Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2393, Jacob Williamson, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Williamson, Jacob / Martha | W.2393 B.L.Wt.26211-160-55

CONTENTS
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STATE OF New Jersey
County of Hunterdon//

Martha Williamson, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the widow of Jacob Williamson, deceased, to whom a pension was probably due (blank), that this deponent is directly interested in said claim.
s/ Martha Williamson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day April 1853 and (I do hereby certify that the said Martha Williamson is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim.)

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, (blank) do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension. Witness my hand and seal, this 19th day of April 1853.
s/ Martha Williamson

Sealed and delivered in the presence of.
s/ John. S. Williamson

STATE OF New Jersey
County of Hunterdon//

Be it known that on the 19th day of April 1853 before the subscriber, n Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by
law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Martha Williamson, above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
s/ John S. Williamson, Commissioner of Deeds and Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2d Section of the act of 3d February 1858
State of New Jersey
Huntingdon County
				On this 20th day of July 1853 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the courts in & for the said county
& State Martha Williamson a resident of Clover Hill in said
county & State aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn ac
-cording to law, doth, on her oath, make the following decla
ration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d February 1853, grant
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolu
tionary war; that she is the widow of Jacob Williamson
who was  pensioner of the United States, at the rate of forty
dollars per annum		She further declares that she
was married to the said Jacob Williamson, on the 22d day of
June 1813: That her said husband died on the 17th day of July
1841 that she has remained his widow since his death
Subscribed and sworn before me		Martha Williamson
by her own proper hand & person
this 20th day of July 1853
Joseph Brown Judge

I hereby certify that the above named Maratha Williamson
is a respectable person, that she is the person & widow that she
represents herself to be, & that she made the above declaration
in person, that from bodily infirmity she is not able to attend
the court to make her declaration	Joseph Brown Judge
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon//

David Hill & George P. Rix, both being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that they were personally acquainted with Jacob Williamson, deceased, late a pensioner & with his present widow Martha Williamson, who did in her own proper person execute the declaration upon the first page of this sheet & that she is the identical person and widow of the said Jacob Williamson, deceased, late a pensioner. That the said parties as the facts of their marriage have children between Thirty five & Forty years of age. That the said Jacob Williamson, the pensioner, died in 1841 leaving his said widow Martha Williamson, who has remained his widow and is still his widow and who died in our presence, execute this declaration on the first page.
s/ David Hill
s/ George P. Rix

Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th day of July 1853.
s/ Joseph Brown, Judge

I certify that the above named David Hill and George P. Rix are both respectable persons & reliable witnesses & that they were present when the execution of the declaration on the first page of Martha Williamson took place. That the said David Hill resides in the town of East Amwell and that the said George P. Rix resides in the town of Raritan in the County of Hunterdon.
s/ Joseph Brown, Judge
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, William Emery, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that Joseph Brown, Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavits was at the time of taking the same and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.

Witness my Hand and Seal of Office at Flemington this 21st day of July A.D. 1833.
s/ Wm. Emery, Clk.
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2252

New Jersey

Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private. N.J.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 4th day of Oct. 1853 and sent to A. Joy, Ovid, N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 100, Vol A.

219456

Date of death not on A.B.
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28,088

New Jersey

Jacob Williamson of Hunterdon Co. in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Phillips of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. (blank) in the N. J. mil(itia) [crossed out: line] for 1 yr. from 1176.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 40 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feb. '34 and sent to A. Miller, Flemington N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833.........$100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34.....20
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                                        $120

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm. Allison, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 73; Page 136

[illegible]
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49,052 - Act Mar. 3/'53
219,456 -  April 7/'53

26,211 [illegible] May 21/'56

Martha Williams(on), wid(ow) Jacob Williams(on), Pri(vate) & Pensioner.

Rec(eive)d Pension under Act Feb. 3rd 1853.

Revolution(ary) War

N.J. Feb. '53 - No. 2252.

Boynton 
A.D.: 160 Acres May 16/'56
Boynton

[illegible]

Arad Joy, Ovid
Ovid, N.Y.
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June 23/'56 :  Surname changed from Williams to "Williamson"

W1 Ret(urne)d to Aug.
July 1/'56 - Let(ter sent) to Hon. S.B. Morgan, H.R.
[illegible] 36,542 for 160 Act '55 cancelled.
Consol. Rej. 219,456

Vol. W2; Page 19.

Cir. A. Joy Sep. 15/'55.
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Charles Suydam and Martha Baldwin was married Oct. 7th 1801.
Charles Suydam departed his life Nov. 21th 1812 in the Sixty third year of his age.
Jacob Williamson and Martha Baldwin, the wife of Charles Suydam, deceased, was married the 22th day of June 183.
Hannah Williamson was born [crossed out: the] August 23th 1814.
Jacob Suydam Williamson was born February first 1816.
Guity Vandervere Williamson was born January Twenty ninth 1818.
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No. XL,VIII Edition of the Bible.
Engraver for DURELL'S.

