Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,058, Jarius Williams, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N
New Jersey
CONTENTS
Williams, Jarius
Lydia
NUMBER
W 26.058
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Lydia Williams
of  Jarius Williams decd
who died on the 22d November 1835
Wilwaukee in the Territory of Wis
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Parson of the Regt. commanded
by Col Cortland in the N.Y.
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Wisconsin
the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 22d
November 1835
of St
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of October
1833 and sent A.
Smith Parlee the
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1830 $240.00
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Mar. 40.00
$80.00.
Recorded by his
Book A.
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3
Addison Clerk
2d Page 216
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see letter to Hon. G. W. Jones P. A.
Dec. 11. 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of April 6th 1838 from
March 4th to Sept 4th 1841. A
notified July 1st 1842
let to J. William Apl 5, 1849
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New York
Jarus William
on Sara in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
Chiasson of the Regt. commanded
Col Cortland in the N. Jersey
line for a full term
Inscribed in the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension on the 5 day of Oct
1833
and Smith Clamantfull


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Arrers to the
16
Semi-anl. allowance ending-
40
$240
=
A
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Cole till her
Book E. Vol. Page
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Letter to  Azariah Smith &
3d Auditor 13 Sept 1838 Dead
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under of
the act of the 6 April 1838.
from 4 Sept 1835 to the 22
Nov. 1835 the day of his
death. Agt Notified 18
1838
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of
Admd
24 mo pri
804
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
County of Onondaga
State of New York
On this twenty second of October
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally
appeared in open Court before Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit in the
said State at a Court of Chancery held at Onon
dage in and for said District
now sitting at Onondaga
in the said
County of Onandard Jarus Williams a resident of the
town of Town of July in the County of Onondaga and
State of New York aged seventy six years on the fifteenth ┃
day of March last as he believes 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 Barrell the seventh day of June one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two. That he entered ┃
the service under the following named officers and served ┃
as is herein after stand that this declarant entered the
said service as a private volunteer in a company of
Matia commanded by a Captain Person whose Christian ┃
name he believes to be Cyrus in the year one thousand
seven hundred and Seventy Six but the day and the month
he cannot recollect, this declarent then being about sixteen
years of age as he believes, in the Regiment commanded
by Col. Philip Van Cortland of Essex County and State of
New Jersey. That Major Hays was an officer in that
Regiment - That this declarant when he entered the said
said resided in the town of Newark in the State of New Jersey
. That he served under Captain Person will the
fall of that year as he believes, that the said Regiment
was stationed to guard the lines of the said State of
Jersey and inst the incursions of the British by in
in the City of New York Paulus Hook and Bergen - That
he has been in several skirmish with the enemy when
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they crossed the lines to forage and other purposes
That Captain Necods's Company of Militia would frequently
assist the Company in which this declarant served as afore
on such occasions, and on one occasion General Winds
of Morristown New Jersey commanded the militia- That
his declarent remained in the Company of Captain Parson
until he was taken prisoner by the Denians in the fall of the
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six-That
he was detained as a wisome in a New Jersey in
the beginning of the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy seven when the British retired to New York and
he was left behind. That while a prisoner he was treated
with great severity, was frequently threatened to be hanged
and once was taken out and marched to the place of execution
and was duly executed. That after being left by
the British as above stated he immediately joined & entered
the same Company in where he first ward which was then
commanded by Captain John Onton under Major Hays
that shortly after he had rejoined said company obtain
James Wheater raised a company of Rangers when this
declarant enlisted in this company of Rangers for
three months as a volunteer, after which the Company was
commanded by Captain John Ogden. That he served and
marched in the said Company at different places between
New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey, and Henry Court
That while he belonged to this coming he was in a
engagement with the corn at a place then called quill
Town which he believes is in the State of New Jersey, that the
City of Militia to which he belonged was then com
manded by My Bell of Morristown in said State
That this declarant was one of a party in the Common
of Major Hays united with the troops under General
Sullivan when an attack was made on the British
fort on Staten Island at this time this declarant to
a Musquet in the attempt made by the British to take
the American boats this musquet was presented to him
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by General Sullivan for his bravery in the action
That this declarant was also in the engagement at Connecticut
