Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18353, Henry Williams, Continental New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental New Jersey
Williams, Henry Sarah
W-18353
CONTENTS

10900.
Whuling
Virginia.
Reported
Sarah Williams, Jct o
Widow of Henry Williams
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15 th May 1835 of Co  Morgan in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Britton of the Regt commanded by Col. Spencer in the Murdersey line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Wheeling at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and 15 Oct r 1839 when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1850 and sent to Seymour Barnes Esqr. Post Payable to Lewis Williams, Adm r . for joint account surviving children, viz. Joseph Williams, Lewis Williams Hester Williams, Sarah Culp * [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. Chase Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 283
* Mary Bennet & Rhoda Kisner.

Virginia 12.783
Henry Williams
of Monongalia in the State of Virginia who was a Pri. in the company commanded by Captain Britton of the Regt commanded by Col. Spencer in the New Jersey line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of May '33 and sent Thos P. Ray Morgantown Va
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 40
$200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Com Miller Clerk, Book C. Vol. 6. Page 31
Jan 21 March 30 Pay 33rd Regt V. Ray Pay Received

I owe a cent.
Rec d . Apr. 6. 1831 Th. P. Ray, Esq. Morgantown, Va.

County of Monongalia State of Virginia ss
On this 8 th day of March 1831 - before me, the Subscriber, a justice of the peace for the County of Monongalia aforesaid personally appeared Henry Williams, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captains - Britton & Holmes in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer and Cummins in the service of the United States in 2 nd Jersey regiment that his name was placed on the pension list roll - as per copy of Certificate here under placed - but has never received a formal certificate and now wishes to obtain one which certificate for placed in the hands of Nathan Goff in the fall of 1830 directing him to send the same on to the war office and take out a regular one. Therefor, of which the following is a true Copy State of New Jersey 1786 - I do certify that I have inspected the body of Henry Williams that he served in the 2 nd Jersey Reg t as a private and was disabled by a wound and now lives in the township of Hanover in the County of Morris - and is hereby allowed the sum of five dollars per month from May 3 rd 1785 -
Isaac Smith his s/s - Rev Henry Williams mark
Subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid
J. Smith
Seal

State of Virginia Monongalia County ss
on this 8 th day of March 1831 before me the Subscription justice of the peace in and for the County of Monongalia aforesaid - personally appeared Nathan Goff who on his oath doth depose and say that some time in the fall 1830 Henry Williams placed in his hands and directed him to send it on to the war office and take out a regular one therefrom for him the certificate of which the one copy in the foregoing extract of H. Williams is a true copy which said certificate he enclosed and directed to the pension office City of Washington and has never heard what has become of the same and also deposes that he knows the said Williams who is mentioned in the foregoing extract to the same Henry Williams mentioned in the aforesaid certificate
Nathan Goff
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year above written
Geo McNeely
I George McNeely a justice of the peace in and for said county before whom the above affidavit of Nathan Goff esq: was made, do certify that the said Nathan is a respectable citizen of said county and a credible witness. As witness my hand & seal the 29 th of March 1831
Geo McNeely

I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Noncgalia, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that George M c Keety before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the peace for the said county, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, this eighth day of March, in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Thos. P. Ray

