Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,584, Isaiah Williams, Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Williams, Isaiah
NUMBER
R. 11.584,
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Sir Edwards will please write me as to this cse & oblige
J Wentworth
When I sent the other letter I [illegible] you had these papers

Isaiah Williams
[illegible]
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State of Illinois
County of Boone

On this thirtieth day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six - personally
appeared in open court before the circuit court
of
the County of Boone now sitting. Isaiah
Williams a resident of the Town of Belvidere
County of Boone and State of Illinois aforesaid aged
Eighty two years months and 28 -
days, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7 1832
that he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated.
that he entered said service as a
Militia man in the Militia of the State of
Vermont in the month of March in the year
1780 (but the precise day of the month he can
not state) that his Father Joseph Williams
was major and Moses Robinson was Colonel
and Solomon Walbridge General of the regiment
in which I served during all the their I served
in it that Joseph Briggs was captain
of the company in which he was enrolled at the
time of my entering the service and for two
years thereafter which he ringing resigning
Elisha Parker was commissioned in his place
and [illegible]
Captain of the company until after
the war and that he the said Isaiah Williams
remained in said service as such militia-
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man until after the war, when said Regiment
was disbanded. that he served in the Town of
Pownall County of Bennington and State of
Vermont where he intend the services - that
he was enrolled as a militia man. that he
was not engaged in any battles - during his
service. That the regiment in which he served
was principally engaged in defending the frontier
that the whole defence of the portion of the North
part of Vermont was in a great measure left
to said Regiment after he entered the service that the
county was continually alarmed by
invasions or threatened invasions of the British or
their allies the tories & Indians that he was
frequently marched out towards
and along the line of the frontier - though he
does not now recollect that he was ever marched
out of the State of Vermont. that he did scant any civil business from the time he was enrolled until the end of the war he was [illegible]
sometimes he would work at house for a few
days together but from the time he was enrolled
until the end of the war he was with few ex
captions either marching about to repel invasions
theretened invasions under and drilling
and that from the time he entered the service
as aforesaid until the end of the war he served
as a militia man not less than two years.
that the regiment in which he served was a
regiment formed in the State of Vermont and
that he served with no other he hath seen
Colonel Warner of the regular army during the
war of the revolution but do not now
collect the regiment that he belonged to do not
now recollect that he knew any other regular officers during the said war. That he has no documentary
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evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his
services-
He further states that he can
not by reason of old age and consequent loss of
memory state positively and definitely the
times that he was called out nor the precise
length of each time that he was out-- nor the
country through which he was marched or
when he was stationed, other than that
was in the State of Vermont along the line
of the Canadian Frontier-

He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever 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,

[Signature] Isaiah Williams

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
[Signature] S. T. Whitman
Clerk

We Richard A Blanchard a Clergyman
residing in the Town of Belvidere County of
Broom and state of Illinois and George W.
McCumber and Abel W. Johnson
residing in said Town and Allen Boomer
and William Boomer residing in said county within
four miles of said Town
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
said Isaiah Williams who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that in
believe him to be Eighty two years of age
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that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the revolution: and that we concur in that
opinion and
the said Allen Boomer
States further that he knew said Isaiah
Williams in Jefferson
County in the State of
New York, that he has known him about seventeen years & his reputation there was
as above stated: And the said Abel W. Johnson
states that he knew said Isaiah Williams
in Madison
County in the State of New York
that he has known him for at has
thirty five years past and his reputation
was always good as a man of good moral
character and as having him a soldier in
the revolution.

[signature] A W Johnson
[signature] Allen Boone
[signature] George W. Hober
[signature] Wm Boomer
[signature] Richard A Blanchard

Sworn to and subscribed
April 30. 1846 before me in
open court. [signature] S. S. Whitman clk

And the said court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented
by the war department, that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states. And the court further
certifies that it appears to them that Richard A.
Blanchard who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident the said
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Town of Belvidere and that Abel W. Johnson George C Brown William Boomer & Allen Broomer
an credible persons: and that their statement
is entitled to credit
[signature] George C Browne
Judge of said Court

I Seth S. Whitman Clerk of the circuit
Court of Boone County aforesaid in the state of
Illinois aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaiah Williams for a pension
And further that hereunto annexed an the questions directed by the War
Department to be propounded by the Court
to an applicant for a person with the
answers of said Isaiah Williams thereto
and the certificate of said Judge of said
thereon with-
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
my seal no official having
been yet provided this 30th
day of April A.D. 1846
[signature] Seth S. Whitman Clerk
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State of Illinois
County of Boone 

at a term of the circuit
Court began and held in and
for the County of Boon and
State of Illinois before the
Hon Thomas C. Brown one &
& presiding Judge thereof on the
27th day of April A.D. 1846.

