Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,610, Thomas Williams, N.C. S.C.
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NC
SC
Born in Penn

Williams Thomas
Rachel

R11,610
BL Reg 276381-55
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State of Alabama
DeCalb County

On this 28th day of April One
Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven personally
appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the
Peace in and for the State & County aforesaid Rachel
Williams Widow of Thomas Williams Deced also a Resident
of this County aged Eighty years and after being
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duly sworn according to Law Declared upon her oath
that she is the Widow and Relict of the Identical
Thomas Williams who served in the year of the Revolation

in the State of South Carolina and who applied
for a Pension for the same and Resident of this County
Several years ago and for his services she refers
to his declaration which is on file in the Pension
Office at Washington City. She further states that she was married to her Husband the said Thomas Williams in Jefferson County Tennessee on the 2d day of August One thousand Eight Hundred they were Married by a Magistrate whose name was Cox his given name he does not recollect as he was always called Squire Cox, he is long since dead and her Husband the said Thomas Williams
Departed this life on the fifth day of November
One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty seven and that she has never since married but remains the widow of the said Thomas Williams
She makes this Declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which
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she may be entitled under existing Laws of
Congress, and for proof of her Marriage and the
date of the death of her Husband she refers to the
Proof accompanying this Declaration.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day and date above
Gilbert Wright LS
Justice of the Peace
Rachel Williams Mark

We Alexander McCormack and Albert McCormack Citizens of DeCalb County in the State of Alabama do hereby solemnly swear that we are personally & intimately acquainted with Rachel Williams who has this day made the foregoing application for Bounty
by Lands and that she is the Identical person she presents herself to be. 

Alexander McCormack
Sworn to & subscribed before me, Albert McCormack
Gilbert Wright P B
I, Gilbert Wright a Justice of the peace in and for County of DeCalb in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that Alexander McCormack and Albert Carmel both respectable citizens of the said County of DeCalb and
their statements are entitled to credit. I further certify at Mrs Williams who this day has sworn to and subscribed
the foregoing Declaration before me, has been personally intimately known to me some sixteen or fifteen years and I know her to be the widow of Thomas
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Williams who was an applicant for a Pension on account of  his Revolutionary services. I further certify that I was acquainted with her Husband the said Thomas Williams at and before his death and that he died
about the time set fourth in her declaration, and that he was regarded as a true Soldier in the said War of the Revolution by all who were acquainted with him further certify I have no Interest in this claim
Gilbert Wright
State of Alabama This day personally appeared before the County the undersigned a Justice of
the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid
Alexander McCormack a highly Respectable citizen of the aforesaid County and State upon his oath that he
has been personally and intimately acquainted with Rachel Williams who makes the foregoing application for Bounty Lands for upwards of Thirty five years, that he
was intimately acquainted with her Husband Thomas Williams one for upwards of Twenty five years before his death
and he has also been intimately acquainted with their family of children about as long and that they were regarded as man and wife from his earliest acquainted with
them; that they had children grown when he first know them that they continued to live together as man and wife up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Williams which occurred about the time stated in her said declaration and that she the
said Rachel Williams has never since married
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but remains the widow & relief of the said Thomas Williams he further states that the said Thomas Williams applied for a Pension in his lifetime as a citizen of this County but his claim was suspended though he is fully of opinion from hearing him speak of the scenes of the war of the Revolution and of the
service he rendered therein, that he was fully entitled to a Pension. he further states that he has no interest in this claim-
Alexander Womack
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
mark
this 20th day of April 1857
Gilbert Wright P
State of Alabama
County
 I Reuben Ellis Judge
of the Court of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Gilbert Wright
whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid duly commissioned and authorized as such and that full faith and credit
are due all his official act's
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at my office in the Town
of Lebanon this 12th day of May
Reuben Estes
Judge of Probate
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35-479

