Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2212, Joshua Williams, Penn.

SERVIČE
NUMBER _____
Penn,
Williams, Joshua Sarah
W. 2212 B.L.W. 34907-160-55
CONTENTS

J. H. Hays Oct 30 1832
5934.
Pennsylvania Sarah Williams widow of Joshua Williams who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private. Pennsylvania line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $10 Dollars Gents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of June 1852 and sent to
J. D. Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 289 Vol. 2
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213,734, Pack. 3, 57-
Sept 24, 55-
Sarah Williams wid. of Joshua.
Private
Capt. Col.
Col. Lt.
Reservist
Penn. Feb 28 - 5934
Will be occupied 25/56
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Blyth
A. S. Hall Uniontown Penn.
Suppl. found Oct 24th 57

Oct. 22 d '57 - Lett. to Com. rs Genl. Land Office. — per
Oct. 22 d '57
Issue Duplicate - Original Cancelled for mistake in assigning, and filed within - and send to
A. S. Fuller
Mifflin Town
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
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Dickens & Form to Ev. General Agents Washington & Co

Pennsylvania
Elizabethport
Personally appeared before the Subscribers a justice of the peace in and for said County William Donnard and made oath in due form of law that Joshua Williams Esq. who was a revolutionary soldier came to this County at a very early day before the year eighteen hundred. He had two children Hannah and Charles when he came Joshua was born afterwards Hannah was a smart sized girl probably twelve or fifteen years of age Charles was quite a small boy not more than half as old. They have always lived in this neighborhood and I have always known all about them. Joshua Williams was several years older than I am (or was). I have often heard him talk about his land he said he had mortgaged it to a man I think by the name of Hart I think I have heard Joshua Williams say it was Hart I have heard the family say so since his death I am sure. He always thought he was wronged out of it. The family got me to see something about it since his death I left some papers with Stewart when he was in Canajoharie this County many years ago. Sarah Williams is the widow of Joshua Williams and he never had any other wife to my knowledge.
Sworn to and subscribed
Wm Donnard
This 27 th day of May A D 1852
Thomas A. R. Lewis S.P. Clerk
I hereby certify that William Donnard is an intelligent man and a credible witness Thomas A. R. Lewis S.P. Clerk

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
I Richard Huskins Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas in and for said County. Do certify that Thomas Acklin Esqr. before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of said Court at Uniontown this 28th day of May A D 1852
Rich. Huskins
Proth. J

Wilmington May 29 th 1812 Messrs Dickins & Coombs
I enclose you the affidavit of William Darnard it comes pretty well up to what you wanted
His Statement in reference to the ages of the Children goes to show that they must have been married at an early day
From his description of Charles at the time he came to this Country he must have been then or some years old. Charles says he was born in the 1790 so it must have been about 1795 when they came here Darnard says Hannah appeared to be 12 or 15 years old which would bring it about right
The record you speak of could not be found I took Charles Statement in reference to expecting to find it at his sister's it wasn't there
I have the certificate of the justice in reference to the creditability of Darnard and if you want anything more call upon J. L. Darnard & Co from this district and tell him that I directed you to do so Please put this through immediately
Yours
A. S. Bullock

Oct 14 th 1837
Mr Geo C Whiting
I have been requested to make a statement in relation to a land warrant No _____ issued to Sarah Williams of this County Mr Charles Williams a son of the warrantee with me to undertake to sell the warrant for his mother I told him to get me an assignment in blank of the warrant and I would try to sell it for them they however got a justice of the Peace to write the assignment and take the acknowledgement; and under some misunderstanding the warrant was assigned to me afterwards without consulting me they undertook to erase my name which erasure has destroyed the warrant I am informed The whole thing has been the result of misunderstanding and I think the department should issue another warrant upon the surrender of the one already issued
Yours
AS Fuller
atty Sarah Williams

