Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,538, Bastinus Williams, Continental (New York)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (New York) Williams Bastinus or Bastion or Wilhelm Baltzer Elizabeth
R. 11 538
CONTENTS

16.998 New York L 48.909 Michigan
Castinus Williams, alias Baltzer Wilhelm. of Seneca Co in the state of N. York who was a private in the Comp. regiment commanded by Colonel Capt Van Hair of the Wash o Life Guard ine, for the term of 4 years.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8, Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May. 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of May 1820 and sent to John Maynard Esq Ovid (Seneca Co) N.Y.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1820  167.74    Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept r "  48.00    20 mo. 30/31.  Dolls = 215.74  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Tr. Cu. Dec r 18 th 36 Transfer to Michigan from Albany fr. 4 th March 1836 - Dec r 25 th 1836 -
sent to the Pensioner on May 1822 Castinus, Seneca County New York

Bastinus Williams - Application for Pension Romulus, Seneca Co. N.Y.
Services proven by a Warrenty Ezra Horton whom the Judge has seen Admitted
John Sayre, Esquire Judge, Romulus, Seneca Co: New-York.
Bastinus Williams, alias Baltzer Wilhelm. General Washington's life guards. Revolutionary Claim.
There are no rolls in the pension office that to prove the service stated by the claimant. - The testimony of two or more disinterested and credible persons, to that effect, is required, on oath. The Judge is desired to certify, under the seal of the Court, that he is satisfied the claimant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country.

State of New York } Seneca County - } ss.
On this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county personally appeared Basterns Williams aged sixty-six years resident in the town of Romulus in said county, whose name is written in the German Language as follows viz. - "Baltzer Wilhelm" ————— who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration (in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War") That the said Williams enlisted at Fredericks- burgh on the East side of the North or Hudson River in the year 1778 or 1779 for the term of three years in the company of light dragoons commanded by Capt. Van Hairs, which company of dragoons composed General Washington's, Life Guard - that he served in the said company during the said three years & at the expiration thereof he again enlisted in the same company of light dragoons during the war, that having learned of one Christian Coon to blow the trumpet he served together with said Coon as trumpeter, during the greatest part of his last term of service - that he faithfully served in the said company under the command of Capt. Van Hairs until the close of the Revolutionary War - that at the end of said War he was honorably discharged near Newburgh in the state of New York - that five or six years after

the said War he gave his discharge to Maj: Henry Brewster of Orange County in New York state for the purpose of obtaining one hundred acres of land to which it was said he was entitled for his services - & that he believes it to be out of his power to find his said discharge at this time - And the said Williams further declares upon his oath aforesaid, that he was at Springfield at the time of the battle there but the company to which he belonged was not actually engaged in said battle - that he was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis at Little York in Virginia - that it is out of his power to procure any other evidence of his services aforesaid except the testimony of Ezra Horton of said town of Romulus - that he (said Williams) has resided in the said town of Romulus for the last twenty years and that he is in poor & reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to and declared the sixth day & year aforesaid before me
his Baptimus + Williams mark
John Sayre
one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Seneca County as above stated
I John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Seneca aforesaid Do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction as well by the aforesaid

declaration of the said Basten Williams as by the affidavit of Ezra Horton taken before me & hereunto annexed, that the said Williams did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration — And I now transmit the preceding testimony taken before me (being the preceding declaration and the said affida- -vit of the said Ezra Horton) to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress — Dated May 6 th 1818. John Sayre
State of New York Seneca Clerk's Office: I Ichiel H. Halsey Deputy Clerk of Seneca County do Certify, that John Sayre Esq r whose name appears to the certificates of the above declaration & the annexed Affidavit (purporting to have been made by Ezra Horton) was, at the dates of the said certificates, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County, acting under the authority of this State, & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signature to the Certificates above herein mentioned, to be the proper hand writing of the said John Sayre — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of November 1818 — I. H. Halsey

State of New York Seneca County ss I John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for the said County of Seneca being well acquainted with the within named Bastinus Williams (so called him) and I am well acquainted with his circumstances with respect to property, do certify that I am fully satisfied that the said Bastinus Williams is in indigent circumstances and actually stands in need of the assistance of his country for support (Dated at Romulus the 14 th day of September 1818
John Sayre
State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office Gs: I certify that John Sayre Esquire whose hand writing I am acquainted with and whose signature appears to the above certificate and within declarations in his own proper hand writing as I verily believe was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Seneca duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Waterloo this 27 th day of November 1819.
J. H. Halsey Clerk &c. of Seneca County N. York