Thomas Williams
Alabama
act 7 June '32
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Interrogatories
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania
at a place called the white horse, I think in 1758.
2nd Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age nor never had
3rd where were you living when called into the service, where
have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where
do you now live?
Answer - when I joined the army I resided in North Carolina
at a place called Gilford, at the close of the revolution
I returned to Pennsylvania, Chester County & lived six years with one Col Thomas Allen. Thence to New River
in the State of Virginia where I remained eight years.
Thence to Noly Chucky in the State of Tennessee, where I remained eleven years. Thence to what is now Vally
now Bledsoe County Tennessee where I remained about six years, Thence to what is now Jackson County Alabama, where I remained about twenty years, thence to the neighborhood where I now
reside, in Dekalb County Alabama
4th How were you called into the service, this you
drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute,
and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - I was a volunteer
5th 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 service
Answer - I know not that there were any Regular
officers with whom I served, but suppose General Green & Col Morgan were regular officers, I do not recollect the names of the Regiments of the parties
way of my service further than is given in
my annexed Declaration
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6th Did you receive a discharge from the service; and
if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it
- I did receive a discharge do not recollect by
whom it was given nor what has become of it
9th 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?
Answer. Charles L. Roach, Hiram Allen Thomas
Longacre, George Caperton, & Col Franklin Slaton
Thomas Williams
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Final Certificate
I Alexander Majors Clerk of the County Court
for the County of Dekalb in the State of
Alabama, do certify that Polly-dore Nailor
whose name appears to the annexed and
foregoing matter of the application of Thomas
Williams for a Pension is and was the Judge of
the County Court of Dekalb County in the State of Alabama, at the time of signing the same
and that due faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts
as such and that the annexed
pages contain the true perfect & original
record of the matter of the application of
Thomas Williams for a Pension. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this 22 day of February AD 1843-
A. W. Major
Clerk of the Court
of DeCalb County Alabama
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of Alabama 
On this 22nd day of February 1843, personally
DeKalb County appeared before me Polly-dore Nailor
Judge of the County Court of Dekalb County and State of
Alabama at his residence in said County, Thomas Williams
who from age & infirmity, is totally unable to appear in open
Court, aged 84 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer
under one Capt William Gray at a place called the Hanging Rock in South Carolina, in the month of January 1781, as a private
soldier for the term of nine months was immediately marched to the Army of Col Morgan which he joined in
district as he thinks, was with Col Morgan when he was per
sued by Col Tarlton to the Cowpens, was in the Battle at that place the battle lasted till about eleven O'clock A.M. it began early in
the morning of the last of January 1781. Declarant remained under Capt. Gray who he thinks was now made a Col, and was sent to North Carolina with the Prisoners taken in the Battle under Col Gray to

a place called the roads. He at this place let the prisoners and joined
General Green (under Col Gray) He does not recollect who his Capt
was at this time, he remained with General Green, and was marched
all night, severing creeks and was with me at the battle of Gilford in
North Carolina. He cannot say in what month the Battle was fought
He knows the Waters were high & thinks it was in the spring of 1781
after this date, he was detached as one of the Wagon guards. He remained with the army under General from in this capacity until they
arrived at Camden in South Carolina, at this point he was detached under one Capt Wade to press wagons & provisions
He left the Army at a place called Santee in South Carolina
When he was discharged, his capt's name was Greens at this time
This was in the fall of 1781.
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He was at one time during this service with one Capt
Clark who was killed by the falling of a tree, He resided
when he joined the army at a place called Gilford in
North Carolina. He has no documentary evidence of
his service, and knows of no person living by whom he
can prove the same. He had a discharge but does not
know what become of it he does not now recollect
ever to have seen it since it was written and handed
to him. He states as reasons why he did not make this
declaration in open Court that it has been 4 years, since
he has been on horse back, and the distance to the Court
house being about 20 miles, and that he is not able to
walk so far, that he is very poor, and dependant alone
on his children for a support. He is totally unable to
perform any Kind of labour. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the
present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
Roll of the agency of any state, that the reasons why he
has never before applied for a pension are these. He has
been advised until lately that none but regular soldiers
were allowed pensions, and his remoteness from
sources of intelligence (being himself wholly illiterate)
he never until lately ascertained his rights
Sworn to and subscribed
Thomas Williams
before me this 22 day of
mark
February AD 1843
Polly Naylor Judge of the County Court of
DeKalb County Alabama
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State of Alabama
DeKalb County

