Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,917, Jacob Williamson, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Williamson, Jacob | S.33,917

CONTENTS
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N.R. | 20,013

New Jersey
Jacob Williamson of Hunterdon Co. in the State of New Jersey, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bellard of the regiment commander by Colonel E. Dayton in the New Jersey line, for the term of nine months, from 28 May 1778 to 28 February 1779.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th day of December 1828.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of Jan. 1829 and sent J.T. Blackwell, Esq., Flemington, N.J.

Arrears to 4th of March 1829......$23.22
Semi-anl. all'ce ending...........(blank)
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                                  $23.22

{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820.}
4 March 182[illegible]
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N.R. | 20,013

New Jersey
Jacob Williamson of Hunterdon Co. in the State of New Jersey, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bellard of the regiment commander by Colonel E. Dayton in the New Jersey line, for the term of nine months, from 28 May 1778 to 28 February 1779.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th day of December 1828.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of Jan. 1829 and sent J.T. Blackwell, Esq., Flemington, N.J.

Arrears to 4th of March 1829......$23.22
Semi-anl. all'ce ending...........(blank)
                                  =======
                                  $23.22

{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820.}
4 March 182[illegible]
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Let(ter sent) to Hon. F.S. Schenck, H.R. Jan. 12 1837. D(itt)o to Hon. G.D. Wall Mar. 9, 1840. D(itt)o to P. Agt. Sep. 9, 1841.
Let(ter sent) to D.J. Bishop March 20, '47.
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20,803
Original claim of Jacob Williamson.
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		Original Claim
	Declaration in order to be placed on the Pen-
	sion list under the act of the 18th March 1818 - 
State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County
			On this twenty ninth day of
October eighteen hundred and thirty three per-
sonally appeared in open court of Common Pleas
being a court of record in and for the said county
Jacob Williamson aged seventy four years, who
being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the acts
of Congress of the 18th March. 1818 and1st May. 1820.
that he the said Jacob Williamson enlisted for the
term of nine monthly on the 			day of May
in the year 1778 in the State of New Jersey in
the company commanded by Captain James
Bellard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey
on the second Continental establishment; that
he continued in the same corps until the
1st of March 1779 when he was discharged
from the said service in Elizabeth Town in
the State of New Jersey. That he hereby relin=
=quishes every claim whatever to a pension ex=
cept the present; that his name is not on the
roll of any state; and that the following are
the reasons for not making earlyer application
for a pension, to wit: because the person who had
his papers in hand did not forward them on ac=
=count of a misunderstanding of the law — and
that he has no other evidence, now in his power,
of his said services, except that herewith tranmit=
=ted —
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and in pursuance of the act of the first of May
one thousand eight hundred and twenty, i do
solumnly sware that I was a resident citizen of
teh United States on the 18th 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 intent thereby so to diminish
it as to bring my self within the provisions of
an act of Congress, entitled “an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and
naval service of the United States in the Revolu=
=tionary War”, passed on the 18th day of March,
1818; and that I have not, nor has any person
in trust for me, any property, any property or securities, con=
tracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any in=
=come other than what is contained in the schedule
hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
	16 Acres of rough Mountain land
	valued at $8.00 Per acre - —-	 $128.00
	Personal property valued at - —-	     45.00
					Amount $173.00
(Signed)
			Jacob Williamson

His family consists of himself, aged seventy four
years, who is a taylor by trade, but unable to
follow it from a dimness of sight. his wife
Rachel, aged seventy seven years, who is unable
to gave her support on account of her infir-
=maties. That since the 18th of March 1818,
the following changes have taken place in
my property, to wit: -
[does not transcribe in format used]
"Description
of property
sold "	
"Name of person
to whom dispo=
sed of"	
"Time of
Sale"	
"Amount of mo=
ney received in
return -"
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[does not transcribe in format used]

"Two acres of
land in the
township of
Amwell"	
Achilles E. Large	
"1st day of
May 1818"	
"Four hundred
and fifty dol=
lars"

That he is indebted to the following per=
	sons, to wit —
			To	Enoch Clifford, Note	—	$61.11
				Richard Williamson	—	  30.50
				Dr. John A. Hendry ——	    6.50
						Amount	$98.11
	And further that the said sum of four hun=
	=dred and fifty dollars was applied to the dis=
	charge of debys by him contracted previous to
	the 18th March 1818, and further this depo=
	nent saith not — 


Sworn & subscribed			Signed
Open Court at Flemington
the date above  —			Jacob Williamson __
      Richd Coxe —

				State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County		I John T. Blackwell Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, do hereby
certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the record
of the court, and that it is the opinion of the said 
that the total amount in value of the applicants pro=
=perty is one hundred and seventy dollars —
		In Witness whereof I have here unto
		set my hand and affixed the Seal
		of said court at Flemington this 8th
		day of September A.D. 1828
			J. P. Blackwell Clk.
				H.C. [?]
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Affidavit of Jacob Williamson on application for pension.

