Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3576, William Williams, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Williams, William
S. 3576
Born in Pa.
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26/22 East Tennessee
William Williams of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Swift of the reg t commanded by Col Campbell in the Virginia line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate & Pension issued the 6 day of May 1834 and Lewis Mitchell Rogersville
Arrears to the 4th of March 120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sep t 20.00 $140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. Boyd Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 Page 66

See letter to R. King Pen Agent
27 March 1837
ditto. — Lewis Melchete 27 March 1837 . ditto , do. — Apr. 20, 1837.
Order to pay 16 Jan'y 1838
Date of death noted as

29.974 William Williams Seneca, to be placed on the Rogersville Agn.
for 1780 p 12 #40
Can only allow 3 - for each of the two first terms & as a pro- vato without the proof of services as a dept.
Lewis Mitchell. Rogersville Seneca

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Williams
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 4 Sergt Capt Swift Col. Campbell 77 Va Traditionary   5 " Capt Brison Col. Campbell   1781 6 " ds. ds.    The applicant should give a more particular detail of his services in 1781, as required by the regulations and also prove his services as a Sergeant otherwise he can only be allowed at the rate of a private's pay. I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration of William Williams State of Pennsylvania On this 4 th day of March 1831 Hawkins County personally appeared William Williams a resident of the County of Hawkins and State of Pennsylvania aged recently upon oath before me Lewis Milkiee an acting justice of the peace for said County and after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration I entered the service of the united States under the com- mand of Captain Swift some time in the spring of 1780 and went against the Indians that were making inroads upon the frontiers of Virginia I was then living in the State of Virginia in Montgomery County. It returned home the last of July being good for 4 months. We were commanded by Col s Campbell during our campaign and were marching from place to place guarding the back settlements of Virginia from the Indians. I entered the service as a volunteer and was the orderly sergeant of the company in which I served. I received no discharge upon my return In a short time after my return I volunteered myself again under Captain Brisban and joined the regiment of Col s Campbell and started to join general Gates in South Carolina. We marched on in the State of North Carolina by Salem and on to a town called Bethlehem as well as I recollect where we received news of Gates being defeated we then marched back to Salem and there lay stationary for some time during our stay there we were busily employed in roaming over the country in differ- ent parts taking a great many Tories and putting them in jail hanging some and punishing them as we could catch them. I received a discharge from Col s Campbell which I have since lost and returned home being gone five months. In this route I was also an Orderly sergeant. I still resided in Montgomery County State of Virginia. In the first of the year 1781 there was a volunteer company organised in Montgomery County State of Virginia and called minutes men I was among the

number and served as an Orderly Sergeant. This Company was commanded by Captain Brisben and was always to be in readiness in case of the Tories arising in any part of the Country. We agreed to stand in readiness for one year for the purpose of keeping the Tories in awe. we was in the first of the year ordered to join General Green at the battle of Guilford Courthouse but the battle was over before we got there. during this year of 1781 my terms of service was so frequent and many times of short duration consisting of marching and hunting out lying Tories and keeping them in subjection that owing to old age and the consequent loss of memory It is impossible for me to recollect them separately but I am very certain that they amounted to at least six months during the year 1781 that I held myself a minute man under Capt. Brisben in which service I always acted as an Orderly Sergeant in the Company at the expiration of the year 1781 we were released and I never was out any more. He says he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no one who he can prove the same by. He held by relinquishing every claim to a pension or annuity which ever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State sworn to and subscribed the day and year before mentioned before me Henry Mitchell his William & William Mark
We Henry R. Crowsby and Solomon Mitchell both of the county of Hawkins and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with William Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for thirty years that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and lived in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed this 14 th day of March 1834 before me
Levi Mitchell
Henry A. Crawley Solomon Milikan
Questions propounded to William Williams applicant for a pension —
1 st Question
Ans r I was born in the state of Pennsylvania Chester County in the year 1789
2 nd Question
Ans r I have it in my Bible
3 rd Question
Ans r I was living in the state of Virginia Montgomery County
4 th Question
Ans r I wallentecred myself every time
5 th Question
Ans r Col s Williams, Col s Bell, Col s Campbell Capt s Brisson, Capt s Swift, M aj s Luria
6 th Question
Ans r I received one from Col s Campbell but have lost it
7 th Question
Ans r Solomon Milikan, Henry A. Crawley, William Reece, Martin Reece, John Green, Eli Hodge Eug n General John Locke, Henry Boatman Esq r
And I Levi Mitchell one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee before whom the above proceedings were had do hereby declare my opinion of the matter after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department. From my acquaintance with William Williams the applicant above named and his general character I believe him to have