 On this 6 day of July one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty Seven Personally appear
red before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the State & County aforesaid Rachel
Williams Aged Eighty years a resident of the State &
County aforesaid and the Widow of Thomas Williams
Deceased, and after being duly sworn, declares upon
her oath that she is the Widow and Relict of Thomas
Williams, formally of this County who was an applicant
for a Pension under Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said
Thomas Williams in Jefferson County Tennessee on the
3d day of August Eighteen Hundred. And that her Hush
and the aforesaid Thomas Williams died in the County
of Jackson in the State of Alabama on the 5th Day of
November One thousand Eight Hundred and forty seven
(1847) and that she has remained a widow ever since
that period as will more fully appear by Refferance to
the proof heretofore furnished the Pension Department
upon that subject. She further States that she makes this
Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Benefits of
the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed 3d Feby
1853, as well as the amount of Pension which accrued
to her Husband the said Thomas Williams under act of 7th
June 1832. She further States that from old age
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and Bodily infirmity she is unable to appear before
the Court to make this her declaration.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and
date above written
Gilbert Wright ℗
Rachel Williams
Justice of the peace
Mark
I Gilbert Wright a Justice of the Peace as above do
hereby certify that Rachel Williams who has this day
Sworn to & subscribed the foregoing Declaration before
me has long been known to me & that she is the widow
of the said Thomas Williams as stated in her Declaration
I further certify that the said Declaration was Read
to her aloud & by her understood before before sworn
to and subscribed, and from Old age and bodily
Infirmity she is unable to appear before the Court to
make a Declaration that she is a reputable old lady
and that her statements are entitled to Credit
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 6 day of July A.D. 1857
Gilbert Wright
Justice of the peace
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Mrs. Willie J. Nicholl
2139 West Summit
San Antonio, Texas

THOMAS WILLIAMS
R. 11610
BA-J/MLBO

September 24, 1938

 Dear madam
The data which follow in regard to Thomas Williams were obtained
from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 11610, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Williams was born in 1758, at Whitehorse in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
Thomas Williams, while living in De Kalb County, Alabama, aged
eighty-four years, applied February 22, 1843, for pension on account of
his service in the Revolutionary War, and alleged that, while a resident
of Guilford, North Carolina, he volunteered in January, 1781, that he
served as private in the companies of Captain William Gray and of another
captain whose name he did not give, and in Colonels Morgan's and Gray's
regiments, that during his service he was in the battles of Cowpens and
Guilford, then detached as a waggon guard, and that he was discharged in
the fall of 1781, at Santee, South Carolina, after having served nine months
Thomas Williams' claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to
furnish proof of military service in accordance with the requirements of
the pension law.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved back to Chester County,
Pennsylvania, where he remained six years with one Colonel Allen ( no relation
ship shown), thence to New River, Virginia, where he lived eight years.
From there, he moved to Nolichucky, Tennessee, where he lived eleven years,
thence to Sequatchie Valley in what was later Bledsoe County, that state,
remained there six years, then moved to Jackson County, Alabama, where he
lived twenty years, thence to De Kalb County, Alabama. He died in Jackson
County, Alabama, November 5, 1847.
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Thomas Williams married August 5, 1800, in Jefferson County,
Tennessee, Rachel, a sister of Thomas Longhere who in 1867 was
living in De Kalb County, Alabama. The date and place of birth of
Rachel, her maiden name or names of her parents were not stated.
In 1887, Rachel Williams was living in De Kalb County, Alabama.
It was stated that Thomas Williams and his wife, Rachel, had a
large family of children, ten or eleven in member, most of whom lived
to be grown, but no names of children were designated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Alexander  T Stephans