HOMINUM SALVATOR
[illegible]
I. Peter | HIS | Chap. 3.12.
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Jacob Williamson
26,836

[illegible]
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County
			On this Eighteenth day of
August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hun-
dred and thirty two personally appeared in
open court before the Judges of the inferior
court of common pleas in and for said
county now sitting Jacob Williamson a res-
ident of the Township of Amwell in said
county and state aged seventy two years who
having been first duly sworn according to Law
doth upon his oath make the following Dec-
laration in order to obtain the benefit of the
Acts of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832
That in the year 1776 in the month of
June this Deponent then an apprentice to the
Blacksmith’s trade with one Jacob Decker of Har-
bourtown since decd at the age of seventeen
years or thereabout entered the service of the
United States as a drafted militia man in a
militia company commanded by Captain
Henry Phillips of the Township of Hopewell
in said county one David Howell being
the 1st Leiutenant - That they marched from
the Township of Hopewell through New Br-
unswick - [where they first heard the Dec-
laration of Independence read] to Perth Am
boy in New Jersey and lay there one month
Was afterward called upon again and
marched to Woodbridge and lay there one
month at Smith’s farms - one Smith com-
-manded the troops there as Colonel - Depo-
-nent took the {illegible] there, and recollects
that there was a good deal of grumbling
and complaint among the troops - They
thought that they were quartered there
merely to guard the property of Genl
Heard who resided in the neighbourhood
Deponent was there one month
was afterward called again and marched
to what was then called the new blazing
star in Essex county N.J. and remained
there one month
was another month at Elizabethtown
and afterward was called again
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to Elizabeth town when Colonel Frederich Freling
huison took the command of the militia
there during this month’s service the
British troops came over from Staten Island
and the Americans retreated toward Spring
feild. they were pursued a part of the
way. Captain Lott[?] of Amwell Township
was killed by the British - after pursuing
a few miles the British directed their curse
toward Newark - we were out at this time
one month
After this we were called out for another
month and General Heard having com
mand - at the signal of a tar barrel burning
we were moved over from Hopewell to
Stiller’s[?] Gap in Somerset county - we were
out during this tour one month as Deponent
believes - all the above mentioned tours
this Deponent believes though he cannot
and does not say positively were perfor-
med by him under the command of
Captain Henry Phillips of Hopewell -
After this Deponent believes he moved
into the Township of Amwell in said
county and was called out again under
the command of Capt.. John Schenck
of that Township and marched to
Penn’s Neck in Middlesex county and
was no duty there and at other places
one month
Another month in 1778 he was called
out under Captain David Johns of Am
well Township and marched to Mon-
mouth and was engaged in that battle
Another month Deponent was called
out and marched to Trenton and sta-
tioned at the ferry there or near there whilst
the American regular army crossed over
the Delaware into Pennsylvania - he
was then marched to Tomlinson’s ferry
above on the Delaware, and there aided
and assisted in ferrying over the Hess-
-ian prisoners that were taken at Trenton
by Genl Washington
Deponent has forgotten to mention
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in a former part of this Declaration
that he was stationed one month in
the year 1776 or 77 and which he can
not now recollect upon Staten Island
Sound at a place called then Heddy’s
mills - he thinks under Capt. Phillips
The above are all the tours of duty
of which this deponent has any cer-
tain recollection to present - and upon
looking over the above statement he
observes that he has mentioned Eleven
different tours of one month each - he
is of the belief that he was out atogether
more than twelve months but cannot
now specify each seperate tour or duty
his recollection will not serve him well
enough - neither in the statement that
he has made can he specify the year
or years in which he was out no duty
more particularly than he has done above
and the dates that he has set forth he
has procured from history rather than
from his own memory of the events - he
does not believe that he could possibly
date one of the occurrences of the war corre-
ctly from his memory which has bec-
ome frail and very weak —    And this
Deponent further declares that he has no
documentary evidence of his revolutionary ser-
vices nor does he know of any person upon
testimony he can procure who can Testify
thereto - that the several officers and persons
whose names are mentioned have all dep-
arted this life as he verily believe - 
Since making the above statement deponent
recollects that he was out one other month
at Woodbridge when the Troops there were
commanded by one Col. Smith - one Tour
of a month [one of the above mentioned]
this deponent recollects he was under Capt.
Ralph Guild of Hopewell — he remembers
Generaal William Maxwell being in command
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at Elizabethtown - andDeponent further says
that he has acquired among the different revo-
-lutionary soldiers of the county but can find no
one to testify to his revolutionary services - That
he has no documentary Evidence - and he
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to 
pension or annuity except the present and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of
ay state or territory
			Jacob Williamson
Sworn & subscribed the	
day & year aforesaid
John Barton