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County, } p
On this 23 d day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five persons appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for said County and State Sarah Williams aged years a resident of Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joshua Williams deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by some one unknown to the deponent in the revolu- tionary war that she is now receiving a pension from the United States rendered in said war by her said husband.
She further states that she was married to the said Joshua Williams more than sixty years ago that her name before she was married was Sarah Horner that her said husband died about the year 1810 in the State of Ohio. She further declares that there is no publick or private record of her said marriage or of her husband's death. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the county land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 1835 and that she is now a widow attest Sarah Williams her mark
We Joshua Williams and Charles Williams residents of Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence and that we believe from our knowledge and the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and we further declare that the said applicant and the said Joshua Williams deceased did live together as man and wife

and were reputed to be in the community in which they live Duly and subscribed { Joshua his Williams this 23 rd day of June A.D. 1855 { mark Thomas Acklin S.L. { Charles his Williams Samuel Williams { mark
Pennsylvania, Fayette County, ss.
I, Robert T. Galloway, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Thomas Acklin — — — Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration of debt
appears to have been made, was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Uniontown, this sixteenth day of August A. D. 1855.
Robt T. Galloway Prothonotary.
Decorative border line consisting of repeating circular motifs.

No 14,252
Sarah Williams widow of Joshua
Penn
ad 7 July 1838

Pennsylvania
Gay, the County of
On this 5 th day of November
A D 1830 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Fayette County, officiating Sarah Williams a resident of Fayette County aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 A Williams who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and who served in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She states that she cannot re- -collect all she has heard him state in reference to his services but he talked a good deal about his Captain one Smith and also of Hubly who was I think a Col. in the Pennsylv- -ania line also of Captain or Col Hartley and Stewart and have heard him frequent- -ly speak of being under Gen Wayne I think at the battle of Brandy Wine he often spoke of Brandywine Mountain and of Long Valley at Brandywine and of the suffering at the Valley Forge he spoke of living in the Flying Camp, he since my death always said that he saw a General years in the revolutionary war she states that she knew Samuel and Joseph Wilson and that she has heard them and her said

husband censure about their services in the war more than fifty years ago. She further says that a discharge that her said husband had for revolutionary war services has been lost for some years. She states that her husband had a musket that he got while in the service it was called a French piece. She has not seen it since his death. She states that he retained it when he was dis- charged. She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Williams on New Years day or the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty two or three. She thinks it was in 82 but Mr. Sammie Wilson makes it 83 that it was prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
John Huston Associate Judge
Her Sarah Williams mark
I certify that Sarah Williams (the above declarant) is unable to appear in open court by reason of age and bodily disability John Huston

