Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11831, William Williams, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Williams, William

NUMBER S. 11831

Born in Md
carded

CONTENTS
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Date of death not 
on A. B.

Virginia 27836

William Williams 
of Westmoreland in the State of Va
who was a pr: in the Compy commanded
by Captain Wilson of the Rgt commanded by ____ in the Va line for 18 mo: 

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annu
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9- day of June '34
and sent Hon: J W. Chinn. H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 34 180-
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 30
$210-

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 38.
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30,938
William Williams

Declaration &c

Admt as a private
18mo $60

Hon. J. W. Chinn
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State of Virginia
Westmoreland County SS-

On this 14th day of May in the year 1834 appeared before Francis C. Triplett a Justice of the peace for the County of Westmoreland in the State of Virginia, William Williams a resident of the said county in the state aforesaid aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1833. That he was born in the County of Summerset in the state of Maryland about the year 1761 as he has been informed and believes, but that he has no record of his age and that he came to Westmoreland County in the State of Virga about the year 1767 where he has continually resided up to the present time; - That he can not state with entire confidence the exact month of his involvement in the militia but as well as he can remember a transaction so remote, states that he entered or was involved in Captain William Nelson's company of the Virga militia some time during the winter of 1778; that by reason of age, certain bodily infirmity and loss of memory unaided by any record of evidence of his service, he cannot state the dates of the many tours of duty he was required to perform nor the exact duration of those tours, but that in the year 1778 in the month of March he was ordered out and was marched by the said Captain Nelson thirty miles down the Potowmac River to a place called Homany Hall in the town part of Westmoreland County and was then in service Two months and in the months of June, July, August and September was continually on duty guarding the shore of the Potowmac and the public war house on  Matton Creek marking four, or more, months in service; that in the year 1779 in the month of May or June he was again called out and was emploied the whole summer and fall in guarding a parcel of boats that had been collected at the mouth or near the mouth of the Matton Creek for the transportation of the troops as occasion might require, and was engaged in this service fully six 6 months; that in the year 1780 he was again called out under Captain Eliot Monroe who had succeeded Captain Nelson for the purpose of repelling a rumered invasion of the enemy at a place called Nomanik and were engaged on this and other services nearly two months and that in the year 1781 he was repeatedly on
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duty, and engaged in such service as guarding ferry boats to prevent them from falling into the hands of slaves and watching the motions of the enemy's vessels on the said river, in order that families might remain with their property from its borders; and that he was emploied in this service fully four months in that year. That from the fact that the county of Westmoreland is bounded, its whole eastern extent (a distance of 30 miles) by the Potomac River, and its numerous indentations by large navigable creeks letting into the said river in which the enemy's vessels were nearly all the war, in order to guard against incursions from these vessels, the whole body of the militia of that county was detached and subject to be called out at a moment's notice: That he has rendered the military service stated above amounting to eighteen months as a soldier in the war of the revolution; that  he has no documentary evidence of his service; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service; and that he is prevented, from poverty and bodily infirmity from attending the court. He hereby relinquishes 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 for his character for veracity; and belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, he will refer to Thomas N. Berryman the senior Justice of the Peace for the county of Westmoreland, and Captain Henry  Bowcock one among the (illegible) inhabitants of the said county.

Sworn to me and subscribed this day and year first aforesaid

Wm. Williams

We Henry Bowcock and William H. Triplett residing in the county of Virga hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Williams, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy three 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 the day and year first aforesaid

Henry Bowcock
William H. Triplett
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and I, Fras C. Triplett an acting Justice of the Peace of the County
of Westmoreland in the state of Virg'a do hereby declare my 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 that he is unable from poverty and bodily
infirmity from attending court; and I do further certify that
Jenry Bowcock + Wm. H, Triplett who have signed the preceding sertificate
are residents in the county of Westmoreland and are credible
persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
   Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of
May in the year 1834.
Fra's C. Triplett  seal

State of Virginia
Westmoreland County Court
    I William Hall Clerk of the
County Court of Westmoreland do hereby certify that Francis
C. Triplett who hath signed the above certificate, is and was at
the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
county aforesaid, dully commissioned and sworn, and I further certify
that he above is the genuine Signature of the said Francis C.
Triplett.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
signed my name and affixed the seal of
the said Court, this 16th day of May 1834.
In the 58th year of the Commonwealth
William Hatton Clerk of
Westmoreland County Court
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William Williams enlisted in the winter of 1778, and served 
on different tours in each year until sometime in 1781, amounting in
all to at least eighteen months, as private in Captain William Nelson's
and Eliot Monroe's company of Virginia Militia; during the period of
his service, he was engaged along the shore of the Potomac River,
marched to the southern part of said county, guarded the public ware house
on Mattox Creek, guarded the boats for the transportation of troops,
 and went to Nomany to protect that place from the invasion of the enemy,
later, guarded the ferry boats for the removal of the families with their
property.  nominy (now spelled nomini
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October 6, 1937.
Mrs. E. M. Gill
817 North Bloodworth Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.

BA-J/ILL
William Williams
S. 11831

Dear Madam:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of William Williams of Westmoreland
County, Virginia, and of William Williams of Henrico County, Virginia.
   Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data
and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information,
it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to
soldiers of that war.  The record of William Williams of Westmoreland
County, Virginia, is given herein as found in his claim for pension,
S. 11831.
   William Williams was born about the year 1761, in Somerset
County, Maryland; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are
not shown.  He moved about the year 1767, to Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and resided during the period of the Revolutionary War, and
afterwards until 1832.
   William Williams enlisted in the winter of 1778, and served
 on different tours in each year until sometime [the next three lines are 
crossed out by typing over the original and are illegible.]
guarded the public ware house
on Mattox Creek, guarded the boats for the transportation of troops,
and went to Nomany to protect that place from the invasion of the enemy,
later guarded the [illegible] for the removal of families with their
property.
   He was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1832,
at which time he resided in Westmoreland Vounty, Virginia.  The soldier
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made no reference to wife or children.
   In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name
of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
William Williams
Certificate #27836
Issued June 9, 1834
Rate $60 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War

11831
INVALID

File No. 11,831
William Williams
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 411
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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1937 - Oct. 6 - Hist. to Mrs E.M. Gill - JLL.
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[This is a stamped postcard]
Veterans Bureau
Washington
D.C.
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Please send me the records of William Williams Henrico Co Va who served in the Revolutionary war.

I would like also very much to have the record of Wm. Williams of Westmoreland if I may ask for more than one. 

Mrs. E. M. Gill 
817 N. Bloodworth St
Raleigh, N. C.