Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 259, John Bodine, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
NUMBER _____
No. 259
Bodine, John Mary
CONTENTS

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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Mary Bodine M rs of John
Application under Law of 1836.
James S. Randolph atty
N. Baccama N.Y.
*Nichl. Carroll Atty. New York
Anna Bodine was married to Jacob Rowan 1 st Jan y 1820

Declaration of Mary Bodine, of Warren County, New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress, of July 4 th 1836.
State of New Jersey, County of Warren, ss: On this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three, before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County aforesaid, now in session, personally appeared Mary Bodine , a resident of the Township of Oxford in said County, aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of John Bodine, formerly of the County of Somerset, more recently of the County of Hunterdon, deceased; that her husband, the said John Bodine, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and did duty in the militia of New Jersey, and, as she believes, in the capacity of a private soldier; that he lived during the Revolution in the County of Somerset, and belonged to a militia company, but what was his company she cannot now recollect. Col. Middagh was a part, if not the whole of the time his Colonel. At any rate she recollects him as her husband's officer. It is impracticable for her, at so remote a period from the time her husband's service was performed, and with the necessarily small knowledge she had of them, to attempt a narrative of them; but she can never forget his frequent absence from home, and the danger and peril he encountered, & the fatigue he underwent, for these were the subjects of their conversation on his return from tours of duty. He was engaged in the War from the beginning to

The end of it, doing she believes as much service, with as much fidelity & zeal as any other soldier. He was out at the time the Hessians were taken at Trenton, which she believes was in 1776, and again at the battle of Monmouth in 1778, and at the battle of Springfield in 1780, and in various other engagements of smaller note, which are impressed upon her memory from their importance and severity. She heard him say at one time when he returned home from a tour at Middlebrook and along the Raritan in the Winter of 1776-7, that but for the timidity or cowardice of their captain, whose name she does not recollect, his company would have taken a party of British officers and soldiers, who had a large amount of plunder in their possession. He was very indignant at the restraint in which his company was held. But, as she cannot testify to any thing which would be material to determine the amount of service her husband performed, she omits all further details, and relies upon such proofs as her agent and friends may kindly furnish for her. She is advised that her husband's name is on the books at Trenton, in the Secretary of State's office, but spelt in one letter different from his mode of spelling. She knows of no other family of Bodine in Somerset County except her own, and believes they all spelt their name as she does her - Bodine . She has no doubt the error is a clerical one, as she is informed they are very common in the lists in question. She refers to the record in question, or the authentication of it, in part proof of her claim, and to such other papers as may accompany this declaration, not now obtained. She has hitherto made no application for a pension because she could find no one to obtain proof of her husband's services.
The further on her oath declares that she was married to the said John Bodine some time in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven eight , by the Rev

Mr Van Buren, Cong since deceased, at the house of John Bogart, South Branch, Somerset County; that she has no record of her marriage at all; but she has a record of the dates of her and her husband's birth, and of the birth of their children, and that record shows that their first child was born on the 22 d of April, 1777, and their marriage took place a year or more before that event. This record she sends with this application as the best and only evidence she has of her marriage. Her husband the aforesaid John Bodine, died on the eight th day of August, eighteen hundred and six, and she has ever since that period remained a widow, as will more fully appear by the testimony which follows. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open court.
Note. The word "Seven" erased, & the word "Six" interlined in the date of marriage, before execution hereof. The interlineation after the word "of" retained, above, as giving the reason for not applying seals, made before execution.
Mary Bodine
David Shackleton
I David M. Higer Clerk of the County of Somerset in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, in the matter of the application of Mary Bodine, widow of John Bodine for a Pension. Notwithstanding that David Shackleton is a Judge of said Court, he is hereby duly sworn and commissioned as such Clerk.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three.
David M. Higer, Clerk

