Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7933, Thomas Williams, Ga. S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Ga. S.C Williams Thomas. NUMBER S. 7933
                                      
carded
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23.608
North Carolina
Thomas Williams 
of Franklin in the State of N. Car. , who was a Pr [Imf] & Cas   in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt  commanded by Col. Stewart in the [star] N. Car. 
line for 2 years--

[star]
Ga. and S.C. Sept 21/04
Records corrected [illegible initials]

Inscribed on the Roll of No. Carolina 
at the rate of 88. Dollars 32 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 34.
and sent Hon. I. Graham H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 34                  264.96
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept      44.16
$309.12

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath Rice-Clerk
Book E  Vol. [illegible]    Page 79-
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[handwritten on folded letter]
Thomas Williams 
Pension Declaration
Sworn to and certified in Macon Superior Court

[below and perpendicular to the above]
1833
1763
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State of North Carolina, Macon County / Superior Court of Law  October Term 1832
On this eleventh day of October A.D. 1832 Personally appeared before the judge of this Superior Court of law now sitting Thomas Williams a resident of of [sic] this county of Macon in the state of North Carolina aged 72 years who being first duely sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 about the month of July in Surry County North Carolina with Capt. James Hawkins for the term of two years [added above and below latter line...] and served in the first line under the following regiment of the Georgia
named officers Col. Stuart Commandant 2 Lieutenant Col. Clark & Adjutant Paxton James Hawkins Capt and Jesse Broughton lieutenant--
I was marched from Surry County in the state of North Carolina [begin crossed out] to the county of Wilks [likely Wilkes] in the state of Georgia [illegible] marched [end of crossed out] through the state of South Carolina to Wilks County in ^the state of Georgia in the fall of the year 1777- we were stationed in long creek in Wilks County about the space of six months we were then marched to the St. Mary's River where we were stationed about five or six weeks
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where this applicant was taken sick and and was detained untill [sic] August or September 1778. I was then conveyed in a Scooner [sic] to [cannot make out; perhaps Suns bury [Sunbury] in the state of Georgia and at Midway meeting house 15 miles from Suns bury meeting house [crossed out] he received his discharge (but has lost his discharge)[crossed out]---according to the condition of a proclamation previously made by the Governor of the state of Georgia
And that he served one other term of enlistment under the following named officers and as herein stated
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in [small section of right margin not shown] year 1781about the month of June with Capt R[missing margin] Johnson for the term of ten months in the South Carolina cavalry and served in Col. Hammonses [sic Hammond's] Regiment under the following named officers
Col Hammons, Adjutant  Starkes and Captain Richard Johnson and Lieutenants Jesse Johnson & Icillis[sic] Standy. I served the whole term of ten months in the state of South Carolina and was at the battle at the Utau [Eutaw] Springs which was the only engagement I was in during that term 
I received my discharge on Saluda at Perkins mill some time in March or April in the year 1782 but has lost his discharge and has no other and has no other documentary evidence of his service
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declair [sic] that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state

Thomas [signed with his mark] X Williams 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test    S. McDowell CSC

And the said court do hereby declair his opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I Silas McDow'l Clerk of Macon Superior Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings [sic] in the matter of the application of Thomas Williams for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this 11th day of October 1832-
Test S.McDowell CSC
[very faded seal on bottom left of paper]
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.7933 [underlined], it appears that Thomas Williams [underlined] enlisted in Surry County, North Carolina, in July 1777, and served as a private in Captain James Hawkins' Company.  He marched from Surry County through South Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia, and served as a Georgia minute man under Colonel Stuart for about two years.  

He enlisted in June, 1782, and served ten months in Captain Richard Johnson's Company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment of Cavalry and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Macon County, North Carolina. 

[handwriting along right margin, cannot make out]
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State of North Carolina, Macon County } I, John Latham the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavits were made certify by these present that Winney Davis and Isham Davis who made the affidavits are creditable persons and that their testimony is entitled to due credit certified under my hand [crossed out "and seal"] June 21st [?] 1833

John Latham JP

[several lines of writing crossed out with hash marks]
State of North Carolina Macon County} I John Hall clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county aforesaid hereby certify that John Latham who has made the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that his acts are entitled to due faith and credit certified under my hand and seal of office June 21st 1833

John Hall  Clerk of 
Macon County Court
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[Note that this page appears to have been prepared for a different pair of witnesses, based on the crossed out words and dates, the blank in the second paragraph where the Rev. Humphrey Posey’s name should be and the name Thomas Love, rather than John Ammons as the second witness] 
 
[crossed out "Personally appeared before me Court of pleas and quarter the undersigned a Justice of the Peace,  Superior Court, deponent*]

State of North Carolina Macon County}
1833 Court of Pleas and quarter term
We Rev. Humphrey  Posey a clergyman residing in the state and county aforesaid in the neighborhood of Thomas Williams who made the annexed affidavit and declaration
 and that Joshua Ammons, a citizen residing in the
 same neighbourhood hereby certify
that we believe Thomas Williams is 72 years of
age, that he is reputed and believed in the
 neighbourhood where he lives to have been a Soldier
the Revolution and we concur in that belief.
Humphrey Posey
John Ammons
Sworn to in open Court and subscribed the 23st [original date overwritten] day of Dec. [June crossed out] 1833
John Latham 

The said Court do hereby declare their opinion that
after examining the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department
that the said Thomas Williams was a soldier of the
Revolution and served as he states and it further
appears to us that [blank is a clergyman and
Thomas Love is a citizen residing in the
 Neighborhood of the said Thomas Williams and that
 they are creditable persons and that their statement
is entitled to credit. Certified Dec.  [June crossed out] 23rd [original date overwritten] 1833