We John Flavel[?] Clark a clergyman residing
in the Township of Amwell in Hunterdon
county and Jacob Nevyus residing in the
same place do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Jacob Williamson
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be seventy
two - years of age  That he is reputed and 
beleived in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier in the revolution and
that we concur in that opinion
				John F. Clark
				Jacob Nevyus
Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
John Barton

And the said court do hereby declare
their opinion after investigation of
the matter and after putting the intero-
gatories prescribed by the War department
that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states
and the court do further certify that it ap
-pears to them that John F. Clark who has
signed the preceding certificate is a cler-
-gyman resident in Amwell Township
in said county and that Jacob
Nevyus who has also signed the same is
a resident in the same Township and
is aa credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit
			John Barton
			Richd Case
			Benj Egbert
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Isaac G. Farlee, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and for said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Williamson for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of said [crossed out: Court] Office this Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ Isaac G. Farlee, Clk.
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REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS.

STATE of New Jersey
COUNTY of Hunterdon//

On this 30th day of March 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Martha Williamson, aged 77 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Williamson, deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of February 3, 1853 her pension certificate is No. (blank), and is dated (blank). She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Williamson in the County of Somerset, and State of New Jersey, on the 22nd day of June 1813 by Rev. Mr. Smith, and that her name before her marriage Martha Suydam, that her said husband died at July 17, 1841 in the County of Hunterdon on the 19 day of July 1841, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant.
s/ Martha Williamson

Sworn & subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1855.
s/ Samuel Hill

We, William P. Emery and Abraham V. Van Fleet, a residents of Flemington in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Williamson in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of, and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. These deponent further upon their oaths say, that the above named Martha Williamson is now a widow.
s/ W.P. Emery 
s/ A.V. Van Fleet

Sworn & subscribed before me this 30th day of March 1855.
s/ Samuel Hill

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents herself to be and that that I have no interest in this claim.
s/ Samuel Hill, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Charles Tomlinson, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that said Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record and that Samuel Hill was and is a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that he is duly commissioned and sworn and that he is fully authorized and empowered by the laws of the State of New Jersey to administer oaths &c. and that I am well acquainted with his signature and that his signatures to the within declaration, affidavit and certificate are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Flemington in said County this Thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty five.
s/ Charles Tomlinson, Clerk

49062
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State of New Jersey 
County of Hunterdon//

On this Eighteenth day of October A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martha Williamson, aged Seventy eight years, a resident of Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Jacob Williamson, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and the evidence of his services will be found on file in your department as per Pension Certificate No. 2252 under the Act of Congress approved Feb. 3rd A.D. 1853 granting a pension to the said Martha Williamson and given at the Department of the Interior on the 4th day of October A.D. 1854.

She further states that she is now a widow and the proof of her marriage and of her husband's death is on file in your department.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the under the Act approved March 3rd A.D. 1855.
s/ Martha Williamson

We, John F. Hall and Catharine Foster, residents of Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey upon our attestation that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Williamson in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow.
s/ John F. Wall
s/ Catharine M. Foster

The foregoing declaration and affidavit where [were] sworn...
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...to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
s/ John. V. Williamson, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Charles Tomlinson, Clerk of the County of Hunterdon and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John S. Williamson, Esq., before whom the within declaration and affidavit were made and executed and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected, commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Flemington this Twentieth day of October A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty.
s/ Charles Tomlinson, Clerk
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J. Minot, Commissioner &c.

D(ea)r Sir,

You will find that Martha Williamson's application for Bounty Land has been on file in your department for some month but the declaration has been delayed until this time. You will find the evidence of the service of Jacob Williamson, her husband, on file in your department and which will entitle her to 160 acres. Please forward it soon as she is very old and feeble and if any additional evidence should be required to give her 160 acres. Please advise me what you want before you issue a warrant for 60 acres.

Very Respectfully yours,
s/ John T. Williamson

N.B. Please inform me what is meant by the term a (wars man) as you said was the case of James Stout, a private in the Revolutionary War, for I am well satisfied and assured by his widow, Easter Stout, that he never received any land from the U.S. Government for County or otherwise (when and where was the Revolutionary Bounty Land Warrant located).

Very Respectfully yours,
s/ John T. Williamson

Send warrant to John S. Williamson, Ringoes P.O., Hunterdon Co., N. Jersey.
s/ John T. Williamson
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July 30, 1936

BA-J/EEL
Jacob Williamson - W.2393
Peter Williamson - 3.3598

Mr. George B. Blackwell
1140 South 53rd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of several soldiers with the name Jacob Williamson, the record of Cornelius Williamson and that of Peter Williamson, all of New Jersey.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with such request for Revolutionary War data.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Cornelius Williamson. The record of a Jacob Williamson and a Peter Williamson are furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Your three cent stamp is enclosed.

Jacob Williamson
W.2393

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jacob Williamson are not shown.

While residing in Harbourtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he was apprenticed to one Jacob Decker, a blacksmith, Jacob Williamson enlisted in June, 1776, and served at various times on alarms on tours of one month each, about twelve months in all, as a private under Captains Henry Phillips, Ralph Guild, John Schenck, and David Johns (probably meant for David Jones), Colonels Isaac Smith and Frederick Frelinghuysen in the New Jersey Troops. Specific dates for these tours are not given. He was in the battle of Monmouth...
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...During the Revolution, Jacob Williamson moved to Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832, aged seventy-two years. It was stated that he was at one time judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said Hunterdon County.

He died July 17 or 19 (both dates are given ), 1841, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

The soldier married June 22, 1813, in Somerset County, New Jersey, Mrs. Martha Suydam, widow of Charles Suydam. Her maiden name was Martha Baldwin and she was married to Charles Suydam on October 7, 1808, and Charles died November 21, 1812 in the sixty-third year of his age. The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Martha are not shown nor is it stated that soldier had been previously married.

Martha Williamson was allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, Jacob Williamson, on her application executed July 20, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Clover Hill, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

On March 30, 1855, Martha Williamson, then a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the services of her husband, Jacob Williamson, in the Revolutionary War. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 26211 under the Act of March 3, 1855.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued.

The names of the following children of Jacob and Martha Williamson are shown:

Hannah Williamson...............born August 23, 1814.
Jacob Suydam Williamson.........born February 1, 1816, in 1857, the name Jacob S. Williamson appears as a witness for the signature of Martha Williamson.
Juity Vandervere Williamson.....born January 29, 1818...

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...In 1853, John S. Williamson was a Justice of the Peace and
Commissioner of Deeds for Hunterdon County, New Jersey: no relationship to the family was shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War widow, Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson (W.2393), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, Certificate No. 2252, issued October 4, 1853, rate $40 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act of February 3, 1853.

Peter Williamson
S.3598

Peter Williamson was born July 24, 1763, at Six Mile Run, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing at said Six Mile Run, Peter Williamson enlisted in 1776, served as a fifer in Captain Taylor's New Jersey Company under Major Powell in the Flying Camp, marched to Staten Island and Long Island, was in the battle of Long Island, and served five months: he enlisted in January, 1777 and served at various times on short tours (three of these tours as a substitute for his father) about eight months in all, as a private under Captains Addis, William Williamson (no relationship shown), John Barkalow, Joakin Gulick, John Waglum and John Hogeland, Colonels John Neilson and Wetherell and General Heard in the New Jersey Troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1833, while residing in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In 1833, one Isaac Williamson, aged seventy-four years made affidavit in Middlesex County, New Jersey, that he had known the soldier, Peter Williamson, since boyhood but gave no relationship...

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...In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Peter Williamson (S.3598), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Peter Williamson, Certificate No. 17904, issued October 7, 1833, rate $45 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Trenton N.J. Pension Agency.
Nov. 12, 1858.

Sir,

Sometime last week I had the honor to transmit to you a Bounty Land Warrant for 160 acres in the name of Martha Williamson, which had been improvidently issued.

I have received no acknowledgment of the same. If it has come to hand, I shall be glad to hear of it.

Yours resp(ectfully),
s/ Phin(eas) Dickinson

Geo C. Whiting, Esq.
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Trenton N.J. Pension Agency.
November 2, 1858.

Sir,

I enclose herewith a Bounty Land Warrant in the name of Martha Williamson for one hundred and sixty acres of land, which appears to have been improvidently issued, in as much as a previous warrant had been issued to the same party for a like amount. Two agents must have been operating for the old lady, and a duplicate issued inadvertently.

It was handed to me by a son of the old lady. No attempt has been made by any of the family to dispose of the one herewith sent, which can be cancelled. They are people of respectability.

Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours respectfully,
s/ Phin(eas) Dickinson

Geo C. Whiting, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
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36542
Cancelled. See Warrant No. 26211 for 160 acres.
Act '55.

160 acres.
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23,211

160 acres.
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Ovid, N.Y., May 27, '56

Sir,

I return the land warrant of Martha Williams for correction. Please read "Martha Williamson" & let the land warrant read so.

I am respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Arad Joy 

Hon J. Minot
Comm(issioner of Pensions)
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Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, a Soldier of the Revolution.
Warrant No. 219456.

