Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 53, William Adams, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Adams,William [ ]. 53
CONTENTS
res of Va. and of
Lawrence [] []where he died
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Wm Adams
Res. [ ]
Application &
Depositions
in the lease
No papers
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Illinois }
88.
County of Lawrence}
Be it known that before me, the undersigned, County Judge, duly authoriz
by law to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Claiborn H. Adams and made oath in due form of law that he is the
[ ] and Administrator of the identical William Adams who was entitled to draw a
pension under Act of Congress of 7 June 1832 and
at the rate of $  per annum, on account of the Revolutionary services of
said William Adams in the Virginia Continental line
as a private & served, under Capt Porter as one of his Captains
as he believes
That he makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining the amount
of said pension under said Act of Congress as a private in Virginia Continental Line, and who served under
Capt Porter and some other Captains & for one year & six months
that he died on the 8th day of July ,1835, & was ever regarded
as a Rev. Soldier & [  ] affirmed during his lifetime that he served
under Capt, Porter and some other Captains & in the Continental Line of
Virginia C.H. Adams
Sworn to and subscribed on the seventh day
of December 1853, before me.
Judge W Dubois
Judge of the County Court
State of Illinois
County of Saumer
On this 17th day of December, 1853, personally appeared before me,
the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and
for the County aforesaid, Wiliiam Cunningham and Thos T Simons
and made oath in due form of law that they were personally acquainted with William
Adams, deceased, Revolutionary Soldier, formerly of Virginia
and late of Lawrence County Illinois that he drew
a pension of [illegible] dollars per annum. That he was at he time of his
 death a resident of the state of Illinois, that he died on the Eighth day
of July, 18[] and that there now survives the following named