George C Whiting
Cour. Pensions
Washington, DC
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To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Adainsville Ga 3d June 1857
To Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Please find enclosed the applice
ation of Mrs Rachel Williams Widow of Thomas
Williams who was an applicant for a Pension on
account of his Revolutionary services, but whose
claim was suspended, & C.) for Bounty Lands under
Act of 3 March 1805
For proof of her Husbands services and
of her marriage we respectfully beg leave to refer you
to the proof on file in the Pension Office, upon which
the relies for a Pension, as she is an applicant
for that also -
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
Geo. C. Whiting Com
Washington City
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Elisha King
July 24/57
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Pension Office July 24, 1857

Sir

I have examined the papers transmitted by
in support of a claim for pension of Rachel
Williams, and of Thomas Williams, an alleged
Revolutionary soldier, and filed them under
act of February 3, 1853.
the husband of this claimant asserted
a claim under act of June 7, 1832, that
was suspended for the reasons
assigned in a letter to E. Hansborgh dated
April 1. 1843. The requrements of that letter
must be complied with before the present
claim can be allowed
-
Elisha King Esq
Adairsville,
Georgia
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Adairsville Ga 10th Augt 1857
Geo C. Whiting Co
Dear Sir

Enclosed please find
the Certificate of Compt Genl of S. Carolina
showing service rendered by Thomas Williams
the Husband of Rachel Williams who is
an applicant for a Pension under Act of 3
February 1856. from DeKalb County Ala
---
I hope this Certificate will of
in the service of Claimants husband
as required by the Letter of Col Edward
of April the 1st 1843, and that you will be
pleased to grant this old lady a Pension
accordingly
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Elisha King
Geo. C. Whiting Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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13.62
Pension Office
Apr 1st '43

Sir

The claim of Thomas Willis
am now asserted for the first time
has been examined & his papers
filed He alleges a term of service of
is under Capt Gray of 1th in 1781
If such a term of service was rendered
either in the Nor S.C. troops the
ecutive records of those States respectively
will establish it-- all demands
are required to adduce the best attain
able evidence and in this case
unless the alleged service is confirmed
by the records his claim will not be
admitted. If he is now unable to obtain
the evidence of surviving comrades he is
alone responsible for the delay which
has swept off so many applicants in
. for similar service
Obadiah M Benge gives a very imper
ful & indefinite account of his 9th
services under N.C. authority terminating
in the battle of Kings Mountain
there be no such terms of service
in the militia of that State
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and if he served in the line, the Secy's
certificate should be addressed showing how
far his records confirm or discredit
the allegation -- His service in the
expedition to Kings Mountain if in the
militia was less than two months the
delay of making application
is prejudice to his claim which
cannot be allowed within proof
April 1st, 1843

Elijah Hansbrough Esq
Belle Fonte
Alabama
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Pension Office
Dec 30 '43

 Sir
  I have the honor to inform you that upon a rename motion of the claims of Thomas Williams
and Obadiah M Benge the Dept is constrained to adhere to the requisitions of proof made in my letter of appeal to E Hansbrough.

Hon R Chapman
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NC 3194
H
Issued 3rd July 1786 to Thos Williams for Nine Pounds 17 1/2

Stg for Duty done in Brandon's Regt for acct audited
 Prin Lg 17 1/2
 Int LO 13.9

No 112
 3194 H
No 112

 Thomas Williams for Militia Duty in Brandon's Regt since the fall of Charleston to Anderson's Return Aruotg
To Currency L69
Stg 9..17..1/2
State of South Carolina
To Thomas Williams
For Militia duty in Brandon's Regt, since the
fall of Charlestown J Anderson's Return
Amot to Currency ---
269,--

Gentlemen
Please to let the Beaver William, Williams
have the Indents for my public accompts, and this shall be a sufficient rect for the same. Given under
 my hand this 16th Oct. 1786.
To the Commipioners of the Public Treasury Charleston
 Before me
Thomas Williams
Wm Kennedy J.
Recd full satisfaction for the within in an Indent
No 3194. Order
Wm Williams
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Company Generals Office
Columbia Lola
Aug 5th 1885 
Thereby certify the fore going to be a true copy from the Records of this Office-
Given under my hand
WR Hunt
Dept Comp General
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No 6763

Rachel Williams
Widow of Thomas Williams

11610
Act 3rd of July 1853
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Elisha King
Adairsville Geo
August 26 1857
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Pension Office, Aug. 1. 1837

