Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26019, Elisha Williams, Md.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Williams, Elisha
Harriet

NUMBER
W.26019

CONTAINS
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HH
District of Columbia

Harriet Williams widow of Elisha Williams dead

2nd

who was under a pension under the Act of

and who died on the 14th December 1805 of Geo Town in the State of District of Columbia who was a Capt/Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain__of the Regt., commanded by Col Ganty in the Md line for 11 most & 20 days Capt
6 mos Lieutenant.

Inscribed on the Roll of District of Columbia at the rate of 313 Dollars 33 cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Sept. 1838 and sent John Harry Esq 3rd Auditors Office

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $626.66
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 156.66
$783.32

Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,
Book 04 Vol. D Page 235

Dead
Letter to Pension Agent C.J. Harry 25 June 1845.
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Be it known that on the fourth day of August 1838 before me Brooke Mackall, Notary Public dwelling in George Town Dis. Col. came Catherine Mackall & made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that she was present at the Marriage of Captain Elisha Williams of George Town formerly of Montgomery County Maryland, a reputed Revolutionary Officer & her sister Harriatt Bealle, now Harriett Williams residing in George Town D.C. that they were legally married by the Reverend Stephen B Barch of George Town on or about the 6th day of May 1784--she further declares that the above mentioned Harriett Williams has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Elisha Williams 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial seal. B Mackall, Not. Pub.

I here certify that the above deponant Catherine Mackall is a respectable person & that her testimony is fully entitled to credit.
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District of Columbia, to wit

Be it remembered that on the first day of September 1838, before me William Cranch, Chief Judge of the District of Columbia, personally appeared Harriet Williams a resident of George Town in the County and District of aforesaid aged Sixty Nine years who being first and duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of this provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows:" That she is the Widow of Elisha Williams who was as she learns from the documented filed herewith, being a statement made by Captain David Lynn of Alleghany County Maryland now deceased & endorsed by the late Col Williams Lamar [illegible] also of the County & State aforesaid, Montjoy Barley of the City of Washington died & Judge, Gabriel Duvall--and a certificate signed by George R Brewer Register of the Land of & for the Western Shore of Maryland & also from her said husbands declarations made in her presence, That he served in the War of the Revolution first as a Lieutenant in the troops raised by the State of Maryland in the Spring of 1776 to serve six months commonly known as the Flying Camp, that he served during the whole period of that Service & at the expiration of that service, say, on the 10th day of December 1776 he was commissioned as a Captain in the 7th Maryland Regiment and served as such until the 28th day of November 1777 when he resigned That the same Elisha Williams was a native and
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at the commencement of the services herein stated, was a
resident of that part of Frederick County, which
is now Montgomery County in the State of Maryland that
this deponent is not in possession of any other
documentary evidence in support of the claim
she further declares, that she was married to
the said Elisha Williams on the sixth day of May
1784, that her husband, the aforesaid Elish Williams
died in George Town Dis Col. on the fourteenth day of
December 1805 That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January 1794 Viz. at the
time above stated, she also declares that she
was married to the said Elisha Williams by the
Reverend Doctor Stephen B Balch late of George
Town Dis. Col & is now informed that his registry
of Marriages, was several years since, burned with
all his other papers, the said Balch has also [illegible]
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above
written, before me
W. Cranch
Harriet Williams
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January 18, 1937
BA-J/EEL
Elisha Williams-W.26019

Mrs. S. H. Goodnight
2130 West Lawn Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Madam:

[R]eference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to Captain Elisha Williams, who served in the
Revolutionary War from Maryland and whose widow, Harriet, received
a pension on account of his services.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26019, based upon the military
service in that war of Elisha Williams.
Elisha Williams was born in Frederick (that part which was
later Montgomery) County, Maryland. The date of his birth and
names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, Elisha Williams
was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in Captain Deakins' Company, Colonel
Charles G. Griffith's Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp, in
the winter or early in the spring of 1776, was at first engaged
the recruiting service, then joined the main army at New York, a few
days after the defeat at that city, was on Long Island and engaged
in the battles of Harlem and White Plains and served until December
10, 1776, on which date he was appointed captain in Colonel Gunby's 7th Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, in which latter engagement he was wounded in the thigh or about
knee. He resigned his commission. November 28, 1777.
He died December 14, 1805, in Georgetown, District of Colum-
The soldier married May 6, 1784, Harriet Beale. They were
married by the Reverend Stephen Balch, of Georgetown, District of
Columbia.