I John Latham, Clerk of said Court certify under my hand
and seal of office that the foregoing on this & the papers attached
hereto contain the original [illegible] proceedings relative to
 Thomas Williams application for a pension.
John Latham, Clerk of Macon County Court
certified Dec. 23rd 1833
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State of North Carolina 
Macon County   Personally appeared before me
 the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the 
County aforesaid Thomas Williams who made the 
annexed declaration and after being duly sworn according
 to law on his oath states that the two years service first
described in the Declaration was not as a continental Soldier
 as seems to be understood, but
that he was enlisted as there stated and served
as a private for his full term of two years in
the Georgia Service and was enlisted to the use of
Georgia and was then known by the name of
the Georgia Minute men, and that his
afterwards received his bounty land from the
State of Georgia one hundred acres. And he
further swears that the ten month service he
States in the latter part of the declaration
as there described but for the use of South Carolina
and that he served the full time of [troops on the]
but did not receive from South Carolina any
Bounty land, nor has he received any pension from
any state nor from the United States, he on his
oath aforesaid states that he cannot produce any
testimony or evidence of his service except the evidence
of Isham Davis, and Winney Davis whose affidavits
are hereinto are annexed.
Thomas T Williams his mark

 Sworn to and subscribed this
 21st day of June A.D. 1833
John Latham J.P.
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State of North Carolina 
Macon County
 This day personally appeared before me the undersigned
Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Winney Davis and after being duly sworn according to
law on her oath saith that Jesse Broughten who is mentioned as a lieutenant in the annexed declaration and was her brother and that she remembers
when they started to Georgia, she thinks in August 1777 her said brother and the
said Thomas Williams, that she heard her brother say
that Thomas Williams had enlisted for two years
as a minute man to serve in the State of Georgia
and that she has always since been acquainted
the said Thomas Williams and that she always
understood and never heard it disputed that
had served as such for his full term of two years 
and she knows this to be the same Thomas Williams
Sworn to and subscribed this 21st day of
June A.D. 1833
John Fatham
Winney Davis
X (her mark)

State of North Carolina 
Macon County 
This day personally appeared before me the undersign
a Justice of the peace Isham Davis and after being
duly sworn according to law on his oath saith
that he saw Thomas Williams who made and swore
to the annexed declaration in the service in South Carolina
in the year 1781 at the battle at the
Utan Springs that he was then in the horse service of South Carolina and understood that he had enlisted in the service in South Carolina as a South Carolina
Dragonman
for ten months and that he understood always since
that he had served out his term of ten months that he
has ever since been acquainted with him and knows
him to be the same Thomas Williams
John Tathan O. Sworn to & subscribed June 4th1833 Isham Davis X(his Mark)
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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
Thomas Williams which require further proof of explanation.
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? [blank]
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 [illegible-page is damaged]
VII. 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
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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? None
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?
-not on rolls--
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 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? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [ink is smeared, page appears damaged]
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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Thomas Williams
Rev.

Admit as private
10 mo Cav 41.66
14 [mo] Infy 46.66
---
$88.32 

[various scratch pad calcuations]

Hon J Graham
H R

[crossed out Hon. Wm K. Clanry & John Latham]

Franklin Co
Macon Co
N.C.
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{# and squiggles around QUERE XIV.]

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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 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 is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as
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 the 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.

Must prove his service.
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7933
Revolution
INVALID.
File No. 7933

Thomas William
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index: --Vol. [12 B??], Page 409
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1929 Oct 28 - Hist to Hon. Chas A.
Jonas for Mrs. J A  Fore - see letter
Thomas Williams S14843 AWY
1930- June 27 Tombstone data- [to Case Br]
See letter Peter Dubose S2116 AWY3
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[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE US
OCT 16 1929


Charlotte N.C
Oct. 14th 1929

Answered
Revo.

Pension Bureau
of the U.S
Gentlemen
---
I should
like to have the Pension
record of Thomas Williams
of Wilmington N.C. who
was a soldier of the Revolution.
I know the Regiment and
company but what I want
is the date accompanying
the pension.
He was in Capt. Howell
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Tatum's Co. of the 1st No. Co.
Battalion - Col Clark.
He was a Rev. pensioner under the
Acts of 1818 and 1832 as reported
by Secretary of State to Congress in 1835.
I understand that there was much
information given in 1832 as to
family. I want the name of
his wife and children. It is
the only way I can be sure he
was my ancestor. My grand father
and great grand father were both
named Thomas Williams and both
were from New Hanover Co. N.C.
Please let me have this information.
Very truly

Mrs J. A. Fore
707 N. College St.
Charlotte N.C.
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S.7933, it appears that Thomas Williams enlisted
in Surry County, North Carolina, in July, 1777, and served
as a private in Captain James Hawkins' Company. He marched
 from Surry County through South Carolina to Wilkes County,
 Georgia, and served as a Georgia minute man under Colonel
 Stuart, for about 2 yrs.
He enlisted in June, 1781, and served ten months in
Captain Richard Johnson's Company, Colonel Hammond's South
 Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 11, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two
years and a resident of Macon County, North Carolina.
There are no data as to his family,

Letter addressed to Chas A. Jonas for Mrs J. A. Fore
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41	
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Williams, Thomas
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11845
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED December 24, 1794
to John Hailey, Adm'r


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives