Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9165, Caleb Williams, Conn. Continental
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                      NUMBER      
Conn.                                Williams, Caleb                              W.9165
Continental                                    Eunice                            B.L. Wt 38,337-160-55
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CONTENTS
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Let. A.H. Markland
Aug. 4. 1856

26.415
Pennsylvania
Caleb Williams
Bradford Co. in the State of
was a Pri in the Company commanded
Captain Phelps of the Regt. commanded
Col. Chapman in the Connecticut
Yr 2 All Pr  $40.00
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on the Roll of Penn'a
rate of 44 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
ence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Jan
and sent to
A. Herrick   Tra ??
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Arrears to the 4th Mch 3                          146.00
anl allowance ending Sep 4                         3.33
                                                               $163.33
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. J. Sprague   Clerk
J. Bragg Clerk
Book C.  Vol. 5    Page 65
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Let. T. H. ┃ Baird
Nov. 3/56.


5723
Pennsylvania   Phil
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Eunice Williams
widow of Caleb Williams
Conn.
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Teamster
Increased from $46.66
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 112. dollars    00
cents per annum, to commence on
the (3d February, 1858). 20 Dec 1854
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Certificate of Pension issued
11th day of Oct 1856
and sent to
F E. Hassler
Present
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 3, 1853, Page 161  Vol.
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226.931                                Act March 3
                                             Dec. 13.
Eunice Williams wid
Caleb Williams 
Act March
Pri.

Revy War
Pen?  Act. 7. June 1832-
Penn Feby 53-5723 ┃
ad: Aug' 15/56
Boynton
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F. E. Hassler
Present

Vol. W=2=28
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford  SS:
                                     On this sixth day of
March A.D. 1856 personally came
before the undersigned a Justice
of the duly commissioned and authorised
to administer oaths within and for the
County of Bradford, Rachel Strait of
the Town of Columbia, County and State
aforesaid, to me personally known and is entitled
to credit and after being duly sworn according to
law declares that she new Caleb Williams
who was a revolutionary pensioner for several
years before his death, and that she is acquainted 
with Eunice, his wife, who now claims a
Pension as the widow said Caleb Williams, that 
she new said Caleb to cohabit and live together
as husband and wife for about twenty years
that she was present and saw Caleb Williams
and the said Eunice married, that they were
married by my husband, Samuel Strait
a Justice of the Peace of Bradford Co Pennsylvania
on the 20th day of January 1835 that I know they were
married from the following circumstances; that
Mr Williams was by our house on Saturday and
told Mr Strait that he wanted him to be at home
the first of the week for he was agoing to fetch
that woman up; and have the not tied; and sure
enough the next Tuesday which I think was the 20
day of Jan 1835 he came to our house and was
married, and since that time he and Mrs Williams
have been to our house a visiting several times
and staid all night and cohabited, and that
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I have been acquainted with the parties over 20 years
and I know they were married, because I saw
them married; that the said Caleb Williams
died on the 20th day of December 1857 in Troy
Township Bradford Co. Pennsylvania that
she knows the fact from the following circum
stances viz: that she knows the fact from the
following circumstances; that I lived only
about five miles from where he died that my
Soninlaw with whom I then lived, was at troy
the day Mr Williams was burried, when he came
home told of his death &c and we have often talked
of his death, in our family since then, as taking place
on the 20th day of December 1854 and I have so
had it fixed in my mind; and it was a general
talk in the neighberhood; and I am quite
certain that it took place as above stated
and that Erunice's name before her said Marriage
was Eunice Hathaway, and that she now
remains said Caleb's Widow and has not
intermarried; and that she is not interested in
the result of Mrs Williams claim.  In testimony
whereof she has hereunto set her hand and seal this
six day of March 1856
                                                       Rachael Strait
The above affidavit was acknowledged hereunto
and subscribed before me on the day and year
first above written; and I certify that I am acquainted
with the affiant, and that she is a credible witness
and that I have no interest in the result of Mrs
Williams claim for pension & In witness
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of March 1856
                                       Peter Monroe J. P.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford ss:     On this 6th day of
March A.D. 1856 personally came before
the undersigned one of the Justices of
the Peace of the County and State aforesaid
Sybil Jackson a resident of Bradford
to me personally know and after being
duly sworn according to law declares that she
knew Caleb Williams who was a pensioner
of Bradford Co Pa and that she knows Eunice
Williams his widow, who now claims a pension
as such; that they lived together from the
time of their marriage until Caleb Williams
death that she was present and saw said
Caleb Williams Eunice Married that they
were married by one Samuel Strait a Justice of the
Peace of the Township of Columbia Bradford Co Pa
that they were married on the 20th day of January
1835 that she knows they were married from
the following circumstance viz: that she was
present and saw them married; and have frequently
heard the marriage talked of as taking place on
on the 20 day of Jan 1835, and that said
Caleb Williams died on the 20 day of December
1857 in Troy Township Bradford Co Pa and that 
she Knew he died from the following facts
that it was the general talk in the neighborhood
and the course of fixing it in her memory is,
that it took place only four or five days before
Christmas, and that she had often talked in her family
of his death as taking place on the 20 day of December
1854 and that she so believes it to have taken place
and the further states that she is not interested
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in the result of Mrs. Williams Claim and that
her name before her said marriage was Eunice
Hathaway and that she has not intermarried but
remains the widow of Caleb Williams deceased
                                                 Sybil Jackson

