Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36393, Levi Williams, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Williams, Levi or Levy
S. 36393
CONTENTS

15,703. R
Dist. of Columbia.
Levy Williams
of Alexandria in the state of Dist. of Columbia who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gaskin of the Virginia line, for the term of during the War.
inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Columbia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 2 d of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of Nov. 1819 and delivered to Lt. Balch an Invalid pensioner.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 . . . . . $128.00
Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 4. 1820 48.
Arr. 1y. 3m. 30d/31-4/30. $176.00
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
* Duplicate cert: issued 17 th March 1820 & del. to Mr. Thos. G. Payne Clerk Treas. Dept.
Continued

SCHEDULE.
District of Columbia ss.
On this 31 st day of October 1820, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, [circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be,]
Levi Williams aged about fifty nine years, resident in Alex a County in said district, [circuit, county, or corporation,] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) to wit in the seventh Virg a Reg t commanded by Col. Gaston, in the company commanded by Capt. Robt. Woodson in the Virginia Line on Continental establishment. that he has been on the pension list of the United States: that his pension certificate no number, his declaration being on file he has forgotten the date thereof.
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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. (d) that I am a farmer by occupation, and is unable to labor but little, and his children & step children of tender age and can contribute but little to her support, and most of them are an expense to him
Levi Williams
Sworn to, and declared, on the 31 day of October 1820 before the circuit court for the county of Washington in said district
I, Wm Brent clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the 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 $ 131. 63 dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 31 st day of October 1820
Wm Brent CLK Clerk of the Court for the Dist. of Col a for the County of Washington

Emil (a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

Quere The Pensioner must exhibit his schedule to the Court of the County in which he re- sides. (Vide act 1 st May 1820.)

Levi Nathan

A Schedule of property belonging to Levi Williams a Soldier in the Revolutionary War who was as such placed on the list of Pensioners of the United States for the District of Columbia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month under an act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 and this Schedule of Property and a list of the names and ages of his Children is rendered in conformity to the act of the first of May 1820.
Schedule of his property
Two Horses one a Bay mare about 12 years old and the other a gray about 14 years old Two Cows & One yearling Two Hogs, three ploughs, three Hoes, one Table, six chairs, two Iron Pots, one oven, six plates, six knives & forks, three Spoons, one Chest, Three Antiques - two Planes, two axes -
A list of the names & ages of his own Children and the Children of his wife (who was a Widow when he married her) who he has to support.
Catharine Williams, fourteen years of age Ann Williams, twelve years of age Susan Williams, nine years of age John Kirby, eleven years of age Elizabeth Kirby, seven years of age Levi Williams, five years of age Levi Williams

Circuit
District of Columbia Washington County Ss.
I William Brent Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia hereby certify that the within and annexed Schedule of Levi Williams is the same exhibited to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia on his application for his Pension
In Testimony whereof I have
set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court the 31 st day of October A.D. 1820.
W m Brent Clerk.

DISTRICT OF Columbia , ss.
On this second day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the said district, personally appeared Levy Williams — aged fifty six years, resident in the County of Fairfax in the said district; 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Levy Williams , enlisted in Fairfax County in the state of Virginia , in the company commanded by Captain Robert Woodson of the Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Gaskin about ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the first of December  seventeen hundred & eighty one , when he was discharged from service in the Hospital at Williamsburgh state of Virginia , that he was in no the battles of except the engagement in taking from the Enemy a nine Gun battery in York old Fields and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
James S. Morris
I, James Morris Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Levy Williams did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of ten  nine months, on the continental establishment ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Witness my hand this  second day of May 1818
James S. Morris

Washington County district of Columbia set on the 30 th day of April 1880 came
before me the subscribed a Justice of the peace for said County and made Oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he knew Levy Williams who is now applying for a Pension under the act of Congress of March Last that he is the same who Enlisted in the United States Army in the Revolutionary war in the Virginia Line that he has a family to support that he is near sixty years of age and that he is Poor
Dan l Buford H

Washington County district of Columbia ss.
On the 30 th day of April 1810 came George Williams Before me the subscribes a Justice of the peace for said County and made Oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God. That he knows Levy Williams to be the same Person who Enlisted in the United States Army in the Revolutionary war. That he is a Poor man and has a family to support. That he served to the Close of the war.
Dan l Buford J us of P

Amir
To the Hon ble Secretary at War
22. 10. 1885 G. S. Greville

To the Hon ble Sec of War
Levi Williams an Old Revolutionary Soldier Humbly prays your Honour to take his case into consideration and grant him Relief. He was placed by the bounty of Congress on the list of Revolutionary pensioners at 8 $ per month and owed his pension up to the 4 Grant task, since which Congress has passed another Law, requiring those Old Revolutionary Soldiers whose poverty & advanced age entitled them to a continuation of their pension, to go into Open Court with a Schedule of their property, at a list of the names & ages of their Children & then he has done, but through ignorance of the Law he came into the County of Washington, instead of going to the County of Alexandria where he happened to reside, about one Mile from Georgetown. He has a large Family, who are suffering for the want of his half years pension in consequence of sickness in his Family, and the Court does not sit in Alexandria County for some weeks.

