Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6511, John Williams, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Williams John
W. 6511
Margaret
CONTENTS
See N.A. Acc. No. 874 050 193 Half Pay John Williams

Mississippi 2.286
Margaret Williams widow of John Williams dec.
who died on the 15 March 1808 of Randolph in the State of Illinois who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain himself of the Reg t commanded by Col. Clark in the Hudson line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of $80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Aug t . 1838 and sent Henry Northup Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $3360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 1838 240.00
$3600.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3. }
Recorded by Wm. Adair Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 o Page 193
Settled to William Mulder. Aug 23 1848. --

Agent notified Oct. 11. 1838. See letter same day to D. J. Baker - Let to P. Agt. J.W.
Sept 16. 1842.
Letters to 3 d Auditor and J. A. Guitman Natchez Miss issippi Sept 30 th 1842.
Rev to Pension Agent 21. Oct '42.
Paid at the Treasury un- der the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug t 23 d 1842 from Sept r 4 th 1840 to March 4 th 1841 Ag t notified Oct r 25 th 1842.
Letter to J. A. Guitman. 5 Nov 1842.
Rev to Pen Agt. 21. Nov. 1842.
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug t 23 d 1842 from 4 th of to 4 th of Sept r 1841. Ag t no- tified Nov. 26 th 1842.
Rev to Pen Agt. 17 th March 1843.
To Miss Groom 1 st Sep 1841. 16. Aug t . 1844. Notification to Lewis B. Healds, President.
See
Aug 16. 1844
H.R. Dec. 31. 1844.
to 4 Sep 1841
referred 30
Date of death unknown

Know all men by these presents that we John Williams & John Girault are held & firmly bound unto the Governor or chief magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of One thousand Pounds current money of Virginia to be paid to the said Governor or his successors to which payment well and truly to be made we do bind ourselves our heirs Exrs & admrs by these presents Sealed & dated the 23 rd Augt 1779
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound John Williams hath obtained a License for Marriage with Margaret Doza of the same date of these presents Now if there shall be no legal Impediment why they shall not be married together then the above obligation to be void otherwise in force
(tomorrow Present)
J Williams Seal
J Girault Seal
Caboucaux
Greffier
State of Illinois
Randolph County ss. I James Hathorn Recorder in & for the county of Randolph in the State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true & correct copy of a
bond or writing obligatory purporting to be executed by John Williams & John Girault to the Governor of Virginia upon the said Williams obtaining a marriage License & now on file in my office among the ancient French Records of this county & I do further certify that I have diligently searched among the records of my office & I find no other record of the marriage mentioned in said bond - In testimony whereof

I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Office this 8 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1838
James Watham
Recorder of Randolph County Illinois —

Claim of Mrs Williams for Durian —
Ill is 36.55. Illinois
on roll 22 no fac
admitted Captain $480.
7. 33 66 $36.00
Henry Wortham Present,

State of Illinois } ss Randolph County }
Personally appeared in open court Margaret Williams aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to Law both on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the third Section of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. Says that she is the widow of John Williams, a Captain of the Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Line of the Army of the Revolution, commanded by Col: George Rogers Clark. That she deponent knows not the precise time when her said husband entered the services, or the different officers he may have been under previous to her intermarriage with him, neither does she know the precise time that he was in services or the battles that he was in she only knows that he was in services from the time of her marriage with him until the end of the war and the disbanding of the troops, (that she has not at this day any documentary evidence in support of the claim of her said husband) who after the Revolution settled at the falls of Ohio now Louisville Kentucky and from thence moved to the neighborhood of Natchez in the Territory of Mississippi where he died about 30 years ago. She further declares that she was married to the said Captain John Williams on the 19 th day of March in the year in which  by Col George Rogers Clarke Vincennes was taken. She further says she was married in the village of Kaskaskia now in the State of Illinois and that her said husband died on the 15 th of March 1808 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the a reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sworn and subscribed to Before her Margaret Williams the undersigned Probate justice (judicially sitting) in & for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois this 2 nd day of July in the year of our Lord 1838
James Thompson Probate Justice in & for Randolph County Illinois