been a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I also believe him to be the age he states. And I further certify that Henry R Cravely and Solomon Milikan who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Hawkins and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit given under my hand 4 th day of March 1834
Levi Mitchell P. H. County
State of Tennessee
Hawkins County Personally appeared William Williams before me Levi Mitchell one of the Justices for Hawkins County and made oath that in consequence of great bodily infirmity he is unable to go before a court or Judge of a court to make the declaration aforesaid sworn to before me this 11 th March 1834
Levi Mitchell P. H. County
State of Tennessee Hawkins County Personally appeared William Williams before me Levi Mitchell an acting Justice for said County and made oath that owing to age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear precisely to each term of service performed in the year 1781 but is certain he served not less than six months in the year 1781 under Col. Brison 4 months under Col. Swift and five months under Col. Brison a second time for which service I claim a pension and further says that owing to being able unable to go about he is not acquainted with any clergyman who can testify of his age and veracity sworn to this 11 th March 1834
Levi Mitchell P. H. County
State of Tennessee Hawkins County I Stockley D. Mitchell Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of said County and State do certify that Levi Mitchell before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is now and was at the time the same bears date an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office at office this 10 th day of March 1834
S D Mitchell Clerk By M Mitchell Clerk
29.974 William Williams
William Williams

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BA-J/ XXXX  On William Williams, S. 3576
Mr. Paul D. Williams 603 University Place Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Williams, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services in that war of any William Williams who served in the Pennsylvania troops. The record has been found of one William Williams who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3576, based upon his military service in that war.
William Williams was born in 1757, exact date not shown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents not given.
While residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, William Williams enlisted the latter part of March, 1780, served four months as orderly sergeant in Captain Swift's Company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment and went out against the Indians on the Virginia frontier; he enlisted about August 1, of same year, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Brison's Company in same regiment, was ordered to join General Gates in South Carolina, but before reaching there, received word of the defeat of that general and returned to Salem and was engaged in several tours against the Tories; length of this service, five months; he again enlisted about the first of the year 1781, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Brison's Company, Colonel Williams' (no relationship shown) Virginia Regiment and for one year served at different times on short tours against the Tories and on one tour marched to the relief of General Greene but received news of the battle of Guilford Court House before reaching that place; entire length of this service, at least six months.
After the Revolution, he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to Tennessee.
William Williams was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
There are no family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: "William Williams, certificate No. 26722, issued May 8, 1834, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831. Act of June 7, 1832, East Tennessee Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Agents Office East Tennessee Knoxville Jan'y 5 th 1838.
Sir
You will find herewith enclosed the Application of William Williams for his Pension through his attorney under the act 7 June 1832. at the Rate of forty Dollars per annum from the 4 th Sept 1836. to 4 th Sept 1837. = my Books show that he has not drawn since 4 th Sept 1836; I have his original birth certificate of Pension in my possession
all of which is submitted for your examination and further suspicion instruction
I am Respectfully your obt Serv t A. H. P. Agent
J. P. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Vouchers sent by mistake by W. Evans to R. King, Knoxville, Tennessee

Rogersville 10 th . April 1837
Sir, I received a feeling from you this day stating you had given the agent in Knoxville order to pay William Williams pension you omitted in closing to enter his power of attorney and certificate your will if you please enclose me the papers.
I am Sir very respectfully your most Obedient Servant
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Francis Mitchell

Lee Valley 2 nd April 1837.
Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Sir in conformity with the regulations of Your department of last September forwarded William Williams power of attorney and Certificate about the first of last February for Your Inspection which had not been paid for 18 months In consequence of its being overlooked at Your Office or some other cause I have not received the papers back nor any intelligence of them as yet You will be so kind sir as to give me some account of You can what has been done in the case and such other intelligence as will enable Mr Williams to procure his regular payment
I am Sir Your most Obedient servant
Levi Mitchell
Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of pensions

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
I Stockley D Mitchell Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of the County aforesaid in said State do certify that Lewis Mitchell before whom the foregoing proceed- ings were had is now and was at the time the same bears date an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office at office this 22 nd day of April 1834
SD Mitchell Clerk By W B Mitchell D Clerk

