Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,589, Elisha Williams, Va.
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Va. 

Williams, Elisha

S. 3,589

carded
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7364
West Tennessee
Elisha Williams
Williamson [/o] in the State of W. T.
who was a private in the company command
by Captain Bluford of the Rgt. commanded
by Col Lewis in the Virginia
line for 14 month

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of April
1833 and sent to Tho
Hardiman Franklin Ten

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 23.33
$116.65

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 101
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No 20048.
Elisha Williams Williamson 
County Tennessee

from [07] - private
14 months,
$46.66

Thomas Hardiman Clk
Williamson County Court
Franklin Co Tenn.
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[Form]

Brief in the case of Elisha Williams
County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 73
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Table]
Period. / Duration of Service. / Rank. / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Enlisted as vol In 17[blank] / Years, Months, Days. 6 months / As a Private / Capt Bluford, Col Lewis
. / 3 months / Private / Capt Bluford, Col Christie
Vol / nearly 3 months / Private / Capt Wadkins.
Draft / 3 months / Private / Capt Clemons Maj. Ward.
I served 14 Months -

5.  In what battles was he engaged? None
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Redford Co Va
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as the regulations require

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signed] Dyer Castor examining Clerk.
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Declaration of
Elisha Williams for
a pension
20048
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State of Tennessee
Williamson County
October Term 1832

On this 4th day of October 1832 personally appeared in
open Court now sitting, before us
Wright Stanley, Jabez Owen and William
Johnson Justices of the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for Williamson County
Tennessee Elisha Williams a resident of 
Williamson County aged ^years, who 
being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the ^provisions of an^ act of Congress passed
7th June 1832. That he entered the service
of the United States under the following
named officers and served as
herein stated. I first enlisted as a volunteer
while residing in Bedford County Virginia
into Capt. James Bluford's ^company in the year 
that there was a call for troops to Williamsburgh
& we were marched by Capt. Bluford to
Williamsburgh which the British had
left and there being a call for troops
to go against the Indians we were
marched Back and immediately we
were marched by Col. Lewis in the Indian
expedition, to the Long Island
of Holstein. After destroying their
villages and dispersing them we returned
to Bedford. soon after which my
time of six months was out, and
I received a discharge for 6 months
service signed by James Bluford
The next Spring I entered into Capt.
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Harry Bluford's company in consequence of it falling to my turn by
the class or division of the men. I
was marched from Bedford to
the Long Isles of Holstein where the
Indians entered into a treaty with us
and It was mutually signed by the proper
authorities. We joined Col. Christie's
troops at Holstein. after the treaty
we returned and my tour of 3 
months was soon after out and I
received a discharge by Capt. Bluford.
In the same year I volunteered 
into Capt. Charles Wadkin's company
in an expedition against the Indians
 in the state of Kentucky.  This was
a two month tour. We marched to
Boone Station on the Kentucky River.
There we stayed some time and I returned
home having served nearly 3
 months but I only entered for 2 months
I received no discharge this tour
I next entered as a drafted man
in Capt. Clemon's company
We marched to Salisbury when we
fell under Major Ward and Major
Ross. From this place we were
marched to ninety six which Gen. 
Green was besieging at that time
After remaining here some time
Gen. Green was compelled to retreat
I remained with the army of Gen.
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until my tour of three months was
out and in consequence of
my Capt. being took of his commission,
I did not get a discharge
I state 14 months service. I know
of no person in this country who can prove my service. Isaac
Ferguson was out in the service
at ninety six and from circumstances
knows I was out at the same
time in the service. I was born in
Bedford County Virginia in the 
year 1759. I have no documentary
evidence of my service. I have no
record of my age. I lived in Bedford
County until I moved to this County
Williamson, about 20 years ago
and have lived here ever since
and still live here. I hereby
claim to a pension or annuity
except the present and declare my name
is not on the pension roll of any agency 
of any State. I state Isaac Ferguson, G.W.
Barker, Michael Dooley and Donaldson Potter
who can certify to when I served.
There was no regular officer But Gen. Green.
I served two 3 months tours each by lot according
to class or Division of the men. My first 6 months tour
I volunteered. also in my 2 month Tour.

