Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40688, Stacey Williams, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Williams, Stacey for Stacy
S 40688
CONTENTS

Decd 1, 1773
Pennsylvania.
Stacey Williams, private Pennsylvania line Capt Humphrey 1777. War 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 10. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. of July, 1818. and sent to the care of Richard Peters, Esq; judge, Philad. a
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1818. $: 38.66
Semi-annual ending
4 months, \frac{25}{30} $: 38.66.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Ducks 60
Continued
Notification sent Sept 26. 1820 to Carter & Co. Bonds, Phila. & Phila. Pa.

Harry Williams Case
60W
1173 Philadelphia
July 18

District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.
On the sixteenth fifteenth day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, for the County aforesaid, (The said Court being a Court of Record, having a Prothonotary, a Seal & exercising common Law Jurisdiction and keeping a record of its proceedings). Stacy Williams aged Seventy six years residing in Middletown Township & County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law in open Court, on his oath saith and declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz,
In the 6th Regiment commanded by Col. Becken and afterwards by Col. Harmer Pennsylvania Line and in the Company commanded by Capt. Humphries.
Date of original declaration 3 April 1717 (Number of Pension Certificate 1173.)
And I the said Stacy Williams do further Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 March 1878 and that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my pro- perty or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed the 18 March 1878 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, se- curities, debts, or contracts due to me nor have any net income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn to & declared in open Court on the 15 th day of June 1820.
J. B. Kershaw Protho.
Stacy his Williams marks

Schedule of the Property of Stacy Williams
I am by occupation a day laborer but am unable to do anything on account of my age and infirmities, I have two children not living with me, I have the following property viz. 2 Scythes and 2 flails in all worth Seven Dollars and am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my Country. — Stacy his Williams mark
Philadelphia County ss.
I, Joseph B. Norbury Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia do certify that the foregoing Saths and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven Dollars. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia the fifteenth day of July A.D. 1820.
Jos. B. Norbury. Protho.

Richard Peters, Esq; Judge, Philadelphia —
Stacey Williams, Pennsylvania line, Revolutionary claim.
Correct.
987

Hugo Williams
10. April,
private.

I do certify that Stacy Williams served in the Sixth Penn a Regt as a Soldier for several years during the Revolutionary War
James Glenworth Capt Lieut 6 th Penn a Regt during the Revolutionary War
Phila da April 2 d 1818 — I do certify that Stacy Williams, the bearer hereof, was a soldier in capt. Jacob Humphreys's company 6 th Pennsylvania Regiment, in April 1777, enlisted for the war; and that he served in the Penn a Line, faithfully, until he was discharged, at the barracks in Philadelphia, November, 1783, soon after our return from South Carolina, under col. Harman. Thomas Markland, Lieutenant 6 th Penn a Regt. Revol.

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
On this tenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me, Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, personally appeared Harry Williams of Berks County who being duly Sworn deposes and declares, that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common enemy as a Soldier in the army on the Continental Establishment—that on the  the  April day of A. D. 1777 at Newtown in the state of Pennsylvania he Enlisted in the Army of the United States to serve during the war as will appear by his Certificate given him by James Glentworth a Lieut t in the 6 th Regiment of Pennsylvania line and of John Macklanes and Off r of same Regiment as that he was in many engagements during the war one of which was the Battle of Monmouth .
That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, that he never has received, or been allowed any Pension by the laws of the United States—that he is a resident citizen of the United States, and that his Discharge has been lost .
The Mark of Harry Williams
Subscribed and Subscribed this 10 th day of April A. D. 1818, before me
Richard Peters

Pa
Recd 7 Augt. 1820
No 14
Pennsylvania
Schuylers
Registered
Ex
Miss Parton of Bordie
Washington
Secretary of War
6. Bathhouse
Shill
Sept 1820
Pa

The Secretary of War will be kind enough to send the certificate to Messrs. Castor & Condu, Attorneys at Law, South Fifth below Walnut Street Philada.
August 3. 1820

40688
INVALID.
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File No. 40688
Stacey Williams Ad.  to  her
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 567
[Arrangement of 1870.]