Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40712, James Williams, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE            NUMBER

Md.    Williams, James    S. 40712

Contents
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6780
Ohio.
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James Williams
Private Capt Claggett
Maryland line three [yea ?]
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary W
James Williams
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence
the 15 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of Feby 18
and sent to G.W. Doan.
circleville.
Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819
29.44
48.00______
$77.55
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Discord July
26 1821 and
Lentte  ┃G.W. Doan
Circleville, Ohio
see letter to C. Atwater, Esq. dated
August 30. 1822.
Regulations under 1 March
1823. sent to G.W. Doan, at Circleville, 
Ohio 10 Apl: 1823
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application
for
pension of -
Jus Williams 
James Williams
private Maryland line
fifth Regiment Commanded 
by Genl Smallwood
15 May 1818-
*
5 Regt M Line
Admitted

G. W. Doan
Circleville.
Ohio.
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State of Ohio: Pickaway County [illegible]
This day personally came before me
Wm Seymour an associate Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for Pickaway County
James Williams who being duly sworn  deposeth 
and saith that he is now a resident of
said County of Pickaway- that he served in
the Revolutionary War[^ on the continental establishment] three years- in the Maryland
line, in the fifth Regiment coummunded
by General Smallwood of Annappolis in Mary
Maryland, 
and in the fifth company of said Regiment
commanded by Captain Claggett - that he entered
the service sometime in the beginning of the year 1781
as he believes-- and that he served in the Northern army, faithfully,
till peace was proclaimed, when he had about
six months to serve that he then or soon after
went to his home in Talbot County in Maryland
on an unlimited Parol, & while there his
term of service expired & the Regiment to which
he belonged was disbanded & the troops & officers
dispersed-- that in consequence he obtained no regular
Discharge, but served faithfully during the
three years for which he enlisted as aforesaid. That
he is now sixty two years old-has some property, not
to exceed in value Seventy dollars-- that he has a
family of small children to educate & support his
eldest being females can aid him but little-- that
he is an agricultural laborer [if] now [^from age of disease] unable to do
the labour of an ordinary man-- that from there
circumstances, he considers himself so for reduced in
life, as to need the assistance of his country for a
comfortable support
James X Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
15 day of May - 1818
Wm Seymour
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I one of the associate Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for Pickaway County
in the State of Ohio do certify that the within
named James Williams came
before me, & sworn to and subscribed the affidavits
above his names affixed, by which
& from other circumstances. I am perfectly satisfied 
and convinced, that the said James Williams
served, as he has stated in the revolutionary war,
for the time & in the manner his affidavit stated,
against the common enemy of these then colonies.
Given under my hand and seal this 15
day of May 1818
Wm Seymour
associate Judge
of Pickaway Com Pleas

The State of Ohio Packaway County
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the
above named William Seymour is an associate Judge of
the Court aforesaid for the County aforesaid and that
his signatures to the foregoing affidavit and certificates
are in his own proper hand writing
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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at Circleville
this 15th day of May 1818
Andrew Huston Clk
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James Williams declar
ation for a pension-

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Declaration of James Williams under the Act of Congress
of March 1st 1823. for a restoration of his name to the
Pension roll-
The State of Ohio
Pickaway County ⎬ On the 8th day of June in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty
then personally appeared in open Court in the Court of
Common Pleas of Pickaway County being a Court of record
created such by Statute of the State of Ohio James Williams
resident in said County aged duly eight 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 act of 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May
1820 and the 1st of March 1823. that he the said James
Williams enlisted for the term of three years but the day
and year in which he enlisted he does not now recollect
in the State of Maryland, and in the company commanded
by Captain Claggett in the fifth Regiment though the
company or joined the Regiment being a broken
detachment commanded by Colonel Sayers who some
times acted as adjutant in the line of the State of Maryland
on the continental establishment- that he con
continued to Serve in the corps for the full space of
three years and was sent home on furlough a
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month or two before the expiration of his service from
Fredericktown in the State of Maryland and the army
was about that time disbanded and the troops there were
all sent home it being about the time peace was made
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen
of the United States on the eighteenth day of March in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift
sale or in any manner dispose of my[^property] or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish the same
as to bring myself 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 [illegible]
in the revolutionary War passed on the 18th day
of 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 schedule [illegible]
to annexed and by me subscribed to wit
One Cow worth about - $7.00
6 Pewter plates do do $2.00
2 chairs worth about    $..50
1Table worth about   $1.00
$10.50
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One Stew Kittle worth--$1.50
One dutch oven worth--$2.00
1 [illegible] no lid--$.50
1 are with--$2.00
2 Caps and saucers cracked $ " .12 1/2
Total value of property $16.62 ½
Act due me ------$2.62½
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-Property & debts amount to $19.25