Pension was allowed Harriet, widow of Elisha Williams, on an
application executed September 1, 1838, at which time she was aged sixty-nine years and resided in Georgetown, District of Columbia

[Handwritten}
See  Md Archives pages 42 
& 257 Heitman's Historical Register
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Harriet Beale Williams died March 23, 1843.
The only name of a child of Elisha and Harriet Williams that is given is daughter Margaret A. Johns, who made affidavit in 1838,
in Georgetown, District of Columbia, in support of her mother's claim for pension. She did not give her age of the name of her husband.

In same year, Catherine Mackall made affidavit in Georgetown,
District of Columbia, that she was a sister of the widow, Harriet
Williams. She did not give her age or the name of her husband.
In 1838, Brooke Mackall was a Justice of the Peace in Georgetown,
District of Columbia. His relationship, if any, to Catharine
Mackall was not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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[envelope]

[Stamped]
Annapolis Md
Aug 1

[Handwritten]

[illegible]
Mr John Harry,
George Town,
District of Columbia

mail
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Land Office , Annapolis, 31st July, 1838,
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 27th Inst was received
Enclosed I send you a certificate from the Master rolls of the revolution, of the appointment of Captn Elisha Williams and
his resignation in 1777, as also a copy of his account from
the Army Ledger of the Revolution, showing that he served in
the Flying Camp this is all the evidence the rolls in this
office afford of his service.
Very respectfully yr
J. G. Brewer,
Mr John Harry
at
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Third Auditors Office
June 25, 1845
Sir
Herewith I send you the certificate
granted Mrs Harriett Williams under the act 7th July 1838 & a certificate of the Clerk of the Orphans Court shewing the time of her
death & for the purpose of obtaining the pension due her from the 4th March 1843 to the day of her death, being the 23d March 1843. Being the Executor of her Estate
It will be most convenient for the heirs
to make the amount payable to me
as Executor. Your early attention to
this will much oblidge
your [illegible]
John Harry
Col James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Captn Elisha Williams
[illegible]
Folio
Currency
1776, Septr, 12. 
1777, Jany, 28.
To Thos Harwood, paid him on acct [illegible] to be raised by him in Frederick,

To ditto

 72
100
600.0.0
103
140
150.0.0
750.0.0

[Facing Page]

Contra
Folio, Carreney
1777, July, 4th 
By Flying Camp,
Cr
Folio
Currency
161
145
750.0.0

had copy from Army
Ledger A. folio 119,
Test,
George G Brewer
Regr Land off. to S. Md
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Land Office Annapolis, 31st July, 1838,
I hereby certify, that it appears by the Muster rolls of the
Revolution remaining in this office, That Elisha Williams,
was appointed a Captain, in the 7th Maryland Regiment, on the
10th day of December, 1776, and resigned on the 28th day of
November, 1777.
George G. Brewer
Regr
Land off. to S. Md
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Washington County
District Columbia
Be it known that on this 30th
day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight, before
me Brooke Mackall Notary Public, dwelling in George
Town in the County & District aforesaid, came Margaret
A Johns and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty
God, that she was well acquainted with Captain Elisha
Williams a reputed Revolutionary officer during his life time he being her
Father, & deposeth & saith that he the said Elisha William
departed this life in the month of December & in the year of
our Lord Eighteen hundred & five
testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal

A Mackall Not Pub

I do hereby certify that the above deponant Margaret A
Johns is a respectable person & worthy of credit. The
interlination of the words "during his life time" made before signing
& the month October eraced & December inserted before signing
Mackall Not Pub
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To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Maryland

The petition of Harriet Williams of George Town District of Columbia &
formerly of Montgomery County Maryland respectfully
represents that her deceased husband Captain Elisha O Williams served
during the war of the Revolution, first as a Lieutenant of the Flying
Camp and afterwards as a Captain in the Maryland line in the
Continental Army as will be fully shewed by reference to the documents herewith transmitted and that at the Battle of German
Town he received a wound or contusion about the knee from
which he suffered during his after life

