Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18516, for Levi Todd, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Godd, Levi
R. 18516
Va. Half Pay
Indian War 1786
CONTENTS

Letter to J. G. Bennett esq.
Todd's case

Pension Office Sept. 8 1851
I have examined the claim of the Representatives of Levi Todd, said to have been  claimant who appears to have been in service at different periods of the Revolutionary war in the Illinois  Illinois  Detached Regiment; - and there is proof but there is no evidence of the time of his appointment, or nor any of the length of his service, - nor is there any thing to show in what particular corps or company he served. The Histories of the military operations of that day show that volunteer companies of residents were frequently raised as occasion required - and that they accompanied Clarke in his expeditions against the Indians and in  for the reduction of the British Posts, but that they were not regularly in service although generally  by general report of him embraced in the Illinois Regiment. The testimony of the witnesses filed is for the most part vague and uncertain  indefinite , referring generally to his services but relating nothing definite as to his rank, - company, - or period of service. The deed for Todd's proportion of Land in in the Illinois Grant does not specify rank or length of service but is simply in consideration of military

service performed by him in the Illinois Regiment.
Reason of dev.
From the fact that the Todd's name is no where found or recognized as as an officer of the Illinois Regiment; — from the additional facts that he resided at Harrodsburg (Ky) in the fall of that year in the fall of 1778 and married in that year, and that in August 1782 was either a civil or military officer of Fayette County — and from the conclusion no less important circumstances that none of the deponents whose testimony is adduced are precise or definite in regard to his rank or service — the conclusion is inevitable that he was neither  not legally nor  as technically an officer of the Illinois Regiment nor embraced by the act of Congress of 5 July 1832 or the act of the Virginia Legislature of October May, 1779 upon which the said act of Congress was founded, — and therefore that he is not entitled to Half pay for life. — It is undoubted , an historical fact that various descriptions of troops — militia & volunteers as well as regulars, — occasionally engaged in service under General Clarke and were often ranked as belonging to the Illinois Regiment and in the Virginia State line, — but as the records of the day and other abundant recognized evidence sufficiently show who who were and were not entitled to the benefit of the Virginia Law & the act of Congress founded thereon it is not necessary to dwell on the subject in detail. —

General Small period Mr Todd was like many other patriotic men of that time and of that particular section of the country who participated in the hazards of western warfare, — and who drew their proportions of land secured to them by the reservation in the Espion of the N.W. territory — but who were not embraced in the Half Pay promises of the act of Virginia Legislature of May 1779 confirmed by the act of Congress of 5 July 1832.
J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions

service performed by him in the Illinois Regiment" -
Letter to J. G. Bennett Esq. Deed's case

4 Lieu t Levi Sudd
The affidavits of Marmetka & Robich do not prove that Lieu t Sudd is now in with the Illinois Reg t until its redistriction but rather the reverse.

The affidavit of William Meriwether, taken at the Town of Frankfort, on the 11 th day of January, 1822, to be laid before the Governor and Council of the State of Virginia, or before any court of record in said State, or elsewhere, on behalf of the heirs and legal Representatives of Robert Todd and Levi Todd, decd - This affiant being of lawful age, and first duly sworn cautioned, charged, and sworn, deposes and saith, that in the month of August or September, in the year 1779, he said W m Meriwether joined Captain John Rogers Troop of light Dragoons, which was raised in Spotsylvania and Culpeper counties, State of Virginia, by said Rogers, by and under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed in 1779; which, when raised, was to be sent to the western Country, to join General George Rogers Clark's Regiment; That by virtue of said Statute, John Rogers was duly commissioned Captain of said company of Dragoons, and did thereafter march to the Illinois Country, to join Genl Clark's Regiment; That shortly, after Christmas, in the years 1779 & 1780, said Troop of Dragoons landed at Fort Pitt then called by that name, where Pittsburgh now stands. The river Ohio then froze up; so that the Troop was detained there until the spring of 1780, when the Ice broke up, when the Troop went down the river, to the falls of the Ohio, and from there then to Fort Jefferson a few miles below the mouth of the Ohio, on the Mississippi river, where the said Rogers' Troop of Horses joined for the first time Genl George Rogers Clark's Regiment. That when the Troop got there, Clark's Regiment was on the ground. That said Troop together with said Clark's Regiment, built the Fort called Fort Jefferson: That some time before that, that is in the winter of 1779, Clarke had taken Vincennes & Kaskaskia, and many other places of the British posts in the Illinois Country; That at Fort Jefferson or at the Falls of the Ohio, when this affiant's Troop joined Clark's Regiment, he well recollects that Robert Todd and Levi Todd, were there in Clark's Regiment, and acting as commissioned

commissioned officers in said Regiment, but the precise rank they, or either of them held, he does not at this distant date recollect, but that they were both Commissioned Officers he does not doubt, and is entirely confident that they were. He states that he cannot but believe that Levi & Robert Todd, who were brothers, went into the Regiment when it was raised, and marched from Virginia in said Regiment to the Illinois Country, because he knows they were with Clarke when he first joined them at Fort Jefferson, or the Falls of Ohio, in the Spring of 1780  Spring of 1780  Spring of 1780 . That the whole country was a wilderness for four hundred miles distant, that he was ever afterwards acquainted with Genl Clarke and many other officers, who was in said Regiment, and he never understood any thing to the contrary, but always understood that the said Levi & Robert Todd completed the entire expedition in taking the several British Posts in Illinois. That in the fall of 1780, Clarke's Regiment came from Fort Jefferson to the Falls of the Ohio, while the troop of Rogers, under the command of John Montgomery, was taking and destroying other posts of the enemy in the summer of 1780. That the said Troop came also to the Falls of the Ohio, where he thinks he again saw Levi and Robert Todd, in the service, acting as commissioned officers in said Regiment. That in the year 1781, after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, the Regiment of Clarke was reduced, and Robert Todd went into Virginia and married in 1782, and said Levi Todd remained in Kentucky, and was in the blue lick Defeat, fought in 1782, in the month of August, as he understood and believes, where Col John Todd was slain. This affiant was confident that Levi Todd performed as much service in Clarke's Regiment as Robert Todd, because they were in the same service, and left the service at the same time, as this affiant believes. This affiant was not again required by General Clarke to go into the service; nor was said  Robert

