Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11828, Henry Williams, R.I.
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SERVICE
R.I.

Williams, Henry

NUMBER
S.11828
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Date of death not on AB -

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New York 20470.
Henry Williams [of] Chenango in the State of N. Y. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Potter of the Regt commanded by Col. Dyer in the [star] State Troops line for 19 months. [star] R.I. Line.  June 24/05.
Records completed. [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y. at the rate of 63. Dollars 33. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13. day of Setp.r 1833 and sent to John Hyde, New Berlin, Chenango.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept.r 33 --158.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34 - 31.16.
$189.48.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by TFfranciosi Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4 - Page 39.
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State of New York County of Chenango} ss. On this 9th day October 1832 personally appeared in open court _____before____the court of now sitting Henry Williams a resident of Collumbus County of Chenango and State of New York aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he lived in South Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhode Island during the whole time of the Revolutionary War That he was a substitute for McCoon Williams his Father who was drafted in South Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhode Island the last of May 1777 That he joined the company in South Kingston aforesaid the last of May 1777 and was stationed at a place called the backside in said town of South Kingston and continued in the service until the last of July or first of August following That he was in the service two months under Captain Samuel Potter in a Regiment commanded by Col Charles Dyer and Col Ray Sands and was discharged at South Kingston aforesaid, that on or about the first of March 1778 he went into the service of the United States at South Kingston aforesaid under all of the above named officers as a substitute for McCoon Williams who was drafted or volenteered and continued in the service as a substitute five months and was stationed at South Kingston and Boston Neck in the State of Rhode Island to guard
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the shores at the end of the months he was drafted for one month and continued under the same officers for one month makeing in this campaign six months service, That in the last month which was in August he went with the army on to Rhode Island in Sullivans expedition and was discharged at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island after the americans retreated from the Island that in November 1778 he Volenteered at South Kingston aforesaid under Capt Samuel Potter and Col Charles Dyer and was stationed at Boston Neck in the State of Rhode Island for three months and was discharged after serving the full lenght [sic] of three months which was in February 1779, That in the month of February 1779 after he was discharged he volenteered [sic] at South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island for six months under Captain Samuel Potter in a regiment commanded by Col Charles Dyer and was stationed at point Judith in a place called little Neck in the State of Rhad Island and continued in the service six months and was discharged in August 1779 at South Kingston aforesaid That in November 1779 he volunteered at South Kingston aforesaid for two months under the same officers as above stated and was stationed at point Judith point in the State of Rhode Island and continue in the service two months and was discharged at point Judith aforesaid in January 1780 that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure except Martin Murphy whose affidavit accompanies this declaration who can testify to his service, he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension whatever or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state 
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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And the interrogatories being put to him as prescribed by the War deportment by said Court 
1. his answers one as follows 
first, that he was born in South Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhode Island July 20th 1762
second, That he has no record of his age
third, that he lived in South Kingston aforesaid when called into the service of the United States and lived there until the year 1792 he then moved into the town of Collumbus County of Chenango and State of  New York where he now lives and has lived for the last forty years 
fourth, there was no continental troops or any Regiment of Militia except the one in which he was attached except in Sullivans expedition in 1778 
General Sullivan on Lay Fea Ette he recollects were in that service that he was in no engagement except Sullivans expedition 
fifth, that he never had a written discharge.
Sixth, the two first times he went into the service he was a substitute for McCoon Williams the other times except one he volunteered
at that time he was drafter
Henry Williams 
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid P.B. Prindle Dep Clerk
John Hyde John L Symond  
7. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after put the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states 
I Jarvis Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Chenango Co. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Williams for a pension
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in testimony where of I have hereunto sett forth my hand and seal of office This ninth day of October 1832
P. B. Prindle
Dep Clk
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In the matter of [illegible] an applicant as a Revolutionary Pensioner in the act of June 7th 1832.
