Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1967, William Williams, Va
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Service                                                  Number
Va              Williams, William                 W 1967
                                  Margaret  

Born in Pa.
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338
Ohio
Margaret Williams widow of William Williams who served in the Revolutionary war, Va as a Sergt & Fifer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 62 Dollars 29 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Sept 1849 and sent to J. Stephens Easton Ohio
Recorded on Roll or Pensioners under act July 29 1848, Page 377 Vol. Book D
Sent back for proper direction The pension certificate then sent to J. Stephens Esq. Easton Ohio October 8 1849
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Ohio. 22.678

William Williams
of Preble Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a [marked out: Private]
Sergt. Fifer, in the Co. commanded 
by Captain House, of the Rgt. commanded
by Colo. Holcomb, in the Virginia,
line for 12 mo's & 25 days.
11 mo's. & 13 days as Serg't  57.17
1 d'o & 12 d'o Fifer - 5.12
$62.29

Inscribed in the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 62 Dollars 29 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Dec'r
1833 and sent to J. Stephens, Eaton, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept'r 1833. ---155.72
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834   31.14
$186.86

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 29.
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No 450
Declaration of
 Margaret Williams 
wid of William 
O.
Act. 29 July 1848 
Married 1796 
husb died 18 Feby 41 
Adm'd. $62.29 p an
frn 4 March 1848
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Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29th July 1848
State of Ohio
Preble County on this 8th day of June AD 1849 personally appeared before the court of common pleas, being a court of record within and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio Margaret Williams and resident of Jackson Township in the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged seventy four years who being duly sworn in open court according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed the 29th day of July 1848. That she is the widow of William Williams who was a fifer and musician in the Army of the Revolution that her said husband the said William Williams was a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death that he was placed on the pension list Roll of the Ohio agency under the act of Congress Passed the 7th June 1832 at the rate of $62.28/100 per annum during his natural life on account of his said services during the War of the Revolution in the Revolutionary Army in the capacity as she is informed and believes of a musician or fifer.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Williams in Bourbon County Kentucky on the thirteenth day of October A.D. 1796, seventeen hundred and ninety six. that her husband the aforesaid William Williams died in Jackson Township Preble county Ohio on the 18th day of February A.D. 1841 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service. But that
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the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen hundred [illegible] at the time above stated 13th October 1796, she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension. She further states that she is now a widow and that she has not been married since the death of the said William Williams her said husband that her maiden or family name was Margaret Plunket
Margaret Williams her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas aforesaid this 8th day of June AD 1849 being in the May term of said court 1849.
RS Cunningham Clerk Preble Com House
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State of Kentucky Bourbon County Sct I do certify that William Williams and Margaret Plunket were married by Donald Holmes on the thirteenth day of October AD 1796
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 24th day of May 1849
Thos Smith Clk By JM Smith D.C. Fee $1.00
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26. 499                 22.678

William Williams

Ohio

62.29 (x) 2
__________
124.58
  31.14
_________
155.72

(crossed out) Return of

Adm 11 months 13 days as Serg. 1 Mo 12 days fifer

11. 13 sergt ------- 57.17
   1. 12 fifer--------   5.12
                              _______
                               62.29
(crossed out numbers)

J. Stephens

12 |44.00
        3.66         Eaton
                            Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12th October 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 show 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 William Williams
Period when the service was rendered.
[1] 1777
[2] 1778
[3] "
[4] 1779
[5]
[6] 1780
[7] "
[8] "
[9] 1781.
[10]
Duration of the claimant's service. Years, Months, Days.
[1] 1 Month, 12 Days
[2] 1 Month, 12 Days
[3] 1 Month, 12 Days
[4] 21 Days
[5] 1 Month, 5 Days
[6] 1 Month, 12 Days
[7] 28 Days
[8] 1 Month, 12 Days
[9] 1 Month, 12 days
[10] 1 Month, 19 Days
Rank of the claimant.
[1] Fifer
[2] Serg
[3] "
[4] "
[5] "
[6] "
[7] "
[8] "
[9] "
[10] "
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[1] Cap. Elliot
[2] Major Lucas
[3] Cap. Marshall
[4] " Robertson
[5] " Hicks
[6] " Manly
[7] " "
[8] " " 
[9] " House
[10] Col Holcomb
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years, Virginia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Minute Service cannot be allowed, unless so satisfactorily Shown the Claimant was the time alleged in field or garrison & engaged in no Civil pursuit.
See Note
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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. [Et cetera] Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. [Et cetera] 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, musicians 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
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provion [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) [blank] , with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]
(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. [Et cetera] )
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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the da 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, [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
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 subscr9be a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: [blank]
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 day 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. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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?
6. 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. If one of these [persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other person, 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 of 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.
[THE FOLLOWING (e) IS {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY]
(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 claimant 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. [Et cetera] . 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; 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. [Et cetera] 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 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.
(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 affix 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 (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 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.
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State of Ohio}
Preble County }  Ss