Robert or Levi Todd, as he ever understood. That this affiant is now in the seventy-fifth year of his age and has resided in Jefferson County, eight miles from the falls of the Ohio, ever since 1805. That in said Troop of Captain John Rogers he was appointed an orderly sergeant, and acted as such until the month of April, 178 1 , when he was appointed and acted as Lieutenant in said Troop of Horse by said Genl. G. H. Clarke, in the place of James Meriwether, who had resigned in said Rogers Troop, and accepted a commission in Col. Charles Dabney's Regiment of Virginia, on State establishment. That from examining a memorial to the Congress of the United States, made by Thomas M. Gilmore, who was a Commissioner on the behalf of Virginia on the 19 th Decr 1831. He finds that a board of Field officers composed of Col. Males, Col. Dabney, Col. Allison, Major Dicks, Maj. Nelson, and Maj. Meriwether, who were convened at Richmond, Va., in Feby. 1782 & 1783, who have made a Report of the Officers of Genl. G. H. Clarke's Regiment, entitled to commutation, pay under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1779, is defective in this, that on said Roll, the names of Cap d Edward Worthington, Cap d Heller, Cap d Bowman, Cap d George, and the said Levi Todd are not found, altho' they and each of them, to this affiant's personal knowledge, were in said Clarke's Regiment, when this affiant joined it in the spring of 1780 and remained in said Regiment as this affiant believed, as long as many whose names are found on said Roll, and some of the aforesaid persons remained in service longer than some whose names are on said Roll. And further saith not.  W. Meriwether.
State of Kentucky, Franklin County - Set.
This day personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the peace, in and for said County, William Meriwether, who being long and well known to me to be a man of credibility, and to be the person making the foregoing affidavit, and subscribed the same

same in my presence, and made oath, that the statements contained in said affidavit, is true to the best of his knowledge and belief; and I certify that said Theruvethed appears to be a man of the age of seventy-five years— And I do further certify, that the addition made to the foregoing affidavit, contained in the margin, was made before the same was signed or sworn to— Given under my hand and seal this 11 th Jany. 1833.
James Shannon
Franklin County- Set.
I, Alexander H. Pennick, clerk of the court for the County aforesaid, do certify, that James Shannon, whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate, was at the time of signing the same, and still is, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned as such, and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such; and that his certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of my office, this 12 th of January, 1833.
A. H. Pennick.
Clerk of the Franklin County Court
The affidavit of Benjamin Roberts, taken at the house of Mr. Bergen, in the County of Shelby, on the 14 th day of January 1833.
Deponent being of lawful age, and first duly cautioned, charged and sworn, saith that he was a commissioned captain in Clarke's Regiment of Illinois, and acted as such in Slaughter's corps of two companies, which he commanded as Major. That this affiant served from the winter 1818, at the Falls of Ohio, Kaskaskia & Fort Jefferson, until the said

said Regiment was disbanded, in the Fall or winter of 1781. And that whilst this affiant was in the service as aforesaid, he became acquainted with Captain Edward Worthington, who was a Captain in said Regiment, and also with Captain George, Captain Helton, and Lieutenant William Meriwether, and that they, and each of them served in said capacities until the Army was disbanded, and they, were all supernumeraries on the reduction of said Battalion, or at the time they were disbanded. To this affiant's personal knowledge the said Worthington lived in Knox Mercer or Lincoln County, Kentucky, before his death. This affiant understands that the names of the foregoing persons are not on a roll made out by the Report of a board of Field Officers who sat in Richmond Va in 1782, which this affiant has examined. This affiant is certain that the foregoing persons ought to be on said Roll, if any who are on said Roll, are entitled to Half Pay or commutation because they, and each of them, were  supernumeraries were supernumeraries, and liable to be called into service at any time until 1783; but neither of the aforesaid persons were ever again called into service after they were disbanded by Genl. Clarke. Further saith not. Ben. Roberts.
State of Kentucky } Set. H Shelby County }
I Geo. Bergen, a justice of the peace in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Roberts personally appeared before me, and was duly sworn to and subscribed the fore foregoing affidavit, and that I have been acquainted with said Roberts for 20 years, and that he is a man of truth and veracity, and I suppose him to be six feet or upwards high, straight form and good intellect - Given under my hand this 14 th day of January 1833.
Geo. Bergen J.P.S.C.

State of Kentucky } Set. Shelby County }
I James A. Whitaker Clerk of the County, court holden in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of George Bergren who has signed the preceding certificate, and I know it to be his genuine signature. I further certify, that he now is and was at the time of doing the same, an acting Justice of the peace, in for said County, duly commissioned as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office as clerk aforesaid, this 15 th day of January 1833.
Ex GGR
Wm. J. Whitaker A.S.C.
Executive Department, Richmond December 4 th 1834.
The foregoing pages numbered 1 to 6, contain true copies of papers filed in this department in support of a claim for. Said Bounty in the name of the heirs of Levi Todd.
Wm. Richardson Secy Com te .

