Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22665, Uriah Williams, Continental (Conn.)
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Continential (Conn.)

Williams, Uriah
Johannah
Jehannah

W. 22665
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7867
4
Connecticut
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Uriah Williams
Groton in the state of Connecticut
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburn of the no [  ] Connect:  [    ], for the term of 3 years
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Subscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Mar [    ]
and Sent to Judge Perkins
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819                    89.3
Semi-anl'ce ending 4 Sept 1819            48
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    11 & 4/35                                       $137.3
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

   Continued
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Notification sent July 19th 1821 to
William F. Brainard
New London
Connecticut

Connecticut
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Uriah Williams

7867
Sept 1819
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Jehannah Williams

Suspd

See let to Nathan
 Daball  Aug 23, 
1836

Admd
2 yrs Sergt
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120$
paid to 24 Oct. 1832
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deduct 8$ per month
from 4 March 31 to 24 [   ]
1832
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Maybe -
admd
2 years Sergt
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120.$

died since 4 Mar. 1831

Nathan Daboll Esq.
Center Groton
Connt
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Uriah Williams

admitting

Uriah Williams
Sergeant
March 1770 to Mar 1780
Sherburn's Connect.
Regt.
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January 11, 1936
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BA-J/MCS
Uriah Williams, W. 22665

Mrs. Lillie H. Jenks
924 Cliff Street
Ithaca, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier,  Uriah Williams.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim,  W.  22665,  based upon the military service of Uriah Williams.

The place of birth of Uriah Williams, the exact date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Groton, Connecticut, he enlisted March 13, 1777, and served three years as sergeant in Captains John Ellis' and Amos Stanton's companies in Colonel Henry Sherburne's Continental Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed  April 1, 1818 at which time he was living in Groton, Connecticut.

Uriah Williams died October 24, 1832, in North Stonington and was aged seventy-seven years.

This soldier married at Groton, Connecticut,  March 30, 1777,  Johannah or Jehannah Stedman.  The marriage was performed by William Williams,  justice of peace for New London County, Connecticut;  it was not shown that he was related to the soldier.

As the widow of Uriah Williams, Johannah or Jehannah Williams was allowed pension on her application executed August 9,  1836, at which time she was living at Groton, Connecticut, aged seventy-eight years.
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The widow died June 10, 1854.  (See Agency Book)

In 1820 the soldier referred to his son, Seneca, aged seventeen years, and to his grandson, William Sterry, aged six years.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev

Mystic CT. July,

Pension Bureau Dept. -
I understand my great, great grandfather Uriah Williams, of New London County CT. was in the Revolutionary War. Can you give me
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any information in regard to this. At the time his wife was receiving a pension she was living in Ledyard CT. her name was Johannah Stedman Williams, I will be much obliged for any for any information you
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can give me.

Mrs. W. L. Cottrell
Mystic Ct.
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183 Amity St.
Brooklyn, New York, N. Y.

Sep. 20th.  1922

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen;

I have collected the following but must have it verified if possible.  Can you help me?  Any information that you may send me will be most gratefully received regarding Euriah Williams of Groton Conn.
Continental Reg. of 1775, enlisted May 9th./75  Dis.Dec.18th. ___  Sergeant in Col. Sherburne's Reg. from May 14th/77 to 1780.

Was he a pensioner?
Was his wife's name Johanna ___ and was she a  pensioner after his death?  W 22665.
What was her residence?
Names of children?
Residences of children if possible.
More detail as to his enlistments, engagements etc.
Thanking you for whatever you may do,

Yours very truly
Raymond S. Barlow

PENSION
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RECEIVED
FEB 6 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER NO. 31

The Chemists' Club
FIFTY TWO EAST FORTY-FIRST STREET
NEW YORK
Feb. 5, 1936.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C. 

In relation to Uriah Williams, a Soldier in the Revolution,  W-22665:  your letter BA-J/MCS of January 11, 1936. -  Mrs. Lillie H. Jenks, Ithaca, N.Y. 
a - Is there any indication in the records of any previous service?

b - Are the nature of the questions on the pension papers such that any previous service would have been recorded?

c - Have you records of another Uriah Williams of Groton, Connecticut that served in 1775 from May to December in the 10th.  Connecticut Company of Capt. Abel Spicer?

d - Have you records of a Uriah Williams of Groton, Conn. who served in 1776 in Washington's campaign around New York?

Please send me the information about any Uriah Williams that served in the Revolution.

Did Uriah Williams - W - 22665 refer to his son Seneca and to his grandson William Sterry in 1820 in such a way as to show that they were his sole living heirs?
L. E Jenks
L. E. Jenks.
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February 13, 1936
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Uriah Williams, W. 22665
BA-J/MCS

Mr. L. E. Jenks
52 East 41st Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of February 5, 1936, requesting further information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier Uriah Williams,  W.  22665.

The papers in pension claim, W. 22665,  do not show that this soldier rendered military service other than that given in letter sent Mrs. Lillie H. Jenks,  Ithaca, New York, January 11, 1936, but it is possible that this soldier rendered service in 1775 and 1776 but mentioned only that service sufficient to entitle him a pension.

This soldier's statement in 1820 in regard to his son, Seneca, and grandson, William Sterry, was in answer to a question requiring him to give the names of his family then dependent upon him and there is no reason to conclude that Seneca Williams and William Sterry were his sole heirs.

The only other soldier named Uriah Williams that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office is Uriah Williams, W. 15486, who enlisted from New York State and applied for pension in 1818 while living in Oneida County, New York, aged fifty-nine years.  He married Polly Sharp in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in 1788.  He died September 6, 1833, in Oneida County, New York.  She died November 19, 1841 or 1842.  They had children:  Elizabeth who married ---- Beckwith and was living in 1851,  Lovicy or Lovisa who married Heman Gregory and was dead in 1851, and George P. Williams who was living in 1851.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Williams, Uriah 

 GRADE  Private 

LINE New York 

WARRANT 
NUMBER  8018

ACREAGE   100

ISSUED  September 25, 1790
to John Thompson, assignee
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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of  "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"  which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.