State of New Jersey, Warren County, ss: On this Sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight- hundred & forty three, before me a Judge of the Pleas of said County, personally appeared now Ann Rowans Ann Bodine, known to me as a credible person, also being duly sworn, on her oath declares that she is the daughter of John Bodine, formerly of the County of Somerset, decd. and of Mary Bodine, now living; that she is in the 40 th year of her age, as she believes, and as she is informed by a Bible record in possession of her mother, and to which her mother refers in her foregoing declara- tion; that said record has always been represented to her as containing the truth in regard to the ages of her mother & father, sister, mother, & her other  own children, and that she has no doubt of its perfect verity. That her father, John Bodine departed this life on the eighth day of August, eighteen hun- dred & thirty  thirty , and that her mother is now, & has ever since been, a widow.
Subscribed this day & year aforesaid, before me
Ann Rowans
Prof. Shackleton
The words now Ann Rowans were interlined after sworn to by the consent of Ann Rowans
Prof. Shackleton

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
John Bodine born 20 th Dec r 1754 Garret Bodine was born 6 th Sept r 1781 Frederick Bodine was born 14 th Oct r 1784 Mary Bodine was born 8 th April 1754 Eliza Bodine was born 22 nd April 1777 Mary Bodine, daughter of John Mary Bodine was born 7 th Feb y 1787 Anna Bodine was born June 7 th 1798 Jacob Rowan was born 25 th October 1798. Mary Bodine Rowan was born 30 th Sept r 1820. Julian Rowan was born 31 st May 1823. John Rowan was born 29 th March 1825. Lorenzo Houseworth was born 16 th May 1815 Betty Rowan Was Born 9 th of May 1829

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Anna Bodine was Married to Jacob Rowan 1 st Jan y 1820

10 Mary Bodine's caser - Maw of John
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Act 7 July 1838
Marrid prior to 1794
husband died 1806
Hon W. L. Dayton
Senate N. S.

Supplemental Declaration of Mary Bodine, of New Jersey, widow John Bodine. State of New Jersey, County of Essex ss. On this Ninth day of December, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Bodine, known to me to be a credible per- son, who being duly sworn, on her oath saith: That she is the widow of John Bodine, formerly of the County of Somerset, dec. & is in the 91 st year of her age. That she has heretofore made application for a pension under the act of Congress of 4 th July 1836; but that un- derstanding from a letter from the War Department that the date of her marriage, on the birth of her first child is not satisfactorily proved, that in conse- quence of this doubt she may not be considered as entitled to the benefit of the act aforesaid: This supplemental declaration is therefore to signify and declare, that in case the War Department adheres to its decision as to the insufficiency of proof as aforesaid, she hereby applies for, & will cheerfully accept the benefit of the act of Congress of June 1838, and of the several supplements thereto. But, she most respectfully requests a review of her case, and such a decision, if just & practicable, as may bring her within the terms of the act of 4 th July 1836. Subscribed from the day of year aforesaid, before me Stephen R. Haines Mary h Bodine Justice of the peace mark
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss.
I John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify that Stephen R. Haines before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Mary Bodine was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, that the signature "Stephen R. Haines" to the first of said affidavit is genuine and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & seal of office The Ninth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred forty five J P Jackson Clerk

5366
New Jersey
Mary Bodine widow of John Bodine
who served in the Revolutionary Col o Freylinghausen N.J. war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Jan y 1837 and sent to
Genl H. Bennett House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 282 Vol. 4

100 White Grove In case of Bodine Family Record Book.
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James F. Randolph Esq. Mansfield Warren Co. N.Y.
J. H. Randolph Chambers Atty

State of New Jersey, County of Hunterdon, ss. Be it known, that on this Second day of July, 1845, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appear- ed Elsie Brown  Bodine , whom I am satisfied is a credible person and entitled to implicit belief, also being duly sworn, on her oaths saith, that she is the daughter & the eldest child of John Bodine, formerly of the County of Somerset in the State aforesaid, and of Mary Bodine, now of Warren County, New Jersey; that she has in her possession and has had for thirty years a record of the ages of her father & mother, and of the birth and ages of all their children; that this record is in a book called Scott's Essays  Essays ; that she understands & believes it to be, if not the original record of the mat- ter therein set forth, yet the oldest extract; that she unquestionably believes it to be a perfectly true & genuine record of what is therein set down; that from this record she ascertains her own age, which is a lit- tle over sixty eight, she having been born on the 22 d April, 1777; that this record is now called for by an agent of her mo- ther whom she understands to be engaged in endeavoring to obtain a pension for her mother mother , and that she resorted to it for that pur- pose.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid, before me.
Note. The word "Essays" erased, & the word "Essays" interlined before execution. Recd. of 3
Present William McDumple Elsie her Bodine mark
William McDumple one of the justices of the Peace in & for said County