7 affidavit of Benj. Briggs -

The Deposition of Benjamin Briggs of Lincoln County State of Kentucky aged sixty nine years.
This Deponent having been first duly sworn deponeth 4 and saith, that he removed to the now State of Kentucky in December 1777 & became acquainted with Levi Todd in the year 1778 who then resided at Harrodsburg That Levi Todd was married to this Deponent's Sister during that year in the Winter 1778 - That he knows of his own personal knowledge that Levi Todd was an Officer in that year in the Illinois Regi- ment Commanded by General George Rogers Clarke and understood that he was a Lieutenant - That 13 he said Todd accompanied said Regiment in the expedition during that year which resulted in the Capture of Kaskaskia, Vincennes and other British Posts in the Western Country, and was with said Clarke as an Officer for several years afterwards. This Deponent states that in the year 1782 he (the Deponent) accompanied an expedition Com- manded by said Genl. Clarke against the Indian towns called the Piqua towns on Mad River in the now State of Ohio, and said Todd was also 22 an Officer he thinks either a Captain or Major on that expedition under said Clarke and knows that said Todd was on every expedition from the year 1778 to the year 1783 and was always with Clarke & an Officer under him - That he also knows of his own knowledge (having accompanied

the expedition himself) that said Todd Commanded a Regiment under said Clarke in the year 1786 on an expedition against the Indians in the new State of Indiana - This deponent states that said Levi Todd died about September 1807 leaving the following Children his heirs and Legal representatives viz Hannah Stuart wife of the Rev d Robert Stuart, Elizabeth Carr, wife of Charles Carr, Nancy Todd wife of Doct. Jn o Todd, David Todd, Jn o Todd Jr, Maria L. Todd, Robert S. Todd, Samuel B. Todd, Jane Breck wife of Daniel Breck, Roger North Todd, Margaret Rodes wife of William Rodes, & James C. Todd all of whom this Deponent believes are now alive - Interlined in the 4 th 13 th & 23 rd lines before signed. } B Briggs
State of Kentucky Fayette County Set.
This Day personally came before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid the above named Benjamin Briggs and made Oath that the statements above made, & signed by him, contain the truth, & nothing but the truth. Given under my hand this 6 th Day of September 1833.
Wm Vreadford, J.P.

State of Kentucky Fayette County Set.
I James C. Rodes Clerk of the Court of Fayette County, Certify, that Dan d Bradford Esq. is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name this 7 th day of September in the year 1833.
J. C. Rodes C. of C.
State of Kentucky Fayette County Set.
For Oliver Keen presiding Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify and make known to all persons, that James C. Rodes whose signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is, at the time of the signature thereof, Clerk of the County Court of Fayette, State of Kentucky, and that his attestation is genuine, and in due form.
Given under my hand & Seal this 19 th day of September 1833.
Oliver Keen Clerk
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Charlestown Ind
Dec 29th
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Robert S. Ladd Esquire Frankfort Springfield Kentucky

I John Baughatt Clerk of the Board of Commissioners for the Illinois Grants do hereby certify, that it appears from the Books, and papers in this office, that Levi Lodd was a Lieutenant in the Illinois Regiment, and that he said Lodd drew two thousand one hundred and fifty six. acres of land in said Illinois Grant. which appears to have been deeded to him by the said Commissioners on the 5 th day of November 1788. In witness whereof I have here to set my hand and Seal (having no Seal of office) this 28 th day of December 1833 -
John Baughatt
We two of the Commissioners of the Illinois Grant do hereby certify that the above named John Baughatt is the Clerk of said Board of Commissioners, duly appointed and qualified - given under our hands this 28 th day of Decr. 1833 -
Geo. W. Dugay Andrew P. Hay

Markstown Decr. 28 th 1833
Sir. I send you all the Evidence that can be obtained from this office. the fee is $2 - you may think it high, but one of the canons lives same distance from Lawre, which caused some expense to obtain his signature. These two canons that signed the certificate were with others appointed by the Legislature of Virginia when the law was passed removing this office from Kentucky to the state of Indiana. if you can get an dollar notes on the Louisvill bank you may enclose to me -
I Am Respectful
John Dant

February 5, 1936.
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Mrs. Jesse C. Harper Ashland Kansas
BA-J/ady Levi Todd R.18516
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.18516, based upon the military service of Levi Todd in that war.
It is stated that Levi Todd while a resident of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, entered the service in 1778; was a lieutenant in General George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment of Virginia troops; that he was in the expeditions to Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and battle of Blue Licks, where his brother, Colonel John Todd, was slain; was in the expedition to the Piqua towns and served until 1783. It is also stated that he commanded a regiment under General Clark against the Indians in Indiana in 1786.
Levi Todd married in the winter of 1778, place, and name of wife not given. She was the sister of Benjamin Briggs, who was living in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1833, then aged sixty-nine years.
The soldier was at one time clerk of Fayette County Courts. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not stated. He died about September, 1807, in Kentucky, leaving the following children: Hannah, wife of Reverend Robert Stuart; Elizabeth, wife of Charles Carr; Nancy, wife of Dr. John Todd; Jane, wife of Daniel Breck; Margaret, wife of William Rodes; Maria L. Todd; David Todd; John Todd, Jr.; Samuel B. Todd; Roger North Todd; James C. Todd; and Robert S. Todd.
The above noted children applied under the Act of July 5, 1832, for the pension which might have been due on account of the services of their father.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.

Soldier's son, Robert S. Todd, was living in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1833.
Soldier's brother, Captain Robert Todd, married in Virginia, in 1782, name of wife not given; he died many years previous to 1833.
One James C. Rodes was clerk of the Court of Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1833; the name William H. Todd appears in the claim. Their relationship to the family not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

