaid Joseph Bond was a pensioner of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bond in Middlesex, County of Middlesex State of New Jersey by a Baptist minister, Elder Rura [sp?] Runion in March 1785 seventeen hundred and eighty five. That her said husband the aforesaid Joseph Bond died in the Fall of 1822, eighteen hundred & twenty two. That she was not married to him
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prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Vix at the time above stated and that she has not since intermarried, but that she remains the widow of the aforesaid Joseph Bond, and that formerly she & her said husband had a family record in which was entered their ages & the date of their marriage, but that some time before the death of her said husband Joseph Bond, he became odd or queer & rude. These feelings lose up [?] & distroyed [sic] the said family record. That there is now none remaining.
[signed] X her mark Mary Bond
Subscribed & Sworn before me this first day of Sept 1842
[signed] John D Coe a Judge of Seneca County Courts.

I certify that the above named Mary Bond is fully to be believed, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to the aforesaid deposition sworn to & subscribed by her.
I also certify that from the great distance the above named applicant Mary Bond resides from the place where the next court, the Oct court sits, it being about twenty miles, and from her great age and being infirm and lame, it would be very hard and hardly possible for her to appear before the court as aforesaid. That I can have no doubt but that she is of the age of seventy two as set forth by her.
I further certify that she cannot as she says write her name for want of learning
Dated Sept 1, 1842
[signed] John D Coe a Judge of Seneca County Court
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1935 - Aug 22 - Photos of 4 pages to M. S. Kuhns. See receipt and correspondence in Ch. 4.999 of Benj. Bond   

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23657
Mary Bond wid of
Joseph Bond
Dragoon Rev war
Act Mrch 3rd 1843
Index: Vol. A, Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6823                                                   Reported

New York
Mary Bond.
widow of Joseph Bond dec
who was a pensioner under the 
Act of and who died on the 21 Nov. 1823
of Seneca in the State of N. York
who was a Dragoon in the Comp
commanded by Captain     of the
Regt commanded by    in Lee's 
Legions for 2 yrs

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. Albany
at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct.
1842 and sent to Arad Joy Esqr. Ovid, NY

Arrears to the 4th of March 41
Semi-annual allowance ending
                                                            300

[ACT July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo. L. Moody, Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 2   Page 70
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Joseph Bond of N.Y.
(Hon. W. D. Rochester, H.R.)
Age 67 years has been unable to work for 15 years past, on account of the rheumatism -Wife, 49 years of age, in bad health - amount of property $282 - consists of 10 acres of unproductive land - an old log house and log barn - 2 cows - 6 sheep - one hog, household furniture &c. - a shoemaker by trade - sewed for 1775 to the end of the war, as he states - he is found on the rolls from May 1778 to the end of the war.

[separate paper]
New York
Act July 7, 1838
Mary Bond
Married - 1784 or 5
Husband died 21. Nov 1823
Let to Charles Halsey 15. Feb. 1839
  "   "   Arad Joy, Sep. 16.         "   42
Act 7 July 38
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3-2006
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2256              Date Aug 8 20
Subject Jos. Bond. Rev. W 23657
1 copy of 2 pieces consisting of 4 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev & 1812 Wars Sect.
Approved:
A E Wilson
Chief Sect                                  OK

(over)
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See receipt & correspondence in claim of Revy Bond R. 999
mmtf [?]
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Hon J L Edwards
Com. Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Ovid Seneca County New York
Sept 12th, 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I send herewith an application for a widows pension, Mary Bond.
I may remark that Mrs. Bond made a slight effort, (the particulars I am not in possession of) for a pension in 1839 or 1840: with her then application she surrendered up the pension certificate of her late husband.
I think the papers now forwarded contain full & satisfactory proof of the care & I presume you will grant a pension certificate without further proof. The case of the Widow Bond is one of the planest [sp?] & most positive that I have taken hold of.
I am Very Respectfully Your
Obt Servt
[signed] Arad Joy
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Payable on the 4th March & 4th Sept
of each year, at the B Bait [sp?], [illegible], New York



Recorded [in light pencil at the bottom]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I Certify, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 March 1818 - Joseph Bond late a private in the Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars --cents per month, to commence on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
[signed] J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington D. C.