Henry Williams
24969

State of Virginia County of Monongalia
3 ss
On this 23 d day of April, in the year 1833, personally appeared before the County court of Monongalia, in open court, now sitting Henry Williams, a resident of said county, aged seventy three 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 7 th June 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States, in the month of February (he believes) 1776 at Elizabeth town New Jersey, with Capt. William Britton in Col. Oliver Spencers regiment of New Jersey continental troops, for during the War - that as soon as warm weather commenced, Col. Spencers regiment marched towards the North, and at length we crossed over to Long Island, where the enemy came over from New York, and drove us before them at the battle of Flat bush - that we retreated up into Pennsylvania, and at the time Genl. Washington took the 900 Hessians at Trenton, our regiment was laying for orders on the opposite side of the Delaware - that he believes his regiment wintered at Morris town - That during the spring and summer of 1777, we were engaged in watching the enemy through New Jersey and Pennsylvania until the battle of Brandywine, when our regiment was attached to Genl. Conways brigade, that he was in that battle, under the same Capt. Britton - that we continued in Pennsylvania marching from place to place, until the battle of German town, in which battle he was also in - that during the following winter after the latter battle, he thinks they wintered at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - that in the spring of the year 1778 Capt. Britton resigned, and returned home to New Jersey - that he believes it was in May 1778 our army left Valley Forge, in the direction to Trenton and crossed the Delaware four miles above Trenton, and thence to Monmouth, in which battle he was also in, that the lieutenant Penseign resigned before Capt. Britton, and our company was commanded by Sargent Paul on the way to, and in the battle of Monmouth, that Col. Spencer still commanded our regiment - That after the battle of Monmouth the army except a brigade of Genl. Maxwell left at Elizabeth town marched to the White plains in the state of New York, that he believes Capt. Burnel & Lieut. Meeker our regiment were placed in command of his company - That from the White plains we marched to Kings ferry, on the North river and lay there until fall, the brigade being broken up - that in the fall, Col. Spencer marched us to Minisink to Coles fort, where our regiment remained all winter -
That early in the spring of 1779, our regiment marched to Easton, where we joined Col. Malcolms regiment, from thence we commenced our march and made the road through

the great swamp to the Wyoming settlement, on the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, that we found the inhabitants in great distress - that at Wyoming we joined the Jersey brigade commanded by Genl. Maxwell, from Genl. Sullivan being commander in chief - from Wyoming the whole army marched to the Genessee country, and from thence returned to Easton, where Genl. Sullivan left us, and we attached to Maxwells brigade marched to Morristown, which must have been late in the fall of 1779, that we remained in winter quarters at Morristown, Jockeyhollow and neighbourhood around -
That early in the spring of 1780, the Genl. Maxwells brigade left Morristown and marched thro' Woodbridge to Elizabeth town, from thence to Camp town, where he amongst others was stationed as a picket guard on Bound creek, that whilst so stationed, the enemy landed at Elizabeth town, and our Brigade retreated to Springfield - that the picket had an engagement on the Connecticut farms, in which he was wounded in the arm as he was in the act of loading his gun, the enemys ball passing in just below and coming out above the elbow, which has ever since prevented his arm from being straightened, or capable of doing much labour - that from Springfield, seven or eight wagon loads of us, all wounded men were sent next day to the Hospital at Bason ridge (New Jersey) - (that he was wounded on the 7 th of June 1780,) where he remained upwards of a month, and was sent to Top pond to join the regiment, which he joined the very day Major Andre was hung - that Major Burris, of Col. Spencers regiment, seeing that his arm was a running sore, sent him home with a pass and an order to draw provisions, and he was directed as soon as he was able to again join his company - that he remained at home until the spring of 1781, when he again joined the army at Jockeyhollow near Morristown - he found his regiment commanded by Col. Dehart, and he still being unable to do duty Col. Dehart sent him home again, only fourteen miles off, until the army marched towards Yorktown, when he again joined his regiment now commanded by Col. Cummings, and his company by Capt. Holmes - that on arriving at Yorktown during the siege he had not recovered from his wound sufficiently to do the duty of a soldier, and he employed himself in carrying cannon cartridges along the trenches - that he saw the enemy surrender in the old field at Yorktown - that immediately after our brigade marched back to New Jersey, when his Col. Cummings gave him a pass to remain at home during the winter, the brigade marched to New York -
In March 1782 his discharge was sent to him, signed by Genl. Washington, he being an Invalid - this discharge he gave the believes in 1785 to Dr. Isaac Smith Inspector of Invalids at Trenton, for which he received a certificate authorizing him to draw a pension, which certificate is now on file in the War Department, being exchanged for a certificate as an Invalid Pensioner dated the 6 th of April 1831 -
That he recollects Joseph Crawford, Matthew Parson, Samuel Parson, John White, Amos Day, George Graham, Josiah Hunt, Joseph Squire, John McKinsey, and Jason Green private soldiers of his company -
That from the time he entered the army until he received his discharge, was upwards of seven years -

That he was born in Essex county New Jersey on the 14 th of February 1760. and removed from New Jersey into this county, in the year 1810. where he has ever since resided —
That he is not certain whether the regiment was the 2 d or 6 th of the New Jersey line — That his health is very delicate, that he has been for many years much afflicted with the asthma —
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except his pension as an invalid which he draws from the Virginia Agency, under a certificate from the War Department, dated the 6 th of April 1831, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, only that of the Agency aforesaid.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Henry his  E Williams mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier; and served as he states, and the court, orders it to be certified to the Department of War, that it appears by satisfactory evidence, that the said Henry Williams is a man of good character, and respectable standing in society.
I Thomas P. Ray, clerk of the County court of Monongalia aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Williams for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said court at Morgantown, the 23 d of April in the year 1833, and 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
Thos. P. Ray

14027
Sarah Williams dau widow of Henry Virginea
also 28 May 35 in Penn. vol. 12
Act 9 July 1838

State of Virginia } Monongahala Co } ss On this 3 rd day of September 1849 Before me John Watts One of the Justices of of The County Court of the above county & state personally appeared Lewis Williams aged 58 years a very Respectable citizen of the above county & state Who being sworn according to Law declared on oath that he is the son by Lawful Marriage of Henry and Sarah Williams that he was born in 1792 That his Father Henry Williams was an invalid and a Revolutionary pensioner Recorded Book 8 Vol 6 page 31 that he died May 15 1835 leaving a widow. Who died Sept 12 th 1839 and 5 children beside himself viz Joseph, Foster, Mary Rhoda and Sarah That he claims a pension under the acts of Congress passed 3 rd March 1837 in favor of his mother Sarah Williams for himself & the above named heirs by virtue of a power as executor of the Will of Sarah Williams Disclosed as the accompanying Certificate will show & that the reason that the widow did not apply is that they were not aware that the widow was entitled to a pension under any law, that he claims for 5 years
Lewis Williams - (seal)
Sworn and subscribed before me this day of Sept 1849
John Watts (seal)
One of the Justices of the County Court of Monongahala

State of Virginia } Monongahela County } ss
On this 3 d day of October 1849 Before me John Watt a Justice of the peace within & for the above county & state personally appeared Augustus Wells aged 69 years a very Respectable citizen of the above county who being sworn according to law declared on oath that he has been personally acquainted with Lewis Williams & his father Henry Williams & his mother Sarah Williams for whom he claims a pension for about 40 years that Henry and Sarah Williams lived together as husband & wife that Lewis Williams is their son & of the age stated in this declaration & their marriage has never questioned & that it took place before 1794 is evident from the ages of Lewis, & Joseph is yet older that all of the facts set forth in the decla- -ration of Lewis Williams are true
Augustin S. Skinner {seal}
Sworn and subscribed before me this 3 d day of October 1849
John Watt {seal}
Justice of the peace
Virginia: Monongahela county ss
I George S. Denny deputy of William T. Willey clerk of the county court of Monongahela county do hereby certify that John Watt esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a Justice of the peace in and for said county and was at the date of said signing duly commissioned and qualified as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Morgantown this 3 d day of October A.D. 1849
Geoff. Denny
1849

In the name of God Amen. I Sarah Williams of Monongalia county being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say First I give and bequeath to my eldest son Joseph the sum of one dollar and all the balance of my property except my beds bedding & clothes I give and bequeath to my six other children viz Lewis Williams Mary Burnett Foster Williams, Phebe Summers, Rhoda Turner, and Sarah Culp each to have an equal share, my beds, bedding & clothes I give and bequeath to my four daughters viz Mary Burnett Phebe Summers Rhoda Turner and Sarah Culp each to have an equal share and further it is my will that all the notes I hold on my children be deducted out of their legacies respectively. And I do hereby appoint my son Lewis Williams executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 20 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1831 signed sealed published and declared by the above named Sarah Williams to her last will and testament in the presence of us who hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator Christopher Nicholson William Hall Asa Hall
A court held for Monongalia county October term 1839
The foregoing was produced in court duly proven by the oath of William Hall and Asa Hall witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of Sarah Williams. Attest Thos P. Ray
Virginia Monongalia county ss
I George P. Dering deputy of William T. Wiley clerk of the County court of Monongalia county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the will of Sarah Williams as well as a true copy of the order of said County court in admitting said Will of Sarah Williams to Probate which will and order are among the records of said court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County court of Monongalia county this 3 rd day of October A.D. 1849 Geo P. Dering