State of New York Seneca County, — 33.
On the sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county personally appeared Ezra Horton, of the town of Romulus in said county aged fifty-one years, who being duly sworn deposeth saith, that sometime during the winter next previous to the close of the revolutionary war at Goshen in this state he became acquainted with, Bastenus Williams (as he is now called) in the annexed declaration named, that he the said Williams was then a trumpeter in Capt. Van Horn's company of dragoons which company was said to be & was commonly called General Washington's Life- Guard — that he has been acquainted with the said Williams ever since, that the said Williams now resides in the said town of Romulus where he has continued to reside for the last twenty years — and this Deponent is well acquainted with the circumstances of the said Williams & knows him to be poor & needy — And this Deponent further saith that when he first became acquainted with the said Williams while he belonged & served in the said company he passed & was called by his German name, which was pronounced as if spelled as follows viz. "Boltzer, Wilhelms" —
Sworn the day & year first above written before me —
Ezra Horton
John Sayre one
of the Judges in Seneca as above stated

State of New York } County of Seneca } ss:
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Waterloo in the Town of Junius in & for the County of Seneca, on the Tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty one, before the Judges of the same Court (which said Court is a Court of record, keeping records of the proceedings thereof, & having a jurisdiction in all actions personal within limited & having a seal and being duly constituted such Court by the Constitution & Laws of the State of New York) personally appeared Bastinus Williams otherwise called Baltzer Wilhelm of the Town of Romulus in said County who being being duly sworn according to the laws of said State, saith that he is sixty seven  eight years of age in the present month of May and that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution as a trumpeter in the Company of light horse commanded by Capt. Van Hais in the fall after the British army evacuated Philadelphia, for the Term of three years which Term of time this deponent served & then enlisted again in the same Company for during the war & served till the end of the war, and was honorably discharged at a place called Old Shawangum on the Wallkill river about ten or twelve miles from the Hudson or north River. When the America Army were discharged, That said company in which he served was a part of the time General Washingtons life Guard. This deponent further saith that in pursuance of the law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 he made application for Relief & obtained a certificate (N o 16,998) for a pension

and that he hath received his said pension up to the 4 th of March 1820. And this deponent further saith that he is in a poor state of health and not able to perform any labor, except some light work which does not require but little motion, that he is afflicted with seven and almost continual pains in his right hip & right leg, arising from an injury received from a fall of his horse when he was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war aforesaid. That he has a wife and six children (Tos.) one daughter aged fifteen years, one son aged thirteen years, one daughter aged Eleven years, one daughter aged five years, one son aged three years, & one son aged Five months, and this deponent further saith that he cannot support himself & family without charitable, and unless he should have his said pension continued to him. And this deponent further saith that the following is a just & true account & inventory of his Estate real & personal. Viz. Twenty four acres of land in the said Town of Romulus. — —
  " One yoke of working oxen —  $ 35.00    " One Cow — — — — —  8.00    " Four Sheep & four lambs — — — — —  5.00    " One Heifer — — — — —  4.00    " One suit of cloathing for each one of his family —  52.00  
And the said Bastiuns otherwise Baltzer further saith that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March in the year 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner whatsoever disposed of his property or any part

thereof, with intent thereby to diminish his property so as to bring himself 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 the 18 th day of March in the year 1818, and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or security, contracts or debts due to him except as in the above written Schedule or inventory is mentioned.
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court May 10 th 1821. Pastineus  his  Williams John Maynard Clerk —
I, John Maynard Clerk of the Court of common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. — And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and fifty two dollars. — ( — — )
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 10 th day of May 1821. — — — —
John Maynard Clerk of Sen. Co. Eliel Scudder Dep: Clk. of do.

No 929
Eliz. Nicholson, m d y Ballybr
Mitch
Act 29 July 48
E. Rigby -
E. Rigby agent for Petitioner Jackson Mich.