Your petitioner respectfully requests that as she is now old
and infirmities increasing and having a very scanty income, entirely
insufficient to afford the necessary comforts of life your Honorable
body will take her case into consideration and afford her such relief by way of a pention during her life as other Widows similarly situated
have heretofore received and are now receiving. and your petitioner being in duty bound will overy pray

Geo Town Jan 24, 1833
Harriet Williams
Cumberland Jany 18. 1833
Dear Sir
the object of the Letter you put into my hands, is to know if
I had any knowledge of Capt Elisha Williams during the revolutionary war
& if he was in the army at what time did he enter the service in what
capacity did he serve was he in the Continental army or in the Militia
to what Regt did he belong, where did he march from, where did his corps
serve, how long did he remain in the Army, or when did he leave it
in what battle was he engaged & to whom would I advise application to be
made for further information.
I answer that I had a perfect knowledge of Elisha Williams at the
commencement of the Revolutionary War we were raised on adjoining
plantations and during a session of a convention called to Annapolis
by a recommendation of the Continental Congress in the winter or early
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in the Spring of 1776 by which Maryland was called on to raise
4 Regts to serve in the Continental army untill the 10th day of December
following to be called the Flying Camp. we went together to Annapolis to
apply to the Convention for Commissioners in one of the Regts to be raised
he was appointed Lieutenant & I was appointed Ensign both in Col Charles
G Griffiths Regt & entered immediately on the recuiting service in Montgomery
then the eastern end of Frederick County the four Regts were raised &
under marching orders before the 1st day of July, marched by companies
to Philadelphia when they were organised & formed into one Brigade under
Brig Genl Beall & then moved on to reinforce the main army under G
Washington, but before this was accomplished the army was defeated & united
on Long Island & the Maryland Brigade joined him a few days after
the defeat in the City of New York Mr Williams was on the Island & on
the field of Battle at Harlam the day the Brittish army & took possession of
the City, he was afterwards during the same campaign in the Battle at
the white plains & in the retreat through Jersey to Philadelphia where the
flying Camp was discharged in conformity with the terms of their enlistments
on the 10th of Dec & still clad in their Summer Cloathing, linen hunting shirts &
on the same 10th day of Decr 1776 under a new organization of the
army all the officers then in service were invited to continue & were generally
promoted he was appointed a Capt & I was appointed Lieut in his comply
in the 17th Maryland Regt Commd by Col Gunby on Continental Establishment
during the winter we were engaged in the recuiting service & early in
the Spring Joined Genl Sullivans division at Prince Town in New Jersey
joined the main army at the opening of the Campaign when the Enemy
left their winter quarters in Brunswick & he was engaged in all the active
duties of the army during the whole Campaign of 1777 he was in the
battles of Brandy wine & German Town & was injured by a passing ball that
bruised but did penetrate his thigh at German Town I do not recollect
the precise time of his leaving the army but I perfully remember his being in command of the Company at the end of the Campaign or untill
the weather was very cold. the whole army was in the field untill about
Christmas. the Maryland line I think reached Wilmington on Christmas
day where they were quartered during the winter
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[illegible] Mountjoy Bayly of Washington & Col Wm Lamar of Allegany Country both
served in the same Regiment with Capt Williams in 1776 & 1777 will of course recollect his services & I believe Judge Duvall of the Supreme Court was Clerk or Secretary to the convention that sat at Annapolis in the Spring
of the year 1796 & will perhaps be able to give the dates of the Commissions
or appointments made at that time 

Very respectfully 
I am & Your Obedient Servant,
David Lynn

After reading & reflecting upon the within letter I unhesitatingly say that I am acquainted with nearly all of the circumstances and
believe them all to be true and and prepared if necessary to make a similar statement
Wm Jamar

I hereby certify that the facts stated and concurred in by Col Wm Lamar are true that Captain Elisha Williams served in the
Flying Lamp and afterwards was appointed a Captain in the Continental Serice & secured some length of time.

MountJoy Bayly captain of the 4th Continental Regt from the State of Maryland.

I have no doubt the facts stated in the foregoing letter are strictly true.
22d January 1833
G Dewall

Land Office Annapolis January 24th 1833-
I certify that it appears by the muster rolls remaining in this office that Elisha Williams was appointed a Captain in the 7th. Maryland
Regiment on the 10th day of December 1776 and on the 28th of November 1777 Resigned [Underlined]

George G. Brewer
Reg. Land office of W.S. Md.
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I hereby fortify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the petition and papers, pretenses at the December [scribble] of 1832, and on file in the archives of the House of Delegates of Maryland.

