Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3580, Mathias Williams, Va.
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Va. Williams, Mathias   S.3580
carded
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13996
East Tennessee
Mathias Williams
of Morgan Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Hawkins of the regiment commanded by Col Dlalman in the Virginia
line for 6 months private

Inscribed in the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 20 Dollars _______ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July
1833 and sent to Levi Trewhitt Morgan C H
Arrears to the 4th of March  40.00
Semi anl allowance ending 4 Sept   10.00
$50.00
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 7, Page 66
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17349
Mathias Williams
Tennessee
from 1781 private
6 months
$20.
5, 10, 11, 12, 16
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Levi Trewhitt
Morgan C H
Tennessee
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Brief in the case of Mathias Williams
County of Morgan in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 76
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

                           Years, Months, Days.   As a     Gen Lauson La Fayette

drafted in 1781                 about 20       Private  Capt Hoskins, Maj Edwards
drafted                              about 3         "           Col Dolman
                                                                             Capt Allen
drafted                               about 3        "            Capt Hoskins, Col Skipwith

5.  In what battles was he engaged? York Town
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland Co Va
7  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  living witness & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attached, & the Clerk had no seal

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chs W Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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17349
Decleration
of Mathias Williams
Morgan County Tennessee
Six months Service 
a quarters pay
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County
On this the 15th day of October 1832 this day personally appeared in open court before John M Davis Thomas Jack and Thomas S Lea Justices of the court of pleas and quarter sessions now sitting under court of record Mathias Williams a resident of the county of Morgan and state of Tennessee aged seventy six years of age who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decleration in oder to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832. that he was bornd November 14th 1755 in Cumberland County Virginia and lived there the ?10?th of January 1781. When he was drafted and called into the service of the United States Service under the follow Name officers to wit Capt Cude Hoskins Major Edmonds Col Dolman Marched to & rendezvoused at Peters Camp being where he was on or about the 20th said month honorably & verbally discnarge by Captain Hoskins he returned home & was again Drafted and called into the service of the United States on the 1st day of June 1781 under the following named officer Captain Richard Allen - marched to Carters Ferry on James River and then to Dandridge on Pomonkay River rendevoused and joined the main Army commaned by Brigeder General Robert Lawson who was commanded by Major General Lafayette marched under Lafayette to
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to Bottom Bridge w[blot] on Chickamahomie River then to Ratliff [blot] Old Field then march to Hickory nut Church was there when the Battle was fought by General Wayne & Genl Campbell against Cornwallice at Old James Town. but was not in the Batttle then marched to  Holtsford, stationed there three weeks then to Morgans Hill  Stationed there three or four weeks then marched to Rocketts landing near Richmond and was there honorably but verbally discharged about the 8 of August 1781 by Captain Allen having served about three months, he was again drafted and called into the service of the Untied States Between the fifteenth & last of August aforesaid month & year 1781 under the following named officers to with Cude Hoskins Col Skipwith then marched & rendevoused at Swans Point on James River opposite to old James Town then marched to York Town by the way of old Williamsburg.Was in the seige of York under the offices of Genl Robert Lawsons Brigade continued in the siege untill Cornwallaces surrenderd and untill two days afterwards when he was very sick & discharged by Inspecter Doctor whos name is not now recollected, he returnd home having served about three months the precise day of discharge not now recollected  This applicant may be mistaken
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as to dates but well recollects the service by him renderd as set out in the foregoing decleration and cannot be mistaken about the same he has no written dockumentary evidence where by he can prove his service nor has he any written record of his age this applicant lived in the state of Virginia in Cumberland County about 11 years after the war was over then moved to Campbell County Virginia Lived there about this ten years, then moved to Tennessee Anderson County Lived there six years then moved Roan County now Morgan County where he now resides he hereby relinquisheas every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Mathias his x mark Williams
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 15th day of October 1832
Attest John Brown D.C.