February 5, 1936.
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BA--J/ady
Mrs. Jesse C. Harper Ashland Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Joseph Hyde, of Connecticut, born 1736, died 1803, Benjamin Fessenden, born 1739, died 1783, that of his father Benjamin Fessenden, Robert Knowlton of Massachusetts or New Hampshire, that of his son Ezekiel, and that of his grandson, Nathaniel Knowlton, married first, Susan Greely, second time, Mary Connor, and died in 1833, Hezekiah and Elisha Kilbourne, John Hastings Allen, Captain Jonathan Robbins, probably of Connecticut, married Sarah Wells, John Allen, of Montville, Connecticut, married Karen Fox, John Hull, of Connecticut, born 1744, died 1786, Eliakim Hull, born 1766, married Sarah Andrews, died October 1, 1834, Peter Hitchcock, Patrick Lowry, David Todd and his children, John, born, 1752, married---Hawkins, Robert, Levi and Owen.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Joseph Hyde, Robert Knowlton, Nathaniel Knowlton, Jonathan Robbins, John Allen, John Hull, Eliakim Hull, and John Todd described above, nor of any Benjamin Fessenden, Ezekiel Knowlton, Hezekiah Kilbourne, Elisha Kilbourne, John Hastings Allen, Peter Hitchcock, Patrick Lowry, David Todd or Owen Todd, all spellings of the names searched. The records have been found of one Robert and one Levi Todd, only, which may be those of the soldiers in whom you are interested. Their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 5, 1933
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BA-J/ady Levi Todd R.18516
Miss Grace Menke Perry Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Levi Todd, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.18516, based upon his military service in that war.
It is stated that Levi Todd while a resident of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, entered the service in 1778; was a Lieutenant in General George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment of Virginia troops; that he was in the expeditions to Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and battle of Blue Licks, where his brother, Colonel John Todd, was slain; was in the expedition to the Piqua towns and served until 1783. It is also stated that he commanded a regiment under General Clark against the Indians in Indiana in 1786.
Levi Todd married in the winter of 1778, place and name of wife not given. She was the sister of Benjamin Briggs, who was living in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1833, then aged sixty-nine years.
The soldier was at one time clerk of Fayette County Courts. The date and place of his birth and names of his parents not stated. He died about September, 1807 in Kentucky, leaving the following children:
Hannah, wife of Reverend Robert Stuart; Elizabeth, wife of Charles Carr; Nancy, wife of Dr. John Todd; Jane, wife of Daniel Breck; Margaret, wife of William Rodes; Maria L. Todd; David Todd; John Todd, Jr.; Samuel B. Todd; Roger North Todd; James C. Todd; and Robert Todd Todd.
The above noted children applied under the Act of

July 5, 1832 for the pension, which might have been due on account of the services of their father.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
Soldier's son, Robert S. Todd, was living in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1833.
Soldier's brother, Captain Robert Todd, married in Virginia in 1782, name of wife not given; he died many years previous to 1833.
One James C. Rodes was clerk of the court of Fayette County, Kentucky in 1833; the name William H. Todd appears in the claim. Their relationship to the family not shown.
This is the history of the only Levi Todd, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
As a means of identifying the record of a soldier with surname Jack, the full name is essential, with as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Received by E.E. G.

May 6, 1909.
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A. N. T. Gentry,
Room # 315,
Exchange Nat. Bank Building,
Columbia, Missouri.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 23 d and received the 26 th ultimo, you are advised that in the papers in the claim R. File No. 12,516, it is alleged that Levi Todd was a resident of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, when he entered the service in 1778, and was a Lieutenant in General George Rogers Clarke's Illinois regiment of Virginia troops; that he was in the engagements at Kaskaskia, Vincennes and Blue Licks, also in the expedition to the Piqua towns, and served until the Spring of 1783.
It is further alleged that he married in the winter of 1778, --Briggs (given name not stated); that he commanded a regiment under General Clarke against the Indians in Indiana in 1786; that he was at one time Clerk of Fayette County Courts, and that he died in Kentucky in September 1807, leaving the following children-
Hannah wife of Rev. Robert Stuart, Elizabeth wife of Charles Carr, Nancy wife of Dr. John Todd, David, John, Maria L., Robert S, Samuel B.

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wife of Daniel Breck, Roger North Todd, Margaret wife of William and James C. Todd, who applied under the Act of July 5, 1832, for the half pay which might have been due on account of their father's ser- vices, but the claim was never allowed for the reason that no record proof of alleged service was furnished as required.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Jane wife of Daniel Brock, Roger North Todd, Margaret wife of William Rodes and James C. Todd, who applied under the Act of July 5, 1838, for the half pay which might have been due on account of their father's ser- vices, but the claim was never allowed for the reason that no record proof of alleged service was furnished as required.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

to Lion Tread & Co. Print
Have read the within paper of Judge Breck JEA
Edward Worthington

Judge Brock is mistaken in supposing that the only question in this case was whether the land was an off of the Klamath Nat. Forest or whether it should be held that there is a reservation to the Indians as to the land in question.
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Worthington

Levi Todd's Heirs.
The only question in this case is whether Levi Todd was a lieutenant in the Minden Regiment, commanded by Colo George Rogers Clark during the Revolution. That he was so, we think, is most satisfactorily established by the testimony-
Virginia promised the officers & soldiers of this Regiment 150,000. acres of land North West of the River Ohio, & in the deed of cession by her to the U. States in 1784, is inserted the following provision — (viz.)
"That a grant not exceeding "150,000 acres of land, promised "by this State, (Virginia), shall be "allowed & granted to the then Colo, "now Genl. George Rogers Clark, "& to the officers & soldiers of his "regiment, who marched with "him, where the Port of Koskashia

" & St. Vincents were reduced, & to the " officers & soldiers, who have been " since incorporated into the " said Regiment, to be laid off in one " tract on the North west side " of the Ohio, in such place " as a majority of the officers shall " choose, & to be divided among said " officers & soldiers, in due propor- " tions, according to the laws of " Virginia" —
The settlement was afterwards made in the now State of Ohio Indiana, opposite the falls of the Ohio & the City of Louisville in Ky — Commissioners, appointed for that purpose, subsequently divided this tract of land & allotted to Levi Todd, as a Lieutenant in that Regiment, 2666 2 / 3 acres, a Lieutenant's share, & conveyed the same to him in 1788 by deed, which was duly recorded — This fact is

is established beyond doubt or cavil by the and on file & by the official certificate of the clerk of the Board of Commissioners —
Now, taking into consideration the time & circumstances, under which this allotment & conveyance were made, more satisfactory evidence could hardly be adduced, & certainly, we think, ought not to be required, that Levi Todd was a lieutenant in said Regiment. The allotment was made at a time, when all the facts in ref- erence to that unsearchable and unprecedented expedition, & when the names of the officers, who were engaged in it, were fresh in the recollection of Genl. Clark & hundreds of other living witnesses — Genl. Clark himself lived at the time in or near