State of New Jersey Huntingdon County } I, Joseph Besson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that William all De- -nuncie whose name is subscribed to the within Affidavit was at the time of taking thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly com- missioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Flemington this - 9th day of July AD 1840 - J s Besson C lerk

Will the Club of Huntedon please authen- ticate this & enclose it to me at Mansfield, Warren Co. N.J. James P. Randolph as soon as practicable. Farmington July 2/48

Captain Donike, please to let the bargemen hereof receive the pay for the time that I have been under you at Bergen if so doing you will oblige your friend
John Bodine

Received the full of this Order from Jacob S. Lyk the sum of 2-12-0 1/2 pay Rd by me John Varney
BODINE, JOHN (N.I.) W. 259

A List of the men in Capt. Tuckerman Company who had Cash from me since Jan 24th Capt. is as follows
777 John Beckman Jun. Br To Cash at Sundries since 4-10-8 To from John Beckman 1-2-6 Frantz Van Vecht Br To Cash 10 dollars 1-10-0
Frantz Van Vecht Br To Cash 10 dollars 1-10-0
James Tuckerman Br To Cash at Sundries since 3-5-0 Paid to John Beckman
John Beckman Br To Cash 6 dollars 2-5-0
Cristofel Stryker Br To Cash 2 dollars 2-15-0
Cornelius Van Vecht Br To Cash 3 dollars and 6/ 1-9-6
Nicklas Hall Br To Cash at Sundries since 3-3-9
John Van Vecht Br To Cash at Sundries since 3-12-6
Edward Burn Jun. Br To Cash 10 dollars 1-9-6
John Huff Br To Cash 3 dollars 1-2-6
James Tuckerman Br To Cash at Sundries since 2-5-0
Isaac Hall Br To Cash 3 dollars 1-2-6
John Johnson Br To Cash 9 dollars 8 2/6 1-5-0 22-6-8

Received Febry 19-1778 from Jacob Ten Eyk the sum of four pounds it being in full for the Voyage at Elizabeth St Pennsylvania
Henry Aaron Harris
Received Febry 19-1778 from Jacob Ten Eyk the sum of one pound 10 shillings it being in full for the Voyage at Elizabeth George Lockbaum
Received Febry 19-1778 from Jacob Ten Eyk the sum of 28/6 it being for the Voyage at Elizabeth Conrad - Vintsmith
Received Febry 19-1778 from Jacob Ten Eyk the sum of 29/6 it being for the Voyage at Elizabeth James Gaylord

Oct. 1, 1903. This is A. J. Wilcox. Syracuse N.Y.
259 Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 259
Mary Bodine Widow
John Bodine Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Vm 5923
Mary Bodine
N Jersey
Repaired Suzanne (See the other side.)
Set to Nicholas Carroo Oct 26. 1843. " to M c William Sept. 14. 1844 " to Same Jan y 1 st 1845 " to Same Sept 3. '45 - do. 6 J. T. Randolph Sept. 22. 1845. R. to Same Nov. 11. '45 Act July 4 36

No.
Mary Rodine Mans of John NY
act 7 July 1838
Adms 6 mo per $20 00 per am
Adms acts March 1843, and 17 June 1844 $20 00 per am
Hon M c L. Dayton Senate W. Stat.

9825.
New Jersey May Bodine,
Widow of John Bodine who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 8 August, 1806 of Warren Co in the State of N. J. who was a private in the commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by _____ in the N. Jersey line for Amboy,
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jany. 1846 and sent to Hon: W. L. Dayton, U. S. Senate
Total amount, $ 100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 191.