Sir

The Certificate of the Comptroller of
South Carolina, adduced as evidence
in the case of Rachel Williams, does
not show a sufficient service of Thomas
Williams her alleged husband to entitle the
the payment of sd
parties to an allowance 9.17.1 1/2
indicates a service of only 4 months
and 18 days. Moreover, William did not claim
service in Brandon's Regime 
Elisha King Esqr
Adairsville,
Geo.
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Pension Office
May 29, 1857

Sir

Thomas Williams, of Ala, claimed to
served in the S. C. Militia for 9 months
in 1781, under Captain Gray' out ahead
no evidence of the truth of his statements,
his claim has disallowed
His widow has made no application
Elisha King Esq
Adairville
Georgia
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Adainsville Ga 17 May 1857
To Com of Pensions
Dear Sir
Inclosed please find Power of Attorny
from Mrs Rachel Williams authorizing me to prosecute
her claim for Pension. Be so good as to inform me of the Condition of her claim and of the Reasons why it has not been allowed. Be so kind also as to inform me what act her claim is asserted under
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Elisha King
Mrs William Husband Thomas Williams applied for a
Pension under act of 7th June 1832 & his claim was suspended he died & his widow applied both applied from
De Kalb County Alabama
To Com of Pensions
Washington City
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Pension Office,
June 12, 1857

Sir

  The papers forwarded by you, under cover of your letter of the 3d of Dec, has
been filed in the name of Rachel
Williams, widow of Thomas, under the
Act of 1853-
She has made no declaration-
Elisha King Esq
Adairsville
Georgia
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Adairsville Ga 3d June 1857

Geo C. Whiting Court H
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find additional
Proof in support of the Claim of Mrs Rachel Williams widow of Thomas Williams Decet for a Pension under act of 3d
Feby. 1853. This is the act under which her claim should have been presented, but it may have been improperly presented under some of the other Act granting Pensions to
Widows, If so it is an error in the agent who presented the claim, as I find upon examining both her and the Witnesses. She was not married quite soon enough
to be entitled under any other act-
I hope the proof here presented, in connection
with the proof on file in the Pension Department will satisfy you that Mrs Williams is entitled to the amount
which accrued to her Husband under act of June 1832. also in her own it under act of 2d Feby 1853 and if so I doubt not I shall receive a certificate accordingly
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
Geo C. Whiting Court H
Washington City
D C
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Adairsville GA June 14/57

Dear Sir

Enclosed please
find the Application of Rachel Williams widow of Thos Williams for a Pension under act Feb
1853 Thomas Williams applied
for a pension under act June 7th
1832 and his claim was suspended
I am Respectfully
Your obedient Servt
Elisha King
Commissioner of Pens
Washington City
.
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35479

Thomas Williams
Alabama

Copies of the paper sent to same April 26, 1844

Act June 7 1832
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276.381 Act Mar 3 1833
 June 10 1836

Rachel Williams widow of Thomas Williams, decd

Revolutionary War
South Carolina 

Enlisted 
Discharged

 Alabama Ins Feb '53

 Hon AH Stephens Dec 21/54
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Certificate of the Court

Ana 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 before named applicant, Thomas Williams
was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he
 states that from infirmity of age he is unable to appear in open court
And the Court further certifies, that it
appears to them that Jacob W Gipson who has
signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Dekalb, and that John Davis
and Alexander McCormac
who have also signed the same are resident
citizens in said County, and that each of them
are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Feby 22nd 1843.
Judge of the County Court
Polydore Naylor
of DeKalb County Alabama
of Thomas Williams
certificate of the Clerk -
J. Alexander Magers Clerk of the County Court
of DeKalb County. Do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application
for a Pension,
In testimony whereof, I
have hereunto set my
hand and seal of
office this 22 day of
February A.D. 1843.
AW Majors, Clerk
of the County Court of
DeKalb County
Alabama
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Certificate of Clergyman