Louisville in sight of the settled Land - none but the officers & soldiers in Clark's regi= ment were entitled to any share in it - The situation & division were matters of necessity im= portance & notoriety - Robt & Levi Todd were men of high character - both generals in 1797, when Mr. Clay first knew them, & Levi the Clerk of the Courts of the County of Fayette - His character utterly forbids the idea that he claimed a share of this promised, reserved & settled Land, when, unless he had a here Lieuten= ant in said regiment, he must have known, he was not entitled to it - And such a supposition would do great injustice to his memory - It is equally absurd to suppose that the commissioners would

have allotted & conveyed to him the share of a Lieutenant without satisfactory proof of the justice of his claim — The presumption is irresistible that such proof was adduced — The only proof, which would have entitled him to such share, would have been that he was a Lieutenant in the Regiment — His elder Brother, Robert, is admitted to have been a Captain, & in the division there he received a Captain's share — But the fact does not rest upon presumption, although deemed entirely conclusive — Four witnesses swear positively to the fact that he was a Lieutenant in Clarke's Regiment — And who, let me ask, are these witnesses? Are they men of straw, whose testimony is equivocal, suspicious or doubtful? So far from it,

they are all shown to be men of light good & some of them of high & known character. & their testimony bears intrinsic evidence of truth. — Colo. Muri- within belonged to Rogers troop of Cavalry, attached to Clarke regi- ment — He knew Levi Tadd as a Lieutenant in that Regt. — & he lived & died in Ky within about fifty miles of his residence & was well acquainted with him up to the time of his death.
Bruf r Prigg, a brother-in-law, also swears to the fact — Whaley & Hospital are also emphatically equally certain in their testimony — The latter is a man of great age, but certified to be of sound mind & memory.
The testimony in the case of Welch in the Pension Office shows his character & that he continued in the Army till the

Spring of 1783 — The journals of the Legislature of Va show the certainty & accuracy of his recollections or memory in regard to Maj. Crutchfield , — that he was elected from Ky to the Legislature in that year, & his seat contested because he was an Officer in the Army.
The testimony of Mr. Clay also is not only consistent with, but strongly corroborative of, all the other evidence — He says Robt. & Levi Foss were his neighbors — He knew them as early as 1797 & often conversed with them in regard to the expenditures of Genl. Clark & always understood from them both that they were engaged in it, & that such was the general understanding. And what facts or circumstances it may be asked, destroys or even impairs the force of this mass of

evidence? Would any judge or jury hesitate a moment to render a judgment or return a verdict upon it? When the case was first examined in the Pension Office, the reason & the only one, assigned for disal- lowing it, was that there was none the want of record evidence that Liv Tadd was a lieutenant in the Mississippi Regiment. It seems to the undersigned unreasonable & unjust that the sum up of the claim should be made to turn upon that point. - If there is any such rule, it has neither justification  no reason for its foundation, & must work monstrous injustice. But it is admitted that there is any such rule. - It will not be controverted that the best evidence in the nature of the case should

be adduced - But if that cannot be had, evidence of a secondary grade may be admitted - The public records in regard to the officers & soldiers of the Revolu- tion have been destroyed & mutilated - The presumption is that the private papers of Genl. Poole, were burnt where the office was destroyed by fire as stated by Mr. Clay - At any rate At any rate it is almost half a century since his death, & it cannot be regarded as prejudicial to this claim that other evidence, than is adduced, cannot be found among his private papers -
But since this case was first examined, there has been exhibited additional & very important testimony - Besides it is

not true that there is no record evidence of the required service — There is, we contend, conclusive record evidence of that fact in the records of the Board of Commissioners, who divided the promised Lands — That evidence is equally entitled to consideration as the Report on list , found by Judge Cabell among the papers of Colo Read, & with which the Com- missioners of Pensions is familiar — That report is showers not to have been a full & complete list or roll of all the officers in Clark's Regiment — Besides it was ex- tracts — and when made on about that time, Robert Hays Todd were engaged in the bloody Hatchel battle, known as the Blue

Link Defeat , in which their elder brother, Colo John Todd, was slain —
But there is nothing in the evidence adduced, which goes to falsify that report or word or any other — There There is nothing inconsistent with it — The testimony in this case supplants the proven & admitted defects in the report or list referred to — in part at least —
In conclusion I will merely remark that no soldiers of the Revolution encountered greater hardships & dangers, or were more daring & chivalrous & rendered more important services, than this Illinois Regiment — And it is undoubtedly believed that no

officer in it was more entitled to half pay than Lieut Todd - And that the refusal to allow it, which the under- signed cannot anticipate, will do most manifest injustice to his representations —
Most respectfully submitted, Martin Brunt

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to be filed in Levi Todd's papers
This document is dated at Lexington in Sept 1787 and signed by Daniel Boone & Levi Todd. Levi Todd is the only signer who had been in the Illinois Region at that time, being in Lexington when the Head Men of the Kt Reg. were in Kaskaskia. —

Lexington Fayette County Sept 11 th '82
Sir
No 2. W.
The officers civil as well as military of this county beg the attention of your excellency & the honorable council. The number of the enemy that lately penetrated into our country, their behavior, adding to this our late unhappy defeat at the Blue Licks, fill us with the deepest concern & anxiety, the loss of our worthy officers & soldiers, who fell there the 19 th of August we sensibly feel & deem our situation truly alarming. We can scarcely behold a spot of earth but what reminds us of the fall of some fellow adventurer, massacred by savage hands, our number of militia decreases, Our widows & orphans are numerous. Our officers & worth men fall a sacrifice. In short Sir, our settlement hitherto formed at the expence of Treasure & much blood seems to decline & if something is not speedily done we don't will wholly be depopulated, The Executive we believe think often of us & wish to protect us, but Sir, we believe any military operations that for 18 months past have been carried on in consequence of orders from the Executive, have rather been detrimental than beneficial, Our militia are called on to do duty in a manner that has a tendency to protect Jefferson County, or rather Louisville, at Your without inhabitants a Fort situated in such a manner that the enemy coming with a design to lay waste our country, would scarcely come within one hundred miles of it, & our own frontiers open & unguarded. Our inhabitants are discouraged 'tis now near two years since the division of the country, & no Surveyor has ever appeared among us, but has by appointments from time to time deceived us, our principal expectations of strength are from him, during his absence from the country claimants of land disappear when if otherwise they would be an additional strength