7587. New Jersey Mary Bodine, widow of John Bodine, who was a private, in the New Jersey line
Rept 20th
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Jan'y. 1846 and sent to sent to Hon. W. L.
Dayton, U. S. Senate.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844.
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 93.

Wamphill, July 23, 1845.
Sir, after a long and inde enquiry, I have at length succeeded in finding in the possession of Mrs Bodine's eldest daughter, a family record between thirty and forty years old, and the oldest, probably, now in existence. Mrs Bodine remembered that there was such a record, but she supposed it to be lost or destroyed. Her daughter, however, had preserved it with scrupulous care. I send it in the book in which it is made, supposing that in this shape it would be more satisfactory than in a detached form. If you please, the book may be returned, provided it be not chargeable with postage. I have endeavoured in vain to find any record in Church or State of the marriage of Mrs Bodine. I trust that the next best evidence now furnished will be satisfactory.
I have also the pleasure to forward herewith some further unquestionable testimony to the services of Mr. Bodine, found among the Revolutionary papers of Capt Jacob Ten Eyck. I suppose that this evidence will entitle Mrs Bodine to a credit of at least two months service, in addition to the 10 or 12 months already set forth.
And now having done all that is in my power in this case, I most respectfully submit it to the final action and decision of the department, in the hope that it will receive a candid, liberal & prompt examination.
J. L. Conrad Esq. On Pension.
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Most respectfully
James H. Randolph

P. f. I have been anxiously waiting nearly two months, to an answer to my simple enquiry how I can make Capt. Van Eyck's music rolls in the hands of his relative, available in Mr Lane's case.

Jan 11/57
Act 2 Feb 1848
W. Cook
Henry Bodkin 21 King
Howland Beinecke
H. H. H.

Declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 February 1848 Entitled an Act Making further Provision for Surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution
State of New Jersey } On this Seventh day of January Essex County } 1851 Personally Appeared before me Henry D. Headen a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Authorized by Law to administer Oaths Mary Bodine Widow of John Bodine a resident of the City of Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey aged 99 years who being first duly sworn according to Law on her Oath made the following declaration in Order to obtain the Benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 2 1848 granting pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the Widow of John Bodine Who was a Private in the American Army and Served therein during the Revolutionary War But owing to the advanced age of this deponent she cannot recollect in what Regiment but that she is the Identical Person named in an Original Certificate in her possession of which (I Certify) the following is a True Copy War Department Widows Pension
I Certify that in conformity with the Act of March 3 rd 1843 & 17 th of June 1844 Mary Bodine Widow of John Bodine who was a Private and died on the 8 th day of August 1806 is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Twenty Dollars and — cents per Annum commencing on the 4 th day of March 1848 and terminating on the 4 th day of March 1848 unless

The Pensioner should Marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case, the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage or death
Given at the War Office of the United States this 19 day of January One thousand thousand eight hundred and forty six W. L. Marcy Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Endorsed. Payment to be made at Trenton by P. Dickinson Agent for paying Pensions in the Agency of N. Jersey Payable on the 4th of September and 4th of March Recorded in the Pension office in Book A Vol 2 Page 93
And further declares that she still remains the Widow of the said John Bodine Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me Henry D. Hadden Justice of the Peace Mary Bodine
The words "the Pension" were interlined between the two upper lines on this page before execution thereof Henry D. Hadden Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents That I Mary Bodine of the City of Newark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Abel Chandler of Norwich New York my true and lawful agent and Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Treasury of the United States or from any agency the Commissioner of Pensions may appoint for paying my said pension from the 4 th day of March 1848 to the 4 th day of September 1850
Witness my hand and seal this seventh day of January 1851
sealed and delivered in the presence of Henry D Hadden
Mary Bodine
State of New Jersey } Be it known that on this 7 th day Essex County } of January 1851 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths personally appeared Mary Bodine above named and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her Act and deed for the purposes therein specified In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year last above mentioned
Henry D Hadden Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss. I John R Weeks Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify

that Henry D. Heedden, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and taken at the time of taking the same was one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, elected, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to administer oaths and the signatures to the jurats of said affidavits and wherever they occur in the foregoing Instrument In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the Seventh day of January A.D. 1851
J. R. Weeks clk