State of Illinois } Personally appeared before the Randolph County } Honbl Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County Antoine La Chapelle and Joseph Doza — personally known to said Judge to be Witnesses of credibility who being duly Sworn according to law say that they knew (Captain or Major) John Williams and the before named Margaret his wife during his lifetime and have known her from that time to the present day and that she is at this time a widow and has not been married again since the death of the said Major John Williams, and further they say not — Subscribed & sworn to this 2 nd day { of July A. D. 1838 Before — { Antoine his La Chapelle me James Thompson { mark Probate Justice or Judge in & { Joseph his Doza for the County of Randolph { mark in the State of Illinois —
I James Thompson Probate Justice or Judge in & for the County of Randolph in the State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration by Margaret Williams and affidavit of Antoine La Chapelle & Joseph Doza — were subscribed & sworn to orally as above stated — In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate (there being no clerk of said court separate & distinct from the Judge who records his own acts) this 2 nd day of July A D 1838
James Thompson

State of Illinois Executive Department
I Joseph Duncan Governor of the State of Illinois do hereby certify that James Thompson (who took and signed the foregoing declaration of Mrs. Margaret Williams and affidavits of Antoine La Chapelle and Joseph Doza) is now and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Probate Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Randolph and State of Illinois, duly commissioned and qualified to office. that said certificate is in due form of law: and that full faith and credit are due, and of right should be given his official attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of State to be affixed.
Done at Vandalia this 5 th day of July A.D. 1838. and of the Independence of the United States the sixty third
By the Governor Joseph Duncan A P Field Secretary of State

State of Mississippi County of Adams 3 20.
On this fifteenth day of September in the year 1842 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said county of Adams, personally appeared Mrs. Margaret Williams who on her oath declares that she is the same person described in the following certificate to wit:
cc War Department. Revolutionary claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3rd section of the law of the United States of the 4th July 1836, Margaret Williams of Illinois widow of John Williams dec'd, who was a Captain in the Revolution, is entitled to receive four hundred and eighty dollars and ~ cents per annum during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 25th day of August

one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. Cooper Acting secretary of War
Examined & countersigned
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, )
Which certificate is endorsed as follows to wit:
"Payment to be made at Cairo Illinois by Daniel Hays Esq. agent for paying pen- sions in the agency of Illinois."
"Recorded in the pension office in Book A. vol 2? Page 193 by H. D. Addison")
Clerk")
That her pension was payable in the State of Illinois wherein she hath lately removed; That she now resides at Natchez in the State of Mississippi, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be then payable in future. The following are her reasons for removing from Illinois to Mississippi to wit: Her very advanced

age and infirmities induced her to seek a milder and warmer climate, and she settled in Natchez at the solicitation of a granddaughter who had recently become a widow. She therefore prays that all the arrearages due to her on said pension from the 4 th of September A.D. 1840 to the 4 th of September 1842 may be paid to her at the pension office in Natchez and that her pension may hereafter also be payable there.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Margaret Mark Williams (S. B. Martin Clerk)
At the same time and place personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace as aforesaid Samuel Cotton Esq. Mayor of the city of Natchez who on oath states that Mrs. Margaret Williams who has taken the aforesaid oath and affixed her signature thereto is the identical person named in said affidavit & certificate. Sworn to and subscribed be

fore and the day & year of the caption.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 15 th day of September A.D. 1842
Sam Cotton
The undersigned justice of the Peace as aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Cot- ton Esq. the above named witness, is a man of reputability and undoubted veracity.
Wm. R. McLean Justice of the Peace
The State of Mississippi
Adams County - } I Ralph North Clerk of the Probate Court of said County and State, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing named Wm. R. McLean is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his certificates are in due form of Law and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 15 th day of September A.D. 1842
Ralph North Clerk
By Chas. Sheldon Secy
I Ralph North do further certify as Clerk as aforesaid, that the several signatures of said William R. McLean to the above affidavits and certificates are genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal of Office this sixteenth day of September A.D. 1842
Ralph North Clerk
By Chas. Sheldon Secy