farms and Springfield in New Jusey at the time when the
Hessian General Knyhousen entered that State to distra
the public Stores at Boston this declarant then be
to a part of militia commanded by hand this that
as the expiration of his months enlistment his
declarant again joined the militia or the Jersey as
minute man in a company commanded by Captain
John Ogden and smite the castin Dodd in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortland of
Second River, now called Bellville in New Jersey and
continued to serve as such minute man to the close of
the war of the Revolution, during most of the time he
out under arms on the lines for the protection of the said
State, and was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the
in that being the time last mentioned at
Knox of the Continental army
her pound
was there and recently joint
the company to which
this declarant belonged in their skirmishes with the enemy
That this declarant can not recollect the names of any of
the officers or regiments of the regular Army with and
and other than those above stated-- That he
documentary evidence of his service, and did not been
from the service- That the Reverand Matthew
Harrison a Clergyman now residing in the town of Pubble
County of Cortland and State of New York whose deposition
is hereunto annexed, is the only person this declarant can
now procure in this State to testify to his services, and he
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
exist the seal and declares that his name is not on the
pension roll of the Agency of any State, having her store
used for or received any pension or annuity-- That this
declarant was born in the town of Newark now called Orange ┃
in the State of New Jersey on the fifteenth day of March one
thousand seven hundred and fifty six as he is informed and
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believes - That he has now be record of his age it having
several years ago been accidentally should be rethat
a few years after the peace of seventeen hundred and
eighty three he moved from said Orange in Jersey to
Ansterdam in the County of Montgomery and Sherword
and from there he moved to the town of Sully above mentioned
where he now resides and this declarant States he has
John D. Hart a Clergyman
a
and
wood to Morris
is a person
A
testify to his Charter for veracity and Count of
of
as a soldier and Matthew Harrison of Preble
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Mosley
Circuit Judge
Vice Chancellor
Will
Ans
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a Clergyman of the Parish
Society siding in the town of Surry County of an
State of New York and
the same by rely that were well acquainted as
of
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Jarus Williams who and subscribed and sworn to the
declaration. That his character for me and veracity
stands fair and unimpeached, that we live unto
be about seventy six years of age. That he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have
a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that
Benson -
Sworn & subscribed the day and year
Daniel Mosley
Circuit Judge
Matthew Harrison
John D Hart
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State of New York
County of Onondaga ⎬
Matthew Harrison residing in the town of
Preble County of Cortland and State of New York
Minister of the Gospel and sixty nine years to satanuary
twenty second for October
1832
personally appeared in open court the Daniel
Moseley Circuit Judge & Vice Chancellor
at a Christ of Chancery
now sitting at Mondaga
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath
declare and say- that he was born in the town book now
range in the State of New Jersey on the tenth day of January
one thousand seven hundred and sixty three about a mile
and a half from the residence of James Williams who is now
before this Court as an applicant for the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832 and whose award is
hereunto annexed. That he his declarant was acquainted
timately with said Jarius Williams from the
recollection, the families of the said Williams and this
declarent being particulary intimate, and continued to
reside near each other until after the close of the ┃
when said Williams moved away from New Jersey
at this declarent knows that said with entered the
end of the United Sept
in the hundred Stock
at the commencement of that war this delarant had
brother who served under the same officers in the
Regiment commanded by Col Van Cortland of Essex
County of said State had or Hays, and has frequently
seen said Williams under arms on even all and
at other part during said war this declarant
entered the service in the public of said State in the
year wenteen hundred and twenty five and was in
several enenements between the American troops and
the troops under inheral
entered
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the Jerseys to destroy the Americanstons at Morristown
That from the circumstances of those engagements frequently
related by said Williams to this declarant for twenty day
last past, when in conversation on the occurrences of the War
and without any vice or reprence to any application for
compensation, he has no doubt but that said Williams was
in these engreements. That this declarant has also during ┃
said war, when any skirmish or engagement in New Jersey
had taken place, and that said Williams was there
and engaged in them. That it was always understood
and believed by this declarent and the neighbours and
acquaintance of said Williams that he continued to serve
as stated in his said declaration to the close of the our
and that he was an active brave and faithful soldier
That this declarant also recolled of hiring about
the time when the same hapened that said Williams
been taken prisoner by the enemy and are brou
by them to be hanged. That said Williams has always
been esteemed as a man of truth and veracity and
this declarant believes that the statements made by
him on his declaration hereunto annexed to be in all
all respects true.