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Mansfield NJ Sept 10
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Coon Run, Pa. Washington City.
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Mansfield, Sep. 10, 1845.
Sir, If the evidence produced of the marriage of Mrs Bodine, be deemed inconclusive and insufficient, both as to the fact and date , of course, the whole case falls to the ground, as nothing better is attainable. I had confidently supposed, however, that the last family record found in the possession of Mrs Brouce, made some thirty or forty years ago, the oldest known to be in existence, the acknowledged guide of the whole family, supported and war by the competent, disinterested testimony of the oldest child of Mrs Bodine, would be considered quite satisfactory as to the fact of marriage, & would establish so reasonable a certainty as to the date, as to answer the requisition of even the rigid rule of the Department. And I cannot yet yield the hope, that upon a review of the decision of the Department, it will not insist upon what, in this instance, would be a complete bar to an otherwise well established claim.
The opinion of the Department, that the services embraced in Capt Ten Eyck's documents and in the accompanying Certificate issued by the State, has three serious difficulties to encounter: That the former is evidence absolute of money paid for services rendered, and the latter of money due & unpaid for services rendered; that they cannot be referred to

The same service, without imputing connivance and fraud to the certifying Officer in presenting a claim already paid; that that so far as any evidence exists or is known to the officers of our State government, no certificates for arrears of pay were ever issued for services prior to 1780 or 1781, whereas Bodine did the duty in question in 1778, or before.
The Department refers only to the amount paid to Bodine for services under Capt. Van Eyck. There is evidence also of £2. 5. 0 paid to him by Capt. Van Eyck, for services under Capt. Simison .
In conclusion, I can only say that as Mrs. Bodine's expectations are small, and her wants very pressing, she being now wholly dependent upon charity, she would gladly accept any allowance which the Department may feel itself authorized to allow.
Most Respectfully, James F. Randolph
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com. Services.

FRANK Z. WILCOX, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 405 KIRK BLOCK.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sep. 3 1903
Hon. E. F. Ware Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir:-
From the records in your office can you tell me the name of the widow of John Bodine from New Jersey, on whose service in the Am. Revolution she drew a pension? Was she his first or second wife? Do these papers disclose when and where John Bodine was born , How long he served in the army and where and where he died ? If the papers in this case reveal these facts, will you kindly give them to me such facts as the papers reveal regarding John Bodine and his widow the pension. Very truly Yours F. Z. Wilcox

May 23 rd Dine Broof of Lemmas Act July 4 th 36
Report James S. Randolph Atty.
11 Mo. Capt. Lee Eyck

State of New Jersey, Somerset County, ss: On this 3 rd day of April, 1843, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James Ten Eyck, known to me an credible person, who being duly sworn on his oath, saith, that he is in the 70 th year of his age, is the son of Jacob Ten Eyck, dec. who was a Captain in the militia in the Service of the Revolution. That he has in his possession a number of the pay, bounty & muster rolls of his said father, that in one of the pay rolls of 1777 he finds the name of John Bodine, formerly of the County of Somerset, dec. also as having served a term of sixteen days under the said Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck, to wit: from the 24 th day of September 1777 to the 10 th day of October in the same year, receiving therefor pay to the amount of one pound thirteen shillings & four pence; that the said term of service was per- formed in Col. Treloar's Keyser's Battalion & Gen. Freeman's division, in the State of Pennsylvania: He further saith, that he declines to surrender the original muster & other rolls in his possession, because whilst he has them, they are accessible to any one, & he is unwilling they should ever be used indiscriminately. Given the day & year aforesaid James Ten Eyck said before me
James Taylor Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
James Taylor Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, and power of attorney acknowledged, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Somerset in said state, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said James Taylor
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said state, this Nineteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty- three .
Charles G. McChesney Sec'y of State.