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
I certify that relative to the within declaration set forth by the said Sarah Williams, who is the lawful widow of the late said Ephraim Williams who has long since deceased, & who always had the general reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolutionary & Indian war, that I have every good reason to believe her statement to be just & true, but I was not in the said Revolution, but I believe the said Williams had served in the Revolution, & also in 1790, he being of Cap. McMurdy's company, under General Harman, out in the northwestern campaign, against the said Indians, & after which he was, some time, in the summer of 1791 engaged under Cap. Plough, of Col. Butler's  Stamper's Regiment, & again was out, part of the second, northwestern campaign, & further certify that I was also a soldier of the said Indian war mostly under Cap. Johnson, & out in the Indian country, (as set forth in my declaration for a State pension) but not directly with the said Williams, & was under the order of Gen. Wayne, but I saw said Williams when he returned from the said Gen. Harman's campaign at Fort Pitt with my brother, & both of whom enlisted under Gen. St. Clair's  Wayne's troops in 1791, for 3 years, & was in the said defeat, & they served out their remaining time, under Gen. Wayne in October 1796.
Sworn & subscribed before me a true copy of the text in Oct. 1846 County given under my hand at Uniontown 3 rd day of March 1846
Henry Semans
I certify that the deponent Henry Semans is a credible witness for State pensions, & long a respectable citizen of said county
W. H. Thompson S.P.
I certify that I have been for more than 56 years acquainted with the above named Henry Semans, whose testimony I verily believe to be just & true, & a person of an honest reputation for truth, veracity, & that I also knew the said Williams, & the said Sarah his wife & whose statement I verily believe to be just & true.
Robt Patterson
Note - The said R. Patterson was a Col. in the war of 1812, & also a Dist. Legislator.
I do hereby certify that I was long & well acquainted with the above named Ephraim Williams, & the said Sarah his wife - that said Ephraim Williams, I personally knew as a soldier in the said Revolutionary war, but that we did not serve immediately together more than a month, or from a little before the battle of Brandywine, until the close of our encampment at the Valley Forge, & about the 28 th June 1778 we was engaged at the battle of Monmouth, but I still knew & saw him occasionally until after his marriage of 1783, & until the Pennsylvania troops was disbanded at New York in the fall of 1783, & that soon after that they was finally discharged. That I personally knew of the the said Ephraim Williams being lawfully married to the said Sarah, daughter of Col. Horner late of Bucks County Penn te - that I cannot state from my own
present recollection the precise day of her said marriage, but that I verily believe it to have been on or about the first day of January 1783, as set forth in her above declaration, & her letter to me in Wayne county Ohio, requesting me here, to give testimony in her case &c, that she mentioned the precise the same date of her marriage as before stated, & also her said husband's belonging to Captain Bush's company, & of the Regiment commanded by Col. Hubley, when at the battle of Brandywine &c, which I also know to be correct & true as I well knew the said Williams in the said battle & also in the battle of Monmouth, under the said Cap. Bush of Col. Hubley's, & Lt. Col. Hartley's Regiment (and that the said Williams belonged to the Pennsylvania line, but that we served in other States, & considerably in the State of New Jersey & New York - and that I had ever since knew the said Williams up to the date of his death, & I also knew the said Sarah his wife (until the present) ever since her said marriage, with the exception of a few years that I resided with my son in Wayne County Ohio - and that she is the same identical person whom she represents herself to be - & that she is well known to be in very necessitous, & indigent circumstances for many years past.
That relative to said Williams services in the said Indian war, I can only state that, he (the said Williams), James Harper, & my brother John, & I were all of whom had been also in the Revolution, I was also with me at the battle of Brandywine, & also in the long encampment with said Williams & I at the Valley Forge until the British left Philadelphia, & with us at the said battle of Monmouth 28 June 1778, I was also with me at the said marriage of the said Ephraim Williams, & the said Sarah his wife, on the said Newyears, or first day of Jan. 1783. That the said Harper & said
brother John, also Samuel Dean, all from Bedford county Penn te , & being formerly another soldiers of said Williams who engaged under their Cap. late Lt. McMurdy here at Union town, in the year 1791, with many others &c, who thus engaged & marched to Fort Pitt, they had either enlisted for six months or for three years under General Harman, when arriving at them, Fort Washington, attached to Col. Stamper's  Harman's Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, & from there they was moved out into the Indian country & was engaged in the very unfortunate battles &c, but survived the defeat, & well known defeat by the Miami & other Tribes of Indians, on 30 th Sep. 1791, & soon after which the said Williams & his said brother soldiers returned that in the summer of 1791, the said Williams, James Harper, J. Dean, & my said brother John, all re-enlisted under Major Gen. St. Clair, either for 3 years, or for six months, and in the company commanded by Cap. Isaac Shaw, or Plough, of Col. Butler's Regiment, & ordered down the Ohio to the said Fort Washington, & from thence to the said Fort St. Clair, following General Harman's route to Fort Piqua, & from thence continued his march for the great Miami village & encamped &c, & on the morning of the 4 th Nov r their dreadful battle commenced, where the said Cap. Plough, & the said James Harper was both wounded, & remained captive - & said John lost two of his fingers, they all returned &c.
That in the month of September 1792, he said Williams, re-enlisted under Cap. Richard Sparks for three years, of Col. Hamtrick's Regt. of Gen. Wayne's army then at Fort Pitt, & that said army encamped at Piqua, & left there for the said Fort Washington on the 30 th Nov r 1792, from thence to the said Indian country, & the building & occupying of the different forts, & some skirmishes, & part of the last & decisive battle of 20 th August 1794, & the said Williams was honorably discharged in the month of Sep. 1794, after the general treaty of 1795 - I further certify that I have no document to state the Revolutionary service of said Dean, & Harper, as I should have done, that if they drew pensions from the St. & that they have perhaps mentioned the names of said Williams, in their declarations, which could be referred to in her long defined claim, and I know that she is justly entitled to a pension - I Sworn & subscribed before me a true copy of the text in Oct. 1846
Sworn & subscribed before me a true copy of the text in Oct. 1846 County given under my hand at Uniontown 3 rd day of March 1846
I certify that the said Ephraim Williams is a person of an honest reputation for truth, veracity, & that I also knew the said Williams, & the said Sarah his wife, & whose statement I verily believe to be just & true. W. H. Thompson S.P.