[illegible]
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

Before me, Elnathan Stevenson, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, personally appear Jacob Williamson of Amwell in said County, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that toward the last of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy eight he, this deponent, enlisted in the American Revolutionary Army under Captain Jeremiah Bellard of the Jersey Line in the Third Regiment, commanded by Col. Dayton. That he was enlisted for nine months and remained in the service the whole time of his enlistment when he was regularly discharged by his superior officers but has lost or mislaid his discharge, which he received when he left the army. Says that he is now about Sixty three years old and has resided in the Township of Amwell aforesaid ever since he left the army and resides there still and further saith not.
s/ Jacob Williamson

Sworn and subscribed the 7th day of April A.D. 1818 before me.
s/ Elna(than) Stevenson

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, John T. Blackwell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that Elnathan Stevenson, Esquire, before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at that time one of the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Flemington this 9th day of December A.D. 1828.
s/ J.T. Blackwell, Clk.
H.C.P.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

August 13, 1853.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, the Executor of Jacob Williamson, dec(eased), a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars [crossed out: and (blank) Cents] per [crossed out: annum] month under the law of the 18th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sep. 1848 to the 17th Oct. 1848.

Respectfully yours,
s/ T. Pennington
Acting Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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To what time was Jacob Williamson of New Jersey, Act 1818, last paid?

Pension Office
Sep. 9, 1841
J.L. Edwards

P(aid) to 4th Sep 1840
s/ J.H.
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33,917
Rev(olutionary War)
INVALID.

File No. 33,917
Jacob Williamson
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: 18th March 1818
Index: -; Vol. 2; Page 456.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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June 3, 1901
H.B. Salter, Trenton, N.J.
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O.W. & N. (Division). E.C.L.
Rev(olutionary) War

C. EDWARD MURRAY, CITY CLERK.
HARRY B. SALTER, ASST. CITY CLERK.

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

May 27, 1901

U.S. Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Sir-

You have among your records pension papers of Jacob Williamson, Sr. and Jacob Williamson Jr., two soldiers in the Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia, during the Revolutionary War. I desire a copy of the papers of the Jacob Williamson who died in 1838, evidently the elder although there is but few years difference in their ages. One of them died in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1838, the one I desire, and the other in Seneca County, New York, in 1841.

Not knowing your fees for such work I have not enclosed money but will be glad to forward same upon receipt of the amount required.

Yours truly,
s/ H.B. Salter
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

Be it known that on this Twenty seventh day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty eight, personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, John How, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Jacob Williamson, who is about to make application for a pension, and that he knew him in time of the Revolutionary War. That the said Williamson enlisted sometime in the month of May in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Bellard, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey. That this deponent was Orderly Sergeant of said company. That the said Williamson served out his enlistment and was honorably discharged, as this deponent verily believes. And further this deponent saith not.
s/ Jno. Howe

Sworn and subscribed the date above.
s/ George Rea
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I do hereby certify that John How, the deponent within named, is a man of truth and veracity.

Witness my hand this 27th day of September 1828.

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, John T. Blackwell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that George Rea, Esquire, before whom the preceding affidavit was taken, was at that time one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Flemington this 9th day of December A.D. 1828.
s/ J.T. Blackwell, Clk.
H.C.P.
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

Be it known that on this fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty eight, personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for s(ai)d County, Thomas Mallaby, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he is acquainted with Jacob Williamson, who is about to make application for a pension, and that he knew him in the time of Revolutionary War. That the s(ai)d Williamson enlisted sometime in the month of May in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight in the company command by Captain Jeremiah Ballard in the 3rd Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey. That the s(ai)d Williamson served out his enlistment and was honorably discharged, as this deponent verily believes. And further this deponent sayeth not.
s/ Thomas Malaby (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed the date above before me.
s/ Elijah Wilson
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I do hereby certify that Thomas Malaby, the deponent within named, is a man of truth and veracity, as far as I know and verily believe.
s/ Elijah Wilson
Dated October 14th 1828.

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, John T. Blackwell, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that Elijah Wilson, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at that time one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Flemington this 9th day of December A.D. 1828.
s/ J.T. Blackwell, Clk.
C.H.P. [H.C.P.]
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Trenton, Sep. 6, 1841.

Sir,

The enclosed voucher requires your special direction for payment.

I am very respectfully your obed(ient) ser(vant),
s, Ph(ineas) Dickinson, Pres(ent)
L.P.A.H.J.
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Washington, March 7, 1840.

Sir,

Will you have the goodness to enable me to answer the enclosed letter & return it to me at your earliest leisure.

Yours resp(ectfully),
s/ Garret D. Wall

The Hon(orable) J.L. Edwards
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Washington, Feb. 25, 1847.

Sir:

I herewith submit to you a letter received from Mr. John Williamson of New Jersey with a request that you will be pleased to inform me of the records of your office furnish any evidence to show why Mr. Jacob Williamson was not entitled to have his name placed on the Pension Roll under the Act of 1818.

Will you be pleased to return the accompanying letter with your reply?

Resp(ectfully) your obed(ient) servant,
s/ D.J. Bishop


Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Flemington, N.J., Dec. 16th 1828.

D(ea)r Sir,

I herewith forward you the application of Jacob Williamson for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. I would thank you to forward an answer to me as soon as convenient.

Respectfully yours &c.,
s/ James H. Blackwell