That there is survey to me from John D. Ferguson $2.62  1/2 who
is insolvent and has been said and judgment obtained a
[illegible]  but nothing made and I believe now will 
be- I further do solemnly swear that I owe the following
sums justly to wit -
To Jonathan Kimble Judgment of -  $3.12 1/2
to George Hoover - $3.12 1/2
to Thomas Evans - $8.00
To the trustees of School Section No W. Township
No 9. a Judgment of - $22 16 1/2
$36.41 1/2
Total amount owing by me is thirty one dollars forty one
and an half cents of which judgments are obtained
against me to the amount of twenty five dollars and
twenty nine cents. Signed by me this 8th day of April
1823
James Williams his X Mark
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The said James Williams doth further State upon oath that
he is by occupation a farmer, that he is obliged to rent
and house to cultivate and dwell in-- that
during the time he was in service he in a [illegible illegible]
so lost the use of his right and and in consequence
of that and of rheumatism with which he is afflicted
and of the natural decrepitude arising from old age
he is not able to perform half the labor of an ordinary
man - also that he has a wife about
[sixty ?] years of age and four children residing with
him named as follows to wit
Esther Williams Mary
Williams Charles Williams and John Williams that
his wife is crippled so as to be unable to earn her own
livlihood -  that Esther is about twenty two years of
age
and able to support herself, that Mary is about
twenty years of age and able to support herself -  that Mary is about
twenty years of age and able to support herself - that
Charles is near sixteen years old unhealthy and not
able to support himself - that John was thirteen years
old last January and is able to earn about half
his support - That since the [illegible] of my first
[illegible] the following changes have been made in my
property to wit - The following articles of property were
sold by Thomas Waddle as Constable of [Walmal]
Township in Pickaway County as two executions if -
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said against me the one in favor of William William
son and the other in favor of Hugh Creighton John Morris
and Jacob Hoover as trustees of the school section No. 16.
in township No 9 in Range No 21 - survey to wit
two horses two yearlings. One two year old bull, and thirty
head of hogs. And that I have sold for the support
of my family since that time fourteen head of Sheep
and two twelve gallon battles and have transformed the
debts that are due me at the time of rendering my first
Schedule to my creditors in payment of debts owing by
me - Also. that the knives and forks returned in my
first Schedule, and now broken and destroyed and I am
unable to by others, but am compelled to borrow, and
that the cups and saucers and plough returned in
my former schedule an also broken except the two cups
and Saucers [illegible] returned - And I do further swear
that I have not made any addition to my property since
that time but have bearly been able to support myself
and family from all I could earn or procures-
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Names of the persons
to whom
the property afor
was sold
Time of sale
Amount of money & [illegible]
in return -
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William Williamson
bought at Constable
Sale -
2 Horses sold 29th September 1821 sold for $17 cash
2 yearling and sold 29th September 1821
1 two year old  sold together for $12 cash
1 bull and 2 others Sold 29th Sept 1821 for $32  50 cts cash
40 hogs
Esther Williams Received in labor of her for the same $40.50
bought 7 [Sheep} at
[illegible] sale Sold in May 1822
Mary Williams
bought 7 sheep at [illegible]  Sold in May 1822
Received in labor of
[illegible] for the same $10.50
James Ward bought  In March 1823 Received cash for them $5.00
at private Sale 2
twelve Gallon kettles In March 1823 Received Cash
for them $5.00
his
James X Williams
Mark
Sworn to and declared on the 8th day of April 1823 before
John A Mc Gowell Esquire resident Judge and his associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for Pickaway and State of Ohio
Andrew Huston Clk
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The State of Ohio Pickaway County ss

I Andrew Huston clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify, that it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court that the Said James Williams did Serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy, for the term nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of Said Court.  And I do further certify that it is 
the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedua is Sixteen dollars Sixty two and a half cents -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court at [illegible][?Circleville] this 1st day of
May in the year of our Lord 1823.
Andrew Huston   clerk