Martin Murphy of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York being duly sworn does depose and say that he is seventy five years of age That during the whole term Revolutionary War he lived in South Kingston County of Washington and State of Rhode Island That he was in the service of the United in the year 1777 in a company commanded by Capt Samuel Potter in a regiment of Col Charles Dyer and was well aquainted with Henry Williams then of South Kingston aforesaid and that said Henry Williams belonged to the same company with him and served two months in said company commencing the last of May and was discharged the last of July or first of August following and was stationed in South Kingston aforesaid to guard the shore That in the year 1778 he was the service of the United States in a company with the said Henry Williams under Captain Samuel Potter and Lieutenant Daniel Tift in a regiment commanded by Col Charles Dyers service the company at South Kingston and was stationed on the shores in said town The said Williams went into the service at this time The first of March 1775and continued until the first of August following making five months That the said Williams continued in the service – from the time of his discharge – by new orders about one month. & went to Bristol in Rhode Island and was discharged at Briston aforesaid after serving about one month making Six months service in that campaign – he recollects the said Williams joined the company in which this deponent belonged commanded by Col Charles Dyer and was stationed at Boston Neck in the State of Rhode Island Joined the army in November and thinks he continued in the
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[right margin sideways] Henry Williams
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about three months That soon after the said Henry Williams was discharged he joined the company again he should say in February 1779 and continue in the ^service about six months under Captain Samuel Potter & Col Charles Dyer and was stationed at Point Judith in a place called little neck in the State of Rhode Island. That he recolects the said Henry Williams joined the company in which this deponent belonged commanded by Capt Samuel Potter in the fall of the year of 1779 and continued in the service about two months --- and was stationed at point Judith Point in the State of Rhode Island That he was well aquainted the said Henry Williams who lived in the town of South Kingston Washington County and State of Rhode Island during the whole term of the Revolutionary War but now lives in the town of Columbus County of Chenango and State of New York and that he believes him to be Seventy year of age
Martin Murphy [to the right]
I hereby certify that that on the 10th day of Septemb 1832 Martin Murphy Subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me and I forth certify that he is a credible person and sustains a good character as to truth and veracity
Joseph Clark Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office} ss. I. Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County. do certify that Joseph Clark before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 15th day of Septem[ber] 1832. 
A.S. Sloan Clk
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on this Eleventh day of June in the year 1833 personally apeared in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango Henry Williams, the same person named in and who made the foregoing declaration hereto annexed for the purpose of producing such other additional evidence in proof of his service, as a soldier of the Revolution required by the war department on the decission of his case 
The following questions and Interrogatories were propounded by the Court to the said Henry Williams,
question 1.  Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in South Kingston [crossed out [and State of Rhode Island [/crossed out] County of Washington and State of Rhode Island July 20th 1762
question 2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it 
Answer The record of my age was put in my fathers bible which was destroyed by fire
3 Question Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live? 
Answer I lived in South Kingston in the County of Washington in the State of Rhode Island when called into service of the United States in the war of the revolution and lived there till the year 1792 when I went into the Town of Columbus County of Chenango and State of New York where I lived since that time up to the present period. And now reside at said last mentioned place
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4th Question. How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer The two first time I went into service as a substitute for Coon Williams, who was drafted The next time I was drafted and the three last times I went into the service as a volunteer 
5th question state the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general circumstances of your service 
Answer there was no contentinental Troops Except in Genneral Sullivans expedition 1778 while he was in the service, where he was as he recollects he thinks General Lafayett was there among them with General Sullivan. He was in no engagement except Sullivan, and there was no Continental or Militia regiment with the regiment he was attached to one in that expedition 
6th question Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given and what has become of it 
Answer I never received a written discharge to the best of my recollection 
7th question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your serving as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer William Lotridge and John Hyde 
Henry Williams
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Chenango County ss We William Lotridge a Clergyman residing in the Town of Columbus in the County of Chenango and State of New York and John Hyde residing in the Town of New Berlin in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Williams who has sworn to the declaration hereto annexed and that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion 
William Lotridge
Jno Hyde
Sworn & Subscribed the 11th day of June 1833 
P.B. Prindle 
Dep Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion [crossed out: that the above named applicant] 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 court further certifies that it appears to them that William Lotridge who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Columbus in the County of Chenango and State of New York and that John Hyde who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of New Berlin and County and State aforesaid and is a credible person
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and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Jarvis K Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango being a Court of Record do hereby certify do hereby certify [sic] that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court and the amendatory proceedings and additional documents and testimony in the matter of the application of Henry Williams for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eleventh day of June 1833
P. B. Prindle Dep. Clerk
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No 21832
Henry Williams
New York

