Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,628, William Williams, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NC
★ Williams William
R. 11,628
CONTENTS

Rejected, did not serve six months. See letter 12 Jan 1835 to N. H. Duff.
11628
A. 7 Jun 36

11,628
P. O.
William Williams
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Kentucky Perry County to wit
On this 15 th day of November 1834 personally appeared before Alexander Patrick an acting Justice of the Peace for said County Williams Williams a resident of said County and State aged 82 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 June 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer under Capt. John Bowly Lieut Edmund Fears and other Ensigns or Sergt. Veach He thinks Col. Bateman the Major he does not recollect - they rendezvoused at the Pleasant Gardens in Burke County North Carolina the County in which he lived; Genl. Rutherford was their Genl. & he thinks met with them at the Pleasant Gardens as well as many other troops; they marched up the Catawba River and on to the Cherokee Nation - as they went on he remembers at French Broad River Lieut. Fears started in & told the men to follow him & as he spoke it he slipped and fell into the water & I told him I would not follow him that way - He remembers a Genl. or Col. He believes Col. Williamson joining the Army somewhere but don't remember where -
As we were marching on there was an attack made by the Indians on the Spies, and those who were clearing out the road in advance & when the guns were heard we rushed on but could not find the Indians as they had fled in the woods A man by the name of Alexander was shot in the foot and had to be carried on a Horse

afterwards - he thinks there were two Indians killed one a Squaw had the top of her head cut entirely off with a Tomahawk - Before this a Soldier was fired by catching the Cock in a Burl and killed another Soldier we stopped, buried him & then went on - When we got to the Station we cut down & destroyed their Corn and everything we could find took off horses &c. and he remembers that Scott & Hicks were taken two noted men traders among the Indians one he thinks was part Indian & the other had a Squaw lived there - he thinks the South troops took them with them - He remembers that a man by the name of Peck was shot while digging potatoes while we were at the station but the Indian could not be found - He thinks they started about the 1 st of Aug t & returned about the 1 st of Octob r say two months. He thinks that this tour was in 1877 but of the date he cannot be certain.
Sometimes afterwards he thinks, tolerable soon he went as a Volunteer under Capt Davidson perhaps Lieut Blankenship and was stationed at Fort Davidson to guard the frontier - Davidson Station was at the head of the Catawba he returned from there he thinks in April so that this tour was he thinks 6 months - after this he lost one of his eyes with the Smallpox that he got from one of the Soldiers.
He frequently went as a Volunteer under Capt Hardy & Mr. Farland scouting after the Indians. Found his own horse & don't remember of receiving any pay at any time from the Govt. for his services. He thinks he was 2 months in the different tours under Captains Hardy & Mr. Farland.

He may have forgot some tours for he is fully of Opinion that he served more than 12 months He is old & infirm & is not certain that he is right in the way he has detailed his services, but has stated from the best of his shattered recollection He got discharges but has lost them - never took any care of them.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever 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 and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
William his Williams mark
Sally Williams, wife of William Williams, above stated, that she was acquainted with the s d W m Williams and lived in about 30 miles of him when  where he went the first tour described by him in his declaration to the Cherokee Nation & she knows that he started and believes he served faithfully as he always said he did. She returned with the rest of those who went from the neigh- borhood - & she knows also of his going the tour with Davidson Helburn, he serv d as he states, as she often heard from him in the time - she is of opinion that he is correct as to the time - She also states that she knows of his serving with Capt. Hardin and M c Farland as this was after they were married - she has always heard him say that he served more than a year & always understood from the other soldiers that he served his tour faithfully.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year afore- said
Sally her Williams mark

And the said Justice hereby declares it as his opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and also that the Applicant is very infirm & not able to travel to Court it being about 25 Miles over mountains bad road And he further certifies that the applicant although very poor bears an unexceptionable character for a man of truth And that his wife Sally Williams is also a credible witness her statement is entitled to credit.
I Alexander Patrick of Perry County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings before me in the matter of the Application of William Williams for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year aforesaid
Alexander Patrick J.P.P.C.

32,523
William Williams Kentucky
Rejected, did not see its no. letter or pay 35 to Housduff Please return an answer to Housduff Left by Express since Post Office very boringly

We Jesse Boling & Daniel Duff Clergymen residing in Perry County Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Williams who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the 22 nd Nov 1834 Sworn to and subscribed Jesse Boling before me Daniel Duff Elijah Boling pro re
I Jesse Combs Clerk of the Court for Perry County do hereby certify that Alexander Patrick and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  and  andgt;
Jesse Combs Clerk of the court of Perry County Ky

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Williams, William GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10553 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 20, 1791 to George Walton, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Williams, William GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10567 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 16, 1792 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Williams, William GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10579 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 13, 1797 (torn) to John Paul Schatt, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.