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[Written top of letter] Last half of this letter in Wm. Williams, S3587.
May 23, 1933.
BA-J/ADY
James Williams
S.40712.
Mrs. Clark Funsicker,
Circleville, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to James Williams and William Williams, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pension based upon their military services in that war.
James Williams
S.40712
While a resident of Talbot County, Maryland, James Williams enlisted in the beginning of 1781, in Captain Claggett's Company, Fifth Maryland Regiment, served in said company in a detachment under Colonel Sayers' in the Maryland Line, his service ending when peace was proclaimed.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 15, 1818 while a resident of Pickaway County, Ohio, aged sixty-two years.
In April 1823 his wife, her name not given, was aged about sixty years, his daughter, Mary Williams was aged about twenty years, his son Charles Williams was nearly sixteen years old and his John Williams "was thirteen years old last January". There are no further family data.
[Written on bottom right of letter] Date of death not on ab.[?]
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Ohio
Jas. Williams [illegible]
serve [illegible words] to the end of the War:
P. Sched.  July 1820
Personal Property   $116.--
Debts owed him         82.
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                                $198.--
Indebted                   150.--
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Sched under Act Mar 1823
8 Apr.  1823
Personal Property      $16.62 1/2
he owes --                    36.41
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accounts for the decrease of property & By Sale of 2 Horses, 2 yearlings, 1 bull & 30 hogs under execution for  $61 1/2  in favor of Wm. Williamson [illegible] Trustee of a School (authenticated within) & in May 1822. 14 Sheep [?]
[illegible] Williams, rec [illegible]
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abor in pay. - Sold in March 1823.  2 twelve gallon {illegible] to Jas. Ward for $ 5. cash.
The Debts due him were transferred to his creditors -- [illegible] 68 of a Farmer ost [?lost] the use of right rm ?arm]. - Wife 60 ys. -- son 16. & 13 ys 2 Daughter 22. & 20 ys. -- 
Restored 18 Octo: 1823.
G. W. Doan Esq.
Circleville Ohio.

Mar 1819.
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Wm Williamson
vs
James Williams
Transcript
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Wm. Williamson
Treasurer of 16th Section of walnut township 
vs
James Williams
September the 10th 1821

September 29th 1821
Execution isued To Thoms. Wadle Court.

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Amicable Action the Defd. Apeared And Confest the Debt by Note to plantif
the Sum of     --             $64.30
interest on the same  --     1.75
Justices fees   --                  0.12 1/2
this Coppy     --                  0.25
isuing Execution   --           0.25
Court Return on Execn --   2.18

October the 20th 1821
Execution Returned and     $44.50
paid to plantif
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State of Ohio Pickaway County S.S.
Seal I Do hereby Certify that the above is a true Coppy of the Preceeding had before me given 
under my hand and Seal this 27th Day of June 1822
Abm. Christy JP
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Wm. Williamson 
vs
James Williams
September the 10 1821
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September 29th 1821
Execution isued to Thoms Wadle Court.

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Amicable Action the Defd. Apeared and Confest the Debt to 
plantif the sum of     ---         $15.75
Justices fees   ---                      00.12 1/2
isuing Execution  ---                 00.25
Court Return and Execution -    1.04
this Coppy   ----                          0.25
October 20th 1821
Execution Returned and  $16.12 1/2
paid to plantif
State of Ohio Pickaway County S.S.
I Do Certify the above to be a true Coppy of the Judgment had before me Given under my hadn and Seal this 27th Day of June 1822
Amb. Christ JP
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Joseph  [? Stroiel]
Copy
James Williams
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Joseph [?Stroiel]
vs
James Williams
John [?Anderson]
David [illegible]

Demand  $15-00
In this cause a Summons 
on application of the plaintiff
May 13th 1820.  Made [illegible] 
[illegible] the Senior [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] John Peninger [?] court
1820.  May 20th the day of 
trial  judgement in favour of the 
plaintiff by confession of the 
Deft for the sum of $15-00
cost JP --- .40
court [illegible] --  .42
Witness fees -- .50
transcript [?] -- .30

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Satisfied by the plaintiff  }
[illegible 3 words ]  }