And should have been No. 21 or 23.
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Trenton, N.J., Feb. 6th 1856.

J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions

D(ea)r Sir,

I transmit [crossed out: to] the within record evidence of Jacob Williamson service in the Revolutionary War as a part of the evidence of Martha Williamson, his widow, for Bounty Land under Act of March 3rd 1855. Jacob Williamson performed other service in the Revolutionary War, which was transmitted to the Pension Office when he obtained his pension many years since. You will also find the evidence upon which his widow, Martha Williamson, obtained her pension, which she is now receiving.

Application was made for a Bounty Land Warrant for said Martha Williamson in March 1855 but her declaration was not sent on until some months after and her claim now stands as No. 219,456 for Bounty Land. You will perceive that she is entitled to 160 acres as her husband never received any pay and was not a wars man.

Martha Williamson's application was made at the same time as that of Easter Stout, whose claim was No. 22 (I think) and who has received her warrant for 160 acres; her husband having been a wars man.

Mrs. Williamson is very old and feeble and is very anxious to receive her warrant. Can't you send it soon.

Very respectfully yours,
s/ John S. Williamson
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Ovid, N.Y., April 4th 1855

Sir,

I enclose of applications for Bounty Land. To wit.:

Elizabeth Stevens
Martha Williamson
Jane Vought
Matilda Cole
Silas R. Wager

I have not before asked when I may expect an answer & Land Warrant on application filed one week since & where are these.

Most respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Arad Joy 

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comm(issioner of Pensions)
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Jacob Williamson, pensioner of N.J. Law of 1832. I mailed the widow's Power of Attorney at Ovid, July 23, 1853. I wish to see the papers on file.

From Arad Joy
Aug. 8.
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I Martha Williamson, a pensioner of New Jersey [crossed out: deceased] to whom [crossed out: a] more pension [crossed out: was] is probably due, do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for [crossed out: a] more pension. Witness my hand and seal, this 6th day of March 1857.
s/ Martha Williamson

Sealed and delivered in the presence of.
s/ John. S. Williamson

STATE OF [illegible]
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Rev(olutionary War) Evi(dence).

17th July '41.

"Boynton"
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E.B. Wingard
W(ashington) C(ity)

Sam'l Cole, Esq.
Pension Office
Washington

Martha Williamson
26211
Jenkins
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Martha Williamson, Pensioner of U.S. Law of 1853. A case of mine. From Arad Joy.
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July 17, 185[illegible]

#2969

Appl. of Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, Hunterdon Co., N. Jersey.

28088

Act 3rd Feb 1853.
$40 per An(num).
Com(menced) Feb. 3rd 1853.

Rev(olutionary War)

Arad Joy
Ovid, N.Y.

Pens
Commissioner
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Brief in the case of Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, Hunterdon County and State of N. Jersey.
Act February 3, 1853.

Claim, ("original" [crossed out: or "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.
Record evidence of marriage.

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? (blank)
s/ J. Boynton, Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent,
Arad Joy, Esq., Ovid, N.Y.
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Ovid, N.Y., June 1, 1857.

Sir,

I enclose Power of Attorney containing my agency in the claim of Martha Williamson, pensioner of N.J., law '53 to be filed with her papers that I may be known as her agent.

I am respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Arad Joy 

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comm(issioner of Pensions)
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Adm(itted) evidence.
Martha Williamson
219,456

Not backed by reg(ulations)
Feb. 9, '56
Gravley

Hood
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A list of recruits raised in the 3rd Reg(iment) of Foot Militia commanded by Col. David Chambers in Hunterdon County, State of New Jersey, who are to serve 9 months from the day of their joining in any of the four regiments raised by said State for the service of the U.S.
May 27, 1778.

Jacob Williamson, Amwell - Capt. Ballard's Co., 4th Reg(iment).
Joined May 28, 1778 (and twenty two others).

State of New Jersey//

I. Thomas S. Allison, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a paper headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original in file in my office.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton this sixth day of February Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Six.
s/ Thos. S. Allison, Sec(retary) of State
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Pension Office.
30 Sep. 1853.

Sir,

Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.

Respectfully,
s/ S. Cole, for the commissioner

Jacob Williamson, $40 per an(num). Act 7th June '32.

Paid to 4th March 1841.
No date of death on our books.

s/ Fr. Burt, Auditor

Francis Burt, Esq.
Third Auditor, Treasury
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[crossed out: J.] Jacob Williamson, New Jersey.