On this 17th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting William Williams a resident of Jackson township in the County of Preble and State aforesaid aged seventy two years on the 20th day of December last, 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 officers and served as herein stated.  That he was born at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg in the state of Pennsylvania) on the 20th day of December AD. 1760 as appears from a record in his own bible, transcribed from his fathers family records by himself and which his father in his life time informed him to be correct, that in the year 1762 he moved with his father into the state of Virginia and took up his residence in the County of Brunswick in said state at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and continued to have his residence there until the year 1795 when he removed to the State of Kentucky where he resided until the year 1805 when he removed to Preble County in the State of Ohio where he has resided ever since and now lives-- That he was drafted in the County of Brunswick in the state of Virginia in the month of September 1777 under Captain Elliott (thinks Richard Elliott) company of militia Major Lucas the only field officer that he remembers at that time, marched to Portsmouth opposite Norfolk in in [sic] the state of Virginia aforesaid, when Col. Downman took command under General Nelson, he served six weeks this first tour as piper - second term of service was as a volunteer under Captain Simmons on or about the 1st of May 1778 at which time he was appointed orderly sergeant and served six weeks
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principally guarding salt works near Suffolk on the Nansemond River - This term of service was in the fall of 1778 under Capt James Marshal of the County of Brunswick in the state of Virginia who marched us to Cabin point where he served as orderly sergeant six weeks when he was relieved by another Company of Militia from the County of Brunswick aforesaid, there were no regular officers at the last mentioned place during his stay there - fourth term of service, he joined the light infantry volunteer Corps in the County of Brunswick aforesaid, which were called minute-men under the command of Captain Robertson in the spring of 1779 and served three weeks as orderly sergeant at Petersburg in the state of Virginia the second service as an enrolled volunteer or minute man was in the summer of 1779 under Captain Isaac Hicks at Hicks ford on the Meharrin river five weeks as orderly sergeant; Third service as volunteer aforesaid was under Captain John Manly (He thinks Hicks & Manly were regular officers) in the fall of 1779 six weeks guarding the Town of Smithfield from the meernious of the British - 4th service as Volunteer aforesaid was in the spring of 1780 under Captain Manly afsd opposite old Jamestown on James River four weeks as orderly sergeant, we were stationed for the purpose of watching the British shipping coming up in order to give timely notice - 5th service as volunteer afsd was in the fall of 1780 under Captain John Manly as sergeant was stationed at Cobham on James River six weeks as a guard 6th service as Volunteer afsd was in the spring of 1781 under Captain Lawrence House below the falls of James river in sight of Richmond Six weeks as orderly sergeant 7th and last service was in the summer of 1781 under Captain Lawrence House in Col. Holcombs regiment of Militia and Major Holcombs Battalion we marched to Certus ferry on James river. then to Prince Edward Court
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Courthouse, then to Piney fork of James river and then crossed on to the North side of said river thinks General Lawson commanded at this time and fell in with Genl. Lafayettes army and then marched to Springfield about 30 miles north of Richmond where he was discharged about the first of August 1781 having served this tour seven weeks - making in the whole fifty five weeks to wit 6 weeks as fifer and 49 weeks as orderly sergeant during the revolutionary war he states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service But that he is well acquainted with Alexander Mitchell of the Lawn of Eaton in the County of Preble for upwards of twenty years and also with the Reverend Henry Monfort of the same place upwards of fifteen years who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
H. Hawkins Clerk William Williams

We Henry Monfort Clergyman residing in the Town of Eaton in the County of Preble and State of Ohio and Alexander Mitchell of the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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
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sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Henry Monfort
Alexander Mitchell
J. C. Hawkins Clerk

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 Henry Monfort who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Eaton and that Alexander Mitchel who has also signed the same is a resident of the said Town of Eaton and is a credible person and that their statement is intitled to Credit
By the Court
J. C. Hawkins Clerk

I Joseph C Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Williams for a Pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of July A.D. 1833
J. C. Hawkins Clerk

26.499.
William Williams
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State of Ohio ss
Preble County} Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Preble aforesaid William Williams who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing & annexed declaration who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth 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 and believes that he is not mistaken he Served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following Grades: - for eleven months and thirteen days I Served as an orderly Sergeant and for one month & twelve days I Served as fifer. all of which time I was in actual Service in the field and was not engaged in any Civil pursuit, and for such Service I claim a pension. And that in the above estimate of Service he has charged for none but actual Service rendered in the field and that he has made no charge for the time he was marching to and from the Service but only the time he was actually doing duty under his officers in the field and that he never got a written discharge for any of his Service but was verbally discharged
Sworn to and Subscribed} William Williams
Before me this 6th day of
November, 1833
Isaac Stephens J.P.
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The State of Ohio
Preble County} ss. I Francis A. Cunningham Clerk pro tom of the Court of Common Pleas for Preble County do hereby Certify that Isaac Stephens Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of the taking thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified as such and to whose acts as such full faith and credit should be given In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Eaton the Sixth day of November, One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
F. A. Cunningham Clerk
pro tim
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In reply to your request of _____, received ___ for a statement of the military history of William Williams a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (+ his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. File 1967

