Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 19.099, John J Williams, N.C.
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SERVICE 
N.C.
John J. Williams
Nancy Williams
NUMBER
R.19.099
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5711 Georgia [E. Tennefsee marked out]
John J. Williams of Rone [Roane] Co. in the State of Tennefsee [Tennessee] who was a Artificer in the Company commanded by Captain Gordon of the Regt commanded by Col. Malmady [Malmedy] in the N Carolina line 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of E. Tennefsee at the rate of 36 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of February 1833 and sent to Hon J Standifer Ho Represent

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $54.00 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 18.00
$72.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk
Book D Vol.9 Page 116
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Letter to Hon H. Cobb and to Pension Agent. 18th May 1848.

To Georgia from 4 Sep 1847. 3 June 1848. Notification to Hon Howell Cobb. H Reps

Hor. H. Maynard Dec, 21/59
Same Feby 9/60

Date of death
not on A.B.
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State of Georgia
Lumpkin County | LJ
On this Twentieth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight Before me the Subscriber Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lumpkin personally appeared John J. Williams who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formally belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Sloan in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis Lock in the Service of the United States this his named was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee wherein he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Georgia where he intends to remain and whishes his Pension to be there payable in [public?]. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Tennessee to the State of Georgia. viz Because his children all had and wished to move to the State of Georgia, and are now all living in the State of Georgia, and deponant [deponent] wishes to live with them, as he was too old and infirm to live well by himself
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
John J Williams
J H Worley 

Georgia
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in Lumpkin County aforesaid personally appeared Hiram Williams who being duly Sworn, says that John J. Williams is the identified person named in the above affidavit, and aid subscribe the same after taking the above oath -
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to be the widow of said Revolutionary soldier.  He died October 6th, 1849
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Sworn to before me, the day and year first above written.  Silas L. Arthur
State of Tennessee, County of Campbell.  To With

I hearby certify that Silas L Arthur, before whom the forgoing affidavits and acknowledgement were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Campbell County Court.  this 19th of January 1860

John Peterson, Clerk
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August 12, 1932
BA-J/MLB
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JOHN J. WILLIAMS
R. 19099

Mr. C. M. Williams, Jr.,
Route #3
Ringgold, Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John J. Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 19099, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John J. Williams.

He served as a private in the North Carolina troops under Captain William Sloan and Colonel Francis Locke; no dates of
service given. He entered the service September 1, 1781, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, as a private in the North Carolina
troops under Captain Alexander Jordan and Colonel Malmedy, and marched
to Salisbury, North Carolina, where his company was attached to
Major James Cole Mountflorence's company of artificers, served three months and was discharged December 24, 1781. Immediately
upon discharge he again entered the service in Captain Gaters' or Gates' (illegible) North Carolina company of artificers under Major Mountflorence, served three months and was discharged March 25, 1782.

After the Revolutionary War he returned to Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he resided nineteen years; from there he moved to Tennessee and lived in Jackson and Overton Counties for nineteen years; in McMinn County one year, then in Bledsoe, Rhea and Roane Counties.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832, while a resident of Roane County, Tennessee, and aged seventy-three years.
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   In 1847 John J. Williams moved to Georgia, where he stated he went to be with his children whose names he did not give.

  In 1948 one Hiram Williams made affidavit in Lumpkin County, Georgia; relationship to soldier not stated.

  On January 16, 1860, one Nancy Williams, resident of Campbell County, Tennessee, aged about seventy-five years, applied for pension as the widow of John J. Williams.  She stated that she was married to the soldier June 3 or 5, 1815, in Georgia; and that since the death of John J. Williams she had lived in Anderson or Campbell County, Tennessee.

  Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof that she was the widow of the particular John J. Williams who rendered the above noted service.

  There are no further family data in the claim

Very truly yours, A.D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator

Certificate of Stroder Frogg, Esq. referred to by widow, March 31 1860 not in case when history was written up Aug 8. 1832 -- MLB
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Amendment of Explanation of Nancy Williams

State of Tennessee, Campbell County

On this 31st day of March, personally appeared before me Silas L Arthur, an acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid.  Nancy Williams, a resident of the said county of Campbell and State of Tennessee, aged about seventy-five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on 3 February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John J. Williams, who was an antificen in the revolutionary war as formerly set forth.

She further declares that she was marrayed [sic] to said John J. Williams on the 5 day of June, 1815 in the County of Fentress in the State of Tennessee by Stroder Frogg, Esq, whose certificate is herewith enclosed, the said Frogg is now dead, that diligent search has been made for the marriage license, but they cannot be found.  She is informed that a large quantity of the County Clerk's Office of said County of Fentress has been destroyed or not taken care of, but our marriage is recorded in our family bible in the handwriting of her husband.

She further states that her husband, John J. Williams, did live part of his time in Racine Cunty, Tenn. and that he moved to the state of Georgia in 1847 and died there as in there former
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, o which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John J. Williams which require further proof or explanation
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
2. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
3. Iff the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ---
4. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he serviced? yes
5. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes
6. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
7. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
8. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
9. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
10. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? and if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no, but aumil G certificate
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified in the official character and nature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 in 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.
QUERE XIV. PROOF OF SERVICE.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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.
QUERE XVI. MODE OF AUTHENTICATING PAPERS.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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May 18. 1848
Hon [Honorable] A. Cobb
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Hon. [Honorable] H. Maynard,
June 14th
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R. File No. 19,099.--2
County, Tennessee, June 3, 1815, and that he died in Georgia October 6, 1849, but her claim was rejected on the ground of no record proof of
marriage.
The pension records of the Revolution and War of 1812 fail to afford any information in regard to Etheldred Williams.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.