Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,015, John Williams, Va.

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NUMBER
Va
Williams John Winnefred
W.9.015
Mar 1915 She was married to...
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Kentucky 2416
Winnefred Williams widow of John Williams, who was a Private in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty fourth day of October 1843 and sent to C. H. Tralue Frankfort Kentucky
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 175

State of Kentucky Woodford County } ss
Personally came before me Thomas Lyons an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mr. David Williams, who after being duly sworn according to Law to state the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth to be read as evidence on the application of Mrs. Winifred Wil- -iams for the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838, deposits and saith that he is upwards of forty four years of age as appears from the family records and that he is a son of the foregoing Declar- -ant Mrs. Winifred Williams and her deceased husband Jo- -hn Williams and that his said Father died on the 15 th day of March 1818, and that the foregoing document, not being to be leaves from the Bible which was his Fathers and really the and which his Father had in his possession for several years before his death and the entry of the marriage of his said Father & Mother on the foregoing document was made by his Fathers son in law several years before his Fathers death by the direction of his Father and in his said Fathers presence, and all the en- -tries in the same hand write of the marriage was then made by the direction of his said Father in his presence and also the presence of deponent. He further states that the foregoing discharge mentioned and filed in his said Mothers De- -claration he deponent took from a bundle of papers of his said Father which had been in the possession of his said Father from the first of deponents recollection until his de- -ath and which bundle has been in the possession of his said Mother up to this date. He further states that he has often heard his said Father speak of his service in the Revolutionary war, and his remarks then made the impression on the mind of deponent that he was of the regular line of Virginia and of his service having been of near five years duration. He states that he also has heard his said Father speak of returning home on furlough and also that he could obtain furlough to return home when with others Co.

ld not - He also saith that his said mother has never married since the death of his said Father but still remains his widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me This the 16 th day of February 1843
David Williams
Thos. Lynn Clerk
State of Kentucky Woodford County
I Isaac Howards resident of said County hereby certify that I am upwards of seventy two years of age and that I was born and raised in Richmond County Virginia and in the same neighborhood of John Williams deceased formerly of Woodford County Kentucky - I further certify that said John Williams from plantation which was general in said Richmond County about the close of the Revolutionary war, was a Soldier in said war and belonged to the Virginia regular line and served long and faithfully in said line of war. & that although I myself was not an eye witness of his service in the regular line of virgi- nia I verily believe that he was forty years a soldier in said line & war. I never knew him or became acquainted with him until after he returned home from service & then I became acquaint- -inted with him and remember well the day he was married to Winifred Howards who is now the widow of John Williams age and living about one mile from where I now live. I further cer- -tify that said John Williams & Winifred his wife removed from Richmond County Virginia in the year 1785 to Woodford Coun- ty Kentucky and that I in the year of 1788 removed also to Woodford County Kentucky from Virginia, and have resided and was the near neighbor of said John Williams in said County of Woodford from the year 1788 until his death which took place in March 1818, and he died as aforesaid leaving the af- foresaid Winifred his widow who is still his widow. I also certify that I have often heard him the said John both in Virginia & Kentucky speak of his long service in said war & of his

having in his possession his discharge from the aforesaid service - I also certify that I lived near him the aforesaid John from his marriage with the aforesaid Winifred on the 30 th Decr 1787 until his removal to Kentucky in 1785 and know that it was the general rumor in the neighborhood that the aforesaid John has long been in service in said war & line and no one pretended to contradict it.
Sworn to and subscribed Isaac Howard
before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Woodford State of Kentucky & I certify that the above affiant Isaac Howard is a man of respectability and was a Lieutenant in the late war with Great Britain from General reputation of a man of undoubted respectability and whose statements should receive as full confidence as any man's. There are three interlineations in the above affidavit of Isaac Howard. There are also three interlineations in the foregoing deposition of David Williams which were done before signed. I also certify that the aforesaid David Williams is a man of respectability & a credible person. In testimony whereof I have set my hand this the 16 th day of February 1843.
Thomas Lynch
State of Kentucky Woodford County set
I Herman Bowman Jr Clerk of the court of Woodford County certify that Thomas Lynch before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mrs Winifred Williams was made and before whom the foregoing deposition of David Williams was taken and the affidavit of Isaac Howard was made, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Woodford County Kentucky, duly commissioned and qualified and the foregoing signatures purporting to be said Thomas Lynch are his own genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of office this the 17 th day of February 1843 - Herman Bowman Jr

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
John Williams & Mary Jane Harris were married March 30 th of Dec 1787.
James Williams & Polly Williams were married Oct 10 1800
Parlour Williams & Mary Jane Harris were married July 5 1811
Joseph Davis & Mary Jane Williams were married July 1811
Milton H. Williams & Nancy Withers were married March 30 th 1815
Edward Williams & Sally Goodwin were married Oct 11 1817
David Williams & Elizabeth W. Howa- rd were married July 11 th 1823
Jefferson Williams & Cynthia Snoddy were married August 5 th 1824, the last.
David Williams and Nancy Syms were married January 19 th 1832