Admitted
Private 19 months

John Hyde Esq-
New Berlin
Chenango Country
N Y -
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
May 27 1833 
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A statement, showing the service of Henry Williams Chenango Co NY.

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Subst May 1777. | [blank] | 2 | [blank] | Priv | Capts Potter | Col Dyer | None | R.I. | Aged 70 Washington Co R Island | Traditionary Living Witness
March 1778 Subst | [blank] | 5 | [blank] | “ | “ | “ | “ | R.I.
Drafted | [blank] | 1 | [blank] | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ |
Aug Vol | [blank] | 3 | [blank] | Potter | Dyer | [blank] | “ |
1777 Feb Vol | [blank] | 6 | [blank] | “ | “ | “ | [blank] | “ |
1779 Nov Vol | [blank] | 2 | [blank] | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ |
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who was subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; 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. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{ To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [f] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by ride in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Dyer Castor
Exam Clerk
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March 9, 1938
Henry Williams
S. 11828
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Edward T. Vennard 
825 South Burdick Street 
Kalamazoo, Michigan 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Henry Williams who served in the Revolutionary War from Rhode Island, and was pensioned while living in Chenango County, New York. 
The data concerning Henry Williams furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 11828, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War. 
Henry Williams was born July 20, 1762 in South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island. He was the son of McCoon (Coon) Williams, name of his mother not shown. 
While residing in South Kingston, Henry Williams enlisted and served as a private in Captain Samuel Potter's company, Colonel Charles Dyer's Rhode Island regiment, as follows from the last of May, 1777, two months; from March 1, 1778, six months, was in General Sullivan's Expedition ; these tours were as substitute for his father; in the fall of 1778, three months; from sometime in February, 1779, six months; in the fall of 1779, two months. 
He continued to live in South Kingston until sometime
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in the year 1792, then moved to Columbus, Chenango County, New York. 
The soldier, Henry Williams, was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was living in Columbus, New York. 
The papers on file in this claim contain no family data, other than the name of his father, as given herein.
In order to obtain the date of last payment, of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Controller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C. , and furnish the following data: 
Henry Williams 
Certificate # 20470 
Issued September 13, 1833 
Rate $63.33 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours
 A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Dear Sir I herewith enclose you the papers of Henry Williams a revolutionary Soldier with the amendments as requested in your enclosed letter to me on the subject 
In your letter you refer me to the points wherein they are defective which are reminded 
I have had the interrogatories reduced to writing and the answers following the questions which I presume will be satisfactory and the other points complied with are pointed out I believe the party are now agreeable to the requisition contained in your letter An early answer will be vary agreeable for Mr. Williams
Your obt servt
Jno Hyde
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

New Berlin Chenango Country
State of New York
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1938 - Mch. 9 - hist to Mrs E. T. Vennard

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1923 - Oct. 23 - Hist to Mrs C. A. Bonderant AWF

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11.828
[checkmark]
INVALID.
Revol'ary

File No. 11.828
Henry Williams
Priv Rev. War

Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 411

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 
October 23, 1923.

Mrs. C. A. Bondurant, 
N. Michigan St., 
Plymouth, Ind. 
Madam; 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11828, it appears that Henry, son of McCoon Williams, was born July 20, 1762 in South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, and while residing there enlisted and served as a private under Captain Samuel Potter in Colonel Charles Dyer's Rhode Island regiment as follows -
From the last of May 1777, two months; from March 1, 1777, six months and was in Sullivan 's Rhode Island Expedition; from November 1778, three months; from February 1779, six months; and from November 1779, two months. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while living in Columbus, Chenango County, New York. There is no family data on file. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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[round stamp] RECEIVED FEB 19 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #30

February 17, 1938.

Veterans' Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
I have been told that it may be possible to secure through your office information concerning a Revolutionary War soldier.
Can you give me any information relative to Henry Williams, who served in Revolutionary War, enlisting from Rhode Island, and who received a pension in Chenango County, N. Y. 
Such information as you may be able to furnish will be much appreciated. 
Yours very truly, 
Mrs. E. T. Vennard 
Mrs. Edward T. Vennard, 
825 South Burdick Street, 
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:- 
Please send me copy of the Revolutionary War pension record of Henry Williams, who served from Rhode Island, and was granted a pension while a resident of Chenango Co. N. Y. He was 71 years old in 1833. 
Also please include all the family data that you may have on file, I want this information for the D. A. R.
Yours very truly, 
Florence T. Bondurant. 
(Mrs. C. A.)
N. Michigan St.
Plymouth, Indiana
Sept. 10, 1923.