State of Tennessee
Morgan County
I John Williams resident of the state & County aforesaid hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Mathias Williams who has subscribed & sworn to the above decleration and that I of my own knowledge know him to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he served in the Army of the United
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Attest
John Brown D.C.                     John Williams

We Reubin Joanes & Shaderack Stephens in the county of Morgan and state of Tennessee residing in the same here by certify that we are well acquainted with Mathias Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above decleration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have benn a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Shedrack Stephens
Reuben Jones

Sworn to and seubscribed
the day and year aforesaid

Attest John Brown D.C.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogations prescribed by the War depart 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 Shaderack Stephens, and Reubin Jones are residents in the county of Morgan & who has signed the preceeding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the court further certifies that John Williams who has signed the first of the preceeding certificates is a resident in the county of Morgan and a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Thomas S Sea J P
John M Daw J P
Thomas Jack J Peace
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I Elijah Lavender clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Morgan [obscured]naid do hereby certify that the foregoing [obscured]wins the original proceedings of the said [court] in the matter of the application of Mathias Williams for a pension

In Testimony where of I have here unto set my hand & private seal there being no publick seal provided for said Court at office this 15th day of October 1832
Elijah Lavender Clerk by
his Deputy John Brown

State of Tennessee
Morgan County 

Elijah Lavender clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county do hereby certify that this day the publick seal of office for said Court was attached to the foregoing Certificate as said seal has been  procured since the date of said Certificate. and that said certificate was made by my lawful sworn deputy John Brown Given under my hand & seal of office this 15th day of Aprail A D 1833

Elijah Lavender Clerk
by his deputy Thomas L Lea
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State of Tennessee
Morgan County ⎬
On this 15th day of Aprail 1833
personally appeared in open Court before
John M Davis Daniel S Lavender & John Williams
Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter Session for said County now sitting Mathias Williams, the person named in the foregoing decleration for a pension who after being duly sworn deposeth
and say that from old age &  consequent loss of memory that he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to
the best of his recollection the captain under whom he mustered give him audit for seven months duty he believes according to the best of his recollection that the periods of his services is not less then to Intitle him to six months pay and for such service he claims a pension as a private

And he further says that there is no Clergy residing in his Neighbourhood nor was their and at the time of the makeing of the original decleration & in consequence of which it was out
of his power and is stile out of his power to get a clergyman to Court and he further says that the following
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person, resideing in his neighbourhood can testify as to his character for veracity & a soldier of the revolution John Williams, Shaderack Stephens Reubin Jones John M Davis Elijah Reese Ezra Stincepher John Slaptes

Sworn to & subscribed
in open court 15th day
of Aprail 1833 Matthias Williams
Thomas S Lea D Clerk

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the matters contained in the foregoing amendment are true

John M Davis (seal)
John Williams
Justice of the peace
D S Lavender ___

State of Tennessee
Morgan County
I Elijah Lavender Clerk of the Court of pleas and quartersessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing amendment to the foregoing annesed decleration was made and sworn to in open court

Given under my hand & seal of office at office this 15th day of Aprail 1833
Elijah Lavender Clerk
by his deputy Thomas L Sea
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August 12, 1932

BA-J/MCS
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Matthias Williams
S. 3580

Mr. Joe V. Williams
Suite 1011 Hamilton National Bank Bldg
Chattanooga
Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of July 25, 1932, requesting information in regard to Mathias Williams who served during the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 3580, based upon the military service of Matthias Williams (personal signature, Matthias).

He was born November 14, 1755, in Cumberland County, Virginia.

While a resident of said county he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from January 10, 1781, ten days in Captain Cude Hoskins' Company in Colonel Dolman's Regiment; from June 1, 1781, to August 8, 1781, in Captain Richard Allen's Company; from August, 1781, three months in Captain Cude Hoskins' Company in Colonel Skipwith's Regiment and was in the siege of Yorktown.

After the Revolution h lived in Cumberland County, Virginia for about eleven years when he moved to Campbell County, Virginia, lived there about thirteen years when he moved to Anderson County, Tennessee. Six years later he moved to Roane County which was later Morgan County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Morgan County, Tennessee,

In 1832 one John Williams of Morgan County, Tennessee, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier but he did not state that he was related to him and there are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours,
A. D Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Mathias Williams ---- which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resided? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension then the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. I the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witnesses
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witnessor witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  the Court has
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  the Clerk has no seal
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ____ year ____ months, and ___ days, I served as a ________  For months  _____  and _____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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1913 Jan 27. History to Wm F. Williams
1927 Jan 21 hist to A. R. F. Frayser UCS
1932 Aug 12 hist to Mr Joe V Williams, U.C.S.