State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
The Honorable Senate & House of Representatives in general assembly met
Your petitioner, for more than fifty five years a resident in said county respectfully represents, that she is the lawfull widow of Ephraim Williams, late a Revolutionary Soldier, & a hero of the Indian war.
Petitioner states that she cannot remember the names of all the officers under whom her said husband then served, other than Colonel Hartley, Col. Bratton Stewart, & Col. Hubley of General Wayne's brigade, of the Pennsylvania line, & that her said husband had often stated (when in conversation with his brother soldiers) that he was first at the battle of Bunker's Hill, as a volunteer, & that he was afterwards at Germantown, Brandywine, & at Red Bank, & at Monmouth, that she had heard the said Williams mention of the battles of Red Bank, Short Hills, & Stony Point, & Yorktown Virginia, but cannot remember that said Williams stated of having been engaged in the four last mentioned battles, nor can she state at what time that he said that he enlisted, but believes that he was a regular when the army took up their winter encampment at the Valley Forge in the fall of 1777, for the term of eight or nine months, or until the British left Philadelphia, & soon after which he was engaged in the battle of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, & that she believes that her said husband had stated that he was then under Capt. Buff, of Col. Hubley's Regiment - & that he had been out west of the mountains at a place called Fort Pitt, Penns. but can't recollect his officers names under whom he served, nor at what period of the war, but petitioner recollects of his being previously to her marriage to her said husband, which was on the first day of January 1813, & she remains his widow. That her said husband died on or about 30 years since, & she knows of no surviving soldier who knew him when under Gen. Harman, & Gen. St. Clair, of the Indian war, except that she has heard her said husband mention of Capt. M c Vitty, that she expects her eldest son from Ohio, who can recollect more correct of his officers when under Harman & St. Clair.
Petitioner further declares that the above are as near the facts as she can possibly recollect at the present, which she believes that the above is the same as set forth in her former declarations. That her said husband was out under General Harman, (she believes that he said) of Capt. Tipton's company, & had mentioned of a Capt. M c Vitty, that she expects her eldest son from Ohio, who can recollect more correct of his officers when under Harman & St. Clair.
Petitioner further states, that she believes that she is aged about 77, or not exceeding 80 years, & that she is very frail & infirm, & no longer able to support her self by her usual labor, neither has she any other means of support, except by private, or public charity, and that she is in reduced, & necessitous circumstances, & most humbly solicits the aid & assistance of her country for her present support. Deposition had applied many years since, but being obliged to move off in the mountains to reside, & that her claim was neglected, being unable to attend to the same.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, given under my hand at Uniontown, on this 2 nd day of November, A.D. 1843
Thomas Nesmith J.P.
Sarah Williams mark
We the undersigned citizens of said county, acquainted with the above named petitioner, Sarah Williams, do hereby certify to the foregoing declaration, whose statement they hereby believe to be just & true, & who is a person worthy of credit, & the reputed widow of the said Ephraim Williams, who was under the general reputation in his own neighborhood, of having been a soldier of the Revolutionary, & Indian war, and that she is well known to be in necessitous circumstances.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, given under my hand at Uniontown on this 2 nd day of November, A.D. 1843
Thomas Nesmith J.P.
Isaac Williams mark Jacob Wilson John Huston George H. Hovey Benj. Miller
I certify that the above named deponents are credible witnesses, as to the facts of the foregoing declaration, and that they are not related to the said petitioner, nor to each other, nor to the said Ephraim Williams, by blood or marriage.
W. W. Humphe J.P.
Thomas Nesmith J.P.
I certify that I only acquainted with John Huston who is a Creditable Witness
James Lindsay J.P.
Uniontown Township Fayette County Pa
I do hereby certify that I have been long & well acquainted with said Ephraim Williams, & the said Sarah his wife, for at least 50 years, that he always bore a good reputation, in the neighborhood where he resided, as having been a soldier of the Revolutionary, & Indian war, & that I first knew the said Williams when he was at the time of his being confined at Uniontown in said county, which was some time after Capt. McFall was executed in said county, & that the said Williams commenced keeping said jail some time after he returned home from the said Gen. Wayne's campaigns, & that he was at that time a regular under Gen. Wayne in 1794, & that he has been my brother's son, & that I believe the above statement to be just & true.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, given under my hand this 21 st day of February A.D. 1844
J. W. Miller J.P.
Benj. Miller J.P.
The said Miller is State pensioner
I certify that the deponents are credible witnesses, being well acquainted with the above names.
J. W. Miller J.P.
I certify that I am acquainted with Isaac Williams & the other Witnesses above named & that they are credible persons
Nov 11, 1844
A. Stewart M.C. Hon. Andrew Stewart, a Member of Congress
James Lindsay J.P.

