Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,928, William Williams, Md. New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.?
New York

Williams, William

NUMBER
S. 33928

Pensioned in Pa. TNJ.
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CONTENTS
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8031
From
Pennsylvania Roll
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to New Jersey.
William Williams
of Dyberry in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Cortland of the New York
line, for the term of five years   War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 27th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of March 18[illegible]
and sent to the Honorable Abisha Woodward Bethany 
Penn
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Arrears to 4th of March 1817 10 m. 1 [over] 4 / 30 x 1 [over] 4 / 31--- 82:9
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 ---48.--
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$130:9
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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Notification sent December 25. 1820 to
S. Norton. Bethany, Wayne Co, Pa

See letter to Alpheus Gurtin 
6 Oct 1825
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Application for a pension
William Williams
of 4th Regt
Wayne County Pennsylvania
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27. Apl 1818
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Not on New York
rolls suspended
for Maryland
rolls

Judges certificate
as to claimants
circumftances wanted

Bethany Penn
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Wayne County}
Pennsylvania fs}
Be it remembered that on the twenty seventh day of April Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and eighteen before me Abisha Woodward Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared William Williams of Dyberry Township in said County who being duly sworn according to law did declare and fay,
That he entered into the army of the United Colonies (afterwards "United States") raised for the defence of American liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof in the month of June 1776 by enlistment under Capt. Oldham in a Company belonging to the fourth Maryland regiment commanded by Col. Joshua Hall. - That he continued in said Company until the Spring of the year 1778 when he left said Company and enlisted immediately into a Company commanded by Capt. Livingston belonging to Col. Cortlands regiment of New York State Troops + engaged during the war - That he continued in said service by virtue of said enlistment until the close of the war in 1783 - And that, he received at the City of Albany signed by Cols. Cortland, VanRenselaer + Willet and General Schuyler an honorable discharge from said service which said discharge is accidentally lost or destroyed -
And this Deponent further saith that from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. - And that he hath heretofore had no Pension allowed him by the law of the United States to his knowledge and if any such exist he doth hereby fully and entirely release his claim thereto to the said United States -
William Williams (his x mark)

Sworn + fubscribed before me this 27. April 11818
Abisha Woodward
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Wayne County fs -
I Abisha Woodward one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that William Williams residing at Dyberry Township in the said County of Wayne served in the revolutionary war as is set forth in his deposition hereunto annexed against the Common enemy which I respectfully transmit to the Secretary of the department of war

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court the 27 day of April 1818.
Abisha Woodward
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Wayne County fs.
I Sheldon Norton Esq. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Wayne do hereby certify that Abisha Woodward Esq. is one of the Judges of the said Court as appears from the record thereof remaining in my keeping, and that full faith + credit is + ought to be given to his acts as such

In testimony whereof I have hereto Fet my Hand and the Seal of said County at Bethany the 25 day of January Anno Domini 1819.
Sheldon Norton Prot.
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Wm Williams
Dyberry
Wayne Co
8031
Sep '19

Con
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District of Pennsylvania}
Wayne County} SS.
On this 29th day of August Anno Domini 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne {being a Court of Record for the said County created and exprefsly made such by the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania fee [see] act of afsembly of 22 May 1722 +c [&c]} Williams the Claimant aged seventy five years resident in the Township of Dyberry in the said County of Wayne who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz: That he enlisted in 1776 in the company commanded by Capt. Oldham of the 4th Maryland Regiment Col. Hall and served till 1778 when he enlisted during the war into Capt. Livingstons Company in Col. Courtlandts Regiment of New York troops and served till 20th July 1783 when I was discharged ~~ Date of original declaration 27 April 1818 ~ Number of Pension Certificate 8031 and I the said William Williams do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with interest thereby fo [so] to diminish it - as to bring myself within the provisions of all act of Congrefs entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" pafsed the 18th March 1818; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the fchedule hereto subjoined and by me subscribed ~
William Williams (his x mark)
Wifnefs
J. W. Coagagham

Sworn to and declared in open Court the 29th day of August Anno Domini 1890 - before
Abisha Woodward
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Schedule of the property of William Williams
I have no property other than my common wearing apparel. I have no occupation but that of a common laborer and unable to pursue any businefs to advantage being continually affected with the Rheumatism, which has rendered almost uselefs my right let ~ ~ I have no family with me and no children in circumstances to contribute to my support
William Williams (his x mark)
Witnefs
J. W. Coagagham

Sworn to and declared in open Court the 29d day of August 1820 before
Sheldon Norton} Filed Augt 29 1820}

