Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,571, David Williams, Md.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md

Williams, David

NUMBER
R. 11.571

CONTENTS
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David Williams
Pennsylvania
Rejected
let 13 June 1839
J N Deford
Letter to Hon A Strait
April 28th 1840.
did not perform
six months stated
service
11571
Act 7 June 1832
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REJECTED
11.591
David Williams
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34.732 Dec 13
Act 7 June 1832
Declaration of
David Williams
a Revolutionary soldier

J. H. Deford Agt.
Union Town
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette ss
On this 6th day of December A.D.
1838 personally appeared before me Samuel Nixon
one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of said County David Williams a resident of the George township in the County of Fayette and state of Pennsylvania aged Eighty 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 1777 with Captain Abraham Jarrett and served in the regiment, number of which is not recollected, of the Maryland line under the following named officers. As before stated he inlisted in a company commanded by Captain Abraham Garrett called a minute Company for a term of six months and was marched to the head of Elk to prevent the British from landing, before the time was out the captain died, and
the remainder of the time was served under Lieutenant Bennett Bussey, and marched under him to Baltimore at which place the tour expired and he returned home. He further declares that he was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Bond- After his return home he was frequently called out in the Militia to guard the shore and protect the country from the plundering of the British - This last service was under different
captains one of whose names he recollects was Benjamin Amos - At the time of the enlistment for six months he resided in Harford County Maryland, and enlisted at a place called Bushtown. He was engaged in no battles during his service - He further states in answer to interrogatories-- That he was born in Harford County Maryland about the year 1758 as near as he has any information on the subject. He states that he has no record of his age. He lived as before stated in Harford County Maryland when he entered the service, after the
revolution he lived a while in the same place, and then removed to this County (Fayette) and State (Pennsylvania) where he now resides & has resided for more than forty years. He was called into service as before stated by enlistment and by being drafted in the militia-
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He states that his regular officers were Col. Thomas Bond, Captain Abraham Jarrett, Lieutenant Bennett Bussey and Captain Benjamin Amos - This last named captain was his immediate commanding officer in the Militia, and the others named are his regular officers during his enlistment & service of six months. He states that he got no discharge that he can now recollect of the Captain died at the end of about six months of the time and in consequence of this he rather thinks he got no discharge. He states that there is no clergyman in his immediate neighbourhood, but he names Ebenezer
David & Samuel Cooley two of his neighbours who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - He further states that he seemed the whole time in the rank of a private soldier - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
 David Williams his mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
And the said Samuel Nixon E. declares his opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states.
Samuel Nixon Judge

We Ebenezer David and Samuel Cooley residing in George Township County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age or more, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Ebenezer David
Samuel Cooley
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before
Samuel Nixon Judge

And the said Samuel Nixon Judge 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 the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Ebenezer
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David and Samuel Cooley who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the neighbourhood of the said David Williams, are persons of credibility, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that the
interlinations of "before" in the second line and "George" in the fourth with the aleration [alteration] of the time the applicant served from "nine” to six months was made before the declaration was sworn to before me - Given under my hand the
6th day of December A.D. 1838-
And I the said Judge do further certify that the above named applicant from bodily infirmity is not able to attend court-
Given under my hand the day and year above written
Samuel Nixon Judge

Pennsylvania Fayette County
I Thomas Sloan Clerk of the Court of
Fayette County certify that Samuel
Nixon before whom the foregoing declaration
and certificates were sworn to
is one of the associate Judges of the 
Court of Common Pleas of Fayette
County duly commissioned and sworn
and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Union Town the 10th day of Dec. A.D. 1838
Thomas Sloan Clerk
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Apl 21 46
Rec’d S
David Williams
& Rich’d Cooley
A Stewart
H R

free
A Stewart M C

J L Edwards Esq
Com’r Pensions
War Dept.
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Ho of Rep
Apl 20. 1846
J L Edwards Esq

Dr Sir
Will you have the goodness
furnish me the information desired
in the inclosed letter from Judge Nixon
Please return the letter with Your answer

Yours respectfully
A Stewart