Pennsylvania Fayette County } ss
Before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Charles Williams an intelligent and credible witness who being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that he is the son and a second child born of Joshua and Sarah Williams and that he the deponent is now in his sixtieth year. He further saith that the said Joshua and Sarah live together as man and wife from his earliest recollection down to the time of the death of the said Joshua which took place in the Spring of eighteen hundred and five. He further saith that the record of the age of the children of the said Joshua and Sarah which are furnished with this case have been lost since he can recollect any thing which is more than fifty years. He further says that he has always understood his father to have been a revolutionary soldier both from himself and others. He says also that he frequently saw a discharge that his father had for services in the revolutionary war but the discharge was lost many years after the death of his father.
Sworn and subscribed this 26 th day of October 1858 before me
J. W. Morris J.P.
Charles Williams his mark
[Handwritten marks and scribbles]

State of Pennsylvania Fayette County
I Richard H. Huskins Forthnotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Penn. do certify That the Honorable John Huston Esq. was associate Judge of said Court and that J. A. Morris, W. H. Stump Thos. J. N. Smith & G. W. Miller Esquires were at the dates of the foregoing affidavits purporting to have been respectively acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn according to law and that the fore- -going signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Uniontown the 27 th day of November A.D. 1850.
Richd Huskins. Forthnotary

Pennsylvania
Gay. te. county } ps
On this 5 th day of November A D 1830 personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the judges of the Superior Court of Fayette County, affidavit Sarah Williams a resident of Fayette County aged 87 years who 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 1830 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Williams who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and who served in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She states that she cannot recol- -lect all she has heard him state in reference to his services but he talked a good deal about his Captain one Smith and also of Hubly who was I think a Col. in the Pennsylv- -ania line also of Captain or Col. Hartley and Stewart and have heard him frequent- -ly speak of being under Gen. Wayne I think at the battle of Brandy Wine he often spoke of Servantown Mountain and of Long Valley at Brantown and of the suffering at the Valley Forge he spoke of living in the Flying Camp, of Singmountain he always said that he saw a General years in the Revolutionary war. She states that she knew Sumner and Joseph Wilson and that she has heard them and her said

husband converse about their services in the war more than fifty years ago. She further says that a discharge that her said husband had for revolutionary war services has been lost for some years. She states that her husband had a musket that he got while in the service it was called a French piece. She has not seen it since his death. She states that he retained it when he was dis- charged. She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Williams on New Years day or the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty two or three. She thinks it was in 82 but Mr Sammie Wilson makes it 83 that it was prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me
Her Sarah Williams mark
John Huston Associat. Judge
I certify that Sarah Williams (the above declarant) is unable to appear in open court by reason of age and bodily disability.
John Huston