Jacob W Gipson a Clergyman of the
Christian denomination  residing in the County of Dekalb & State of Alabama
and John Davis and Alexander McCorman residing in the said County & State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Williams
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty four years old
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhoodwhere he resides to have been a s oldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed J W Gipson
before me this 22 day of John
February A.D. 1843
Polydore Naylor Judge of the County Court
of Dekalb County Alabama
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Rachel Williams
Power of Attorney to
Elisha King
1837

12th day of May
Judge of Probate
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State of Alabama
De Kalb County  
Know all men by these presents
that I Rachel Williams Widow of Thomas Williams Deceased Late of this County who was an applicant for a pen
on for services rendered in the war of the Revolution, repositioning
Special Trust and confidence in my friend Mr
Elisha King of Adairsville Georgia have this day nominated constituted and appointed him the said Elisha King my true and Lawful Attorney and do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint him as such, for me and in my name to prosecute my
claim for the amount of Pension which may be due me as the widow of the said Thomas William Deed
Under existing Laws of Congress also for the amount of Pension which accrued & fall due to my husband the said Thomas Williams in his lifetime, and also
my claim to Bounty Lands, and to receive from the commissioner of Pensions of the Secretary of the Interior a Pension Certificate for the same and a Warrant for the Bounty Lands hereby ratifying and confirming
whatsoever he my said Attorney may do in the Premise. And I do hereby Revoke all former Power of Attorney or other authority given by me to any person
or Persons in and touching the aforesaid mentioned Premises Constituting the said King my only legal
Attorney with power of substituting or appointing others under him, and of Revocation, and I do
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hereby
make this power of Attorney irrevocable
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal
seal this 28th day
Rachel William
Signed Sealed and delivered ⎬
mark
In Presence of
Gilbert Wright
Benja F King

Gilbert Wright
a Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Do. Calb in the State of Alabama
do hereby certify that Rachel Williams the maker of
the foregoing Power of Attorney this day appeared
before me and acknowledged the same to be her act and Deed, and that she signed the same in the presence of the Witnesses whose names are thereunto
Subscribed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of April 1837
Gilbert Wright
Justice of the peace
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State of Alabama
DeKalb County

I Reuben Estes Judge
of the Court of Probate in and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that Gilbert Wright who's Genuine Signature appears to the foregoing certificate
is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of DeKalb in the State of Alabama duly commissioned and sum as such, and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at the office in the Town of
Lebanon this 12th day of May
Rueban Estes
Judge of Probate

Rachel Williams
Elisha King
Power of Attorney
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State of Alabama
Jackson County

On this 4th day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Thomas Longacre a highly respectable and credible citizen
of this county and after being duly sworn as the Law directs States upon his oath that he was personally and intimately acquainted with Thomas Williams
who was an applicant for a Pension as a Citizen
of DeKalb County of this State an account of his revolutionary services and who was the Husband of Rachel Williams who is also an applicant from the same
county for a Pension also for bounty lands as he understands he further states that he is the Brother of the said Rachel Williams that he was an eye witness to the celebration of the marriage ceremonies between
her the said Rachel and her Husband the said
Thomas Williams and that the said marriage took place in Jefferson County Tennessee upwards of fifty five years ago the precise date of said marriage he can not give but from circumstances which occurred
relative to his family connections and from his know ledge of his own age he knows it was upwards of fifty years ago as above said that they lived together as man and wife and raised a large family as such
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and that he the said Thomas departed this life
about ten years ago next November leaving surviving him the said Rachel his lawful Widow
and relict who has never since intermarried but
remains the widow of the said Thomas Williams Deceased
The word five interlined before sign to and subscribed Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and date above
written
Thos Jones
Justice of the peace
The State of Alabama 

I John H. Norwood Jackson County  Judge of Probate for said
County & State Certify that W. Jones whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is now & was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace within
said County & State, and full faith and credit is
due all his official acts as such
Given under my hand at
office in Bellefonte and the
seal of said Probate Court
May 16th 1857.
J. H. Norwood
P.C.
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State of Alabama
DeKalb County