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Lyra Williams was born 30 th of Oct 1782
Ab Williams was born 14 th June 1786
Francy Williams was born 14 th Aug 1789
Elizabeth B. Williams was born 23 rd March 1791
William A. Williams was born 11 th June 1793
Edward Williams was born 5 th Dec 1795
Will Williams was born 29 th July 1798
David Williams was born July 29 1799
Jellerson Williams was born 22 nd of Oct 1801
Shaddens Williams was born January 10 th 1827
Lucy Ann Williams was born May 8 th 1829
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of David and Nancy Williams was born January 4 th 1833
Martha Williams was born December 2 nd 1835
Maudred Williams was born April 17 th 1838

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Cyrus Williams departed this life 5 th March 1806
Sally Williams departed this life July 1 st 1808
John Williams departed this life 15 th March 1818
Elizabeth H. Davidson departed this life June 28 th 1820
Elizabeth M. Williams departed this life April 24 th 1830
Vaney Williams departed this life October 7 th 1840

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.

8725.
Munipal Williams
On roll for £34.
act 7. July 38
on va roll £ 37:2.9.
Admitted
2 Years
Priv
$80 per An.
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C. H. Travers Esq. Frankfort Kentucky

State of Kentucky Woodford County } ss
On this the sixteenth day of February Eighteen Hundred and forty three personally appeared me Thomas Syne an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Woodford, State of Kentucky, Mrs. Marianne Williams aged upwards of eighty four years and who is by reason of bodily infirmity prevented from appearing in Open Court, and who after being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled, "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" that she is the widow of John Williams who was a soldier of the Regular Virginia State Line during the war of the Revolution, and enlisted some short time after the commencement of said war, about the spring of 1776/ seventeen Hundred and seventy six, as a soldier to serve during the war, and the names of the officers under whom he enlisted not now remembered but that the greater portion of his service, and the latter end of the same, was rendered in the State Garrison Regiment under Colonel George Mater and Lieutenant Oliver Devanport, the last of whom Declarant was intimately acquainted with. She further Declares that she was born and raised in the same neighborhood with her said husband and knew him from the earliest days of her remembrance and knew well the time he joined the Army of the United States, and knows well or very likely believes that he served upwards of four years in actual service in the Regular Line of Virginia, and during which time he would return to his home on furlough to see his friends and remain some short time and then return back to his post to perform the duties of a soldier. And after serving in actual service the period of time above stated, he procured one Charles Boyle as a substitute to complete the remainder of the time, which was for an indefinite period, and he then received a discharge from the service, and which is herewith filed, and which was given by Colonel George Mater on the 28 th day of July 1780. She further Declares that she and

Her husband was both raised in Richmond County Virginia what was called the Northern necks of Virginia, and that her said husband resided in said Richmond County when he entered the service and that he entered as a volunteer, and cannot state the Battles in which he was engaged, as she was not an eye witness to all the service performed. She also declares that the documentary evidence which she has in support of her claim to a Pension consist of a discharge before mentioned, given her said husband from further service on the 20 th day of July 1780 and two leaves from the family Bible of her said husband setting forth her marriage with her said husband and the marriages of their children and likewise the births of the same and also the deaths of some of the same, and also the death of her said husband and said leaves also contain the dates of the births of some of her grandchildren being five in number and which are set forth on the latter end of the fourth Column on the second page - and also contain the dates of the death of Elizabeth and Nancy Williams daughter in law of Declarant. And said two leaves are herewith filed and connected by ribband - and the aforesaid discharge is connected to this by wafers. She further Declares that she was married to the said John Williams on the thirteenth day of December Seventeen Hundred and eighty one. That her husband the aforesaid John Williams died on the fifteenth day of March eighteen Hundred and eighteen. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated. And that she has never married since the death of her said husband but still remains his widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Winnifred her Williams Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me
Thos. Lynch Justice of the Peace
And I Thos. Lynch the above named Justice certify that the above declarant Mrs. Winnifred Williams is the widow to my own knowledge of John Williams deceased who from general reputation was a soldier of the Regular Line of Virginia. and that she has not married since the death of said John but still remains his widow, and is a Lady of as much respectability as any Lady and all her statements are entitled to the fullest confidence. And she doubtless ought to be enrolled on the roll of widows Pensions. Wherefore I hereunto set my hand. The word "Mrs. Winnifred Williams" is interlined on foregoing page.
Thos. Lynch Justice of the Peace

George H. ... 1900
George H. ... 1900

George Wm. Pugh
George Wm. Pugh 1898
Williams, John Va. W 9015

The bearer John Williams having procured one Charles Boyle to take his place in my regiment for the remainder of the time he had to serve, with the approbation of his own immediate officer, is hereby discharged from any further service in the said regiment. Given under my hand this 20 th of July 1780 George Muter Col St R

Revolution. Virginia Line WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9015
Winnefred Williams Wid. of John Williams Port Royal line
Act: Mch. 34/43
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 340
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm. Williams
$80 per am
2416
175
C. H. Trabue Frankfort Ken

Frankfort Kentucky
July 8 1843
Sir I herewith enclose you the declaration of Winnefred Williams of Woodford County Ky making application for a Pension under the act of Congress passed the 3 day of March 1843
Please enclose to me at Frankfort Ky the certificate of allowance
I am Sir Very Respectful your Obedt Servant C W Traill
Wm I S Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Kentucky 7365
Reported
Winnefred Williams widow of John Williams
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 15 th March 1818 of Woodford Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Pr. in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Matur in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of June 1843 and sent to C. H. Trabue, Frankfort. Kentucky
Arrears to the 1 th of March 1841 $400 Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2. Clerk, Page 225.

