Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,297, Isaac Williams, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Williams, Isaac S. 16,297
carded
CONTENTS
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2034 Indiana
Isaac Williams
Harrison Co. in the State of Indiana who was a private 1 Sergt in the Company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt commanded by Col Crockett in the Virginia Line for Two years from 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 113 Dollars 74/100 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of November 1832 and sent  Henry H Heth Clerk Probate Court Harrison Co Ind.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. 170.55
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833. 56.85
$227.40
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H Sylvester Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 199

Date of Death not on a. B.
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2846 Isaac Williams Indiana. from 1780 Sergeant & Private. $113.70/100
look on state Roll
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2846
BRIEF in the case of Isaac Williams
of Browntownship Harrison County in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? On Open court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he: 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | Rank. As a | Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

Enlisted in 15 Jany. In 1780 | Served until 21st day of Decr 1781 which is 1 11. 7 | Sergt | Battalion Virga. Service Colo. Josph Crocket Capt John Chapman Colo Isaac Cox

Entered 1782 as a volunteer 20th October | served 2 as near as he recollected | Private | Capt Charles Polk Genl Rodgers Clark Genl Richard Richardson Colo Shingleton Lient. Henry Horton

1778 Oct | Served until Feby. 1779

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bedford County Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by traditionary evidence and by documentary proof as to his 1st term of service.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answer agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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State of Indiana Harrison County Probate Court} SS } Augst Term 1832
On this 14th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before William A. Porter sol Judge of the Court of Probate in [illegible] said county, now sitting, the same being a Court of record Isaac Williams a resident of Browntownship in the county of Harrison and state of Indiana aforesaid aged 72 years as [illegible] day of February 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 7, 1832 _ That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated_ that enlisted on the fifteenth day of January 1788 the late Capt John Chapmans Company the western battalion Commanded by Col Joseph Crockett in the Virginia service and that he served as Sargeant in said Company until the 21st day of December 1781 at which time he was discharged agreeabley to law: that at the time he enlisted as aforsaid he resided in Bedford county Virginia that he was marched to Albemarle Barracks at which place he joined Col Crocketts battalion employed in guarding prisoners taken at Burgoynes surrender that he was marched with the said prisoners to Frederick town in Maryland, Frederick County, that he was marched from there to the  [illegible] and then joined Col Morgans regiment of militia and from thence descended the Ohio river to the falls under
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the command of Genl George Rodgers Clark at which last mentioned place he was discharged as hereinbefore stated He further states that on the 20th day of October 1782 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the late Capt Charles Polks Company in the regiment Commanded by Col Isaac Cox of Kentucky that he served in said company as a private until the about Christmas following, being two months at least as near as he can recollect at which time he was discharged agreeably to law that at the time he volunteered last as aforesaid, he resided in Nelson County Kentucky _ that he marched from Beardstown Kentucky in said county of Nelson to the mouth of Licking river and crossed the [illegible] river at the mouth of said Licking river and built a block [illegible] on the north west side of the river and thence prosecuted the expedition [illegible] Miami river, against the Indians and the Command of Genl George Rogers Clark, and burnt several Indian towns killed some Indians & took some prisoners
He further states that some time in the month of October in the year 1778, he entered the service of the United States, at Monks corner thirty miles from Charleston South Carolina, for three months as near as he can recollect, and served until sometime in February 1779 at which time he left the service; that he was drafted at that time, and when drafted his residence was in Craven County South Carolina when he was born that he served in a company Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Horton, and for thinks they had no captain He says that when drafted they was placed under Luit. Horton and
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don not recollect of being attached to a captain command _ He thinks that Col Shingleton commanded the regiment to which the deponent was attached _ and that the General was Richard Richardson- He says also that was a Col Brown along with them and that he does not now recollect the names of any of the other field officers_ that from Monks corner they marched to the six miles house six miles from Charleston _ that while they were at the six mile house, and he thinks between Christmas and New years after he was drafted they received intelligence of the battle at Savannah in Georgia, in which Savannah was taken by the British _ that after that [illegible] ever they were marched to Purisburgh on Savannah River, at which place his tour of service expired, and he was discharged _ that he has no record of his age _ that since the revolutionary war he resided in Kentucky until the march 1815 at which time he removed to this county & has resided here ever since; that he never received a discharge in writing - that they were simply dismissed when there time was out _ that he has no documentary evidence except what he now produces, that he does not know of any person in whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service.
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 an agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid } Isaac Williams
Atest H.W. Heth Clerk