we entreat the Executive to examine into the cause and remove it speedily — If it is thought impracticable to carry the war into the enemys country we beg the plan of building a garrison at the mouth of Lime Stone & another at the mouth of Licking formerly prescribed by your Excellency might be again adopted & performed. — A garrison at the mouth of Lime Stone would be a landing place for adventures from the back parts of Pennsylv a & Virg a , adjacent to a large body of good land which would be speedily settled — Would be exactly in the enemys front & a cropping place, not more than fifty miles from Lexington our largest settlement, & might readily be furnished with Provisions from above, till they would be supplied from our settlements here. — Major Netherland we expect will deliver this he will attend to give any particular information that may be deemed necessary.
Humanity towards inhabitants destitute of hopes of any other aid; will surely induce your Excellency to spare from the interior parts of the State 200 men and a few pieces of Artillery for these purposes above mentioned We are Sir yr Excellencys mo t Ob t V ry Able S er
Daniel Boone Levi Todd J Patterson R Netherland Eli Cleveland W m Henderson W m M c Connall John Craig W m M c Connell
No 2. W.
Publick service
His Excellency Benjn Harrison Esq r Gov r & commander in chief of the Commonwealth of Virginia —
Letter from Daniel Boone, Levi Todd and others —
Sept r 1783
No 2. W
Certify that the foregoing letter is truly copied from the 1st Vol of Illinoise papers now in the office endorsed
Endorsement

Vol 1. Executive Department.
Given under my hand at the Auditor's office Richmond Va this 28th Feb 1837 -
To Johnston First Auditor

11 Aff. of J.D. Columnist of Louisville. Ky —————

District of Columbia, Washington City.
This day personally appeared before me Benjamin H. Morrell a justice of the peace for the District aforesaid John D. Colmesnil, and made oath that he was for many years per- sonally acquainted with William Miriwether late of the County of Jefferson Kentucky deceased, and that the said Miriwether was a man of high character for truth integrity.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 th day of September 1850.
J. D. Colmesnil
B. H. Morrell

Levi Todd's papers handed to Cam 18 Feb 1857.

Department of the Interior July 26 th 1850.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 16 th inst. in the case of Mrs Rebecca Freeman

State of Kentucky Lincoln County ss
This day personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County and state William P. Tate & John M. Lewis who made oath that they were well acquainted with the late Benjamin Briggs who died in said County a few years since, and that they had known him for many years before his death. He was a man of high character for truth and integrity, and full faith and reliance could be placed on his statements on oath or otherwise. He was then eighty odd years old at the time of his death , and reported to have been an old Indian fighter and an amongst the earliest settlers of the now state of Kentucky. Given under my hand this 27 th of September 1850 -
J. S. Murphy J.P.L.C.
Kentucky Lincoln County ss
I Thomas Helm clerk of the County Court of Lin- coln do certify that John S. Murphy, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is genuine and that his commission is on file in my office and bears date the issuing of acting Justice is an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and that his signature is genuine and that his commission is on file in my office and bears date the day of 184
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of office at Stanford this 27 th day of September 1850 Thomas Helm clerk Lincoln County Court By G.H.M. Kinney ab.

Kentucky Lincoln County Set I Richard Singleton justiciary and justice of the peace in Lincoln County, do certify that Thomas Helm whose name is subscribed to the preceding certificate is now aged was at the time of signing the same the acting clerk of the Lincoln County Court, and that his certificate is genuine in all forms of law. Given under my hand this 7 th day of October 1830. Richard Singleton J.P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky Lincoln County and I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln County Court do certify that Richard Singleton whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is & was on the day of the date of his certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in & for Lincoln County duly commissioned & qualified. And that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his official acts and that his signature attached to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of this office the 8 th day of October 1830
Thomas Helm Clerk Lincoln County Court
Office of the Clerk
Wm

Statement of Mr. H. H. H. H. now District Atty. of the United States in Louisiana.
I do so - for the land describing him as a Lieut in Clarke's Regt & name but officers in that Regt
E. P. Brock.

Washington City Sept. 17 th 1850
Hon Daniel Buck
Sir
In answer to your enquiries I can state that I knew Rev. Buggs late of Lincoln County Kentucky from my early boyhood till the time of his death. He was one of the early pioneers to the West. He lived on the farm on which he died for more than half a century. He was a man of some peculiarities, but always preserved the character of an honest man, and his statements in relation to the early history of Kentucky could be confided in indeed he was immensely acquainted with the persons and events of note in the settlement of Kentucky.
I am very respectfully Your M o . aff t servant Logan Hinton

Washington A.P. Dec. 26. 1857.
Dear Sir,
Apprehending that a verbal request for an early examination of the claim of the heirs of Levi Tappan, deceased, an officer in the Minis Rif. com- manded by Genl. Clark in the Revolu- tion, might in the great mass of business in your office, be forgotten, I trust you will excuse me for thus running it in writing - your predecessor gave me an assurance that he would attend to it, but failed, no doubt by press of business —
With great respect
Your Obedt. Servt. Daniel Root
Council of Pensions

I was intimately acquainted with Genl Robert & Genl Todd from the time I established myself at Lexington in Kentucky to the period of their respective deaths. They were my neighbors, & as I fixed my residence at Lexington in 97, they had preceded me some fifteen or twenty years in emigrating to Kentucky. I do not recollect the period of their deaths, but they occurred some ten or fifteen years after my acquaintance with them commenced. They were both leading & prominent citizens of Kentucky. I have always understood, & entertained as truth, that they served under Genl George Rogers Clarke, in his memorable expedition, during the revolutionary war, against the British posts now situated in the State of Indiana & Illinois. I think I have heard both of them narrate incidents occurring on their march. Genl Genl Todd was the clerk of the courts of Fayette County in which Lexington is situated. The office of these courts was consumed by

fire in the year 1833 or 1834, & all the records were wholly destroyed or partially injured; I was present at the ruins of the Office the morning after the fire occurred. I make the foregoing statement at the instance & by the request of the Hon Mr Beck.
H. Clay.
Washington Sept. 1850.