Elisha    Williams
   his  X mark

Sworn to  in open Court October 18, 1832
Thos Hardeman  Clerk

We Donaldson Potter a clergyman resident
in the Edge of Maury County Ten. and Michael Dooley Isaac Ferguson 
& George W Barker residents of Williamson County do certify that we
are well acquainted with Elisha Williams
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
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declaration, that we believe him to be
73 years of age that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that we 
concur in that opinion. This the
day and year aforesaid

Donaldson Potter
Isaac Ferguson
Michael Dooley
G.W. Barker
Sworn to in Open Court
October 1832 Thos. Hardeman  Clerk

I Isaac Ferguson do hereby certify 
that I was at Ninety six and know 
some circumstances taking place which were
so related to me, by Elisha Williams as convinced
me he must have been there and seen
the himself. I know him to be a
man of veracity and firmly believe
he served as he has stated. This the 
day and year aforesaid; I have been
acquainted with him for 20 years.

Isaac Ferguson

Sworn to in open Court
October 1832

Thos. Hardeman  Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
the putting of the interrogatories prescribed by
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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 Donaldson
Potter who signed the preceding certificate
and clergyman resident in the County of
Maury and State of Tennessee, and that  Isaac
Ferguson Michael Dooly and G W Barker
who have also signed the same are residents
of Williamson County and State of Tennessee,
and are credible persons and that 
their statements are entitled to credit.

Wright Stanley
Jabez Owens
Wm Johnson

I Thomas Hardeman clerk of the Court of
Pleas & Quarter Sessions held for the County 
of Williamson state of Tennessee, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said court in the matter of the applicant
of Elisha Williams for a pension
& his Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 24th October 1832

Thos. Hardeman  Clerk
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August 19, 1929.

Mrs. M. L. Blatherwick
Center Point
Kerr County,
Texas.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 3589, it appears that Elisha Williams was
born in 1759 in Bedford County, Virginia.

While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted
and served as a private with the Virginia troops as follows:
Six months in Captain James Bluford's Company, Colonel
Lewis' Regiment, and was in an expedition against the Indians;
the next spring, three months in Captain Harry Bluford's Company,
Colonel Christie's Regiment, and was in an expedition
against the Indians; in the same year, nearly three months in
Captain Charles Wadkins' Company, and marched against the
Indians in Kentucky; three months in Captain Clemons' Company,
and was in the siege of Ninety-six. No dates are given for
any of the above services.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/HMM

He was allowed pension on his application executed October
4, 1832 while a resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, to
which place he had moved from Bedford County, Virginia about
twenty years before.

There are no data concerning his family.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford
any information in regard to a soldier named Elisha Williams who
served with the North Carolina troops, and the above noted is the
only soldier by that name, of Tennessee, found on said records.

Due to the very large number of requests similar to yours,
and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the
Bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each inquiry pertaining 
to soldiers of the Revolution. Letters are being answered
as rapidly as possible in order of their receipt.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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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
Elisha Williams which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

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?

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?  [crossed out: No]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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?

XII. 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?

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?
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 to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

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?  No

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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a[blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
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Washington October 7, 1931.

BA-J/ADY

Mrs. M. L. Blatherwick,
637 Paterson Avenue,
San Antonio, Texas.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 21, 1931, relative to Elisha Williams, a Revolutionary War pensioner of Maury County, Tennessee, in 1833.
The history of Elisha Williams, S.3589, furnished you on August 19, 1929, is that of the only soldier by that name, of Tennessee, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The report of the Secretary of War, printed in 1835, shows a pensioner of that name of Maury County, Tennessee as placed upon the pension roll April 6, 1833. His name was erroneously placed on the list of that county. The pensioner, Elisha Williams, who was placed on the Tennessee roll on that date, was of Williamson County, Tennessee, and his record furnished you as stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Nov. 14, 1900. Hist to
Miss Mary Hoss, Nashville Tenn

Mch. 14 - 1903 - His. to
Jno. C. Brown- Nashville Ten

1929 - Aug 19, Hist to Mrs. M.L.
Blatherwick - M E. E.