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We Reuben Dugeres Clergy man residing in the township of Boone in the said county of Harrison and Frederick Lester residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Williams, who has subscribed and sworn to the ave declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Reuben Dugeres
Frederick Leslie
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforsaid
Test H. W. Heth Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 Reuben Dugens who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergy man resident in the said township & county abvoe stated and that Frederick Lester who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
William A. Porter
I Henry W Heth Clerk of the probate Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Williams for a pension
No2.846_
In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 14th day of August 1852 W. H. Heth Clerk
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June 2, 1937
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Mrs. Scott C. Hanna
Abington Apartment Hotel
Detroit, Michigan
ISAAC WILLIAMS
S. 16297
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Isaac Williams who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia and received pension while residing in Harrison County, Indiana.
The record of Isaac Williams follows as found in pension claim, S. 16297, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. Isaac Williams was born in February, 1760, in Craven County, South Carolina; the names of his parents are not stated. While residing in South Carolina, he took the oath of allegiance in 1776.
Isaac Williams, while living in Craven County, South Carolina, enlisted at Monk's Corner, thirty miles from Charleston, in October, 1778, and served until February, 1779, as a private under Lieutenant Henry Horton and Colonel Shingleton. While a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted January 15, 1780, served as sergeant in Captain John Chapman's company, Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia regiment, engaged in guarding prisoners from Albemarle Barracks to Fredericktown in Frederick County, Maryland, then marched to the Monongahela River
where he joined Colonel Morgan's regiment on an expedition under General
George Rogers Clark to the Falls of the Ohio River, and was discharged
December 21, 1781. While a resident of Nelson County, Kentucky, he
volunteered October 20, 1782, served as private in Captain Charles Polk's
company, Colonel Isaac Cox's regiment on another expedition under General
George Rogers Clark up the Miami River against the Indians, in which
several of their towns were burned, some of the Indians killed and others
taken prisoners, and was discharged about Christmas, 1782.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Kentucky until March, 1815, when he moved to Harrison County, Indiana.
Isaac Williams was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while a resident of Boone Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
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It is not stated whether or not the soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Isaac Williams, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Isaac Williams
Certificate #2034
Issued November 15, 1832
Rate $115.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Williams
proof or explanation. which require further
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served: yes
V. 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? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. 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? Yes & has a device
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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? yes
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? was documentary proof, 1st Com of service
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?
And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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. 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 year -- months and --- days, I served as a - For months and --- days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
+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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating paper
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
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1937. June 2 - Hist to Mrs. Scott C Hanna
16.297 INVALID.
File No. 16,297 Isaac Williams Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 413 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Abington Apartment hotel Detroit, Michigan  May -7-1937.
RECEIVED MAY 10 1937 SUB-DIV 27
700 SEWARD AVENUE MADISON 9580
Veterans Administrations Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Please send to me copy of or reproductions to be found in pension of Isaac Williams pensioner in Va. resided Harrison Co. Ind. 1832 age 81 yrs. Thanking you.
Yours truly Mrs. Scott C. Hanna
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I do certify that Isaac Williams was inlisted in the fifteenth day of January 1780 in the late Capt John Chapmans company of the western Battalion commanded by me a Colonel in the Virginia Service; and that he said Williams served as Sargent in said Company untill the twenty first day of December on thousand seven hundred and Eighty one, at which time the Battalion was discharged agreeably to Law Given under my and this 26th Day of November 1813. Joseph Crockett
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[illegible]
State of Kentucky Washington County Sct December County Court 1813
The within Certificate even wen produced in Court at Isaac Williams there in named having made oath that the said Certificate is true and authentic and that he has never before proved or [illegible] his right to land for the services in the said Certificate [illegible]. It is ordered that the said Certificate be recorded in the order book of this Court which being accordingly done it is ordered that the same be certified Atteste Jhon Reed [illegible]
Land Office 5th Feb. 1821
No warrant has issued at this office for services performed by Isaac Williams in the revolution.
Wm G Pendleton.
Isaac Williams. Va. S F 16297
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Isaac Williams S. F. 16,297.
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I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Isaac Williams
hath taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, as directed by an Act of
the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina, entitled, " An Act to oblige every
free male inhabitant of this State, above
a certain Age, to give Assurance of
Fidelity and Allegiance to the same, and
"for other Purposes therein mentioned. "
Camden District
June 23 1776
11176
N Carolina Salistown April 28 _
John Meeks
Mat Troy JP