The foregoing declaration of Sybil Jackson was
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written and I certify that the
affiant is a credible witness and that I
have no interest in the result of Mrs Williams Claim
for pension do In Testimony where of I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 6 day of March 1856
                                            Peter Monroe J.P.
State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ⎬ SS
I Allen McKean Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania do
hereby certify that Peter Monroe is
and was at the date of the within
Certificate a Justice of Peace in said County and that the signature to the said certificate purporting to
be his is genuine and in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Towanda the 22d day of March
A D 1856              Allen McKean Prot
                              by A. S. McKean, Depy
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford Ss   On this the second day of
July   A.D. 1855, personally
appeared before me a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County and State aforesaid
Rachel Strait  and Sybil Jackson
residents of the township of Columbia County
of Bradford, Pa. to me well known who being
duly sworn according to law depose and say
that they are acquainted with Eunice Williams
the widow of Caleb Williams, and have been
for the period of forty years  that
they were present when the said Caleb
Williams and Eunice were married, think it was
about twenty years ago they were married in Columbia
Township Bradford by Samuel Strait Esquire
who was then a Justice of the Peace, and has since
removed from said County about fifteen years
ago that the said Caleb Williams while living
drew a Pension for several years as a Revolutionary
Soldier, and that her name before she was married to the
said Williams was Eunice Hattaway
                                                     Sybil Jackson
                                       Rachael Strait
        Sworn and subscribed before
me this Second day of July AD 1855
Jas. C. McKean J.P
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State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County          Ss
                 I Allen McKean Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that Myron Ballard
now is and was at the time of his making
the annexed certificates one of the Associate Judges
of the several Courts of the County aforesaid, and
that the signatures thereto purporting to be his is
genuine, and in his own proper hand writing

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Court at Towanda
the 18th day of Feby A.D. 1856
Allen M Kean
Prothy
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I hereby certify that the within named James
McKean is an acting Justice of the peace in Columbia
Township Bedford County Pa.
Jany. 16th 1856.
Myron Ballard
Associate Judge
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Revolutionary
Pension act
3d Feby 1853

Eunice widow
Caleb Williams
Pensylvania Rolls
Pensioned
1832

filed 26 March 1856
F. E. Hassler
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Bradford     Ss:
                                  On this
day of December one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five personally
appeared, before me, a Judge of the Court
of Bradford County and State Pennsylvania
Eunice Williams of the County and
State aforesaid aged seventy years, who
first being duly sworn according to
law, doth, on her oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the act of
Congress passed 3rd February 1853 or of
any other act of Congress granting
pensions to widows of persons who
served during the revolutionary war;
that she is the widow of Caleb Williams
who was a private, or a teamster during the
revolutionary war, and a pensioner
under the act of June 7th 1832, that
his certificate is No 26, 715, and was made
payable at Philadelphia Pa. and the
evidence in his case is recorded in Book E
Vol 5 Page 65 to which she refers as
evidence in her case. She further declares
that she was married to the said Caleb
Williams on or about the 20th of January
1835 by Samuel Strait a Justice of the
Peace in the town of Columbia County
and State aforesaid and that her
name before marriage was Eunice
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Hathaway and that she has no record
evidence of her said marriage; that
her said husband died on the 20th day
December 1854 at Troy Brad Co Pa
that she was not married to him prior
to 2nd June 1800 but at the time
above stated, and that she has not
married since his death and that she
is now his widow.    And she
furthermore by these presents
constitutes and appoints irrevocably
and with power of substitution F. E.
Hassler Esq of Washington City D.C.
her true and lawful attorney for
her and in her name and stead
to examine the records of proof, to
prosecute, demand and receive from
the U.S. Government and State
Officers all her rights in any
manner of claim for arrears of pay
for pension, increase of pension arrears
of pension or land to which she may
be entitled under the several Acts of
Congress granting pensions and increase
of pensions to certain widows and Soldiers
of the revolutionary war and to receive her
Bounty Land Warrant under the act 3rd
of March 1855 and to receive from
the U.S. Government all that may be
due her as the widow of Caleb Williams
deceased, as in right of law she may be
entitled, and she furthermore
declares that her said husband
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made his last draft on the 5th of
September 1854 and that his pension
from that time until his death
the 20th day of December 1854 has not
been drawn                                     her
                                             Eunice  X   Williams
                                                       mark
Subscribed acknowledged and sworn to, before
me this 16th day of December 1856
and I further certify that I am not
interested in this claim Myron Ballard, Associate Judge

