Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8544, for Malichi Randolph, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Randolph, Malichi or Malachi & Elizabeth | W.8544

CONTENTS
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7067
Kentucky
Malachi Randolph of Mercer Co. in the State of Kentucky, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mamnon of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. (blank) in the N. Jersey Mil(itia) [crossed out: line] for 2 years from ‘76.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of February 1833 and sent to Hon R. M. Johnson, H(ouse) of Rep(resentatives).

Arrears to 4th of March 1833……….…….$160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833…..40 00
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                                                                  $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 7; Page 25
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5255
Kentucky
Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachi Randolph, 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 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec. 1849 and sent to A. Ray, Present.

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under Act February 2, 1848, Page 255; Vol. 3.
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Malekiah Randolph was born 17 January 1757.
Elizabeth Fallon was born 13th December 1770.
Malekiah Randolph and Elizabeth Fallon was married the 2th June 1793.
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John Fallon, son of Peter Fallon and Mary Fallon, was born December the 12 day a(t) 12 o’clock in the day [duplicate: in the] [year] of our Lord 1767.

Elizabeth Fallon, daughter of Peter and Mary Fallon, was born in Woodbridge February the 4th in the year of our Lord 1770.
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13,239
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County//

This day Malachi Randolph, a Revolutionary Soldier came into into Open Court & the County Court for the County of Mercer and being a Court of  Record made oath to the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision under the Act of Congress passed the 7th day June 1832.

Malachi Randolph, being in my 74th year of age & resident citizen of s(ai)d County being first sworn according to law declares that in the month of June 1776 I enlisted in Capt. John [illegible] Company of Col. [illegible] Regiment in New Jersey for six months and marched to Long Island where I was engaged in the battle of s(ai)d island, from which place we were compelled to retreat with Gen’l Washington back to New York & thence up to White Plains and at the end of my term I was honorably discharged at Elizabeth Town near Monmouth and in a short time I was called into the Militia Service of New Jersey under different officers & my captains were [illegible] but the story by some others I cannot now recollect [illegible] called out [illegible] half my time until the spring of 1781 is test the [illegible] of 1778 in January I was taken prisoner by the British at Amboy and was kept one month when I was discharged and immediately again entered the service and in 1781 I enlisted with Capt. Asher Randolph and Colonel Sam’l Crow’s Regiment of the New Jersey State Line Troops for twelve months and was stationed at Elizabeth Town & other places where I continued until my time expired and I was honorably discharged at Woodbridge & during the time I was in the militia of New Jersey I was in the Battle of Monmouth under Capt. Hirol Descart and in the Militia Service I performed at least 18 months service [illegible] to the six months and twelve months making three years…
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…in the whole of actual service, which I performed as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and the last year as sergeant and performed my duty faithfully. I was also  in the Battle of White Plains under Capt. John Webster. I further state that I do not know of any person in this State that I am from [illegible]. I was in the same regiment with several with whom I have commanded and who can testify as to many particulars. I declare that I was born in the State of New Jersey and was discharged in Middlesex County and resided there until about the year 1805 when I removed to Kentucky. I also do hereby relinquish all claims which I have to any pension or annuity which I may have [illegible] the [illegible] and I am not a pensioner of the United States or of any State. My discharge has long since been lost or mislaid. Witness my Hand this 3rd day of September 1832.
s/ Malichi Randolph

Mercer County//

Viz.: This day Lawrence (or Law) Farandale came into Open Court and being sworn according to law states as follows. I certify on oath that I was a soldier in Capt. Wiliam Piatt’s Company of Col. Hineman’s Regiment and was engaged in the Battle of Long Island and had to retreat with the army and I have this day convened with Malachi Randolph and he has described to me many of the events and local incidents of the service of s(ai)d regiment, which satisfied me beyond a…
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…doubt that he was a soldier of Capt. Webster’s Company of s(ai)d Regiment
as I also was well acquainted with s(ai)d Webster and altho(ugh) I
was not personally acquainted with s(ai)d [Malachi] Randolph, yet I have
no hesitation in declaring that s(ai)d [Malachi] Randolph was a soldier
during the six months for which we enlisted. Witness my Hand this 3rd day of September 1832.
s/ Lawrence Farandale (X - his mark) 

