Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11643, for Joseph Todd, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Todd, Joseph Patty
W. 11643
CONTENTS

25.499 Michigan, N.Y.
Joseph Todd of Clinton Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a 1st in the Company commanded by Captain Bullock of the Regt commanded by Col Wesner in the N.Y. War for Rebellion .
10/10 20 Ss Pp 35.55
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. at the rate of 35 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of July and sent to 34 S. O. Williams, Portage
Arrears to the 14th of Feb '31 106.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 17.77 $ 124.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. J. Sprague Clerk, Book C, Vol. 8 Page 101

March 1 st 1860. Duplicate issued and sent to S. E. Beach, Detroit, Mich.
5.190
Michigan Polly Todd widow of Joseph Todd
who served in the Revolutionary N. V.
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35. dollars 55. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 18 th day of May 1855. and sent to
D. C. Beach
Pontiac Mich.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 204 . Vol. A
321

31. 206.
Joseph Todd Michigan Ter y
Return e f. \frac{0}{100} for 1781 p 10 - 20 d. $ 35. \frac{55}{100}
G. A. Whittimore Pontiac Michy Ter y New Paris Oregon Ho of Rep.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
A. April 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Todd
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781. Entered as a minute Man and served to the close of the War Col. Mesner Cap. Butolf 68 years Orange County N.Y. Traditionary And a living witness Living Witness too Certified to be Credible See note f. 2  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said 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 was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service . This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Territory of Michigan
Oakland County 3 d . On this Seventh day of June AD 1834. personally appeared in Open Court before Stephen Runes Judge of Probate for the County of Oakland aforesaid now sitting, Joseph Todd a resident of the Township of Bloomfield in the County of Oakland aforesaid, aged sixty nines years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th AD 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States as a Minute Man under the following named officers and served as herein stated. The name of the General was John Heathorn, the Colonels name was Henry Werner, the Majors name was John Popenough, the Captains name under whom he served was Peter Butolf. Henry Butolf was the first and Joseph Todd the father of this declarant was the second Lieutenants. That he was enrolled in said Peter Butolfs Company as a private soldier the first day of April AD 1781. as a Minute Man, for during the war, That at the time of his enrollment he resided in the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange in the State of New York, that he was in no engagement. That he was in the field and not in garrison That in the year AD 1781. he was in actual service through all of the Months of June, July and August Stationed in the South east part of said County of Orange near the line of the State of New Jersey at what was then called Huts and Cloves Taverns, And again in the same year he was in the field from the fifteenth of September to the 20 th of November at which time he was Stationed principally at De Bows pond, called sometimes Long Pond near to which pond John Clark and Henry Bross were killed by the Tories & which Pond is in the said County of Orange That he was again called in to service on the first day of April AD 1782 and served under the aforesaid officers in the field from the said first day of April until the first day of August following at which time he was Stationed at Smith Clove near the line of said Orange County about ten Miles from West Point fort. That he was again called out on

the tenth of September in the said Last mentioned year 1815 and Continued in actual service until the 25 th of October following at which time he was stationed on the Mountains South of the Town of Warwick aforesaid + near the line of the State of New Jersey, that the whole time he was in actual service was ten months + twenty days The object of these services were to prevent the Indians and Tories from committing depredations on the property and persons of the inhabitants of the then frontiers by patrolling through the different sections of the Country - That he was born in the year of our Lord Seven hundred and sixty five That he did not serve with any Continental regiment or Company - He went in pursuit of the Tories who had killed two Men belonging to the same Company with himself by the name of John Clark + Henry Brop - He at another time went in pursuit of some Tories who had wounded one Captain Samuel Johnson, the above offences were committed by the Tories in the Town of Warwick aforesaid; That he has no record of his age; that he has lived since the revolutionary war in said County of Orange, in Lucern County State of Pennsylvania, in the Counties of Ontario + Genesee in the state of New York and the County of Oakland in the Territory of Michigan There were no Regular officers with the Troops where he served - He was called in to service by order of General John Heathcote the Commander of the Volunteers; And that during the time above specified in which the services were performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. That he never received a written discharge from the service; His character is well known to Oliver D. Allen Esq. B. D. Daddrell + the Reverend Isaac W. Ruggles who now reside in his neighborhood + who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution: That he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person excepting William N. Lenz who can testify to any part of his services, + that he was sixty three years of age was born in the said Town of Warwick on the 11 th day of February last, And that he hereby relinquished

every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - That he served with the corps on board under the command of Colonel Henry Besner
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid Stephen Meeus Judge of Probate P.C. M.R.
Joseph Tadd
We Isaac W. Ruggles a clergyman residing in the County of Oakland in the Territory of Michigan and Garrison Allen Esq. B. Hadwell residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Tadd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed in open court this 7 th day of June 1832 Stephen Meeus Judge of Probate P.C. M.R.
Isaac W. Ruggles Garrison Allen
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, And after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, And served as he states. And the Court further

Certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac W. Riggle the Clergyman who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Oakland aforesaid, and that the said Orion Allen Isaac B. Hudson who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Oakland, and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
Done in Open Court this 7 th day of June AD 1834-
Stephen Meeus Judge of Probate Oak. MS.
County of Michigan Oakland County 305.
I Walter Sprague Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Todd for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Court of Probate aforesaid this 28 th day of June AD 1834-
Walter Sprague. By John Goodrich Deputy Register

CHICAGO, } OFFICE. }
I Edward W Peck Clerk of said County of Oakland, do hereby certify, that, Samuel E Beaub Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, duly Elected and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writ- ing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledg- ment to be genuine ; and that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Circuit Court for said County, at Pontiac, this Seventh day of March A. D. 1855.
Edward W Peck CLERK.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
THIS MAY CERTIFY, that Joseph Toade of the township of Bloomfield County of Oakland, and State of Michigan, aged Seventy Seven years, and Fatty Lee of Bloomfield  aged Sixty Eight years County and State aforesaid, were duly joined in COVENANT OF MARRIAGE, by me, at Bloomfield aforesaid, on Thursday the 21 st day of September A. D., one thousand eight hundred and Forty Three and that Moses G. Spence of Northville and John Willis of Bloomfield County of Oakland and State aforesaid, witnessed the bans.
M. J. Henderson JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Marriage certificate
Joseph Dood
Do
Patty Lee
Sept 21 1843
By (M rs ) Henderson I Drea

State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this first day of August A D One thousand Eight hundred and fifty
four before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Patty Todd aged Seventy Nine years who being by me duly sworn deposes and says that she is the widow of Joseph Todd who was a Pensioner of the United States for services rendered in the war of the Revolution that she married the said Joseph Todd at Bloomfield in the County of Oakland and State of Michigan on the Twenty first day of September A D One thousand eight hundred and forty three by William S. Denderson Esquire a justice of the Peace of said County That her said husband Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in said County on the Fifth day of August A D One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight, that at the time of her said husband's death he was drawing from the United States Government a Pension as this deponent thinks of Twenty Six dollars per Annum. She makes this application for the purpose of drawing from the United States Government a Pension being the widow of Joseph Todd a Pensioner of the United States
Sworn & Subscribed before Patty Todd me this 1 st day of August A D 1854 Samuel E. Peck justice of the Peace
Seal

State of Michigan Oakland County
On this 2 nd day of August A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and fifty four before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Joseph R. Bowman who being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Joseph Todd a resident of Bloomfield in said County, that he is also well ac- quainted with Patty Todd who is the Widow of said Joseph Todd deceased that the said Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in said Oakland County on or about the 31 st day of August A.D. 1848, and that he saw him after his death and attended his funeral and assisted in his burial Sworn & Subscribed Joseph R. Bowman to before me this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1854 Samuel O'Leach Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan Oakland County
On this 15 th day of December A.D. One thousand Eight Hun- dred and fifty three before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Johnson Niles who being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a resident of the Township of Troy County of Oakland and State of Michigan, that in the year 1823 he was an acting justice of the Peace in the Territory of Michigan having been appointed by the Governor of said Territory, that on or about the first day of October A.D. 1823 he joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony Elizer Goodrich and Lucy Flesk said Marriage took place in the Township of Bloomfield in said Oakland County said Lucy Goodrich is the person who has made application for Pioneer land under the act of 1830 and is the widow of Elizer Goodrich deceased Johnson Niles
Sworn to and subscribed is before me this 15 th day of December 1853 Samuel O'Leach Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this Second day of August A D One thousand Eight hundred and fifty
four before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Asa B. Hadsell who being duly sworn depose and says that he was well acquainted with Joseph Todd during his lifetime. That he is also well acquainted with Patty Todd who is the widow of Joseph Todd deceased. That the said Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in said County of Oakland on or about the Fifth day of August A D One thousand Eight hundred and fifty Eight. That he saw the said Joseph Todd after his death and attended his funeral.
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 2 d day of August 1854 Asa B. Hadsell James E. Beach Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan } County of Oakland }
I Edward H Peck Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland do hereby certify that the fore- going testimony taken in open Court was duly certified to by Hon Joseph T. Copeland the Circuit Judge of said Circuit Court, and that the signature of said Judge above written is the genuine sig- nature of the said Copeland not whose hand writing I am well acquainted.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland. At Pontiac this Eighth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five
Edward H. Peck County Clerk for the County of Oakland and State of Michigan