Rev War 3580
Invalid.
File No 3580
Mathias Williams
Pvt. Va. line
Act : June 1/32
Index : -- Vol A, Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Yonah Council 1581
Royal Arcanum
Wm F. Williams, Collector
26 South Pryor St
Atlanta, Ga. Jany 22nd 1913

Hon J L Davenport
Com of Pensions Washington DC

Dear Sir : Yours 13h inst. noted the named given as "Matthew" Williams, may have correctly been Matthias - 

Can you inform me from your records if he had sons Exum, James, Etheldred, William Fest, or daughters Elizabeth Henry, and Milbry ?

If not, it will not be necessary to reply - but if the children named above were his, kindly send me the official record of his service.

Very truly yours

Wm F. Williams


U.S. Pension Office E Jan 23 1913
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United States Veterans Hospital
Fort Harrison, Mont.
Jan. 9th 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Sir:

Would you be so kind as to give me any information concerning the Rev. War record of John Wright of Essex or Cumberland county Va?

Buckingham, Cumberland, Albemarle, and others comprised Cumberland about this period I think..

Have you any record also of Matthias (Math.) Williams of the came county, Rev. War record?

Any assistance you can give me , will be greatly appreciated, by one you have helped before --

Very respectfully,
A.R.F. Frayser
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A 1812 War Section               W.C.S.
January 21, 1927
A. R. F. Frayser
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Fort Harrison, Mont.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pensions claim, S.3580, it appears that MATTHIAS WILLIAMS was born November 14, 1755, in Cumberland County, Virginia.

While a resident of said county he enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows:

From January 10, 1781, ten days in Captain Cude Hoskins' Company in Colonel Dolman's Regiment.

From June 1, 1781, to August 8, 1781, in Captain Richard Allen's Company.

From August, 1781, three months in Captain Cude Hoskins' Company in Colonel Skipwith's Regiment; he was at the siege of Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Morgan County, Tennessee.

There are no data on file relative to his family.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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(transcriber's note : parts of the first two lines of this form are obscured)
. received
of Matthias Williams
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Length of Service
Rank
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain
Colonel
State

Jany 10 1781
10 days
Cude Hoskins
Dolman
Va.
June 1 1781
to Aug 8, 1781
Richard Allen
[Dolman]
Aug 1781
3mos
Cude Hoskins
Skipwith

Battles engaged in , Siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 5 1832
Residence at date of application, Morgan Co. Tenn
Age at date of application, born Nov. 14, 1755 in Cumberland Co, Va.

Remarks: There is no family data on file, For the date of sol. death and names of his heirs application should be made to the Aud. for the Int. Dept, U. S. Treas. Dept. etc
C13996 iss July 20, 1833, Act June 7, 1832, East Tenn. Agency
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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January 13, 1913.
Mr. William F. Williams,
26 South Pryor Street,
Atlanta, Ga.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 6" and received the 8" instant, you are advised that the data quoted by you from the "Census of Pensioners 1840" was incorrectly printed therein, as there is no Matthew Williams of Morgan County, Tennessee, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, but one Matthias (or Mathias) Williams who was born November 14, 1755, in Cumberland County, Virginia, served in the Virginia troops, and was pensioned in Morgan County, Tennessee, in 1833, His records will be furnished if you desired.

In order to identify a Revolutionary War claim, if filed, for Matthew Williams, in addition to his name, you should furnish some of the following data: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death, given name of his widow.

Very respectfully,
J C Davenport 
Commissioner.
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Law Offices of Williams & Williams
Chattanooga, Tenn
Suite 1011 Hamilton National Bank Building
Joe V Williams
Joe V Williams, Jr
July 25, 1932.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I would like to have a transcript of the pension record of Mathias Williams, who served in the Revolution in the Virginia line, and will greatly appreciate your sending the same to me.
Yours very truly,
Joe V Williams
JVW/b
Received Jul 28 1932
Receipt Section
Pension Filed (blurred)