State of Michigan } County of Jackson } On this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Elisabeth Wilhelm aged seventy three years a resident of the Township of Liberty in the County of Jackson and State of Michigan, who being duly sworn according to law declares that She is the widow of Bostimus Wilhelm who was a private in the revolutionary war and served in Gen George Washingtons life guards and whose name was inscribed on the pension list in the year 1820 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per year. She further states that she was Married to the said Bostimus Wilhelm on the twenty ninth day of March in the year 1799 at the Town of Romulus in the County of Seneca and State of New York by one Bateman a Methodist clergyman, and that her name before her said Marriage was Elisabeth Masters, That her said Husband died at Iosco in the County of Livingston and State of Michigan on the 13 th day of August AD 1842 and that she is still a Widow. That she continued to reside with her said Husband to the time of his death That there is no public or private or family record of the said Marriage to her knowledge, That her said Husband continued to draw a pension at the rate aforesaid up to the time of his death, that after his death as aforesaid she as his Widow drew the sum of forty two dollars and twenty five cents or thereabouts.

that being the amount of Money due on account of such pension at the time of the death of her said husband,
She Makes this declaration for the purpose of procuring such pension and arrearages as she may be entitled to under the act of Congress of February 2 d 1848 or any other act granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary Soldiers
Witnesses
her Elisabeth X Wilhelm Mark.
John L. Mitchell
Edward Neighby
Sworn and Subscribed before Me
this 14 th day of January AD 1851
Edward Neighby Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan } County of Jackson }p
On this fourteenth day of January AD 1851 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally came Susan Davis aged forty one years a resident of Liberty in said County and State who being duly sworn according to law upon her Oath says that she is well acquainted with Elisabeth Wilhelm who is referred to in the foregoing declaration and has been from her earliest recollection, That she was also well acquainted with Bostimus Wilhelm that the said Elisabeth and Bostimus Wilhelm lived together as husband and Wife to the knowledge of this deponent from her earliest recollection to the time of the death of said Bostimus

Wilhelm on the 13 th day of August AD 1842. and were reputed to be husband and wife, deponent also knows that Said Bastiuns Wilhelm drew a pension as a soldier of the revolutionary war for twenty years and over next previous to his death at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per year, That she was present at the death of the said Bastiuns Wilhelm and knows that the said Elisabeth remains a Widow Witnesses Susan her X Wilhelm Davis Mark
John L. Mitchell Edward Neighby
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 14 th day of January AD 1831
Edward Neighby Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan } County of Jackson } ss William Davis of Liberty in said County being duly Sworn upon his oath Saith that he became acquainted with Elisabeth and Bastiuns Wilhelm in the year 1828, at Romulus in the County of Genesee & State of New York and was acquainted with them until the death of the said Bastiuns which happened on the 13 th day of August AD 1842 at Ionia in the County of Livingston and State of Michigan That during that time they lived together as husband and Wife and were reputed to be husband & Wife, That he has been acquainted with the said Elisabeth to the present time & that she still

remains a Widow, That he knows that the said Bostimus drew a pension for several years prior to his death at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per year
William Davis
Sworn And Subscribed before me } this 14 th day of January A D 1851 }
Edward Higby Justice of the Peace
Jackson County ss I hereby certify that the reason that Elisabeth Wilhelm does not write  sign her name is on account of Old age and Blindness She being entirely Blind. & that the reason that Susan Davis does not write her name is from a want of knowledge of the art of writing. Given Under my hand at Jackson this 14 th day of January A D 1851 Edward Higby Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan
County of Jackson ss.
I Walter Bud- ington Clerk of said County hereby certify that Edward Higby, before whom the fore-
-going affidavits were made, and whose name is subscribed thereto, and whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was at the several dates thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized by the laws of this State to ad- minister oaths for general purposes, and that I am well acquainted with his hand-

-witness and verily believe his signatures to the foregoing affi- -davits and to the foregoing certificate, are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court for said County of Jackson at Jackson this sixth day of February A D 1851.
H. Prudhomme Clerk

State of Michigan } County of Washtenaw }ss
On this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1886 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Washtenaw personally appeared Bastimho Williams alias Baltzer Wilhelm who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Hair the  the Regiment  comm it being a company known as one of Washington's Life guards - in the service of the United States - That his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed - That he now resides in the Town of Unadilla in the State of Michigan where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for remaining in the State of Michigan are that in New York he had but a small bit of land & a large family he wished to increase his farm
Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of August A.D. 1886
Baltzer + Wilhelm mark
D. E. Field Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan } Washtenaw County }ss I Elijah Trapp of said county of lawful age being duly sworn upon my oath say that I am