April 4/50
Submitted to Com ee and allowed,
family record refers to as having been handed to person at Com ee desk, mislaid,
S. Barnes present April 4. 1850

State of Virginia } ss. Harrison County }
On this 26 th day of March 1850, personally appeared before the County Court, now in session - for said County, and state aforesaid, Lewis Williams, a resident of said County aged 57 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, "entitled 'an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows', that he is executor of the will of Sarah Williams, deceased, the identical person who was the widow of Henry Williams, deceased, who was a pensioner, and belonged to the 2 nd Jersey Regiment as a private, that she the said Sarah, was married to the said Henry Williams, in the year 1786, the proof of which marriage is now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, as the original family record, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to January 1794, at the time above stated, that she died on the 18 th day of October 1839, leaving seven children whose names are, Joseph, Lewis, Mary, Foster, Horace, Rhoda, and Sarah Williams.
Lewis Williams
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written,
W. T. Willely Clerk,
And the said Court are of opinion from the record before the Court, and the testimony of Nathaniel Reed and Isaac Williams, who are persons entitled to credit, and

the family record now on file at the pension office, that the said Sarah Williams, named in the above declaration was the widow of Henry Williams, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States, and was married to the said Henry Williams, previous to January 1794, and that she died October 15 th 1839, leaving seven children, whose names are Joseph, Lewis, Mary, Foster, Phoebe, Rhoda, and Sarah Williams, as stated in the declaration, and that Lewis Williams who makes the declaration, is the legally constituted executor of the will of the said Sarah Williams deceased.
W. A. and Fred Joseph Williams
Sworn to and subscribed to before me,
W. T. McIlroy Clerk,
State of Virginia ss.
I, William T. McIlroy clerk of the county court of Montgomery County, in the state aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains in the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lewis Williams executor of Sarah Williams for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this 26 th March 1850
W. T. McIlroy

10,900 38 - Va Will you please to see ref. to Ind.
Feb 21. 1838
addressee William con Sarah Williams Virginia Dist. No. 1st July 1. 1838 (No 14,02) S. S. Barnes post
Feb 21 '38
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 The can be

Henry Williams and Sarah Fairchild was married the 26 day of december in the year 1786 Henry Williams was born february the 14 - 1762 Sarah Williams his wife was born march the 17 - 1768 Samuel Williams was born December the 14 - 1787 Joseph Williams was born february the 4 - 1790 Lewis Williams was born July the 26 - 1792 Mary and Elizabeth Williams was born September the 14 - 1796 George Williams was born December the 14 - 1800 Phebe Williams was born June the 25 - 1803 Rhoda Williams was born february the 11 - 1807
S. H. L.

June the 25 - 1803 Rhoda Williams was born February the 10 - 1807
Monongalia County, Virginia, to wit,
Personally appeared before me the subscriber an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, and state aforesaid, Joseph Williams, and George Bennett, and made oath in due form of Law, that the annexed record (of the births and marriages mentioned therein) is the true and original family record, and that the same has been in the possession of the affiant George Bennett (who married Mary one of the daughters of Henry & Sarah Williams mentioned in said record) for the past thirty four years, and that said Joseph Williams, has known said Record for the past fifty years, and that the same has always been considered by the family as the true and original family record.
Given under my hands and seal, and sworn to before me this 18 th day of February 1850.
Riley Holloman J.P.