State of Pennsylvania Sayette County
On this 23 rd day of January in one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before the subscriber an associate judge of General County of Lawrence of Sayette County State of Pennsylvania Marah Williams a resident of said County aged about _____ years who 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 4 th 1836 that she is the widow of Joshua Williams who was a private soldier in the revolutionary war, and who resided in the State of Pennsylvania and served several years with the troops of said State during said war. She does not now recollect the names of many of the officers under whom he served but has heard him speaking of Hobbs Col Hartley and of a captain. But she further says that shortly after he left the service or not many years after, he sold his land claim to a man by the name of Hart or Hartz and he always said Hart had cheated him and that he could get it back; but she thinks he never did get it back. She says, she has heard him speak of having a cabin and a patch of land of German town. She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Williams in the winter of nineteen hundred and thirty two in the area that her said husband left her the day after they were married and was absent about a year. She says that she thinks he was in no battle after they were married but she says he remained in the army as aforesaid for nearly one year. She further says that her husband the aforesaid Joshua

Williams died in the year fifteen hundred and 80 90 and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence herunto annexed
She further says that there is no record publick or private in existence of her marriage to the said Joshua Williams
Sworn to and subscribed } Sarah X Williams this 23 d day and year first above written before me
Thomas Duncan Associate Judge
I do hereby certify that Sarah Williams above named is very old and infirm and is unable therefore to appear in open court and that the above declaration is her own statement
Thomas Duncan Associate Judge Pennsylvania Fayette County ss.
Richd  Huskens Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County Penn ne . do certify that The Hon Thomas Duncan is an Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Uniontown the 23 d day of January A.D. 1852.
Rich d Huskins Prothonotary
Sarah Williams widow of Benjamin Pa.
Act 1835 - suspended
Warrant N o 10598 for 100 acres, of mine 30-1794, to Abel Hart, App d of Joshua Williams. his Per. Contridef te Leise.
Dickins & Co. 1

Dev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2212
Sarah Williams
Widow
Joshua Williams
Pro. Rec. War.
Act. Feb. 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington, June 15 th 1852
Sir:
In the case of Sarah Williams, widow of Joshua Williams deceased, although I have not the slightest doubt that she was married before the termination of her husband's service, yet and think the evidence sufficient to establish that fact, yet I am willing to take a Certificate under the Act of 1838 and subsequent acts, provided the same shall not operate as a bar to any future application under the Act of 1836.
I make this proposition because the old lady is in great want of her Pension, and the prep of business in the Pension Office seems so great that I fear if I now insist upon an allowance under the Act of 1836, the consideration of the question will delay a decision for some time. I therefore beg leave to file this

letter as my protest against any bar or prejudice to a future ap- plication under the act of 1836, even upon the evidence now on file.
Very respectfully Your obed servt J. J. Coombs
Jus. E. Heath Esq Clerk of Pensions,