Matthew Harrison
Sworn and subscribed the day and the aforesaid
Daniel Moseley
Circuit Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after ┃
the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states and the Court and certifies
that Mathers Harrison who has subscribed the deceding
deposition is a Clergyman now seeing in the Town of
Prebble, County of Cortland in this State, and that
bear to them that John D. Hart
who signed the receding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the said town of Fully County of Onondaga
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York
and a
Matthew Harrison
who
the said
tificate is a resident in the four and and
of Cortland
Breble
stand is a credible person, in
respective statements are entitled to credit-
Danie
Daniel Mosley
Mrs Vice Chancellor
and by the Dept
of the Court of
Chancery of the seventh Circuit for the State of New
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the
Original proceedings of the said Court in the Father
of the application of Jarus Williams for pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of
-
Office
this 22d
day of October
one thousand aft hundred & thirty two
Daniel T Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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Jarus Williams
18041
Allams
application for Pension
The decision on the
application may be
adduced to James
Williams Tully Onand
County & will be received
by mail. It would be
most convenient for the
applicant to receive his
pension either in Allan
of New York
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State of
Onandage
A
C.
No
Amendments to the declaration of Jarus Williams hereunto
annexed in order to obtain a pension under the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832
New York
1
a County
On this twenty fourth day of June
in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
personally appeared in open Court before Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit at a Court of Chancery
now sitting at the town of Onandaga in and for the County
of Onondaga and said district of said State Jarus
Williams a resident of the town of Tully in the County and
State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his Oath make the following additions and amend
ments to his declaration which is hereunto annexed, in order
to obtain the benifit of the Act of Congress passed the Seventh
day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty or
This declarant Saith that by reason of old age and consequent
loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the day nor month
of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six when
he entered the service as a private volunteer in the Company
1
commanded by Captain Cyrus Parson in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Van Cortland as in the said declaration hereunto
annexed mentioned, but believes it was the fore part of April
of that year, but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the periods mentioned below and in
the following grades as a private volunteer in the Company
commanded by the said Captain Parson from the fore partof
April to some time in October of the year last mentioned six
months when this declarant was taken prisoner by the Hessians
as in his declaration annexed stated. That he was detained and
kept as such prisoner as stated in his said declaration untill
some time in February or the year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy seven at least four months. That within a day or
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two after his release from said imprisonment he again entered the
as a private counter in the Company to which he formerly belonged
that which was then commanded by Captain John Ogden in the
said Regiment of Col. Van Cortland and served as such until
some time in March of the year last mentioned, at last one
month, when he enlisted as a private in Captain James Wheeler
Company of Rangers for three months, but before the expiration
of the term of his enlistment Captain Wheeler died and Captain
John Ogden took the command of the Company, under whom
he continued to serve out his time of enlistment three months
this company was a part of the Regiment commanded by
said Col Van Cortland and Major Hays and served as
stated in his annexed declaration. That after the expiration
of the term of his enlistment in June one thousand seven
hundred and seventy seven he again entered the Company
of Captain John Ogden, and the said Regiment of Colonel
Van Cortland as a private volunteer minute man and served
as in the annexed declaration mentioned, Captain Dodd
sometimes having the command of the Company, until the
time the Army of the United States was disbanded some time
in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three,
at last six years. And this declarant further says that in
although the Company in which he served as last mentioned were
called Minute men, yet they were during all the said time imbodied
and out on service according the lands of the State of New Jersy as
stated in his annexed declaration, that he had to attend
roll call every morning and evening, unless he had obtained
leave of absence to go and see his family, which he could but
seldom obtain, and then not for more than two days at a
time - That during nearly the whole time of his service as above
set forth he was in the field & the residue, in garrison excepting
the time he was a prisoner as above stated, and that for the time
during which the service was performed and for which he claims
a pension as above, he was not employed in any civil pursant
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Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Mosley
as las
Vice Chancellor
State of New York
Stephen A Good
in Clerk in Chancery for the seven
the Circuit of the State of New York
do certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the supple
mental declaration of Jarus William
for a pension had before said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereto
ed the seal of said Court and
described my name this Twenty Fourth
of June
1833
S. A Goodwin, Clerk.
.