State of Michigan County of Oakland
The Circuit Court for the County of Oakland
At a session of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland held at the Court House in the Village of Pontiac in said County of Oakland On the 2 nd Tuesday of May A.D. 1835 - present The Hon. Joseph T. Copland Circuit Judge
Personally appeared in open court before said Circuit Court Patty Todd aged 79 years who on oath in open court declares that she is a resident of Oakland Coun- -ty in the State of Michigan, that she is the widow of Joseph Todd de- ceased who was a Responder of the United States, that she was married to the said Joseph Todd at Bloomfield in said Oakland County on the 21 st day of September A.D. 1843 by One William S. Henderson Esqr a Justice of the Peace. That her said husband Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in said Oak- -land County on the 11 th day of August A.D. 1898 And that her name before her said marriage was Patty Ged and that she now is and has so remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Joseph Todd Joseph T. Marshall for Patty my Todd mark Witness my hand and seal A. Walker

Sworn & Subscribed to before me this by her mark Eighth day of May A.D. 1835 in open Court
W. T. Chapel Circuit Judge
Party to the

State of Michigan County of Oakland
The Circuit Court for the County of Oak- land
At a session of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland held at the Court House in the Village of Pontiac in said County of Oakland on the second day of May A.D. 1855. present the Hon. Joseph T. Copeland Circuit Judge
Persimmon appeared in open Court before said Circuit Judge William J. Henderson aged 47 years who on oath in open Court declared that he is well acquainted with Patty Todd who is now present in Court that he was also well acquainted with Joseph Todd deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States, that in the year 1843 he was an acting justice of the Peace of Oakland County, that on the 21 st day of September A.D. 1843 while acting as such justice of the Peace he did joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony Joseph Todd to Patty Lee which Ceremony was performed at Bloomfield in the County of Oakland and State of Michigan according to the Laws of the State of Michigan and that the said Patty Todd who is now present in Court is the identical Patty

Lee who was married to the said Joseph Todd, deponent further says that he is in no way interested in the claim of Patty Todd for a pension as being the widow of Joseph Todd. Deponent further says that he is now a resident of Oakland County and State of Michigan
Wm Henderson
I hereby certify that the foregoing testimony was taken sworn & subscribed to before me this eighth day of May AD 1833 in open court
W. A. Dodge Circuit Judge
Wm Henderson

State of Michigan County of Oakland
The Circuit Court for the County of Oakland
At a session of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland held at the Court House in the Village of Pontiac in said County of Oakland On the Second Tuesday of May A D 1835. present the Hon Joseph T. Copeland Circuit Judge.
Personally appeared in open Court before said Circuit Court Orson Allen Age 70 years who on oath in open Court declares that he is well acquainted with Patty Todd who is now present in Court that he may also well acquainted with Joseph Todd deceased who has said to be a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that the said Patty Todd is the widow of the said Joseph Todd, that the said Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in the County of Oakland and State of Michigan on the 11 th day of August A D 1828. deponent further says that he was present and attended the funeral of the said Joseph Todd and saw him after his death. that he has been acquainted with Patty Lee for more than twenty years and further that he has

no interest in this Claim for a Pension
O Allen
I hereby certify that the foregoing testimony was taken, sworn & subscribed to before me this Eighth day of May AD 1833 in open Court
Wm T. Cady Circuit Judge
O Allen