March 31, 1938
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John Foster- W.10034 John Williams-W.6511
Mr. Grover C. Cooper 135 N. Cameron Street Winchester, Virginia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain John Williams, who died July 13, 1824, in Frederick County, Virginia; Captain John Williams, who served in Clark's Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Troops, and Lieutenant John Foster(Forster), who served in the Massachusetts State Line. You cite, in regard to Captain John Williams, Warrant No. 155 and Warrant No.4561, received for three years service in the Virginia Line.
Your citations in regard to the bounty land warrants do not pertain to the records of this office. No claim has been found based upon the service of a Captain John Williams, of Frederick County, Virginia, who died in 1824. The record has been found of a Captain John Williams, who served in Clark's Illinois Regiment and of a Lieutenant John Foster, of Massachusetts. Those two records are furnished you herein.
John Foster W.10034
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, W.10034, based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of John Foster.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Foster are not shown.
John Foster volunteered at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at the time of the battle of Concord, served as a minute man under Colonel Bridges in the Massachusetts troops and participated in the battle of Concord; the day following said battle, he enlisted for eight months, served in Captain

Walker's Massachusetts Company and was at the battle of Bunker Hill; at the expiration of this term of service, John Foster enlisted in New York City, for one year, names of officers not given; after serving said year, he again enlisted, this time for three years, and served as corporal under Colonel Nixon, in the Massachusetts troops; it was stated that he was at the battle of Saratoga, when General Burgoyne was captured and that at one time early in the Revolution, he served, also, under Colonel Putnam; he enlisted in 1780, served as sergeant in Captain Amos Foster's (no relationship shown) Company, Colonel Bancroft's Massachusetts Regiment and was promoted lieutenant in said company; length of this service was not shown but it was rendered in Rhode Island.
John Foster died November 6, or December 6 (both dates are given), 1816, at Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
John Foster married April 6 or 16 (both dates are given), 1781, at Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Anna Beard, born February 22, 1751, place of birth and names of parents not shown. She was then of Tewksbury and he of Billerica, Massachusetts. They were married by the Reverend Sampson Spalding, pastor of "the church" at said Tewksbury and their marriage was recorded on the records of said church.
Anna, widow of John Foster, was allowed pension on her application executed November 30, 1837, while residing in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, to which city she had moved about 1820.
She died at said Madison, September 3, 1843.
Four children survived their mother:
John Foster. . . . . in 1844, a resident of Maine. Bethuel Foster . . . . . " " , " " " Missouri. Perley Foster. . . . . " " , deceased, previous to that time a resident of Nashua, New Hampshire and referred to as Captain Perley Foster; no explanation for the title given. Amariah Foster . . . . . in 1837, aged fifty-two years and a resident of Madison, Indiana, was still residing there in 1844.
No other names of children are shown.
***** John Williams W.6511
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in

pension claim, W.6511, based upon the service of John Williams in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Williams was not shown.
John Williams entered the service, date and place not shown, served as captain in Colonel George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment, Virginia troops, service terminating at the close of the war.
The officer married at Kaskaskia, Illinois, in the year that Vincennes was captured by Colonel George Rogers Clark, marriage bond dated August 23, 1779, Margaret Doza, born and reared at Kaskaskia. They were married in the garrison at said Kaskaskia, in the presence of the men of the regiment by the Reverend Ichabod Camp, who preached at the garrison. Margaret was the first French girl of Kaskaskia to marry an American.
After the Revolution, Captain Williams and his wife settled at the Falls of the Ohio, later Louisville, Kentucky, where they resided five years, then moved to the neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi Territory, where Captain Williams died March 15, 1808.
Margaret, widow of John Williams, was allowed pension on her application executed July 2, 1838, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and resided in Kaskaskia, Illinois, to which place she had returned some two or three years previous.
The widow stated that seven children were born of her marriage to John Williams; all of the children were dead in 1838, no names are given.
In 1842, Margaret Williams had returned to Natchez, Mississippi, to reside with a granddaughter, whose name is not stated.
Joseph Doza, a brother of the widow, Margaret, lived in Randolph County, Illinois, in 1838, and was then aged seventy-four years. He stated that he was born at Kaskaskia.