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certify that Stephen A. Goodwin
┃ the present Clerk in Chancery for
the Seventh Circuit in the State of
New York, and that each of
the proceeding documents are original
no papers as presented to and appro
and by the Court Daniel Masley
Vice Chancellor
June 24, 1833
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The Answer of Jarus Williams to the Interrogatories put to
to him by the Court, by the direction of the war department on
his application for a pension, embraced in his declarations here
unto annexed
To the first Interrogatory he answers that he was born in that part of
the town of Newark now called Orange in the State of New Jersey
on the fifteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and
fifty six as he is informed and believes
To the Second Interrogatory he answers that he has no record of his
age, it having several years ago been accidentally destroyed
by fire.
To the third interrogatory he answers that a free years after the
peace of seventeen hundred and Eighty three he moved from
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said Orange in New Jersey to Amsterdam in the County of
Montgomery and State of New York, and from there he moved to
the town of Tully in the County of Onaga
where he now resides. That when he entered the service he resided
in the town of Newark in the State of New Jersey
To the fourth Interrogatory he says that he entered the service as a
private volunteer in a company of Militia commanded by
Captain Parson, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip
Van Cortland of Essex and State of New Jersey, which regiment
was stationed to guard the lines of the State of New Jersey
against the incursions of the British
To the fifth Interrogatory he says. That the names of the regular
officers who were at different times with the troops where he served to
Christian
are castain Parson whose name he believes to be Cyrus. Col
A
Philip Van Cortland, Major Hays Captain Nicoll General
Winders, Captain John Ogden, Captain James Wheeler Major
Ball, all of the Militia. General Sullivan, Captain Knox of
the Continental Army. and that he cannot recollect the
names of any of the officers or Regiments with whom he served
other than those above stated. And that the circumstances
of his services are fully and truly stated in his declaration
and amended declaration hereunto annexed.
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6th
To the sixth Interrogatory he says that he has no documentary
evidence of his service and did not receive a written discharge
To the Seventh Interrogatory he says. That the Reverand Mathew
Harrison residing in the town of Preble County of Cortland
and State of New York whose deposition is annexed to his
declaration is the only person he can now procure in this State
to testify to his services, and he states the name of John D
Hart a clergyman of the said town of Fully in his high
bourhood to whom he is well known as a person who can
testify to his character for veracity and belief of his services
as a Soldier
Jares Williams
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Application for a widows Pension under the act
of Congress of 4th July 1836
Territory of Wisconsin
County of Milwankee ⎬ Be it known that before the
Honorable William C. Frazer Judge of the third Judicial
District of the Territory of Ascension at a District Court
holden at Milwaukee in said County on the twenty seven
tenth day of June 1838 personally appeared Lydia Willas
of the town of Lake in said County, and made
application for a pension under the Act of Congress of the
United States entitled "An act granting half pay to widows
or orphan, where then her lands and fathers have died of wound
received in the military service of the United States in certain
case and for other purposes paped 4th July 1836 and the said
Lydia being duly sworn in open Court deposeth and
said, that she is of the age of seventy eight years and
upward according to the best of her knowledge and belief
that as she has always been informed and only believes
she was born the 13th October 1759, that the same fall or
early in the winter after she was twenty years of age she was
married to James Williams by the Rev Mr Chapman at
his house in what was then called Newark mountain
now Orange in the State of New Jersey, that she continued
to live with him as his wife from the many till the
22d November 1835 when he
husband the said James died