State of Michigan County of Oakland
The circuit court for the County of Oakland.
At a session of the circuit court for the County of Oakland held at the Court House in the village of Pontiac in said County of Oakland on the second Tuesday of May A.D. 1855 present the Hon. Joseph H. Cope- land Circuit Judge.
Personally appeared in open court before said Circuit Court Joseph K. Bowman aged 38 years a resident of Oakland County in the State of Michigan. Who On oath in open court declares that he is well acquainted with Patty Todd and has been well acquainted with her for the last 18 years that he was also well acquainted with Joseph Todd deceased who is said to have been a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that the said Joseph Todd and the said Patty Todd who is now in court lived together as husband and wife, that the said Patty Todd is the Widow of the said Joseph Todd and that she is the Widow who is making application for a Pension. deponent further says that he has no in- terest in this claim and further that the said Joseph Todd died at Bloomfield in

the County of Oakland and State of Michigan On the fourth day of August August A D 1848 that he saw him after his death and attended his funeral
Asaph R. Bonnaire
I hereby certify that the foregoing testimony was taken sworn and subscribed before me this 8 th day of May A D 1833 Wm. H. Hopleland Circuit Judge
A R Bonnaire

Know all men by these presents That I Patty Todd of Bloomfield in the County of Oakland and State of Michigan, have constituted and appointed and by these Presents do constitute and appoint Samuel E Beach of Pontiac Oakland County and State of Michigan my true and lawful Attorney, generally with power of substitution for me and in my name place and stead to ask and receive of and from the United States any Pensions, Land, Pensions Money or moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made or expenses incurred by my said husband Joseph Todd deceased while in the service of the United States, or on any other account what- soever, and in my name to give receipts & other sufficient discharge for such Pensions, Land, Pensions, Patents and moneys due as aforesaid and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature I may have with or before any of the Departments of Government or Congress generally, to do any and every other act or acts that I might or could do were I present personally at the doing thereof hereby ratifying & confirming whatever my said Attorney shall do in

STATE OF MICHIGAN, } Oakland County Clerk's Office.
I, Edward W. Peck Clerk of said County of Oakland, do hereby certify, that, Erastus Thatche , Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same a
Notary Public
within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledg- ment to be genuine; and that the annexed instrument is exe- cuted and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Circuit Court for said county, at Pontiac, this Eighth day of May A. D. 1855

in and about the premises (24) Virtue hereof
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8 th day of May A D 1835 Signed sealed & delivered Patty by Todd Seal in presence of
Mrs. Francis T. Miller
J. Walker
State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this 8 th day of May A D 1835
Patty Todd before me and acknowledged the fore- going Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the pur- poses therein contained
Erasmus Thatcher
Notary Public for Oakland County Michigan
Powers of Attorney

State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this 22 d day of February A D 1860 before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County, per- sonally appeared John D Millis who being duly sworn, according to law declares that he is well acquainted with Patty Todd whose name is inscribed on the Pension Rolls of the Detroit Agency, that the said Patty Todd had in her possession a Pension Certificate that for several years past he has acted as Agent for the said Patty Todd and has frequently drawn her Pension that her Pension Certificate was in his possession but that he has either lost or mislaid the same
Witness my hand and seal John D. Millis [SEAL]
S. E. Beach
Same for her husband
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 22 d day of February A D 1860, and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said John D Millis and that I believe his Oath is entitled to full credit & belief
Sammuel E. Beach Notary Public Oakland County Michigan

State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this 22 d day of February A.D. 1860.
before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for said County, per- sonally appeared Patty Todd who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that, she is the Widow of Joseph Todd deceased that at the time of the death of her said husband he was a Revolutionary Pen- sioner, that a few years since (the year this deponent does not now recollect) she made application to the Hon Commission of Pensions to have her name placed on the Pension rolls as the widow of Joseph Todd that said application was granted and a Certificate was granted this deponent that deponent has for several years drawn her Pension through her agent John D. Millis, that her Certificate for a Pension was left by her in the hands of her said agent and that she has been informed by him that he has lost the same
Witness to signature
Patty her Todd {Seal} mark
Frances H. Millis
S. E. Beach
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 22 d day of February A.D. 1860 and

I further certify that the reason why the said Patty Todd signs her name with her mark is in consequence of her advanced age & that she is afflicted with the Rheumatism
Samuel E. Beach Notary Public Oakland County Michigan

STATE OF MICHIGAN, OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } PONTIAC.
I, CHARLES V. BABCOCK, CLERK OF SAID COUNTY, AND OF THE CIRCUIT
Court thereof, do hereby certify that Samuel E. Beach Esquire, was, at the time of taking the affidavit hereunto annexed, a
Notary Public
in and for said county, duly Commissioned sworn and acting as such, and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, take affidavits and depositions; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said affidavit is genuine. so that the statements made by the said Beach can be relied on
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of said County, at Pontiac, this 22 day of Feb
A. D. 1860.
Charles V. Babcock CLERK.