Additions to the foregoing declaration of William Williams. On this 11 th day of April 1834 personally appeared William Williams before me Lewis Mitchell Clerk of the Justices of the peace for Hunting County and State of Pennsylvania. And after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendments to the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed 3 rd March 1832.
After mature deliberation, I think I entered the service of the United States under Capt. Craft the last of March 1780 I don't know that I can give a more full detail of my service in the campaign I first went out than I give in the foregoing declaration. My next tour under Capt. Brisben I entered the service as a volunteer in a few days after my return and after marching fifteen or twenty days as will as I recalled we received news of Gates be defeated. I think I started near the first of Aug t I know I returned home a few days after Christmas. A short time after my return 1781 I volunteered myself as a minute man under Capt. Brisben. My job was Williams we were to be ready at any time to march when called on we were to hold our revolvers as minute men for twelve months. Our business was to prevent mischief being done by the Tories. Frequently the Tories would pass through the country and burn houses, murder and steal from the Whigs and flee into the blue ridges for refuge. About first of April 1781 we were ordered to join General Green at a place called the high rock ford we march off but on our way we

re ceived news of Green being defeated at the battles of Guilford Courthouse. We returned home about the first of May as well as I now recall being gone one month. Some time shortly after my return there was a wag- goner killed and his waggon robbed in the neigh- borhood by one Riddle a lory and his party and about the 20 th May we were ordered to go in search of him we march under the Command of Capt Brisson we marched In to the south of Montgomery County up to the head waters of a creek called Chestnut Creek we lay there some time after which we scouted a bout the waylaying certain gaps in said ridge which we supposed Riddle and his men would pass we found where they had camped and but we never saw them we returned home about the 20 th July being gone two months. Owing to the situation of the situation of the Country which I lived it being mountainous the Tories were very troublesome. and Capt Brisson and his men were frequently searching after them in short I am sure that I cannot after the lapse of so many years recollect each trip separately. Once in the summer of 1781 we were in search of one Short and his party at an other time we were out after one Birk we caught Birk and put him in jail at Montgomery Courthouse it was then called Fort Chisol at an other time we went in pursuit of one Loggin a lory but did not find him. Thus I served while there I held myself as a minuteman in 1781 at the expiration of the year 1781 our time being out as minutemen I never was called on any more.

During my service I resided in Montgomery County State of Virginia from there removed to the State of Tennessee where I now live — In my different tours of service, I served with an Embodied Corps called in to service by Competent Authority and for the time during which my service was performed I was not Employed in any civil pursuit. I have no documentary evidence of my service nor do I know of any one who I can prove it by Thereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the date before mentioned before me
Levi Mitchell P. H. County
William Williams mark
State of Tennessee Hawkins County On this 11 th day of April 1884 personally appeared William Williams resident in the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee before me Levi Mitchell an acting Justice of the peace for said County and after being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades for four months I served as an Orderly Sergeant under Cap t Swift for five months I served as a Orderly sergeant under Cap t Brison For six months in the year 1881 I served as an Orderly sergeant under Cap t Brison a second time for which service I claim a pension sworn to and subscribed the

The day and date before mentioned be fore me Lewis Mitchell P. H. Caunty William Williams mark
And I Lewis Mitchell one of the acting Justices of the peace for in and for Hawkins County do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. I further certify that Henry R. Crawley and Solomon Milikan who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents of the County of Hawkins and highly respectable members of society ever since I knew them. I also certify I have made enquiry of William Williams general character I am told by Messrs. Messrs. Crawley and Milikan who have known him for many years he has always supported an unblemished character and always to be relied on. Mr. Williams lives in a retired part of the County and owing to a fall as he received from a horse he is entirely a cripple and unable to go about in his neighbourhood he cannot procure the affidavit of a clergyman. He also tells me he cannot prove he served as an orderly sergeant further than by his own oath let the consequence be as it may. given under my hand 11 th April 1834
Lewis Mitchell P. H. Caunty

Lee Valley 4 th February 1837
Hon ble J. L. Edwards, Sir In closed I send the papers of William Williams, his claim has not been paid for 18 months. He is not able to attend to his own business, owing to infirmity he has to get a man to attend for him, his stipend semiannually being small, and not apprized of the trouble that has accrued by the late regulations at the pension office, he choosed not to send for his pay untill a larger amount fell due which would be less expense to the applicant.
You will please examine his papers and if they are right send them to me again. applicants who have been doing business for have in one or two instances received their certificates and when they would apply for their pay to the agent he had not received orders for payment and would have to write again for that order.
In such case the applicant or his attorney has to travel to the agency in Knoxville or Jonesboro a distance of 60 and 90 miles as the case may be and not get their money until a second trip if their paper is in accordance with the regulations of your department you will if you please send the agent in Knoxville the necessary instructions that it will expedite the payment for the papers and order to come at the same time.
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient servant
Levi Mitchell

Atkins Rogersville 10 th March 1832
J. L. Edwards Sir if the declaration of Mr William Williams is received if you can consistent with your duty Order his certificate payable at Knoxville East Tennessee you will direct it to Rogersville to me
Levi Mitchell
As it is more convenient for Mr Williams to attend at Knoxville than it being nearer to him than the agency of Jonesboro