From 1776, Pri(vate) 1 yr., $40

A. Miller
Flemington, N.J.

1832
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 Sep. '53

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. These 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Williamson.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through
which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
(blank)

I am, respectfully your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

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 //
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 served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (illegible) 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 revolutionary 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 commission; 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 services 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. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. //
To a soldier. // Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 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 testify 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow 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 in 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __ For ______ year ________ 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 officers, and other particulars 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 authority; that was the 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 public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

(Illegible) 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 (illegible) 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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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

New Jersey
rec(turned) 28 Dec. 1833
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir,

Enclosed are the original application of Jacob Williamson of N.J. for a pension accompanied by a supplemental declaration in conformity with your directions upon the subject. He has declared every fact and circumstance connected with his revolutionary services according to the best of his recollection. He has taxed his memory to the utmost and can do no more. He knows of no living witness upon whom he can call for testimony in the matter. Not one of his comrades in arms is living to his knowledge. But no one who knows him doubts at all the truth of his whole declaration. He is a man of most excellent character. Has been a Judge of one Court of Com(mon) Pleas in this County and is in every respect above suspicion. For more satisfactory evidence of his character, I beg leave to refer you to Mr. Senator Southard of N.J. who knows him well.

Be good enough to give the necessary examination to these papers as early as you can with convenience. In retaining them from the Pension Office for amendment they were directed to a wrong person. Please direct them to me.
s/ And(rew) Miller
Flemington, Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Dec. 23rd '33
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

On this Twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now holding a special term, Jacob Williamson of the Township of Amwell in said county who having been duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following supplemental declaration to that of the Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1832, hereunto prefixed, and which was returned by the Commissioner of Pensions for amendment. Viz.: That he is the same Jacob Williamson who made and subscribed the original declaration above mentioned. That he has not in his possession, and never received any, discharge from the militia service in writing. That all his tours of duty were for a month at a time, as stated in the original declaration, and at the end of each month they were permitted to return home without any written discharge. That he does not now know in this State or elsewhere a single individual who was out with him in the service at any time or who can swear to the services of deponent or any part of them. That the first service of deponent commenced in the latter part of June under the officers mentioned in deponent's declaration and continued as therein is stated.

That the second month's service in said declaration mentioned was under the same company officers at the same place and for the same period of time. Who was the commanding officer at Amboy in these months, deponent cannot now recollect.

That the third month's service in said declaration mentioned was under the same company officers. One Isaac Smith was the colonel in command and William Chamberlin, major. This was in 1776 and...
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...continued one month.

That the fourth month's services was under the same company officers, but who was the colonel, deponent cannot now declare positively. It was at the New Blazing Star in Essex County, N. Jersey, and continued one month.

That the fifth month's service in said declaration mentioned was at Elizabeth Town, N. Jersey, under the same company of above named and [crossed out: of] under Ensign Timothy Titus, whom deponent remembers very well on this tour. This was in the year 1776 or '77 and which deponent cannot declare positively.

That the sixth month's service mentioned was also at Elizabeth Town, N. Jersey, under the same company officers. That Col. Frederick Frelinghuysen commanded. It was during this tour that the British came over from Staten Island and that Captain Lott of the American Militia was shot by them.

Deponent recollects that during his seventh month's tour, which was at Stelle's Gap in Somerset County, the British Army, or a part of it, were encamped at new Brunswick, N.J. He was under the same company officers and whilst being at Stelle's Gap he took the force & [illegible] but continued with his company until the end of the month's service.

The eighth month's tour of deponent in his declaration mentioned was under Captain John Schenck of Amwell. They were marched from Amwell to the residence of Major Peter Gordon in Hopewell Township, where they lay two or three days waiting for orders from a superior officer and when their orders came they were marched to Remsen Neck and there served out the month or in that neighborhood.

Deponent's ninth month's service was in the month of June 1778 under Captain David Johns of Amwell Township. This was in Monmouth County and deponent was engaged in that...
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...battle. He remembers well the failure of General Lee there and the strong sensation created by it against Lee. He was out this time one month.

The tenth month's service was in the winter of 1776. Deponent was marched with the company to which he belonged to Trenton, and after assisting in ferrying the Regular Army over the Delaware [River] into Pennsylvania, he was marched
to Tomlinson's Ferry above and there assisted in taking the Hessian prisoners over into Pennsylvania. During this month, the battle at Trenton took place. Deponent was not engaged in it, however. The corps to which he belonged did not go with the Regular Army.

The eleventh month's service was in the year 1776, as deponent now believes, upon Staten Island Sound at Heddy's Mills, under Captain Henry Phillips.

The remaining month's service of deponent in his said declaration mentioned was at Woodbridge in New Jersey, where Col. Smith commanded, but in what year deponent cannot now say with certainty. 