In the Matter of the
Application of Isaiah
Williams for a pension
from the United States

Questions propounded by said
Court in open court during said term to
said Isaiah Williams applicant for a pension, and the answers of said Williams
thereto  to wit
1. Where, and in what year were you born:
Ans. I was born on the nineteenth day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and sixty four, at Salisbury
in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut-
2. Have you any record of your age, and
if so where is it?
Ans: I have in my possession no record
my age unless one made by myself in a family bible about thirty years ago - and I do not
know that there is any other -
3. Where were you living when called
into service; where have you lived since the
revolutionary war; and where do you now her?
Ans. I was living in the Town of Pownall in
Bennington County Vermont when called into
service. I had in said Town of Pownall
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until I was thirty eight years old. I there
removed to Madison County in the State of
New York. I lived in said Madison County
until the year 1829. and then I removed
to the Town of Henderson Jefferson County
in said State of New York, where I lived until
the year 1844 - when I removed to the Town of
Belvidere, Boone County and State of Illinois
I have continued to and now
reside or live
4. How were you called into service; were
you draughted, did you volunteer or were
you a substitute; and if a substitute for whom?
Ans I was enrolled in the Militia within
a month after I was sixteen years of age. I do not
now recollect of any men being draughted
from the company in which I served. The
Militia in which I was enrolled was the Militia
of the State of Vermont - The company in
which I served were formed as minute men
and almost the whole company were called
at a time, with action service from the time
I was enrolled until the end of the war
when the company was formed into two parts or
boons and took turns in duty-
5. State the Names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served - -
such continental and militia regiments as
you can recollect. and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans: Joseph Briggs was captain of the company in which I was enrolled under whom I
served from the time of said inrollment for
two years when said Briggs resigned his commis
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sion and Elisha Parker was commissioner in
his place and remained captain of the company until after the war. My Father Joseph
Williams was major. Moses Robinson was
Colonel and Solomon Walbridge General of
the regiment in which I served during all
the time that I served in it. There were
no regular officers with the troops where I
served that I can now recollect of-- and
I do not now recollect any continental
or militia regiments other than the one in
which I served. I have seen during the
War of the Revolution, Colonel Warner of the
regular Army but cannot now recollect the
regiment that he belonged to
The regiment that I was in was
during said was principally engaged in defending the frontier, and harassed with frequent
atacks of the enemy's, invading the country so
that the were nearly all the time in arms
ready for active service while I was in said
regiment
I further state that by reason of
of age and consequent loss of memory I can
not state positively to the times that I was called
out nor to the precise length of each time but
that during the time I was in the regiment
aforesaid I was in action service as a
militia man not less than two years-
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from
the service and if so, by whom was given
and what has become of it?
Ans: I never received any discharge from service
the regiment aforesaid being disbanded shortly
after
peace was declared between the United States
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and Great Britain
7 State the names of persons to whom you
are for your present Neighbor her
and who can testify as to your character
for veracity and their belief of your services
as a solder of the revolution
Ans.
Abel W Johnson
George W. Mc Cumber William Brown
Allien Boomer Richard A Blanchard

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion to be that the statements above made
by said Isaiah Williams are true - in answer to said interrogatories proposed to him
by the Court
[signature] Tho C Browne
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I John Wentworth member of
congress of the United States from
District Number Four in
the State of Illinois do hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with
Seth G. Whitman whose name and sign
nature appears to the within as Clerk
of the circuit court of Boone County
in said State, that I know him
to be such clerk and are well acquainted
with his signature and hand writing
and verily believe that the signature of Seth S Whitman wherever it occur
in the foregoing and annexed papers is
genuine
That said County of Brown is within
said congressional District.

[signature] John Wentworth
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Mr Edwards will please write me as to this case & oblige
J Wentworth
When 2 seat the other letter I [illegible] you [illegible] these papers.

37263
Isaiah Williams 
[illegible]
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Hon John Wentworth
Secretary of State Office
Burlington June 2 1846
Sir
The Pension Roll in
this office contain no
evidence of the Service of
Isaiah Williams
there was no such
Capt as Elisha Parker and there is
but one pay Roll of Capt Joseph Briggs
company in Revolutionary service
Several soldiers claim to have
served under Capt Briggs from the
similarity of claim, and disposed
to
think most of his pay-rol has
been lost.
I have no doubt, Isaiah Williams
desires a pension & I regret
that this is the only official recommendation I can give him
Please hand the fees for research $2 to Hon G.P. Marsh
Your Ob Ser
L MM Shafter
Secy of State of Vt
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No 37263
Isaiah Williams
Ill
J. Wentworth,
Jyy 23, 1846
to same May 26, 1846
11584
act 7 June 1832
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[stamp] REJECTED

1862, and March 3, 1873.
1584.
service:
miah Williams
Enlisted:-
Discharged:
Application filed:
Re-enlisted:
P. O.
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Alleges:
Attorney:
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
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Contract
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