1911 Jan 3 Hist To Robt. R. Williams. Letter in R.F. 7776 James Hodges v.L.M.
1935 July 24 - Hist To L. F. Williams - Letter in case Alexander Williams A39130
1940 July 1. Hist to Paul D. Williams E.E. Leford.
Rev. Williams
3576.
INVALID.
File No. 3576
William Williams
Pr. Va. line
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: - Vol. 11 , Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. M. D. 29/12/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Captain
Soldier Wm. Williams
Service Va., Pa., Tenn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Wid or Ref. as above There are 7 Rev. War Surs named Wm. Williams but the only one on the Tenn. Agency books is S. 3576 which I would send
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July 24, 1935
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BA-J/EEL
Alexander Williams-S.39130
William Williams -S. 3576
Mr. C.M.Williams Route #3 Ringgold, Georgia
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of William Williams and Alexander Williams, who drew pensions in Hawkins County, Tennessee, on account of their services in the Revolutionary War, the former serving in the Virginia Troops and the latter in the North Carolina Troops.
The records of those soldiers are furnished you herein.
Alexander Williams S.39130
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39130, based upon the military service in that war of Alexander Williams.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Alexander Williams are not shown.
Alexander Williams enlisted in the state of North Carolina, in April, 1778, served in Captain G. Bradley's Company, Colonel James Hogun's 3 rd North Carolina Regiment, and was discharged in December, 1779, at the barracks in Philadelphia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1820, at which time he was aged about eighty-two years and resided in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
In 1820 In above year, he stated that his wife was aged seventy-six years but he did not give her name or the date of their marriage. He also stated that they had no children living with them. No names of any children are stated.
The soldier died October 8, 1830, place not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Alexander Williams(S.39130), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Alexander Williams, Certificate No.17939, issued November 25, 1820, rate $8 per month, commenced August 31, 1820, Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820. East Tennessee Agency.
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William Williams S.3576
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3576, based upon the military service in that war of William Williams.
William Williams was born in 1757, exact date not shown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Montgomery County, Virginia, William Williams volunteered the latter part of March, 1780, served four months as orderly sergeant in Captain Swift's Company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment and went out against the Indians on the Virginia frontier; he volunteered about August 1 of same year, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Brison's Company in same regiment, was ordered to join General Gates in South Carolina, but before reaching there, received word of the defeat of that general and returned to Salem and was engaged in several tours against the Tories; length of this service, five months; he again volunteered about the first of the year 1781, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Brison's Company, Colonel Williams'(no relationship shown) Virginia Regiment and for one year served at different times on short tours against the Tories and on one tour marched to the relief of General Greene but received news of the battle of Guilford Court House before reaching that place; entire length of this service, at least six months.
Could not identify any of files
After the Revolution, he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to Tennessee.

William Williams was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1834, while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
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, William Williams(S.3576) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Williams, Certificate No.26722, issued May 6, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, East Tennessee Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

on file in this Bureau. William Williams  V.F. 35-76
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1780 4 mos. Orderly Sgt. Swift Campbell Va   Aug. 1780 5 mos. Orderly Sgt. Briscoe Campbell   Early in 1781 6 mos. " Briscoe Williams  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co. Va Date of application for pension, March 1834  St. Louis Mo. Residence at date of application, Hopkins Co. Tenn. Age at date of application, born in Chester Co. Penn. in 1757. Remarks: _____

Rev 4/8/2 May 14th, 1940
Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In an endeavor to establish the war record of one of my ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, I have been in communication with the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C. In a reply received from that department under date of May 10th, 1940, it was stated that the collection of Revolutionary War records in that office was incomplete, and they made the suggestion that the desired information could possibly be obtained from the United States pension records. With that purpose in view, I wish to submit to you the following:
William Williams was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Chester County, Pa., and journeyed to Center County during the latter part of the eighteenth century. The only information I do have is that he was a soldier in the Revolution, and am unable to inform you whether he was mustered into the service from either Chester County or Center County, Penna. I am unable to inform you of the organization in which service was rendered or the names of any of his immediate superiors or comrades. I believe, however, that if you can identify William Williams as coming from either Chester or Center Counties, Penna., it may be a starting point for the collection of this information.
If any records are available in your department, I should like to ascertain the following:
1. Date of birth 2. Date mustered into the service. 3. Battles in which he fought. 4. Date discharged from the service.
I am enclosing a self-addressed stamped envelope for your reply. Thank you very much for your cooperation. not, may 16
Very truly yours,
Paul D. Williams
603 University Place, Swarthmore, Penna.
PDW:HP