in Tully in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York
in her presence at the house of them son Joseph Williams
that after their marriage the said James & this applicant
New Jersey and afterward at
lived at Cranstown in
Amsterdam in Montgomery County and at fully in
Onondaga County in the State of New York, the said
applicant further deposeth and saith that in 184
then was granted to her said husband the said five
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a pension of Eighty Dollars a year, which was cetific
by a certificate of the War Department of the City State
date the 3d October 1833 under which the said
act in his pension as it is understood and
been by this applicant up to the 4th March 1835. This applicant
further deponeth and saith that her said husband was after their
and while they live at Cranstown in Jersey in the
service of the United States and was in the battle of Spirit
when all but five were killed & that to the best of the knowledge
and belief of this deponent her said husband was in the same
of the United States in the war of the Revolution at men then
period of ten their maring, and that while he was in the
the situation of this applicant certianly trying and emple
said and the she suffered many privations, which were only
sioned by her heirs and being in the army this applicant futh
deposeth and saith that she removed from the State of New York
in the Territory of pension with her in the said
William in the year 1836 after the dead the
land, where she now resides and remains the widow of the
said Jairus Williams. This applicant further depont
and saith that from age and infirmity and want of recollect
in the is not able particularly to set forth the
tary win of her said husband of the their manage but
is informed and believe, that then ever fully stated and
set forth in the application made by the said James
William, for his pension and to his this applicant was
by me to refer
Lydia Williams
have subscribed & sworn
in open Court this 27th day
of June 1838 before me
William C Frager
Judge
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ventory of Wisconsin
County of Mclean
C. Hawley Clerk of the sitent Court of the County of Neel
and hereby certify that the with and anned in charge
application of Lydia Williams of Lane in said County for a Pension
under the act of Congress 7 July 1836 and that the same was
made in open Court before the Honorable William C. Fage
on the third Judicial District of said Territory this 27th day
of June 1838 and that the signatures of the said he the same
to the affidavit of Joseph Williams and to the
certificate thereto annexed are
Witnes my have the seal of the said
Court on this 27th day of
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Cyne Hawley Clerk
June 1818.
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Territory of Wisconsin
County of Milwankee this 27th day of June 1838
me William C. Hager Judge of the District Court of the third
ment of the Territory of Wisconsin personally
Williams aged thirty min pay who being
duly sworn
a law deposeth and said that the
within named applicant for a Pension in William
his will and was reputed the wife of the land for
Williams will
the revolution of this deponent
which is more than thirty years the said Pensioner and
the said applicant, being the parents of this deponent and
this deponent further saith, that the said James Wade
lication for a Pension this the agency of M. Stander-
y and County, or obtained a certificate in
1833 and several times now his Pension under this
he lived, and on this affiant believes of the
March 1835, and the said Deponent further
that it
the
alway
reputed as
believe in the neighborhood of the residence of the said James
at Tully when
for the last thirty years of his life resided that he was a
soldier of the Revolution
Jules Subscribed our
this 27th June 1838
Joseph Willing
William C Frazer George
J. William C. Frazer Ridge of the third Judicial District of the entry of
Wisconsin hereby certify that I have been made acquainted with
Joseph William the above named deponent, and that he is a
penitent and veracity and that full faith and cut
short set to his affidavit. June 27th 1838-
William
Judge
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David C
Joanna his wife born
they were married Jan.
The Condict C. Feb.
Lydia Coundiel C. Oct.
Sophia Cundict C. Sep.
Mock Cundict July 200
Rhoda Cundict C.
Linus Cundict C. Dec
David Cundict Jr C. Nov
Abigail Cundict C. Nov.
Sarah Cundict Jan. 9.