State of Ohio }
Pickaway County } SS
The above is a true Copy of
the proceedings had before me in
this case  Given under my hand
and Seal April 27th 1822.
John [?Sharp?] . JP
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[illegible 2 words]
for this case of
David [illegible]
vs  }  copy
James Williams
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[left side of page]
Lemuel [illegible]
vs
James Williams
[illegible] for
Stay of Decision
Thos. [?Luke]
Money for this
file of D. [illegible]
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[illegible]
Demand    $ 3  -12 1/2
[illegible] in this [illegible words]  Sam S
[illegible] since March 19th 1822. Made
[illegible words] March 24th [illegible] Sam
[illegible] or Discounted by John Thompson
1821 March 24.  being the day of
[illegible] Shipment by [illegible]
for the service at the rate
$ 2- 12 1/2
$ fees - 64 1/2
[illegible] - 26
this copy - 30
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$ 3 -- 39  0/0

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State of Ohio }
Pickaway County } SS

I do hereby Certify the above
to be a true copy of the proceedings
had before me in the case Given
Under my Hand and Seal
April 27th [illegible] 1822
John [?Sharp]  JP
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Certificate of Thos Woodelle & Alvin Chists?
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State of Ohio }
Pickaway County } SS

I Thomas Waddle late Constable
of Walnut township in Pickaway County &
State of Ohio do hereby certify that on the 29th day of September -- in the year of our one thousand eight hundred and twenty one I did by virtue of two executions there in
my records, as Constable of said township, against James Williams the one in favor of William Williamson for $ 16.12 1/2 & the other in favor of Hugh Creighton John Morris
& Jacob Hoover as trustees of section No 16 Township No 9 Range
No 21 --  survey for $66.66 1/2  issued  by Abraham Christ Esquire a Justice of the peace in and for said township 
sell the following articles of property as the property of the said James Williams to William Williamson he being the
highest bidder therefor viz.

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Two one boasts the one for  $15.00
& the other for -- $2.00   
six head of young cattle including yearlings two year olds &6  &6 in one lot --for   12.00
And 40 head of hogs various sizes for $32.50
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$61.50

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my Cost on the Articles of Executions is -- $9.22

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Which I duly delivered to him the said William Williamson as the purchaser thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8 day of April 1823
Thomas Wooddell   
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late Constable

The State of Ohio  }
Pickaway County  } SS
I Abraham Christ a Justice of the
peace in and for Walnut township in Pickaway County & state of Ohio do hereby certify that on 29th day of September in the
year of our Lord 1821  I issued to executions on Judgements rendered on my [illegible] against the above named James Williams, the one in favor William Williamson for $16.12 1/2, & the other in favor of Hugh Creighton, John Morris & Jacob Hoover, as trustees of school section No.18 Township No 9 
Range No 21 -- survey for $66.66 and delivered the same to the above named Thomas Waddle who was then acting constable in said township duly qualified & that he returned the same with the allowing indorsement to wit

I do further certify, that there yet appears due from the said James Williams on said judgments to William Williamson $ 00.00
& to the parties aforesaid $ 22.16 1/2  which is
not made for want of sufficient property of the said Williams to satisfy the same as appears of record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 3rd day of April 1823
Abm.  Christ  JP
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6.25
8.00
22.16 1/2
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56.41 1/2
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[illegible] [illegible]  &
[illegible]   Copy
vs
James Williams
[illegible words]
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Jos. [illegible]
[illegible] 
vs
James Williams
Richard [illegible] 

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Demand  $9.55 and of others
[illegible full line] 
appreciation of the plaintiffs
[illegible]  this 10th  March 1821 
received [illegible words] Property [?]
at which time Judgement was
recorded against the debt by default[?}
for the Sum of  $ 9.55
[illegible words]    -.35 
[illegible]   .62 1/2
[illegible]    .10
[illegible]    .25
[illegible]    .30

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This[?] Like[?] [illegible] 
for stay of execution [illegible] 
[illegible lines]

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State of Ohio }
Pickaway County }
The above is a true copy
of the foregoing had before
me in [illegible] Given under my
hand and seal the 27th Jan[?] 1822
John [illegible]  JP
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State of Ohio
Pickaway County