1934 Oct. 1. Mrs. M L Blatherwick
adv. as to residence at time soldier
was pensioned A.D.Y.

Rev War
3589
INVALID.

File No. 3589
Elisha Williams
Pvt Va line

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: - Vol. A, Page 407
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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637 Patterson Ave.
San Antonio Sept 21-31
To the Commissioner of Pensions -
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
My ancestor Elisha Williams was 
living in Maury Co. Tennessee in 1833
and receiving a Pension for services in
the Revolutionary War. Please send
me a copy of his service and greatly
oblige - 
Yours Respectfully
Mrs M. L. Blatherwick
637 Patterson Ave
San Antonio, Texas

[stamp: RECEIVED
SEP 25 1931
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION]
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[stamp: Stamp Enclosed]
Center Point Tex - Aug 9 - 29
To the Com'r of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir:
Several weeks ago I wrote you asking
for Revolutionary war record of Elisha Williams
of North Carolina. He was drawing a Pension
in old age. I beg to ask for his record as he
is my ancestor and I feel sure his record
if I can get it will entitle me to ^membership in^ the Society of
"D. A. R." Kindly let me hear from you
at your earliest convenience and
greatly oblige
Sincerely yours
(Mrs) M. L. Blatherwick
Center Point
Kerr Co.
Texas - 

Revolutionary War Record of
Elisha Williams -
North Carolina - emigrated
to Tennesse after the war

none who served
with NC troop [?]
only of Tenn

[stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE
AUG 16 1929]
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San Antonio Tex. 7-18-29
To the Com'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me a copy 
of the "Rev. War" record of my ancestor
Elisha Williams who went from Nrth Carolina
to Tenn - was living in Maury Co. 1833 -
drawing a "Revolutionary War Pension"
Please let me hear from you and oblige
Yours Respectfully-
Mrs M. L. Blatherwick
607 Patterson Ave
San Antonio, Texas

answered
Aug 19, 1929

[stamp: U. S. PENSION BUREAU
JUL 22 1929]
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[letterhead: THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
GENERAL ORGAN OF THE
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH.
REV. E. E. HOSS, LL.D., EDITOR.]

Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 8. 1900.

Hon. H. Clay Evans,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Evans: -
I am sorry to ask for so much but I would appreciate
the kindness ever so much if you would be so kind as to tell me whether
the following names are contained on the Pension or Land Grant Rolls
of the Revolutionary War.
John Whitsett, Joel Childress, Elisha Williams, Joseph Philips,
and Angus Brown. Childress, Williams and Philips were from Virginia.
Brown was from North Carolina and I think Whitsett was from the same
State but it is possible that he came from Virginia.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness,
I am
very respectfully,
Mary Hoss

Miss Hoss
2106 West End Ave
Nashville Tenn - Pls reply

[stamp: Chf. Bryant Div.
Action [blank]
NOV 14 1900]
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3589
Elisha Williams

Oct 4, 1832
Williamson Co. Tenn. 73

Bedford Co Va
Capt Jas Bluford
Col Lewis
6 mos

Capt Bluford
Col Christie
3 mos

Capt Chas Wadkins
Col -  2 m

Capt Clemons
Maj Ward
3 m

Indian fight
on Holstein River
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Washington October 7, 1931.

BA-J/ADY

Mrs. M. L. Blatherwick,
37 Patterson Avenue,
San Antonio, Texas.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 21,
1931, relative to Elisha Williams, a Revolutionary War
pensioner of Maury County, Tennessee, in 1833.

The history of Elisha Williams, S.3589, furnished
you on August 19, 1929, is that of the only soldier by
that name, of Tennessee, that is found on the Revolutionary
War records of this office.

The report of the Secretary of War, printed in
1835, shows a pensioner of that name of Maury County
Tennessee as placed upon the pension roll April 6, 1833.
His name was erroneously placed on the list of that
county. The pensioner, Elisha Williams, who was placed
on the Tennessee roll on that date, was of Williamson
County, Tennessee, and his record furnished you as
stated.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.