It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has
been exhibited before me, the undersigned
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
pleas of Bradford Co Pennsylvania
by the affidavits of Rachel Strait and
Sybil Jackson of the above named County
and State being personally known to me
and who are entitled to credit, that
Eunice Williams is the widow of Caleb
Williams, deceased, who was a soldier and
pensioner of the revolutionary war and
that the said Mrs Williams is now
the widow of Caleb Williams who died
December 20th 1854
                    Myron Ballard Associate Judge
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No. 25157
Caleb Williams Bradford
County Pennsylvania


fr 1781 pr 14
month, $46.66/100


A. Herrick
Troy, Pa
(That at Troy, Bradford)
County Penn.a
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June 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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A Statement, shewing the Service of Caleb Williams Bradford County
                                                                                          Pennsylvania
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Period when the   Duration of the       Rank of       Names and rank of the Field   Age at present and         Proof by which the
service was          claimant's service       the            Officers under whom               place of abode when     Declaration is
rendered             Yrs    Mths     Days    Claimant        he served                             he entered the service       supported
                                                                                   Col. Sheldon                         Application dated May 7 1833
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Enlisted - 1781    -        7           -        Teamster     Cap Bissel Phelps                     66 years                         Traditionary evidence - paper
                                                                                                                                Glastonbury                    defective                
Enlisted Apl 1782 -       8           -              "            Cap Chapman                          Connecticut



I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

It cannot be readily admitted that the above service
is insusceptible of proof, and the regulations require that
applicants furnish the best they can procure
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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, mucicians 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.
                                            DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of )
             County of                 )  ss.
On this              day of                    personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of                   in the county of                      and State, Territory or District
of            aged (c)           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 provision 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            line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed 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 entered 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. B.
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 revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                                                         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 days 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.
I,                                             Clerk of the Court of                                         do hereby certify 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, this     day of                          & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if 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 ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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. Hoe 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.
     (   To a Soldier               Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and, if so, by whom was it giv-
 6. (                             en, and what has become of it?
     (  To an Officer              Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
                                   has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the 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 pro-
cure, 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.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  I served as a ------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 three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officer, and other particular respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
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 au-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 any civil
pursuit
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case
(i) The Clerk must affix 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 pub-
lic 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 contains
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
pass 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.
Ij) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Departmentmate 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, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
* The notes from (A) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule is
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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James P Bull Esq.
Towanda

Towanda Pa
June 21st 1833

Thomas E. Paine, Esq.
Troy
Bradford County
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County  Ss
       Before the subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, on this nineteenth day of June,
1833. personally came Caleb Williams an
applicant for a pension under the act
of Congress of June 7th 1832, whose applica-
tion is now before me dated May
7th 1833. Numbered 25, 157. who being
duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith that he knows of no per-
son now living, who knew of his ser-
vice, or if any, who could prove his
service as set forth in the above
named declaration are living their places of res-
idence are entirely unknown, to him
There were fifteen teamsters in compa-
ny with him almost the only persons
he can recollect they were all elder-
ly men and most of them are
to his certain Knowledge dead and
as he believes all of them. The 
the officers whom he knew and under whose
direction he was, are he believes, from
their age at time must dead, or
if living, then present residences are
unknown to him.  Every member of
his family, who were living at the
Page 22

time are dead. He never had any
documentary evidence, as he recollects
whereby to establish his claim. He
did not at any time receive a written
discharges and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed
before me the day
and year above mentioned             Caleb Williams
Chll  Barnes  J.P.

Bradford County ss
I James P Bull Prothon-
otary  of the Courts of Common
Pleas of the County aforesaid
Certify that Churchill Barnes
Esquire is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County and
that the above is his genuine
signature, In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this           day 
of June 1833
Prothonotary
Page 23

(Dr Dir,                                            )
Will you be good enough to sign  )
(& seal the within and mail it to    )
(me.  Yours Thos E Pain                 )
(J P Ball Esq                                   )

Bradford County ss
I, James P. Bull, Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County certify that Churchill
Barnes before whom the foregoing
affidavit was made is and was
at the date of the affidavit recognised
in the said Court as a duly qualified
Justice of the Peace; and that I am acquainted with
his signature and believe the foregoing to be genuine
Witness my hand and official seal this twentieth
day of June Anno Domini 1833
J. P. Bull
Page 24