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, Margaret Williams, widow of John Williams(W.6511), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Margaret Williams, widow of John Williams Certificate No. 2286 Issued August 25, 1838 Rate, $480.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of July 4, 1836 Mississippi Agency.
* * * * *
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of Illinois
Randolph County ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county of Randolph in the State of Illinois Margaret Williams of the Village of Kaskaskia in said county personally known to me the said justice and the being duly sworn deponent and says and makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the third section of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and says that she is the widow of John Williams deceased late a Captain in the Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Line of the Army of the Revolution commanded by Colonel George Rogers Clark: That she deponent does not know the precise time when said John Williams entered into the service nor does he know the different officers he may have been under previous to her marriage with him, neither does she know the precise time he was in the service or the battles in which he was engaged. She knows only that said John Williams was in the service as Captain at and from the time of her marriage with him until the end of the war and the disbanding of the troops: That she has not at this time any documentary proof in support of her claim or the claim of her said deceased husband; and that after the close of the war of the Revolution the said John Williams retired at the falls of the Ohio River now Louisville in the State of Kentucky. She said deponent further states that to the best of her recollection on the 17 th day of March in the year of our Lord 1779 or 1780 she was duly lawfully married to the said John Williams in said Village of Kaskaskia by the Revd. Ichabod Camp a Protestant clergyman then and for some time previous residing at said Kaskaskia where he died several years afterwards and who preached in the garrison at the time said marriage took place: said marriage ceremony was performed in the garrison and in the presence of the officers of the Regiment above named and in the presence of the privates of said Regiment and few or none of her relations or neighbors having been present she knows of no person now living who was personally present & actually saw the ceremony performed altho a large number witnessed the same and the fact of her marriage with said John Williams was notorious in said Village by reason of her being the first French woman of that place who married an Englishman and this occurrence caused much talk among the people of the Village & was objected to by them generally & her relations & friends on that account only refused to attend the wedding. As she was not married in conformity with the forms of the Catholic church to which she belonged (the only church then established at Kaskaskia) no record of her marriage was ever made upon the records of said church nor was any record thereof ever made in any place or office to her knowledge as no office or place was then established in said Village except the Catholic Church in which marriages were recorded and she this deponent is wholly without documentary or Record evidence to establish her said marriage. At the time of her marriage she was to the best of her recollection