Given under my hand at the [unknown] of Annapolis, this 23rd day of July, 1838

George G. Brewer, the House of Delegates, MD
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James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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George Town September 1st 1838

Sir

I herewith transmit to you the document,
& papers on which Ms Harriett Williams rely to
support her claim for a pension under the Law of the 7th July 1838 they are her declaration executed before Judge Branch, an attested copy of Capt David Lynn's statement, supported by Col William Lamar & Gen
Mountjoy Bayly, all now deceased & Judge Duvall, who is not now in a situation to give further evidence, a certificate of the service of Cap Williams by George G. Brewer Register of the Land Office for the Western shore of Maryland - Copy of Cap. Williams account
from the army Register as to service in the Flying Camp. W Brewers Letter & a letter from Judge Duvall all of which are submitted for any further information as to Cap. William's service
in the Revolutionary War. I refer you to the paper & documents in your office.

Respectfully
Your Obt Sert.
John Harry

I also add W Mackall affidavit as to the Marriage - & W Johns as to the death of Capt Williams

James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Goodsuchund [Scribble]
A.D. 18
Mr. John Harry
George Town, D.C.
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Marietta, April 13. 1838
Dear sirs
your letter of the 20th all was
recived by mondays mail, but not in time
to be answered by the same mail in return.
Elisha Williams was appointed second
lieutenant in Capt. Deakin's company of
Flying cana Militia in June 1776. The service
of the Flying camp militia was to terminate on
the first of December following according to
[the time] of the act of Congress under which
they are raised his pay and testament afterward
depend on the date of his commission.
I regret that I cannot, at present, add
any further information on the subject. The
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Book containing the information suggested by
one whom I last saw you has now lost by
lending it, and my retention is not sufficiently
distinct to supply the want of it. It would
give me pleasure to add it when material
circumstances were within my [illegible].
I am respectfully your obedient servant,

G Drake
Mr Harry.
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No 652.
Harriet Williams
D.C.
admitted
St 6 mo. $80-
Capt. 11 mo 20 da $233.33
$313.33/100
John Harry Esq
3d Auditor Office
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O. W. & N. DIV.  F. S.

Sir:



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
February 27, 1898.

Sir:-
Replying to your communication of the 18th instant, you are informed
that Mrs. Harriet Villiers did receive a pension for the services of
her husband, Elisha Williams, in the Revolutionary war. He was a Captain
in the 7th, Maryland Regiment, Appointed December 10, 1773, and resigned
November 28, 1777.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
F. A.  Barneille, Esq.,
4625 P St., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
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Madison, Wis
Jan. 8, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me
all the information you
have of Captain
Elisha Williams who served in Maryland
from
1776 to 1778 when he resigned. His wife
Harriet received pension in 1832.
Thanking you
Very Sincerely,
(Mrs. S.H)
Gertrude H. Goodnight
2130 West Lawn Ave
Madison
Wis

to
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Office of Commissioner
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Washington D.C.  Feby 18, 1892
Gel G B Raum
Dr Gul
Will you please be kind enough
to cause the records to be
examined in your office if
convenient, and inform me if
Mrs Harriet Williams Widow of ┃
Elisha (Williams) ever rec'd a pension as
an officer in the 7th Battalion
Maryland troops Revolutionary War
. He died about 1806.
I have the honor to be your [illegible]
P.A. Darneille
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To Ch'f. Div.
Action
FEB 18 1892
COMMISSIONER.

File with case
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R
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
26019
Harriet Williams
Wid of
Elisha Williams
Capt Mdline
Act: July 7th 1898
Index: -- Vol. W, Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1892 Feb 26 Hist to
P. H. Darneille City
1937 Jan 18. Hist to
S. H. Goodnight esq
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Rug WIDOW, &c.
-
File No.
26019
Harriet Williams
Wid of
Elisha Williams
Capt Malin
---
Act July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. W, Page 346
Arrangement of 1870.
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1892 Feb 26 Hist to
P.H. Darwille City
1937 Jan 18. Hist to
Mrs S. H. Goodnight Esq