Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,067, John Williams, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Williams, John Polly
W. 26.067 B.L.M. 29008-160-55
CONTENTS
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65.11 New York
John Williams
of Delaware in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] command by Col. [blank] in the New York line for 5 1/2 mos. Camp of [blank] 6 1/2 " " " " " " " "
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 13 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feb. 1833 and in the hands of [blank] A. of K.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 5.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending A. 1833 21.55 $ 87.21
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Isaac Stiles Clerk, Book C Vol. 5 Page 905

The Pension Certificate Returned from G. H. Wheeler Esq. and on the 2 d Ap r . 1834 to the Person at Sidney N. Y. scilicet to Hon. L. Capt April 2 d . 1834.

3789
New York. Albany Polly Williams — widow of John Williams Con who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Trumpeter of Drag. t private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 11 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 " day of March. 1854. and sent to Doot. E. S. Saunders Otsego Otsego Co N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 88, Vol. A
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for J. H. Wether Jan'y 18/56
118.272 - Act March 3/50 May 5/50
Polly Williams wid of John Williams - late Pist & Trumpeter
Revolutionary War
MS Feb 53- 3789
W: 160 2 C Ms 23 956
[Large stylized signature or initials]
J. H. Wether Portland Village N.H.
Ms W 2 21

John Williams
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adm d 5 2 mo trumpet of 6 2 a private info.
Hon Wm. H. Phelps
1 st Feby. 1833.

State of New York Delaware County
On the Eightday of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County now sitting John Williams a President of the Town of Sidney in the County of Delaware and State of New York Aged Eighty two 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 Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated to wit that he enlisted at Poughkeepsie in Connecticut in the spring of the year 1745 as a Trumpeter in a Troop of Horses or L t Dragoons Commanded by Capt n Amoskeag that John Plinn was also a Trumpeter in the same Company - that he went with said Troop under the Command of General Putnam to Cambridge was in the Battle there and also at Lexington and that he served in said Troop at that time about two months - that he went again in the year 1776 in the same Troop then Commanded by Capt n How and served that time about three and half months that he was in the Battle at the White Plains in the State of New York - that in September 1777 he Volunteered and served about three Months in the Northern Army that he was at the Talling Benjoins Army - also before this time in the year 1776 he Volunteered and served in Capt n Haws Company by Orders of the Governor of Connecticut about four Months in guarding the Coasts of Connecticut and Rhode Island - and that he was at Providence New Port and Narragansett of New London that he served in all the said four Tours of duty about fifteen Months - besides various short Tours on Alarms and on scouting parties &c. that he has no Documentary evidence and knows of no person who has Evidence he can procure to prove said Services - that he hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed the day of year aforesaid - C. B. Sheldon Clerk
John Williams
The Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department being then put by the Court to the said Applicant under Oath to which he gave the following several Answers on his Examination to wit - that he was Born at Poughkeepsie in the State of Connecticut in the year 1750 - that he has a Record of his Age in his Bible at home - that he lived at Poughkeepsie when call d into the Service - that After the War he lived in Rhode Island about ten years - that he

he now lives in Sidney in Delaware County and has live there the last twenty years — That he was called into the Service by the Orders of the Governor of the State of Connecticut — That he belonged to a Troop of horse subject to his Orders — That he Enlisted into that Company — That he volunteered on a to go to the Northward to take Gen Burgoon — That he served with Gen Putnam at Cambridge Lexington &c — with Col d Sheldon at White Plains — with Arnold and Stark at the Northward — That he was in the Battle of Cambridge Lexington — at Newport — White Plains and at Stillmeadow or Saratoga — That he refers the Court to James Naughton Esq r — Capt d Thatcher — Henry Brady Esq r and Col d Chase who reside in the Neighborhood and are acquainted with him and who can testify as to his Character for Veracity & Utility of Service
We Josiah Thatcher and Abijah H t Brant residing in the same Neighborhood with the aforesaid John Williams of Delaware County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration — That we believe him to be about Eighty years of Age — That he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion — Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid C. B. Sheldon Clerk Josiah Thatcher Abijah H t Brant
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the Matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department that the Above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Josiah Thatcher and Abijah H t Brant who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of Sidney in the said County and are Credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to Credit —

I Crawford B Sheldon
Clerk of the Court of Com n
Please in y r for Delaware County State of New York do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of of the said Court in the Matter of the Application of John Williams for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand Seal & Office this Eighth day of October 1832.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk

State of New York } County of Cortland }
On this 23 rd day of April A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me E. W. Edgcomb a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Polly Williams aged Seventy years, a Resident of Otego in the County of Otego and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Williams deceased, who was a Private Trumpeter in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensionsed under the act of June 1832 at the rate of $43.11 per annum, and that she has been Pensionsed under the act of Feb 3 rd 1853 at the rate of $43.11 per annum, as the widow of the said John Williams deceased. That she has no public or private record of her marriage to said John Williams or of his death. That for proof of the same & of her widow hood reference may be had to the Evidence on file in the Pension Office upon which her said Pension was granted
She further declares that she was married to the said John Williams in Otego in the County of Otego and State of New York on the 1 st day of September 1822 or about it
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid John Williams died in Sidney in the County of Delaware and State of New York on the 2 nd day of February 1840 and that she is still a widow. She also declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
E. W. Edgcomb Notary Public
Polly Williams
Witness
Hawley Fuller
We Hawley Fuller and Sabra Fuller, residents of Otego
in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Williams, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that she still remains the widow of John Williams deceased & is now drawing a pension as his widow under act Feb 3 rd 1853
Hawley Fuller Sabra Fuller
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
E. W. Edgcomb Notary Public

State at New-York, } ss. CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, Do Certify,
That E. M. Edgcomb Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a JUSTICE Notary Public OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same: and fur- ther, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Notary JUSTICE, and verily believe the signature to the Jurat thereof, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 2 nd day of March 185 5
Rufus A. Reed CLERK.

1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
Worn
Am E. H. Wheeler

BRIEF in the case of John Williams of Delaware County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82 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.     In 1775 — — 2 — Trumpeter Gen. Morris  Brig Genl - Genl Putnam   1776 — — 3 \frac{1}{2} — same. Capt. How.   1777 — about 3 — private not stated —   1778 — — 4 — do. Capt. How (guarding coast).   Estimated at 17 mo  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Cambridge — White Plains — Lexington — Saratoga —
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pomfret Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditional evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. F. Hoadley Examining Clerk.

State of New York } County of Otsego }
On this 21 st day of December 1853 personally appeared Polly Williams a resident of Otsego in the county of Otsego and State aforesaid aged sixty eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of John Williams who was a Private & Trumpeter of dragoons at the time of his death a resident of Delaware County who in his lifetime received a pension at $43 75 per annum at Albany a reference to the evidence filed in his application being made.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Williams on the Thirty th day of September 1823 Eighteen hundred and twenty three that her said husband died on the second day of February Eighteen hundred and forty that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow
Subscribed & sworn in Open Court before me This 21 st Day of December
Polly Williams
1853 Samuel S. Browne County Judge
I certify that the words "at the time of his death a resident" are interlined before subscribing & swearing to the foregoing declaration, S. S. Browne County Judge, Otsego

State of New York } Otsago County }
Julia Smith and Mary Morse of Otsago in the County aforesaid depose and say first being duly sworn that they are daughters of Rev. John Morse late of Otsago aforesaid now deceased that they have in their possession the record of Marriages made and kept by the above named John Morse as his record of Marriages and that the following is a true extract therefrom "September thirtieth, Eighteen hundred and twenty three Married Mr. Williams to Mrs. Dodge of Sidney" with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "September 30 th 1823" that they were present at the Marriage and believe that the above named Mrs. Dodge now Polly Williams is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration
Subscribed and sworn this 26 day of December 1853 before me Mary Morse, Julia Smith
(SR Folloll Justice)
Deceive that the word possession in the above affidavit inserted was there before signing and swearing
State of New York } Otsago County }
SR Folloll Justice of the Peace
Elisha Saunders of Said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he was acquainted with John Williams of Delaware County a pensioner of the United States who died Feb. 2 nd 1820 that he attended him as Physician immediately prior to his death that he has since been acquainted with his widow Polly Williams and believes her to be the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration
Subscribed and sworn before me this 26 th day of December 1853 } Elisha S. Saunders
SR Folloll Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that Polly Williams of Otsego in the County of Otsego and State of New York widow of the late John William a pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Elisha S. Saunders my true and lawful Attorney and agent to prosecute said claim with power of substitution to examine all papers and documents in relation thereto and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises except drawing the Money which will be hereafter provided for
Witness my hand and seal this twenty six th day of December 1853 Polly Williams
Be it known that on 26 th day of December 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Otsego duly authorized by law to administer Oaths personally appeared Polly Williams above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
J. R. Follell
Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the Word Claim on the sixth line from the top was inserted before signing in the above
J. R. Follell Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that J. R. Follell Esquire, was, on the 26 th day of December 1853 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 6 th day of January 1853 Wm C Fields CLERK.