about 19 years old & is at this time about eighty or eighty one, but she cannot ascertain her age precisely as the church record of her baptism is so defaced as not to be legible and she continued to reside at Kaskaskia some two or three years after her marriage and after the close of the war she and her said hus- band settled as before stated at the falls of the Ohio in what is now Kentucky and after living about five years in Kentucky said John Williams moved with her into the neighborhood of Natchez in the State now of Mississippi where he lived till he died on the 15 th of March in the year 1808 and ever since the death of her said husband she has remained and is now a widow; she never having been married to any person other than the said John Williams. She always lived with him as his wife from the time of their marriage to the day of his death and had by him seven children all of whom are now dead. She continued to reside in the neighborhood of Natchez after the death of her husband until between one & two years ago she returned to Kaskaskia the place of her nativity and present residence all of which is confirmed by the evidence hereto annexed Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day Margaret her Williams of August A.D. 1838 mark Before me James Thompson
a justice of the peace in & for the county of Randolph Illinois
State of Illinois
Randolph county ss. Personally appeared before me James Thompson a Justice of the peace in & for the said county of Randolph Joseph Doza & Antoine Le Chapelle of said county and whom I am acquainted with and know & certify to be credible witnesses who being duly sworn jointly & severally depose & say that the said Joseph Doza is twenty four years of age & the said Antoine Le Chapelle is twenty years of age that they were acquainted with John Williams a Captain in the Illinois Regi- ment of the Virginia State Line of the Army of the Revolution commanded by Col. George Rogers Clark & knew him to be a Captain in said Regi- ment in or about the year 1779 1780 and were then also well acquaint- ed with Margaret Doza who has made & subscribed the foregoing affidavit or declaration, she being a sister of said affiant Joseph Doza & at the time of her marriage with said John Williams of the age of 18 or 19 years; that altho' they said deponents were not present & witnessing the actual performance of the ceremony yet they well knew of its performance by the great notoriety of the act in the Village of Kaskaskia wherein these deponents & the said Margaret were born & raised as also from the opposition to said marriage manifested by her relatives & friends as this was the first marriage which took place be- tween a French girl & an American in that Village; no oc- currence at that time was more notorious or more the subject of remark among the inhabitants of said Village, & these deponents had every knowledge thereof except actually witnessing the ceremony which was performed in the Garrison & as these de-

ponents then understood from common report in that place, & believed, by the Rev d Ichabod Camp a Protestant clergyman then living before a resident in said Village, then well known to these deponents and long since dead. The marriage between said Margaret Doza & said John Williams took place in said Village in or about the year 1779 or 1780 while he was in the service of the United States & stationed at that place & a Captain in said Regiment and these affiants were then acquainted with him said Williams & with her said Margaret and have known them ever since to the time of his death and have known her since his death to the present time & that said John Williams departed this life some 25 or 30 years ago at or near the town of Natchez in what is now the State of Mississippi & the said Margaret returned to Kaskaskia to reside & where she now resides between one & two years ago. She is still a widow & has not again been married since the death of the said John Williams, and said deponents further depose & say that the said Margaret Williams now in their presence and who has made the foregoing declaration & affidavit is, as they know of their own knowledge, the same identical Margaret Doza who was married as above stated to the said Captain John Williams while he was in the service & stationed at Kaskaskia. The marriage of the said Margaret Doza with the said Captain John Williams was notoriously public at the time it took place throughout said Village & its environs and said deponents say they themselves were born & have always resided & now reside in said Kaskaskia and further they say not
Subscribed & sworn to this 7 th day
of August A D 1838
Before me James Thompson
a justice of the peace in & for Randolph County Illinois
Joseph his X Doza mark
Antoine his X La Chapelle mark
State of Illinois
Randolph County ss
I James Hughes Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court in & for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that James Thompson before whom the foregoing affidavits & declaration appear to have been taken was at the time of executing the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Randolph in the State of Illinois duly qualified & that full faith & credit should be given to his official acts as such and I the said Clerk do also certify that I have searched the records of marriage in my office and can find among the same no record of the marriage of John Williams with Margaret Doza and that there is not to be found in my office any record of any marriage so far back as the time when the above named persons are alleged to have been married. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this 7 th day of August A. D. 1838
James Hughes
Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court in & for Randolph Co. Illinois -

I the undersigned, Parish-priest of the Catholic congregation of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois, hereby certify that the Contract of marriage of John William & of Margaret Dozat is not to be found in the Catholic Records of the above said congregation. In faith whereof, this day the eighth of August, one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight,
B. Roux Dpn.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
January 4 th , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Margaret Williams a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi Agency, at the rate of Four hundred & eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, — has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 4 th Sept. 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. G. 1725
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Westchester July 30. 1844
Sir,
Some time in 1842 at the instance of Mrs. Margaret Williams I addressed your office on the subject of her pension and during the course of that year $480 dollars, being the amount of her pension from the 4 th Sep r 1840 to 4 th Sep r 1841 was remitted to her enclosed to my address. This remittance was made through the Treasury Department. Mrs. Williams having removed from Illinois to this state, and being anxious to have her pension made payable here. I forwarded all the necessary papers and vouchers to effect this object to your office and on the 5 th Nov r 1842 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions wrote to me that so soon as the information shall have been received from the Pension Agent at Springfield Illinois as to the period