These are all the services of which this deponent has any certain recollection at this time. He has no doubt that he served other monthly tours in addition to the above, but at what times or places and under what officers, he cannot now state. His memory will not serve him. He was a young and unassumed man at the times of his services and never hesitated about going out when drafted or called out. These were during the year 1776 and a part of 1777, what were called General Alarms in New Jersey at which the militia were called upon, without a draft, to go upon duty for a few days only until the object for which they were called upon had been accomplished or their further services upon the occasion could be dispensed with, at which alarms this deponent turned out when he was [crossed out: not] at home and not already in service. None of which services are included in the twelve months above mentioned and set forth. And deponent further declares that every month of the twelve above stated, he was called into service by the proper officers upon being regularly drafted from the company [crossed out: of] to which he belonged...
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...and that he served with embodied corps either under the command of a colonel, major or of his captain. That he was always in the field and never in garrison as he now recollects. And that he was not at any time during any of the monthly tours above mentioned engaged in any civil pursuit or occupation.

This deponent further declares that the monthly services above mentioned and set forth also in his first declaration of the 18th August 1832 are set forth in both those papers without regard to the order of time in which they occurred. They were set down altogether from memory and not in regular order. Deponent cannot relate them in their regular order. His memory will not enable him so to do. And further this deponent saith not.
s/ Jacob Williamson

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court this Twenty first day of December A.D. 1833.
s/ Geo. Henry

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 further that he is a respectable, credible person and is believed in the neighborhood where he resides and that his statement is entitled to full credit.

Done in Open Court this 21st day of December 183[illegible].
s/ Samuel Hill
s/ John Barton

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County//

I, Isaac G. Farlee, Clerk of the Court of Com(mon)...
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...(Com)mon Pleas of the County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court with regard to the above supplemental declaration in the matter of the application of Jacob Williamson for a pension & I do hereby further certify that George Henry, Samuel Hill & John Barton, Esquires, and Judges of the said Court and that their signature are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Flemington this Twenty first day of December A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ Isaac G. Farlee, Clk.
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Revolutionary Claim
Law of Feb 3, 1853.
New Jersey

Ovid, July 23, 1853.

Sir,

I enclose declaration of Martha Williamson under law 3rd Feb. 1853 with Power of Attorney and old family record.

Most respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Arad Joy 

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comm(issioner) of Pen(sions)
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WIDOW, &c.
Rev(olutionary War)
File No. 2393
Martha Williamson, widow [of] Jacob Williamson, Priv(ate), Rev(olutionary) War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index: -; Vol. M; Page 337.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

June 3, 1901 - H.B. Salter, Trenton, N.J.
Feb. 17, '08 - Hist(ory sent) to H. E. Deats.
1917 Jan. 4 - Hist(ory sent) to W.J. Lincoln Adam.
1936 July 30 - Hist(ory sent) to Geo B. Blackwell. E.E.L.
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HUNTERDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
H.E. DEATS, LIBRARIAN.
FLEMINGTON, N.J.

Feb. 7th, 1908.

The Pension Office,

Gentlemen:

I am in search of information regarding Jacob Williamson, a private in the Hunterdon County, New Jersey Troops, in the Revolutionary War. A pension was granted to his widow, Martha Williamson, under date of October 4th 1853, in conformity with the Act of Feb. 3rd, 1853, at the rate of $40. per year.

Can you inform me what company and regiment he served in? I am unable to obtain this information at the office of the Adjutant General of New Jersey as there are three men of this name from Hunterdon County on their records.

Thanking you in advance for any information you can furnish me, I remain.

Very truly,
s/ H.E. Deats, Librarian
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219,456 - Act Mar. 3, '58
49,052 - Oct. 22, '58

Martha Williamson, wid(ow) Jacob Williamson, Pri(vate).
Martha Williamson, wid(ow) Jacob Williamson, Pri(vate) Rev. War.

Rec(eive)d Pension No. 2252.
Feb. '53 - 2252.

A.D.: 160 Acres July 31/'56
Boynton

Jno. S. Williamson, Ringoes, Hunterdon Co., N.J.
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Nov. 7/'56 - Caveat filed & letter (sent) to agent recalling warrant. See War(rant) No. 26,211 for 160 acres; Act '55. J.M.R.
Nov. 6/'58 - Warrant cancelled & filed within. Let(ter sent) to Comm(issioner) [illegible] Land Officer. J.M.R.
Nov. 18/'58 - Let(ter sent) to P. Dickinson, Trenton, N.J. acknowledging receipt of war(rant). J.M.R.

Vol. Wt. 2 = 27.
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160 Acres.
Bounty Land
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Department of the Interior.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.

It is hereby certified that under the Act of March 3rd 1855 entitled, "An Act, in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Lands to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Services of the United States."

Martha Williamson, widow of Jacob Williamson, Private, Revolutionary War is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES in the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Department this 2nd day of August 1857.