Mercer County//

Viz.: This day we Jesse Head, a Clergyman resident in the County of Mercer and State aforesaid, and Sam’l Eccles, Daniel Covartt, residing in s(ai)d County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Malachi Randolph, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe he is of the age he has stated. That he [is] reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in this opinion after conversing with him on the subject. We further certify that he is a respectable citizen and a man of truth in whom we have full confidence. Witness our hands this 3rd day of September 1832.
s/ Jesse Head
s/ Daniel Covart
s/ Sam’l Eccles

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.
September Term 1832//

On this 3rd day of September 1832, Malichi Randolph, the subscriber to the within declaration and Lawrence Vanandale, Jesse Head, Daniel Covart & Samuel Eccles, subscribers to the annexed certificate, came into Court & made oath to the truth of the statements by them respectively subscribed and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant M[alichi] Randolph was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Head, who has signed the last above certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Mercer & town of Harrodsburg and that L[awrence] Varandale, D[aniel] Covert & Sam’l Eccles, who have signed the same are residents in the County of Mercer and are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, Thomas Allen, Jr., Clerk of the Court of Mercer County, do hereby certify that…
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…the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Malichi Randolph for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this 6th day of September 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
s/ Thos. Allen, Jr., Clerk, by Phil. L. Allen, his Deputy
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7,082

Elizabeth Randolph, wid(ow) of Malachi [Randolph].

Act 7 July 1838.
Ky.
Admitted for $80 per annum, commencing [on the] 4th March 1836 to 4 March 1841 & from 4 March 1843 to 4 March 1848 & from 4 March 1848 for life.

A. Ray, Esq., Present
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

On this the 16th day of March 1840 personally appeared before me Nelson Mays, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Randolph, a resident of said County, aged Seventy 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 July 7th 1838 entitled, “An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.” That she is the widow of Malachi Randolph, late a pensioner on the roll of Kentucky Agency. She further declares that she was married to the said Malachi Randolph in the County of Sussex in the State of New Jersey on the Second day of June Seventeen Hundred and Ninety three (1793). That her husband, the aforesaid Malachi Randolph, died on the Twenty seventh day of December, Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two - 1832. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the First of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four. Viz.: At the time above stated. She further declares she knows of no record of her marriage except in her little Family Bible.
s/ Elizabeth Randolph (X - her mark)

The deposition of George M. Randolph, a resident of Mercer County, Ky., taken this 16th day of March 1840 to be used as evidence in favor of the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph for a pension under an Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838.

Deponent being Twenty three years old, deposeth and saith that he is the son of Malachi Randolph, deceased, and Elizabeth [Randolph], his widow, whose maiden name, the deponent always understood, was Fallon. That he knows his father, the aforesaid Malachi Randolph, was a pensioner…
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…on the Roll of Kentucky Agency at the time of his death and that he died on the Twenty seventh day of December Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two (1832). And that his mother, the aforesaid Elizabeth Randolph, has remained a widow ever since. He further states that he has this day been known his father’s little old Family Bible, which contains the Family Record and on one side of a leaf in said Bible the Family Record commences in these words. Viz.: Malachi Randolph was born 17th of January 1757. Elizabeth Fallon was married 2 June 1795, whose handwriting the record is in, the deponent cannot say, but he knows the Family Record has been in the said Bible ever since his earliest recollection and that the said Bible was in his father's possession before his death and has been in the possession of his mother ever since the deponent has taken the said record out of the Bible and makes it part of this his deposition. And further saith not.
s/ George M. Randolph

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

The foregoing declaration of Elizabeth Randolph and the deposition of George M. Randolph was this day severally sworn to and subscribed before me, the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mercer. And I certify that, in consequence of old and bodily infirmity, the said Elizabeth Randolph to enable to attend court and that the said George M. Randolph is a man of truth and veracity.