Stock or
[Family bible geneolgy?}
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex it remembered that on
fourth day of September 1838 before me Stephen
Day Justice of the Peace in and for said unto
personally came aphia condit the town of Orange
in said County who being first duly sworn and
ing to law deposeth and saith that he is of the
of seventy seven years and upwards, that he was
worn according to a memorandum hereto annexed on
the 27th day of September 1760: that the sister of this depo
not formerly Lydia Condit was older than him
self about two years that by the same manor and
the said Lydia was born the 13th October 1758 and is
the sister of this deponent. this deponent further saith
that he was from his youth acquainted with James
Williams, who in his youth hird in brantown, and
served his apprentice was in Newark at tanning &
shoemaking, and served in the Revolutionary war
in this deponent recollect and believes as three
months man and militia man both before
utter his marriage, this deponent further
with that in the summer or fall of 1779. the said
Jairus Williams was married to the said Lydia
condit when she was about twenty one years old by
the Reverend Jedediah Chapman at his house in
the present town of Orange, in the presence of this less
nent, who went with them from his fathers house
about three miles to the wedding at which this deponent believes there were speaks let a spectators
but himself unless it might have been some of the
family of Mr Chapman. This deponent further
saith that he knows of no man and being made
of the marriage; that the Reverend Mr Chapman
has as this deponent has been found and believes
rendered at least twelve years; this deponent hath
saith that in June 1829 he visited the said James Will
an and Lydia Williams then hiring at Tully in
the County of Onondaga & State of New York and has since
been informed that the said James is dead his widow
removed to the west; and that the annexed was amen
orderdum made by a school Master in a school book
called the young his companion whom this depo
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ment was about fourteen years of age and further this
deponent saith not
Jaber Subscribed and sworn this
fourth day of September 1878 aphin Court
before me
Stephen Day Justice of the peace
C
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Japhia Credit the within & above
named deponent, that he is a person of truth
and veracity and that full faith and credit
should be given to his fidit
Dated 4th Sept 1838 -
Super Day
&
State of New Jeney
County of Essex ⎬ ss. I Elias Van Arsdale Jun. Clerk of the
County of Essex & of the Inter Court of Common
Pleas in & for said Court do hereby certify that Stephen D. Day
before whom the foregoing affidavit of Japhin Condit was made
and taken, at the time of taking the same was & still in
of the Justices of the peace in & for said County
duly commissioned and sworn; and that the
signature ""Stephen D. Day saffixed
to the Jurat of said affidavit & the Certificate
thereunder written, respectively are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set
my hand and seal of office at Newark in the County
aforesaid the fourth day of September A.D. Eighteen
hundred and thirty eight- 1838-
Evan Arsdale Jr the
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18091
Jarus Williams
C.
Jarus Williams
Fully Onondaga County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
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1776
statement, showing the service of Jarus Williams Onanday
County New York
Duration of the
claimant's service.
time
Rank of
claimant.
Pr
after released
Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
the applicant was
serve
Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers
Battles in which
engaged.
┃ Taken
Personer
Country through
which he marched.
N York
Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period.
Newark
et Jersey
then commd 7
Evidence by
which the declaration
is supported
.
Caps
Col
Parson
Cortland
Ogden
┃ my Hand
Living
as to part of time
one same company
Cap of an
Major Hays that after this he enlisted in a compay of
┃ ranges commanded by Captain
that he was in a battle at
quintersey under Gray Ball, that he was in the said
on an island the Antish first, he was also in the engagement
at Connecticut farms & Springfield in New Jersey when the Juniansattacked
Morristown, that he afterwards joined the militia of
┃ New Jusey as a
minute man commanded
cout to
by Capt
again &
and
the end
of the war
aged
Execution
76 May
as to part
by the Helen
witness
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance
, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territo
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories 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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. ┃
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
Soldier and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Town Office has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufferent reason for
claimant must invaribly be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the ┃
cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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:
Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
old, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the bust 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,
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 four months
Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
1810 Indell, and
ficers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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 an
thority; 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
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opnion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubthe
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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 conin
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same will
as the 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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O. W. and N. Division.
Ill
File No. 158
Per M - 3

-- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Jars
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
his
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
ape.
y
76
7
17
-
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
me
.
RANK.
Pat
P
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Parson
held
nineteen
John
---
---
James White
John
John Eden
God
Phil
noran
of
Van Cortland
Vant
Vanta
Battles engaged in,
---
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
N.
---
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application, 75 Newark, N. J.
COLONEL.
STATE.