Pontiac May 9 th 1835
Sir
I send you enclosed further proof in case of Patty Todd widow of Joseph Todd deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of Oakland County You will find annexed the affidavit taken in open Court of Wm Henderson the person who performed the marriage this with Certificate previously filed I presume you will deem sufficient. Also annexed is the declaration of Mrs Todd made in open Court together with the Affidavits of O Allen and J R Bowman similar to those filed with her first Application. Should you

Consider the equity of Patty Todd sufficiently established. You will please enclose her Pension certificate together with a draft on New York for Amount due her from the 21 st of March 1848 up to the date of her Pension Certificate
Annexed is a Power of Attorney to me from Mrs Todd to enable me to act for her the same as if she were acting in person
I am Very Respectfully Hon G P Waldo Your Obedt Servant Joseph P. M c Lean Saml E T Peach Washington D. C.

Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Si Incloud I return to the Pension office the Papers of Joseph Ladd for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
Please direct your communications to me at "Pantia" Oakland County M.T.
Should there still be deficiencies I will endeavor to have them pointed out & supplied
Yours Respectfully
Pantia June 28. 1834 - G. O. Whittimore

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11643
Patty Todd
Widow of
Joseph Todd
Re Rev War
Act: Feb 3 a /53
Index:—Vol. M , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1905 Jan. 3 - history to Mrs A B Avery mk

O.W. & M
C
101 Lawrence St Pontiac Mich. Dec 17. 1905
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir; —
Joseph Todd died Aug 4. 1848. ae 83. in Pontiac Mich. was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner His residence was New York State previous to coming to Mich. Can you give me place of birth and

name of wife and his service.
The Daughters of the American Revolution are marking the graves of Revolutionary patriots that are buried in this County.
Respectfully
Lillian D. Avery
(Mrs. A. B.)
Registrar.
Genl Richardson Chapter D. A. R.

O. W. and N. Div
3-407.
----- Div.
-----, Ex'r.
----- No. -----
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
The above title should be indorsed on every paper relating to this claim.
Washington, D. C., -----, 190-----
In response to -----
----- for information as to the status of the above-entitled claim for pension, you are informed that it awaits replies to letters of inquiry addressed by this Bureau under date of -----, 1-----, to parties supposed to have personal

Sol. declaration
June 7. 1834
Bloomfield, Oakland Co., Michigan.
At enlistment, Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y.
Qos. Jodd M. 11643
} 69 years.
Alm
b. { Feb 11 1765 Married
d { Bloomfield Mich Aug 4 1848
Where
When April 1. 1781.
Term 5 mos - 5 days.
as Private.
Capt Peter Bertholf
Col Henry Wiener
State,
Where
When April 1. 1782.
Sept 10 1782 to
Term Aug 1 1782 and Oct 25 1782.
as
Capt Same
Col
State
In all 10 mos. 20 days.
married Patty Lee,
When Sept 21. 1843.
Where Bloomfield, Oakland Co., Mich.
Aged 84 in 1860
Father Joseph Jodd
Page 161. N.Y. book

1309 ad March 3/55-
March 13/55-
Patty Todd - wid of Joseph Todd - U.S. Genl.
Capt -
Col -
Enf -
Dis -
Revolutionary War
Bopton
S. E. Beach Pontiac Mich n

Pontiac March 10 th 1833
Sir
I enclose you the claim of Solomon Close for Bounty Land under the late act of Congress. I also enclose affidavit of Patty Todd widow of Joseph Todd deceased a Pensioner of the United States for service in the war of the Revolution, who claims a pension during her life being the widow of Joseph Todd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and drawing a pension at the time of his death. Yours Very Respectfully S. E. Leach To Hon. S. P. Hildreth Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Detroit February 22 d 1860
Sir
I enclose to you an affidavit of Patty Good for a Copy of her Certificate for a Pension issued to her some five or six years since, Mrs Good having lost the original, or rather her agent has lost or mislaid it - Will you please issue her a copy and forward to me at this city
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt S. E. Beach

Brief in the case of Patty Todd widow of Joseph Oakland County and State of Michigan act 3 February 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
That the original is lost.
Name and residence of Agent.
J. E. Beach Esq Detroit, Mich
A. G. Foster Examining Clerk.