[notation on envelope]
Oct 12. 42
NY
Mary Bond
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State of New York }
County of Monroe} ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county & State Rachel Covert and on first being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that she was born in the state of New Jersey in the year 1767 seventeen hundred and sixty seven. That the widow Mary Bond of Seneca County New York, who is applying for a pension as the widow of Joseph Bond is her sister. That consequently she was acquainted with her sister, now the said widow Mary Bond from a child, being herself older than the said Mary Bond. That she was personally acquainted with Joseph Bond, the late husband of the said Mary Bond where he was a boy & a young man. That this deponent was acquainted with the courtship & of the intended & contemplated marriage of the said Joseph Bond to her said sister now the said widow Mary Bond, who is applying for a pension as such widow, and that the consummation of said marriage took place in March 1785 seventeen hundred and eighty five when the said Joseph Bond the identical soldier who served in the war of the revolution and who was a pensioner of the United States was married to the said (now widow) Mary Bond in the state of New Jersey by the Rev Elder Runion; That the said Joseph Bond & the said Mary Bond his wife, took up their abode together in March 1785 seventeen hundred & eighty five as husband and wife, and that they continued to live together as husband and wife till the death of the said Joseph Bond. And that the present applicant for a pension widow Mary Bond is the identical widow of the aforesaid Joseph Bond who was the said soldier in the war of the revolution serving in the light horse 
[signed] X her mark Rachel Covert
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 6th day of October 1842}
[signed] P. G. Buchan
Justice of the peace }
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I certify that the within named Rachel Covert is a respectable person, and in her deposition within is written to full credit. 
I also certify that she cannot write her name from having so tremulous a hand.
[signed] P. G. Buchan
Justice of the peace

State of New York                   }
Monroe County Clerks Office }
I hereby certify that at the date of the within deposition Patrick G. Buchan Esq whose name is subscribed to the within Jurat and certificate was a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Monroe duly authorized to subscribe his name thereto and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Patrick G. Buchan Esq and verity believe the signature to said Jurat and certificate purporting to be his severally genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas of said County this sixth day of October A. D. 1842
[signed] James W Smith Clerk of Monroe County
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Ovid Seneca County New York
Oct 8th 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Annexed you have further proof of the marriage of Mrs Bond, I went to Rochester 65 miles and obtained the annexed proof which no doubt but that you will consider conclusive; as to marriage records in New Jersey, this case is much like the one of widow Harriet Bilson, widow of William Bilson, they being married near the same place. you have some papers with the papers of Mrs Bilson certifying to their having been no record kept &c. &c.
As I have said the additional proof herewith forwarded I hope will be fully satisfactory.
As I once before took the liberty of remarking in this case, that no case before me, has been more clear as to proof of marriage, to my mind.
Very truly & Respectfully I
am Your Obd Servt.
[signed] Arad Joy
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington City

[notation]

5770 [line underneath]   July 12
N.Y.
July 7. 1835.
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Seneca Co. N. York
Lodi July 5. 1839 -
Sir
Enclosed is an application on behalf of Mrs Mary Bond under the act of July 7, 1838.
I deemed it unnecessary to endeavor to state many particulars relative to the services of Joseph Bond, her late husband; for the reason that annexed to the declaration is the original Pension certificate. I have also obtained the affidavit of Mr Thomas Covert, which is also annexed.
If the application shall be considered sufficiently supported, please inform me whether it will be required to be shown at the time of [illegible] for the subsequent instalments, that Mrs Bond remained unmarried.
I shall be glad of a reply as soon as will be consistent with other official engagements.
Respectfully Yours
[signed] Chs Halsey

J. L. Edwards Esq
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5770
Mary Bond
Application under act of '38
N.Y.
act 7 July 38
admd
2 yrs Dragoon
100 $

Arad Joy Esr
Ovid
Seneca Co
NY
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State of New York
County of Seneca ss:
On this twenty fifth day of June in the year 1839 personally appeared before the Honorable John Ingersoll one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the said county out of court Thomas Covert of the town of Ovid in the said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Mary Bond the declarant in the annexed declaration named from the time of her infancy as well as with her husband Joseph Bond deceased. The said deponent further says that the said Mary and Joseph Bond were married according to this deponent's best recollection and belief as early as the year 1784 or 1785. Mrs. Bond was then very young. She had lived in the family of this deponent. This deponent at the time of the said marriage lived on a farm owned by Mr. Dunn in the county of Middlesex State of New Jersey, and as this deponent believes in the town of Woodbridge.
This deponent further says that the said Joseph Bond enlisted in 1775 or 1776 in the cavalry under Captain or Colonel Lee during the war. and he went to the southern states with his company in Washington's army and continued in the service until the war ended.
This deponent came into this country about the year 1792. 
The said Joseph and Mary Bond came with this deponent on his way as far as Wilkesbarre in Pennsylvania, where they all were delayed about three weeks by a freshet in the river. That the said Bond and his wife aforesaid stopped at Wilkesbarre. This deponent came on to this country
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and in a year or two Bond and his wife aforesaid came and settled within about three miles of this deponent, and lived there until the time of the said Bond's death. That they always lived and cohabited together as man and wife from the time they were married in 1784 or 1785 aforesaid, uninterruptedly until the said Bond's death with the exception of the time spent by them in Pennsylvania, within the knowledge of this deponent. This deponent has always understood and verily believes that they lived together as husband and wife while they remained in Pennsylvania.
This deponent further says that the said marriage took place after the war was ended, and the said Bond had returned home from the service.
[signed] Thomas Covert
Sworn to and subscribed    }
on the day and year above } 
written before me               }
[signed] John Ingersoll Juge [sic]
of Seneca County Courts