On this 28th day of April One thous
and Eight Hundred and fifty seven personally appeared
before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Alexander
McCormac a highly Respectable citizen of said County and after being duly sworn according to law states upon his oath that he has been personally and intimately acquainted with Rachel Williams of this County who is
an applicant for a Pension on account of the services of her husband Thomas Williams died in the war of the Revolution, for upwards of Thirty five years past that
he was also intimately acquainted with her Husband the said Thomas Williams for upwards of Twenty five years before his death, and that he has also been
Intimately acquainted with their Children from the time of his first acquaintance with them some of whom was about grown when he first knew them, and that
from his earliest acquaintance with them the said Thomas and Rachel they were living together as man and wife and were recognized as such by all their acquaintance so far as he affiant ever heard
any expression of opinion on the subject and that they continued to live together Harmoniously as such up to the time of the death of the said Thomas William
which occurred on or about the 5th day of November
One thousand Eight Hundred and forty seven and that his widow the said Rachel Williams has not
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Intermarried since the death of her said Husband but still remains the widow of the said Thomas Williams. He further states that from his knowledge of the ages of the Oldest Children of the said Rachel Williams as compared with his own age and their
ages when he first knew them, that the Marriage of the said Thomas & Rachel his wife must have taken place
as early as the 3rd day of August One thousand Eight Hundred the time she the said Rachel declared it did take place, he did not know any thing of the parties at
the time of the Marriage, but from the advanced age of their Children at the time of his first acquaintance with
the family & from his long and intimate acquaintance with them since then, he is fully of opinion and is the roughly established in the belief that the Marriage took
place at the time above stated, the old Lady says she knows it will be fifty seven years since her Marriage on the 3d of Next August & this she knows from her recollection of the age of her oldest child affiant believes
she is correct in her statement. Affiant further
States that he has no Interest in this claim

Sworn to and subscribed Alexander Mack
before me this day and
mark
date above written
Gilbert Wright
Justice of the peace
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State of Alabama
DeKalb County


I Reuben Estes Judge of the
Court of Probate in and for the State and County aforesaid do hereby certify that Gilbert Wright whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate
is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of DeKalb in the State of Alabama duly commissioned and sworn as such and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at my office in the Town of
Lebanon This 12th day of May 1833
Reuben Estes
Judge of Probate
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State of Alabama
Jackson County ⎬ On this 2nd day of May one thousand
Eight Hundred and fifty seven personally appeared
before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid
Joseph Gentry Joseph Potts and Wilson L. Allen all
of whom are highly respectable & Reputable Citizenof

this County and after being duly sworn as the
Law directs State upon their Oath that they were
all personally and intimately acquainted with Thomas
Williams who was an applicant for a Pension as a
citizen of DeKalb County of this State on account of
his Revolutionary service and who was the husband
of Rachel Williams who is also an applicant for a
Pension from the same County they further state that the
said Thomas Williams Departed this life in the immediate
Neighborhood in which they there, and now reside in
this County in the fall of the year they would say as
near as they can recollect in the month of November
Eight or nine years ago last November, leaving surviving him the said Rachel Williams his Lawful widow
and Relict to whom he must have been married Man
than fifty years ago from their knowledge of the family
of the said Thomas Williams & his wife the said
Rachel Affiants Joseph Gentry and Joseph Potts
both state that they became acquainted
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Thomas Williams and his family upward of
Thirty years ago and at the time of their first acqua
intance with them they were living together as man
and wife & was recognized as such by all their ac
aintance, and that at the time of their earliest in
aintance with them they had a large family of child
New the Oldest of whom was grown or about grown
at that time they had a large family of children ten
or Eleven in number, a large majority of whom they
raised to the years of maturity, and the affiants have
no doubt but that they the said Thomas & Rachel
were legally man and wife. Affiant Wilson L. Allen
States that he became acquainted with the said
Thomas and Rachel about twenty Eight years ago
and at his first acquaintance with them they had a
large family of children some of whom was grou
and from his knowledge of the ages of their Children
he thinks they must have been married upwards of
fifty years age affiants further state that the said
Thomas, was recognized as a soldier of the Revolution
and that from their heartiest acquaintance with him
they heard him speak of his Revolutionary service
they further state they have no Interest in this claim
Sworn to and subscribed
W. D. Allen
before me this day & date
Joseph Gentry
Joseph Potts
William J. Kirk  Justice of the peace
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The State of Alabama
Jackson County