Washington, Aug 13 th 1852
Sir:
A few weeks since I received pension certificates for Sarah Williams, of Pennsylvania, widow of Joshua Williams, dec d . under Acts of 1838, 1843, 1844 & 1848. She claimed, and still claims the benefit of the act of 1836. The claim was allowed under the acts of 1838, &c. with the understanding that such allowance should not prejudice her claim under the act of 1836, as you will see by my letter on file in the case. My object in taking certificates under said acts was simply to obtain immediate relief to the old lady, who was much in need of it - leaving the whole question as to her right to the benefit of the act of 1836 still open.
I now respectfully ask that the claim be taken up and examined under said act of 1836. The evidence of marriage before the last period of her husband's service, is, to my mind, conclusive. Mr. Wilson, a pensioner on the Ohio roll, who served with Williams, and was present at the marriage, swears that the marriage took place

about the first of January 1783, if I recollect right - not having the papers now before me. This corroborates Mrs. Williams' statement, who says that immediately after the marriage her husband left her, and was absent in the service about one year before he returned. The final settlement certificates show that Williams was in the service till January 1784.
In short, the only evidence in the case that proves marriage prior to 1794, proves that it took place about one year prior to the time of Williams's discharge. If the evidence is good for any thing at all, it is good to establish the claim under the Act of 1836.
I am, very respectfully Your obt. servt
J. V. Coombs
H. H. C. Tiptill Esq Actg Court of Pensions

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Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
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Sarah L. Williams Pa Mar 30 Mr Calh

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Union Pa - 7 th March 1851
Sir
I beg leave to trouble your honor, at the request of the widow Sarah Williams, an applicant for a pension from the State of Pa, who requests her petition, which Mrs. A. Fuller had previously sent to your  office in support of her claim for a pension from the U. S. containing  the deposition of Paul Wilson who personally knew her husband in the Revolutionary, & Indian war service, also other testimony embraced in the same - Her said petition had not been sent to, or been before the House of Reps. since she procured the said deposition from S r Wilson, her principle witness. & that it is her desire to have said paper returned as soon as possible, in order to send on to Harrisburg to the committee on pension claims, before it is entirely too late, as they generally refuse all petitions after the 10 th & 15 th of March, & sitting but 100 days in each session. for Mrs. A. Fuller stated that he had sent for the same a few weeks since, but presuming that your great press of business prevented your timely reply, he also thinks that he omitted to state in particularly her very urgent request also for what purpose her said petition was requested. The said Paul Wilson, as she desires it stated had previously been sent for for at much expense from the north of Wayne County Ohio for the express purpose of giving testimony in support of her claim. She has been informed here by the Hon. A. Stewart that her claim will certainly pass &c if it can arrive in time, he having saw & examined the same before sent to your honor. Please transmit the same as soon as you can possibly make it convenient.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City De
I have the honor to be Your very humble Servant Samuel Sutton

Washington 3 Dec r 1850
Honorable
James E. Heath
Comm: of Pensions
Sir:
I enclose the application of Sarah Williams, widow of Joshua claiming to be placed on the Pension roll under the act of 7 July 1838.
I am
With great respect
Yr. obedt Servt
James S. Burnet

11.340
Pennsylvania
Sarah Williams widow of Joshua, who died on the of — in the State of Penn a , who was a private in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the for Rev. War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1853 and sent to J. J. Coombs
Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by N. C. Robinson Clerk. Book D Vol. Page 235

9231
Pennsylvania Sarah Williams widow of Joshua who was a private in the Revolution
Pittsburgh Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $10 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June 1852 and sent to
J. D. Coombs, Parent
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 3 Page 119

✓ LA. 907
✓ K. A. A. A.

34907-160
Joshua Williams W.R.
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Pension Office Washington City D.C.

To the Commissioner of the Customs Washington

Waukesha Sep 27 1891
To John J. Perkins Sir
I enclose you the application of Sarah Williams for a County Court Warrant
A. J. Fuller

No 14252
Sarah Williams wid: of Joshua Penn
Act July 7 th 1838
Letter to J. G. Bernt Esq. Washington Jan 30 th 57.
Di Mins & Coombs Nrd
15. 1851
J. J. Coombs, May 1852,
Adm re for 2
pr Piu. $80
for an re F. C. S.