Owego Feb 21 1854
Dear Sir
Yours of the 11 th inst. came only to hand
In answer to its re- quirements I herewith send you the within affidavit and certif- -icate
If there should be any thing further required I will endeavour to answer it with promptness
Yours
Very truly
E S Saunders
Hon. J. P. Waldo
Commissioner &c

State of New York } Otsego County } ss
Folly Williams of said County being duly sworn deposes and says that previous to her Marriage with the said John Williams mentioned in the foregoing affidavits made by her and others in order to substantiate her claim for a pension her name was Folly Dodge Subscribed and sworn before me Folly Williams This 17 th day of February 1854
Samuel R. Follett Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above-named Folly Williams and also Julia Smith, Mary Morse, William Youmans, Abner Ferry and Elisha Saunders who have made affidavits in this case are persons of credibility and to be relied on
Samuel R. Follett Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of the County of Otsego, do hereby certify that Samuel R. Follett whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the County of Otsego, dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 21 day of February A. D., 1854 Wm C Fields CLERK.

Otego February 4, 1854
Dear Sir
In Compliance with your communication of the 18 th ultimo I herewith transmit you affidavits from two old inhabitants near neighbors of the said John Williams and his wife Polly and family
I await your further pleasure
Yours
Respectfully
E S Saunders

State of New York } Otsego County }
William Youmans
Abner Perry being duly sworn depose and say that they are acquainted with Polly Williams widow of John Williams of Sidney Delaware County who was a pensioner now deceased, that she and the said John Williams cohabited as husband and wife that they were reputed as such and as such raised a family of children
Sworn and subscribed { Abner Perry before me this 4 { William Youmans day of February 1854 }
J. R. Tollell Justice
STATE OF NEW YORK, OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of the County of Otsego, do hereby certify that J. R. Tollell whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the County of Otsego, dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the fourth day of February A. D., 1854
Wm C Fields CLERK.

Otego January 10/54
Dear Sir
Herewith I send you the application of Mrs. Polly Williams of this place for a pension
She is a respectable person and well known here having at all times since 1823 resided in Sidney Delaware County where her husband the said John Williams died or in this the adjoining town of Otego Otego Co.
The papers may be imperfect or deficient she being poor and not feeling able to procure legal aid
As to proof of service of the said John Williams you are respectfully referred to his papers on file in the Pension Department.
Of her identity there can be no doubt and corroborating proof can be procured if necessary
If any thing further is required you will please inform the undersigned and also if her claim shall be allowed when and how it may be obtained
Any document or department regulation tending in any way to assist or instruct in this matter will be very thankfully received
Your
Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Commissioner &c
Obedient Servant
E. S. Saunders
Please direct to
Doct. E. S. Saunders Otego, Otego Co. Ny.

Brief in the case of Polly Williams Widow of Jno. Otsego County and State of New York act 3 d Feby 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Washburn was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June, 1832,
Record Evidence of parole proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Richd. E. S. Saunders.
Otsego,
Name and residence of Agent
Otsego Co.
N.Y.
H. C. Smith, Examining Clerk.

John Williams & A. H. Blake affl - jr
for certificate supposed to be lost
Am S. Page

State of New York Otsego County
John Williams of Sidney in Delaware County personally appears before me Gilbert Core a justice of the peace in & for the County of Otsego and on being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is the identical same John Williams who applied for a pension under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832 and who appeared before the Court of Delaware County on the 27th of October 1832 and was then & there examined with his said application &c by the Judges of the said Court and that Abijah H Beach Esq. made out his said papers for the said Court and also transmitted them to the Pension Office at Washington that he said Williams could hear nothing from his case until recently he is informed that a certificate had been made out for him said Deponent further saith that that he has not at any time received any certificate of pension nor heard any thing of it except as above - but that he is the same John Williams above named and is the only person who is entitled to it - and that he wishes a Pension Certificate made for him to be enclosed to Abijah H Beach Esq of Oneida Hill in Otsego County - State of New York
Sworn & subscribed this 28 th day of Jan y 1834 before me Gilbert Core Justice
John Williams
Abijah H Beach of Oneida Hill in Otsego County personally appears before me the undersigned justice of Peace and on being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he made out the original application & papers for John Williams as stated in his affidavit above - that he transmitted said papers to the Pension Office at Washington in October 1832 - that he has not at any time received any Pension Certificate for said Williams - & further that he will know the above named John Williams to be the same person as named in the original application of said
sworn & subscribed this 28 th day of Jan y 1834 Gilbert Core Justice
Abijah H Beach
I certify that John Williams and Abijah H Beach who have sworn and subscribed to the above before me this day are both well known to me as Men of Truth & Veracity and as Creditable and Lawful Witnesses
28 th January 1834
Gilbert Core Justice