Territory of Michigan
Calhoun County ss. I William L. Lory of the County of Calhoun in the Territory of Michigan being first duly sworn on oath before me say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Ladd of said County who made his declaration in the Probate Court of said County on the 7 th day of June A D 1834 in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that I first became acquainted with said Ladd in the year Nineteen hundred and Seventy six in the County of Orange in the State of New York which acquaintance continued with little interruption to the present time, I was knowing to the fact of his enrolling himself as a minute man on or about the first day of April A D 1781 as a private during the time the war should continue, in the Company commanded by Peter Baloff attached to the Corps under the Command of Colonel Henry Wisner & Major John Popenough. That he knows of said Ladd serving in said Corps a considerable length of time in the years 1781 and 1782 the precise length of time he served I am unable to state but should think from my best recollection that he was in actual service in the Revolutionary war from ten to twelve months said Ladd at the time of his enrollment resided in the Town of Warwick in said County of Orange & I verily believe said Ladd is now sixty nine years of age, that the object of the service was to prevent depredations being committed on the frontier by the Indians and Tories, said Ladd was discharged from the service at the close of the Revolutionary war, I saw said Ladd while stationed at what was then called Sluts & Clors Taverns sometime in the month of June 1781 - I also saw him in the service while stationed at De Bonis, or Long Pond - I am unable to state any further particulars which came to my personal knowledge as to his services as I was not attached to the same Corps but understood that the Corps to which he belonged was often in actual service - And I do further state

I am now in my twenty third year - That I was well acquainted with John Clark and Henry Brop both of whom were killed in the Town of Warwick aforesaid by the Indians, said Brop + Clark belonged to said Peter Bulcolfe Company And I further state that I have seen the declaration of the said Brop + as far as I am acquainted with the facts personally + from what I have always understood I believe said declaration to be true
And further this deponent saith not.
William N. for  X Lenz
Mark
Oakland County ss.
I Gideon O. Whittmore one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Oakland aforesaid do certify that William N. Lenz on this 28 th day of June A.D. 1834 appeared before me + Subscribed and swore to the above deposition + that said William N. Lenz is a credible witness and truthful Given under my hand this 28 th day of June A.D. 1834 -
G. O. Whittmore Justice of the Peace Oakland County ss. I
Territory of Michigan County of Oakland ss.
I the undersigned Clerk of the County of Oakland do hereby certify that G. O. Whittmore Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Oakland aforesaid To all whom official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of the County aforesaid. at Pontiac this 28 th day of June A.D. 1834 -
Elias Comstock Clerk (seal)

5630 Harry Jodd. Wid. of Joseph.
Set A. E. Beach. Apr. 26/55.
aot. / 5-3

Mag: who pu: Arvai, 3 to death 4" Mch: 48, 3 to win; Liddon:
[Handwritten signature]

Palm 2008
Boynnton B
Hon L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Father J. V. V. Win: 7 Joseph.
Oakland Co:
Mich:
AA 153 $35 50 / 100 per An: Com: Derby: 3. 853,
Peny:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business,
J. S. Beach, Commissioner. Pontiac, Mich.

Dear Sir,
May 14/55
Sir, No 47
Please accept the sum of which the within name passbook was paid on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully
L. O. Mearns Commissaire.
5/16/55
Mr Randall R. J. Atkinson Esq. Flint Ave with Mr. Mearns

Joseph Toad paid to H Sept 1847.
Robertson auditor

Brief in the case of Patty Todd, widow of Joseph, Oakland County and State of Mich: act 3 rd July, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the act of June 1832, at the rate of $35.55 per An. Magistrate who married the parties so testified. Pensioned on 11 th March, 1848, as per the affidavits of two credible witnesses, report of the Third Auditor. Midwifery in Michigan is established by the affidavits of three credible Affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. E. Beach, Esq., Pontiac, Name and residence of Agent Mich:
H. B. Smith Examining Clerk.