When she was last paid her name will be transferred to the Mississippi Agency. Since that period although I have written twice to the Department on the subject no reply has been received. Nor any arrangements of her pen- sion paid as far as I am infor- med. The old Lady is very in- firm and helpless, and is really in much distress for want of her pension.
By reference to my previous cor- respondence and the papers and vouchers transmitted to the Depart- ment you will be enabled to com- prehend the subject more fully.
I am very truly y r obed t serv t Commissioner of Revenue Washington

Hartshorn W ts Sept 28 th 1838
To J d L d Edwards Esq r Commrs s of Pensions
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of the Pension Certificate of Mrs Margaret Williams the widow of the late Capt d John Williams dec d who was a Cap- tain in the Revolution and I beg leave to state that upon its receipt Mrs Williams impowered a man to go to Carmi in this State s after her money. He returned last evening bringing from Daniel Hay the Pension Agent a letter stating that he "cannot now pay the money for these two reasons — The Department has not given him the name of Mrs Williams as yet — nor has he a cent of money on hand to pay pensions under the Act of 4 July 1836"
I have to solicit in behalf of this aged distinguished woman that you will

as soon as convenient have her name reported to the Agent at Carmi & funds placed in his hands for the payment of her pension
I am very respectfully your ob t serv t .
David J Baker
P.S. If have not addressed this com- munication to the proper Office I beg you will give it the proper direction
D J Baker

Washington City 20th of August 1838
Sir
Enclosed is new affidavits & relation to the application of the widow of Capt John Williams of the Illinois Brig imaret for the benefit of the act of 4th July 1836. The enclosed affidavits are not taken in Open Court, those thus taken being already on file in your office but those now presented are for the purpose of meeting the requisition contained in your letter of the 20th to the relation to this case and I hope they will be found satisfactory and establish the fact of such marriage as clearly as it is possible for conclusive material evidence to establish a marriage and at this day it cannot be expected that marriages can be proven in the absence of record but evidence probably in few very few cases by the evidence of witness who were present at such solemnization. Will you Sir do me the kindness to cause this case to be examined to day if practicable as I wish to leave to night for a time and would gladly advise the result of the result before a
Leaving
I remain Sir
Yours Respectfully Henry Ware Tuck

Natuker Octob 20. 1842
Sir,
I enclose as requested by your letter of the 6th inst Margaret Williams' receipt for a half years' pension. Mrs Williams is very aged & infirm and stands much in need of her means. You state that 'the pension still due is payable at Springfield Ill'. In the application which I made to the Pension office, on her behalf, you will perceive that her object was to have the payment of her pensions as well that due, as that to be- come due, made at this place instead

of Illinois - Please inform me whether this object can not be attained by her - I may be troubling you with matters not connected with your office - I am not conversant with these matters - This old lady has thrown herself upon my pro- tection, having no relation in whom she places sufficient confidence, to attend to these matters -
Very resp'y
yr owt servt
J. A. Nitschman

Spryfield 6 th March 1843
J L Edwards Esq-
Sir in the list of Transfers sent me, I do not find the name of Margaret Williams a pensioner under the Act 4 th July 1836 at $480 per Annum
As you enquired of me last fall when she was last paid here, I from that presumed she was to be transferred from this Agency - As her pension is large, and as she has but last paid at the Treasury, I would be glad to know whether I should pay her here, if her papers was presented in proper form
Yours with great Respect
John Dawson H.A.M.