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[1] Sept. 1777
[2] May 1, 1778
[3] 1778
[4] Spring 1779
[5] Summer "
[6] Fall "
[7] Spring 1780
[8] Fall "
[9] Spring 1781
[10] to Aug 1, 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1] 6 wks.
[2] 6 wks.
[3] 6 wks.
[4] 3 wks.
[5] 5 wks.
[6] 6 wks.
[7] 4 wks.
[8] 6 wks.
[9] 6 wks.
[10] 7 wks.
RANK.
[1] Fifer
[2] orderly Sergt.
[3 - 10] "
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. 
[1] Richard Elliott
[2] Simmons
[3] Thomas Marshall
[4] Robertson
[5] Isaac Hicks
[6] John Manly
[7] "
[8] "
[9] Lawrence Stonel
[10] "
COLONEL.
[1] Downman
[2 - 9] [checkmark]
[10] Holcomb
STATE.
Va.

Remarks: Sol. mar - Bourbon Co., Ky. Oct. 13, 1796 Margaret Plunket.
he d. Feb. 18, 1841 Jackson MS. afsd. & she was allowed pension on applc executed June 8, 1849 while 74 yrs. als of Jackson MS. Preble Co. Oh.
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William Williams, Preble Co. O. Act 7 Mar 1832 
$112.29 per ann
To what time was he last paid?
GCA

Pension Office} Died 18th Feb. 1841.
Sept. 17, 1849} Pd. to his death BLB.
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Official Business

J. L. Edwards, Comr.
of Pensions
War Department
Washington City

recd. Oct. 8. '49

[stamp 1]
FREE

[stamp 2]
EATON O. 
OCT 2
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Eaton O
2nd Oct. 1849

Dr Sir,
In the early part of June last I sent or mailed to your Department & Address the declaration and papers of Margaret Williams the widow of William Williams deceased, who claims a pension on account of the services of her said husband in the Revolutionary War, and not having heard anything in relation, to the old lady's application Since I mailed the papers, will I hope be a sufficient apology for my troubling you on this occasion
"The old lady is anxious to know what has been done in relation to her application & if it has been acted on how it has been disposed of &c. you will do a great favor and Kindness by giving me the wanted information in relation to this matter at your earliest convenience
Respectfully yours &c
J. Stephens

J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
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Revolutionary Pension
Claim June 13/49
Declr.
Margaret Williams

Official Business
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
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Eaton. Ohio
June 9. 1849

Dear Sir
Inclosed I send the Declaration of Margaret Williams for a pension on account of the services of her husband William Williams in the Army of the Revolution. please address me
yours &c
J. Stephens

J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1967
Margaret Williams
Widow
William Williams
Sgt. & Fifer Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:-Vol. M., Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909 June 19. Hist. to Omar G. Weir. C
1909 Aug. 20 Geo. W. Cromer no means of identifying sol. father without name C
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LAW OFFICE OF
OMAR G. WEIR,
ROOM 9,
ANTHONY BLOCK.

MUNCIE, IND., June 5, 1909.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you please furnish me with the war record of William Williams of Georgia, who is supposed to have served in the Revolutionary War. He moved from Georgia between 1789 and 1794 to Burbon, Ky., and lived there until about 1800 when he moved to Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, where he died in 1841.
Any information on the subject will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
Omar G Weir
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L. S. W.
3587

[stamp 1]
PENSION OFFICE. U.S. H
JUN 7 1909

[stamp 2]
RECORD DIVISION
JUN 8 1909
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Records Division.

August 20, 1909.

Mr. George W. Cromer,
Vatet Block, Suite # 201,
Muncie, Indiana.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 11" and received the 13" instant, you are advised that in the papers in pension claim Wid. File No. 1,967, William Williams referred to his father but did not state his name, and that without the Christian name of a soldier this Bureau has no means of ascertaining whether or not he ever filed a claim for service rendered in the War of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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GEORGE W. CROMER,
Attorney at Law,
MUNCIE, INDIANA.

VATET BLOCK,
Suite 201.
OLD PHONE 579

August 11, 1909.

Hon. V. Warner,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,---
I want to ascertain the christian name and whether or not he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and if a soldier his service, of the father of William Williams who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War having served under Col. Downman off and on from 1777-1781 having enlisted from Brunswick County, Virginia, where it is supposed, he lived with his father. The father of William Williams I am satisfied lived in Brunswick County, Virginia at and during the War but afterwards lived in Jackson Township, Preble County, Ohio, where he died in 1818 or 1819.
If you can furnish me the christian name of Mr. Williams the father of William Williams who can be identified from the information given above, your kindness will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
G. W. Cromer