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County  Ss.
On this twenty fourth day of September
1833. personally came Caleb Williams
of Troy Pa. an applicant for a pension, un-
der the law of June 7th 1832, who being duly
sworn deposeth and saith, that, he en-
listed regularly in the service of the United 
States, under Captain Bissel Phelps, and
was put in charge of a team employed
for the purpose of carrying the baggage of
the French in the year 1781. That the team
was the property of an individual by
the name of Blush. He took the team
at Hartford Conn. He was employed
in the continental service, drawed
pay as a soldier, and considered him-
self as such, and was not engaged
by the owner of the teams. The team was
hired by the government as he supposed
After arriving at Annapolis, where the
baggage was shipped the teams returned
He was during the journey changed from
the first team to another which he
was in charge of until they returned to
Connecticut. Both teams were ox teams
the first have one horse before the wagon
the last team he drove (during the
whole of the last term of service) was
the property of the government, what
was termed a continental team, He
was employed in first drawing the
magazines, from Fishkill Barracks
to Fishkill landing. Afterwards in
drawing timber at West Point to
Page 25

repair the fortifications, afterwards in
drawing forage for Sheldon's light horse
until discharged at Horse Neck? There
is no individual living, by his knowledge ??????
can prove his services, to have been
Continental, and therefore can only
make his Statement, that he regular-
ly enlisted as stated above, and was
ordered by his officers, to take the charge
of the teams as above, and that he
was in the continental service, and
no other.
Sworn and Subscribed               Caleb Wilson
before me.
The word "in" and the words
"to his knowlege" intestined before
signing
Chll Barnes  JP        
Bradford County  Ss⎬
       On this twenty-fourth day of September
1833 before me a justice of the Peace for
the county aforesaid, personally came
Ruth Williams, the widow of Joseph
Williams a brother of Caleb Williams
aforesaid. Who being duly sworn, depo-
sed and said, that she has frequently
heard the mother and brothers of
said Caleb, when living,  speak of his
services in the revolutionary army as a teamster and
that  the fact of his having performed such
services, were notorious in the family
Sworn and subscribed                     Ruth Williams 
before me                                                 
"The words "revolutionary" and        
as a teamster " interlined
before signing
Chll Barnes J.P.
Page 26

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County  Ss
I, James P. Bull Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County do certify that Churchill Barnes
is a Justice of the peace in and for
said County duly commissioned
& qualified. And that I am acqu
vainted with his hand writing & verily believe
the foregoing signatures purporting to be his to
be genuine. Witness my hand & seal of Office
this 7th day of October AD 1833
for J. P. Bull Proto'n
E. S.  Goodrie Depty
Page 27

Ans'd Sep 18th/51
#38,337  161 Page 321
Caleb Williams
Revolutionary
Claim for Bounty Land

Term of Service
15 months

Number of acres
100 claimed

not returned in the
Connecticut line

Jas R Groghan
Atty
Logan Hocking
County Ohio
Atty for applicant
to whom all letters &c
to be addressed
Page 28

The State of Ohio
Hocking County ⎬ SS. On this 4th day of September
AD 1851 one thousand Eight hundred
and fifty one personally appeared before me a Notary
Public within and for said County Caleb Williams
aged Eighty four years, on the 12th day of April last
a resident of this County of sd and state afs'd who being
duly sworn according to law declares that he was 
a private in Capt Bissell Phelps Company in the
Regiment commanded by Col.                  in the
War of the Revolution, that he served about fifteen
months in said war he served in the continental Army
and was drafted soon after he was mustered into the
service to the quartermasters department, that
he served 6 months in the year 1781 in the divis-
ion commanded by Genl Lafayette. The second term
of 9 months he served in the Division under the imm-
ediate command of Genl Washington, he listed in the
any of the United States at Glastonbury in Hartford Coun-
ty in the ()Cotton State of Connecticut, and marched thence
to the White plains in and laid there a long time then
he marched to Philadelphia, then across the Schuykill
thine to the head of Elk, that he was dismissed or discharged
at Annapolis in September 1781. (his first tour)
he enlisted on his second tour in Colchester Connecticut
in April 1782, and continued in the Continental Army
untill the same was disbanded in the Autumn of
1782, when he was discharged his 2nd tour of 9 Months
was performed under Capt Chapman, that on the
20th day of June one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty four his name was entered on the pens
ion list of the department and rec'd a certificate
Page 29

from the Secy of War (L Cass) entitling him to the ann-
ual allowance of Forty Six dollars payable semi-ann-
ually on the 4th of March & 4th of September of
each year during his natural Life (a copy of
which (he) is Herewith presented as evidence of
his services), he makes this declaration for
the purpose of obtaining the 100 acres County
Land to which he is entitled invertue of his
services afs'd under the act of Congress granting
Bounty land to soldiers who served in the war of the
Revolution
                                    Caleb Williams
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day
day of and year above written and I believe
the said applicant to be the identical person who served
as aforesaid & that his age is as an
above Stated                 Jas R Groghan
                                      Notary Public
Page 30