Given under my Hand this 16th day of March 1840.
s/ Nelson Mays, J.P. M[ercer] C[ounty]

(of his mother) interlined before signed.

State of Kentucky
County of Mercer Sct.//

I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the Court of Mercer County, certify that Nelson Mays is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 12th day of May 1840.
s/ Thos. Allen, Clerk of the Court of Mercer County
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Revolution(ary War), New Jersey
WIDOW, &c.
O.W. & N.
File No. 8544
Elizabeth Randolph, wid(ow) of Malachi Randolph.
Pri(vate); Rev(olutionary) War
Act: Feb. 2nd ‘48
Index: -; Vol. M; Page 149
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malichi [Randolph].
Kentucky
Act 7 July 1838. Reported.
Letter (sent to) Clerk of the Court, Middlesex Co., N.J., 24 Aug. ‘40.
Let(ter sent to) C. Chiner 31 Aug. 1840
(Letter sent to) same 16 Sep. 1840.
(Letter sent to) C.H. Frachers 15 June 1843.
(Letter sent to) Hon. R.B. Yerny Aug. 13, 1846.
(Letter sent) to Wm. S. Allison Aug. 21, ‘47
(Letter sent) to ditto Aug. 27, ‘47.

Act 7th July 1838.
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No. 7082
Elizabeth Randolph
Ky.
Act 7 July 1838.
Let(ter sent) to Clerk of Court of Middlesex Co., N.J., Aug. 24, ‘40.
(Letter sent to) C. Chinn Aug. 31, ‘40.
(Letter sent to) same Sep. 16, (‘40).
(Letter sent to) C.H. Trabue June 15, ‘43.
(Letter sent to) R.B. Young Aug. 13, ‘46.
(Letter sent to) Wm. S. Allison (Aug.) 21, ‘47.
(Letter sent to) same (Aug.) 27, ‘47.
(Letter sent to) same Sep. 24, ‘47.
(Letter sent to) same Dec. 29, ‘47.
Let(ter sent to) Hon. C.S. Morehead Sep. 22, ‘48.
Let(ter sent to) [crossed out: Samuel Lake, Buffalo, N.Y.]
Let(ter sent to) W.A. Hove [crossed out: (illegible)] burg, Ky., April 7, ‘49.
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10,784
Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachi [Randolph], who was a pensioner under the Act of June ‘32 and who died on the 27th December 1832, of Mercer Co. in the State of Kentucky, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mannon of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. (blank) in the N. Jersey [crossed out: line] for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Dec. 1849 and sent to A. Ray, Present.

Total amount, $(blank)

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by J.P. Chase, Clerk.
Book D; Vol. 1; Page 377.
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8702
Kentucky
Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachi [Randolph], who was a Private in the Revolution(ary War) for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Dec. ‘49 and sent to A. Ray, Present.

{Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 186.
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County//

I, Joseph E. Edsall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sussex, do hereby certify that I have diligently examined the records and marriage files in my office and do not find recorded or on said files the marriage of Malachi Randolph and Elizabeth Fallon and I do further certify that the first marriage recorded in my office bears date 23rd day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety five. No [illegible] marriage record previously to this date having been kept.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this Seventh day of April A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Forty.
s/ Joseph E. Edsall
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Elizabeth Randolph

C.S. Morehead
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State of Kentucky
Boyle County Sct.//