State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss. 
I, Halsey Sandford Clerk of the Common Pleas Court of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that the Hon. John Ingersoll is a Judge of the county courts in & for said county of Seneca duly commissioned and qualified. That his Commission is dated on the 9th day of April 1838 and will expire on the 9th day of April 1843, and that his signature to the Jurat of the preceding Deposition is Genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of said County the 25th day of June A. D. 1834
[signed] Halsey Sandford Clerk
By Cyrus D. Hanks Dep. Clk.
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1007
Mary Bond
N.Y.
act 13 March '43

$100 per ann

Arad Joy Esqr
Ovid
Seneca Co
N.Y.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss
On this 24th day of April 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county widow Mary Bond a resident of Lodi in said county & state aged seventy two years & over, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph Bond who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, belonging to & having enlisted int he Light horse or cavalry under Capt or Col Lee where he served four years or more. That she is the identical person to whom a five year pension was granted at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow
[signed] X her mark Mary Bond
Subscribed & sworn before me {
this 24th day of April 1843         {
[signed] James Mapes }
     Justice of the peace}
I certify that I am & have long been acquainted with widow Mary Bond above named, & that she is a respectable person, & that entire confidence is due & ought to be placed in the above deposition of hers
[signed] James Mapes }
    Justice of the peace }
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State of New York }
County of Seneca  } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county Arad Joy of Ovid in said county & on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith, that he was the agent for widow Mary Bond, widow of Joseph Bond in procuring for her, & that he did procure for her a five years pension & that Mary Bond of Lodi in said county who is now applying for a one year pension under the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 is the identical person & widow who did secure the five year pension above referred to that he is personally acquainted with the said Mary Bond the widow of Joseph Bond & that he made out her application for a pension under the law of July 7th 1838 and that he was present with Hon John D Coe when she executed the same, & that Mary Bond who is now applying for a one year's pension is the identical person that made the application as above set forth; that this deponent drew up & made out for her the present application for the one year pension & knows it to be the same the identical person above referred to & who rec'd the five year's pension as above stated -
[signed] Arad Joy
Subscribed & sworn before me}
      this 2 day of May 1843      }
[signed] James Foster Justice

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Arad Joy & have been so acquainted with him for more than ten years. That he is a man of first standing & of undoubted truth & veracity, full credit is due to his deposition
Dated May 2 1843
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County
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State of New York }
County of Seneca } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county Thomas Covert of Ovid in said county aged eighty eight years & on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that for more than sixty years last past he has been acquainted with Mary Bond, the widow of Joseph Bond who is applying for a one year's pension under the act of Congress of the 3d March 1843. And that she is the widow of Joseph Bond who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States. That she is the identical person & widow who received a five years pension as the widow of Joseph Bond. That this deponent was a witness in her behalf in this procuring the five years pension & knows that the present applicant widow Mary Bond who is applying for a one years pension as of Lodi in Seneca County is the identical person to whom was granted the five years pension as the aforesaid widow of Joseph Bond, & that she has not intermarried but remained the widow of Joseph Bond.
[signed] Thomas Covert
Subscribed & sworn before me}
             this 2 day of May 1843}
[signed] James Foster Justice

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Thomas Covert & that he is a respectable person, a man to truth and of good standing & that full reliance is due and should be placed in the above deposition of his 
Dated May 2 1843    
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Said County

Answer to this, to be directed to Arad Joy Ovid N. Y.
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State of New York }
Seneca County ss: } I do hereby certify that James Mapes Esq and also James Foster Esq. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had and sworn & each of them was on the several days when said proceedings bear date, Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn & authorised [sic] by law to take and certify the said proceedings. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of each of the said Justices of the Peace and verily believe that their several signatures to the within proceedings, jurats & certificates are severally & respectively genuine & in their respective handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this 9th day of May 1843.
[signed] C. D. Hanks Clerk.
of Seneca County
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[postal cancellation stamp on left]
[WAT]ERLOO N.Y. Sep 10

2. pieces {

Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington D. C.                     /2

From C. D. H[anks] [ink smudged]