acquainted with Baltimus Williams or Baltzer Wilhelm named in the above affidavit & who has subscribed the same & that he is the identical person therein named
Ebenezer Kearn
Subscribed before me this 30 th August A.D. 1835 }
J. E. Field Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan County of Washtenaw ss
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizah Kearn the above witness & believe him to be a person of truth & veracity
J. E. Field
Justice of the Peace
State of Michigan Washtenaw County ss
I Martin R Ramsdell Clerk of the County of Washtenaw aforesaid do hereby certify that J. E. Field before whom the above affidavit & certificate was taken and at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Washtenaw duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with said Field's hand writing and believe his signature to the above affidavit and certificate subscribed to be genuine Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this twenty fourth day of September A.D. 1836
M. R. Ramsdell Clerk P.S. J. H. Millward Dept Clerk

Bastinus Williams alias. Baltzer Wilhelm
16998
Sep 20
Con L. E.
John Maynard Esq. Butcher Nashville

State of New York } Seneca County - }
On this fifth day of February, 1822 Personally appeared in Open Court it being a court of record in said County which proceeds according to the course of common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a court of record of their proceedings & which have the Power of fine & imprisonment, Bastimus Williams (Alias) Baltzer Wilhelm of Romulus in the County of Seneca & State aforesaid, aged sixty eight years last may, Resident in the Town of Romulus 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. he enlisted in the Company of light dragoons commanded by captain Van Hare (he supposed to be in the Pennsylvanian line) General Washington's life Guard (so called) for three years & served his time out and immediately enlisted again for during the war and served until the close of it & got an honorable discharge which will more fully appear by his original declaration, dated the sixth day of May 1818 by which he received a pension certificate the number of which is 16.998. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain purposes engaged in

the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed, —
  24 3 / 4 acres of land, $112.00 4 Sheep. — — — $3.00   1 Yoke Steers — 30.00 4 Lambs — — — 2.00   1 Heifer — 5.50 1 Hog — — — 1.80   1 Chopping ax — 1.25 1 Old dish Kettle — 0.75   1 Chain — — 2.50 1 do. Frying Pan — 0.25   1 Do — — — 1.00 1 do. Spinning Wheel 0.75   1 old Plough — — 2.50 3 do. chairs 1/6 — 0.56   154.75 9.31   9.11   163.86   Amt. of Property By the Court,
no kind of buildings on the land except an old. log house part rotten, without a light of grass or board except the door, The occupation of the said Bastiuns, is farming but able to do but very little on account of very poor health, his family, wife, Elizabeth Williams aged 39 years common health, N o of Children five, Joseph Williams 14 years not active, not able to support himself Nancy 11 years old common abilities, Mary Williams 5 years old, Jacob Williams aged two years Philetus P. Williams aged 13 months
Bastiuns his Williams marks —
Sworn in Open Court 5 th February 1822, —
E. Scudder Dep. Clk. of Sen. Co. J.

I Eliel Scudder Deputy Clerk of the Court of common Pleas in & for the County of Seneca do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, & I do further certify that it is the opin- ion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hun- -dred & sixty three dollars, & Eighty six cents. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 5 th day of February 1822. —
Eliel Scudder Dep. Clk. of Seneca county. —

No 929
Eliz th Wilhelm widow of Bostimus
Mick
Act 29 July 1848
E. Higby May 22. 1857
11538

State of New York } Orange County }
ss. I James W. Wilkin Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do Hereby Certify that Stephen Jackson was one of the judges of the Court of Com- =mon Pleas for the said County of Orange on the Twenty Eighth day of October 1819 Commissions and Sworn and duly Authorized by the laws of the said State of New York to administer Oaths &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge and Do Truly believe that the signature "Stephen Jackson" subscribed to the Affidavit and Certificate herunto an- nected is the proper hand writing of the said judge.
In Testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court & County this 2 nd day of Nov r 1819. JAMES WILKIN Clerk.