Be it know known that on the 29th day of August 1848 before me, Abram Fulkerson, Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Randolph, a resident of the County of Mercer & State of Ky., who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of 29 July 1848 granting pensions to the widows of certain persons who served in the War of the Revolution. To wit.: That she is the widow of Malachi Randolph, deceased, late of the County of Mercer aforesaid, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, as she verily believes, and in consequence of his service then was allowed under the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 & which was received a certain sum of money at the rate of $80.00 per annum. That after the death of her said husband, she applied for a pension under the Act of Congress passed 7 July 1838, which was not granted her, and to the evidence now on file comprising the matter of the application for the money received as aforesaid & that of her application for the pension under the Act 7 July 1838, she now most respectfully asks leave to refer in support…
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…of her right to the said pension now applying for under the Act 29th July 1848 entitled, “An act for the [duplicate: the] relief of certain surviving widows of officers &c.” She now believing her right to obtain that due her under the act also most respectfully ask the hon(orable) Commissioner of Pensions to consider this application & connect them with her former application & make an allowance for the amount due and cause a certificate to issue as evidence thereof and be enclosed to her attorney, C.H. Trabue, Esq., of Frankfort, Ky., and with him alone does she wish correspondence to her said claim.
s/ Elizabeth Randolph (X - her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid.
s/ A. Fulkerson, J.P.

I, the just subscriber Magistrate, certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and known to be the identical individual she represents herself to be and to be a lady of the first respectability unto all of whose statements the fullest credit should be given, wherefore I hereunto subscribe my name.
s/ A. Fulkerson, J.P.
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State of Kentucky
Boyle County Sct.//

I, Thomas B. Nichols, Clerk of the Court of Boyle County, State of Kentucky, certify that Abram
Fulkerson, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

[crossed out: In] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this the 5th day of September 1848.
s/ Thos. B. Nichols, Clk.
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Aug. 9, ‘47.
Add(itional) tes(timony of) Elizabeth Randolph.

W.S. Allison
Aug. 9, ‘47.
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Washington, Aug, 9, 1847

Sir,

In the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph of Kentucky, Act 7 July 1838, IT was objected that the record of Middlesex Co., N. Jersey, shewed that she was married in June 1794, which information was communicated in a letter from Kentucky, I believe from malicious motives. The enclosed evidence shews that said records did not begin until 1795.

I am, respectfully y(ou)r obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Wm. S. Allison

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Mr. Ames
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Harrodsburgh, Ky.
10th August 1848

Sir,

I have been requested by a citizen of my County, a very respectable old lady, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph, to obtain from you some information in relation to her application for a pension. Her application, I think, is based upon the services of her husband in the Revol(utionary) War, a man by the name of [William S.] Allison of Washington City had undertaken to manage it for her but she has been unable to hear from him, she informs me, for some time. She is not aware of what now is necessary to be done in the case or what her case lacks. You will confer a lasting favor upon this old but respectable lady as well as myself if you will look into the case and write me at an early day what is necessary more to be done & how it stands. I hope you will be able to continue enough from y(ou)r arduous official duties to furnish her the information she so much desires.

Y(ou)r friend & obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Wm. Archer Howe
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States positively 6 months to one year &1+ months. Six months proven, making 3 years sufficient for 2 years from 1776, Private.
2 years, $80.

Hon. R.M. Johnson
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Malichi Randolph, which require further proof or explanation.


I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? (blank)
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? (blank)
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? (blank)
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (blank)
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? (blank)
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? (blank)
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? (blank)
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? (blank)
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? (blank)
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? (blank)
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (blank)
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? (blank)
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? (blank)
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? (blank)
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (blank)
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? (blank)
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* - QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and (blank) days, I served as a (blank). For (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

December 6, ‘47
Asking examination of the Bible in case of Elizabeth Randolph.

W.S. Allison
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

December 6, ‘47
Asking examination of the Bible in case of Elizabeth Randolph.

I am respectfully y(ou)r obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Wm.S. Allison
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Washington, Sep. 15/’49

J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

Sir,

I have rec(eive)d a letter from S.F.J Trabue, Esq., of Frankfort, Ky., agent and attorney in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph of Ky., an applicant for a pension under Act 1838 and subsequently under Act 29 July 1848.