I
Remarks
Soldier married, at what was the word Mountain afterwards
summer or fall of 1779,
Grange N.J. Lydia V. Oct. 13. 1758, daughter of David Joannah Cundick. She was allowed
pension on an application executed June 27, 1838 while a resident of Lake, Milwaukee
Co. Wis. Soldier died Nov. 22, 1835 in Tully N.Y. the house of their
Son Joseph who was 39 yrs old in 1838.
SIB311-05
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Lydia Williams
Widow of Jairus Williams

Just A. Smith Aug
13 1838 March 17
Ad 4 July 36
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Sterling, I
DEC 13 1818
Dec. 19 - 1918.
Dec
Pension Office
Washington
I
Autlemen
Will you please
said me the Rev. record
of Jairus Williams
Adders-
●
Mrs. A. B. Cooling
1813 East 2nd Street
●
Sterling Ill
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ESTARLISHED 1857
To
KALAMAZOO GAS COMPANY
127 S. ROSE ST.
H. D. WALBRIDGE, PRESIDENT
J. J. KNIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT
F. W. BLOWERS, SECY ANDORN, MON.
D. H. HATNES TREASURER
KALAM M. April 2307
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir
In order establish the qualifications
Miss Gutt, E Thayer
of
Jarus Williams
great great granddaughter
Is
Montel
ask that you
enclosed
said
verify
letter
from
respectfully
your records
Jarus Williams
reganting
Service
the
in the
Revolutionary War
James
5
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to
1906
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
W. 26058.
33 Henry Street
Ashtabula, Ohio. Sep 5. 1906.
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of Pension Certificate
of Jairus Williams, Soldier of the Revolution. Enlisted from Newark, N.
served under Colonel Philip Van Cortland, was taken prisoner in
Oct 1776, and imprisoned four months. Died in Tully, N.Y. Nov 22. 1835.
Date of application for pension Oct 22. 1832. Claim was allowed,
and pension was allowed his widow, Lydia.
.
1866.
Also a copy of the Military History of Col David Condit, a soldier
of the Revolution. He enlisted as a member of the Second Regiment,
Essex Co, Militia (Orange, or Newark, N.J.) was promoted to Major,
Feb 9,1776, made Lieut, Col, April 15, 1777. Died nine days later.
An early reply is earnestly solicited.
Yours very truly
1
" Mrs Ida J. Tumen
1906
In
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this one.
Ashtabula, O. Sep 18. 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
My letter of Sep 5th. Returned by you for signiture
received. I am very sorry to have caused you this extra work and
trouble.
I had a number of letters to write, and in some way missed signing
I sincerely beg your pardon.
Yours very truly.
1
Mrs Ida J. Turner
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1137. Kinnie Kinnie An
421 -07. Mil. Wis
Mr Hains
In reply to yours of
March 23d would say. Grand Father
Williams name was Jarus Williams
at the time of the Revolution
he was about seventeen years old.
not old enough to go in the army
his family thought-- but he thought
differently and an away was
ought and furnished by the
order of Cornwallis & sent home
Grand other Williams was
drawing a pension at the time
of her death.
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Gen. We remember you and
Your virtimes here at our home
Alas Gertrude with but from
some years ago
Rena Loua R. Rickelson
S
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THE HISTORICAL BULLETIN
Devoted to Patriotism, Genealogy and Historical Research: our Ancestors and
51 an inch
Relatives, and their Military Achievements.
NEWTON L. COLLAMER.
● ● ● ●
Editor and Proprietor
Office, room 16, 1006 F street. Telephone Main 1593.
Washington, D. C., August 17, 1904
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
R
Subscription
500 a year
Advertisements
REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.
For a subscriber, may I have extract of the pension records
, if any, of Theophilus Hunt of Vt. or Mass.; James Williams
of N.J.; and Thomas Merchant of Conn. as per enclosed data. The
lady is a descendant, and gives all the date she has
Respectfully,
2
N. Creamer
Editor.
N
2
C
Or
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services
such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary war and the
war of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Depart
ment, original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war
may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States,
O. W. & N. DIV.
3 - 076.
P
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF I
ONE,
of
Sept 28
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing
information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted,
is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical
or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required
to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning
more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is
requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. J. F. Beck
1531 Boulward
Full name of soldier,
Atlanta, Ga.
the Grant
Jairus Williams
Place of residence before service,
(Town, county, and State.)