Copy of Pension certificate of the
within applicant-

War department
Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the law
of the United States of the 7th of June 1832
Caleb Williams of the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private during the Revolutionary war
is entitled to receive forty six dollars and
and sixty six cents per annum during his
natural life, commencing on the 4th of March
1831 and payable semiannually on the
4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War office of the United States
this 20th day of June One thousand
Eight hundred and thirty four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined &
countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

I hereby certify that the foregoing is
a litteral copy of the pension certificate of the
sd Applicant mentioned in the foregoing decl-
aration witness my hand and seal
this Sept 11th 1851
Jas R Groghan
Notary Public
Page 31

Bounty Land
Eunice Williams
Widow
226.931
Caleb Williams
Pensylvania
1832
admitted
No 26.415
Revolution

F. E. Hassler
Page 32

State of Pennsylvania
County of Tioga Ss      On this twenty
twenty fifth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid Eunice Williams
aged Seventy years a resident of Tioga Co.
who being duly sworn according to law declares
declares that she is the widow of Caleb
Williams who was a Revolutionary Soldier
and Pensioner under the act of 7th June
1832 that he drew a pension of $46.66 dollars
per annum commencing 7th March 1831
as will appear by the Evidence filed in the
Pension Office in Book E Vol 3 Page
65 or 63 &c and she further states that
she was married to the said Caleb Williams
on or about the 20th day of Jan 1835 by Samuel
Strait a Justice of the Peace in the Town of
Columbia County of Bradford Pa and that
her name before her said marriage was Eunice
Hathaway and that her said husband died
at Troy Bradford Co Pa on the 20th day
of December 1857 and that she is now his
widow. She further more by these presents
constitutes appoint and fully empowers
Page 33

irrevocably and with powers of substitution
F. E. Hassler of Washington City D.C. her true
and lawful atty, for her and in her
name and stead to examine the records
to prosecute and demand and receive from the 
United States Government and State Officers
her rights in all and any manner of claim
for arrears of pay for pension increase of
Pension or arrears of pension or Land to which
she may be entitled under the several
act of Congress granting pensions and
increases of Pensions to certain widows and
soldiers of the Revolutionary war as well 
as the Bounty land under the act 3d March
1855 and to receive from the Pension
Office all that may be due her as the
Widow of Caleb Williams as in right of
law she may be entitled and she further
more declares that she has never executed
powers in favor of any other person
The further declares that her said husband
made his last draft on the 4th September
1851 and that his pension from that time till
his death the 20th of Dec 1858 has not been
drawn. In Witness whereof she
has on this twenty fifth day of September
1852 hereunto signed her name and affixed
her seal
Eunice  X  Williams                            (Seal)
Page 34

We Nathaniel Morgan of Bradford
Co. Pa and Ulysses Chamberlain
of Rutland Tioga Co Pa upon our
oaths declare that that we are
acquainted with Eunice Williams
Wailor of Caleb Williams who died
in December 1854 and from personal
knowledge as well as appearance and
Statement believe her to be the identi-
cal person she represents herself to be
and that she lived with the said
Williams till has death and is known
by the community as his widow
and the fact of their proving been marries was never called in question
and that the foregoing affidavit
and power of atty was signed and
acknowledge by the applicant
in our presence and that we saw her
make her mark
Nathaniel Morgan
Ulysses Chamberlain
The forgoing declaration declaration and
affidavits were sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year above written
and I certify that I know the applicant
and the witnesses to be credible persons and
that the claimant is the person she represents
herself to be and that I have no interest in this
Claim
Erastus Rose Justice of the Peace
Page 35

Tioga County  Ss.
I, John F. Donaldson, Prothonotary
of the court of Common Pleas of
Tioga County, Pennsylvania do certify
that Erastus Rose, Esq. is and
was at the date of the within or
foregoing certificate an acting justice of the
peace in and for said County, duly authorized
by law to administer oaths and that the within
signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal of office
the 7th day of December 1835
J. F. Donaldson Prothy
Page 36


information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.        Caleb Williams W 9165
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DATES OF              LENGTH OF   RANK.      OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.      STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR      SERVICE.                             
APPOINTMENT.                                                  CAPTAIN.              COLONEL.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------              
May 1781               7mos          Teamster        Bissel Phelps                √                                               Conn.
discharged at Annapolis
Apl 1782                8 mos              "                     Chapman                 √