Mr. Trabue argues the merits of this case with such force and clearness that I am constrained to believe it should be allowed under Act 7 July/’38 and at his instance even the application under that act.

It may be presumed in the press of business, some important evidence in this case may have been overlooked. I therefore indulge the hope that you will join me in a re-examination of this case as originally prepared under Act 1838.

I remain your most obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Alex Ray
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James L. Edwards, Esq. 
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington

Sep. 19/’49
W.S. Allison
Elizabeth Randolph

Alex Ray
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Washington, Sep. 18/’49

James L. Edwards, Esq. 
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

Sir,

I presented some ten days ago, for S.F.J. Trabue, additional evidence on a further application in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph of Kentucky under Act 7 July 1838.

I have just rec(eive)d and have been requested by Mr. Traube to enclose you Mrs. R(andolph’s) Power of Attorney constituting him as her duly appointed attorney &c.

Very respectfully your most obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Alex Ray, [illegible] for S.F.J Trabue, Esq.
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Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Randolph of Mercer Co., Ky., do hereby constitute and appoint S.F.J. Trabue my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to present my claim to a pension under the Act of Congress passed 29th July 1848. And with him alone do I wish correspondence holden by the Commissioner of Pensions or any officer of the government in reference to her said claim and particularly do I wish all correspondence discontinued with Chistopher Chrim of Harrodsburgh, Ky. Hereby ratifying and confirming all which my said attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
s/ Elizabeth Randolph (X - her mark)

Witness my Hand and seal this 10th day of September 1849.
s/ A. Fulkerson
s/ Elizabeth Randolph

State of Kentucky
Boyle County Sct.//

Before me this 10th Sept 1849 personally appeared Elizabeth Randolph, above named, & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name
s/ A. Fulkerson, J.P.
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Elizabeth Randolph
Ken(tucky)

Act 7 July 1838
Susp(ended)

W.S. Allison, Present
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County

I, Nicholas Booream, Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have examined the record of marriages in my office from the time they commenced in 1795 to 1800 said do not there find any evidence or record of marriage of Malachi & Elizabeth Randolph and I do further certify that the first marriage recorded in this office is of the date of March 8th 1795 and recorded Sep. First 1795.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 31st day of July A.D. 1847.
s/ N. Booream, Clerk
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PAID

Wm. S. Allison, Esq.
Washington City, D.C.
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

This day, John W. Cardwell, being sworn states upon oath that he is well acquainted with George M. Randolph of Mercer County, Ky., the son of Elizabeth Randolph, whose deposition was taken in support of his mother’s claim for a pension and knows him to be a credible and respectable witness. This 5th February 1847.
s/ J.W. Cardwell

Sworn & subscribed before me by said J.W. Cardwell this 5th February 1847.
s/ J.A. Thompson, J.P.M.C.

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the Court for the County afo(resaid), do certify that J.A. Thompson, Esq., whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, is a Magistrate as above stated and that his said signature is genuine and entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this 5th Feb. 1847.
s/ Thos. Allen, Clk. Mercer County Court
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pen(sions)

D(ea)r Sir,

 I know Mr. J.W. Cardwell, who certifies as to the credibility of George W. Randolph & I take pleasure in stating that Mr. Cardwell is a gentleman of high character and standing & is entitled to as much credit in his statements as any man.

Very respectfully your obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ B.R. Young
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State of Kentucky
Mercer Circuit & County Sct.//

Be it Known that on the 2nd day of September 1847 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally appeared George M. Randolph and made oath that he was present at the time that the leaf containing the record of the marriage between his father, Malachiah Randolph, and his mother, Elizabeth Randolph, was taken from a small Family Bible and which leaf was sent to the Pension Office, Washington City, D.C., and which leaf he is informed is now on file in the department at Washington City and that the book or small Family Bible, from which said leaf was taken, is here referred to and enclosed in the envelope containing this affidavit and is the identical Bible from which said leaf was taken, containing the record of the marriage.
s/ Geo. M. Randolph

Sworn and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid and above mentioned before me.
s/ JA. Thompson, J.P.

