Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S., Daniel Williams, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
★ Williams, Daniel
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B.L.Ht. 1624-300
CONTENTS

Daniel Williams N o 1624

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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
24 Jany 1829.
SIR :
Your claim, under the abovementioned act, having been examined, you are found to be entitled to the pay of a Captain of Infantry in the Continental Line. The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be remitted  paid by the Treasurer of the United States, to the attorney whom you have authorized to receive it.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant.
(Signed) Richard Rush.
Daniel Williams Esq.
retd 1820
deeds July 16 1831 see Agency Book of Lewis.
Capt Williams was of the North Carolina Line. F.A. Dickinson
True Copy F.A. Dickinson, Clk. Genl. Dept. 12 March 1830.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant:
State of Tennessee } County of Dickson
I 100 1/2 Ned. 100 1/2 Hartley 1/2 Captain
I, Daniel Williams aged Sixty three years & four months (years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty six ) I enlisted for the term of " during the war ," and served in the regiment No. 6 under the command of Colonel John Shaw Littington of the North Carolina line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the same regiment, commanded by Colonel Spedden Lamb (Trotty) .
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Daniel Williams aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint James Johnson Esquire to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Daniel Williams Capt 11th Reg
I, George Tubb aged Sixty eight years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Capt Daniel Williams who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
George Tubb
Before me, Morton Dickson a Justice of the Peace for Dickson County personally appeared the above named Capt Daniel Williams subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared George Tubb who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this fifth day of April 18 30
Morton Dickson Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten Morton Dickson Esquire was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Tennessee and Dickson County , at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Charlotte this fifth day of April 18 30
Field H. Harrar C. Clerk, &c.
This law expires 3d March, 1827.

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Daniel on Williams
January 14, 1924.
Mrs. Herbert J. Farmer, 100 N. 16th St., Richmond, Ind.
Madam:
I have to advise you that the records of this Bureau show that Daniel Williams entered the army in 1776 and served during the Revolution, as Lieutenant and Captain of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, under the command of Colonels John Alexander Lillington and Gideon Lamb..
In April 1830, he was seventy-nine years and four months old and lived in Dickson County, Tennessee. He died July 16,, 1831..
He was pensioned at the rate of $480 per annum, under the Act of May 15, 1828, and was allowed three hundred acres of bounty land under Warrant No. 1624 , on account of his services.
There is no data on file as to his family. The dates of his appointment as Captain and of termination of service, and the places of his residence at enlistment and at death are not stated..
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

February 11, 1915.
Honorable Finis J. Garrett, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Garrett:
In response to your letter dated the tenth instant, I have the honor to advise you that the records of this Bureau show that Daniel Williams entered the army in 1776 and served during the Revolution, as Lieutenant and Captain of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, under the command of Colonels John Alexander Lillington and Gideon Lamb.
In April, 1830, he was seventy-nine years and four months old and lived in Dickson County, Tennessee. He died July 16, 1831.
He was pensioned at the rate of $480 per annum, under the Act of May 15, 1828, and was allowed three hundred acres of bounty land under Warrant No. 1624, on account of his services.
There is no data on file as to his family. The dates of his appointment as Captain and termination of service, and the places of his residence at enlistment and at death are

not stated.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "G. M. Stultz". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned above the title "Commissioner".
Commissioner.

Sixty-Third Congress.
Robert T. Henry, Chairman. Edward M. Pou, Philip P. Campbell, Chas. M. Hardwick, Irvine L. Kenroot, Finis J. Garrett, Edwin A. Merritt, Jr., Marlin D. Foster, M. C. Kelig. Jas. C. Cantrill, Michael F. Conry.
M. E. Clark, Clerk.
House of Representatives U. S. Committee on Rules, Washington, D. C.
February 10, 1915.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of letter from a friend and constituent asking for the military record, etc, of one Captain Daniel Williams, who was in the Revolutionary War. It is thought that Captain Williams was from Sampson County, North Carolina. It is also desired that the date on which he was made Captain be given.
Thanking you for your usual prompt attention and trusting that you may be able to give Captain Williams' record from the data furnished, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Finis J. Garrett

Richmond, Indiana
November 28/1923.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I desire information in regard to Daniel Williams of North Carolina who served as 1 st Lieutenant and Captain in the 6 th North Carolina Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.
I would like to know when and where he was born, to whom and when married, and whether or not he was on the Pension list.
I desire this information for the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for any information you can give, I am,
Yours truly
Mrs. Herbert J. Farmer #100 North 16 th St.
Richmond, Indiana