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Battles engaged in,   √
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   Glastonbury, Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 7, 1833. (missing.)
Residence at date of application, Troy, Pa. -- In 1851 Hocking Co Ohio
Age at date of application, 66 years. born Apl 12 1767
Remarks: Sol. mar at Columbia, Bradford Co. Pa. Jan. 20, 1835, Eunice
Hathaway, he died Dec. 20, 1854 at Troy, Pa, and she was allowed
pension on her application exec. Jany 16, 1856, while a resident of
Bradford Co. Pa. & 70 years of age.
150553m10-08
Very respectfully,
                                                                                         Commissioner.
1565b3m10-08                                                        
Bro Joseph wid Ruth
Sept 12 1851
                 84
             1767
Page 37

No  6.307.
Eunice Williams
widow of Caleb
Pennsylvania-
Admitted = Act Feby 3. 1853
at rate of $46.66 per annum
Commencing December 20,
1854, when he died
-
Husband was a private
Inf 1 year and 2 mos
-
Pay widow
Certificate to
F. E. Hassler
Present
Page 38

Pennsylvania Roll
Caleb Williams, dcd
who was a Teamster un-
der Bissell Phelps,
An Act June 7, 1832,
14 mo teamster (at
$8 per month)
$112 per Ann
Com March 4, 1831.
thru Dec. 29. 1854
when he died Deducting
for payments at $46.66
per -Ann
-
Payable to Eunice Williams
widow &
---
To F. E. Hassler
Present
Page 39

Pennsylvania Roll,
Eunice Williams, widow
of Caleb who was a
Teamstead Bissell
Phelps
---
An Act Feb 3d 1853
$112 per Ann
-
Com Dec 20. 1854
who he died, deducting
some payments at
$46.66 per Ann


To F. E. Hassler
Present
Page 40


38.337

Med Any
Page 41

Pennsylvania
Caleb Williams
Suspended

See letter to T. E. Paine
17th Augt 1833

See letter to Same
Oct. 19. 1844
Page 42

Canton, Penn'a. July 7   1913
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me any
record you have of Caleb Williams, I think
of Vermont, during revolution, died at
Troy,  Bradford Co. Penna  He received a
pension, wounded in wrist, but have not 
his war record.  Thanking you in advance 
I am,
Very Truly (Mrs Addie W. Crawford
Canton Pa.
Page 43

1913 June 30. Hist to C. W. Bodine
1913 July 11      "    "   Mrs. Addie
W. Crawford &c.


Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9165
Eunice Williams
Wid
Caleb Williams
Teams'r Rev. War
Febry 3d 183?
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 340
(Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 44

State of New York
Tioga County ss I Jared Lillie of the Town of Oregon
in said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that
he has been acquainted with Russell Fose the Person
by whom the within affidavit is made for about
sixteen years last part, and that said Russell Fose is a
credible Witness and sustains the reputation of an honest
man and a man of truth.
                                                     Jared Lillie
Sworn & subscribed before
me the 10th day of June
AD 1834. Eleazar Dana
Supreme Court Com'r
---
And the said Commissioner before whom the within
and the above affidavit was taken sworn & subscribed
do certify that I am acquainted with Jared Lillie
who made the above affidavit, and that he is a
credible Witness
                                    Eleazar Dana Supreme 
                                                Court Com'r

State of New York Tioga County        I Green M
Tuthill Clerk of said County do certify that
Eleazar Dana Esq before the two preceding
affidavits purport to have been sworn was
on the day of the date of the same a Comissioner
of the Supreme Court residing in said County
duly commission & authorized to take affid-
avits. And further that I am acquainted with
his hand writing & verily believe his
name subscribed thereto to be his
proper hand writing & signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said
County this 10th day of June 1837
Green M Tuthill Clk
Page 45

State of New York
Tioga County ss.        Russell Fose of Owego in said
County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that
he was born in Glastonbury in the State of Connecticut
in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy one
That he was acquainted with and knew Caleb Williams
who resided in the Spring of the year 1781 at Glastonbury,
aforesaid, and that he the said Caleb Williams in the
month of May of the year last aforesaid enlisted into
a Company Commanded by Captain Bissel Phelps who
had control over the teams and said Williams was
engaged as a teamster in the service of the United 
States said Williams took his team at Hartford in the
State of Connecticut aforesaid and drove to some places
in the State of Maryland as this Deponent then understood
from his Brother who was engaged in the same service
and they returned together in the fall from the South
having served as this Deponent then understood & now
verily believes full six months.
And this Deponent further saith that in the following
Spring that is in the month of April AD 1782 he the
said Williams again enlisted in to the service of the
United States as a Teamster under Captain Chapman &
entered upon the duties of his enlistment at Colchester
in Connecticut aforesaid in the month of April in the
year last aforesaid, and was absent till late in the fall
or first of January following having served as then said
and now by this deponent believed eight months,
and further saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed                              Russell Fose
the tenth day of June 1834
before Eleazar Dana
Supreme Court Com'r
Page 46