Act of 1835 -
213.734
Sarah Williams, wid: of Joshua Reg. Warr.
Memorandum
Oct. 22 d 57
Warrant No.
34.907 for 160 acres Cancelled for error in assigning, and Duplicate substituted R.D.C.
M
Vol. W-2
P. 26

Washington, May. 30 th /82.
Sir:
Enclosed please find the supplemental declaration of Sarah Williams widow of John Benjamin Williams, deceased.
In her former declaration, she claimed the benefit of the Act of 1838, although she alleged marriage prior to the last period of her husband's service. This declaration is filed to set the matter right, and to assert her claim under the Act of 1836.
Very respectfully Your obed servt D. F. Coombs
H. E. Heath Esq Committee of Pensions.

Sarah Williams Wid of Joshua.
Penn a
Act 7 July 1838. H.C.
adr ?
2 yrs private. $80.
per ann.
Allowed by Ch. Clerk.
Pittsburg Agency
J. J. Coombs Present,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
160 ACRES
160 ACRES
Bounty Department
of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
Witnesseth, that under the Act of March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States,"
for Joseph Williams  Widow of  Joshua Williams  Private  Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES , at any Land Office of the United States in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, or any of the public lands, subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Department this 28th day of July 1856 Q. A. Banks  W.P. 21907  St. H. ... Commissioner

For value received I, Sarah Williams, to whom the within warrant No. 34907 was issued do hereby sell and assign unto the said of Union Town, and his heirs and assigns forever the said warrant, and authorize him to locate the same, and receive a patent therefor. Witness my hand and seal this 3 rd day of October, 1857.
Attest
Jacob Frankhorner, C.B. Hadden,
Sarah her Williams mark
State of Pennsylvania, County of Fayette,
On this 3 rd day of October, in the year 1857, personally appeared Sarah Williams to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing assignment to be her act and deed; and I certify that the said Sarah Williams, is the identical person to whom the within warrant issued, and who executed the foregoing assignment thereof.
C.B. Hadden J. R. [?]
State of Pennsylvania - Fayette County - ss
I R. J. Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby do hereby certify that C.B. Hadden Esquire before whom the foregoing acknowledgment appears to have been made was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County - duly commissioned and qualified - that he is authorized by law to take acknowledgments - and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said Court at Uniontown this 6 th day of October A.D. 1857 - R. J. Galloway Prothonotary

Sarah Williams, widow of Joshua, Adh 1836 - suspended Perm.
For the 6 - 6 - to 4

Sept 1 st 1857
Power atty: in case of Sarah Williams widow of Joshua.
Wilkins & Coombs
Present

Washington 30 Augt. 1851.
Sir,
As there are some rolls of the troops to which Joshua Williams dec d belonged, on file in the Pension Office. We respectfully ask that they may be examined to see if sufficient evidence cannot be found to give the widow, Sarah Williams a pension. —
Yours very respectfully Dickins & Coombs.
James E Heath Esq Com r . of Pensions..

Claim of Act of
Sup. Dickins & Coombs wish to see the papers of Sarah Williams. M. Calo Aug 25 1837
STATE OF Pennsylvania COUNTY of Fayette } ss.
Be it known, That on this twenty eighth day of July A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Williams a resident of Union Township in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of John Williams a Soldier in the Revolutionary War
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of
Dollars per annum; that has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. }
Sarah Williams mark
Benj. Pritchard J. Peace.
I, Benjamin Pritchard Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Sarah Williams who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Pennsylvania Fayette County ss.
Benj Pritchard J. Peace.
I, Richard Huskins Clerk of the Com. Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Benj Pritchard Esq. before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twenty third day of August A. D. 185 1 .
Rich. Huskins Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Sarah Williams of Fayette County, Penna, widow of John a Williams a Soldier in the Revolutionary war
hereby constitute and appoint my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of  my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby author- ize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Depart- ments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Cer- tificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 28 th day of July
A. D., 1851.
Sarah Williams Seal mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } A. S. Fuller }
STATE OF } COUNTY OF } ss:
On this twenty eighth day of July A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Williams and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Bery Pritchard J. Peace.