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1843 Pension Agency Springfield Ill 30 th March
J L Edwards Esq
Sir According to the books turned over to me by M c Rae Hay the former Agent, I find thereon that Mary- ette Williams a pensioner under the Act of the 4 th July 1836 was last paid September 15 th 1840 and has never been paid by me nor never will be unless so ordered Yours with great Respect and esteem
John Dawson R.A.
Hon J L Edwards

Margaret Williams Illinois
Suspended
See let 20 July 1838 N. Northup,

Margaret Williams, Miss Illinois
Act 4 th July 1836.
$480. To what time last paid
Pension Office
Aug. 16 1844.
p o at Treasury to 4 th Sep 1841
JH

Margaret Williams, m d of John - Illinois Roll, act July 4. 1836, at $480 per annum.
Please say to what time she was last paid.
Pension Office Sept 16. 1842.
p to 4 Sep 1840 DH

House of Representatives Washington City D.C. December 30th 1844.
Sir
I have the honor to forward to you, herewith inclosed, the letter of William P. Mellon Esqr. of the City of Natchez Mississippi, which seeks information, as to the pension of Margaret Williams.
Will you have the kindness to favor me with a reply hereto, responsive to the inquiries contained in the letter of Mr. Mellon, so far as the same relates to the pension of Mrs. Williams?
I will then re return the letter of Mr. Mellon, with your reply hereto.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
J. H. Shetter
2 cont.
Wm. Wilkins
Sec. of War
Washington City
D.C.

Spangfute Ill. 6 th September 1842
J L Edwards Esq.
Sir I find on the Pension Book Roll the name of Mayarette Williams at $480 per Annum — Marked Randolph County. She was last paid Sept. 1840 and has been paid in all $4560 — She is marked as a pensioner for life under the Act 4 th July 1836 — I wish advice what to do in her case should she again apply in person or by Agent — M j r D. Hay former Agent informed me last Spring, he was informed she had moved to Mississippi — I wish to know whether I am to pay from Sept 1840 as I see on the Book marked (four other payments of $240 each) which appears from that she was paid at that time $960, or whether I am to pay her as another pensioner, and let her get the balance due her at the Treasury Department
Yours with Great Respect
John Dawson P st Agent

Watches 25 July 1848
Sir:
I am A. Girault, as the adm or of John Williams, dr d , a captain in the Revolution belonging to the Illinois Regiment, drew his pension in 1833 & 1834 and perhaps for some years subsequently, for which he has not accounted to the estate for one dollar.
Will you do me the favor of informing me the amount paid to Girault on account of the pension to John Williams and to John Williams' Widow, Margaret Williams, that just may be due to the widow and heirs of said J. Williams & oblige
Your Obt. Svt.
(Signature) M m Mullins
Hon d L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washg DC
Col. for M. Williams Heirs of Mrs. Williams

Henslow Agency Springfield Ill. 5 th Nov. 1842
J L Edwards Esq-
See your enquiries relative to times when Mayd o Williams & Bradford & Elliott was last paid at this Agency
Mayd o Williams a per comm under the Act 4 th July 1836 was last paid 15 th September 1840 (at $480 per Annum)
Bradford & Elliott Invalice at $5,33 1 / 3 per month was last paid 4 March 1842
Yours Respectfully
John Dawson H.A.
Hon J L Edwards commissioner of Henslow
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 8 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen- sion agents, Margaret Williams , _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mississippi _____ Agency, at the rate of Four hundred eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July  1836 , has been paid at this Department, from the  4 th of March — to the 4 th Sept. 1841  Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6571
Margt. Williams Wid.
John Williams Capt. Va. line
Act: July 4 th 36, Sec. 3
Index:—Vol. 66 , Page 335
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Va. Line. Records of out

Jan. Miss.
29/87. Hist to Lizzie Benagh Birmingham Ala.
March 15-1902
Miss Jennie Williams
Dus. W. Va.
1938. Mar. 31- Hist to George C. Cooper. Letter in cl. John Foster, N. 1003 EK

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 4 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Margaret Williams , ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois ————— Agency, at the rate of Four hundred & eighty Dollars and ————— Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
Edward L. Parsons Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.