Virginia Monongalia county SS
I George S Dering deputy of Wintonian T. Welby clerk of the County court of Monongalia county do hereby certify that Bracey Holland esq. whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing certificate was at the date of underwritten Notice of the present ward for Monongalia county duly qualified and commissioned and to all his official acts as such due faith and credit are due. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Morgantown this 18 th day of February A D 1850 Geo S Dering

WILLIAM D. HICKSON
1815-1893
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
A Williams
[Dark ink stain, possibly a blotch or a mark from a seal]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, Henry Williams late a private — in the Army of the United States is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
This certificate is issued in conformity to a regulation requiring formal certificates to be issued to all invalid pensions.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
J. P. Eaton Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards

No 24967
Henry Williams Monongalia County Virginia
N 2
Col o Spencer
Cap Britton
with roll
up 878
Adm l or provost for 2 nd yr 880
Thos P. Ray, Morgan Town, Monon- galia County Virg a

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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. These 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 Henry Williams Monmouth County Virginia
   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.     Enlisted 1776 during the war 9 - - private Col Branton Col Spencer Genl Conway 73 years Elizabeth Town N. Jersey Battle of Flat Bush, Brandywine German Town, Monmouth  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 enquiry 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.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
aws
May 5, 1924
Mrs. H. W. Williams, 673 Mulberry Ave., Clarksburg, West Va.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18353, it appears that Henry Williams was born February 14, 1760 or 1762 in Essex County, New Jersey.
He enlisted at Elizabethtown, New Jersey in February 1776 and served as a private in Captains William Britton's and Holmes' Companies, Colonels Oliver Spencer, Malcolm's and Cummins' New Jersey Regiments, he was in the battles of Flat Bush, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Connecticut Farms, where he was wounded in the arm  leg , was at the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged in March 1782.
He was allowed pension on account of disability resulting from above mentioned wound, from May 3, 1785 at which time he was living in Hanover Township, Morris County,

New Jersey.
In 1833 he was living in Monongalia County, Virginia, and he died May 15, 1835.
Soldier married December 26, 1786, Sarah Fairchild(?), who was born March 17, 1768 and she died October 15, 1839, leaving the following children-
Joseph born February 4, 1790. Lewis " July 26, 1792. Mary " September 14, 1796, married George Bennet or Bennett. Foster " December 16, 1800. Phoebe " June 25, 1803, married Summers. Rhoda " February 11, 1807, married Kiser or Kesner. Sarah --- --- --- --- married Culp.
A son Samuel and a daughter Elizabeth are also mentioned in said claim.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Morgantown W. 3 Oct. '49
Seymour Barron Left Mrs. Clara of Miss of H. Williams
No. 6 Oct. '49
W. F.
Proof of service to the Court of Pensions 5 Auditor's Office Oct. 6 th 1849.
W. Allin
W. Rind

Morgantown Pa Oct 3 d 1849
Hon d Sir
Enclosed are the vouchers on which Lewis Williams executor of the Will of Sarah Williams Deceased Claims a pensions from the death of his father Henry Williams, I have noted the declaration claiming under 3 d March 1839 if incorrect please place it under 1838 July
Yr Gt V humble
Third auditor Washington Dc
Sent Seymour Barns Atty for the executor of Sarah Williams Dis.

Official Business
Feb 25/73 Sarah Williams Va. Public
Hon J L Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington

Washington Feby 25/56
Hon Sir
I would respectfully request Yr Honor to return the certificate of Henry Williams deceased to enable me to present the same properly authenticated to the B d auditor for settlement
Also whether the family record presented by me on the 20 is satisfactory as it now is, to the department as proof of the marriage of Sarrah Williams to Henry Williams, deceased
Very Respectfully Yr Ob t Serv t
Seymour Bams atty for executor
Hon J L Edwards Com r of Pensions

Sarah Williams died widow of Henry Vigornia
Suspended
let. to S. Barns. Dec. 21/49 " " " " Feb. 7/50. " " " " of 4/50
Set 7 July 1838

Rehran
7916
INVALID.
File No. 7916
Henry Williams Pre Civil War
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 183 , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