Pennsylvania}
Wayne County} ff.
I Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the fchedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said William Williams is not pofsefsed of any property of value whatever ~
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court of Bethany the 4th day of September A.D. 1820
Sheldon Norton Prothonotary of
the Court of Com. Pleas of Wayne County
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William Williams
oppr. for Transfer v@
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State of New Jersey}
Sufsex County fs} Be it remembered that on this sixteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty six personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Sufsex and State of New Jersey William Williams who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is the same person to whom the original certificate now in his pofsefsion was given of which the following is a copy viz - War Department Revolutionary Claim, I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 William Williams late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania agency at the rate of Eight dollars per Month to commence on the 27th day of April one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen ---
Given at the War Office of the United States this 22d day of March Eighteen hundred and nineteen
(Signed by) J. C. Calhoun 
Secry. of War
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that the number of his certificate is 8031. - That he served in the Revolutionary Army in the Continental establishment in the fourth Maryland Regiment commanded by Col. Joshua Hall in Captain Oldams [Oldham] Company where he served three years and then inlisted in Captain Livingstons Company in Col. Courtland [Cortlandt] Regiment of the New York line where he served until the colose of the War - that he was placed on the Pension list at the War office, in the Roll of the Pennsylvania agency, that he has always obtained his Pension at the United States Bank in Philadelphia, that he removed into the State of New Jersey from the State of Pennsylvania because he had a Daughter residing in Wantage, County of Sufsex and State of New Jersey with whom he wishes to live having no family of his own. - That he wishes to receive his Pension in future in the State of New Jersey where he resides and further this deponent saith not.
William Williams (his x mark)
Sworn + Subscribed before me this day and year above written}
John Gustin
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State of New Jersey}
Sufsex County fs} Be it remembered that on this Sixteenth day of December Eight hundred and twenty six, personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Sufsex and State of New Jersey William W Litteer and Elias Gustin who being duly Sworn according to Law on their oath saith that they are acquainted with William Williams the within named and that he is the same person to whom the original certificate was given + which the within described is a copy -
William W Litteer
Elias Gustin
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year above written
John Gustin

New Jersey}
Sufsex County fs} I John Gustin the Justice of the Peace in Said County before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, do certify that William W Litteer and Elias Gustin the deponents therein mentioned are persons of veracity - Witnefs my hand this sixteenth day of December Eighteen hundred and twenty six
John Gustin
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State of New Jersey
Sufsex County fs} I David D Chandler clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said county of Sufsex do certify that John Gustin before whom the foregoing testimony was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in said county duly commifsioned and sworn and that the several signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto fet [set] my name and affixed the seal of said court at Newton the twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty six
D D. Chandler
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I. S. C. Exr.
Inv. No. 33928
Rev. War.

Feby 4, 1915
Wm Williams
S. 33928

Madam:

In reply to your request for the military history of William Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he applied for a pension April 27, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Dyberry Township, Wayne Co., Pa., and seventy-three years of age.

He stated that he enlisted June, 1776; in Capt. Oldham's Co., Col. Josias C. Hall's regiment on the Continental establishment, in which he served until the spring of 1778, when he enlisted in Captain Livingston's Co., in Col. Cortland's regiment New York Line, from which he was discharged July 20, 1783, at Albany, New York.

His claim was allowed.

In 1826, having no family of his own, soldier removed to Wantage Sussex Co., N. J. to live with his daughter whose name is not mentioned.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Mrs. Lu. C. Tippett,
Chauncey, Athens Co., 
Ohio.
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I. 33928
William Williams

Apl. 27, 1818 Dyberry Twp
Wayne Co, Pa.

Enl June 76
Capt Edw Oldham
Col. Josias Carvell [Carvil] Hall
4 Md.
Contt Est.
Spr 78
Capt Livingston
Col Cortlands
reg ny State w.
until July 21 83 dis at Albany, ny

1820 - "75
1826 removed to Wantage
Sussex Co. NJ to reside
wth his dau - name not
stated.
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33928
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 33928
William Williams
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18" March 18"
Index: Vol. S, Page 456
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feby 4, 1904 Hist to Mrs. Lu. C. Tippett, Chauncey, Oh. letter of inquiry in Wid. 4417 Stephen Brown.
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rec? Dec 27. 1826.

Wm Williams
for transfer
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Alpheus Justin
Newton, N. J.

[Newton?] Dec 23

Hon. James Barbour
Sery. of War
Washington City
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Newton Sufsex County New Jersey
December 21, 1826.

Sir
I send you the application of William Williams a Revolutionary soldier, for a transfer of his pension from the agency in Philadelphia to Trenton in New Jersey, ~you will observe that the last money he received was in March last at Philadelphia ~ when the further payment of his pension there was stoped on account of his residence in this State. If his application shall be granted please to inform me of it at this place,
Your obt Servant
Alpheus Justin