Certificate in Nathl. Welch, Major
Indy Field —

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Affidavit of Capt. W. J. Smith "

State of Virginia } Seilicet County of Rockbridge } 3
This day Peter Triplett of said State & County made both before me and on oath of the peace within the same, in due form of Law, that he said Triplett is now Ninety Seven years old & of worth - that in the war of the Revolution he said Triplett was in the Illusion Service under George Rogers Clark in the Western Country as a private soldier - and that in that Service he knew Lieutenant Levi Todd who was a Lieutenant in the Illusion Regiment & served in it to the end of the war. He knew Major Brantingham, hav- ing carried him on his back from the boat to the shore, & in April 1783, when Brantingham was elected to the Virg a Legisla- ture, Lieut. Levi Todd was then in actual service - I also certify that said Triplett is of sound mind & memory & that in my opinion his evidence is worthy of all credit. Given under my hand & seal in my Official Character aforesaid the 20 day of December 1850.
C pm J Humphreys J.P. Clerk

Virginia buccaneer county sec. I Fayette Mancy clerk of the county court of said county do certify that William T Humphreys is a justice of the peace of said county & that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine
Witness my hand & the seal of said court this 24th day of December 1850.
F. Mancy

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claim of Levi Todd for Half pay —
Other papers in file
— Mr Todd has recd land bounty
left by Judge Brooks

affidavit of Benj. Whaley
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State of Kentucky Fayette County Set.
This day personally came before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Benjamin Whaley aged about seventy three years, being a Credible Witness, and made Oath, that in the year 1781 he descend- =ed the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to the falls of Ohio and was attached to Col Zachariah Morgan's Virginia Regiment as a Captain in said Regiment. That he then became acquainted with Col John Todd & Captain Robert Todd Officers in Col G. R. Clarke's Regiment Commonly Called the Illinois Regiment. That he understood then, & since from Levi Todd, his said Brothers John & Robert, & from many others engaged in service in said Regiment that Levi Todd was then, and had been for two or three years previous an Officer in said Regiment on the Expedition against Kaskaskia, Vincennes &c. That this deponent afterwards became acquainted well, with said Levi Todd & remained so till his death, & from Conversations with him & others, knows, & believes that he was an Officer (he believes a Lieutenant) in

said Clarke's Regiment from the time of Clarke's first ex- -pedition (he thinks from recollection 1779) until they were all discharged as Supernumerary Officers in the latter end of the year 1781 or beginning of 1782 - That said John & Robert have both been dead for many years - and further saith not.
Benj m Whaley
Sworn to and subscribed by Benjamin Whaley on the day and year above written viz May 17. 1833. before me a Justice of the peace for Fayette County.
Oliver H. Rods
State of Kentucky, Fayette County set I James C. Rods Clerk of the Court of Fayette County, Certify, that Oliver H. Rods Esq r 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 17 th day of September in the year 1833.
J. C. Rods C. of C.

State of Kentucky Fayette County S:1
I Oliver Keene presiding Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify that James C. Rodes whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate, is now, & was at the time of the signature thereof, Clerk of the County Court of Said County: that his signature is genuine & according to Law. Given under my hand & Seal this 19 th day of September 1833.
Oliver Keene 

PAID
29 3/4
Benja Watkins Leigh Esq. Richmond Virginia
Copy 2 Dec 9 G. R. Clarke to her to her mother
R. S. Todd

N o 46
This Indenture made this 5 th day of November 1788 between George Rogers Clarke, William Clarke, James F. Moore, Alexander Breckinridge, Andrew Heth, William Croghan & Richard Terrell, Gentlemen, Commissioners for apportioning the Lands granted to the Illinois Regiment &c. of the one part, and Levi Todd of the other part. Witnesseth, That whereas a certain tract or parcel of Land containing 149.000 acres lying and being in the North West side of the Ohio river was granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia by Patent bearing date at Richmond the 14 th day of December 1786 unto Certain Commissioners in trust to be laid out and divided among the Claimants agreeable to an act of assembly entitled an act for surveying and apportioning the Lands granted to the Illinois Regiment and establishing a town within the said Grant & One other act to amend the act aforesaid passed in the October Session 1786, the same being now laid out, the Commissioners herein first mentioned having received of the said Levi Todd the proportion of the fees payable to the Register of the Land Office for so much Land as is hereby to be conveyed, do grant, & Confirm unto the said Levi Todd a certain tract or parcel of Land in the Grant aforesaid containing 500 acres N o 46. being part of the Claim allowed the said Levi Todd by the Board of Commissioners in consequence of Military services by him performed in the Regiment aforesaid , and bounded as followeth viz. Beginning at two beeches and a sugar tree the North Corn of Thomas Wilsons survey N o 45 running thence with Wilsons line S. 40 o East 300 poles to two elms and a black oak, N. 50 o East 266 2 / 3 poles to two hickories and an Elm, North 40 o West,

300 poles crossing Silvercreek to three white Oaks, thence South 50° West 266 2 / 3 poles crossing the creek again to the Beginning. with its appurtenances.
To Have and to Hold the said tract or parcel of Land with its appurtenances to the said Levi Todd & his heirs forever. In Witness whereof the Commissioners have hereunto set their hands & Seals, the day & year first above written Signed Sealed & Delivered
in presence of Shapley Ross Reuben Eastlin William Sullivan
G. H. Clark Seal W. M. Clark Seal James Folsom Seal Alex. Brackinridge Seal Andrew Keith Seal W. Croghan Seal Richd. Terrell Seal
One other Deed from the same persons to Levi Todd of the same tenor for 500 acres. 3 Deeds from the same persons for 1656 acres in all 2656 acres in the Illinois Grant
Sir Your Letter in answer to mine enclosing affidavits in relation to my father's Claim was duly received. I enclose you above a copy of a Deed for 500 acres of land rec d for his services in the Illinois Regiment, which it appears to me, would settle that fact, & the Quantity of Land granted would fix the Rank he held - We are induced to believe that the State of Virginia are under Obligation to pay the Officers of that Reg t half pay for life, at all events they claim it, under a Law or Resolution of the Legislature of that State. If however as you suggest, Congress has assumed the payment of those Claims, I have only to address myself to that body - If the enclosed Deed should,