Oct 9. 1844 loc
Marshall D. G. Oct 14 J. A. Edwards Esq Wm. Pennycuick New England St

Wansfield, Oct. 7, 1844.
Sir,
There are but two cases now, I believe, remaining in your office, definitely unacted upon, in which I am concerned. One of these, the application of Mary Bodine , of Wansfield, under the act of 4 th July, 1836—I sent some fifteen months ago, to the care of a Mr. Lowell, of N. Y. then in Washington & highly recommended to me; and from that time to this, I have not heard a syllable from Mr. Lowell or from the Department in relation to it.
The other case is that of Margaret LeDorette a pensioner under the act of '38, but entitled to, and applying for the benefit of the act of '31. The Department required proof of the date of her marriage, & this I have furnished in such a form & to such an extent, as I suppose will be satisfactory. In the lapse of time since this was forwarded, I am apprehensive that it has been mislaid or forgotten, in the multitude of business which throngs the office.
Most respectfully,
Yours at service,
James M. Randolph
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions.

No. 10. 1895
Recd of The Boston Public Library
Manuscript B.1.22 Nov 7 James L. [unclear]

Mansfield, Nov 6/55.
Sir, It must be very gratifying to Mrs Bodine, to receive the ultimate deci- sion of the Department in her case, before the Session of Congress commences, or the full vigour of Winter are exerted.
Most Respectfully, James I. Randolph.
James I. Edwards, Esq.

Know all men by these presents, that I Mary Bodine of the County of Warren in the State of New Jersey do hereby constitute and appoint James P. Randolph of the same County and State my sole true & lawful attorney for me and in my name and behalf and to my use to prosecute my claim for a pension under the laws of the United States, and in all things touching said claim to do and perform whatsoever, he in his discretion shall think proper, the same as if I were personally present, and consenting thereto, for which purpose full power and authority are hereby given to him and all his acts ratified and confirmed. Given under my hand and seal at Belvidere this sixth  fourth day of December, Eighteen hundred & forty four.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the day & year aforesaid in my presence
M. P. Robeson P. F. Randolph
State of New Jersey Warren County ss. Be it known that on this sixth  fourth day of December 1844, before me one of the Judges of the Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Bodine the above named grantor, and being first made acquainted with the nature & contents thereof, acknowledged the foregoing Sole power of Attorney to be her act and deed, freely given without compulsion or extraordinary or improper inducement, as witness my hand the day and year last above written.
M. P. Robeson Pro. Judge.

Bethany Decem r 6. 1844. This is to certify that I have examined the Bible which contained the record of the marriage of Mary Bodine to John Bodine (which record is said to have been forwarded to Washington with Mrs Bodine's application for a pension, I have also examined the date of the reprint of said Bible (viz 1826-) and am fully satisfied with the correctness of each. I am personally acquainted with the said Mary Bodine and with two of her children; Mrs Bodine is a lady of unimpeachable character, in possession of her faculties, to an extent unusual at her time of life; her powers of recollection remarkable and a person who would not knowingly falsify or misrepresent. The appearance of the children of Mrs Bodine inverts the age assigned them in the record.
Wm P. Robeson Juge.

Conw Nov 19 '45
Mrs Bodine N.J.
Richard, Ag. Mr. P. Williams, Hawley, Pa.

Sir,
Mansfield, Nov 17, 1845.
I recently had the honor to address a short note to the Department, intimating the gratification Mary Bodine missed experience in having the ultimate decision in her case, before the session of Congress crowded out such applications from a hearing. In reply to which, I am favored with a letter of the 11 th inst. referring to another from the Department of 5 th Sept. last.
I have the pleasure to say, that I have a subsequent letter from the Commission of Pensions dated of Oct. 22 Nov. 11 th which a totally different decision is announced from that contained in the letter of the 5 th same month. I am constrained to believe, therefore, that the letter of the 11 th inst. does not contain the judgment, altho' it, of course, bears the signature of the Commissioner; and to renew the expression of my earnest hope, & of the warm petition of Mrs. Bodine, that the Commissioner may find a moment of leisure during this month to look once more into her case, with the light of the explanation & correction in my letter of 26 th Sept. and bring it to a conclusion.
I have the honor to be,
Most respectfully yours, James P. Randolph.
J. S. Edwards, Esq. Com. Pensions.

