Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11809, John Williams, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Williams, John Waldin, Ichabod
S. 11809
CONTENTS
carded

2827
New York
John Williams
Paris in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sanford of the Regt. commanded by Col Butler - in the Connecticut line for 2 Years & 8 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Decem- ber 1832, and sent to Stoddard & Clark, Waterford N.Y.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $120 00    Commiss. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  40 00     $160 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 205

Let L. M. Drury May 17/54 buried July 10. 1854
Date of death on Agency Book is Feb. 7, 1847
This L. M. Drury was interested in the case of John Williams of Rome , New York + was engaged by Henry Williams, son of that John whose claim is D. 14893. See above MS. letters in that case.

Revised
11809 INVALID.
File No. 11809
John Williams Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 411
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1 st Brief N o 10724
John Williams
admitted
on Roly
found in his own name
but not in his assumed one
found in his assumed name, Potters Co, Butler's Regt. deserted - name changed from Walden to Warden Stoddard & Clark
Onida

No 10724
BRIEF in the case of John Williams of Paris. County of Oneida — in the State of New York — (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
68 Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days. As a Gen.     Full of In 1780, about 2. 8. Substitute Capt Sanford, Col Butler  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
At Milford, New Haven County, Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
None.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certificate of Chapman vs Manning.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

10724. John Williams Declaration for a Pension
1 Term of 32 months
on Rolls
admitted
$80
Of Paris Onida Co. N.Y.
Stodard & Clark Attys.
Waterville Onida Co. N. York

State of New York
County of Oneida ss. On this 12 th day of September personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid, John Williams a resident of Paris in the county and State aforesaid aged 68 years the 18 th day of October last past. Who being 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 7 th A.D. 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the fall of 1780, with Captain Sanford, who was at that time a recruiting officer. That immediately after his enlistment he joined the army then at the High Lands and served in the 4 th Regiment, (according to the best of his recollection) in the Connecticut Line, under the following officers, to wit: Col. Butler of the 4 th Reg. Lieut. Col. Gney. Major Prior and Adjutant Curtis that his company officers were Capt. Patten Lieut. Setlar - and Ensign Galspin-
And the said John Williams further declares that at the time he entered into the service as aforesaid, he ran away from his Grandfather, with whom he was then living at that time at Old Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, and enlisted under a fictitious name, to wit the name of Schabod Waldin, as a substitute for one Samuel Stowe, as a private soldier to serve during the continuance of the war and that he continued in the service of the United States as aforesaid until the summer of 1783, when he was regularly discharged at West Point, but that he long since lost his discharge -
And the said John Williams further declares that he served at various times as a soldier in the militia during the Revolution, but that the aforesaid term of service

is the only term, during which he belonged to the Regular Troops of the United States, and that said term of service was about two years and eight months.
And the said John Williams further declared that during the aforesaid term of service he was not engaged in any battles, but was often sent in small detachments of the army on various excursions, among which he distinctly recollects several to Grotow River sometimes to Pine Bridge, and sometimes to New Bridge said bridges being built across said Grotow River.
And the said John Williams further declares that he was in the detachment of the army sent in the spring of 1781 to quell the mutiny in the Pennsylvanian line of troops at Morristown New Jersey; but that before the detachment reached Morristown they were countermanded and returned to Plank's Point opposite Stony Point whence they set out.
And the said John Williams further declares that the army of the United States to which he belonged quartered while he was in the service as aforesaid at different places, to wit at West Point, Stony Point, and Plank's Point.
And the said John Williams further declares that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and decades that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Sworn and Subscribed to John the day and year aforesaid his X mark W. Read Dft CLK Williams
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant

was a Revolutionary soldier and served as the states. By the Court
Attest my hand and seal I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onida and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Williams for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of September A.D. 1832. Geo. Brown Clerk