Mak any alteration in your views, please advise me; and if it should be your Opinion, that Congress is the proper tribunal to apply to (if the claim is at all valid) you will please retain all the papers, until the Session of Congress, when you will be so kind as to forward them to Mr Chilton Allan, our immediate Representative from this State in Congress. I am Resp t .
Yr Obt Servt
R. S. Todd.
The Destruction of my father's papers, when his Office was burnt in the year 1803 is the only reason why his Commission cannot be produced. That fact can be proven by Genl. Bodley's affidavit who lived with him some Years - Bodley died this Summer of Cholera. I am anxious to recover his affidavit -

220 Heirs of Levi Todd
Jan y 5 1835
Ref to the Committee on Rev d  Glains
Rev d 20 Jan y 1835.
Whitman Allan of Ky
Allan K. Rev Cls. 45. dis & leaves

Papers of the Heirs of Levi Todd Lee
A. J. Todd
John Hood
Clinton Allen
3000 3000 3000
marking the city
allan K 33 Rev. ce

Feb 27 th 1834
Sir I herewith return the paper of Robt Lodd, I have passed his land claim was taking steps to prepare his other claim, not supposing that he had said any thing to any one else, I am not well pleased with the whole matter, I have made a statement & sent it to Robt Lodd, which he will answer, then I can say what more I would have you to do for Robt Lodd, He has not been candid with me, I am much obliged to you for the paper for the time - I have had them
M. J. Lodd " " " "
To Hon. C. Allen Esq

1909 may 6. Hist. to N. T. Gentry & 1933 Dec 1. Hist. to Grace Menke. 1936 Oct. 5. Hist. to Mrs. Jussie C. Harper. Her letter in clm. of Robt. Todd, R. 18517. Q. 19, 7.
ACT OF FEBRUARY 14, 1871.
WAR OF 1812.
5322
RECEIVED
Levi Todd
Gr-
Various
Revolutionary
Discharged _____, 18
6026
N. J. Pay _____ act 32
Received _____, 18
Attorne

C O P Y
Pension Office, Sep. 8, 1851
Col. Jas. G. Berret
Present
Sir:
I have examined the claim of the representatives of Levi Todd, said to have been a Lieutenant of the Illinois Regiment and who appears to have been in service in Western Virginia at different periods of the Revolutionary War, in the said Reg't. But, there is no evidence of the time of his appointment nor any of the length of his service, nor is there any to show, in what particular Corps or Company he served. The histories of the military operations of that day show that volunteer companies of residents were frequently raised as occasion required and that they accompanied Clarke on his expeditions against the Indians and in the reduction of the British posts, but that they were not regularly in service although embraced by general reputation in the Illinois Regiment. The testimony of the witnesses filed is for the most part, vague and uncertain referring generally to his services, but relating nothing definite, as to his rank, Compy or period of service.
The deed for Todd's proportion of land in the Illinois Grant does not specify, rank or length of service, but is simply in consideration "of military service performed by him in the Ill. Regt". From the fact, that the name of Levi Todd is no where found or recognized as an officer of the Illnois Regt proper, from the additional facts, that he resided at Harrodsburgh, Kentucky, in the fall of 1778, and married in that year and in Augt 1782, was either a Civil or Military officer, of Fayette Co. in that State, and from the no less important circumstances that none of the deponents whose testimony is adduced are precise or definite in regard to his rank or service, the conclusion is inevitable that he was neither legally or technically an officer of the Illinois Regt. nor embraced by the Act of Congress of 5th July, 1832, nor the Act of Virginia, of May, 1779, upon which sd. act of Congress was founded, and that therefore is not entitled to Half Pay for life. It is an historical fact that various descriptions of troops, militia and volunteers as well as regulars occasionally engaged in service under Gen'l Clarke, and were often ranked as belonging to the Ills Regt and Va. State line, but as the Records of the day and other recognized evidence sufficiently show, who were and were not entitled to the benefit of the Virginia law and the Act of Congress founded thereon, it is not necessary to dwell on the subject in detail. Mr. Levi Todd was like many other patriotic men of that period and of that particular section of the country, who participated in the hazards of western warfare, who drew their proportion of land, secured to them in the cession of the North Western territory, but who were not embraced in the Half pay promise of the Virginia Act of May 1779, confirmed by the Act of Congress of 5 July 1832.
Your ob. servt
J. T. Heath, Comr

Levi Todd
handed to
Card -
19. Feb 1857.

N. T. GENTRY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ROOMS 315 AND 316 EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.
April 23rd 1909,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.,
Dear Sir:-
My Great-grand father, General Levi Todd, of Kentucky, was in the Revolutionary war; and I am trying to get the name of his regiment and company. He lived and died in Lexington Ky., and either enlisted from Kentucky, or Pennsylvania or Virginia. I will be so much obliged if you will kindly look up the records, and write me whether or not your records show anything regarding him, and his service.
Yours very truly

Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. MORTIMER PLATT, STATE REGENT, KANSAS CITY, MO.
MISS GRACE MENKE, STATE RECORDING SECRETARY PERRY, MISSOURI
November 17 1933.
Veterans Administration, Pension Department.
Washington D.C.
To whom concerned:- Can you supply me with information relative to General Levi Todd Todd. The following has been given concerning him.
General Levi Todd, an officer in the Revolutionary War, was born in Montgomery Co. Pa. in 1756 and died in Fayette Co. Ky. in 1807. He had two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah. His brother, John Todd was a senior Colonel at Blue Licks, where he was killed.
These Todds were of the Lincoln-Todd line. There is a record of a Hannah Todd who married a Robert Stuart. Is there any record of a Hannah who married a Mr. Jack?
A Mr. Jack, whose given name is not known, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war. Can you give me information concerning him? I thank you for any information concerning one or both of these. A little further information:
John Todd Jack was born in Penn. Sept. 5 1777 died Aug. 19 1835. Married Eliza Smith of Penn.
Yours Sincerely,
Grace Menke