[illegible]

s/ J. Minot, Commissioner

Note: You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices or it will be located for you by the General Land Officer on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it fill up and sign the following application. 

To the Register of the Land Office at (blank). Locate this Certificate in the (blank) quarter of section in the Township (blank) of Range (blank) Register.

Attest (blank).
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For value received, I, Martha Williamson, to whom the within Warrant No. 36542 was issued, do hereby sell and assign unto Jacob S. Williamson and to his heirs and assigns, preserves the said warrant and authorize to covet the same and receive a patent therefore.
Witness my Hand and Seal this Eleventh day of August A,D. Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six.
s/ Martha Williamson

Attest:
s/ Catharine Foster
s/ John L. Case

State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon//

On this Twelfth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty six, personally appeared Martha Williamson, to me well known and acknowledged, the foregoing assignment to be her act and deed. And I certify that the said Martha Williamson is the identical person to whom the within warrant issued and who executed the assignment thereof.
s/ John L. Case, Commissioner of Deeds &c. for Hunterdon County
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GEORGE BYRAM BLACKWELL
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER
1140 SOUTH 53RD STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.

June 16th, 1936.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Morgan,

Would surely appreciate any data you have on the following men.:

Jacob Williamson, age 86 in 1840, Rev. Pensioner.
Jacob Williamson, age 80 in 1840, Rev. Pensioner.
Peter Williamson, age 77 in 1840, Rev. Pensioner.

And also the following; Jacob Williamson who was in Capt. H. Phillips Co. Jacob Williamson who was in Capt. Stouts Co. a State Trooper, in the Cont. Army and in Ballamers Co. Cornelius Williamson who was in Capt. Ten Eykes Co.

ALL NEW JERSEY MEN.
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WILLIAMSON | PAGE 2

GEORGE BYRAM BLACKWELL
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER
1140 SOUTH 53RD STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.

I am descendant from three distant Williamson families and the only data I have is the following, although Peter and Cornelius were in some way ancestors.

Jacob Williamson born 1723 Amwell, now called Ringoes in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, who died 10-17-1818 his second wife was a Rachel Corwine or Corwin, they were married in 1775. Any thing you may have on these Williamsons surely would be appreciated. Hoping to hear favorably from you I remain,

Respectfully,
s/ Geo B. Blackwell

Stamp Act [illegible]
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In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Jacob Williamson, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([crossed out: or] and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid(ow) F.2393.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
Late in June 1776 | Served on tours of a month each at various times amounting to 12 mos. | Pri(vate) | Henry Phillips, John Schenck, David Johns, Ralph Guild | Isaac Smith, Fred(erick) Frelinghuysen | N.J.

Battle engaged in, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl(isted) in Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 18, 1832. His cl(aim) was all(owed).
Residence at date of application, Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs. (He died July 17, 1841 in Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Remarks: He mar(ried) in Somerset Co., N.J. June 22, 1813, Martha (Baldwin) wid(ow) of Charles Suydam. She was allowed pension on an ap(plication) ex(ecuted) July 20, 1853 while 76 yrs. old and a res(ident) of Clover Hill, Hunterdon Co., N.J. Family record shows: Hannah born Aug. 23, 1814; Jacob Suydam b(orn) Feb. 1, 1816; Juity Vandervere b(orn) Jan. 29, 1818.

Very Respectfully,
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Rev(olutionary War) Sec(tion) Mil(itia)

THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
SAMUEL CRAIG COWART

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
CHESTER NEVILLE JONES

SECRETARY
JOHN RANDEL WEEKS

TREASURER
E. ALLEN SMITH

REGISTRAR
GEORGE H. RICHARDS

HISTORIAN
WILLIAM CLINTON ARMSTRONG

CHAPLAIN
RT. REV. EDWIN STEVENS LINES, D.D.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS
WILLIAM JOHNSON CONKLING
AUGUSTUS S. CRANE
HERBERT ROYAL CRANE
FREDERIC DEGARMAR HARN
FREDERICK MARTIN HAVEILA, M.D.
SAMUEL CHUDLEIGH HICKS
NEHEMIAH PERRY HOWELL
WILLIAM JAMES OSBORN
DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON
RICHARD TIMBROOK WILSON

PAST PRESIDENTS
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT
JOHN LENORD MERRILL

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Headquarters
756 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, N. J.
(Entrance 1 Clinton Street)
Telephone 3085 Market

October 26th 1916.

Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please furnish certificate giving the military history of Jacob Williamson, Private N.J. Militia, Revolutionary War. He was placed on pension roll Middlesex County, February 15, 1834. Was 74 years of age at date of application. 

The information is desired to prove the eligibility of an applicant.

Yours very truly,
s/ W.I. Lincoln Adams
President.