M to Thomas Wadle Court of
Walnut township Greeting Where
Williamson obtained Judgment against James
Williams before me the Subscriber a Justice of
the peace of said township for a Debt of $66.05
and $___121/2 of Cost on the 10th day of September 1821
You are therefore commanded to levy the said
debt and Cost and cost that may accrue off the good
and Chattels of the said James Williams by Distress
and sale thereof Returning the overplus if any to the
said James Williams, but for want of such property
Whereon to buy then take the said James Williams
to the jail of said County there to be detained until the 
said debt and cost and cost that may accrue shall be
paid or he otherwise legally discharged and of this make
legal service and due Return given under my hand
and seal this 29th of September 1821 Abm Christ G.S.
Court Return
Executed one house and Lot of Cattle one
Lot of hogs - October 20th the same sold to the
plaintiff for $44.50 Ordered not to take the body
to Jail Cost $218. Thoms Wadle Const.
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State of Ohio
Rockaway County
J.S. to Thomas Wadle Court of Walnut
Township Greeting Whereas Wm. Williams
obtained Judgment against James Williams before me
the Subscriber a Justice of said Township for a Debt
of $15.79 and Cost $__121/2 on the 10th of September
1821 you are commanded to levy the said Debt
and Cost and cost that may accrue of the good
and Chattels of the said James Williams by Distress
and sale thereof Returning the overplus if any to
the said James Williams but for want of Such prop
whereon to levy then take the said James Williams
to the jail of said County there to be detained
until the said Debt and cost and cost shall be
paid or he otherwise legally Discharged and of this
Writ make legal service and due return given
under my hand and seal this 29th day of September 1829
Abm Christ JJP (seal)

Court. Return
Executed one mare
October 20th property sold to the plaintiff for
$16. 12 ½ and Ordered not to take the body of the
Defendant to Jail Cost of $1.0.4 Thos Wadle Const
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the State of Ohio ⎬ I Abm Christ a Justice
Pickaway County ⎬ of the Peace in and for Pickaway
County State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
within are correct copies of the Executions issued
against James Williams and now on file in my office
and also of the Returns made thereon by Thomas Wadle
then acting Constable who was legally quallified
as such Constable according to the Laws of the
State of Ohio Given under my hand and seal
this 9th day of September 1823 Abm Christ Ch (seal)
.
The State of Ohio Pickaway County
I Andre Huston clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County of Pickaway do hereby certify that Abraham
Christ Esquire was at the time of issuing the
aforesaid execution and now is a Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
and that full faith and credit are due to all his
Official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at Cuicteville this 9th
day of Sept 1823
Andrew Huston Clk
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Pickaway court of Common Pleas
of the term of July 1822.

Pickaway County to Thomas Bell was summoned to answer unto Joseph Wilmuth in a plea of trespass on the case (on an appeal  
from the docket of Ferguson Fleming Esquire a justice of the peace in & for Washington township in the County aforesaid) for that whereas the said Thomas on the 
day of   [blank]  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty at the township of Washington in the County & within the jurisdiction aforesaid was indebted 
to the said Joseph in the sum of One hundred dollars for work and labor by the said Joseph before that time done & performed by 
the said Plaintiff with his teams, wagons & horses and at the special [illegible] [?instruction] and request and being so indebted 
he the said defendant in consideration 
thereof afterwards towit, on the same
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day & year aforesaid at the place in the
County within the jurisdiction aforesaid
and undertook & then & there promised
to pay the said plaintiff the said
sum of money above mentioned
then he the said defendant should
be thereto afterwards requested.

And whereas also the said
had afterwards to wit had done & here
found other work and labor by
himself as a boatmen & waggoner 
with his boats, waggons teams &
horses, at the place in the county &
within the jurisdiction aforesaid
for the said defendant and at his
like request, the said defendant
in consideration thereof then &
there assumed upon himself
and faithfully promised the said
plaintiff that he would well and truly 
pay him whatever sum of money
the said plaintiff reasonably, deserved
to have for the said last mentioned
work & labor when he the said
defendant should be thereto after
wards requested and the said plain
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tiff [illegible] that he reasonably deserves 
to have, for the last mentioned work & labor, other the sum of one hundred Dollars of which the said defendant afterwards towith on 
the same day & year aforesaid, then & there had notice.
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Circleville 18th Sept 1823
[??From] Jno. C Calhoun
Sis,  enclosed are authenticated copies of the Executions issued against James Williams, on which his property was sold, that he had returned in his [illegible] of 1820. this appears to be the evidence required by your letter, lately directed to me; upon Williams application to be restored. The Certificate of the Constable Waddle, I forwarded on with the application  & also the attestation of the Justice that he was such Constable and duly authorized to sell said property. I know of no other evidence that can be proved, if this is not sufficient, though I presume it will be --
Yours respectfully
G. W. Doan
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Dept. of Interior,
Rev. Records,
Washington D.C.