I John H. Norwood
County Judge of the Probate Court
in & for said County and
hereby certify that William J. Kirk whose
signature appears to the foregoing
was at the time of taking such
an acting Justice of the peace in
County, duly qualified, commissioned
thorized by law to take such affidav
that full faith and credit are due
his official acts as such,
Given under my hand, and the seal
of said Court, at office in the
Town of Bellefonte, this 18th day of
May AD 1857
John H Norwood
JP Court
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1938 Sept 24 Hist to Mrs Willie J Nicholls

11,610
Rachel Williams
Printed list of 1852 Rejected and suspended claims shows following cause of suspension
 For proof from the South Carolina records
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September 24, 1938
BA-J/MMHF: MLB

  Dear Madam

  Reference is made to your letter of September 1, 1938, addressed
to the Adjutant General, Washington, D. C., which has been referred to
the Veterans Administration for reply in regard to the Revolutionary War
soldiers and officers, Thomas Williams of North Carolina who moved to
Alabama; Duncan Johnson of North Carolina; Jesse Smith who served
from Virginia and moved to Kentucky after the war; Colonel Thomas
Williams of North Carolina and later of Alabama; William Russell of
Virginia, father of General William Russell; also the War of 1812 record
of Ezekiel Smith of Kentucky.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the
Revolutionary War of a Jesse Smith of Virginia who later lived in
Kentucky, nor of a Colonel Thomas Williams of North Carolina and Alabama,
nor of a William Russell, father of General William Russell, nor of a
Duncan Johnson, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon
service in the War of 1812 of the Ezekiel Smith cited above.
The record has been found of a Thomas Williams who served in the
Revolutionary War from North Carolina and later resided in Alabama.
His record is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Adjutant General,
United States Government,
Washington, D. C.
2139 West Summit
San Antonio, Texas
September 1, 1938

 Dear Sir

 I am endeavoring to trace my Revolutionary ancestors
and desire to have you send me information concerning them.
Please notify me what the charges will be to secure the desired
information and I shall remit the money by return mail.
Kindly inform me if the following are among your list
War
of Revolutionary and War of 1812 pensions and also give me the
name of the persons to whom the pensions were issued.
-
1. Thomas Williams, of North Carolina and later of Alabama
2. Duncan Johnson, who married a Miss McGlowthren, lived and joined the Revolution in North Carolina
3. Jesse Smith, in Revolution from Virginia, moved to Russelville Kentucky shortly after the Revolutionary War
4. Ezekial Smith, War of 1812, from Kentucky
5. Colonel Thomas Williams, of North Carolina, moved to Alabama about 1818 or 1819
6. William Russell, of Virginia, father of General William
Russell
for
A. C. SEP 1938
Yours very sincerely,
(Mrs.) Willie J. Nicholls
of his
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AG 095
Nicholls,  Mrs Willie J
(9-01-38) ORD
1st Ind
evc

War Department, A.D.C., Sept. 9, 1928, to the Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C., Attention Miss Nevitt.
of which is enclosed.
1 Incl
Copy of AGO letter

E. S. ADAMS
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By
H. C. Holdridge
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COPY)
WAR DEPARTMENT
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL' S OFFICE
A. G. 695
Nicholls, Mrs. Willie J.
( 9 - 1 - 38) ORD
Mrs. Willie J. Nicholls,
2139 West Summit,
San Antonio, Texas.
Dear Madam:
WASHINGTON
Sept. 9, 1938.
000
I have your letter of Sept. 1, 1938, in which you request information
relative to the pension of Thomas Williams and others, said to have
served during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
As the matter of pension is one which pertains to the Veterans
Administration, this city, I on this day transmitting your letter to that
office for reply.
Copy for VA
Very truly yours,
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
By

H. C. Hollidge
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Williams, Thomas a Private
10605
ACREAGE
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Pennsylvania
1
Issued May 24, 1792
to Moses sell assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.