                                                Troy Penn. Oct 10th 1833

Sir
I enclose an additional deposition
in the case of Caleb Williams an
applicant for a pension. I do not 
know, whether the proof will be con-
sidered satisfactory, with regard to
his Continental Service. His own
statements and that accompany-
ing the last, is all the testimony he
can offer, and according to your
mode of proceeding, heretofore, it
was supposed sufficient. Please
to address me, as to the final fate of
the application when acted on
Very respectfully
Your Obt Serv
Thomas E Paine

J L Edwards Esquire
Page 47

CITY OF WASHINGTON
AUG
18
-
J L Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
                                                             FREE
Thos E. Payne Esq
Troy
Pa.

---
Page 48

War Department
Pension Office
August 17th 1833

Sir,
The papers in the case of Caleb Williams
have been examined, and placed on our files
He states that during his two terms
of service, one of 7 and the other of 8 months, he
was a teamster. He must prove satisfactorily that
he was in continental service before his claim
will be allowed
I am, respectfully
Your obedient Servant
J L Edwards
Com'r of Pensions


Thos C. Paine Esq
Troy
Pa
Page 49

June 28

J L Edwards Esq.
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington City
Page 50

Troy June 22. 1833
Bradford Co. Pa
Sir,.
Enclosed are the papers of Caleb Will-
iams returned, with such additions
as were supposed necessary, from
your directions. You will perceive
that a certificate was prepared
at the bottom of the second dep-
ositition, which the prothonotary
supposed insufficient and conse-
quently erased & drew up ano-
ther. This I presume will not
invalidate ??????? . An at-
tention as speedy as is consistent
to the applicants claim will
greatly oblige a needy old
man
Very respectfully
your obedt Sevt
Thomas E Paine
J L Edwards Esq.
Page 51

Payments to be made at Philadelphia
by
S. D. Anderson, Esq
Agent for paying Pensions, in the
Agency of
Pennsylvania
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Offce on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 112 Vol. A.
G. T. Getty Clerk
Page 52

BEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act
of February 3, 1853,
Eunice Williams
widow of
Caleb Williams,
who was a private, --- in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Forty-Six,
dollars and Sixty-Six,- cents per annum, commencing on the 20th December 1854 and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior
this Second day of April
one thousand eight hundred and fifty Six
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned.
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 53

Troy, Bradford County,
                                      Pennsylvania June 12
                                                                1834.
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the
Proof in relation to Caleb William's
Revolutionary services
Please direct to Almerin
Herrick Troy, Bradford County
Pennsylvania
A. Herrick
Page 54

Application of Eunice
Williams widow of
Caleb for increase of pen
Penn'a 1853 ad
Page 55

Washington City Aug 26th 1856
Sir,
I respectfully call your attention to the case of Eunice
Williams widow of Caleb, of Penn act 1853, she has
been allowed a pension of fifteen months service as a
private, her husband never claimed any other
character of service that that of an enlisted team-
ster under Bissell Phelps and Chapman, the said
having been admitted it is now claimed that the
allowance should have been made at the rate of
an enlisted teamster viz at the rate of $192 per
annum, the pay of Phelps and Chapmans teamsters
have been oftentimes settled in the pension office
I am very Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
A. H. Markland
Page 56

Brief in the case of Eunice Williams, widow of Caleb
Bradford County and State of Pennsylvania
act February 3, 1853.
------------------------------------------------------------
Claim, (original, for (increase) )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under act of June
7, 1832 at rate of $46.66 and was paid to 4th
September 1854 - as per Certificate of 3d auditor.
Marriage (20th January 1835) proved by
Rachel Strait and Sybil Jackson, who were
present at the ceremony, the same witnesses
prove the identity of the claimant as
the present widow of the above named pensioner
and that he died December 20, 1854

Allowance accordingly.

