Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44221, Thomas Williams, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Williams, Thomas
S. 44221
CONTENTS

16.975 R New York
Thomas Williams
Canaan in the state of N. York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of the Massach ts e, for the term of 3 years -
scribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of Apr: 1810 e.
ertificate of Pension issued the 16 of May 1820 and sent to Son: Warner Esau Canaan, N. York
arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 100. 76 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1820. 40. 00
22 Mo s  \frac{14}{30}  \frac{4}{31} $228. 76
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Cohynia Col.

Notification sent to George Cornwell, New Lebanon New York 3 rd Oct 1820 —

44 221
Rey INVALID.
File No. 44 221
Thomas Williams Rev Rev. Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 570
[Arrangement of 1870.]

residing Columbia Co. NY New York
Elizabeth Williams
Sep 20
10.975
16 May 1820
Notary Public George Cornwell New Lebanon Co NY New York 3 Oct. 1820
Copy
Thos Williams

State of New York Columbia County } ss.
On this first day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court (viz the Court of Common Pleas) being a court of record by virtue of a statute of said State for the said County Thomas Williams aged eighty-nine years, resident in New Lebanon in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: in Col Jacksons Regiment Capt. Hartshorn's Company and Massachusetts line for three years, and that his original declaration to the best of his knowledge and belief was dated 17 th April 1818, and that he has received according to the best of his knowledge and belief a Pension Certificate No 16,975 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish the same as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income of any kind whatsoever.
And the aforesaid Thomas Williams was by occupation a Gardner but have not been able to attend to any business for many years on account of being wholly blind and residing with me is my wife Mehitable

Williams aged Eighty-Five - years who is unable to contribute in any degree towards her support on account of the infirmities of age - And that myself and wife have for many years had for a support to depend solely on public Charity -
In presence of Isaac Salls
his Thomas X Williams Marks
Sworn to and declared on the First day of July - 1820 before - James Platt - Judge Columbia Cons Pleas
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Columbia

I Abraham Vandepael Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing oath is an truly copied from the records of the said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 37 day of July 1820
A Vandepael
Clerk of the Court for the County of Columbia

Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams
Private
1780 to 1783
original
Jackson's Massachusetts
Regiment
17 Apr 1810.
Admitted
Admitted
Admitted
See Final settlement cont. Vol. 3 P. 44-45
No 2439. -
Admitted.
Clerk's Certif: filed with John Brillo's copy

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York, } TO WIT: COUNTY OF Columbia }
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR," the following DECLARATION, in writing, is made under Oath, by Thomas Williams of the Town of Canaan in the County of Columbia in the State of New York before the Honorable Jonathan Warner Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the said State, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said Thomas Williams doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I Thomas Williams aged Eighty Eight of the Town of Canaan in the County of Columbia in the State of New York on this Seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen—Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common Enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution, thru full Years and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town of Canaan County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support.—I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a private soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Cap. Thomas Hartshorne's Company, (part of the Time) Col. Jackson's Regiment and Massachusetts Line—That I entered the said service the latter part of 1779 or the first part of 1780 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty and left it the in the beginning of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of having served full term of my enlistment & kept an honorable discharge, which was burnt in my house at the same time that I was in the Battle of Monmouth taking Cornwallis and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than the Affidavit of John Bull here—And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension, under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this 17th day of April 1818. }
Thomas X Williams his mark
Jonathan Warner Judge as above &c

United States of America.
By the Honorable Jonathan Warner Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Columbia in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that Thomas Williams of the Town of Canaan in the County of Columbia and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at the Town of Canaan in the said State, on the Seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing De- claration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true—Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration—Accordingly, he produced as testimony, the affidavit of John Bull
(and which accompanies this Certificate)—And I having duly considered the said Declaration, and the said testi- mony produced in support thereof, DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said Thomas Williams did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true—I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Court, at Canaan the Seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Jonathan Warner Judge as above said
I do hereby further certify that he the said Thomas Williams is in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country as he has had from charity several years
Jonathan Warner Judge as aforesaid

Jonathan Rarson of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn affirms & says that about the month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty one he became acquainted with Thomas Williams of Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York that he was then doing duty as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, in Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment (which was the eighth Massachusetts Regiment) in General Patterson's Brigade, that he this Deponent was also doing duty as a soldier in said Regiment at that time & continued to do duty in said Regiment from that time till the close of the Revolutionary War - that he well knows that said Thomas Williams also did duty as a soldier in the war aforesaid in said Regiment from the month of December in the year 1781 till the month of May or June A.D. 1783 when he was regularly discharged near West Point in the State of New York that he knows said Williams to be in very reduced circumstances & very poor - Jonathan Rarson
Berkshire County ss. I, the subscriber one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace within & for the county of Berkshire aforesaid do certify that the above named Jonathan Rarson, this 12 th day of October A.D. 1819 made solemn Oath before me to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, & I do further certify that said Rarson is to me well known & that he is a person of undoubted truth & veracity Robbins Kellogg

I Joseph Woodbridge clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Berkshire in the Western circuit do certify and attest that Robbins Peabody whose name is subscribed to the certificate hereto annexed is a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Berkshire duly commissioned & qualified as such & that the same is his signature In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eighteenth Day of Oct. A.D. 1817
J. Woodbridge Clerk

Columbia County ss:
John Bull personally came before me who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he being a sutler at west point in the Years 1780 and 1781 when he was well acquainted with Thomas Williams and knowing to his belonging to and doing duty as a private soldier in cap t Hartshorne's Company in Col. Jackson's Regiment in both of the aforesaid Years
Sworn the 17 th day of April 1818
John Bull
Before me
Jonathan Warner one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia
Columbia County I hereby certify that the aforesaid John Bull is to me well known and that he is a person of undoubted Truth and Veracity Jonathan Warner DC