May Bodine
Certificate of Secy State. Proof of ser- vices.
Aug 1. 1843.
Add'l tes.
May Bodine,

Receipts for Cash paid One years interest on Notes given by the Comm ee in the several Counties for Militia Services
   No. of Voucher No. of Certif. Date Signed by Payable to Amt £ One y r . int £     81 945 10 May 1784 W m Verbrack John Bodyne 11. 13. 4 " 14 "  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy from a Book headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original now on Record in my Office And I do further certify that W m Verbrack Esq r . was by the fifth Section of an Act passed by the Legislature of this State Dec r 20. 1783 entitled
"An Act to procure an estimate of the sum due to the Militia and troops who have been raised for the defense of the frontiers of the State and to provide for the settlement of the same" appointed a Commis- sioner for the County of Somerset for the purpose of settling & adjusting the payrolls of the Militia & troops of this State as aforesaid and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the pay- ment of what may be justly due.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty Second day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred & forty three.
Charles G. M c Chesney Soc y of State

Dec. 9. 1844
Addl. tes. case of Mary Bodine
Com. Pension Washingt.
J. L. Edward. Esq.
Munf. D. & Co. Dec. 7

Manufied. Dec. 7. 1844.
Sir,
Finding myself cut off, by an unfortunate misstep, from prosecuting the claim of Mary Bodine, as I was originally authorized and expected to do, I have obtained a regular Power of Atty for the purpose which I herewith enclose.
With respect to her Bible, as it was the only one she had, & she a poor and eminently devoted lady, I was unwilling to take it from her, and so resorted to the certificate of Judge Robertson as a substitute. I trust this will be satisfactory. The Record as you now have it, was copied from some small book now lost or mislaid, and is, beyond all reasonable question, a veritable one. No one can doubt Mrs. Bodine's word, on her after seeing her.
I was surprised to find from your letter to Mr. L. that no testimony of service appears to have been filed in the office, except the Secretary of State's Certificate. I handed to Mr. Canoll, Willet Taylor's affidavit as to a 5 mo. tour performed by Mr. Bodine. The Muster & Pay Rolls of Capt. Jacob Van Eyck also contain evidence of some service. Also petition, I suppose you will find no difficulty, in a liberal consideration of her case, to place her upon the roll for something above the minimum amount the law allows.
She is now an object, and I believe, a subject, of charity.
Very respectfully,
James H. Randolph
J. Edward Esq. Dear Sirs,

Mary Bodine Proof of services.
James I. Randolph atty

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County, ss. On this twenty sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Milet Tay- lor, known to me an credible person, who being duly sworn, on his oath, that he is in the 83 rd year of his age, a soldier of the Revolution and in receipt of a pension for his revolution-ary ser- vices; that he was acquainted with John Bodine formerly of the County of Somerset, etc. in the war- of the Revolution, lived but a short distance from him, and had an opportunity of knowing much of his services during the war; did not belong to the same company with him, but recollects meeting him on the Millstone River in the winter of 1776 7 and being in what was called the battle of Millstone with him; said Bodine was then under Lieut. Quick, in Col. Shelton's Pennsylvania battalion or regiment - serving a term of five months. Saw him afterwards and understood from him that he served the whole of the said five months, and has no doubt that he did. His ser- vice consisted in protecting the country along the Millstone & Raritan rivers, and wherever the enemy marched, from his ravages. Recollects said Bodine frequently afterwards and generally throughout the war, but cannot call to mind any definite tour that he performed, and remembers the one in question chiefly from its length and the importance of the service.
Subscribed to me this Tuesday and near aforesaid, before me } Milet Taylor D ty Fitz Randolph, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. I Nicholas Wood clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that Daniel Fitz-Ryan excepted Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Willet Taylor has taken been at the time of the taking which affidavit a true copy of the same in another said County duly commenced and known since that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and do verily believe his signature to the Seal of the said affidavit is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 19 th day of July AD 1843
N. Wood Clerk