F. E. Hassler Esq
Name and residence of Agent Present                            R Geddes
                                                                                           Examining Clerk.
Page 57


Mr Cole agrees that upon
my pledge of returning the appl-
ication of Eunice Williams under
the act of 1853, you shall at
once afirm to her had the in-
crease and allowance & also to her
husband
F. F. C. Triplett

Col W. O. Triles
Penna
Oct 9. 1856-
Page 58

Hon J Minot
Comr Pensions
Pres

Eunice Williams
Page 59

Washington Oct 1. 1856
Sir:
In your report of the 4th Sept in
the case of Eunice Williams, Act of
1853,from Pa. you say that her hus-
band expressly sworn he received the same
pay as a private. There is no such
allegation made by him. His claim
was refused on the ground originally
taken by the office that teamsters
were not military characters, but
civilians under contract, and in an-
swer to this he says that he "was em
ployed in the continental service & receiv-
ed pay as a soldier, and considered
himself as such, and was not engaged
by the owner of the team"  It is evident
that he was speaking of the manner of
his employment, not of the amount of
his pay, and in the same sense any of-
ficer of the army might have sworn
that he drew pay as a soldier
Even if this point were doubtful, it
Page 60

has long been stated that pensions are
predicated upon when the party was
entitled to not upon when it may
be alleged he served. If the officer
has forgotten when the continental
teamsters were on tithe to I can
refer to numerous cases to show that
for many year it has been admitted
that they shall receive $8 per month
the half of their pay which was $16.
I will name of those pensioned
for service under Capt B. Phelps
Williams, Conductor, in Connect-
icut, Sol. Nye, Jno Duxford, Sol.
Gasler, Gerge Wrisle, and in N.Y.
Elijah Risley, Nathan Osborne, and
the list might be greatly extend-
ed.
In the papers copied by the Pension
Office from the papers of ????? will
be found evidence of the service of Phelps
and of Chapman, as also of the
amount of pay which these team-
Page 61

this record
Respy
F. F. C. Triplett
Page 62

Brief in the case of Caleb Williams, deceased.
Bradford County and State of Pennsylvania
act June 1832
--------------------------------------------------------
Claim, (original " or " for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original)  For increase
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Caleb Williams was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832
at the rate of $46.66 per annum, for the grade of a private, though
he claimed to have served as a Teamster under Capt. Bissell
Phelps and Chapman, who were conductors of Continental Teams. It 
is shown from Records in this office that the pay of the teamsters
under Phelps and Chapman was, at the time the service was rendered
not less than $16 per month, at which rate Phelps' teamsters have been
(18 for increase)   pensioned; and the increase is granted in accordance
(Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?)
with that showing and the practice of the office-

Name and residence of Agent
F. E. Hassler                                                        W. Ogden Niles 
Present.                                                                 Examining Clerk.
Page 63

Eunice Williams widow of Caleb
Pensyl.   Act 1853 Admitted
5723
Amy Chapman widow
Ohio act 1838. admitted
48 - 4728
Pleasent get these for me
F. F. C. Triplett
Page 64

A. E. SISSON                                                              THOS M. WILLIAMSON
AUDITOR GENERAL                                                            CHIEF CLERK      

C. P. ROGERS, JR.                                                      J. V. MURRAY
DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL                                         CORPORATION CLERK

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
DEPARTMENT OF THE
Auditor General
HARRISBURG                 16 W. Av. 
Wellsboro, Pa. Jan 23-13
                                            see St on Ew
Pension Department,
Washington, DC.
Dear sir:
Will you kindly give me
what information you can  concerning  the
enlistment of Caleb Williams, pen-
sioner of the Rev. war think he en-
listed from Massachusetts. Would like
his age, date of enlistment, time of service &c
Respectfully
C. W. Bodine
Page 65

Washington City DC
August 22d 1854
Hon J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Please report the claim
of Mrs Eunice Williams Pa for
in crease of Pension to A H Markland
Present
                                                  F. E Hassler
                                                      Atty
Page 66

Pages
33-39-40-53-  of pension
rollsfor service of Chap-
man-
Page 67

Pension Office, March 29, 1856.
the Third auditor will please certify date
to which within named pensioner has
been paid
very respectfully
S. Cole
Chief Clerk


Geddes
Page 68

3d Auditor's office
March 31. 1886.
Sir,
Cale Williams, Philadelphia Pa. Act 1832
at $46.66 pr annum, has been paid to 4 Sept 1832
Very Respectfully
Yr Ob't serv't
???  Robinson
Auditor


J. Minot Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Page 69

26.415
Pennsylvania                             Phila
Caleb Williams decd
of                                   in the State of
who was a Teamster in the                                 commanded
by Captain                              of the                    commanded
by                                  in the Revolution
line for
increased from $46.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 112 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831, and end
20th December 1854
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Oct.
1856 and Sent to
                                           F. E. Hassler
                                            Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

(Revolutionary Claim,)
(Act June 7, 1832.     )
Recorded by G. T.  Getty  Clerk
Book H. Vol. 1   Page 88
Page 70

5.723
Pennsylvania Phila.
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Eunice Williams
widow of
Caleb
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private,
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 46 dollars 66
cents per annum, to commence on
the (3d February, 1853) 20th
December 1854
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Certificate of Pension issued
2d day of April 1856
and sent to 
F. E. Hassler
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 112  Vol. A
Page 71

                               September
Let. A. T. Martland                      24 1856
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