Place of residence after service, Tullow, county, and state
Approximate date of death, 1836.
Given name of widow. Lydia Williams
Did either the soldier or his now receive a pension? Yes widow refer to pension
Additional information, claim of widow No. 2356 according to
act of July 4, 1836 Revolutionary Claims.
Signature,
Miss S. Frank Beck
Post-office address,
including street and number, town, county, and State. (No. 531 Boulward
Atlanta Ga.
3818658-97
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 9th 1842.
Under the of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and author
izing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,
Lydia Williams-
-
-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wisconsin-
Agency, at the rate of Eighty
---
Dollars and
Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July
, has been paid at this Department, from the
of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.
Sir:
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Col Edward
Com Pension
Washington
Page 43

Sir
Augt 13
1838
in
1
2
F
Newark 4 Sept 1838
I enclose the affidavit of Sophia Condiestablishing
the marriage of Widow Lydia Williams
with Jarius Williams in the year 1779
the Claim of Widow Williams was suspended
for this proof. As I have no doubt this proof
must be entirely satisfactory, I have to request
that her pension certificate may be sent to me
at Manlins N.Y. where I reside & that her
name may be placed on the pension list of the
Detroit agency of there is one, or if not on that of
the agency of New York, as there is no agency
near Milwankee that I know of. If there is an
agency at Chicago or at Milwanker, either would
be prefered, but an agency in the interior of Wiscon
in or Michigan of Illinois, would be very conven
int to Mrs. Williams-- you will of comm
comply with established usages
Your truly,
A Smith
Manley by
Col Edward
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3684
Lydia Williams
wid of Jairus Williams
Wisconsin
Marred
1779
Died 22 Nov 1835
Allow $80 per an
Jan 22 Nov. 1835
Almill Esq
Marling
G.
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his
Man his July 26 1838
I have enclosed on informal application
made wisconsin by Lydia Williams
for a Pensionas
her husband drew
a Pension several years, I do not know
which the Law is construed as granter his
a Pension. She was married in the foot of
by a refiner
to her husband application on
that your him you will be able to
his servis detail after that period
If she is entitled to a Pension and it
first proof of her manning of the
you will please for and intention & to the
testimony can be obtained in Neway I did not
think it worth while to be at dispense
till
and with a widow whose husband live to
draw a pension was entitled to me afterwards
you please state in
return, which will sphere of is
intitled to a pensing
Edward E
Your tenty
A Smith
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Wisconsin
3684 July 31
4 July 1836
Free
Hon J.L. Edwards
One Pensions
●
Washington City
●
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Sir:
Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 14th 1838
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States, The widow of Jarus Williams
decease a Pensioner on the Roll of the Many, N.Y. Agency, at
the rate of eighty Dollars and --
" Cols
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1835
to the 22d of November 1835, the day of
his deathpectfully
, yours,
Iron K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Hon J. L. Edward
E Parsons
Washington
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Di
Albany Oct 8 1838
I have returned Lydia Williams Pension
certificate to have the name of her husband
which was hairs (spell I believe in his certificate Jarius corrected. it being nected James
in filling up the certificate.
Permit me in behalf of the old Lady to
that it be returned corrected to me at this place
early as possible that she may avail
herself of the Pension in season to secure the
claim to a quarter section when he lives
before the problick sall in Nov. Today
you will render her a great sound & obly
Sir
Yours truly
Daniel Smith
am spending a funday been at Albany & my
letter and for a short time here
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26058
Lydia Williams
Widow
Jairus Williams
Priv. Rev. War
Act July 7 1838
Index: Vol. Page 346
Arrangement of 1870.)
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And
Col
19066 ┃
.
May 14
Atlanta Ga
30, 1904. Hist. to N.L.
Camer, Wash. D.C.
Fer.
18 Letter returned to 22 Henry St.
┃ nature of Writer Mr. K.
┃ 1906 Sept. 24 History to Mrs. ┃
May 6. 1907 History to
1918 Dec 27 Hist to Mrs. Cooling