See letters to T. P. Ray & Pen. Agd. Nov. 8. 1831.
Virginia
Henry Williams Private in the Captain  company of the Army of the Revolution
Ratio of disability, total
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at eight dollars per month, to commence on the 24 April 1816.
Formal Certificate of pension issued on the 6 of April 1830 and sent to T. P. Ray Esq. Morgantown Va.
Arrears to 4th
Semi-annual allowance ending
Act of the
★ M. J. Line. Aug. 13/04 Records completed. ★

Hon J L Edwards Esq Comr Pensions
29/12/62

Washington April 21/50
Hon Sir
Allow me very Respectfully to present the accompanying document as one required to complete the proof in the case of Sarah Williams for a pension
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Seymour Barnes.
Hon J L, Edwards Esq. Chair Pendeurs
P.S. The original papers were accompanied by a letter from Hon Senator Chase with a request that the case be taken up immediately Yr &c M c Barne

At a monthly term of the County Court of Monongalia County, in the State of Virginia, held at the Court House of said County, on the 22 nd April 1850: —
On motion of Lewis Williams, it is ordered that a certificate be granted him to obtain letters testamentary on the last will and testament of Sarah Williams, he having taken the oath prescribed by law, and entered into bond, in the penalty of two hundred dollars, conditioned as the law directs with John J. Pienpoint & Isaac Reed securities therein.
State of Virginia, Monongalia County ss
I, Matthew T. Willey, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that at a court held in and for said County, on the 22 nd April 1850, satisfactory evidence was exhibited before said court, that Joseph Williams, Lewis Williams, Foster Williams, Sarah Culp, Mary Bennet, & Rhoda Kinner, are the children and only children surviving of Henry & Sarah Williams deceased. I also further certify that the foregoing order of court is truly copied from the original record thereof in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court, & signed my name the 23 rd April 1850. W. T. Willey.

State of New Jersey 1786
I do certify That I have inspected the body of Henry Williams That he served in the 2 nd Jersey Reg t as a private and was disabled by a wound and now lives in the Township of Hanauer in the county of Morris - and is hereby allowed the sum of five dollars per month from May 3 rd 1785
Isaac Smith Insps - prov-

Know all men by these presents that I Lewis Williams of Monongalia county Va son and executor of the Will of Sarah Williams deceased do hereby constitute and appoint my friend Barnard of Cincinnati Ohio to be my true sufficient and lawful attorney for me in my name & for my use as executor of said Will to prosecute all the singular claims or claims that the said Sarah Williams was entitled to as the Widow of Henry Williams deceased who was an invalid and Revolutionary pensioner and for the purposes aforesaid I do grant to my said attorney full power to execute any all needful instruments or papers whether under seal or otherwise to do all such acts matters and things as he the said attorney shall deem necessary and proper for the full and complete execution of the power herein granted as fully as though I were personally present confirming all his acts done by virtue and in pursuance of these presents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28 day of Jany 1850
Lewis Williams
Executor of the Will of Sarah Williams
State of Virginia } ss Monongalia Co } ss
On this 28 day of Jany 1850 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace the above named Lewis Williams and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day & year above written
E. Hartleton J.P.

Virginia. - Monongalia county to wit:
I. George S. Dering deputy of Wirtman J. Willey clerk of the county court of Monongalia county court in the State of Virginia, do certify that Elyah Carlton whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing certificate, was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace and a member of the county court aforesaid and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts in such testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Morgantown this 28 th day of January A.D. 1850 Geo S. Dering deputy clerk

Sarah Williams, d r widow of Henry Virginia
admitted
Privs p 80 4 March 1836 to 15 October 1839 when she died.
b. d. 15 May, 1835
Children Joseph Williams Lewis Williams Foster Williams, Sarah Culp, Mary Bonnet & Rhoda Kinner - pay- able to Lewis Williams Adm rs for use of chil- dren.
Seymour Barnes Present

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18203 Sarah Williams Widow of Henry Williams Brn Rev War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M Page 343
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 may 5 - Hirt to Mrs. H. Williams see letter in John Williams - M 4396 - acc.