[oval stamp containing] 
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR, 
FORWARED MAY 12 1933
SECY'S OFF. APPTS, MAILS & FILES
[end stamp]
[stamp overwritten with]  Pension

Circleville O.
May 1933

Dear sir : -
Have you a pension of James [checkmark on James] Williams private in the Md. Continental lines, received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. Feb. 9 1819.
Also the pension record of William [checkmark on William] Williams private in the Md. Militia received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. Sept. 24 1833
If you have these records will you please send them to me.
sincerely,
Mrs. Clark Funsicker

Rev
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40712,
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 40712
James Williams
Priv  Rev  War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 5 [?G], Page 268 [?]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1933 May 23, Hist to
Mrs. Clark Funsicker
A.D.Y.
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68.
James Williams
Declaration
6,780.
9. Feb. 1819.
Suspended.
$198-
3 years
Discond July 26
1821 & fentle[??]
G.W. Doan
Circleville, Ohio
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The State of Ohio }
Pickaway County } ss
On this 28th day of July in the year of our Lord 1830, personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas for Pickaway
County, then sitting being a Court of record created Such by Statute of the State of Ohio. James Williams who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he is sixty five years old and upwards, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit; that he Served Three years on the Continental establishment in the Maryland line in the Company commanded by Captain Claggett in the fifth Regiment, though the company never joined the regiment being a broken detachment commanded by Colonel Sayers, who sometimes acted as Adjutant,
all which, will more fully appear by his original
Declaration now on file in the War Office, bearing date on the 15th day of May 1818 - that his pension certificate heretofore granted bears date on the 9th day of February 1819. and is numbered 6780 --
And I do 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 whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself 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 Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or Securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by be subscribed To wit
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2 Horse beasts worthy             $ 45.00
1 Cow worth...                             12.00
2 yearling Calves worth                4.00
1 Heifer 2 years old worth            6.00
1 Bull 2 years old worth                6.00
30 Head of Hogs worth               49.50
14 Head of Sheep worth              35.00
7 Beds and beding worth             20.00
6 Pewter Plates worth                     2.00
2 chairs worth                                   .50
Table worth                                     1.00
4 Knives & forks                                .50
2 twelve gallon Kettles                     8.00
1 Stew Kettle                                     1.50
1 Dutch oven                                    2.00
one Oven & Lid                                  .50
2 Ploughs                                          2.50
1 Axe worth                                       2.00
Six Cups and Saucers worth              1.00
and that there is due him about     82.00
and that he owes about $150.000 for rent and otherwise, leaving about one hundred and thirty Dollars in hand -- This declarant further avers and Swears that his ocupation is a farmer, that he is obliged to rent Land and house to live in, that during the time he was in service he lost the use of his right arm measurably and that by rheumatism and old age he is not able to do more than half the labor of an ordinary man, that he has a wife and three Children living with him, that his wife is about fifty six or seven years old, that she is crippled so as to be unable to earn a livelihood, that the eldest child living with him is a daughter aged about 
eighteen able to earn a livelihood that the second is a boy thirteen years old unab[le]
to do enough for his support from debility that the third was nine years old last January is a boy and unable to do any thing for a support --
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that he has no other dependance for a support than by his labor with his own his hands and further saith not 
James his x mark Williams
Sworn to and declared in open Court before the Hon. John Ack Dowell & his Associates on the 25th day of July 1820
Andrew Huston  clk

State of Ohio Pickaway County ss.
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County do herby certify that the foregoing oath and
the Schedule thereto annexed, an truly
copied from the Originals onfile in my
Office: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total Amount in value of the property exibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is One Hundred and ninety eight dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court
On this 5th day of August 1820
Andrew Huston  clk