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

Be it known that on the 2d day of Sep(tember)...
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…(Sep)tember 1847 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally appeared Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachiah Randolph, dec(eased), & who is making application for a pension and made oath that she was present at the time the of leaf containing the record of the marriage between her said husband & herself was taken from the small Family Bible & which leaf was sent to the department in relation to pensions at Washington City, & as she is informed and believes, is on file with the papers in relation to her pension and that the small Bible enclosed in the envelope containing this affidavit is the identical Bible from which said leaf containing the record of said marriage was taken.
s/ Elizabeth Randolph (X - her mark)

Sworn and subscribed the day & year last above mentioned before me.
s/ J.A. Thompson, J.P.
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the County for the County afo(resaid), certify that Isaac N. Thompson, Esq., whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County afo(resaid) commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given to [crossed out: I] all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this 2nd day of September 1847. 
s/ Thos. Allen
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Ken(tucky), Aug. 21, 1840

Col. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

From C. Chinn [crossed out: Note and the papers not being found, Elizabeth Townsend’s papers were enclosed with the same envelope with Eliz(abeth) Randolph’s and were acted on by Mr. Sylvester.]
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Harrodsberg, 13th August 1840

Sir,

On the 18th May last, I enclosed you the declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachi Randolph, dec(eased), for a pension. Since on the further examination of her claim, I am led to believe the law does not embrace her claim.

Your obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ C.M. Chinn

Eliz(abeth) Townsend

Col. J.L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington City
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Col. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Ken(tucky), Sep. 16.

The records of New Jersey of marriages did not begin until 1795. See certificate of Clerk of County of Sussex & Middlesex, N.J. & claims respecting marriages.
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Harrodsburg, (Ky.), 9th September 1840

Sir,

Yours of the 31st ultimo came to hand by yesterday’s mail, requesting the information I had received in relation to the marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Malachi Randolph, dec(eased),

I received no record of the marriage but a friend informed me that the records in Middlesex County, New Jersey, shew that the marriage took place in June 1794.

Your obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Chr.  Chinn
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Frankfort, Kentucky
May 1st 1843

Dear Sir,

The widow of Malachi Randolph, late of Mercer County Kentucky & to whom a pension was allowed about ten years ago, the period of his death is desirous of obtaining her pension under the Act of 7th July 1838. She states that she applied for the benefit of said act about three years ago and has not learned the result of her application. Will you do me the favor of replying and inform me what remains to be done in the matter. That her claim may be allowed or the cause of its not having been allowed. Please address me at Frankfort, Kentucky.

I am, Sir, very respectfully your obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ C.H. Trabue

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Washington, Aug. 26, 1847

Sir,

In the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph, the only objection made in your letter to Hon. R.B. Young of the 21st August 1846, was that the records of Middlesex Co., N. Jersey, shewed that the marriage took place after January 1794 and that the law did not provide for her case and that therefore the proof exhibited by him was unnecessary to be exhibited. After a great delay I have procured the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Middlesex County shewing that his records did not commence until 1795 and contain no evidence of Mrs. Randolph's marriage. The objection having been removed, I hope the claim may now be allowed.

I am respectfully y(ou)r obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ Wm. S. Allison

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
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H(ouse) of Rep(resentatives), Aug. 6th 1846

Col. J.L. Edwards

D(ea)r Sir,

I herewith enclose you a deposition proving the credibility of Geo. M. Randolph. I hope this with the testimony you have on file will justify your granting a pension to Elizabeth Randolph. You will please let me hear from you before the adjournment of Congress.

