Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7928, Benjamin Williams, N. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Williams Benjamin
S 7928
CONTENTS

North Carolina - 23.062
Benjamin Williams of Nash - in the State of N. Car who was a Pr. in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Caswell in the N. Car - line for 8 months _____
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Oct 33. and Supt H. B. Lamb Nashville. Tenn
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 66.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34. 13.33
$79.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice - Clerk Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 79

Declaration of Benjamin Millais for a Pension

The declaration of Benjamin Williams in order to obtain the benefit of the act of bankrupt passed June 7 th 1832
State of North Carolina County of Nash
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May Term On this the 17 th of May in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before me, sitting, Benjamin Williams a resident of the County of Nash and State of North Carolina aged Twenty six years four months and sixteen days Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of bankrupt passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated
In the year 1780 he was drafted for three months and served four months. His company was commanded by Captain John Peterson. H. Vincent Lieut. and John Boyd Ensign, he joined his company at Halifax N.C. and marched through Halifax Nash Franklin Wake & counties to Ramsays Mills on Deep River, from thence to South Carolina, under General William Carmell After an arduous service in South Carolina Genl. Gates took

the command of the Army. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill where the American troops were defeated under Gen. Gates. He was drafted for three months but owing to the trouble some times he was furloughed and by his officers to serve longer and served five months. He received a discharge from that service, but how long the same has been lost or misplaced.
He entered the army again on the _____ of _____ in the year 1781. His company was commanded by Capt Brewer and the Regiment commanded by Col. Robert Propper, he joined the army at Halifax, North Carolina and marched up the country in various directions and then came back to Cross Creek, where he received about fifty British prisoners, he carried the prisoners to New Bern but the jail there being full he then carried them to Halifax and in a few days after carried them to New Bern and then to the jail there being full he then carried them to Purdie because the British was coming on towards Halifax. Edward Burt Hance in the State of Virginia, he served three months this time. After leaving the army in the Revolution he returned to his home in Northampton when he resided after 2 years and then moved to Halifax County North Carolina and after moved to Warren County but for the last 14 or 18 years he has resided in the County of North where he now resides. He fears that he has no other documentary evidence in support of this declaration, nor does he know of any person now living that can testify to the facts set forth herein. He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and desires that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of

any state. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid Albert age 73 Blount B.B. Benjamin his William Mark
Mr. Philemon Bennett — a clergyman and John Armstrong both residing in the county of Clark and state of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy five or six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- -borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid Albert Blount B.B. Philemon Bennett John Armstrong
The following questions were propounded by the court and the following answers given —
Question 1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer. According to the record of my age I was born in the county of Northampton Carolina on the 27 th day of December A.D. 1756
Question 2 d Have you any record of your age if so when is it?
Answer. My age was recorded in a book

On a total examination I discovered it was torn out and is lost or mislaid, so I have no record of my age, but will remember I was entered as above stated in the 27 th day of December 1756 —
Quest. 3. When were you living when you entered the service, when have you lived since the revolutionary war, and when do you now reside?
Answer When entered the service I lived in the county of Northampton North Carolina. When left the service I returned to the same county and there lived a few years after moved removed to the county of Halifax and in that county and the county of Warren, and awhile in the county of Franklin, then returned to Stark where I have lived seventeen or eighteen years and when I now reside —
Quest. 4. Have you ever been called into service? when you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute if a substitute for whom?
Answer I was drafted both times.
Quest. 5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served and such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer in addition to those already mentioned I recollect Gen. Allen Jones, Gen. M c Callum son of old Gen. Callum, Maj. Beck, Barnwell and

Col John Pugh Williams.
Quest. 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer I received a discharge in the first town from Col Long but have lost it. In the second town I was discharged verbally at being near the close of the war I received no written discharge.
Quest. 7 th !! State the names of certain persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
James Frederick Battle and George Cooper,
And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the current agitation of the matters, and after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. The court further certifies that it appears to it that Philimon Bennett who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and a resident of the county of Nash and state of North Carolina and that John Brington who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of said county and state and both are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit, and that the other persons who have testified to the accompanying certificates

residents of said county of Nash and are credible persons viz. Frederick Battle and George Carpenter
M c Baddie Feb 6 th 32
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Nash County } May Term
Benjamin H. Blount clerk of the Court and quarter Sessions for the county of Nash do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- -ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Williams for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office
Benj h H. Blount. B.B.C.

26. 479.
Benjamin Milliano
Admit as a private 8 months. $24.00
H. Blank Nashville N.C.

We whose names are hereunto subscribed understanding That Benjamin Williams of this county intends to apply for a pension to which he is entitled under the act of of the last session of Congress granting pensions to certain persons engaged in the military service of the U. States during the revolutionary war. And being requested by the said Williams to give a certificate of his character and standing we take pleasure in saying that we have been well acquainted with him for a great number of years and that he has always sustained an excellent character for honesty and truth and we are believe him entitled to full credit on his oath or affirmation. It may be proper to add that we have frequently heard him speak of his being engaged in the revolutionary war long before there was any expectation of pensions being granted. Nash County September 15. 1832.
granite. Wash & dry. Darius N. Hamblin Matthew Sulpher W. Louise Sulpher W. Burt W. Drake W. H. Drake Henry Swington William Bunting.
This Certificate is appended to the Declar- ation of Benjamin Williams in support of his good Character, as further evidence of his claim to his respectability —

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Williams a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 7928. Q111
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1780. 5 mos. Priv. John Peterson ✓ N.C.   1781. 3 " Brevard Robt Peoples        
Battles engaged in, Camden. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton Co., N.C. Date of application for pension, May 14, 1833. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Wash Co., N.C. Age at date of application, B. Dec. 27, 1756, in Northampton Co. N.C. Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Respectfully,
(The only Benjamin Williams in files, appearing found on the N.C. Agency Printed list of 1835. Commissioner.

1916, Jan. 19. History to Mrs. M. L. Blatherwick Fr.
Rev. Mar
7928.
INVALID.
File No. 7928
Benjamin Williams
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. 183 , Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev. Sec H
San Antonio, Tex., 212 Myrtle St., Jan. 2, 1916.
Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a statement of the military history of Benjamin Williams who was on the pension list of N. C. in 1835 for services in the Revolution.✓
Yours truly,
Mrs. M. L. Blatherwick,
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