V No 8725. Winifred Williams
KY
in Suspended
let to C. H. Trabue Mar 30 1843
Act 7 th July '38

✓ No 8725 Winifred Williams H V
Act 7 th July '38 On V o Roll £37. 2. 9.
C H Francis Esq. Frankfort

Frankfort Kentucky February 15 1843
Hon J S Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I herewith enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Winifrede Williams of Woodford County Ky. and the evidences in support her claim to a Pension upon the allowance of the claim. Please transmit to me at Frankfort the Certificate thereof -
I am Sir, Very Respectfully your Obed Servant. O W Trubee

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J. J. Habne Esq. Frankfort. Kentucky.

Know all by these presents That we John Williams & Leroy Howard are held firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds The which payment well & truly to be made we bind ourselves jointly & severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 28 th day of December 1781.
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a Marriage suddenly intended to be solemnized between the above bound John Williams and Winifred Howard. Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void otherwise remain in full force & virtue.
John Williams Leroy Howard
Virginia.
Clerks Office of the County Court of Richmond 29 th April 1843.
I John F P Safford clerk of the County Court of Richmond in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Marriage license bond of John Williams to Winifred Howard, on file in this office.
Jno. F. P. Safford Clk
Search 18 Copy — 18 36 cents.

State of Kentucky Woodford County Set
Woodford County Court May Term 1843
At a County Court duly organized, began and held in the Town of Versailles in and for the County of Woodford State of Kentucky on Monday the first day of May 1843. It is ordered by the said Court to be certified and recorded that the proceedings had before Thomas Lyne Esqr on the 10 th day of February 1843 in the matter of the application of Mrs. Minnie Williams widow of John Williams deceased, for a Pension by virtue of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of July 1838. The said application is now submitted to the Court, and are sanctioned by the Court, and further that the said proceedings ought to receive as full credit, as though they had been made in Open Court.
I Herman Bowman Jr Clerk of the Court of Woodford County, hereby certify that the above order is truly transcribed from the records in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office at Office in the Town of Versailles, and subscribed my name this the first day of May 1843.
Herman Bowman Jr. Clerk of Woodford County, Ky.

Frankfort Kentucky May 32 1843
Sir
I herewith return you the papers in the case of Mrs Winifred Williams and have endeavored fully to comply with the instructions in your letter of the 30 th of March all of which I hope will prove satisfactory -
Please transmit to me at Frankfort Kentucky the Certificate of allowance
I am very Respectfully your Obedient Servt G. M. Traber
Wm. T. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

State of Kentucky
Woodford County 3 B
On this the 8 th day of July 1843
Personally appeared before me Thomas Lynn an acting Justice of the Peace and for the said County of Woodford State of Kentucky Mrs Winnefred Williams aged about eighty four years and who after being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd day of March 1843 Granting Pensions to the widows of certain Persons who served in the Revolutionary war to wit that she is the widow of John Williams deceased late of the County of Woodford State of Kentucky and who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and belonged to the State line of Virginia and served many years therein and on account of his said Service she declarant applied for a Pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of July 1838, and has been allowed a Pension under the said act and the certificate which issued to her is now in her possession of which authorizes her to receive the sum of eighty dollars per annum commencing the 4 th day of March 1836 and terminating on the 4 th March 1841 and which certificate is signed by J. M. Porter Secretary of war and is dated the 27 th day of June 1843. And to the evidence contained in the papers composing the matter of her application for the said Pension she refers for such facts as are necessary in the consideration of her claim she further declares that she is still the widow of the aforesaid John Williams  Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid Tho. Lynn JP  her Winnefred Williams Mark
And I the first Subscribed Magistrate hereby certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and is a lady of respectability & the same person who some time back made her declaration before me in order to apply for a Pension under the act of July 1838 wherefor I have hereunto Subscribed my name this 8 th July 1843
Tho. Lynn JP Peace

State of Kentucky Woodford County ss
I Herman Bowman Jr clerk of the Court of Woodford County certify that Thomas Lynn Jef- -son whom the foregoing declaration of Mrs. Margaret Williams was made is a magistrate in and for the said County of Woodford duly commissioned and qualified and the forego- ing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and sub- -scribed my name this the 11 th day of July 1843 Herman Bowman Jr Clerk Woodford County Court