Very respectfully y(ou)r obe(dient) serv(ant),
s/ B.R. Young of Ky.
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Hon. B.R. Young, M.C.
Washington City, D.C.
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These affiants on oath state that they are all acquainted with George M. Randolph, a citizen of the County of Mercer and State of Kentucky, whose deposition has heretofore been taken [crossed out: before] to be read upon the application of Elizabeth Randolph of said County & State to the general government for a pension & which application is founded on the services of her husband, Malachi Randolph, in the Revolutionary War. That we know said George M. Randolph to be a credible witness and that full credit should be given to his testimony. Given under our Hands this 14th February 1846.
s/ Geo. N. Cardwell
s/ G.W. Prewitt

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

This day came before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State, the above named George N. Cardwell and G.W. Prewitt, personally known to me, who made oath to the truth of the statements contained in the above & forgoing affidavit. Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace as afor(esaid) this 14th day of February 1846.
s/ J.N. Thompson, J.P.M.C.
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct.//

I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the Court for the County afor(esaid), do certify that Isaac N. Thompson, Esq., whose name is subscribed the within certificate, is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County duly commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this 14th Feb. 1846.
s/ Thos Allen, Clk. Mercer County Court
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J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Aug. 28, 1840
[crossed out: (illegible)]
Wm. Allison
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Midd(lesex) Clerk’s Office

New Bunswick, August 26, 1840

Sir,

Your letter of enquiry of date 24 last is before me [crossed out: in] and in answer I have to say I do not find any evidence in the records of marriages in my office of the marriage of Malachi Randolph to Elizabeth Fallon. The law requiring marriages to be recorded in New Jersey was not passed till 1795; of course there are no records of an earlier date.

Yours &c.,
s/ N. Booraem, Clerk

J.L. Edwards, Esquire
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State of New Jersey

An Act Concerning Marriages, Passed March 4th 1795.

8. And be it further enacted that the respective Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the several counties of this State shall register and record all such returns of marriages at large in a book to be kept for that purpose, and no other, within the space of one calendar month after receiving the same, for which service the said Clerks respectively shall be allowed and receive for each and every entry aforesaid the sum of Twelve cents to be paid by the persons married to such Justice of the Peace or Minister, who shall perform the ceremony, and by such Justice or Minister, with the certificate thereof be transmitted to the Clerk and if any such Clerk shall refuse, neglect or omit to register and record within the said time any such return so to him made or any part thereof, he shall forfeit the sum of One Hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs by any person, who shall prosecute for the same by action of debt or information in any Court having cognizance thereof.
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State of New Jersey

I, Charles G. McChesney, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a law passed by the Legislature of said State on the 4th day of March A.D. 1795 as taken from and compared with the original now on file in my office.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton this Twelfth day of July A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty seven.
s/ Charles G. McChesney, Sec(retary) of State
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Wm. S. Allison, Esq.
Washington City, D.C.

[illegible]
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Harrodsburgh, Ky., Oct. 16th 1847

D(ear) Sir,

Yours of the 23rd Sep. in relation to Mrs. E(lizabeth) Randolph’s case has been duly rec(eive)d, and at her request, I hasten to respond to it. She seems to be surprised at the decision in reference to the leaf containing ages &c. and which was taken from the Bible enclosed to the department. I hand advised her to write to you & get you to withdraw the Bible & the leaf taken from the department. That she may identify it as the same leaf & Bible from which the leaf was taken. I now write at her request. She wishes you to withdraw the Bible & s(ai)d leaf & enclose them to her at this place. That proof may be made that it is the identical leaf taken from s(ai)d Bible. She explained the matter to me satisfactorily & will be able to prove the fact that it is the identical leaf. If you have any particular form of affidavit or any particular form [crossed out: form] & manner of taking such proof, give her written instructions on the subject. She wishes you to attend to this matter as soon as practicable & I will give her any help here I can in taking the proof &c. She is a worthy old lady & what she says on the subject may be relied upon.

It is often the case that you will find the leaves in old & new books, which are intended to be written upon, to be shorter and whiter & of different papers from that leaves printed upon in the second book. It must be so in Mrs. Eliz(abeth) Randolph’s case.

In haste &c. very respectfully,
s/ Wm. A. Howe