Boston Williams Says his Discharge Mentioned the Munk's farm year of Elmer Munk Service

Henry Brewster came before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Orange and made oath that he was well acquainted with Boston Williams at the close of the Revolutionary War and that he was a soldier in the Continental Army in Captain Van Hairs company and he further saith that he bought said Boston Williams is said Boston and saw his discharge and that the said Boston Williams was in said discharge and said that Williams and that his discharge was for three four years in the service of the United States.
Sworn before me the 25 th day of September 1818
Sworn the 28 th Oct 1819 before me
Stephen Jackson a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Orange County
Justice of the Peace I Stephen Jackson a Judge of Orange Com. Pleas do hereby certify that Henry Brewster named in the above affidavit is to me known and that he is a Credible Witness 28 Oct 1819 Stephen Jackson

Mayr Brewster Must Make this Deposition Before a Judge of the Court & have the Same Signed by the County Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11.038
P. O. Elizabeth Wilhelm
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Free
Rec. 20 Feb. 1842
N. 46 191
Secretary of War
Washington City

To the secretary of war -
Dear Sir
Your Hon. will see one of the enclosed declarations was made before the court last May and I supposed it was in your office but found it in the Clerks office when I called for the last declaration altho the clerk promised me to send it immediately after court last May and I having made out another encl agreeable to the form sent from that office I am advised to forward them both - from your most obedient & very
Humble servant
Bastians Williams

M rs W. Folsom Certificate

Sir Some three or four years ago when Col. Cornstock was in Congress I wrote to him in behalf of a poor, and needy old man a soldier of the revolutionary war by name as in his papers mentioned - In reply I re- ceived a paper or certificate from the war department stating that his name was on roll and that he had drawn his land - he is now in Kentucky circumstances and likely will be on the town if not otherwise assisted
Yours respectfully
Mr W. F. Holab.
in behalf of Betsy Wilkinson
Mr Baker representative in Congress
Nov 16 th 1878

I do hereby certify that Boston Williams is a member of good standing in the first Presbyterian Church in Romulus and I do further certify that I being deacon of the Church have assisted him at several times in behalf of the Church January 24 th 1822
John Fleming J. B.
I do hereby certify that Boston Williams is unable to labour a great part of his time in consequence of a lameness in his hip which he says was occa- sioned by a fall from his horse in an engagement at Spanglers Ferry in the Revolution and it has troubled him ever since he is a poor man and stands in need of Charity
Romulus Jan 29 th 1822 Ethan Watson att.

Hon. O. C. Cornstock
Member of Congress
Washington

De Sir The Bear is the Revolutionary Soldier I once wrote you about - his name is Boston Williams - it appeared by the Note you sent me from the War Office that he had drawn his land for his services in the revolution War - This Note I have lost - he is a needy man and is one of those provided for by the late act of Congress - he wishes your Benevolence in procuring his pension - he was one of Genl Washington's life Guard - his name in German I do not know - Yours with respect
Romulus Oct 12 th 1818 Min W Fishkill
Ob Connecticut Esq.

P. Williams
Land warrant purchased by H. Burster
Postponed Williams
117 028 000
Adm. Genl
see Register of final settlements vol 1. p 21. no 18.014-
vol 1. No 18014
6 May 26/31 32
May 26/31
June 6 one
12. 20- 8 160. 4.74 167.74
26/31 30/31

Orick (Sumner Co. Ky) Nov. 30. 183
J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secy of War.
The inclosed papers of our Williams a Revolutionary Soldier are again sent to your office with the additional affidavit of service — Williams states that a friend of his requested O. C. Comstock Esq late a member of Congress from this state to search the proper office in order to ascertain whether his land had been patented & was informed that a patent had been issued — From this circumstance it is probable his name may be found either on the roll or among the papers relating to bounty land of the Revolution — Williams is an honest & poor old man & ought to receive the reward a pension for any one should for this reason I have undertaken to attend to his business gratuitously — In case the papers should still be defective please transmit them to me at this place —
I am Respectfully Yours &c John Maynard
Two letters of W. W. Schell mentioning the land warrant are enclosed —

Ann Arbor Sept 30 th 1830
Sir
Enclosed are the application of two individuals for transfer of their pensions. As soon as the same are made you will be kind enough to enclose them to me at Ann Arbor - Washtenaw Co. Mich
Yours &c
O. E. Field
To the Commission of Pensions

Jackson Mich Feby 6 th 1837 Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find the application of Elizabeth Wilhelm for a Pension. If the papers are not sufficient please inform me - & what further proof if any will be necessary.
Yours &c E. Wright
To Court of Pensions
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Mech s & Farmer's Bank Albany Pension Agency October 21. 1836.
James L. Edwards Esq re , Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, In reply to your letter of the 18 th inst. I have to state that Bastians Williams, a Pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818, was last paid to 4 March 1836.
I am, Sir, Very Respectfully Your obed t Serv t
Thos M c Levott Pro t Pen Ag t