State of New York Orange County ss 3 d I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Gilbert Cane Esquire before whom the within Affidavits purport to have been sworn was on the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County And further that I am well acquaint- ed with the handwriting of said Justice and ver- ily believe his name subscribed to said affidavits and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signatures Witness my hand and seal of office This third day of February 1834
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

29.008
3 Her Ans

Polli Waddams Essex Boston
Mr. J. P. White Sunnyside Washington D.C.
FREE
Feb 27 1887

no. 4094 Folly Williams wid. of — Jno:
St. Doct: C. S. Saunders 18" penny: 154. 11" Frlg: 1854,
ack 5-3

Polly Williams
ERRE
via John Doyen
John Doyen
Commissaire
Washington
Pa. Ave
Feb 11 1871

Jan'y: 13 th 1854.
Polly Williams, wid. of John.
Ashe Co. W.Y.
Act / 53
$43.100 Per An. Com: Feby: 3 rd 1853.
Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Oct: E. S. Saunders. Stew. Commissioner

Rec: W. H. P. 2. Feb. /340
"Boyle"

8
Doc t E. J. Saunders Owego Owensboro Ky.

PAID 6
Polly Williams
132 43 3/4
Commission of Bonds
Washington
Oregon
Donation
Con
Debt F. S. Saunders
Oregon
Oregon
Rec'd Jan 18
Ans.

1st Rec July 13/56
Revolutionary Papers
  MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 1 Margaret Le will No 115 0 22   MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 2 Sarah Hurd RD 118 4 37   MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 3 Lucy Atwater X RD 119 0 96   MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 4 Hannah Schoonhour X RD 61 4 99   MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 5 Barbara Ann Sherwood 41 2 89   MS. B. 1. 6 v. 1 p. 6 Polly Williams RD 118 2 92 

1 March Pensions Office, 28 th Feb. 1854,
Sir, Please certify the time to which the within named pensions were paid, or the rate of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. Hall For the Commissioner,
John Williams, Act 1832. £3.11 per annum paid 2 Feb. 1840. pd.
J. Burt Accountant
"Burt"
Francis Burt Esq. M.P. Auditor, Treasury

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,067 Polly Williams wid of John Williams Pr. New Mar. Act Feb 3 rd 58 Index: Vol W , Page 347
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 28/98.
Miss Lucy P. Butler. New London, Conn.

Oct 22
P.
New London
October 22-1898
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions To the Secretary -
Will you kindly forward to me, at your earliest con- venience the Revolutionary record of the services of Capt. John Williams of Sturminster Conn. Born in Sturminster Dec. 23, 1744, died there Sept. 10 1813 aged 68 years. Also, the same, for Capt. Thomas

Also, with these please send the Record of William Butler of Durham Conn. born in Saybrook in 1752 died in Durham 1839, a Revolutionary pensioner -

Whaler, born in Farmington Conn. October 12 th 1785, died there in 1810. Also, are you able to tell me if Daniel Cook (called in the Family Captain) of East Lyme and New London, born about 1747, was in the Revolutionary War. The name Daniel Cook in Conn. during Revolution, gives no clue to what Daniel Cook is intended.
And much obliged
Miss Lucy P. Rootes
3 Meridian St.
New London
Conn.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
January 18 th
1856.
Sir :
The claim of Polly Williams for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 118.272 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of John Williams the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" of service within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
J. H. Wetherby Esq Goshawk Village N. York

Portland Village N. Y. May 26 th 1886
Mr Sir
The Application of Polly Williams Widow of John Williams "deceased" for Land Bounty under the act of March 3 rd 1885 N o 118.272 has been Suspended for Record Evidence of the Service of her Said Husband in the War of the Revolution
Will you please have said claim re-examined & give the Applicant the benefit of the act of May 14 th 1886 as she is now drawing a Pension under the 2 nd section of act of Feb 3 rd 1883 at the rate of $43.11 per Annum. When acted upon Report to me
Respectfully Yours A. H. Withy
Hon. C. Minot Washington D. C.

Cortland Village N.Y. May 3 d 1855-
Sir
I send you herewith Enclosed Applications of Ira Burley, Nathaniel Webb Wilmarth Peters James Stebbins & Polly Williams widow of John for Land Bounty under Act of March 3 d 1855-
When acted upon please Report result to me
I am Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t J. H. Wethey
Hon. L. R. Waldo Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.