[The following names and addresses were originally on the envelope then crossed out:]
Arad Joy Esquire
Merehank. [sp?] Ovid, Seneca Co. N.Y.
C. D. Hanks Esq
County Clerk
Waterloo Seneca Co. N. Y.
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State of New York }
Seneca County      } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county & state Thomas Covert and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was born in the State of New Jersey in the year 1754, that he was a soldier in the war of the revolution and is a pensioner of the United States. That he was personally acquainted with Joseph Bond when a boy and when he was an apprentice to the shoemakers trade in Somersette [sic] County, New Jersey who was the late husband of Mary Bond who is by the annexed Declaration applying for a pension, and that this same identical Joseph Bond enlisted in the light horse under Capt or Col Lee about 1777 or 1778 this deponent was witness to the enlistment. That after said enlistment this deponent saw him frequently whilst he remained in the State of New Jersey, clad in  his light horse regimentals in actual service; but where the troop or light horse was called to go to the south he went with others & remained absent till the close of the revolution, and that Mary Bond the applicant for a pension hereunto annexed was married to the aforesaid Joseph Bond in March seventeen hundred and eighty five by Elder Runion, in Middlesex, Middlesex County New Jersey. That the above named Mary Bond is the identical person, the identical widow of the identical Joseph Bond the soldier above named and who was married as above stated and the applicant for a pension as before named Mary Bond is the identical person above intended to be named & who was married as above named that the above named Joseph Bond and Mary Bond his wife lived together in the State of New Jersey
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as husband and wife from the date of their marriage as within named till Sept 1792 Seventeen hundred and ninety two, when this deponent and his family and the aforesaid Joseph Bond and his wife Mary before named, left New Jersey for the present resident of this deponent, viz Seneca County New York. That they all came on in company to Wilksbarre [sic] Pa where the said Joseph Bond and Mary his wife made a stop, remaining there some two years where they came on to Seneca County New York in 1794 Seventeen hundred and ninety four where they lived together as husband & wife till the death of the aforesaid Joseph Bond which death took place in the fall of eighteen hundred and twenty two, this deponent was present at the funeral of the said Joseph Bond, and that the said Mary Bond has not since been married
Subscribed and sworn before me this 8th}
day of Sept 1842
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County
[signed] Thomas Covert

State of New York   }
County of Seneca ss} I James Foster the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken to hereby certify that the said James Covert who made the foregoing affidavit before me is person of respectability and entitled to full credence in his aforesaid affidavit
[signed] James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County
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said James Foster Esq and verily believe that the several signatures to the foregoing proceedings and certificates purporting to be his, are severally Genuine in his own proper handwriting
And I do hereby further certify that The Honorable John D. Coe, was, on the day of the dates of the foregoing proceedings purporting to have been had & sworn to before him, a Judge of the County Courts in & for the said County, duly commissioned & sworn: and authorized to take and certify Depositions and affidavits. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Honorable John D. Coe, and Verily believe that the several signatures to the foregoing proceedings and certificates purporting to be his: are severally Genuine & in his own proper handwriting. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county & of the court of Common Pleas of the said County this 10th day of September Anno Domini 1842
[signed] Cyrus D. Hanks
Clerk of Seneca County.

[appears to be round stamp in lower left]
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[The following was written then struck through]

C. D. Hanks Esq - Dr Sir please write upon the blank, your certificate & put your seal of Judge Co & Esq Foster being such officers [illegible] chosen. & I will pay you when I see you; when done close your name from the outside & direct it to me in the same folio as I send it to you, making double postage only [2 words illegible] by first mail - Very truly Yours [signed] Arad Joy
Sept 4 - 1842
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Joseph Bond
1 May                                          Free
                                                     Admitted

The Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary for the Department of War  U.S.
City of Washington
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State of New York
Seneca Clerk's Office ss:
I Ichiel H. Halsey, Deputy Clerk of Seneca County do certify that John Sayre Esqr whose name appears to the certificates of the Affidavits on the paper hereto annexed (which said Affidavits bear the signatures of William Bilson & Abraham Sebring) was, at the time of the dates therein mentioned, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County, acting under the authority of this State, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Sayre & verily believe the signatures to the said certificates are the proper handwriting of the said John Sayre.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County this 1st day of May 1818
[signed] I. H. Halsey

Having volunteered my services to assist in getting the above named Joseph Bond, the benefit of the late Act of Congress making provision for Soldiers &c. of the Revolutionary war, I request the Hon. Secretary at War, if any further proof should be wanting in the case of the said Joseph Bond, to drop me a line, stating what must be done in the case to entitle him to the provisions of the Act aforesaid.
Ovid 1st May 1818
[signed] Ichiel H. Halsey
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The National Archives 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Bond, Joseph
GRADE Private "in the LINE Invalids"

WARRANT NUMBER 17846
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED August 10, 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.