District of Columbia County of Washington town
On the 28 October 1819 Personally did appear before me the Subscriber a Justice of Peace in and for said County, George Williams, and made Oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God, that Levi Williams now applying for a pension for services in the Revolutionary War, did serve Nine Months and upwards as a Continental private Soldier in the Revolutionary War - to the best of the deponents knowledge and belief
Sworn before Dan d Kintzel
At same time, also appeared before me Levi Williams the Applicant above named for pension, and made Oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God, that he hath no other, or further proof of having served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, than that above stated, together with that stated before Judge Morris on the 18 March and 2 nd May 1819 and Daniel Buffum Esq. on the 30 th April 1818 which is annexed hereto.
Sworn before Dan d Kintzel Just.
On the 8 th November 1819 appeared before me Moses Dayly, a Citizen of the City of Washington and made Oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God, that he was well acquainted with Levi Williams long previous to the Revolutionary War that this Deponent lived in Alexandria in the year 1781, when and where the said Levi Williams enlisted in the then Army of America - but knows not in what Company or Regiment, nor the time the said Williams was in the service, but feels well satisfied, that it was upwards of Nine Months - that the said Williams served as a private Soldier in the Continental Army.
Sworn to before Dan d Kintzel Just.
This Witness having been accidentally discovered by the said Levi Williams since his Disposition above

Overt This is to Certify that I have known Moses Daly, the last witness men- tioned within, for many years past. He is a poor man, but so far as I have knowledge of him, consider him a good and lawful witness — George Williams, the other witness is a person, of whom I have but very slender knowledge. He is however stated to be of character, to justify my calling him, also a good and lawful witness
Given under my hand and seal the 8 th Nov. 1819
Dan l A. Einbeck

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SCT.
I WILLIAM BRENT, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, hereby certify that Daniel Reintzel  gentleman whose name is subscribed within at the time of signing the same, and still is a Justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified; and to his acts, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the said court, at the city of Washington, the eighth day of November An Domini, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
Wm Brent Clerk

I do hereby further certify - that Satisfactory proof has been exhibited, that the witnesses above named, are Credible and disinterested, in relation to the above application for Pardon
Given under in my hand this 9 th November 1819
Dan d Flem d Bel d Jus: P.

DISTRICT OF Columbia , ss.
On this Eighteenth day of March 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Assistant Judges of the Circuit Court for the said district, personally appeared Levy Williams aged fifty six years, resident in the County of Alexandria in the said district, 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Levy Williams , enlisted for the term of during the war on the day of January in the year swenten hundred & Eighty one in Fairfax Coll in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Robert Woodson of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gaskin in the line of the State of Virginia on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the first of December in s d year , when he was discharged from service in the Hospital at Williamsburgh State afo d , that he was in the  no battles of except the engagement in taking from the Enemy a nine Gun battery in York old Field,
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. except what he has al- -ready produced & which is hereto attached
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
James S. Morsell
I, James S Morsell Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Levy Williams did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
March 18 th 1819
James S. Morsell

Make a declaration agree- ably to the enclosed form - & bring the former declar- ation according along with it to the Pension Office

Aug 11 th
Mr. James H. Edwards
Quincy
Consumption of Pisonia
Washington

George Town Ky. col.
10th Aug. 1858.
Sir
My Father Levi Williams was on Pension at his death & the History of his services are contained in the papers by which he was pensioned. - I am now asking of Virginia her promised bounty. & if you suffer Capt. Thos. Saunders to see his papers deposited in obtaining his pension, it will greatly oblige and facilitate me, in my pursuit, then if necessary he will ask a copy for the use of the executive of Virginia With great Respect
I am Sir your obt. Servt.
W Vancouver W Vancouver
Mr. J. L. Edwards
Compt. of opinions Washington D.

District of Columbia, County of Washington March 17 th 1820 Then Levi Williams came before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County and being sworn according to Law, deposeth & sayeth that he served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and has been placed in consequence thereof, on the Pension list for the District of Columbia at Eight Dollars per month that his Certificate of Pension was obtained by a certain Samuel Y. Balch who has been since the 4 th instant, in a state of intoxication, and refused at first to give him up his Certificate, but the deponent now verily believes he has lost or mislaid it as the said Sam l Y. Balch says he does not know what has become of it, and it is not among his other papers, all of which are in the hands of a Mr. Meshack Campbell in George Town Further this deponent sayeth not.
Sworn to before
A. S. Briscoe
J. Peace.

36393
Rev INVALID.
File No. 36393
Levy Williams His Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 558
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Photographs mailed to Gabley Williams 1927-para 24. a.v.3.

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3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
June 6, 1927
Chief Rev. War Section Division.
I have this day received from Ashby Williams cash No. for $1.35, requesting
photostat copy post-office addresses } as per letter herewith.
Photos mailed Finance Division notified June 23 O. H. RANDALL Chief Finance Division. O.H.
PHONE 470
Form No. Requisition No. 170-001
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Kindly send me photostat copies of nine pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Levi Williams , S. 36393.
Ashby Williams Post Building, 15 th & 15 th Sts Washington, D.C.
Received payment
$1.35
June 6, 1927
W. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
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Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of nine pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36393, Levi Williams.
No. of copies one of each shall form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: [Signature] Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Antonio N. Ford Chief of Branch or Division Rev 9-18-12
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau.
CHECK WORK DESIRED
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Let to T. Sango
Aug 15. 1838.
Notification sent to the Pensioner
Levi Williams, Revolutionary Pensioner, District of Columbia.
On account of the peculiar situation in which the Pensioner is placed, the schedule may be admitted as a voucher, without obliging him to go to Alexandria County - but this case is not to be drawn into precedent.
War Office, Nov. 8. 1820.
Almond J. G. G.