Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40688, Stacey Williams, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Williams, Stacey or Stacy
NUMBER
S. 40688
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Dead, 1,173
Pennsylvania
Stacey, Williams, private, Pennsylvania line Capt [Captain] Humphrey 1777 War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 10 of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July, 1818. and sent to the care of Richard
Peters, Esq. Judge, Philada. 

Arrears to 4th of Septr. [September] 1818- $38.66
4 months, 25/30 $38.66.

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Bucks Co.

Continued

Notification sent Sept. 26 1820. to Carter & Cordis, Philadelphia Pa
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Stacey William's Case
Con
1173
Philadelphia City
July 18
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District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss.
On the fifteenth day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having a Prothonotary, a Seal & exercising common law Jurisdiction and keeping a record of it proceedings) Stacey 
Williams aged Seventy six years residing in Middletown Township & County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law in open Court, on his oath saith and declares that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. viz,
In the 6th Regiment commanded by Col. Becker and afterwards by Col. Harmer
Pennsylvania Line and in the Company commanded by Capt. Humphries
Date of original declaration 3 April 1818
number of pension Certificate 1,173.-
And I the said Stacey Williams do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed the
18 March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, securities, debts or contracts due to me nor have any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
his
Stacy X Williams
mark
Sworn to & declared in open Court on the 15th day of June 1820
J B Norbury Prothy [Prothonotary]
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Schedule of the Property of Stacey Williams
I am by occupation a day laborer but am unable to do any thing on account of my age and infirmities. I have two children not living with me. I have the following property viz: 2 Scythes and 2 flails in all worth Seven Dollars and in such indigent circumstance, as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country-
his
Stacy X Williams
mark

Philadelphia County ss
I, Joseph B. Norbury Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia the fifteenth day of July A.D. 1820.
J. B. Norbury Prot [Prothonotary]
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Richard Peters, Esq.
Judge,
Philadelphia-
Stacey Williams, Pennsylvania line, Revolutionary claim
Correct.
1818
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Stacy Williams
10. April, 
private
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I do Certify that Stacey Williams Served in the Sixth Penna Regt as a Soldier for several years during the Revolutionary War
James Glentworth
late Lieut [Lieutenant] 6 Penna Regt during the Revolutionary War
Philada. [Philadelphia] April 2d 1818-}

I do certify that Stacy Williams, the bearer hereof, was a soldier in capt. [Captain] Jacob Humphreys Company 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, in April 1777, enlisted for the war; and that he served in the Penna Line faithfully, until he was discharged, at the barracks in Philadelphia, November, 1783, soon after our return from South Carolina, under Col. Harman.
Jno [John] Markland
Lieutenant 6th Penn Regt Revol[cut off]
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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
On this tenth day of April A.D. 1818, before me, Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, personally appeared Stacy Williams of Burks County who being duly sworn deposes and
declares, that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common
enemy as a soldier in the army on the Continental Establishment that in April day of A.D. 1777 at Newtown in the state of Pennsylvania he Enlisted in the army of the United States to serve during the war as will appear by his certificate given him by James Glentworth a Lieut [Lieutenant] in the 6th Regiment of Pennsylvania line, and of John Markland and for of same Regiment as a that he was in many engagements during the war one of which was the battle of Monmouth.
That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, that he never has received, or been allowed any Pension by the laws of the United States that he is a resident citizen of the United States, and that his discharge has been lost.
The Mark of
[illegible] 
Stacy Williams
Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of April A. D. 1818, before me}
Richard Peters
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Pa
[round stamp illegible AUG]
Recd. 7 Augt. [August] 1820
No 14
Pennsylvania
Schedules Registered
Ex
Free
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

[illegible] Carter & Cordie
Phila. Pa
Sept [illegible] 1820

[faint writing in background, illegible]
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The Secretary of war will be kind enough to send the certificate to Messrs. Castor &
Condie, attornies at Law, South Fifth below Walnut Street Philada. [Philadelphia]
August 3, 1820
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40688
INVALID.
Revy.
File No. 40,688
Stacey Williams
Pri [Private] Rev War
Act : 18" March 18"
Index: -- Vol. 5, Page 567
[Arrangement of 1870.]