Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,552, John Williams, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Williams, John
S. 34,552
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Abraham Bigelow Esq. 22 d September, 1820. Cambridge Mass.
Massachusetts Roll.
1093
John Williams, 2 Capt Pike
Private
Massachusetts line '81 - 2 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Stephen Minot, Esq. Haverhill, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Served on the Roll of 5 months 8/31
4/20.
$ 43.12
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Concord Middlesex Co.

248.
John Williams 2 nd
Concord
1093.
30 June 1819
cont. 22 pp
1820
26

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June — A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Williams resident at Concord in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1093 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Williams — late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the “Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of March — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.”
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 th day of June — one thousand eight hundred and 1818.”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  4 old case of drawers $2.00   2 old tables 1.50   1 dozen chairs 6.00   glass & crockery ware 3.00   1 teakettle 1 iron pot and dish kettle 2.75   1 spider and 1 pair audirons 1.00   1 pair shovel and tongs & pair bellows 1.20   1 pair shears & old tin ware 1.12   old wooden ware 1.45   1 foot wheel .50   1 toaster & gridiron 1.00   3 old tea spoons .30   4 pewter plates .40   1 pair sad irons .75   1 small grindstone & basket .50   Amount carried over $23.47 

  Amount bro't over $23.47   1 crane and hooks . . . . . 1.25   2 old candlesticks & comb case . . . . . .50   3 old chests . . . . . 1.00   6 knives & forks . . . . . .50   6 old spoons . . . . . .20   1 old dining table . . . . . .50   1 pewter dish . . . . . .20   1 candle stick . . . . . .25 
$27.87  his John X Williams mark.
Said Williams is seventy four years of age has no family but a wife and is now and has been for a long time wholly unable to do any kind of work whatever. Said Williams served two years and eight months in the revolutionary war in the sixth regiment commanded by Col. Smith and in the second Regiment commanded by Col. Sproat in the Massachusetts line and was honorably discharged All which will appear by his discharge and the evidence in the war department as furnished when the within named pension certificate was granted.
his John X Williams mark.
Taken declared and sworn to before
Saml Dana Judge No. 11

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, John Williams do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and 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 and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
his John Williams mark.
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Williams took and subscribed the forewritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana, Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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
Twenty seven dollars & eighty seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr.
Abraham Biglow 5

John Williams
March 24, 1818
Send the certificate of your Discharge -
Indyillnot
Haverhill Mass.
Correct

I, John Williams of the age of seventy three years, & upward, declare & say that I am a resident citizen of the United States, that I reside in, & belong to Concord in the County of Middle- sex in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: that about the last of March A. D. 1781 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the service of the United States on the continental establishment, for the term of three years: That I entered said service March 31. A. D. 1781 in Capt. Pike's company in the 6 th Regiment, under Colonel Smith of the Massachusetts line; that I served in said Army untill December 20. 1783 when I was honorably discharged by M. Jackson, B. Genl. & whose certificate thereof I now have. — I also declare that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support; and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. I also say that at the time of leaving the service as aforesaid I was in Capt. Bailey's Company, in the 2 d Regt under Colo- nel ShROUT.
Signed in presence of Stephen Minot.
John his Williams mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Middlesex ss. March 24 th A. D. 1818 Then the above named John Williams made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot,
{ Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

The bearer, John Williams, soldier in the 2 d Mass t Reg t . having served two years, eight months & twenty days, is hereby honorably discharged the Army of the United States. — Given under my hand at W. Point this twentieth day of Dec r 1783. —
Signed M c Jackson B. Genl d
Registered in the Books of the Reg t
Signed A. Suffer Adjutant,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss March 24. 1818 - I certify that the above is a true copy of an original discharge, shown & exhibited to me this day by John Wil- iams, therein named.
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court, { of Common Pleas
Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said John Williams did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case, & the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of war,
Stephen Minot, Judge, &c.

Rev. and 1812 War Section. Aut Am
July 7, 1925
Henry R. Droune Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Sts New York City
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34552, it appears that John Williams enlisted March 31, 1781 and served as a private in Captain Pike's Company, Colonel Smith's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged December 20, 1783 at which time he was in Captain Bailey's Company, Colonel Sprout's Second Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 24, 1818, while a resident of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, aged seventy-three years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, but did not state her name nor age. There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Concord Ms. March 23 d 1818
To the Secretary of the Department of War, Sir, be pleased to transmit a Certificate of the allow- ance of my pension, under the late law, to Stephen Minot Leger of Haverhill Ms. who will forward the same to me.
John his Williams mark
Witness Caleb Simonds

The bearer John Williams soldier in the 2nd Mass Reg t having served two years eight months and twenty days. is hereby honably Discharged the Army of the United States. — Given under my hand at W. Point this Twentieth day of Dec r 1703.
M c ASPAON B: Gener l
Registered in the Books of the Reg t .
C. H. Tupper Adjutant

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
May 6, 1925.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send us the pension record of John Williams 2nd, born in England 1744 and died at Concord, Mass. April 27, 1821. Was a Private in the Revolution, Massachusetts Militia. We would like this to establish the claim of one of our prospective members.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Droure Secretary.
HRD.DT

34552 Recy INVALID.
File No. Bk. 552
John Williams Dis Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 455-9
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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